26.Qg6?!
I played the queen sacrifice without hesitation. Accepting it, it leads to a mate, and at the same time white threatens 27.Qxh7+! Kxh7 28. Rh4 mate. But I was brought down to earth by Polugaevsky's brilliant defense. [In retrospect, white would have kept the winning chances with 26.Rxf6!?
for example 26...Ra7
(26...Qxg1+
27.Qxg1
gxf6
28.Qd4+-
) 27.Kb1+/-
]
26...Qf2!!
An incredible defense and a picturesque position. The black queen deflects the rook on f4, controls the square h4 and black threatens to take the white queen. There is no way to keep the attack going.
I played
27.Rxf2
and after
27...hxg6
28.Rxg6
Rf8
29.Rf4
Rf7
30.Nxb4
Bb7
I only had a small edge and Polugaevsky was able to draw in 46 moves. 1/2-1/2