Blitz Thriller: French Defense: Tal vs Petrosian

Blitz Thriller: French Defense: Mikhail Tal vs Petrosian [C03]
URS blitz URS blitz, 1975
[Annotated by Mato]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Ne7 4.Ngf3 Nd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0--0 cxd4 8.Nb3 Nc5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qxd4 Qa4 12.c4 Nxb3 13.axb3 Qxa1 14.cxd5 Qa6 15.Re1 0--0--0 16.Bf4 Rxd5 17.Rc1+ Kd8 18.Bg5+ Ke8 [18...f6 19.Bxf6+ gxf6 (19...Ke8) 20.Qxf6+] 19.Ne5 b6 [19...Bc5 20.Qe4 f6; 19...Rxd4 20.Rc8+ Rd8 21.Rxd8#; 19...Bc5 20.Rxc5 Qa1+ 21.Rc1 Qxc1+ 22.Bxc1 Rxd4] 20.Qa4+ Black resigned 20...Qxa4 [20...Qb5 21.Qxb5+ Rxb5 22.Rc8#] 21.Rc8+ 1--0

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