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Tal, Mihail - Miles, Anthony J, Niksic, Niksic - A40 [1983] 1-0
Annotator: Miles,A

1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.g3 a5 (6...Bc5 Ue 29/123 ) 7.Bg2 Na6 8.Nh3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.e4 Be5 11.exf5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 exf5 13.Qc2 Ne4 #EC 14.Bxe4 (14.f3 Nf6 (14...Nd6 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.Rae1 Qg6) ) fxe4 15.Qxe4 Nc5 16.Qg4 Qe7 17.Be3 Qe4 18.Qxe4 (18.Nf4) Nxe4 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Ng5 Nd6 [#5Ec4] 21.c5 Nc4 22.c6 (22.cxb6 cxb6) dxc6 (22...Nxe3 23.cxb7 (23.fxe3 dxc6) Nxd5 #C5 #CDf6, #CBb8#A4 ) 23.Bf4 cxd5 24.Ne6 Rf7 25.Nxc7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rd7 27.Nb5 Ba6 (27...Kf7 (#C5 #CCa6) 28.Bc1) 28.Nc7 g5 29.Ne8 Kf7 30.Bxg5 Nxa3 31.Nf6 Rd6 32.Ng4 Nc4 33.Re7+ Kg6 34.Bf4 Rc6 35.Nh6 [#C5 #CDf7] Rf6 36.Bc1 Bc8 37.Re8 (37.g4 Re6) Be6 38.g4 Bf7 39.Rb8 Re6 40.Kg2 (40.Kf1 #C5 f4-f5 ) Re1 41.Bf4 Re4 42.Bc1 Re1 43.Bf4 d4 44.Nxf7 (44.cxd4 Re8) (44.h4 Bd5+ 45.f3 (45.Kg3 dxc3) d3) Kxf7 45.Rc8 b5 46.cxd4 a4 47.d5 a3 48.d6 (48.Rc7+ Ke8 (48...Re7 49.d6) 49.d6 Nxd6) Rd1 (48...Nxd6 49.Bxd6 a2 50.Rf8+ Kg6 (50...Kg7 51.Ra8) 51.Rg8+ Kf7 52.Rf8+ Ke6 53.Re8+ Kxd6 54.Rxe1 b4 55.Ra1 b3 56.h3 Kc5 (56...b2 57.Rxa2 b1=Q 58.Ra3) 57.f4 b2) 49.Rc7+ Ke8 (49...Ke6 50.Re7+ Kd5 51.d7 (51.Re1 Rd3) Kc6) 50.Re7+ Kd8 51.Rxh7 Nxd6 (51...a2 52.Ra7 a1=Q 53.Bg5+ Kc8 54.d7+) (51...b4) 52.Ra7 Nc4 (52...b4) 53.h4 Rd7 54.Ra8+ Ke7 55.h5 b4 56.h6 Ke6 57.g5 (57.Ra6+ Kd5 58.g5 b3 59.g6 b2 60.g7 b1=Q 61.g8=Q+ Kd4) Kf5 58.Rf8+ Ke4 59.g6 a2 60.g7 a1=Q