[Event "Riga"] [Site "?"] [Round "0"] [White "Tal"] [Black "Strelkov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C03"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, 3...dxe4"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 { Black is somewhat cramped, so White avoids exchanges.} 6... c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 {Black doesn't want to allow a knight into b5, but this loses time. He should have played simply 8...Be7 and castled.} 9. Bd3 Nc5 10. Bc2 e5 { This gets Black into trouble, as he will only be able to kick White's knight out of f5 by ...g6, which will leave his kingside very weak.} 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Ndf5 O-O 13. Bg5 {This pin is quite unpleasant. Black can only get out of the pin by letting White rip open his king position, while White can quietly prepare to mate by moves like Nh5, Nxf6+ and Qh5. Black must try to break the pin by Ne6.} 13... Bc7 14. Rd1 {This fine move gives Black an unhappy choice: give up his queen or block his queen bishop's diagonal. Black chooses the latter, allowing White's queen to join the attack.} 14... Ncd7 15. Nh5 { The pin on the d-file makes the pin on the d8-h4 diagonal stronger, as now Black has no way to strengthen the defense of f6.} 15... Bb6 16. Bxf6 { Black must lose his queen or be mated in a few moves. If you don't see how strong White's attack is, playing this with Gambit will confirm it for you. White Won} 1-0