[Event "blitz"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "RCA"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 (4... Qxd5 $2 5. Nc3) 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6.
Nf3 Nxc3 {1. To take is a mistake.} 7. bxc3 g6 {this usually provides a very
safe castling position, of course, unless you're playing against Tal.} 8. d4
Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Rxe6 $1 {2. There are
two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine. It's easier to attack than to
defend.} fxe6 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Qe2 Nd8 {3. Looking backward twists your neck…
and your position.} (15... Kh8 $1 16. Bxe6 Ne5 $3 {A nice interference tactic
used in defense.} 17. Nxe5 Qxe6) 16. Re1 {4. Bring ALL your pieces to the
party!} Rc8 17. Nd2 (17. Bxe6+ $2 Nxe6 18. Qxe6+ Qxe6 19. Rxe6 Rxc3 $19) 17...
Kh8 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Bb3 e5 20. h4 $1 {5. I like to grasp the initiative and
not give my opponent peace of mind.} (20. dxe5 $2 Qxe5) 20... exd4 21. h5 gxh5
22. Qxh5 (22. Nf6 $3 Rf8 23. Nxh7 $3 Kxh7 24. Qxh5+ Bh6 25. Qxh6#) 22... Rf8
23. Bc2 Qe5 $1 {The central queen is a strong defender.} 24. Ng3 $3 Qxe1+ 25.
Kh2 h6 (25... Bh6 $3 26. Bxh6 $1 Rf7 27. Bxh7 $1) 26. Bxh6 Kg8 (26... Bxh6 27.
Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qh7#) 27. Bxg7 Rxf2 28. Qh7+ {6. Don’t just chase the king —
corner it.} (28. Qh8+ $2 Kf7 29. Qf8+ Ke6) 28... Kf7 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. Bh6+ {
The queen can mate on either g7 or h7 next move.} 1-0

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "Dubna URS"]
[Date "1973.12.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Igor V Platonov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "chess-teacher.com"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,27,19,38,40,41,66,77,66,55,55,20,70,65,61,34,20,19,0,-27,-24,-30,-23,
-40,-29,-38,-12,-34,37,-24]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O
Bd7 13. Bh5 Bg7 14. Rf3 O-O 15. Raf1 Na5 16. Rh3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rac8 18. Kh1 f5
19. exf5 Qb4 20. f6 Bxf6 21. f5 Rxc3 22. Rg3+ Kh8 23. Qh6 {Black resigned due
to} Rxg3 24. Bg6 $3 (24. Qxf8+ Rg8) 24... fxg6 25. Qxf8# 1-0

