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Hort, Vlastimil - Spassky, Boris V, Candidates qf4 (10), Reykjavik - C68 [1977] 1-0
Annotator: Tal,M

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Qd6 6.Na3 b5 (6...Be6) 7.c4 Nf6 (7...Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.b3 O-O-O 11.Bb2 Qd3) 8.Qe2 Bg4 9.Rd1 Be7 10.d3 (10.d4 exd4 11.e5 Qe6) Qe6 11.b3 Nh5 12.Nc2 (12.h3 Bxh3 13.gxh3 Bxa3 14.Bxa3 Nf4 15.Qf1 Nxh3+ 16.Kh2 Nf4 17.Ng5 Qh6+ 18.Nh3 g5) Qf6 13.h3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Qxf3 15.gxf3 O-O-O 16.Be3 f5 '?!' Tal,M. (16...Nf4 17.Bxf4 exf4 18.d4) (16...bxc4 17.dxc4 (17.bxc4 f5) Nf4) 17.cxb5 '!' Tal,M. cxb5 18.a4 b4 19.d4 exd4 (19...f4 20.Bc1 (20.Bd2) ) 20.Nxd4 Bf6 '!' Tal,M. (20...f4 21.Bc1 (21.Nc6 Bf6) Bf6 (21...Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Bf6 23.Rd5) 22.Bb2 c5 23.Rac1) 21.exf5 Rd5 '?!' Tal,M. (21...Nf4) 22.Nc6 '!' Tal,M. Rxf5 23.Rac1 Nf4 24.Rc4 Nd5 (24...Nxh3+ 25.Kg2 Ng5 26.Rxb4) 25.Bd4 Tal,M: '[#C5 26. #CCf6 gf6 27. #CBd5+-]' Re8 26.Bxf6 gxf6 '!' Tal,M. 27.Kf1 a5 '??' Tal,M. (27...Nc3 28.Rd8+ Rxd8 29.Ne7+ Kd7 30.Nxf5) (27...Nb6 28.Rxb4 Rc5 29.Nd4 Nd5 30.Rc4 Rxc4 31.bxc4 Nc3 (31...Nf4) ) 28.Re4 '+-!' Tal,M. Kd7 (28...Rxe4 29.fxe4 Ne3+ 30.Ke2 Nxd1 31.exf5 Nc3+ 32.Kf3) 29.Nxa5 Rg8 30.Rxb4 h5 31.h4 c6 32.Rc4 Rc8 33.b4 Ra8 34.Rc5