Spassky vs Tal
Moscow | Moscow
1120
[Event "Moscow"] [Site "Moscow"] [Round "0"] [White "Spassky"] [Black "Tal"] [Result "1-0"] [FEN "6k1/8/p3r2p/1p1pPpp1/1n1pP3/1Pq4P/PR4PB/3QN1K1 b - - 0 34"] {This position is quite different from the last one. It is a snapshot from a hard serious game in which the contestants had been doing there best to outdo one another. By now both were likely in time trouble, and this would explain Black's next move. Or is the capture of the Rook under such circumstances rather to be to be considered a reflex action} 34... Qxb2 $1 (34... dxe4 { With all White pieces badly placed in contrast to the Black ones the Black pawn mass would surely decide the issue in the longrun} 35. Rf2 e3 36. Rxf5 d3 37. Nxd3 Nxd3 38. Qf1 Qc5 $19) 35. exf5 Rc6 36. Bg3 $1 (36. Qh5 Qc3 $1) 36... d3 (36... Nc2 37. Qh5 Nxe1 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Bxe1 Qc1 (40... Rc1 41. Qe8+ $1 Kh7 42. f6 Rxe1+ 43. Kh2 $18) 41. f6 Qxe1+ $1 42. Kh2 Rxf6 43. Qxf6 Qe3 44. Qg6+ $16) 37. Qh5 d2 (37... Rc7) 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kh8 40. f6 dxe1=Q+ 41. Bxe1 1-0
1-0
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