[Event "GotM #86"] [Site "Stuttgart"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Sviridov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B75"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [PlyCount "35"] [GameId "505249085279"] [EventDate "1969.??.??"] [EventCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,35,80,-48,128,-80,115,-115,87,-91,65,-65,179,-130,114,-100,94,-47,43,-36,58,-37,67,-44,111,-53,76,-62,74,-55,55,-91,43,205,282,-282,282,-274]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Opening} c5 {Sicilian Defense} 2. Nf3 {Open Sicilian} d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {Dragon Variation} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 {[#] Yugoslav Attack} Nc6 (7... O-O {is the most popular reply.}) (7... a6 {is another regularly exercised option.}) 8. Qd2 {Preparing to castle long and launch a Kingside attack.} Bd7 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Kb1 {Securing a2.} Rc8 {Black's counter-attack is coming on the Queenside.} 11. g4 h6 12. h4 a6 {[#] Preparing ...b5 and an attack against the King on b1.} 13. Be2 {[%CAl Rd1g1,Rd1f1]} Ne5 14. g5 {He wants to open the Black Kingside.} hxg5 (14... Nh5 {leads to} 15. gxh6 Bf6 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Nd5 Be6) 15. hxg5 Rxh1 (15... Nh5 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Nd5 Be6 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4) 16. gxf6 $1 {[#] The perfect intermezzo! Handing his opponent the first double threat he must deal with, and to Black's great frustration, he will find that the following sequence is forcing and he must continually choose between bad and worse.} Rxd1+ {Seems to save time with the check but this can be parried with another double threat.} 17. Nxd1 Qxd2 18. fxg7 {[#] And the third double threat in a row is the one to make Black finally resign. This time the loss of the Queen is the lesser threat.} 1-0