Tactical vs positional player: Tal vs Karpov

Caro-Kann: Mikhail Tal vs Anatoli Karpov [B10]
Brussels (Belgium) It (5), 1987
[Annotated by Mato]
1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 g6 8.d4 Bg7 9.Bd3 0--0 10.0--0 Nc6 11.Re1 Re8 [11...Bg4] 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Rxe6 fxe6 14.Bc4 Qd6 15.Qe2 Nd8 16.Re1 Rc8 17.Nd2 Kh8 18.Ne4 Qc7 19.Bb3 e5 20.h4 exd4 21.h5 gxh5 22.Qxh5 Rf8 23.Bc2 Qe5 24.Ng3(24.Nf6 Qxe1+ 25.Kh2 Bh6 26.Qxh6 Rf7 27.Bxh7 exf6 28.Bxf6+ Rxf6 29.Qxf6+ Kxh7 Black is OK) Qxe1+ 25.Kh2 h6 26.Bxh6 [26.Qg6 Kg8 27.Bxh6 Ne6 28.Bb3] 26...Kg8 [26...Bxh6 27.Qxh6+ Kg8 28.Qh7#; 26...Bxh6 27.Qxh6+ Kg8 28.Qh7#] 27.Bxg7 (if Kxg7 then Qg6 and Qh7 mate) Rxf2 [27...Ne6 28.Qh7+ Kf7 29.Bg6#] 28.Qh7+ Kf7 29.Qg6+ Kg8 30.Bh6+ Black resigned 30...Kh8 31.Qg7# 1--0

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