[Event "URS-chT"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1968.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Bronstein, David I"] [Black "Tal, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C32"] [Annotator "peter"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "r3k2r/pppn1ppp/8/3P4/4bn2/B4N2/PPP3PP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 14"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "1968.12.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} {Material is level and you might expect a long endgame grind with White starting Re1 or Rd4.} 14. Ng5 {!!? Instead Bronstein firstly sacs a pawn...} Bxd5 15. g3 {!!!? and then an exchange for pressure against the black king without even having queens on the board!} Bxh1 16. gxf4 c5 (16... O-O-O 17. Nxf7 Rhe8 18. Nxd8 Kxd8 $14 {returning the material like this was Black's most prudent option. Perhaps when playing the sacs Bronstein thought it was not in Tal's character to defend this type of position where White has some initiative and the bishop pair.}) 17. Bc4 Bc6 18. Nxf7 b5 19. Nd6+ (19. Bb3 $16 c4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21. Nxh8 $16) 19... Ke7 20. Nxb5 Rhf8 (20... Bxb5 21. Bxb5 $14 ) 21. Nd4 $16 Bg2 (21... Rf6 $16) 22. Ne6 Rf5 23. Rg1 Be4 24. Nc7 Rd8 25. Rxg7+ (25. Re1 Nf6 26. Ne6 $18) 25... Kf6 $16 (25... Kd6 $14) 26. Rf7+ Kg6 27. Re7 Nf6 28. Ne6 Rc8 29. b3 Rh5 (29... Bd5 {may have given more chances of survival} ) 30. Ng5 Bd5 31. Bd3+ Kh6 32. Bb2 c4 33. Bf5 c3 34. Bxc8 cxb2+ 35. Kxb2 Rxh2 36. Rxa7 Rf2 37. Ra4 Kg6 38. Rd4 h5 39. a4 h4 40. a5 Bg2 41. a6 Nh5 42. Bb7 Nxf4 43. Rxf4 1-0