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Tal, Mihail - Balashov, Yuri S, Moscow, Moscow - B96 [1969] 0-1
Annotator: Petrosian,T

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Nf3 h6 11.Bh4 Nc5 12.O-O-O b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Bxe7 Qxe7 17.h3 (17.Nd4 Qg5+ 18.Qd2 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2) O-O 18.Nd4 Qg5+ 19.Kb1 Ne6 20.Nc6 (20.Nf3) Nf4 21.Qf2 Bd7 22.h4 Qg4 23.Ne7+ Kh8 24.g3 Nxd3 25.Rxd3 Rae8 26.Nxd5 Rxe5 27.Nf4 (27.Nf6 Qf5 (27...gxf6 28.Qxf6+ Qg7 29.Qxg7+ Kxg7 30.Rxd7) 28.Rf3 Qe6 29.Nxd7 Qxd7) Bf5 28.Rc3 Rd8 29.Kc1 b4 30.Rc7 (30.Rc4) Ra5 31.a3 bxa3 32.b4 a2 33.Kb2 Rd1