[Event "Riga Championship"] [Site "Riga URS"] [Date "1953.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Balinsh"] [Black "Tal Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "-"] [ECO "A43"] [Opening "Benoni Defense: Old Benoni"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. d4 c5?! { (0.13 → 0.98) Inaccuracy. Nf6 was best. } { A43 Benoni Defense: Old Benoni } (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3) 2. c3?! { (0.98 → 0.00) Inaccuracy. d5 was best. } (2. d5 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e6 5. Bc4 Be7 6. Nge2 exd5) 2... Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 cxd4 5. cxd4 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bd2 g5?! { (-0.22 → 0.45) Inaccuracy. O-O was best. } (9... O-O 10. h3) 10. Qb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qb8 12. h3 Rg8 13. Kg2 Qc8 14. Rh1 h5 15. Rac1 g4?! { (0.39 → 1.06) Inaccuracy. Qd7 was best. } (15... Qd7) 16. hxg4 Qd7 17. a3 Rc8 18. Qa2 Be7?! { (0.37 → 1.04) Inaccuracy. hxg4 was best. } (18... hxg4) 19. Qb1 hxg4 20. f4 Bd6 21. Ne2 Ke7 22. Ng3 Rh8 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Rh1 Qd8 25. Bc3 Qg8 26. Rxh8 Qxh8 27. Qh1 Qxh1+ 28. Kxh1 Nd7 29. Kg2 f5 30. f3 gxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Nb6 32. Ne2 Na4 33. Bb5 Nxc3 34. Nxc3 { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2