[Event "USSR Championship"] [Site "Tbilisi URS"] [Date "1959.02.07"] [EventDate "1959.??.??"] [Round "17"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Ratmir Kholmov"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [PlyCount "57"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.e5 Ng4 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O g6 7.Re1 Bg7 8.h3 Nh6 9.Nc3 b6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 c5 12.Nc6 {The following variation is not too complicated: 12...Qxd1? 13.Rxd1 Bb7 (or 13...Bd7) 14. Nd5, when 14...Bxc6 is bad in view of 15.Nc7+ Kf8 16.Nxa8 Bxa8 17. Rd8 checkmate, and otherwise after 14....O-O White simply picks up the e7 pawn with check. -- Damsky} Qd7 13.Nxe7 Kxe7 14.Bxh6 {"A paradoxical decision: the bishop, which was predestined for an attack along the weakened dark squares, is exchanged for the 'off side' knight." -- Damsky. "But on the other hand, a major attacking principle is maintained--'the tempo.' The time that we don't have is more precious than the piece we do have." -- Tal} Bxh6 15.Qf3 Bg7 16.Nd5+ Kd8 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Qb3 Bc6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.Qxf7 Bxe5 21.Rxd7+ Bxd7 22.Rxe5 Kc7 23.Re7 Rad8 24.a4 g5 25.Qd5 Rhe8 26.Rxh7 g4 27.a5 gxh3 28.axb6 Kxb6 29.Rxd7 1-0