Attack is the best form of defense Game-1

This saying, which does not apply only to chess, is considered universal.
 Now if there is a choice between playing for equality and playing for a counterattack, the latter will normally bring greater dividends. Provided,of course, that the player launching the counterattack is not afraid of complications and is ready to take risks. It is not possible to list all the motifs for such a decision: it may be to attack the opponent's king, to disrupt the co-ordination of the enemy pieces which are ready to attack.

The following game is between Mikhail-Tal and Vassily Smyslov in 1959 Candidates Tournament

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