[Event "Latvian Championship"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1955.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roberts Skuja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[Annotator "RCA"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

{[%evp 0,85,18,-1,18,17,33,19,38,41,41,34,22,26,32,67,38,30,37,48,49,36,36,-44,
33,24,88,82,32,40,32,43,-16,30,29,1,1,9,65,49,37,45,-1,22,23,74,206,186,127,
130,180,156,235,93,225,216,117,251,245,192,385,339,335,378,466,297,466,382,409,
180,350,198,333,358,475,525,657,681,665,737,968,836,926,776,886,895,895,825]} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
(8. dxe5 {1. To take is a mistake} Nxe5) 8... Re8 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4) 9. Rd1 c6
10. b3 Qc7 11. e4 a6 12. Ba3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 {2. Grasp the initiative.} 14. b4
Ne6 15. c5 dxc5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 cxb4 $1 18. Qa4 $1 {3. Offense is the
best defense.} (18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Bxb4 e4 $19) 18... Bd7 19. Qxb4 a5 20. dxe6
$3 axb4 21. Rxd7 Qc3 22. exf7+ Kf8 23. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 24. Rad1 Bf6 (24... bxa3
25. Rxg7) 25. Bc1 {4. Avoid casualties.} Rxa2 26. Ng5 (26. Nd2 Kxd7 27. Ne4+)
26... Qc2 27. Ne4 Be7 28. Rxe7+ $3 Kxe7 29. Bg5+ Kf8 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7+ Kh8
(31... Kf8 32. Bh6+ Ke8 33. Nf6#) 32. h4 (32. Bf6+ Kg8) 32... Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Rd1
34. Nd6 (34. Rxb7) 34... Qxf2 (34... b3 35. Bf6+ Kg8 36. Rd8#) 35. Nf7+ Kg7 36.
Bh6+ (36. Rxd1 $2 Qxf7) 36... Kf6 (36... Kg8 37. Rxd1 Kxf7 (37... Qxf7 38. Rd8+
) 38. Rf1) 37. Rxd1 b3 (37... Kxf7 38. Rf1) 38. Rf1 Qxf1 39. Bxf1 e4 {5. Ask
yourself "What's his idea?"} 40. Bc4 (40. Nd8 $4 b2) 40... b2 41. Ba2 b1=Q 42.
Bg5+ Kg7 43. Bxb1 {1-0 White wins.} 1-0
