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Tal, Mihail - Kirov, N., Novi Sad, Novi Sad - B49 [1974] 0-1
Annotator: Tal,M

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 O-O (9...Bd6 Ue 18/(371) ) 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 (11.Nb6) (11.c4) Be7 (11...Rb8 12.Bd3 Be7 13.c4 d6 14.c5) 12.Nb6 (12.Bd3 c5 (12...d6 13.Nb6 Rb8 14.Nxc8 Qxc8 15.b3) ) Rb8 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 (13...Rfxc8 14.Bxa6 Rd8 15.Bd3 Rxb2 16.Bd4 Rbb8 17.e5 Nd5 18.f5) 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bc1 (15.Bd4 c5 16.c4 Nxf4) f6 16.c4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Ne7 (17...Ne3 18.Bxe3 Bxe3 19.Qd3 Bc5 20.exf6 Rxf6 21.b3) 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Bd3 Qc7 (19...Nf5 [#C5 #CDg3] 20.g4 Ne3 21.Bxe3 Bxe3 22.g5 Rxf4 23.Qh5) 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Rh6 22.Qxc5 Nf5 23.Rf3 (23.Qf2) Rh8 (23...g5 24.g4) 24.Bd2 (24.h3) g5 25.g4 Kg8 26.gxf5 Rxh2+ 27.Kg1 d6 (27...Rh1+ 28.Kf2 Rxa1 29.Qe7) (27...Rxd2 28.fxe6 (28.f6 d5) (28.Qe7 Qb6+ 29.c5 Rg2+ 30.Kxg2 Qxb2+ 31.Rf2 Rh2+) dxe6 29.Qxg5+ Kf7 30.Rg3 Qb6+ 31.c5 Qxb2 32.Qg6+ Ke7) 28.Qd4 (28.Ba5 Rh1+ 29.Kf2 dxc5 30.Bxc7 Rxa1 31.fxe6) e5 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Qg4 (30.Qd3 g4 31.Rg3 (31.f6 gxf3 32.Qg6+ Kf8 33.Bb4+ c5 34.Bxc5+ Qxc5+) Rh1+ 32.Kf2 Qb6+ (32...R8h2+ 33.Ke3 Qb6+ 34.Ke4 Re2+ 35.Be3 (35.Qxe2 Qd4#) ) ) Rh1+ 31.Kf2 R8h2+ 32.Kg3 (32.Ke3 Qb6+) e4+ 33.Rf4 (33.Bf4 Rh3+ 34.Kf2 (34.Qxh3 Rxh3+ 35.Kxh3 Qh7+ 36.Kg3 Qh4+) Rxf3+ 35.Kg2 Qxf4 36.Qxf4 gxf4 37.Rxh1 Rg3+) Rh3+ 34.Kg2 R3h2+ 35.Kg3 Rh3+ 36.Kg2 R1h2+ 37.Kf1 Qd8