[Event "Riga"]

[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Teodors Zeids"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4

7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be3 Nf6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bxc4 Ne5 11.Be2 Bd7 12.h3
O-O 13.f4 Ng6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.O-O f6 17.e6 Bxe6
18.f5 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 Bxe3+ 20.Nxe3 Rfe8 21.Kf2 Nf4 22.Rad1 Nxe2
23.Kxe2 Rad8 24.Rd4 Re5 25.Rfd1 Rde8 26.R1d3 f5 27.Kf3 Re4
28.Nxd5 Re1 29.Re3 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Shlomo Giterman"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O c5
8.dxc5 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qxd1 10.Rxd1 Nbd7 11.e4 Nxc5 12.e5 Nfd7
13.Nd5 Nxe5 14.Nxe7+ Kh8 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Rd5 Bf6 17.Rxc5 Bxe7
18.Rc7 Bd6 19.Rxf7 Rxf7 20.Bxf7 Be5 21.Bh6 Bf5 22.Bd5 Bxb2
23.Re1 Bd7 24.Bxb7 Re8 25.Rxe8+ Bxe8 26.Bd5 Bb5 27.g3 a6
28.Kg2 Be2 29.Be6 Bd4 30.g4 Be5 31.f4 Bd4 32.Kg3 Be3 33.Kh4
Bf2+ 34.Kg5 Bd4 35.Bf8 Bg7 36.Bxg7+ Kxg7 37.f5 h6 38.Kf4 Kf6
39.h4 g5 40.hxg5+ hxg5 41.Kg3 Ke5 42.Bc8 Bc4 43.a3 a5 44.Kf3
Bf7 45.Bb7 Bg8 46.Ke3 Bf7 47.Bf3 Bg8 48.Kd3 Ba2 49.Be2 Bd5
50.Bd1 Bg8 51.Kc3 Bf7 52.Bb3 Be8 53.Bd1 Bf7 54.Bf3 Ba2 55.Bc6
Bg8 56.Bb5 Bd5 57.Be2 Bf7 58.Bc4 Be8 59.Kb3 Bc6 60.Be2 a4
61.Kb4 Kf6 62.Kc5 Be8 63.Bb5 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Teodors Zeids"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1.d4 Nc6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 e5 4.cxd5 Nxd4 5.e3 Nf5 6.e4 Nh4 7.g3
Ng6 8.Qb3 a6 9.h4 h5 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Bh3 b5 13.a4
Bxh3 14.Nxh3 b4 15.Qc4 Qd6 16.Na2 Rb8 17.b3 Nf6 18.Ng5 O-O
19.Rc1 Rfc8 20.O-O a5 21.Rc2 Nf8 22.Nc1 N8h7 23.Nf3 Ng4 24.Nd3
c6 25.Qa6 Ra8 26.Qb7 Rab8 27.Rxc6 Rxb7 28.Rxd6 f6 29.Rc6 Rxc6
30.dxc6 Rc7 31.Rc1 Nf8 32.Rc5 Ne6 33.Rxa5 Rxc6 34.Nxb4 Rc3
35.Nd2 Nd4 36.Ra8+ Kh7 37.a5 Nxb3 38.Nxb3 Rxb3 39.Nc6 Rb1+
40.Kg2 Rb2 41.a6 Ne3+ 42.Kg1 Rb1+ 43.Kh2 Rb2 44.g4 hxg4 45.Kg3
Nf1+ 46.Kxg4 Rxf2 47.a7 Rg2+ 48.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Birjanis"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Ne4 6.Bxe7 Qxe7
7.Qc2 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 O-O 9.Rc1 c6 10.g3 Nd7 11.Bg2 dxc4 12.Qxc4
e5 13.O-O Nb6 14.Qc5 Qe6 15.b3 exd4 16.Nxd4 Qh6 17.Rfd1 Nd7
18.Nf5 Qf6 19.Ne7+ Kh8 20.Qa3 Ne5 21.Nd5 Qd8 22.Nc7 Bd7
23.Nxa8 Qxa8 24.f4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Teodors Zeids"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4
Nxc3 8.bxc3 a6 9.Be2 Bb7 10.Ng5 h6 11.Ne4 e6 12.Ba3 Bxa3
13.Rxa3 O-O 14.O-O Nd7 15.f4 Qe7 16.Ra1 Nb6 17.Qd2 Nxa4 18.f5
exf5 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Rxf5 Rfd8 21.Raf1 Bc8 22.Rh5 Qf8 23.Rf4
Nxc3 24.Rfh4 Nxe2+ 25.Kf2 g5 26.Rxh6+ Qxh6 27.Rxh6+ Kg7
28.Qxg5+ Kf8 29.Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Zigfrids Solmanis"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 O-O 7.e3
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Qc2 f5 10.Ne5 Rf6 11.Rc1 c6 12.cxd5 Nxc3
13.d6 Qxd6 14.Qxc3 Nd7 15.f4 Nb6 16.Bc4 Nd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5
18.O-O Qxa2 19.Nc4 b5 20.Ne5 Bb7 21.Qc5 Qb3 22.Rf3 Qxb2
23.Rcf1 Rf7 24.Nxf7 Kxf7 25.Rg3 g6 26.h4 h5 27.Rff3 Qa1+
28.Kh2 Rg8 29.Qd6 Rg7 30.Rg5 Qa5 31.Rfg3 Bc8 32.Qxc6 Qd8
33.Qxb5 a5 34.Qe2 Qf8 35.e4 Qd6 36.Rxg6 Rxg6 37.Qxh5 Qxf4
38.Qxg6+ Ke7 39.Qg5+ Qxg5 40.Rxg5 a4 41.e5 Bd7 42.h5 a3 43.h6
a2 44.h7 a1=Q 45.h8=Q Be8 46.Qf6+ Kd7 47.Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Team Championship of USSR, juniors"]

[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Neron Valiev"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Bd2
Qe7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Kb1 dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.e4 e5
13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bd4 16.e5 Ng4 17.Bxh7+ Kh8
18.Bf5 Nf2 19.Be1 Nxh1 20.Rxd4 Rad8 21.Rd3 Rxd3 22.Qxd3 g6
23.Qh3+ Kg8 24.Bh4 f6 25.Be6+ Kg7 26.Ne4 Nf2 27.Bxf2 fxe5
28.Bc5 Qd8 29.Bxf8+ Qxf8 30.f5 gxf5 31.Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Team Championship of USSR, juniors"]

[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonid Maslov"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 b6 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bd3 Be6 9.Qc2 Nbd7 10.O-O c5 11.Rad1 c4 12.Bf5 a6
13.Ne5 g6 14.Bxe6 fxe6 15.Bh6 Nxe5 16.dxe5 Ng4 17.Bxf8 Bxf8
18.Ne2 Nxe5 19.e4 Nd3 20.exd5 exd5 21.Nc1 Nxc1 22.Qxc1 Bg7
23.Rfe1 b5 24.Re6 d4 25.Rde1 d3 26.Qe3 Bxb2 27.Re7 d2 28.Rd1
Bc3 29.Qe6+ Kh8 30.Qf7 Qg8 31.Qf3 b4 32.Rxd2 Rf8 33.Qe4 b3
34.axb3 cxb3 35.Rdd7 Bf6 36.Rxh7+ Qxh7 37.Rxh7+ Kxh7 38.Qb7+
Bg7 39.Qxb3 a5 40.g3 Rc8 41.h4 Rc1+ 42.Kh2 Ra1 43.Qc2 Kh6
44.g4 Be5+ 45.Kg2 Bg7 46.h5 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Paradniek"]
[ECO "D68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Rc1 Nxc3 12.Rxc3 e5
13.Qc2 exd4 14.exd4 Qf6 15.Qe4 Nb6 16.Bb3 Bf5 17.Qf4 Rad8
18.Rc5 Bg6 19.Qxf6 gxf6 20.Rd1 Rd7 21.a4 Nc8 22.d5 Rfd8 23.Rd4
cxd5 24.Rcxd5 Rxd5 25.Bxd5 Rd7 26.a5 Kf8 27.Kf1 Ne7 28.Bc4
Rxd4 29.Nxd4 Be4 30.Nb5 Nc8 31.f3 Bc6 32.Nd4 Bd7 33.Bd3 h6
34.Kf2 Nd6 35.Kg3 Bc8 36.Kf4 Bd7 37.b4 Kg7 38.h4 Kf8 39.Be4
Ke7 40.Nc2 Bc8 41.Ne3 Be6 42.g4 Kf8 43.Nc2 Ke7 44.Nd4 Bd7
45.Bd3 Kf8 46.Ke3 Ke7 47.Ne2 Be6 48.Kd4 Bd7 49.Nc3 Bc6 50.Be2
Ke6 51.b5 Bd7 52.Nd5 Ne8 53.Kc5 Bc8 54.Bd3 Nd6 55.f4 f5
56.Bxf5+ Nxf5 57.gxf5+ Kd7 58.b6 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch"]
[Site "Riga URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alfreds Akmentins"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 b5 5.a4 Bb7 6.axb5 axb5 7.Rxa8
Bxa8 8.b3 e6 9.bxc4 bxc4 10.Bxc4 Nf6 11.Ne5 Bxg2 12.Qa4+ Nbd7
13.Rg1 Qa8 14.Qb5 Bd5 15.Nc3 c6 16.Bxd5 Nxe5 17.Bh1 Bb4
18.Qxe5 Bxc3+ 19.Ke2 Qa2+ 20.Kd3 Qb3 21.Bxc6+ Nd7 22.Qb5 Bb4
23.Ke2 O-O 24.Bxd7 Qc2+ 25.Kf3 Bd6 26.Bc6 Rb8 27.Qa4 Qf5+
28.Ke2 Bxh2 29.Rh1 Bd6 30.Bf3 Rb4 31.Qa8+ Bf8 32.Qc8 Qa5
33.Be4 g6 34.Qe8 h6 35.Rxh6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch qf"]

[Site "Vilnius LTU"]
[Date "1955.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Klavins"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2
O-O 8.O-O-O c5 9.e4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Bxd4
13.Rxd4 Qb6 14.Rd2 d4 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Rxd4 Qe1+ 17.Rd1 Qxe4
18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Bd3 Ndc5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Bc2 b6 22.b4 Nb7
23.a3 e5 24.Be4 Rb8 25.Bg3 Re8 26.Bc6 Re7 27.Rhe1 f6 28.f4 Bg4
29.Rd4 exd4 30.Rxe7 Nd6 31.Rxa7 Nxc4 32.Bd5+ Kh8 33.f5 Rc8
34.Be6 d3 35.Bf4 Rd8 36.Bxc4 d2 37.Bxd2 Rc8 38.Be3 b5 39.Bc5
bxc4 40.Kc2 Bxf5+ 41.Kc3 Be6 42.a4 Rd8 43.Bd4 Bd5 44.b5 Bxg2
45.b6 Kg8 46.a5 g5 47.a6 f5 48.Rc7 f4 49.b7 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikolai Krogius"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.Qc2
c5 8.O-O-O cxd4 9.exd4 O-O 10.Nf3 Nc6 11.h4 Qc7 12.Kb1 Qf4
13.Ne2 Qe4 14.Qxe4 dxe4 15.Nd2 Bxd4 16.Nxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxe4 e5
18.Nd6 Rd8 19.c5 Bg4 20.f3 Bf5+ 21.Bd3 Bxd3+ 22.Rxd3 b6 23.Rc1
bxc5 24.Nb7 Rd7 25.Nxc5 Re7 26.Na6 g5 27.hxg5 hxg5 28.b4 f5
29.a4 Kf7 30.b5 Rd8 31.Nc5 Rc8 32.Nb3 Rxc1+ 33.Kxc1 Nxb3+
34.Rxb3 e4 35.fxe4 Rxe4 36.a5 Re7 37.Kd2 f4 38.Rb4 Ke8 39.b6
axb6 40.axb6 Rb7 41.Kd3 Kd8 42.Ke4 Kc8 43.Rb5 Re7+ 44.Re5 Rg7
45.Kf3 Kb7 46.Rb5 Rf7 47.Kg4 f3 48.gxf3 Rf4+ 49.Kg3 Rf8 50.Rb4
Rf5 51.Kg4 Rc5 52.Rb1 Ra5 53.Rb2 Rc5 54.Rh2 Kxb6 55.Rh5 Kc6
56.Rxg5 Rc3 57.Re5 Kd6 58.Re8 Kd7 59.Re1 Rc8 60.f4 Rg8+ 61.Kh5
Rf8 62.Kg5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]

[Site "Leningrad URS "]
[Date "1956.02.03"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "159"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Be2
Nbd7 8.O-O Nh5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Nd2 gxh4 12.Bxh5 Nf6
13.Bf3 O-O 14.Qc2 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Qg5 16.Kh1 Be6 17.Ne5 Qf5 18.e4
Qh7 19.Qa4 Ne8 20.Nd3 Rd8 21.Ne2 Nd6 22.Nc5 Bc4 23.e5 b5
24.Qxa7 Nc8 25.Qc7 Bxe2 26.Bxe2 Rxd4 27.Qxc6 Qc2 28.Bf3 Rc4
29.b4 Bxe5 30.Rae1 Bg7 31.a3 Nd6 32.Rxe7 Nf5 33.Rxf7 Rxf7
34.Bd5 Qe2 35.Rg1 Qe7 36.Qg6 Qf6 37.Qh5 Ne7 38.Nd7 Qf5
39.Bxf7+ Qxf7 40.Qxb5 Rc2 41.Ne5 Qxf2 42.Ng4 Qf7 43.Qd3 Rb2
44.Qe4 h5 45.Ne3 Re2 46.b5 Bh6 47.Nf5 Rxe4 48.Nxh6+ Kg7
49.Nxf7 Kxf7 50.b6 Nc6 51.h3 Ke8 52.Rd1 Nb8 53.Rd5 Re1+ 54.Kh2
Rb1 55.Rxh5 Rxb6 56.Rxh4 Ke7 57.Rb4 Rxb4 58.axb4 Nc6 59.b5 Nd4
60.b6 Kd7 61.h4 Kc6 62.h5 Ne6 63.h6 Nf8 64.Kg3 Kxb6 65.Kf4 Kc7
66.Kf5 Kd7 67.Kf6 Ke8 68.Kg7 Ke7 69.h7 Nxh7 70.Kxh7 Kf6 71.Kh6
Kf5 72.Kh5 Kf6 73.g4 Kg7 74.Kg5 Kh7 75.Kf6 Kg8 76.Kg6 Kh8
77.g5 Kg8 78.Kh6 Kh8 79.g6 Kg8 80.g7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]

[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.01.23"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6

7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 Be6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb4 Bf7 15. Rfd1 e6 16. e4 Rb8
17. Qa3 b5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Qxa7 Be8 20. Bxc4 Rf7 21. Qa3 bxc4
22. exd5 exd5 23. Qb2 g5 24. Qd2 Rxb4 25. Nxd5 Rb8 26. Ne3 Rc8
27. Rac1 Rfc7 28. Rc3 Bg6 29. Rdc1 Bf7 30. d5 Bf8 31. a3 Bc5
32. Rxc4 Bxa3 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Qd4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2
Qb2 37. Qe4 Bf8 38. Nd4 h5 39. Ndc2 Qb7 40. Nd4 Qb2 41. Ne6
Qxf2 42. Nf5 h4 43. Nxf8 hxg3+ 44. Kh3 Qg1 45. Kxg3 Kxf8
46. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "13th olm qual. group 1"]

[Site "Munich FRG"]
[Date "1958.10.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Zdravko Milev"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bc4
Nb6 8.Bb5 a6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Ne4 Nd7 12.Qc2 Qb6
13.Ne5 cxd4 14.Nxd7 Kxd7 15.exd4 Ke8 16.Be3 Qc7 17.d5 exd5
18.Rfe1 Kd8 19.Qb3 c5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Qxc5 22.Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.05.27"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dieter Keller"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Qb6
8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Be2 a6 10.O-O Bb7 11.d5 cxd5 12.exd5 b4 13.a5
Qc7 14.dxe6 bxc3 15.Nd4 Rg8 16.Qa4+ Kd8 17.g3 Bd5 18.Rfd1 Kc8
19.bxc3 Bc5 20.e7 Nc6 21.Bg4+ Kb7 22.Nb5 Qe5 23.Re1 Be4
24.Rab1 Rxg4 25.Rxe4 Qxe4 26.Nd6+ Kc7 27.Nxe4 Rxe4 28.Qd1 Re5
29.Rb7+ Kxb7 30.Qd7+ Kb8 31.e8=Q+ Rxe8 32.Qxe8+ Kb7 33.Qd7+
Kb8 34.Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.12.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svein Johannessen"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2 c5
8.dxc5 Qa5 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qxc5 11.Ne5 Nbd7 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7
13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.Qb3+ Kf8 15.Rac1 a6 16.Rfd1 Qa5 17.Qc4 Qf5
18.h3 Ne8 19.Nd5 Qe6 20.Qb4 b5 21.Rc6 Qf7 22.Nc7 Nxc7 23.Rxc7
Qe6 24.Rdc1 Nb6 25.Rxe7 Nd5 26.Rxe6 Nxb4 27.Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Simul, 24b"]

[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1964.01.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "L Flunkert"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 b4
8.Ne4 Bf5 9. Ng3 Bg6 10.Bxc4 e6 11.O-O a5 12.Qe2 Be7 13.Rd1
O-O 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.Bxg6 fxg6 16.Ne4 Nf4 17.Bxf4 Rxf4 18.Rac1
Rc8 19.Ned2 Nb6 20.Nb3 Nxa4 21.Ra1 Nxb2 22.Qxb2 Ra8 23.Qc2 Qd5
24.Nbd2 c5 25.dxc5 Bxc5 26.Nb3 Qc4 27.Qxc4 Rxc4 28. Nxa5 Rc2
29.Nb3 Bxf2+ 30.Kf1 Ra3 31.Rxa3 bxa3 32.Rd2 Rxd2 33.Nfxd2 Bb6
34. Nc4 Bc7 35.Nxa3 Bxe5 36.h3 Kf7 37.Nc4 Bg3 38.Ke2 h5 39.Kf3
Bb8 40.Ke4 Bg3 41.Nd4 Kf6 42.Nb6 g5 43.Nd7+ Ke7 44.Nc5 g4
45.hxg4 hxg4 46.Ncxe6 Kf6 47. Nf4 g6 48.Nd5+ 1-0

[Event "Simul, 24b"]

[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1964.01.09"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Springall"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4 Nc6 5. f4 f6 6. Nf3 fxe5

7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O Bd6 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. fxe5 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Nc4 Rdf8 15. Bf4 Be2 16. e6 $3
Qd8 17. Ne5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Ng6 19. Nf7 Qe8 20. Bg3 Rhg8 21. Rc1
Qe7 22. Qd5 Bb6 23. Ba6 $1 d3+ 24. Kh1 c5 25. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Kislovodsk"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1964.07.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jiri Fichtl"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7
7.e3 O-O 8.Bd3 Re8 9.Qc2 c6 10.O-O Nf8 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.b4 Bg4
13.Nd2 Rc8 14.Nb3 Be7 15.a3 Bd6 16.Bf5 Bxf5 17.Qxf5 Re6 18.Nc5
Rf6 19.Qc2 Rc7 20.Rad1 Re7 21.Rfe1 Rh6 22.h3 Qc8 23.e4 Bxc5
24.dxc5 dxe4 25.Nxe4 Qf5 26.Rd8 Rhe6 27.f3 Qf4 28.Qc4 Qh4
29.Red1 Re8 30.R8d4 Qh6 31.Nd6 Qe3+ 32.Kh1 Rd8 33.R4d3 Qe2
34.Qc3 Rg6 35.R3d2 Qa6 36.a4 b6 37.b5 Qxa4 38.cxb6 cxb5 39.b7
Qf4 40.Qc7 1-0

[Event "Kislovodsk"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1964.07.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Reinhart Fuchs"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qb6
7.Nxd5 Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Qb4+ 9.Bd2 Qxb2 10.Rc1 Bd7 11.Nf3 e6 12.Qc4
Nc6 13.Be2 Bb4 14.Bxb4 Qxb4+ 15.Qxb4 Nxb4 16.Rc7 Bc6 17.Ne5
O-O 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.a3 Nd5 20.Rxc6 Rfc8 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.Kd2
g6 23.Bf3 Nb6 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Kxc1 Kf8 26.Kc2 Ke7 27.Kc3 a5
28.h4 h6 29.e4 f6 30.e5 Kf7 31.Bc6 Ke7 32.f4 Kf7 33.g3 Ke7
34.g4 g5 35.exf6+ Kxf6 36.fxg5+ hxg5 37.h5 Kg7 38.d5 exd5
39.Kd4 Nc4 40.Bb5 Nd6 41.Bd3 Ne8 42.Bf5 Nf6 43.Ke5 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1965.03.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Kiriukov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
c5 8.Ne2 h6 9.Bh4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nc6 11.O-O Nxd4 12.exd4 Be6
13.Bc2 Be7 14.Qd3 g6 15.Rfe1 Re8 16.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Warsaw clock simul"]

[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1966.02.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Wladyslaw Schinzel"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 c5 5.e3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nf3
Ne4 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.O-O Nd7
13.Re1 Nf6 14.Qd3 Rd8 15.Ne5 Bd7 16.Bb3 Rac8 17.Re3 Be8
18.Rae1 b5 19.Rh3 Qa3 20.Ng4 Nxg4 21.Qxh7+ Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ke7
23.Qxg7 Nf6 24.Rh6 Rd6 25.Rxf6 Kd8 26.Qg3 a5 27.d5 a4 28.dxe6
axb3 29.exf7 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.03.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mato Damjanovic"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4
O-O 8.e3 Bf5 9.Be2 c6 10.Qb3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qb6 12.Bxf6 Qxb3
13.axb3 gxf6 14.Kd2 Nd7 15.Nh4 Be6 16.Bd3 Nb6 17.f3 a5 18.Rhb1
Ra7 19.g4 Rfa8 20.Ng2 a4 21.bxa4 Nxa4 22.Ra3 b5 23.Rba1 Ra6
24.Nf4 Kf8 25.e4 dxe4 26.Bxe4 Rd8 27.Bc2 Bc4 28.Bxa4 Rda8
29.Bxb5 Bxb5 30.Rxa6 Rxa6 31.Rxa6 Bxa6 32.Nh5 f5 33.gxf5 Ke7
34.Ke3 Kd6 35.Nf6 1-0

[Event "Havana ol (Men) fin-A"]

[Site "Havana CUB"]
[Date "1966.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bjorn Brinck-Claussen"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4
Be7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b6 11.Qd3 Bb7 12.Rd1 Rc8
13.Ba2 Qc7 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Qe2 Nd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Qd3 Qd6
18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Re1 Ng6 20.g3 Re8 21.h4 Qf6 22.h5 Nf8 23.Rxe8
Rxe8 24.Ne5 Qg5 25.Qf3 f6 26.Nc4 Rd8 27.Re1 Bc8 28.Ne3 Be6
29.Rc1 Bf7 30.h6 Qxh6 31.Rc7 Qg5 32.Rxa7 Ng6 33.Nxd5 Bxd5
34.Ra8 Bxa2 35.Rxd8+ Kf7 36.Qc6 Ne7 37.Qe8+ Ke6 38.Rc8 Qd5
39.Rc3 Qd7 40.Re3+ Kd6 41.Qb8+ Kc6 42.a4 Nd5 43.Re1 Qd6
44.Rc1+ Kd7 45.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Havana ol (Men) fin-A"]

[Site "Havana CUB"]
[Date "1966.11.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ingi Randver Johannsson"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3
Ba5 8.O-O O-O 9.Qc2 h6 10.Bd2 Re8 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxd2
13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Qxd2 b6 15.Qe3 Bb7 16.Qe4 Nf8 17.b4 Re7 18.c5
Rd8 19.Ne5 g6 20.Rad1 Nh7 21.Qe3 Qg7 22.Be4 Rc8 23.Rfe1 Nf6
24.Bf3 Nd5 25.Qd2 Rd8 26.a4 Rc7 27.h4 h5 28.Rb1 Ne7 29.Qf4
Rcc8 30.Rbd1 Ba6 31.Be4 Nd5 32.Qd2 Qf6 33.g3 Ne7 34.Re3 Nf5
35.Rf3 Bb7 36.a5 bxa5 37.b5 cxb5 38.Bxb7 Rxc5 39.Qe1 Rc7
40.Be4 g5 41.Nc6 Rd6 42.Nxa5 Rxd4 43.Nc6 Rc4 44.Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Goglidze Memorial"]

[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1969.12.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ervin Haag"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4
Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Nh4 Bg4 10.f3 Nd5 11.fxg4 Qxh4 12.Qf3 O-O
13.Bd2 a5 14.Bb3 Bd6 15.g3 Qd8 16.e4 Nb4 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Be3
Kh8 19.g5 g6 20.Kg2 Kg8 21.h4 Qe7 22.e5 Bb8 23.Ne4 c5 24.Nf6+
Nxf6 25.gxf6 Qd7 26.Qf4 Kh8 27.dxc5 Nd3 28.Qe4 Rfd8 29.Bc2 1-0

[Event "GEO-ch"]
[Site "Poti URS"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tamas Georgadze"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.d4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.Qe2

b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rd1 Bd6 11.e4 cxd4 12.Rxd4 Bc5
13.Rd3 O-O 14.Bf4 b4 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Nd2 Qb5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Bc4
Qa5 19.Rd4 e5 20.Bxe5 Ncxe4 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Qe7 Bc6 23.Bf1
Rab8 24.Nc4 Qh5 25.Rad1 Rfe8 26.Qc7 Bd5 27.Ne3 Rbc8 28.Qa5 Be6
29.Qxh5 Nxh5 30.Bxa6 Ra8 31.Bb5 Rf8 32.Ra1 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Bxa2
34.Rxb4 Rb8 35.Ra4 Kf8 36.Be2 Bb3 37.Rd4 Nf6 38.Kf1 Ne8 39.Ke1
Nc7 40.Kd2 Ne6 41.Rh4 Nc5 42.Rxh7 Kg8 43.Rh5 Ne4+ 44.Ke1 Ra8
45.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1971.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren"]
[ECO "D26"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.d4 c5 6.O-O Be7 7.Qe2
O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9.e4 Nc6 10.e5 Nd5 11.Bd3 g6 12.Bh6 Re8
13.Nbd2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Nf3 Qb6 16.Bb5 Rd8 17.Nxd4 Qxd4
18.Bg5 Rf8 19.Rfd1 Qb6 20.Rac1 a6 21.Ba4 Qa5 22.Bb3 Bd7 23.Qf3
Rfc8 24.Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1971.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anthony Saidy"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O
c6 8.b3 b6 9.Qc2 Ba6 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.e4 dxc4 12.Qe2 b5 13.bxc4
bxc4 14.Qc2 Nb6 15.Rb1 h6 16.Bf4 Re8 17.h3 Bf8 18.g4 Be7
19.Kh1 Nh7 20.Ne5 Qc7 21.Ng6 Bd6 22.Bxd6 Qxd6 23.Ne5 Nf8
24.Na4 Nfd7 25.f4 Bb5 26.Nc3 Ba6 27.a4 Nxe5 28.dxe5 Qc7 29.Rd6
Rcd8 30.Rbd1 Nc8 31.Qd2 Nxd6 32.exd6 Qd7 33.e5 Bb7 34.Ne4 c5
35.Nxc5 Bxg2+ 36.Qxg2 Qc8 37.Ne4 Rd7 38.g5 hxg5 39.Rg1 Qb7
40.Kh2 Kf8 41.Qxg5 f5 42.Qh5 Qb2+ 43.Kh1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]

[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
Nbd7 8.Nf3 Re8 9.O-O Nf8 10.Qc2 Be6 11.Ne5 N6d7 12.Bf4 Nxe5
13.Bxe5 c6 14.Na4 f6 15.Bg3 Bf7 16.b4 Bd6 17.Rab1 Bxg3 18.hxg3
a6 19.Nc5 Re7 20.a4 Rc7 21.Rfc1 Qe7 22.Rb3 g6 23.Rc3 Rac8
24.Nxb7 Rxb7 25.Bxa6 Ra8 26.Bxb7 Qxb7 27.Qb3 Ra6 28.b5 cxb5
29.Rc7 Qb6 30.axb5 Ra5 31.R1c6 Qxb5 32.Qxb5 Rxb5 33.Rxf6 Be8
34.Rc8 Kg7 35.Rf3 Rb1+ 36.Kh2 Nd7 37.Rxe8 Nf6 38.Re7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]

[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Valery Zhidkov"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "193"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.O-O Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Qa4 Na5
13.Rad1 Rc8 14.Nxd5 Nxd5 15.Nf5 Rc4 16.Qb5 Bxf5 17.Rxd5 a6
18.Qxa5 Qxa5 19.Rxa5 Bc8 20.Rd5 Be6 21.Rd2 Bb4 22.Rdd1 Rc2
23.a3 Be7 24.Bd4 b5 25.e3 a5 26.Be4 Rcc8 27.f4 Bc4 28.Bd3 Rfd8
29.Bf5 Bxf1 30.Bxc8 Rxc8 31.Rxf1 f5 32.Kg2 Kf7 33.Kf3 g6
34.Rf2 h5 35.Rd2 a4 36.e4 b4 37.axb4 Bxb4 38.Re2 fxe4 39.Kxe4
a3 40.bxa3 Bxa3 41.Ra2 Bc5 42.Rc2 Re8+ 43.Be5 Be7 44.Rc7 Rd8
45.Bd4 Ke6 46.Ra7 Rb8 47.Ra6+ Kf7 48.f5 gxf5 49.Kxf5 Rb5+
50.Be5 Bf8 51.h3 Rc5 52.h4 Rb5 53.Rc6 Ra5 54.Rb6 Rc5 55.Ke4
Ra5 56.Rf6+ Ke7 57.Rg6 Kf7 58.Rf6+ Ke7 59.Rf5 Ke6 60.Rg5 Rb5
61.Rg6+ Kf7 62.Ra6 Rb4+ 63.Kf5 Rb5 64.Ra7+ Be7 65.Rc7 Ra5
66.Rb7 Rc5 67.Ke4 Rc6 68.Bd4 Rc4 69.Kd5 Rc1 70.Be3 Rd1+ 71.Ke4
Re1 72.Kf3 Ke6 73.Rb6+ Kd7 74.Rb5 Bd6 75.Bf4 Rf1+ 76.Kg2 Bxf4
77.Kxf1 Bxg3 78.Rxh5 Ke6 79.Kg2 Be1 80.Kh3 Bd2 81.Kg4 Kf6
82.Rf5+ Kg6 83.Rd5 Bc1 84.Rd6+ Kg7 85.h5 Be3 86.Rg6+ Kh7
87.Rf6 Kg7 88.Kf5 Bd2 89.h6+ Bxh6 90.Rg6+ Kh7 91.Kf6 Be3
92.Kf7 Ba7 93.Ra6 Bb8 94.Ra8 Bc7 95.Rc8 Bf4 96.Rc4 Bg5 97.Rc3
1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "1973.02.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Coenraad Zuidema"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qxc5 10.Qe2 a6 11.b4 Qh5 12.O-O b5 13.Bd3
Bb7 14.e4 Nbd7 15.h3 Rac8 16.Rac1 Nb6 17.Qe3 Nfd7 18.Ne2 f6
19.Bc7 Na8 20.Ba5 Ne5 21.Nxe5 Qxe5 22.Bb1 Bd6 23.f4 Qb2
24.Rcd1 Bb8 25.Kh2 f5 26.Rd2 Ba7 27.Nd4 Bxd4 28.Qxd4 Qxd4
29.Rxd4 fxe4 30.Bxe4 Bxe4 31.Rxe4 Rc6 32.Rfe1 Rf6 33.Bd8 Rf8
34.Be7 Re8 35.Bc5 Nc7 36.Rd4 Rc8 37.Rd7 Nd5 38.f5 Nf4 39.Re4
Nh5 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]

[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1975.10.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Michael Francis Stean"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Qb3 Na5
13.Qc2 Bg4 14.h3 Bd7 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Bxd5 Re5
18.Nxh6+ gxh6 19.Qg6+ Kh8 20.Bxf7 Rc6 21.Rd5 Qe7 22.Bd4 Nc4
23.f4 Bg7 24.Bxe5 Nxe5 25.Rxe5 Qf8 26.Bb3 Ng4 27.Qd3 Nxe5
28.fxe5 Qc5+ 29.Kh2 Be8 30.e6 Rd6 31.Qe4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]

[Site "Tallinn URS"]
[Date "1977.02.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Josef Pribyl"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 b6 7.e3 O-O
8.Qb3 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Bd3 c6 13.O-O
Nd7 14.Rfe1 a6 15.Bb1 Nf8 16.Na4 b5 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.h3 Be7
19.Qc2 Bd6 20.Rc1 Ra7 21.a3 Qb6 22.Ba2 Rae7 23.Nd3 Rc7 24.Nde5
Be6 25.b4 a5 26.Qc3 Ra8 27.Bb3 Bf5 28.Re2 Nd7 29.e4 axb4
30.axb4 Bxe5 31.Nxe5 Nxe5 32.exf5 Nc4 33.f6 Rca7 34.Rce1 Qd8
35.Qf3 Ra1 36.Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37.Kh2 Ra8 38.fxg7 Qd6+ 39.g3 Kxg7
40.Bc2 Qxb4 41.Qg4+ Kf8 42.Bh7 1-0

[Event "46th USSR Championship"]

[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4

7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bd6 e5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Bd3
Qf4 13.Bxe5 Qxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxd1 15.Bf5+ Kc7 16.Nxf7 Ne7 17.Bxh7
Bg4 18.Nxh8 Rxh8 19.Rfe1 Nc8 20.Bc2 Nb4 21.Be4 a5 22.f3 Bd7
23.Rad1 Nd6 24.c5 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Nd5 26.g4 Rf8 27.Kg2 a4 28.a3
Ra8 29.h4 Ra5 30.Rc1 Rb5 31.Rc2 Rb3 32.Kf2 Kd8 33.Rxa4 Ke7
34.Re2+ Kf7 35.h5 Be6 36.Rae4 Bd7 37.Rd2 Kf6 38.Kg3 Bc8 39.Rf2
Rd3 40.Re8 Bd7 41.Rb8 Ne3 42.Kf4 Nd5+ 43.Kg3 Ne3 44.Re2 Rb3
45.Rf8+ Ke7 46.Rf4 Kd8 47.Rf7 1-0

[Event "46th USSR Championship"]

[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Adrian Mikhalchishin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.a4 Bb4
8.axb5 cxb5 9.e5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Nxg5 hxg5 12.Bxg5 Nbd7 13.Qf3
Rb8 14.exf6 Bb7 15.Qg3 Rg8 16.Be2 Qb6 17.O-O Bd6 18.Qh4 b4
19.Nd1 Qb5 20.f4 Qd5 21.Bf3 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Nc5 23.Qh7 Rf8 24.f5
Bxf3 25.Rxf3 Nb3 26.Rxb3 cxb3 27.Ne3 Qe4 28.Qh5 Bc5 29.fxe6
Bxe3 30.Re1 Rb5 31.Qd1 Rd5 32.Qa1 Rxg5 33.Qa4+ Kd8 34.Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]

[Site "Tallinn URS"]
[Date "1979.02.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andres Vooremaa"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2
Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Kb1 Rc8
13.Rc1 c5 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.Qa4 a6 16.Rhd1 Qb6 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Nd4
h6 19.Bf4 N8d7 20.Nxe6 fxe6 21.Bg6 Red8 22.Qd4 Qa5 23.Ne2 Rc6
24.Bg3 Rdc8 25.Rxc6 bxc6 26.Qa7 c5 27.Qb7 Qd8 28.Qxa6 Nf8
29.Bc2 Ra8 30.Qb7 Ne8 31.Nf4 Nd6 32.Qc6 Qa5 33.a3 Ra6 34.Nxd5
Rxc6 35.Nxe7+ Kf7 36.Nxc6 Qa6 37.Nd8+ Ke8 38.Bxd6 Kxd8 39.Bxf8
Kc7 40.Bxc5 Qe2 41.e4 1-0

[Event "47th USSR Championship"]

[Site "Minsk BLR"]
[Date "1979.12.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Qb6
7.Qxb6 axb6 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bb5+ Nfd7 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.g4 Bc2 12.f4
Bxe5 13.fxe5 Nc6 14.Bd2 f6 15.exf6 gxf6 16.Rc1 Bg6 17.O-O Rg8
18.Kf2 Ke7 19.a3 h5 20.Rg1 hxg4 21.Rxg4 Bf7 22.Rxg8 Rxg8 23.h4
Rh8 24.Rh1 f5 25.Na4 Bh5 26.Kf1 Bf3 27.Rh3 Bg4 28.Rh2 Bd1
29.Nc3 Bf3 30.Be2 Bxe2+ 31.Nxe2 Nf6 32.Nf4 Ng4 33.Rh1 Kf6
34.Ke2 Na5 35.h5 Nc4 36.b3 Nd6 37.Rc1 Rc8 38.Rxc8 Nxc8 39.Bb4
Kf7 40.a4 Na7 41.Bd6 b5 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.06.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard A Mnatsakanian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.Rc1 h6 7.Bxf6
Bxf6 8.e3 Nc6 9.Qc2 Ne7 10.Be2 c5 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.O-O Qxc5
13.Rfd1 b6 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Qb3 Be6 16.Nb5 d4 17.Qa4 Qh5
18.Nfxd4 Bg4 19.Bxg4 Qxg4 20.h3 Qe4 21.Qb3 Rfd8 22.Nf3 Nd5
23.Rc4 Qe7 24.Rc6 Nb4 25.Rxd8+ Rxd8 26.Rc7 Qf8 27.Rxa7 Rd3
28.Qa4 Rd8 29.Nfd4 Rc8 30.Qb3 Be7 31.Nc3 Bc5 32.Nf3 Qe8 33.Ra4
Qe7 34.a3 Nd3 35.Nd5 Qd7 36.Rg4 Qf5 37.e4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Iivo Nei"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3
h6 8.Bh4 O-O 9.O-O dxc4 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Rc1 Rc8
13.Qe2 b4 14.Na4 Qa5 15.b3 c5 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Nd5 18.Bxe7
Nxe7 19.f4 Nd5 20.f5 exf5 21.Bxf5 Rc7 22.e6 Ba6 23.Bd3 Bxd3
24.Qxd3 Nf6 25.Qd6 fxe6 26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Nxc5 Qb6 28.Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rafail Klovsky"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bf4 O-O 6.e3 c5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Be6 11.Ne5 Qe7 12.Rc1 Bb6
13.Na4 Rac8 14.Nxb6 axb6 15.Qa4 Ne4 16.f3 Nc5 17.Nxc6 bxc6
18.Qb4 Qd8 19.Rfd1 Re8 20.a4 Ra8 21.b3 Bd7 22.Qc3 Qe7 23.Bf1
Ne6 24.Bg3 h5 25.Bf2 Nf8 26.e4 dxe4 27.Bxb6 exf3 28.Bc5 f2
29.Kxf2 Qh4+ 30.Kg1 Be6 31.g3 Qg4 32.Rd4 Qg5 33.h4 Qg6 34.Rd6
Qg4 35.Rxc6 Bd5 36.Rd6 Bf3 37.Bf2 Rec8 38.Qd2 Rxc1 39.Qxc1 Ng6
40.Qg5 Qe4 41.Rd8+ Rxd8 42.Qxd8+ Kh7 43.Qd4 Qb1 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1982.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard A Mnatsakanian"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4
b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 c4 11.dxe6 cxd3 12.exd7 Qxd7 13.O-O
Bb7 14.Re1 Be7 15.e5 Nd5 16.Ne4 O-O 17.Qxd3 h6 18.Bd2 Qe6
19.Nd4 Qxe5 20.Ng5 Qxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.Qe4 Rad8
24.Nf3 Rd7 25.Nxg5 Nf6 26.Qf4 Rfd8 27.h4 Nd5 28.Qf5 g6 29.Re8+
Rxe8 30.Qxd7 Re7 31.Qd6 Kg7 32.f3 Re2 33.Ne4 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1982.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bosko Abramovic"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3
b6 8.Nf3 c5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.O-O a6 12.Qh3 g6 13.Bh6
Re8 14.f4 Bd6 15.Bg5 Be7 16.f5 cxd4 17.fxg6 Nxe5 18.Bxf6 Bxf6
19.Qxh7+ Kf8 20.exd4 Nxg6 21.Bxg6 fxg6 22.Rf3 Re6 23.Raf1 Rc8
24.Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]

[Site "Sochi URS"]
[Date "1982.12.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Murray Chandler"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3

Nd7 8.Bd3 Qd8 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bb3 b4 13.Na4
Ba6 14.d5 exd5 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Re1 O-O 18.Bxd5 Bd6
19.Ne6 fxe6 20.Bxe6+ Kh8 21.Qxd6 Bb5 22.Qxb4 Bxa4 23.Qxa4 Nc5
24.Qxa7 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Qd2 26.Ree1 Rc2 27.Rf1 Rxb2 28.a4 Qd5
29.Rad1 Qe5 30.Qe3 Qf6 31.Rd2 Rb4 32.Ra2 Qa6 33.a5 Rb5 34.Qe7
Rff5 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qd3 Kh8 37.Re1 Rf8 38.Re5 Rfb8 39.Rxb5
Rxb5 40.Rb2 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial"]

[Site "Sochi URS"]
[Date "1982.12.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5

7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 b5
12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 d4
17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Rac1 Na5 19. e6 Ra7 20. Qg3 fxe6 21. Bc7 Qa8
22. Bb6 Re7 23. Bxa5 Bxe4 24. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bozidar Ivanovic"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7

7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Nbc6 9.e3 Qxc5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.Rc1
Rad8 13.Na4 Qd6 14.Nc5 Bc8 15.Qd2 b6 16.Nb3 Bg4 17.Rfd1 Qh6
18.Nbd4 Rd6 19.b4 Qh5 20.b5 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Rfd8
23.Rc7 Nf5 24.Rc6 Qg5 25.Nd4 Nh4 26.f4 Qg6 27.Qf2 Nf5 28.Nxf5
Qxf5 29.e4 Qg4 30.Rd4 f6 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Qd2 Re6 33.h3 Qh4
34.Rxd5 g5 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Qd7+ Re7 37.Qd5+ Kg6 38.Rg8+ Rg7
39.Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Albena"]
[Site "Albena BUL"]
[Date "1984.09.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jiri Lechtynsky"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1
c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 cxd4 12.exd4 Nh5
13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.d5 Nb6 15.d6 Qf6 16.Ne4 Qxb2 17.Rb1 Qa3 18.Ne5
Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Qxa2 20.Ned2 Nf6 21.Ra1 Qxa1 22.Qxa1 Bd7 23.Qb2
Bc6 24.Ne5 Bd5 25.Rc1 a5 26.Ndc4 a4 27.Nb6 a3 28.Qb4 a2
29.Nxa8 Rxa8 30.Ra1 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Milan Drasko"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nbd7 11.Rd1 e5 12.d5 e4
13.Qf4 Qe7 14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Bd2 Qe5 16.Qxe5 Nxe5 17.Be2 Rab8
18.b3 Rfd8 19.Be1 Bf8 20.Kf1 Ba3 21.Rab1 Kf8 22.Na4 Nd5 23.Ba5
Rd7 24.b4 Bxb4 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Rxb8+ Ke7 27.Rdb1 Bb6 28.Bd2 f5
29.a4 g5 30.a5 Bc5 31.R1b7 f4 32.exf4 gxf4 33.Bg4 Nxg4 34.hxg4
e3 35.Be1 Nf6 36.Rxd7+ Nxd7 37.Rb7 Ke6 38.fxe3 fxe3 39.Bc3 a6
40.Ke2 Kd6 41.Bb4 Bxb4 42.Rxb4 Nf6 43.g5 Nd5 44.Rh4 Ke5
45.Rxh7 Kf5 46.Ra7 Ke4 47.g3 Nc3+ 48.Ke1 1-0

[Event "Taxco Interzonal"]

[Site "Taxco de Alarcón MEX"]
[Date "1985.06.12"]
[EventDate "1985.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Saeed-Ahmed Saeed"]
[ECO "D51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3
Be7 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O Nf8 11.a3 Ng6 12.Ne5 Ng4
13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Nxg4 Bxg4 15.Rae1 Bd7 16.f4 Nf8 17.f5 Qd6
18.Qf2 c5 19.f6 g6 20.Qh4 cxd4 21.Qh6 Ne6 22.exd4 Qf8 23.Qh4
Nc7 24.Qg3 Rac8 25.Rxe8 Qxe8 26.Re1 Be6 27.h4 Qf8 28.Qf4 h6
29.Bb1 Kh8 30.Re3 b6 31.Bd3 Kg8 32.Ne2 Kh8 33.Qe5 Bg4 34.Nf4
Re8 35.Qxc7 Rxe3 36.Nxg6+ fxg6 37.Bxg6 Qg8 38.Qf4 Re1+ 39.Kh2
Qf8 40.f7 Re6 41.Qxg4 Rf6 42.Qg3 Re6 43.h5 Re7 44.Qg4 Qd8
45.Kg1 Qf8 46.Kf2 Qd8 47.g3 Qf8 48.Kg2 Qd8 49.Qf5 Kg7 50.Bh7
Rxf7 51.Qg6+ Kf8 52.Qxh6+ Rg7 53.Bf5 Qe7 54.Kh3 Qg5 55.Qxg5
Rxg5 56.Bg6 Kg7 57.Kh4 Kh6 58.a4 1-0