[Event "Riga op"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

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-107,158,-52,168,187,340,346,346,389,366,409,412,439,439,240,264,283,290,293,
453,470,880,989,29991,29992,29993,29994,29995,29996,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 {1. Plant a piece
in the enemy camp.} h6 7. Ne6 $1 {He almost invented the alien gambit.
S-Tal-lion (sum of Tal + lion)!} Qa5+ (7... fxe6 8. Bg6#) 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nf3
fxe6 10. Bg6+ {2. When attacking, time is more important than material.} Kd8 {
For Tal's games the evaluation of a position works in reverse: when Tal's
opponent thinks he's winning, he's actually losing.} 11. O-O {3. Don’t count
the pieces on the board. Count the pieces in the fight. He's basically playing
the sound version of the Alien gambit.} (11. b3) 11... c5 12. c4 {visualize
the next 3 moves!} cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 (13... Qxd4 14. Ba5+ Nb6 15. Qxd4+ {
winning the queen}) 14. c5 {4. Forward forcing moves} (14. Ba5 exd4 15. Bxb6+
axb6 16. Qxd4 e5) 14... Nxc5 {Visualize next 3 moves} (14... Qxc5 {fails to}
15. Ne6#) 15. Ba5 {Everyday people: let's not overcomplicate matters. Tal:
let's not oversimplify matters.} exd4 (15... Qxa5 16. Ne6# {would lead to
another beautiful checkmate}) 16. Qxd4+ {Tal's known for sacrificing queens.
But in this game he decided to be more pragmatic and to sac his opponent's
queen.} Ncd7 17. Bxb6+ axb6 18. Rac1 {5. Don’t attack just because you feel
like it. Attack when you outnumber the defenders.} (18. Rfd1 Kc7 (18... e5 19.
Qxb6+)) 18... e5 19. Qc4 Bc5 20. Rfd1 Rf8 21. b4 Bd4 22. Rxd4 $1 {6. Open up
the position. Black resigned due to the following forcing line:} exd4 23. Qc7+
Ke7 24. Re1+ Ne4 25. Rxe4+ Kf6 26. Qd6+ Kg5 27. h4# {1-0 White wins.} 1-0
