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Tal, Mihail - Smyslov, Vassily, USSR (ch), USSR - C80 [1977] 0-1
Annotator: Smyslov,V

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 Be7 N 8.Nxe5 (8.Re1 d5 9.dxe5 Be6) (8.Qe2 d5 9.dxe5 Na5) (8.dxe5 Nc5) Nxe5 9.dxe5 Bb7 10.Qg4 O-O 11.f3 (11.Bh6 Ng5) Ng5 (11...Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Nf2+ 13.Rxf2 Bxf2 14.Bg5) 12.f4 (12.Nc3 Kh8 13.f4 f5 14.exf6 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 Qxf6) Ne4 13.f5 Kh8 (13...Bc5+ 14.Kh1 Kh8 15.Nc3 Nf2+ 16.Rxf2 Bxf2 17.Bg5 f6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Bh6 Rg8) 14.Rf3 (14.Be3) Bc5+ 15.Kf1 (15.Be3 Qe7) d6 16.f6 (16.Nc3 dxe5 17.Rd3 Nf2) g6 (16...gxf6 17.Rh3 fxe5 18.Rxh7+ Kxh7 19.Qh5+) 17.Qh4 (17.Bh6 dxe5 18.Bg7+ Kg8 19.Rd3 Nxf6 20.Rxd8 Nxg4 21.Bxf8 Nxh2+ 22.Ke2 Rxd8 23.Bxc5 Bxg2) dxe5 18.Ke2 (18.Ke1 Qd4 19.Be3 Qxe3+ 20.Rxe3 Bxe3) (18.c3 g5 19.Qh6 Rg8 20.Rh3 Qxf6+) Qd4 [#C5 #CDc3] 19.Rh3 (19.Qh6 Nxf6 20.Rxf6 Qg4+ 21.Ke1 Qe4+ 22.Kd1 Rad8+ 23.Nd2 Qxg2) Qf2+ 20.Qxf2 Nxf2 21.Rh4 Ne4 22.Bh6 Nxf6 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Kf1 Rd8 25.c4 g5 26.Rh3 g4 27.Rc3 b4 28.Rc1 Rd4 [#C5 #CBf4] 29.g3 Bf3 30.a3 a5 31.axb4 axb4 32.Ra5 Nd7 33.Bc2 (33.Ba4 Bb6 34.Rb5 Nc5 35.Rxb4 Nd3) e4 34.Re1 (34.Ba4 e3) Bb6 35.Ra8+ (35.Rd5 Rxd5 36.cxd5 e3) Kg7 36.Rd8 f5 37.Ba4 Ne5 38.Rxd4 Bxd4 39.Nd2 Bxb2 40.Nb3 Bc3