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Spassky, Boris V - Portisch, Lajos, Candidates qf3 (1), Mexico - B25 [1980] 0-1
Annotator: Forintos,Gy

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.O-O O-O 9.Rb1 b6 10.Bd2 Bb7 11.Ne2 Qd7 12.g4 f5 '=' Forintos,Gy. 13.gxf5 exf5 14.c4 Nd8 '!' Forintos,Gy. 15.Nc3 Ne6 (15...Bxc3 16.Bxc3 fxe4 17.dxe4 Bxe4 18.Ne5 #C5 #CDg4 ) 16.Ng5 Nxg5 17.fxg5 Rf7 '!' Forintos,Gy. 18.Qf3 '?!' Forintos,Gy. (18.Qe2) Raf8 19.Qh3 Qd8 '!' Forintos,Gy. 20.exf5 Bc8 '=/+!' Forintos,Gy. 21.Ne4 Bd4+ 22.Kh1 (22.Be3 Rxf5) Nxf5 23.Nf6+ Kh8 '-/+!' Forintos,Gy. (23...Rxf6 24.gxf6 Ne3 25.Qh6) 24.Bc3 (24.Qf3 Nh4) (24.Bd5 Ne7) Ne3 25.Qh4 Bxc3 26.bxc3 Nxf1 27.Rxf1 Bf5 28.d4 Rxf6 '-+!' Forintos, Gy. 29.gxf6 Qxf6 30.Qxf6+ Rxf6 31.a4 (31.Re1 Re6) Kg7 32.a5 Bd3 33.Rxf6 Kxf6 34.axb6 axb6 35.Bd5 Kf5 36.dxc5 dxc5 37.Kg1 Kf4 38.Kf2