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(1) Ratmir Kholmov - Mikhail Tal [D44]
Riga Riga, 1949

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.exf6 Bb4 10.Be2 Qxf6 11.0-0 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Nd7 13.a4 Bb7 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.Bf3 Rd8 17.Qc2 Rd3 18.axb5 Rxf3 19.Rxa7 Qxb5 20.gxf3 Qg5+ 21.Kh1 Rg8 0-1

(2) Mikhail Tal - Israel Zilber [C07]
Riga Riga, 1949

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bc4 Qh5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Ne4 Nge7 9.Bg5 Qg4 10.Qd3 b6 11.0-0-0 0-0 12.Bf6 Qf4+ 13.Kb1 gxf6 14.g3 Qh6 15.g4 Qf4 16.g5 fxg5 17.Nfxg5 Ng6 18.h4 Nb4 19.Qh3 e5 20.Qg2 Bf5 21.h5 Kg7 22.hxg6 h6 23.Bxf7 Rxf7 24.gxf7 hxg5 25.Nxg5 Qxf2 26.Ne6+ Kxf7 27.Qg7+ Kxe6 28.Rh6+ Bg6 29.Qxg6+ Ke7 30.Rh7+ Kf8 31.Qg7+ Ke8 32.Qd7+ Kf8 33.Rh8# 1-0

(3) Lavrinenko - Mikhail Tal [B59]
Riga Riga, 1950

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Kh1 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Rc8 12.Nd4 Qb6 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Qd3 Rfd8 15.b3 Nd7 16.Na4 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.Qg3 Bf6 19.Rad1 Be5 20.Qf2 Nf6 21.Qh4 c5 22.c4 Qc6 23.Bf3 Bxc4 24.Rfe1 Be6 25.Nc3 Nd7 26.Nd5 Bxd5 27.exd5 Qa6 28.Be4 Nf8 29.Re3 Bf6 30.Qg4 c4 31.Rf3 Ng6 32.Rxf6 gxf6 33.Qf5 cxb3 34.Bh6 Qc4 35.h4 Re8 36.Rc1 Qxc1+ 37.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 38.Kh2 bxa2 0-1

(4) Mikhail Tal - N Darsniek [C98]
Riga Riga, 1950

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 h6 15.Ne3 Rd8 16.Qe2 Be6 17.g4 Nh7 18.Nd5 Qb7 19.Be3 Ng5 20.Kg2 Rac8 21.Rh1 Nxf3 22.Qxf3 Rxd5 23.exd5 Nd4 24.Qd1 Bxd5+ 25.Kf1 Bc4+ 26.Kg1 Nf3+ 0-1

(5) Mikhail Tal - Pliss [C99]
Riga Riga, 1950

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Bb1 Nc6 16.Ne3 exd4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Ne5 19.Nxd4 Bf6 20.Be3 Nc4 21.b3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Rfe8 23.Rf1 Qc3 24.Rxf6 gxf6 25.Bf5 Qxe3+ 26.Kh1 Bxf5 27.Nxf5 Qe2 28.Qd4 Re5 29.Nxd6 Rc2 30.Rg1 Rxa2 31.Qa7 Qh5 32.Qa8+ Kg7 33.Ne8+ Kg6 34.d6 Rd5 35.Nc7 Rxd6 36.Qg8+ Kf5 37.g4+ 1-0

(6) Ivanov - Mikhail Tal [C90]
URS URS, 1950

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.d3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bb7 13.d4 Nd7 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Nc4 16.Nxc4 bxc4 17.Rc1 d5 18.dxe5 Bxb4 19.Bd2 c3 20.Bf4 dxe4 21.Bxe4 Nc5 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Ng5+ Kg8 24.Qh5 Rfe8 25.e6 1-0

(7) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Tal [D31]
Riga (Latvia) It, 1951

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bb4 6.g3 c5 7.Bg2 Nc6 8.Be3 Nf6 9.0-0 Ng4 10.Ne4 0-0 11.Rc1 cxd4 12.Bxd4 f5 13.Neg5 h6 14.Nh3 e5 15.Bc3 Bd6 16.Qd5+ Kh7 17.Qxc4 Qe7 18.e4 f4 19.Rfd1 fxg3 20.hxg3 Ne3 21.Nhg5+ hxg5 22.fxe3 Bc5 23.Bd2 Bb6 24.b4 Bg4 25.Rf1 Rad8 26.Rc2 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Nd4 28.exd4 Rxd4 29.Kg2 Rxc4 30.Rxc4 g4 31.Be2 Rxf1 32.Kxf1 Qf6+ 33.Ke1 Qf2+ 34.Kd1 Qg1+ 35.Kc2 Qxg3 36.a5 Bd4 37.Rc7 Qg2 38.Kd3 Qh3+ 39.Kc4 g3 40.Rxb7 Qc8+ 0-1

(8) Igor Blek - Mikhail Tal [B07]
Latvia Latvia, 1952

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Nge2 e5 7.0-0 0-0 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.h3 c6 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Nc1 Rd8 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.Nb3 Ne6 14.Rfd1 Rf8 15.Qc4 Ne8 16.Rd2 Kh8 17.Re1 a5 18.Na4 b5 19.Qxc6 bxa4 20.Qxa8 Bb7 21.Qxa5 axb3 22.axb3 f5 23.exf5 Bxg2 24.Kxg2 gxf5 25.Bb6 f4 26.Qd5 Qf6 27.Bd8 Qg6 28.Qe4 Qh6 29.Rdd1 Nf6 30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Rf1 Ng5 32.Qd5 Qf5 33.g4 f3+ 34.Kh1 Qf4 35.Qd2 Nxh3 36.Qxf4 Nxf4 37.Kh2 e4 38.Rd7 Be5 39.Kg3 Ng2+ 40.Kh3 Rf6 41.g5 Rf4 42.Kh2 Rh4+ 43.Kg1 Nf4 44.Rd2 Nh3+ 45.Kh1 Nxg5+ 46.Kg1 Bh2+ 0-1

(9) Mikhail Tal - Robert Skuja [E67]
Latvia Latvia, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.Re1 Re8 10.h3 b6 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Qc2 exd4 13.Nxd4 Nc5 14.Rad1 Qc7 15.b4 Ne6 16.f4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Rad8 18.Qf2 Nh5 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Rxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxe5 22.Rde4 Re6 23.Qe3 f6 24.Qd3 Rd6 25.Qf3 c5 26.Nb5 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Qd7 28.Nxd6 Qxd6 29.Qd5+ Kg7 30.Qxd6 Bxd6 31.Rd1 Bxg3 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Rd7+ Kh6 34.Rxa7 Nf4 35.a4 Nd3 36.a5 Nb4 37.a6 Bb8 38.Ra8 Bc7 39.a7 Bb6 40.Rb8 1-0

(10) Klevetzki - Mikhail Tal [B28]
Riga Riga, 1952

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Bc4 e6 4.c3 Qc7 5.0-0 d6 6.a4 Nf6 7.d3 Be7 8.Na3 Nc6 9.Nc2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Ba2 0-0 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Ne3 Rfd8 14.d4 c4 15.Bb1 g6 16.Nd2 Ng4 17.Nxg4 Bxg5 18.Ne3 Qd7 19.f4 Bh6 20.h4 Qe8 21.h5 f5 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Qf3 Qd7 24.Bc2 Re8 25.Kf2 Bf7 26.Rh1 Bg7 27.Rh3 Nxd4 28.cxd4 Bxd4 29.Re1 Re7 30.Qd1 Rae8 31.Ndf1 Ba7 32.a5 d4 33.Ba4 dxe3+ 34.Nxe3 Qxd1 35.Bxd1 g5 36.Ba4 Rxe3 37.Bxe8 Rxh3+ 0-1

(11) Marks Pasman - Mikhail Tal [E92]
Riga Riga, 1952

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 a5 9.h3 Bd7 10.Nh2 Nf6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Bxh3 13.g4 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Bg2 15.Rg1 Bxe4 16.f3 Qh4+ 17.Kd2 Qxh2 18.Rh1 Qg2 19.Rg1 Qh2 20.Rh1 Qg2 21.fxe4 Qxe4 22.Rg1 f5 23.Bd3 Qxd3+ 24.Kxd3 f4 25.Bf2 Nd7 26.g5 h5 27.Ke4 f3 28.Be3 Rf5 29.Rf1 Raf8 30.Qc2 Nc5+ 31.Bxc5 dxc5 32.Ke3 Kh7 33.Rad1 Rf4 34.d6 cxd6 35.Rxd6 e4 36.Rd7 Kh8 37.Rxg7 Kxg7 38.Qh2 R4f5 39.Rf2 Rxg5 40.Kxe4 Rgf5 41.Qc7+ R8f7 42.Qxa5 g5 43.Qd8 h4 44.Rxf3 Rxf3 45.Qxg5+ Kf8 46.Qxc5+ Kg8 47.Qg5+ Kf8 48.Qxh4 R3f6 49.Qh8+ Ke7 50.Qb8 b6 51.Kd4 Kd7 52.Kc3 Kc6 53.Qc8+ Rc7 54.Qa8+ Kd7 55.Qg8 Rfc6 56.b3 Rc5 57.a4 R5c6 58.Qg4+ Kd8 59.b4 Rc8 60.Qf4 R8c7 61.Kb3 Kc8 62.Qe4 Kb8 63.Qd5 Kc8 64.Qb5 Kb7 1-0

(12) Mikhail Tal - Karlis Klasup [A80]
Riga Riga, 1952

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 d5 5.fxe4 dxe4 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Nge2 Nc6 8.0-0 e6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Ba4 Qd7 11.Bg5 0-0-0 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.d5 exd5 15.Bxc6 bxc6 16.Nd4 Bg4 17.Qd2 Qd6 18.Nb3 c5 19.h3 h5 20.Na5 e3 21.Qxe3 d4 22.Qe4 dxc3 23.Qb7+ Kd7 24.Nc4 Qd4 25.Nb6+ Ke8 26.bxc3 Qd6 27.Nc4 Qg3 28.Rae1+ Kf8 29.Re3 Qh4 30.Qxc7 Kg8 31.Kg1 Bc8 32.Rf4 Qg5 33.Ref3 Kh7 34.h4 Rd1+ 35.Kh2 Qd5 36.Rg3 Bg4 37.Rxf6 Qxc4 38.Rf5 Kh6 39.Rxh5+ Kxh5 40.Qxg7 Qf4 41.Qxh8+ Kg6 42.Qg8+ Kf5 43.Qc8+ Ke5 44.Qxg4 Qxg4 45.Rxg4 Rd2 46.Rg5+ Kf4 47.Rxc5 Rxc2 48.Rc6 Kg4 49.Rc4+ Kh5 50.a4 Rd2 51.Kh3 Rd3+ 52.g3 Rd6 53.a5 Rd5 54.g4+ Kg6 55.Rc6+ Kf7 56.Rxa6 Rd3+ 57.Kg2 Rxc3 58.h5 Kg7 59.Rb6 Ra3 60.a6 Kf7 61.Kh2 Kg7 62.g5 Ra5 63.Rb7+ Kg8 64.a7 1-0

(13) Mikhail Tal - Lozov [E18]
Riga Riga, 1952

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 b6 7.Nc3 Bb7 8.Ne5 Qc8 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Bxd5 11.e4 Bb7 12.Qc2 c5 13.d5 Rd8 14.Bh3 Qc7 15.Bf4 Bd6 16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Bxe6+ Ke8 18.e5 Bf8 19.Qxh7 Rxd5 20.Qg6+ Kd8 21.Bg5+ Be7 22.Qf7 Nd7 23.Qg8+ 1-0

(14) Mikhail Tal - Alexandru Sorin Segal [B07]
Riga Riga, 1952

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.Ne2 Nb4 5.0-0 Nxd3 6.cxd3 g6 7.Nbc3 Bg7 8.e5 Ng4 9.h3 Nh6 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qd2 Nf5 12.Bf4 0-0 13.exd6 exd6 14.d5 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Bh6 Bg7 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.dxc6 bxc6 19.Ne4 d5 20.Qc3+ f6 21.Nc5 Qd6 22.Rfe1 Rf7 23.Re8 Rb8 24.Rae1 Rb5 25.b4 a5 26.a3 axb4 27.axb4 Bd7 28.Rd8 Qc7 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.Ne6+ 1-0

(15) Janis Klovans - Mikhail Tal [C99]
URS URS, 1952

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bb7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Bb1 d5 16.dxe5 Nxe4 17.Bf4 Bb4 18.Re2 f5 19.Bd3 Nc4 20.Rc1 Qe7 21.Rec2 Bc5 22.Ne3 Bxe3 23.fxe3 g5 24.Bxe4 fxe4 25.Nxg5 h6 26.Qg4 hxg5 27.Bxg5 Qg7 28.e6 Ne5 29.Qh5 Qg6 30.Qxg6+ Nxg6 31.Rc7 Ne5 32.Bh6 Nd3 33.Rg7+ Kh8 34.Rcc7 Rxc7 35.Rxc7 Re8 36.Rxb7 Rxe6 37.Bg7+ Kg8 38.Bd4 Nc1 39.Rd7 Ne2+ 40.Kf1 Nxd4 41.exd4 Rc6 42.Rxd5 Rc1+ 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Ke3 Rxg2 45.Rd8+ Kf7 46.Ra8 Rxb2 47.Rxa6 Rh2 48.Kxe4 Rxh3 49.Kd5 Rc3 50.Kd6 b4 51.Ra7+ Kf8 52.d5 Rd3 53.Ra4 Rd2 54.Rxb4 Rxa2 55.Re4 Ra6+ 56.Kc7 1-0

(16) Mikhail Tal - Teodor Zeid [D15]
URS URS, 1952

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 0-0 14.0-0 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

(17) Mikhail Tal - Igor Zhdanov [C84]
URS URS, 1952

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nxd4 0-0 9.c3 Nc5 10.Bc2 Nxe5 11.f4 Nc6 12.f5 d6 13.Qh5 Bf6 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Rf3 Qe7 16.Re3 Qd8 17.Rh3 Re8 18.Qxh7+ Kf8 19.Be3 Nd7 20.Nd2 Ne5 21.Ne4 Rb8 22.Nxf6 gxf6 23.Bb3 Ke7 24.Bf4 Rf8 25.Re1 Qd7 26.Bh6 Qe8 27.Bxf8+ Qxf8 28.Rg3 Bd7 29.Rg7 d5 30.Rxe5+ fxe5 31.Qh4+ Ke8 32.Qg5 Qc5+ 33.Kh1 1-0

(18) Mikhail Tal - Israel Zilber [B56]
URS URS, 1952

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Bb7 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Bxf6 Nxf6 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Qd3 Rd8 13.c4 bxc4 14.Qxc4 d5 15.Qb3 Bc5 16.f3 dxe4 17.Qxb7 exf3 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Qxf3 Qh4+ 20.Ke2 axb5 21.Rhf1 f6 22.Rad1 Kf7 23.Qf5 Bxa3 24.bxa3 Qc4+ 25.Kf2 Qf4+ 26.Qxf4 exf4 27.Rb1 Rd2+ 28.Kg1 g5 29.Rxb5 Re8 30.g3 Ree2 31.Rf3 Rg2+ 0-1

(19) Isaak Birbrager - Mikhail Tal [A70]
Kharkov Kharkov, 1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Na6 10.Nd2 Nb4 11.Be2 Re8 12.a3 Na6 13.Re1 Nc7 14.Qc2 Rb8 15.a4 b6 16.Nb5 a6 17.Nxc7 Qxc7 18.Ra2 Qe7 19.f3 Nh5 20.Nf1 f5 21.Bd3 f4 22.g4 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Qh4 24.Re2 Qh3 25.Rg2 Qxf3 26.Nd2 Qe3 27.Nf1 Qf3 28.Nd2 Bxg4 29.Nxf3 Bxf3 30.h4 Rf8 31.Be2 Ng3+ 32.Kh2 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Nxe2 34.Qxe2 f3+ 35.Qxf3 Rxf3 36.Kxf3 Rf8+ 37.Kg3 Be5+ 38.Kg2 Bf4 0-1

(20) Mikhail Tal - Neron Valiev [D45]
Kharkov Kharkov, 1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 Bd6 6.Qc2 Nbd7 7.Bd2 Qe7 8.0-0-0 0-0 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

(21) Mikhail Tal - Marks Pasman [B93]
LAT-ch Tal LAT-ch Tal, 1953

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Kh1 b5 11.a3 Qc7 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Nh4 Nc5 14.Bg5 Qd8 15.Nf5 Bxf5 16.Rxf5 Nfd7 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nd5 Qd6 19.Qg4 g6 20.Raf1 f6 21.h4 Kh8 22.R5f3 f5 23.exf5 Qxd5 24.fxg6 Rxf3 25.g7+ Kg8 26.Bxh7+ Kxh7 27.Rxf3 Ne4 28.h5 Ndf6 29.Qg6+ Kg8 30.h6 Ra7 31.Kh2 Re7 32.Rh3 Nh7 33.Rd3 Qa8 34.Qxe4 Qxe4 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.g8Q+ Kf6 37.Rd6+ Kf5 38.Qg6+ Kf4 39.g3+ Ke3 40.Rd3+ Qxd3 1-0

(22) Karlis Klasup - Mikhail Tal [E62]
Riga Riga, 1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 Bg4 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.h3 Bd7 11.Qc2 e6 12.b3 exd5 13.cxd5 b5 14.Bb2 Rc8 15.g4 h6 16.Nce4 Qe7 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Qxf6 19.Ne4 Qe5 20.Qd2 b4 21.Qxh6 Rfd8 22.g5 Qg7 23.Nf6+ Kf8 24.Qh4 Bb5 25.Qg3 Bxe2 26.Rfe1 Bb5 27.a4 Ba6 28.Re8+ Rxe8 29.Qxd6+ Re7 30.Re1 Qh8 31.Rxe7 Kg7 32.Qxa6 c4 33.Qxa7 Qf8 34.Qd4 Nxb3 35.Qe5 c3 36.Be4 Kh8 37.Nd7+ Qg7 38.Nf6 Rf8 39.Qf4 1-0

(23) Mikhail Tal - Straume [C84]
Riga Riga, 1953

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Nd5 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nb6 10.Qg4 Nxa4 11.Qxg7 Rf8 12.Bh6 d5 13.Qxh7 Bd7 14.Nd2 Bb5 15.c4 dxc4 16.Ne4 Nxb2 17.Bxf8 Bxf8 18.Nf6+ Ke7 19.Rfe1 Qd4 20.Re4 Qc5 21.e6 Kd6 22.e7 Kc6 23.Qxf7 Bxe7 24.Rxe7 Kb6 25.Rxc7 Qd4 26.Rxb7+ Ka5 27.Qd5 Rd8 28.Qxd4 Rxd4 29.h3 c3 30.Rc1 Kb4 31.Re7 Bc4 32.Ne4 Rd1+ 33.Rxd1 Nxd1 34.Nxc3 Nxc3 35.h4 Bxa2 36.h5 a5 37.h6 Bb1 38.h7 Bxh7 39.Rxh7 a4 40.g4 a3 41.Ra7 Na4 42.Rb7+ Kc3 43.Rb1 Kc2 44.Re1 Nc3 45.g5 a2 46.g6 Nb1 47.g7 a1Q 48.g8Q Kd2 49.Qe6 Qg7+ 50.Kf1 Nc3 51.Qe3+ Kc2 52.Rc1+ Kb3 53.Qxc3+ Qxc3 54.Rxc3+ Kxc3 55.Ke2 Kd4 56.Kf3 Ke5 57.Kg4 Kf6 58.Kf4 1-0

(24) Udris - Mikhail Tal [E00]
Riga Riga, 1953

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 a6 5.e3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2 Nc6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.0-0 0-0 10.b3 Bg4 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Ndxe2 Qd6 13.Nf4 Rad8 14.Qf3 d4 15.Rd1 Ne5 16.Qg3 dxc3 17.Rxd6 Rxd6 18.h3 Ne4 19.Qh4 Rd1+ 20.Kh2 c2 21.Ne2 Bd6 22.f4 Nd3 23.Nd4 g5 24.Qh6 gxf4 25.Nf5 f3+ 26.g3 Bxg3+ 27.Nxg3 f5 28.Nh5 Rf7 29.Qe6 f2 30.Bd2 Rxd2 31.Qc8+ Rf8 32.Qc4+ Kh8 33.Rf1 c1Q 34.Qd4+ Nf6 0-1

(25) Mikhail Tal - Artur Darznieks [D94]
URS URS, 1953

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.b3 e5 13.Ba3 Rfe8 14.Rac1 e4 15.Qe2 b5 16.Nxb5 Qa5 17.Bxf7+ Kh8 18.Bxe8 Nxe8 19.Rxc6 a6 20.Nd6 Qxa3 21.Nxe8 Rxe8 22.Rxa6 Qe7 23.Ra7 Qd6 24.Qb5 Nf6 25.Qb7 Bf8 26.Ra6 Qd8 27.Rc1 Nd5 28.Ra7 Qe7 29.Qxe7 Bxe7 30.a3 Kg8 31.b4 Kf7 32.b5 Rb8 33.a4 Ke8 34.f3 exf3 35.gxf3 Nxe3 36.Rxe7+ Kxe7 37.Re1 Kd6 38.Rxe3 Ra8 39.Ra3 Kd5 40.a5 Kxd4 41.b6 Kc5 42.b7 Rb8 43.a6 Kb6 44.a7 1-0

(26) Mikhail Tal - Peteris Kampenus [C67]
URS URS, 1953

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 0-0 7.Qe2 Nc5 8.Rd1 Qe8 9.Nc3 a6 10.Bc4 b5 11.Bd5 Rb8 12.a3 b4 13.Ne4 Ne6 14.Ng3 f6 15.Nh4 Nxe5 16.f4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Nf7 18.f5 Neg5 19.Qc4 Rb5 20.Bxg5 fxg5 21.Re1 Qd8 22.Ng6 c6 23.Bxf7+ Rxf7 24.Nh8 d5 25.Nxf7 Kxf7 26.Qe2 Bd7 27.a4 Rb6 28.Rad1 Qf6 29.Ne4 dxe4 30.Qc4+ Ke8 31.Rxe4+ Be7 32.Qg8+ Qf8 33.Rxe7+ Kxe7 34.Re1+ Kd6 35.Qxf8+ Kc7 36.Qxg7 c5 37.f6 1-0

(27) Mikhail Tal - Boris Spassky [A17]
Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1954

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bf4 d6 8.h3 0-0 9.e3 Ne8 10.Be2 Nd7 11.0-0 Ne5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Nd2 f5 14.Qb3 Nd6 15.Nc4 e4 16.Nb5 Nxb5 17.Qxb5 b6 18.d6 Bd7 19.Qb3 b5 20.Nb6+ c4 21.Bxc4+ bxc4 22.Qxc4+ Rf7 23.Nxa8 Qxa8 24.Qb3 Be5 25.Rac1 Kg7 26.Rfd1 a5 27.Rc7 Qe8 28.Qd5 a4 29.b4 axb3 30.axb3 Bf6 31.Rb7 Qe5 32.Qc4 f4 33.exf4 Qxf4 34.g3 Qf3 35.Qd5 Bc3 36.Rf1 Kh6 37.Qc4 Qf6 38.Qe2 Bd4 39.Rb4 e3 40.Qd3 Qxf2+ 41.Rxf2 exf2+ 42.Kh2 f1N+ 43.Qxf1 Rxf1 44.Rxd4 Rf2+ 45.Kg1 Rf3 0-1

(28) Mikhail Tal - Mark Taimanov [C16]
Riga tt Riga tt, 1954

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ba6 7.Bd3 Ne7 8.Bg5 Qd7 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qd3 Qa4 11.Ne2 Qc4 12.Qd2 Ng6 13.0-0 h6 14.Be3 0-0-0 15.a4 Nb8 16.a5 Nc6 17.axb6 axb6 18.Ng3 Nge7 19.Nh5 Rhg8 20.f4 g6 21.Nf6 Rh8 22.Bf2 Kb7 23.g4 h5 24.gxh5 gxh5 25.Bh4 Nf5 26.Bg5 Ra8 27.Qd3 Na5 28.Rfb1 Qc6 29.Rb4 Nc4 30.Rab1 Nfe3 31.f5 Nxf5 32.Kf2 Ra2 33.Nxd5 Qxd5 34.Rxc4 Rxc2+ 35.Qxc2 Qxc4 36.Qe4+ c6 37.Qc2 Ra8 38.Rb2 Ra1 39.Rxb6+ Kc7 40.Rb7+ Kxb7 41.Qb2+ Qb5 42.Qxa1 Qb3 43.Qc1 Qa2+ 44.Qd2 Qb1 45.Qc1 Qb3 46.Ke2 Kb6 47.Kd2 Qd5 48.Qb1+ Kc7 49.h4 Qg2+ 50.Kd3 Ng3 51.Qe1 Qf3+ 52.Qe3 Qf5+ 53.Kc4 Qb1 0-1

(29) Artur Darznieks - Mikhail Tal [D40]
Latvia Latvia, 1954

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 cxd4 6.Qa4+ Bd7 7.Qxd4 exd5 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Qd2 Be6 10.e3 Nc6 11.Be2 0-0 12.0-0 Ne4 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.Qe1 f5 15.Rd1 Rad8 16.Nd4 Bc8 17.Bb5 Ne5 18.f3 Nxc3 19.Qxc3 Rd6 20.Rc1 a6 21.Ba4 Nc4 22.Rfe1 b5 23.Bb3 Rh6 24.g3 Rg6 25.f4 h5 26.Kf2 h4 27.Nf3 hxg3+ 28.hxg3 Bb7 29.Qd4 Re8 30.Re2 Re6 31.Rce1 Re4 32.Qd3 Qf7 33.Kg2 Qh5 34.Nd4 Kf7 35.Bd1 Rh8 36.Rg1 Nxb2 37.Qc2 Qh2+ 38.Kf1 Nc4 39.Qd3 Qh3+ 40.Kf2 Rhe8 41.Ree1 Qh2+ 42.Rg2 Qh6 43.Bf3 Nxe3 44.Bxe4 Ng4+ 45.Kg1 fxe4 46.Qe2 Qh5 47.Nf3 d4 48.Rh2 Nxh2 49.Ng5+ Kg6 0-1

(30) Janis Kliavin - Mikhail Tal [B71]
Latvia ch Latvia ch, 1954

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.e5 Nd7 9.exd6 exd6 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Qd2 Nf6 12.0-0-0 Bg7 13.Qxd6 Qxe3+ 14.Kb1 Bd7 15.Bb5 Qb6 16.Rhe1+ Kd8 17.Bxc6 Rb8 18.Qe7+ Kc7 19.Rxd7+ Kc8 20.Bb5 Rb7 21.Rxb7 Qxb7 22.Qxb7+ 1-0

(31) Paschaian Melik - Mikhail Tal [C41]
Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1954

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d4 Bg4 5.c3 Qd7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qc2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 0-0 12.g4 Bg6 13.0-0-0 b5 14.Bd3 Ne8 15.f4 c5 16.Be3 c4 17.Bxc4 bxc4 18.f5 Qb5 19.h4 Nf6 20.Rdg1 h5 21.fxg6 Nxg4 22.gxf7+ Rxf7 23.Bd4 Bf6 24.Nf3 Qa6 25.Ng5 Bxd4 26.cxd4 Rf2 27.Qb1 c3 28.bxc3 Qa3+ 29.Kd1 Rb2 0-1

(32) Mikhail Tal - Rein Toomas Etruk [E25]
Riga Riga, 1954

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.e4 Nxc3 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.Bb2 Na4 12.Qxa5 Nxa5 13.Bxg7 Rg8 14.Be5 Nxc5 15.Rd1 Bd7 16.Nh3 b6 17.Nf4 Ba4 18.Rd4 Nc6 19.Rxa4 Nxe5 20.Rd4 Ke7 21.Be2 Rad8 22.Rd2 Nc6 23.Rb2 Rd4 24.Kf2 f5 25.Bb5 Ne5 26.Ke3 Rgd8 27.Nd5+ R4xd5 28.exd5 f4+ 29.Ke2 exd5 30.Kd1 Nc4 31.Bxc4 dxc4+ 32.Rd2 Nd3 33.Kc2 b5 34.Rb1 Rb8 35.Kc3 Kd6 36.Rxb5 Rxb5 37.Kxc4 Kc6 38.Kxd3 Rb3+ 39.Ke4 Rxa3 40.Kxf4 1-0

(33) Mikhail Tal - Visockiss [E87]
Riga Riga, 1954

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.Qd2 f5 9.0-0-0 f4 10.Bf2 Nd7 11.Nge2 Nb6 12.Qd3 g5 13.Kb1 Bd7 14.Nc1 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.c5 Nc8 17.cxd6 Nexd6 18.Bc5 Rf6 19.Be2 Qc7 20.Nb3 Be8 21.Nd5 cxd5 22.Qxd5+ Nf7 23.Qxa8 Bc6 24.Bb6 axb6 25.Rc1 Bxa8 26.Rxc7 Rc6 27.Rc1 Rxc7 28.Rxc7 Ncd6 29.Nd2 Bf8 30.Bc4 b5 31.Be6 Kg7 32.a4 Kf6 33.Bxf7 Nxf7 34.axb5 Bb4 35.Nc4 g4 36.Ra7 gxf3 37.gxf3 Bxe4+ 38.fxe4 Ng5 39.b6 Bc5 40.Ra6 Ne6 41.b7 1-0

(34) Vladimir Saigin - Mikhail Tal [A31]
Riga 08, 1954

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.0-0 Nc6 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Re1 0-0 13.b3 Qd7 14.Bb2 Rad8 15.a3 a5 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 b6 18.Nf3 Bc5 19.Qd2 Ng4 20.Ree1 d3 21.Rf1 Qd6 22.Qc3 f6 23.Rad1 Rfe8 24.Rd2 Bf5 25.Ng5 Ne3 26.fxe3 Bxe3+ 27.Kh1 Bxd2 28.Qxd2 Re2 29.Qc3 Rxg2 0-1

(35) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [A07]
URS URS, 1954

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 0-0 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 c5 7.e4 Nc6 8.Re1 e6 9.c3 b6 10.Nh4 Qc7 11.f4 Ba6 12.Qf3 Rfd8 13.c4 dxe4 14.dxe4 Nb4 15.Qb3 Ng4 16.Nhf3 Rd3 17.Qa4 b5 18.cxb5 c4 19.h3 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Bxb5 21.Qa5 Nf2+ 22.Kh2 Nc2 23.Bf1 Rd6 24.a4 Ng4+ 25.hxg4 Qf2+ 0-1

(36) Niebult - Mikhail Tal [E92]
URS URS, 1954

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nh5 8.g3 Nd7 9.0-0 a5 10.Ne1 Nc5 11.Bg4 f5 12.exf5 Nf6 13.Bh3 gxf5 14.Kh1 f4 15.Bg2 Ng4 16.f3 Nh6 17.Nd3 Nf5 18.Nxc5 Nxg3+ 19.hxg3 fxg3 20.Kg1 Qh4 21.Re1 Qh2+ 22.Kf1 Bh3 23.Ke2 Qxg2+ 24.Kd3 Rxf3+ 25.Re3 Rxe3+ 26.Bxe3 dxc5 27.Qh5 Rf8 28.Rg1 Qh2 29.Ne4 Bf1+ 0-1

(37) Mikhail Tal - Aivars Gipslis [C15]
Tournament Riga (Latvia), 1955

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 c5 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.Bxc3 cxd4 8.Bxd4 Qxg2 9.Qf3 Qxf3 10.Nxf3 f6 11.Rg1 Kf7 12.0-0-0 Nc6 13.Bc5 Nge7 14.Nd2 Nf5 15.Nc4 g5 16.f4 h6 17.Be4 Rd8 18.Rxd8 Nxd8 19.fxg5 hxg5 20.Rd1 Nc6 21.b4 e5 22.b5 Ncd4 23.c3 Nxb5 24.Rd8 Nc7 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Bxf5 Rh8 27.Nd6+ Kg7 28.Nxb7 Rxh2 29.c4 Rxa2 30.Bd6 Rf2 31.Bd7 Rf4 32.c5 Na6 33.Bb5 Nxc5 34.Nxc5 Rf2 35.Ne4 Rf3 36.Kd2 Kg6 37.Ke2 Rb3 38.Bd3 Rb2+ 39.Ke3 Kf7 40.Bc4+ Kg6 41.Be7 Rb6 42.Nd6 a5 43.Bd3+ Kg7 44.Ke4 a4 45.Kf5 a3 46.Bc4 g4 47.Ne8+ Kh6 48.Nxf6 Kg7 49.Nxg4 Rc6 50.Nxe5 1-0

(38) Aivars Gipslis - Mikhail Tal [B30]
Tournament Vilnius (Lithuania), 1955

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Be7 13.Nd2 0-0 14.Rfd1 Qf5 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4 Rab8 17.Rd7 a5 18.a4 Qe5 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Qxe5 fxe5 21.Re1 f6 22.c4 Rf7 23.Red1 Rc8 24.b3 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Rd6 Kf7 27.Kf1 f5 28.g3 Kf6 29.Rb6 f4 30.gxf4 exf4 31.Ke2 Kf5 32.f3 Ke5 33.Kd3 Rd7+ 34.Kc3 Kf5 35.Rb5+ e5 36.Rxa5 Rd1 37.Rd5 Rh1 38.a5 Rxh3 39.Rd3 Rg3 40.Kd2 Rg2+ 41.Ke1 Rb2 42.c5 h5 43.Kf1 h4 44.Rc3 h3 45.Kg1 e4 46.a6 e3 47.axb7 Rb1+ 48.Kh2 e2 49.Re3 fxe3 50.b8Q Rh1+ 51.Kxh1 e1Q+ 52.Kh2 Qf2+ 53.Kxh3 Qxf3+ 54.Kh2 e2 55.Qf8+ Ke4 56.Qe8+ Kd3 57.Qb5+ Kc3 0-1

(39) Mikhail Tal - Viktor Korchnoi [C83]
Riga Riga, 1955

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Qe2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Qd2 Nc4 17.Qf4 Nxb2 18.Bg5 d4 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Be4 Bd5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Qh4 Rae8 24.Ng5 h5 25.Ne4 Qxe5 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Nxe8+ Rxe8 28.f4 Qf6 29.Qf2 d3 30.Rfe1 Rd8 31.Qd2 Qd4+ 32.Kf1 Nc4 33.Qd1 d2 0-1

(40) Alexander Arulaid - Mikhail Tal [B88]
Lugansk Lugansk, 1955

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.Bb3 Bd7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qe2 b5 13.Nxb5 Bxb5 14.Qxb5 Nxe4 15.Rad1 Bf6 16.Qd3 d5 17.c4 Qa5 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Qd2 Qb5 23.Bxd5 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Ng4 25.Bxf7+ Kf8 26.Bxe8 Nf2+ 27.Kg1 Nxd1+ 28.Kf1 Ne3+ 29.Ke2 Nc4 30.Qc3 Qe6+ 31.Kd3 Qd5+ 32.Kc2 Qxg2+ 33.Kb3 Nd2+ 34.Ka4 Qe4+ 35.Kb5 Qxe8+ 36.Ka6 Qa4+ 37.Kb7 Nc4 38.Qd3 Qb5+ 39.Kxa7 Qb6+ 40.Ka8 Qc6+ 41.Kb8 Nd6 42.Qb3 Qc8+ 43.Ka7 Qc7+ 44.Ka6 Qc6+ 45.Qb6 0-1

(41) Igor Blek - Mikhail Tal [C05]
Riga Riga, 1955

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 f6 8.b3 cxd4 9.cxd4 fxe5 10.fxe5 Nxd4 11.Bb2 Nxf3+ 12.Nxf3 Bb4+ 13.Kf2 0-0 14.Bd3 Nc5 15.g3 d4 16.a3 Bc3 17.Bxc3 dxc3 18.Bc2 Bd7 19.Re1 Bc6 20.Re3 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Rxf3+ 22.Kxf3 Qg5 23.Qe1 Rd8 24.Qxc3 Qh5+ 25.Ke3 Rd5 26.Kf4 Qxh2 27.Re1 Qf2+ 28.Kg4 Rd4+ 29.Kh3 g5 30.Qe3 g4+ 31.Kh4 Qh2+ 32.Kg5 h6+ 33.Kg6 Qxc2+ 34.Kxh6 Qh7+ 35.Kg5 Ne4+ 36.Kxg4 Qf5+ 37.Kh4 Nd2+ 38.Qxd4 Nf3# 0-1

(42) Dmitry Osipovich Rovner - Mikhail Tal [C05]
Riga Riga, 1955

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Re1 Bd7 14.Nb5 Bb8 15.Nc3 Bd6 16.Bg5 Rae8 17.Re2 Ng4 18.h3 Rxf3 19.gxf3 Nh2 20.Kg2 Nxd4 21.Re3 h6 22.Bh4 Bf4 23.Bg6 Bxe3 24.Bxe8 Nhxf3 25.Bxd7 Nxh4+ 26.Kf1 Qxb2 0-1

(43) Mikhail Tal - Evgeni Vasiukov [B36]
Riga Riga, 1955

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qd1 Be6 11.Be3 Qa5 12.Rc1 Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 Ng4 15.Bd4 Ne3 16.Bxe3 Bxc3 17.f5 Bd7 18.c5 Rxc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20.Kh1 Qa5 21.Bc4 Rf8 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Qd5 b5 24.Rxf7 bxc4 25.Rcf1 Rc8 26.Rf8+ Kh7 27.Qg8+ Kh6 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Qxc8 cxb3 30.axb3 Bf6 31.Qf8+ Kh7 32.Qf7+ Kh6 33.Qd5 Qa2 34.Qd3 a5 35.Qc4 Kg7 36.g3 Qb2 37.Qd3 Qa2 38.Rc1 Qf2 39.Rf1 Qb2 40.Qf3 Qc2 41.Rf2 Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Kf7 43.h4 Ke8 44.h5 g5 45.h6 Kf8 46.Qf5 Qxb3 47.Qc8+ Kf7 48.h7 1-0

(44) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [E65]
Riga 12, 1955

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 0-0 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.h3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be6 11.Qh4 Rc8 12.b3 Nh5 13.Bd2 Qd7 14.Rac1 Bf6 15.Bg5 Bxg5 16.Qxg5 Bxh3 17.Bxh3 Qxh3 18.Qxe7 Nxg3 19.fxg3 Qxg3+ 20.Kh1 Rce8 21.Qxb7 Re5 22.Qg2 Rh5+ 23.Kg1 Qe3+ 24.Qf2 Qh6 25.Qxa7 Qg5+ 26.Kf2 Rh2+ 27.Ke1 Qxc1+ 28.Nd1 Qc2 29.Qe7 Qxa2 30.Rf2 Qa5+ 31.Kf1 Rh1+ 0-1

(45) Mikhail Tal - Semyon Abramovich Furman [B67]
Riga 17, 1955

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f4 Rc8 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Kb1 b5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.f5 Nb4 14.a3 Nc6 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 Be7 17.Be2 Kd8 18.Rhf1 Rb8 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Rxf6 b4 21.Rf5 e5 22.Qa7 Qb6 23.Qxb6+ Rxb6 24.Nd5 Bxf5 25.exf5 Rb8 26.f6 Bf8 27.axb4 Kd7 28.g4 Rg8 29.h4 h6 30.Rg1 e4 31.g5 hxg5 32.hxg5 Ke6 33.Bc4 Ke5 34.g6 Bh6 35.Ne7 Rgd8 36.g7 1-0

(46) Chukayev - Mikhail Tal [E92]
Riga sf-ch-URS Riga sf-ch-URS, 1955

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Qc2 f5 11.f3 Nf6 12.0-0-0 c5 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Nb3 Qc7 15.Rd2 f4 16.Bf2 Be6 17.Rhd1 Rfd8 18.Kb1 a6 19.Ka1 c5 20.Nd5 Nexd5 21.cxd5 Bd7 22.Rc1 Rdb8 23.Bc4 Kh8 24.Rd3 Ba4 25.Be1 Nd7 26.Ba5 Qa7 27.Qe2 Bf6 28.Nd2 Qb7 29.Nb1 Bd8 30.Bxd8 Rxd8 31.Ra3 Bb5 32.Nd2 Rdb8 33.Rb3 Qa7 34.Ra3 Qb7 35.Rb3 Ra7 36.a4 Qc7 37.axb5 axb5+ 38.Kb1 bxc4 39.Rxb8+ Qxb8 40.Nxc4 Nb6 41.Rc3 Na4 42.Rc2 Qb5 43.Qf2 Qa6 44.Qh4 Kg7 45.Kc1 Nb6 46.Nd2 Qe2 47.b3 Qxg2 48.Kb2 Qg1 49.Nb1 Na4+ 50.bxa4 Rb7+ 0-1

(47) Mikhail Tal - Solovyev [E86]
Riga sf-ch-URS Riga sf-ch-URS, 1955

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qb3 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 Qe7 10.Kb1 Re8 11.g4 a6 12.Ng3 Nf8 13.d5 N6d7 14.h4 c5 15.Be2 Rb8 16.Rdg1 b5 17.h5 b4 18.Na4 Nb6 19.Nxb6 Rxb6 20.Qd3 Rb7 21.Qd2 f6 22.hxg6 Nxg6 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.gxf5 Nf4 25.Bd1 Kh8 26.Qh2 h6 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Rg6 Qf8 29.Qxf4 Kh7 30.Ba4 Rd8 31.Rhg1 Ra7 32.Qh4 Rc7 33.Bd1 Re8 34.Be2 a5 35.Bf1 a4 36.Bh3 a3 37.b3 Rf7 38.Bg4 Ra7 39.Bh5 Rd8 40.Rxg7+ Rxg7 41.Bg6+ Kg8 42.Qxh6 Qe7 43.Bh7+ Kh8 44.Bg6+ Kg8 45.Kc1 Rd7 46.Rh1 Kf8 47.f4 Rc7 48.Kd2 Rd7 49.Kd3 Rc7 50.Re1 Kg8 51.e5 dxe5 52.fxe5 fxe5 53.Rh1 1-0

(48) Mikhail Tal - Karlis Klasup [E41]
URS URS, 1955

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d5 Ne7 7.dxe6 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 dxe6 9.Qc2 Nc6 10.Bd3 Qe7 11.0-0 e5 12.Ng5 h6 13.Ne4 Be6 14.Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.f4 0-0-0 16.f5 e4 17.Be2 Bxf5 18.g4 g6 19.gxf5 gxf5 20.Qxe4 Qg7+ 21.Qg2 Qxc3 22.Bb2 Qxb2 23.Qf3 Rhg8+ 24.Kh1 Rd7 25.Rab1 Qe5 26.Qxf5 Qxf5 27.Rxf5 b6 28.Bf3 Nb4 29.a4 Kc7 30.a5 Re8 31.Rb3 Nc2 32.Rf6 Re6 33.axb6+ axb6 34.Rxe6 fxe6 35.Bg4 Rg7 36.h3 e5 37.Rc3 Nb4 38.Ra3 Kd6 39.Ra8 Nc2 40.Rd8+ Kc7 41.Rd3 e4 42.Rc3 Ne1 43.Ra3 Kb7 44.Bf5 Re7 45.Kh2 Re5 46.Bh7 Nd3 47.Rb3 Nb4 48.Kg3 Re7 49.Bf5 b5 50.cxb5 Kb6 51.Rb1 Nd3 52.Bg4 c4 53.Bd1 Rg7+ 54.Kh2 Rg5 55.Ba4 Rf5 56.Rg1 Ka5 57.Ra1 c3 58.Kg1 Kb6 59.Ra3 Rc5 60.Ra2 Nb4 61.Ra1 c2 62.Rc1 Ka5 63.Bxc2 Nxc2 64.Kf2 Kxb5 65.Rg1 Kc4 66.Ke2 Nb4 67.Rg4 Re5 68.Rg8 Kd5 69.Rb8 Nd3 70.Rd8+ Ke6 71.Rh8 h5 72.Rh6+ Kd5 73.h4 Nc5 74.Rf6 Nb7 75.Rh6 Nd6 76.Kf2 Rf5+ 77.Ke2 Nf7 78.Ra6 Ne5 79.Ra5+ Ke6 80.Ra6+ Kf7 81.Ra4 Ng4 82.Rxe4 Rf2+ 83.Ke1 Rh2 84.Kf1 Rxh4 85.Kg2 Rh2+ 86.Kg3 Ra2 87.Kf4 Rf2+ 88.Kg5 Nf6 89.Ra4 Rg2+ 90.Kf5 Nd5 91.e4 Ne7+ 92.Kf4 Rg1 93.Ra5 h4 94.Rh5 Ng6+ 95.Kf5 Kg7 96.e5 Re1 97.Kg4 Re4+ 98.Kh3 Nf4+ 0-1

(49) Mikhail Tal - Robert Skuja [E67]
URS URS, 1955

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 Qc7 11.e4 a6 12.Ba3 c5 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.b4 Ne6 15.c5 dxc5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 cxb4 18.Qa4 Bd7 19.Qxb4 a5 20.dxe6 axb4 21.Rxd7 Qc3 22.exf7+ Kf8 23.fxe8Q+ Kxe8 24.Rad1 Bf6 25.Bc1 Rxa2 26.Ng5 Qc2 27.Ne4 Be7 28.Rxe7+ Kxe7 29.Bg5+ Kf8 30.Rd8+ Kg7 31.Rd7+ Kh8 32.h4 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 Rd1 34.Nd6 Qxf2 35.Nf7+ Kg7 36.Bh6+ Kf6 37.Rxd1 b3 38.Rf1 Qxf1 39.Bxf1 e4 40.Bc4 b2 41.Ba2 b1Q 42.Bg5+ Kg7 43.Bxb1 1-0

(50) A Ostrauskas - Mikhail Tal [C77]
Vilnius Vilnius, 1955

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3 0-0 8.0-0 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.d5 Bd7 13.Nh2 c4 14.g4 Nb7 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 Nc5 17.Nd2 Kh8 18.Rae1 Rae8 19.Qg2 Qb6 20.Kh1 Bc8 21.Nhf3 Nfd7 22.Qg3 f6 23.g5 fxg5 24.Nxg5 Bxg5 25.Qxg5 Ne5 26.Bxe5 dxe5 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8 28.Qxe5 Qh6 29.Qh2 Bxh3 30.Nf3 Qh5 31.Ng1 Bg2+ 32.Kxg2 Rf2+ 33.Kxf2 Qxh2+ 34.Kf3 Qxc2 35.Re3 Qh2 36.Ne2 Nd3 37.Ng3 Ne5+ 38.Kf4 Qh4+ 0-1

(51) Mikhail Tal - Janis Klovans [D45]
Vilnius 11, 1955

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 0-0 8.0-0-0 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

(52) Mikhail Tal - Viacheslav Ragozin [D15]
Ch URS Leningrad (Russia), 1956

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bf4 Bg7 6.e3 Qa5 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.0-0 Nh5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Nd2 gxh4 12.Bxh5 Nf6 13.Bf3 0-0 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

(53) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir Simagin [B06]
Ch URS Leningrad (Russia), 1956

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f4 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.e5 Nd5 8.0-0 Nxc3 9.bxc3 e6 10.Ng5 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.f5 dxe5 14.fxe6+ Kxe6 15.Rb1 Qxb1 16.Qc4+ Kd6 17.Ba3+ Kc7 18.Rxb1 Bxa3 19.Qb3 Be7 20.Qxb7+ Kd6 21.dxe5+ Nxe5 22.Rd1+ Ke6 23.Qb3+ Kf5 24.Rf1+ Ke4 25.Re1+ Kf5 26.g4+ Kf6 27.Rf1+ Kg6 28.Qe6+ Kh7 29.Qxe5 Rhe8 30.Rf7 Bf8 31.Qf5+ Kg8 32.Kf2 Bc5+ 33.Kg3 Re3+ 34.Kh4 Rae8 35.Rxg7+ Kxg7 36.Qxc5 R8e6 37.Qxa7+ Kg6 38.Qa8 Kf6 39.a4 Ke5 40.a5 Kd5 41.Qd8+ Ke4 42.a6 Kf3 43.a7 Re2 44.Qd3+ R6e3 45.Qxe3+ 1-0

(54) Boris Spassky - Mikhail Tal [E80]
Leningrad ch-SU Leningrad ch-SU, 1956

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Nh5 7.Be3 f5 8.Qd2 Na6 9.0-0-0 Nf6 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Bd3 0-0 12.Nge2 Qe7 13.Rde1 c5 14.Ng3 Ne8 15.Nh5 Nac7 16.g4 Kh8 17.Rhg1 Qf7 18.Nxg7 Nxg7 19.f4 e4 20.Bc2 b5 21.cxb5 Rb8 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd6 Rbd8 27.Bxc5 Nxf4 28.Bd4 Ng6 29.Re7 Nxe7 30.Bxg7+ Kg8 31.Bxf8+ Kxf8 32.Rf1+ Kg8 33.Rd1 Rf8 34.a4 Rf2 35.Nc4 Rxh2 36.Rd7 Nf5 37.Rxa7 Nd4 38.Rc7 1-0

(55) Mikhail Tal - Tolush [B97]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1956

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 Qxa2 13.Rb3 Qa1+ 14.Kf2 Qa4 15.Bb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 f6 17.exf6 gxf6 18.Re1 Ra6 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Nxf6+ Kf7 21.Rf3 Qh4+ 22.Kf1 e5 23.Qd5+ Be6 24.Nd7+ Kg6 25.Nxe5+ Kg7 26.Rg3+ Qxg3 27.Qxb7+ Nd7 28.hxg3 Rb6 29.Qc7 Bc5 30.Nxd7 Bc4+ 31.Re2 1-0

(56) Mikhail Tal - Anatoly Bannik [C75]
Leningrad 07, 1956

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nh4 exd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.Qd5+ Be6 13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.0-0 Ne5 15.Nf5 g6 16.Qh3 gxf5 17.exf5 Bc4 18.f4 Nd7 19.Rf3 Bg7 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Be3 c5 22.Bf2 b5 23.Bh4 b4 24.Ne4 Bd5 25.Bxf6 Bxf6 26.Re1 Bd4+ 27.Kh1 Rh7 28.Rg3+ Rg7 29.Rg6 Rxg6 30.fxg6 Qf8 31.Qd7 Bg7 32.Ng3 Rd8 33.Qg4 Re8 34.Rd1 Bxa2 35.f5 c4 36.h4 d5 37.Rf1 Bf6 38.Qd1 d4 39.Qa4 Bb3 40.Qc6 Qe7 41.Nh5 Rf8 42.Qd5+ Kh8 43.Nxf6 Qxf6 44.Qb7 Qg7 45.Qxb4 Kg8 46.h5 Qd7 47.f6 Qg4 48.f7+ Kg7 49.Qc5 Qh4+ 50.Kg1 1-0

(57) Alexander Buslaev - Mikhail Tal [A64]
Tbilisi Tbilisi, 1956

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.Nc4 Nb6 14.Na3 Bd7 15.Bf4 Nc8 16.Nc4 Qc7 17.a5 Nh5 18.Bd2 Bb5 19.Ne3 Na7 20.Kh2 Qe7 21.Bf3 Nf6 22.Re1 h5 23.Nxb5 Nxb5 24.Nc4 Ne4 25.Be3 h4 26.g4 Bd4 27.Kg2 Bxe3 28.fxe3 Nf6 29.Qc2 Nd7 30.Ra4 Ne5 31.Qe4 Qg5 32.Qf4 Qxf4 33.exf4 Nd3 34.Rh1 Nxf4+ 35.Kf2 g5 36.e3 Nd3+ 37.Ke2 Ne5 38.Nd2 Kg7 39.Rc1 Re7 40.Be4 Rbe8 41.Bf5 Ng6 42.Ne4 Re5 43.Rd1 Ne7 44.Nxg5 Nxf5 45.gxf5 Rxe3+ 46.Kf2 Re2+ 47.Kf3 Nd4+ 48.Raxd4 R2e3+ 49.Kg4 cxd4 50.Rxd4 Re2 51.Rb4 Kf6 52.Nh7+ Ke5 53.Rxb7 Rg2+ 54.Kh5 Rg7 55.Kh6 Reg8 56.f6 Rg6+ 57.Kh5 Kf5 58.Rxf7 Rg2 59.Rb7 Rh8 60.Rf7 Rg3 61.Kxh4 Rg5 62.b4 Kf4 63.b5 axb5 64.a6 b4 65.a7 Rgg8 66.Kh5 Kf5 67.Rb7 Rf8 68.Kh6 Rfg8 69.Rg7 Rxg7 70.fxg7 Ra8 71.Nf8 1-0

(58) Egor Chukaev - Mikhail Tal [E75]
Tbilisi Tbilisi, 1956

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Qd2 exd5 9.exd5 Qb6 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.0-0-0 Na6 14.f3 Nb4 15.fxe4 Nxa2+ 16.Kb1 Nc3+ 17.Kc1 Nxe4 18.Qc2 Nxg5 19.Nf3 Nxf3 20.Bxf3 a5 21.Rd3 a4 22.Re1 Qb4 23.Re7 Rfe8 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Kb1 b5 26.Ra3 Re1+ 27.Ka2 Qxa3+ 0-1

(59) Abram Khasin - Mikhail Tal [B88]
URS-ch23 Leningrad URS-ch23 Leningrad, 1956

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 a6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.f4 b5 11.f5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 0-0 13.fxe6 Bxe6 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Kh1 Rfd8 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nd7 18.Qf4 Bf6 19.Bd4 Re8 20.c3 Re7 21.Bc2 Bxd4 22.Qh4 Nf8 23.Rxd4 Re2 24.Bf5 Rce8 25.Rb4 Rd2 26.Be4 Qe7 27.Qe1 Rxd5 28.Qf2 Re5 29.Bd3 Nd7 30.Rf4 Nc5 31.Rxf7 Nxd3 32.Qf3 Re1 33.Qd5 Qxf7 34.Qxf7+ Kh8 35.Kg1 Rxf1+ 36.Qxf1 Re1 0-1

(60) Janusz Szukszta - Mikhail Tal [E86]
Uppsala Uppsala, 1956

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6 8.Qb3 exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.exd5 Nc6 12.dxc6 Re8 13.Kf2 Rxe3 14.Rd1 Ng4+ 15.fxg4 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Qxd4 17.Qd5 Re2+ 18.Kxe2 Bxg4+ 19.Ke1 Re8+ 20.Be2 Rxe2+ 0-1

(61) Mikhail Tal - M T Mora Iturralde [A56]
Uppsala Uppsala, 1956

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 0-0 7.Nge2 Nh5 8.Be3 Bg5 9.Qd2 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 g6 11.0-0-0 a6 12.g3 b5 13.f4 Qa5 14.fxe5 bxc4 15.Bxc4 Nd7 16.exd6 Ne5 17.Bb3 Rb8 18.Rhf1 c4 19.Bc2 Qb6 20.Qd4 Nd3+ 21.Kd2 Bh3 22.Bxd3 Bxf1 23.Rxf1 Qxd6 24.Bc2 Rxb2 25.e5 Qb4 26.e6 fxe6 27.Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.dxe6 Qf5 29.Ne4 c3+ 30.Qxc3 Rxa2 31.e7 Qxe4 32.Qc8+ 1-0

(62) Paul Keres - Mikhail Tal [E10]
Moskva ch-SU (14.02.57) 16, 1957

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.a3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Rxc4 Qa5+ 13.Bd2 Qd5 14.Qc2 f5 15.0-0 Bd7 16.Rd1 Rac8 17.Be3 Na5 18.Rxc8 Rxc8 19.Qe2 Bd6 20.Ne5 Ba4 21.Re1 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Rd8 23.b4 Bc6 24.f3 Qxd3 25.Qxd3 Rxd3 26.bxa5 Rxa3 27.Bxa7 Rxa5 28.Bd4 Ra2 29.Rb1 Rd2 30.Bc3 Rc2 31.Bd4 Kf7 32.h4 Kg6 33.Rb4 h6 34.Rb2 Rxb2 35.Bxb2 Kh5 36.Ba3 Kxh4 37.Bf8 Kg3 38.Bxg7 h5 39.Bh6 Bxf3 40.gxf3 Kxf3 41.Kf1 b5 42.Bd2 h4 43.Bb4 h3 44.Kg1 Ke2 0-1

(63) Romani Elio - Mikhail Tal [A64]
Italien Italien, 1957

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Nd2 Re8 12.Nc4 Nb6 13.Ne3 Ng4 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.h3 Nxe3 16.Bxe3 Nd7 17.Ne4 Qe7 18.Bf4 Ne5 19.Qb6 Nc4 20.Qb3 b5 21.axb5 axb5 22.g4 Bxb2 23.Nxd6 Bxa1 24.Nxc4 Ra8 25.Nb6 Ra5 26.d6 Qa7 27.Bc6 Be6 28.Qc2 Rb8 29.Nd5 Bxd5 30.Bxd5 Ra4 31.e3 Bg7 32.Bc6 Qb6 33.Bd5 Rxf4 34.exf4 Qxd6 35.Qe4 Rd8 36.Bc6 b4 37.Ba4 Qd4 38.Qe7 Bf6 39.Qb7 Qxf4 40.Bb3 c4 41.Bc2 Be5 42.Qg2 b3 43.Bb1 c3 0-1

(64) Mikhail Tal - Konstantin Klaman [B61]
Moscow URS ch 15, 1957

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.f4 Rg8 12.g3 e6 13.Bh3 Qc5 14.Qd2 b5 15.Rhe1 b4 16.Ne2 Qc4 17.Kb1 Qxe4 18.Nd4 Qb7 19.Qd3 Be7 20.Qxh7 Rf8 21.Bg4 Qc7 22.Ka1 f5 23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Rxe7+ Kxe7 25.Re1+ Kd8 26.Qh4+ f6 27.Qh6 Qa5 28.Nb3 Qd5 29.Qxf8+ Kc7 30.Qxf6 Re8 31.Rc1 Ba4 32.Qd4 Qb7 33.Rd1 Re6 34.Qc4+ 1-0

(65) Bukhuti Gurgenidze - Mikhail Tal [A78]
Moscow URS ch 18, 1957

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Re1 Nc7 12.a4 b6 13.Qc2 Ng4 14.h3 Nxf2 15.Kxf2 Qh4+ 16.Kf1 Bd4 17.Nd1 Qxh3 18.Bf3 Qh2 19.Ne3 f5 20.Ndc4 fxe4 21.Bxe4 Ba6 22.Bf3 Re5 23.Ra3 Rae8 24.Bd2 Nxd5 25.Bxd5+ Rxd5 26.Ke2 Bxe3 27.Rxe3 Bxc4+ 0-1

(66) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [E63]
Moscow URS ch 4, 1957

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 Nc6 7.Nc3 a6 8.Bg5 Rb8 9.Rc1 Bg4 10.Qd2 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nd7 12.Nd5 Re8 13.Be3 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Rfd1 Nd4 16.Bg2 c6 17.Nc3 Qe7 18.Ne4 Nf6 19.Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.h4 Rbd8 21.Qe1 h5 22.Bd2 e4 23.Ba5 Rb8 24.Bc3 Red8 25.Rd2 e3 26.fxe3 Qxe3+ 27.Qf2 Nxe2+ 28.Rxe2 Qxc1+ 29.Re1 Bxc3 30.Rxc1 Bd4 31.Rc2 Bxf2+ 32.Kxf2 Kg7 33.b4 Rd4 34.a4 Rbd8 35.Ke2 Rd3 36.b5 axb5 37.axb5 cxb5 38.cxb5 Rb3 39.Bxb7 Rxb5 40.Rc7 Re8+ 41.Kf2 Rf5+ 42.Kg1 Re1+ 43.Kg2 Re2+ 44.Kg1 Rb5 45.Kf1 Rd2 0-1

(67) Mikhail Tal - Raphael Persitz [E79]
Reykjavik Reykjavik, 1957

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.f4 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bxg4 Bxg4 11.Nxc6 Bxd1 12.Nxd8 Bg4 13.h3 Bxc3+ 14.bxc3 Bc8 15.Nxf7 Rxf7 16.0-0 b6 17.Rae1 Be6 18.g4 Bxc4 19.Rf2 Bd3 20.Bd4 e5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Bxe5 Re8 23.Rd2 Bc4 24.Bd4 Rf3 25.Kg2 Rf4 26.e5 Bd5+ 27.Kh2 Re4 28.Rf1 Bc4 29.Rf6 Re6 30.Rff2 Re8 31.Kg3 Rf8 32.Kh4 Rxf2 33.Rxf2 Re2 34.Rxe2 Bxe2 35.Kg5 Bc4 36.Kf6 Kf8 37.a3 Bf1 38.h4 Be2 39.g5 Bc4 40.e6 Bd3 41.Be5 Bc4 42.Bb8 a6 43.Ba7 b5 44.Bc5+ Ke8 45.e7 Bd3 46.Kg7 Be4 47.Kxh7 Kf7 48.Kh6 Bc6 49.h5 gxh5 50.g6+ Kg8 51.Kxh5 a5 52.Kg5 a4 53.Kf6 Be8 54.Bd4 1-0

(68) Mikhail Tal - Atanas Stefanov Kolarov [B94]
Reykjavik 05, 1957

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bxe6 fxe6 11.Nxe6 Kf7 12.Nxf8 Rxf8 13.Qxd6 b4 14.Nd5 Qxa2 15.Rhe1 Kg8 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Rd3 Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Qxb2 19.f4 b3 20.Ne7+ Kh8 21.Rxb3 Qa2 22.Qd5 Ra7 23.Ng6+ Kg7 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.e5 Nxe5 26.Qc5+ Kg8 27.Qxc8+ Kf7 28.fxe5 Qa5+ 29.Qc3 Rd7+ 30.Kc1 1-0

(69) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Koblents [B63]
Riga ;MAINB Riga ;MAINB, 1957

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.g6 hxg6 16.h5 gxh5 17.Rxh5 Nf6 18.Rh1 d5 19.e5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Qh2 Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ng8 23.Rh7 f5 24.Bh6 Rd7 25.Bxb5 Rf7 26.Rg1 Ra7 27.Nd4 Ng4 28.fxg4 Be5 29.Nc6 Bxc3 30.Be3 d4 31.Rgh1 Rd7 32.Bg5 axb5 33.R1h6 d3 34.bxc3 d2+ 35.Kd1 Qxc6 36.Rf6+ Rf7 37.Qxg7+ 1-0

(70) Mikhail Tal - Rudolf Teschner [C79]
Vienna Vienna, 1957

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.d4 b5 8.Bb3 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 exd4 11.Qg3 g6 12.Bd5 Qd7 13.Bh6 Rb8 14.f4 Nd8 15.Nd2 c6 16.Bb3 dxc3 17.Qxc3 Qa7+ 18.Kh1 Qc5 19.Qd3 Nd7 20.e5 d5 21.f5 gxf5 22.Qxf5 Nf8 23.Ne4 dxe4 24.Rad1 f6 25.Qh5+ Ng6 26.exf6 Rf8 27.Rf5 1-0

(71) Mikhail Tal - Efim Geller [C96]
Riga ch-SU Riga ch-SU (12), 1958

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Bb7 12.b4 cxb4 13.cxb4 Nc4 14.Nbd2 d5 15.exd5 exd4 16.Nxc4 bxc4 17.Qxd4 Bxb4 18.Rb1 Bxe1 19.Rxb7 Re8 20.d6 Qc8 21.Bg5 Re2 22.Rc7 Qe6 23.Nxe1 Rxe1+ 24.Kh2 Rd8 25.Bxf6 gxf6 26.Re7 Qxd6+ 27.Qxd6 Rxd6 28.Rxe1 Rd2 29.Rc1 Rxf2 30.Be4 Rxa2 31.Rxc4 a5 32.Rc8+ Kg7 33.Rc7 1-0

(72) Alexander Kotov - Mikhail Tal [E69]
URS 25ch Riga 10, 1958

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qa5 10.Re1 Re8 11.a3 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ne5 13.Bf1 a6 14.Bd2 Qb6 15.Be3 c5 16.Nb3 Be6 17.Nd2 Nc6 18.b4 Ng4 19.hxg4 Bxc3 20.Rc1 Bg7 21.Nb3 Rad8 22.Nd2 Qc7 23.Rb1 Ne5 24.Be2 b5 25.cxb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 Bxg4 27.Be2 Qd7 28.Bxg4 Nxg4 29.Kg2 h5 30.Bg5 Bd4 31.Re2 f6 32.Bf4 g5 33.f3 Nf2 34.Rxf2 Bxf2 35.Kxf2 gxf4 36.gxf4 Qa7 37.Qb3+ c4+ 38.Qe3 Qxe3+ 39.Kxe3 d5 40.Rg1+ Kf7 41.Ke2 c3 42.Nb3 dxe4 43.Rc1 exf3+ 44.Kxf3 Rd3+ 45.Kf2 c2 46.Nc5 Rd2+ 47.Kf3 Re1 48.Rxe1 Rd1 0-1

(73) Berhold - Mikhail Tal [E79]
Munich Munich, 1958

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.f4 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Be3 Bg4 10.Nxc6 Bxe2 11.Nxd8 Bxd1 12.Rxd1 Rfxd8 13.Ke2 a6 14.a4 Rac8 15.Bb6 Re8 16.b3 Nd7 17.Bd4 Bxd4 18.Rxd4 Nc5 19.Rb1 Ne6 20.Rd2 Nxf4+ 21.Ke3 Ne6 22.Nd5 Rc5 23.Ra2 Nc7 24.Nxc7 Rxc7 25.a5 Rc5 26.Kd4 Rec8 27.Rf1 f5 28.Re1 e5+ 29.Ke3 Kf7 30.Rf1 Ke6 31.Rd1 h5 32.Kd3 Rd8 33.Ke3 fxe4 34.Kxe4 d5+ 35.Ke3 Rd7 36.Rc1 dxc4 37.bxc4 Rd4 38.Ra4 Rc7 39.Rb4 Kf5 40.Rf1+ Rf4 41.Rxf4+ exf4+ 42.Kd4 g5 43.Rb6 g4 44.Rh6 Rd7+ 45.Kc5 f3 46.gxf3 gxf3 47.Rxh5+ Kg4 0-1

(74) Mikhail Tal - Georgi P Tringov [B96]
Munich Munich, 1958

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.Nb3 Qe3+ 10.Be2 Qxf4 11.Bg3 Qe3 12.Bxd6 Nc6 13.Rf1 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Qxe4 15.Bxf8 Rxf8 16.Kf2 Bd7 17.Qxd7+ Kxd7 18.Nc5+ Ke7 19.Nxe4 f5 20.Nc5 1-0

(75) Alfred Beni - Mikhail Tal [B20]
Munich olm Munich olm, 1958

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d3 e6 5.f4 d5 6.e5 Ng8 7.Nf3 Nge7 8.Be2 Nf5 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qe1 0-0 11.Nd1 dxc4 12.dxc4 Nb4 13.Qc3 Nd4 14.Bd3 b5 15.cxb5 Bb7 16.Bc4 Nd5 17.Qd2 Nb6 18.Be2 Qc7 19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Bd3 Nd5 21.a3 a6 22.Qe2 axb5 23.Bxb5 Qb6 24.Kh1 Nb4 25.a4 d3 26.Qg4 Nc2 27.Rb1 Rfd8 28.Bd2 Qd4 29.Bc3 Qd5 30.Rf3 d2 31.f5 exf5 32.Qxf5 Ne1 33.Rg3 Nxg2 34.Kg1 Bc5+ 35.Kf1 Nf4 36.Rxg7+ Kf8 37.Qxf4 Qh1+ 38.Ke2 Qe1# 0-1

(76) Mikhail Tal - Harry Golombek [B12]
Munich olm Munich olm, 1958

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Ne7 7.Nge2 Nd7 8.0-0 Nb6 9.Bb3 Qd7 10.a4 a5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Bc2 Bxc2 13.Qxc2 Ned5 14.Nce4 Nb4 15.Qe2 N6d5 16.f4 g6 17.Ra3 Be7 18.Bd2 Nc2 19.Rd3 Ndb4 20.Bxb4 Nxb4 21.Rdd1 Rd8 22.Kh1 h5 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.exf6 Kf8 25.Ne4 h4 26.Nc5 Qc8 27.f5 gxf5 28.Qe3 b6 29.Qg5 Rh7 30.Rf4 bxc5 31.Rxh4 Rxh4 32.Qg7+ Ke8 33.Qg8+ Kd7 34.Qxf7+ Kd6 35.Qe7+ 1-0

(77) Mikhail Tal - Oscar Panno [C92]
Portoroz izt 17, 1958

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Be3 exd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nbc4 16.Qd3 f5 17.Bb3 f4 18.Bd2 Nxb3 19.Nc6 Nxa1 20.Nxd8 Bf5 21.Qf3 Raxd8 22.Rxe7 Bxb1 23.Bxf4 Rxd4 24.Qg4 Bg6 25.Qe6+ Bf7 26.Qf5 Nc2 27.b3 Bg6 28.Rxg7+ Kxg7 29.Bh6+ Kxh6 30.Qxf8+ Kg5 31.bxc4 bxc4 32.g3 Be4 33.h4+ Kg4 34.Kh2 Bf5 35.Qf6 h6 36.Qe5 Re4 37.Qg7+ Kf3 38.Qc3+ Ne3 39.Kg1 Bg4 40.fxe3 h5 41.Qe1 Rxe3 42.Qf1+ Ke4 43.Qxc4+ Kf3 44.Qf1+ Ke4 45.Qxa6 Kd4 46.Qd6+ Kc4 47.a4 Re1+ 48.Kf2 Re2+ 49.Kf1 Ra2 50.Qa6+ Kd4 51.a5 c4 52.Qb6+ Kd5 53.a6 Ra1+ 54.Kf2 c3 55.a7 c2 56.Qb3+ Kd6 57.Qd3+ 1-0

(78) Aleksandar Matanovic - Mikhail Tal [B94]
Portoroz izt 4, 1958

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.f3 Be7 12.Kb1 b4 13.Nd5 exd5 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.exd5 0-0-0 16.a3 h6 17.axb4 Qc7 18.Bf4 g6 19.Nxh6 Ne5 20.Bg5 Bxh6 21.Bxh6 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Qxc4 23.Bg7 Nxd5 24.b3 Qxb4 25.Qxb4 Nxb4 26.Bxh8 Rxh8 27.Rxd6 Nd5 28.c4 Ne3 29.Rf6 Nxg2 30.Rxf7 Rd8 31.Kc2 Nh4 32.Re1 Rd7 33.Re8+ Kc7 34.Ree7 Rxe7 35.Rxe7+ Kb6 36.f4 Ng2 37.Re6+ Ka7 38.Rf6 Be4+ 39.Kc3 a5 40.Kb2 a4 41.b4 Ne3 42.Re6 Nxc4+ 43.Kc3 Bd5 44.Rxg6 Nb6 45.h4 a3 46.b5 Bf7 47.Rg1 a2 48.Kb2 Kb8 49.Rg7 Bb3 50.Rg1 Bf7 51.Ka1 Kc8 52.Rg7 Be8 53.Rg5 Nd7 54.h5 Nf6 55.h6 Kc7 56.Rg7+ Kb6 57.Re7 1-0

(79) Mikhail Tal - Miroslav Filip [C98]
Portoroz izt 5, 1958

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Bd6 15.Nh4 Ne7 16.Qf3 Rd8 17.Ne3 Qb7 18.g4 c4 19.Nef5 Nxf5 20.Nxf5 Bxf5 21.gxf5 Kh8 22.Kh2 h6 23.Rg1 Qe7 24.Bd2 Bc5 25.Rad1 Rd7 26.Qg3 Qf8 27.Kh1 Rad8 28.Bxh6 gxh6 29.Qxe5 Be7 30.Rd4 Rxd4 31.cxd4 Kh7 32.Rd1 Ne8 33.f6 Nxf6 34.Qf5+ Kh8 35.e5 Qg7 36.exf6 Bxf6 37.Rg1 Bg5 38.f4 1-0

(80) Mikhail Tal - Geza Fuster [B17]
Portoroz izt 9, 1958

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Bc4 Bf5 8.Qe2 e6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.0-0-0 h6 11.Bh4 Ne4 12.g4 Bh7 13.Bg3 Nxg3 14.fxg3 Qc7 15.Ne5 Bd6 16.h4 f6 17.Bxe6 fxe5 18.dxe5 Be7 19.Rhf1 Rf8 20.Rxf8+ Bxf8 21.Qf3 Qe7 22.Qb3 Rb8 23.Bd7+ Qxd7 24.Rxd7 Kxd7 25.Qf7+ Be7 26.e6+ Kd8 27.Qxg7 1-0

(81) Mikhail Tal - Janis Kliavin [B67]
Riga Riga, 1958

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxe4 11.Qe1 Nf6 12.Nf5 Qa5 13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.Rxd6 Ne7 15.Rd1 Ng6 16.Ne4 Qxe1 17.Nd6+ Ke7 18.Bxe1 Nd5 19.Nxb7 Ngxf4 20.g3 Ng6 21.Bg2 Rhb8 22.Rxd5 Bc6 23.Bb4+ Ke8 24.Rd8+ Rxd8 25.Bxc6+ 1-0

(82) Mikhail Tal - Semyon Abramovich Furman [C60]
Riga URS ch 16, 1958

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.0-0 Be7 8.Rd1 0-0 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nxd4 Qe8 11.Nc3 f6 12.Nf5 Bd8 13.Qc4+ Ne6 14.Nd4 fxe5 15.Nxe6 d5 16.Nxc7 Qf7 17.N7xd5 cxd5 18.Nxd5 Qxf2+ 19.Kh1 Be6 20.Be3 Qf7 21.Qe4 Rc8 22.c3 Re8 23.Rd2 Rb8 24.Rad1 Bf5 25.Qa4 Bb6 26.Rf1 Qh5 27.Bxb6 axb6 28.Rdf2 Bd3 29.g4 Qh4 30.Nxb6 Bxf1 31.Rxf1 Rf8 32.Qc4+ Kh8 33.Nd7 Rxf1+ 34.Qxf1 Re8 35.Nxe5 Qe7 36.Nf3 Qe4 37.Kg2 Qxg4+ 38.Kf2 1-0

(83) Yuri Averbakh - Mikhail Tal [A76]
Riga URS ch 4, 1958

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Be2 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Qc2 Na6 11.Bf4 Nb4 12.Qb1 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bf5 14.Nfd2 Nxd5 15.Bxd6 Nf6 16.Bf3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Qxd6 19.Qc2 Re7 20.Bf3 Rae8 21.Rad1 Bd4 22.a4 b6 23.b3 Re5 24.Rd2 h5 25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Bxe2 h4 27.Kh1 Qf4 28.g3 Qf6 29.Qd1 Rd8 30.Bg4 Bxf2 31.Qe2 Rd2 32.Qe8+ Kg7 33.gxh4 Qd4 34.Bh3 Qd3 35.Bg2 Rd1 0-1

(84) Janis Kliavin - Mikhail Tal [B90]
URS URS, 1958

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 b5 10.a3 Nbd7 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Bxe6 fxe6 13.Nxe6 Qe8 14.Qd4 Rc8 15.Rae1 Rc4 16.Qa7 Qc8 17.Nxf8 Bxf8 18.Bd4 d5 19.Kh1 dxe4 20.Rd1 Qc6 21.b3 Rxc3 22.Bxc3 e3 23.Rf3 e2 0-1

(85) Mikhail Tal - Iivo Nei [C02]
URS URS, 1958

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.0-0 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Nc3 Qxe5 11.Re1 Qd6 12.Nb5 Qb8 13.Qf3 Bd6 14.Qxd5 Bxh2+ 15.Kh1 Bc6 16.Qg5 Nf6 17.f4 h6 18.Qxg7 Rg8 19.Rxe6+ fxe6 20.Bg6+ Kd8 21.Qxf6+ 1-0

(86) Milko Bobotsov - Mikhail Tal [E81]
Varna 02, 1958

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.Qd2 a6 9.0-0-0 Qa5 10.Kb1 b5 11.Nd5 Nxd5 12.Qxa5 Nxe3 13.Rc1 Nxc4 14.Rxc4 bxc4 15.Nc1 Rb8 16.Bxc4 Nb6 17.Bb3 Bxd4 18.Qd2 Bg7 19.Ne2 c4 20.Bc2 c3 21.Qd3 cxb2 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Rd1 Rfc8 24.Bb3 Na4 25.Bxa4 Bxa4 26.Nb3 Rc3 27.Qxa6 Bxb3 28.axb3 Rbc8 29.Qa3 Rc1+ 30.Rxc1 Rxc1+ 0-1

(87) Gheorghe Mititelu - Mikhail Tal [E46]
Varna 02, 1958

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 c6 9.Bg2 a5 10.0-0 Na6 11.f3 c5 12.Kh1 Nc7 13.Qc2 Be6 14.Rd1 Rc8 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.e4 Re8 17.Bg5 Ng4 18.fxg4 Qxg5 19.exd5 Bxg4 20.d6 Bxe2 21.Nxe2 Bxd6 22.Rxd6 Nb5 23.Qd2 Qg4 24.Nc3 Nxd6 25.Qxd6 Rcd8 26.Qc7 h5 27.Rf1 Rd7 28.Qxa5 h4 29.gxh4 Rd2 30.Bd5 Kh8 31.Qb4 Qh3 32.Qf4 Rxh2+ 33.Kg1 Rc2 34.Nd1 Re6 35.h5 Rf6 36.Qb8+ Rc8 37.Bg2 Rxf1+ 0-1

(88) Mikhail Tal - Burkhard G J Malich [B67]
Varna 05, 1958

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.f5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Bh6+ 13.Kb1 Bf4 14.Ne2 Be5 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.g3 Rc8 17.Bh3 Qc4 18.Nf4 Ke7 19.fxe6 Bxe6 20.Nd5+ Bxd5 21.exd5 Rc5 22.Rhe1 a5 23.Bf5 Qb4 24.Rxe5+ fxe5 25.Qg5+ Kf8 26.Qf6 Rg8 27.Be6 1-0

(89) Robert James Fischer - Mikhail Tal [B90]
Yugoslavia ct Rd: 21 Yugoslavia ct Rd: 21, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.0-0 b5 11.f5 b4 12.Na4 e5 13.Ne2 Bb7 14.Ng3 Nbd7 15.Be3 Bc6 16.Bf2 Qb7 17.Rfe1 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Ne4 Nf4 20.c4 g6 21.fxg6 f5 22.g7 Kxg7 23.Qg3+ Kh8 24.Nec5 Nxc5 25.Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26.Nxc5 Qc7 27.Qe3 Rae8 28.Re2 Nxe2+ 29.Qxe2 Bxg2 30.Nxa6 Qa7+ 31.Kxg2 Rg8+ 32.Kh3 Qg7 33.Bd1 Re6 0-1

(90) Mikhail Tal - Robert James Fischer [E93]
Yugoslavia ct Rd: 3 Yugoslavia ct Rd: 3, 1959

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 a6 10.0-0 Qe8 11.Nd2 Nh7 12.b4 Bf6 13.Bxf6 Nhxf6 14.Nb3 Qe7 15.Qd2 Kh7 16.Qe3 Ng8 17.c5 f5 18.exf5 gxf5 19.f4 exf4 20.Qxf4 dxc5 21.Bd3 cxb4 22.Rae1 Qf6 23.Re6 Qxc3 24.Bxf5+ Rxf5 25.Qxf5+ Kh8 26.Rf3 Qb2 27.Re8 Ndf6 28.Qxf6+ Qxf6 29.Rxf6 Kg7 30.Rff8 Ne7 31.Na5 h5 32.h4 Rb8 33.Nc4 b5 34.Ne5 1-0

(91) Paul Keres - Mikhail Tal [B42]
JUG ct JUG ct, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6 7.0-0 e5 8.Nd2 Qc7 9.a4 Nf6 10.Qf3 Bc5 11.Nc4 0-0 12.Ne3 Re8 13.Bc4 Be6 14.Bxe6 Rxe6 15.Nf5 g6 16.Nh6+ Kg7 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Rxd8 Qxd8 19.Bg5 Qd4 20.h4 Qxb2 21.Rd1 Bd4 22.Rd3 Qxc2 23.Rxd4 exd4 24.e5 Kf8 25.exf6 Qc3 26.Qg4 Qe1+ 27.Kh2 Qxf2 28.Qh3 Qe1 29.Qb3 b5 30.axb5 cxb5 31.Qa3+ b4 32.Qb3 Qe5+ 33.Kh1 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qe5+ 35.Kh1 Qd6 36.Kg1 d3 37.Qd1 Qc5+ 38.Kh1 Qc2 39.Qf3 d2 40.Bxd2 Qxd2 0-1

(92) Nezhmetdinov - Mikhail Tal [B43]
Moscow tt Moscow tt, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.h3 b5 10.f4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 Qxc4 12.Qd3 d5 13.exd5 Qxd3 14.cxd3 b4 15.Ne4 Nxd5 16.Bd2 a5 17.Rac1 Ba6 18.Rfe1 g6 19.f5 Bg7 20.f6 Nxf6 21.Nd6+ Ke7 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Rc7+ Kg8 24.Nxe6 Ne8 25.Rd7 Bf6 26.Rf1 Ng7 27.Rxf6 Nxe6 28.Rxe6 Bb5 29.Rc7 h5 30.Rxg6+ Kf8 31.Bh6+ Ke8 32.Re6+ Kd8 33.Rc5 Kd7 34.Rb6 Bxd3 35.Bf4 Rhf8 36.Rd6+ Ke7 37.Rc7+ Ke8 38.Bg5 Rf1+ 39.Kh2 Bb1 40.Rh6 1-0

(93) Mikhail Tal - Lev Polugaevsky [B94]
Tbilisi ch-SU Tbilisi ch-SU, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Rad1 Nc5 11.Rfe1 Bd7 12.a3 Qc7 13.b4 Na4 14.Nxa4 Bxa4 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Nxe6 Qxc2 17.Qd4 Kf7 18.Rc1 Qa2 19.e5 dxe5 20.Qxe5 Qxf2+ 21.Kxf2 Ng4+ 22.Kg1 Nxe5 23.Rxe5 Bxg5 24.Nxg5+ Kg6 25.Ne6 Rhe8 26.Re3 Rac8 27.Rf1 Bb5 28.Rg3+ Kh6 29.Nxg7 Rf8 30.Re1 Rf6 31.h3 Rc2 32.Re4 Rc4 33.Re5 Rc1+ 34.Kh2 1-0

(94) Mikhail Tal - Vasily Smyslov [B84]
ct, Bled ct, Bled (22), 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.f4 b5 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.a3 Qc7 11.Qe1 Be7 12.Kh1 Rb8 13.b3 0-0 14.Bb2 Rfe8 15.Qg3 Bf8 16.Rae1 e5 17.Nf5 Kh8 18.Qh4 exf4 19.Qxf4 Ne5 20.Re3 g6 21.Nh6 Bg7 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 f6 24.Be4 g5 25.Qf5 Bxh6 26.Qxf6+ Bg7 27.Qf5 Ng6 28.Rh3 Bxb2 29.Qxg6 Re7 30.Rh6 Rg8 31.Qf5 Bc8 32.Qf3 g4 33.Qd3 Be5 34.c4 bxc4 35.bxc4 Reg7 36.c5 dxc5 37.d6 Qa7 38.Bd5 Rd8 39.Qe4 Bd4 40.Qf4 Rgd7 41.Rf6 1-0

(95) Boris Spassky - Mikhail Tal [C92]
Moskva tt Moskva tt, 1959

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.Bc2 Be6 14.e5 Qd7 15.Nb3 Bf5 16.Bg5 Bb4 17.Re2 Rfe8 18.Rc1 Nc4 19.Na1 Bxc2 20.Qxc2 Re6 21.Qf5 h6 22.Bf4 Rf8 23.b3 f6 24.Qg4 f5 25.Qh5 Nd6 26.Nc2 Ne4 27.Nxb4 Nxb4 28.Ne1 c5 29.Rb2 cxd4 30.Qd1 g5 31.Bh2 Rc8 32.Rxc8+ Qxc8 33.f3 Qc3 34.fxe4 Qxb2 35.exf5 Rc6 36.Bg3 d3 37.Qh5 d2 38.Qe8+ Kg7 39.Qe7+ Kh8 40.f6 dxe1Q+ 41.Bxe1 1-0

(96) Mikhail Tal - Pal Benko [B27]
Bled Bled, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4 0-0 8.0-0 a6 9.Be2 Rb8 10.Re1 Ne8 11.Bf4 Nc7 12.Bf1 b5 13.Qd2 Re8 14.h3 Nf6 15.Rad1 Bd7 16.e5 b4 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Rxe4 Bxa4 19.Bh6 Bh8 20.Rde1 f6 21.e6 f5 22.Rh4 Bxb2 23.Bf8 Rxf8 24.Qh6 Rf7 25.exf7+ Kxf7 26.Qxh7+ Bg7 27.Rh6 Qg8 28.Qxg6+ Kf8 29.Ng5 Qxd5 30.Rh8+ 1-0

(97) Fridrik Olafsson - Mikhail Tal [B41]
Bled ct 11, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.Nde2 Qc7 9.0-0 Ne5 10.f4 Nxc4 11.Kh1 Be7 12.b3 Nb6 13.e5 Nfd5 14.Ne4 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.N2g3 Nbd5 17.Bb2 0-0 18.Rc1 Qd8 19.Qe2 b5 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Qh5 g6 22.Bxg6 Qe7 23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Qf3 Rb8 25.Bd3 Bb7 26.Qe2 Kh8 27.Rce1 Rbe8 28.Nf5 Qb4 29.Qb2 Rc8 30.Ng3 Qc3 31.Qe2 Rg8 32.Ne4 Qd4 33.Ng5 Rg7 34.Qe3 Qxe3 35.Rxe3 Rc3 36.Rh3 b4 37.Kg1 e5 38.Rg3 e4 39.Bc4 d5 40.Be2 d4 41.Bc4 e3 42.Rd1 Bd5 43.Bf1 Re7 44.Be2 d3 45.Bxd3 Rxd3 46.Rxd3 e2 47.Rge3 e1Q+ 48.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 49.Kf2 Ra1 50.Rd2 h6 51.Ke3 Re1+ 52.Kf2 Re7 53.Kf1 hxg5 54.fxg5 Ng4 55.h3 Ne3+ 56.Kf2 Bxg2 57.Rd4 a5 58.h4 Kg7 59.h5 Nf5 60.Rc4 Rd7 61.Rc5 Be4 62.Re5 Re7 63.Rxa5 Rc7 64.Ra6 Rc2+ 65.Ke1 Nd4 66.Ra7+ Kf8 67.g6 Nf3+ 68.Kd1 Rd2+ 69.Kc1 Rh2 70.Rf7+ Ke8 71.Kd1 Bd3 0-1

(98) Mikhail Tal - Fridrik Olafsson [C92]
Bled ct 18, 1959

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 d5 13.Bc2 Be6 14.e5 Qd7 15.Nb3 Na4 16.Bg5 Nb4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Qb1 h6 19.Rc1 Rac8 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Nc5 g6 22.Bxg6 Nxc5 23.Rxc5 fxg6 24.Qxg6 Rf7 25.Qxh6+ Rh7 26.Qf6+ Qxf6 27.exf6 Nd3 28.Rc6 Bd7 29.Rxa6 Rg8 30.h4 Nf4 31.g3 Nh3+ 32.Kg2 Bg4 33.Ne5 Nf4+ 34.Kh2 Be6 35.Re1 Bf5 36.f7 Rf8 37.gxf4 Rxh4+ 38.Kg3 Rh3+ 39.Kg2 Kg7 40.Re3 Rh5 41.Rg3+ Kh7 42.Rg5 1-0

(99) Svetozar Gligoric - Mikhail Tal [A78]
Bled ct 23, 1959

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Rb1 Bd7 12.Re1 Rb8 13.b3 b5 14.Bb2 Nc7 15.Qc2 Qe7 16.Nd1 Bh6 17.f3 Nh5 18.Nf1 Nxd5 19.exd5 Bf5 20.Qc3 Bg7 21.Qc1 Bxb1 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Qxb1 Nf4 24.Nde3 Qe5 25.Bxb5 Rxb5 26.Nf5+ gxf5 27.Rxe5 Rxe5 28.g3 Ne2+ 29.Kf2 Kg8 30.Ne3 Nd4 31.f4 Re4 32.g4 Rxf4+ 33.Kg2 fxg4 34.Nc4 Nf3 35.Qc1 Rf6 36.Qe3 Kf8 37.Qe4 Rb8 38.Qxh7 Re8 39.Qh8+ Ke7 40.Qg7 Nh4+ 41.Kg1 Nf3+ 42.Kg2 Rg6 43.Qc3 Nd4 44.b4 Kf8 45.Ne3 g3 46.h3 Rf6 0-1

(100) Mikhail Tal - Fridrik Olafsson [B96]
Bled ct 4, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.a3 Nc6 10.Bf2 Qc7 11.Qf3 Be7 12.0-0-0 Bd7 13.g4 g5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.fxg5 hxg5 16.Bd4 Rh6 17.h4 Nd7 18.h5 Qa5 19.Be2 b5 20.Rhf1 f6 21.Na2 Qc7 22.Qb3 Kf7 23.Qe3 Rg8 24.Kb1 Ne5 25.Nc3 Kg7 26.Rd2 Rb8 27.Rfd1 Be8 28.Na2 a5 29.Qc3 Qxc3 30.Bxc3 Ra8 31.b4 Bc6 32.bxa5 Bxe4 33.Bb4 Kf7 34.Nc3 Bc6 35.Nxb5 Bxb5 36.Bxb5 d5 37.c4 Rb8 38.a6 Rhh8 39.Ka2 Bxb4 40.axb4 dxc4 41.Rd7+ Nxd7 42.Rxd7+ Kf8 43.a7 1-0

(101) Aarne Ilmari Niemela - Mikhail Tal [A69]
Riga Riga, 1959

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.Be2 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.e6 fxe6 13.0-0 exd5 14.Nxd5 Be6 15.Bc4 Ne5 16.Bg5 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Qxg5 18.Rae1 Rf8 19.Rxe6 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Rxf3 21.Re8+ Kg7 22.Rxf3 Qc1+ 23.Bf1 Nc6 24.Rxa8 Ne5 25.Rff8 Ng4 26.Rf3 Nf2+ 27.Kg1 Ne4+ 0-1

(102) Mikhail Tal - Dauga [E85]
Riga Riga, 1959

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 Ne8 8.Qd2 f5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.d5 c6 11.Ng3 Nd7 12.Nge4 Ndf6 13.Bd3 cxd5 14.cxd5 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Qa5 16.0-0 Rf7 17.Rfd1 Rc8 18.Qd3 a6 19.a3 b5 20.Rdc1 Qd8 21.a4 b4 22.Na2 Nxe4 23.fxe4 a5 24.Rc6 Rxc6 25.dxc6 Nc7 26.Rd1 Bf8 27.Qc4 Kg7 28.Nc1 Qc8 29.b3 Qg4 30.Ne2 Ne6 31.h3 Qh5 32.Qxe6 Qxe2 33.Bh6+ Kg8 34.Ra1 Bxh6 35.c7 Kg7 36.c8Q Be3+ 37.Kh2 Qf2 38.Qec4 Rf3 39.Qg4 Bf4+ 40.Kh1 1-0

(103) Mikhail Tal - Wolfgang Pietzsch [E93]
Riga Riga, 1959

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5 Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 a5 10.Nd2 c6 11.0-0 g5 12.Bg3 cxd5 13.cxd5 Nc5 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.f3 b5 16.Bf2 Rb8 17.Nb3 Na6 18.a3 Nh5 19.Nd2 Nf4 20.a4 Nxe2+ 21.Qxe2 Nc7 22.b3 bxa4 23.bxa4 Bc8 24.Nc4 Ba6 25.Qa2 Rb4 26.Nxa5 Bxf1 27.Nc6 Bc4 28.Qd2 Qd7 29.Nxb4 Ne8 30.Nd1 1-0

(104) Janis Kliavin - Mikhail Tal [B99]
Riga 13, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.Be2 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.e5 Bb7 13.exf6 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 Bxf6 15.Bxf6 Rc8 16.Bxg7 Rh7 17.Bh5 Rxg7 18.Nxe6 Qc4 19.Rhe1 Rxg2 20.Rxd6 Ke7 21.Rd4 Qxe6 22.Nd5+ Kf8 23.Rxe6 Rcxc2+ 24.Kd1 Rxb2 25.Re2 Rg1+ 26.Re1 Rb1+ 27.Kd2 Rbxe1 28.Ne3 Nb6 29.Rd6 Rxe3 30.Kxe3 Nc4+ 31.Kf2 Nxd6 32.Kxg1 Ne4 33.Bf3 Nc3 34.Bb7 a5 35.Ba6 b4 36.Bc4 a4 37.Kf2 Nxa2 38.Ke3 Nc3 39.Kd3 Ke7 40.Ba6 Kd6 41.Kc4 a3 42.Kb3 Kc5 43.f5 a2 44.Kb2 b3 45.f6 Kb4 0-1

(105) Eduard Gufeld - Mikhail Tal [C77]
Tbilisi URS ch 11, 1959

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Nd7 7.Nbd2 Be7 8.Nc4 Bf6 9.Qe2 c5 10.Bd2 0-0 11.g4 b5 12.Ne3 g6 13.h4 Nb8 14.0-0-0 Nc6 15.Rdg1 Be6 16.Kb1 Nb4 17.Bxb4 cxb4 18.g5 Bg7 19.Ng4 f5 20.gxf6 Bxg4 21.Rxg4 Qxf6 22.Rh3 a5 23.h5 Ra6 24.hxg6 hxg6 25.Rg2 b3 26.axb3 a4 27.Nh4 axb3 28.Rxg6 Rfa8 29.cxb3 Qf7 30.Rxg7+ Kxg7 31.Nf5+ Kg8 32.Qg4+ Rg6 33.Ne7+ Kg7 34.Nxg6 Qxb3 35.Nxe5+ Kf6 36.Qg6+ Kxe5 37.d4+ 1-0

(106) Evgeni Vasiukov - Mikhail Tal [B43]
Tbilisi URS ch 13, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 b5 7.g3 Bb7 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.0-0 Nf6 10.Nde2 Be7 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.h3 Rac8 14.Kh2 d5 15.exd5 Ne5 16.Qd4 Ng6 17.Rad1 exd5 18.b4 Ne8 19.f4 Bf6 20.Qf2 Qc4 21.Nd4 Nd6 22.Rfe1 h5 23.h4 Ne4 24.Nxe4 dxe4 25.c3 Ne7 26.Rc1 Re8 27.Bxe4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Nf5 29.Ree1 Nh6 30.Kg1 Ng4 31.Qd2 Rcd8 32.Rxe8+ Rxe8 33.Re1 Rc8 34.Re4 Qa2 35.Qe2 Bxd4+ 36.Rxd4 Rxc3 37.Rd8+ Kh7 38.Qe4+ g6 39.Rh8+ Kxh8 40.Qd4+ Kg8 41.Qxc3 Qb1+ 42.Kg2 Qe4+ 43.Kg1 Qe3+ 44.Qxe3 Nxe3 45.Bc1 Nf5 46.Kf2 f6 47.Kf3 Kf7 48.Bb2 Ke6 49.Bc3 Nd6 50.Ke3 Kd5 51.Bxf6 Ne4 52.Bd8 Nxg3 53.Kd3 Nf5 54.Bf6 Nd6 55.Bb2 Ke6 56.Bc3 Kf5 57.Kd4 Kg4 58.Be1 Nf5+ 59.Kc5 Nxh4 60.Kb6 Nf3 61.Bf2 h4 62.Bxh4 Kxh4 63.Kxa6 Nd4 64.Kb6 Kg4 65.Kc5 Nc2 66.Kxb5 Nxa3+ 67.Ka4 Nc4 68.b5 Kxf4 69.Kb4 Nb6 70.Kc5 Nc8 0-1

(107) Mikhail Tal - Bukhuti Gurgenidze [B36]
Tbilisi URS ch 14, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bd4 Bh6 12.Qd1 Ne5 13.Nd5 e6 14.Ne3 Nc6 15.Ng4 Bg7 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd2 e5 18.Ne3 Be6 19.0-0 Qa5 20.Qxa5 Nxa5 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Rd2 Nc6 23.Bg4 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.Bh3 Kf6 26.f4 e4 27.Rfd1 Ke7 28.g3 h5 29.Rd5 Bxd5 30.Rxd5 Nb4 31.Rb5 Nd3 32.Rxb7+ Ke6 33.b3 Rf7 34.Rb5 Rdf8 35.Kf1 Nc5 36.b4 Nd3 37.a3 h4 38.Ke2 hxg3 39.hxg3 Nb2 40.g4 fxg4 41.Bxg4+ Kf6 42.Rg5 Ke7 43.Rg6 Rh8 44.Kd2 Rh2+ 45.Kc3 Nd3 46.Nd5+ Kf8 47.Be6 Rg7 48.Rf6+ Ke8 49.Bf5 Ne1 50.Rxd6 Rg3+ 51.Kd4 e3 52.Re6+ Kf7 53.Rxe3 Rxe3 54.Nxe3 Nf3+ 55.Ke4 Nh4 56.Bd7 Ng6 57.c5 Rf2 58.f5 Nf8 59.Bb5 Nh7 60.Bc4+ Ke8 61.c6 Nf6+ 62.Ke5 Ke7 63.c7 Nd7+ 64.Kd4 Rf4+ 65.Kc3 Nb6 66.c8Q Rxc4+ 67.Qxc4 1-0

(108) Aleksander S Nikitin - Mikhail Tal [B94]
Tbilisi URS ch 17, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.0-0 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rae1 Ne5 12.Bb3 g5 13.Bg3 Bd7 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 Qc7 16.Nf3 0-0-0 17.Kh1 Rhg8 18.Be3 Bc6 19.Qd4 Rg6 20.Re2 Rdg8 21.Qa7 Nxe4 22.Bb6 Nxc3 23.Bxc7 Nxe2 24.Bb6 Rxg2 25.Ba4 Rg1+ 26.Bxg1 Rxg1+ 27.Qxg1 Bxf3+ 28.Rxf3 Nxg1 29.Rc3+ Kd8 30.Kxg1 d5 31.Rg3 Bg5 32.b4 b5 33.Bb3 f5 34.c3 Ke7 35.a4 f4 36.Rh3 Nc4 37.axb5 axb5 38.Kf2 Kd6 39.Ke2 e5 40.Bxc4 bxc4 41.Rh5 e4 42.h4 f3+ 43.Kd1 Bf4 44.Rf5 0-1

(109) Mikhail Tal - Vasily Smyslov [B10]
YUG ct YUG ct, 1959

1.e4 c6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 e5 4.Ngf3 Nd7 5.d4 dxe4 6.Nxe4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Ngf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.Nd6 Qa5 11.Bc4 b5 12.Bd2 Qa6 13.Nf5 Bd8 14.Qh4 bxc4 15.Qg5 Nh5 16.Nh6+ Kh8 17.Qxh5 Qxa2 18.Bc3 Nf6 19.Qxf7 Qa1+ 20.Kd2 Rxf7 21.Nxf7+ Kg8 22.Rxa1 Kxf7 23.Ne5+ Ke6 24.Nxc6 Ne4+ 25.Ke3 Bb6+ 26.Bd4 1-0

(110) Josef Kupper - Mikhail Tal [B96]
Zurich Zurich, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.Qf3 Bb7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Rhe1 Qb6 12.Nce2 Nc5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.g4 Na4 15.c3 b4 16.Bc2 Nxb2 17.Kxb2 bxc3+ 18.Kxc3 0-0 19.Rb1 Qa5+ 20.Kd3 Rac8 21.Qf2 Ba8 22.Rb3 e5 23.g5 exd4 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 0-1

(111) Mikhail Tal - Dieter Keller [D44]
Zurich Zurich, 1959

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 10.0-0 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.e8Q+ Rxe8 32.Qxe8+ Kb7 33.Qd7+ Kb8 34.Qxc6 1-0

(112) Josef Kupper - Mikhail Tal [B96]
Zurich 2, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.Qf3 Bb7 9.Bd3 Be7 10.0-0-0 Qb6 11.Rhe1 Nbd7 12.Nce2 Nc5 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.g4 Na4 15.c3 b4 16.Bc2 Nxb2 17.Kxb2 bxc3+ 18.Kxc3 0-0 19.Rb1 Qa5+ 20.Kd3 Rac8 21.Qf2 Ba8 22.Rb3 e5 23.g5 exd4 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 0-1

(113) Mikhail Tal - Erwin Nievergelt [B63]
Zurich 5, 1959

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0-0-0 a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be2 h5 12.Kb1 Qb6 13.Nb3 0-0-0 14.Rhf1 Be7 15.Rf3 Rdg8 16.Bf1 Kb8 17.Rd3 Bc8 18.a3 h4 19.Qe1 Rg4 20.Nd5 exd5 21.exd5 Ne5 22.fxe5 fxe5 23.Na5 Bd8 24.Nc6+ Ka8 25.Rb3 Qc7 26.Rc3 bxc6 27.Rxc6 Qb7 28.Rxd6 Ra4 29.Rd3 Bc7 30.Rf6 Bd8 31.Rc6 e4 32.Rb3 Ba5 33.Qe3 Qa7 34.Qh6 Rd8 35.Bxa6 Bd2 36.Qf6 Qd7 37.Bxc8 1-0

(114) Mikhail Tal - J Van Eijbergen [C70]
Amsterdam Simul Amsterdam, 1959

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Bb7 6.0-0 g5 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qf6 10.e5 Qc6 11.Qg4 Nh6 12.Qg3 Nf5 13.Qxg5 Be7 14.Qg4 Nh4 15.f3 0-0-0 16.Bxf7 h5 17.Qh3 Rh7 18.e6 Rg7 19.Rf2 Bc5 20.Qxh4 Qxf3 0-1

(115) Mikhail Tal - Mikhail Botvinnik [A07]
Russia Match, Moscow (11), 12.01.1960

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 0-0 5.c4 c6 6.b3 Ne4 7.d4 d5 8.Bb2 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nxd2 10.Qxd2 Na6 11.Rac1 Qd6 12.Ne5 Rfd8 13.Rfd1 Rac8 14.Qa5 dxc4 15.Nxc4 Qc7 16.Qe1 Qb8 17.e4 Bxc4 18.Rxc4 Nc7 19.Bh3 e6 20.Bc1 Qa8 21.Bg5 Re8 22.Qd2 f5 23.Bh6 Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Re7 25.Re1 Rf8 26.Rc5 Qd8 27.Re5 Rg7 28.Qd2 Qd6 29.Bf1 Rd7 30.exf5 Rxf5 31.R5e4 Rf6 32.h4 Kg7 33.h5 gxh5 34.Rh4 Kg8 35.Bd3 Rg7 36.Re5 Rff7 37.Qh6 Qe7 38.Rexh5 Nd5 39.Qd2 Nf6 40.Rh6 Qd6 41.Rf4 Qf8 42.Qe3 Nd5 43.Rxf7 Qxf7 44.Qe5 Nc7 45.Qc5 Qf3 46.Bxh7+ Rxh7 47.Qg5+ Kh8 48.Qd8+ Kg7 49.Rxh7+ Kxh7 50.Qxc7+ Kg6 51.Qxb7 Qe4 52.Qa6 Qb1+ 53.Kg2 Qe4+ 54.Kf1 Qb1+ 55.Ke2 Qc2+ 56.Kf3 Qf5+ 57.Ke3 Qg5+ 58.Ke2 Qh5+ 59.Kd2 Kf6 60.Qxc6 Qa5+ 61.Qc3 Qxa2+ 62.Ke3 Kf7 63.d5 exd5 64.Qc7+ Ke6 65.Qc6+ Ke7 66.Qxd5 Qa1 67.Qe4+ Kf7 68.Kf4 Qc1+ 69.Kg4 Qa1 70.Qd5+ Kf8 71.Kf5 Qb1+ 72.Kf6 1-0

(116) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mikhail Tal [E69]
Russia Match, Moscow (6), 07.01.1960

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.d5 cxd5 11.cxd5 Nc5 12.Ne1 Bd7 13.Nd3 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Rfc8 15.Rb1 Nh5 16.Be3 Qb4 17.Qe2 Rc4 18.Rfc1 Rac8 19.Kh2 f5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Ra1 Nf4 22.gxf4 exf4 23.Bd2 Qxb2 24.Rab1 f3 25.Rxb2 fxe2 26.Rb3 Rd4 27.Be1 Be5+ 28.Kg1 Bf4 29.Nxe2 Rxc1 30.Nxd4 Rxe1+ 31.Bf1 Be4 32.Ne2 Be5 33.f4 Bf6 34.Rxb7 Bxd5 35.Rc7 Bxa2 36.Rxa7 Bc4 37.Ra8+ Kf7 38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.Ra3 d5 40.Kf2 Bh4+ 41.Kg2 Kd6 42.Ng3 Bxg3 43.Bxc4 dxc4 44.Kxg3 Kd5 45.Ra7 c3 46.Rc7 Kd4 47.Rd7+ 0-1

(117) Mikhail Tal - Mikhail Botvinnik [B18]
Russia Match, Moscow (7), 08.01.1960

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.N1e2 Nd7 7.h4 h6 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Bc4 e5 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.dxe5 Qxe5 12.Be3 Bc5 13.Bxc5 Qxe2+ 14.Kxe2 Nxc5 15.Rhe1 Nf6 16.b4 Ncd7 17.Kf1+ Kf8 18.Bb3 g5 19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Nh3 Rg8 21.Red1 a5 22.bxa5 Rxa5 23.Rd6 Ke7 24.Rad1 Re5 25.Nh5 Bg6 26.Rxd7+ Nxd7 27.Rxd7+ Kxd7 28.Nf6+ Kd6 29.Nxg8 Rc5 30.Nh6 f6 31.Ng4 Bxc2 32.Nxf6 Bxb3 33.axb3 Rb5 34.Nxg5 Rxb3 35.f4 Rb1+ 36.Ke2 Rb2+ 37.Kf3 Rb3+ 38.Kg4 Rb2 39.g3 b5 40.Nfe4+ Kd5 41.f5 b4 42.f6 Ra2 43.f7 Ra8 44.Nh7 b3 45.Nd2 b2 46.Kf3 Kd4 47.Ke2 c5 48.f8Q Rxf8 49.Nxf8 c4 50.Ne6+ Kd5 51.Nf4+ Kd4 52.Nb1 1-0

(118) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mikhail Tal [E10]
Russia Match, Moscow (8), 09.01.1960

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 0-0 8.e3 Re8 9.Nd2 d6 10.Be2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bf3 c4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.a5 Nd7 17.Nce4 Be5 18.Qxc4 Qd8 19.Qa2 f5 20.Nc3 g5 21.Nc4 g4 22.Be2 Qf6 23.Na4 Kh8 24.g3 h5 25.f4 Bd4 26.Qa3 Rb8 27.Nab6 h4 28.Rad1 Bxb6 29.axb6 Nc5 30.gxh4 Bd7 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.bxc3 Bb5 33.Rfe1 Ne4 34.Rc1 Rbc8 35.Na5 Bxe2 36.Rxe2 Nxc3 37.Rxc3 Rxc3 38.Nxb7 Rexe3 39.Rxe3 Rxe3 40.Nxd6 Rd3 41.Nf7+ 1-0

(119) Mikhail Tal - Miguel Najdorf [B80]
Leipzig Leipzig, 1960

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f4 b5 8.Qf3 Bb7 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.0-0 Be7 11.a3 0-0 12.Qh3 Qc7 13.Rae1 Nc5 14.Bf2 d5 15.exd5 Nxd3 16.cxd3 Bxd5 17.Nxd5 exd5 18.Nf5 Bc5 19.d4 Ba7 20.Bh4 Ne4 21.Rxe4 dxe4 22.Bf6 Qb6 23.Bxg7 Rfe8 24.Be5 Qg6 25.Nh6+ Kf8 26.f5 1-0

(120) Paul Troeger - Mikhail Tal [A83]
Hamburg 06, 1960

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.Nxe4 Be7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.g4 d6 11.h3 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Ng3 Qa5 14.Qe4 Ne5 15.f4 d5 16.Qe1 Qxa2 17.fxe5 Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Bb4+ 19.Ke2 Qxb2 20.Rd2 Qxe5+ 21.Kd1 Qa1+ 0-1

(121) Wolfgang Unzicker - Mikhail Tal [C95]
Hamburg 08, 1960

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.b3 Bg7 16.d5 Nb6 17.Qe2 c6 18.c4 cxd5 19.cxd5 Nfxd5 20.exd5 e4 21.Nxe4 Bxa1 22.Bg5 f6 23.Be3 Nxd5 24.Rxa1 Nxe3 25.Qxe3 Bxe4 26.Bxe4 d5 0-1

(122) Mikhail Tal - Nikola Padevsky [E25]
Leipzig olm 1, 1960

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 c5 6.f3 d5 7.cxd5 exd5 8.e3 Bf5 9.Ne2 0-0 10.g4 Nxg4 11.fxg4 Qh4+ 12.Kd2 Be4 13.Rg1 cxd4 14.exd4 Qg5+ 15.Ke1 Qh4+ 16.Rg3 Nc6 17.Qd2 Rae8 18.Qg5 Qxh2 19.Bf4 f6 20.Qh5 Qxh5 21.gxh5 g5 22.hxg6 hxg6 23.Re3 Kg7 24.Ng3 g5 25.Bd6 Rh8 26.Nxe4 Rxe4 27.Rxe4 dxe4 28.d5 Nd8 29.Rb1 b6 30.Bg2 Nf7 31.Be7 f5 32.d6 Re8 33.Rb5 f4 34.Rxg5+ Nxg5 35.Bxg5 f3 36.Bf1 1-0

(123) Mikhail Tal - Florencio Campomanes [B15]
Leipzig olm 4, 1960

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.e6 fxe6 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Nf3 g6 8.h4 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Qe2 Bg7 11.Bd2 Qc7 12.0-0-0 e5 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Nb5 Qb8 15.h5 gxh5 16.Nfd4 Bg4 17.f3 e4 18.fxg4 Nxd4 19.Nxd4 exd3 20.Rxd3 Ne4 21.Nf5 Qe5 22.Nxg7+ Qxg7 23.Rxd5 Nxg5 24.Qb5+ Kf7 25.Rf1+ Kg6 26.Qd3+ Kh6 27.Rh1 1-0

(124) Burkhard G J Malich - Mikhail Tal [A43]
Leipzig olm 9, 1960

1.d4 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.dxc5 Na6 7.0-0 Nxc5 8.Nc3 b6 9.Qc2 Bb7 10.b3 d5 11.Bb2 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Qb8 13.h3 a6 14.Rac1 b5 15.Be2 Rc8 16.Qb1 b4 17.Nd1 Be4 18.Qa1 Qb7 19.Ne1 a5 20.f3 Bf5 21.e4 Be6 22.Bd4 a4 23.Rxc5 Rxc5 24.Bxc5 axb3 25.a4 bxa3 26.Bd4 Rd8 27.Nd3 Bc4 28.Nf4 Bxe2 29.Nxe2 b2 30.Nxb2 Rxd4 31.Nxd4 axb2 32.Qd1 Qb6 33.Kh1 b1Q 34.Qxb1 Qxd4 35.Rd1 Qe5 36.Rd8+ Bf8 37.Qc1 h5 38.Qc8 Nh7 39.Qa8 Kg7 40.Rd5 Qc3 41.Qd8 h4 42.Rd1 Qe5 43.Qd4 Qxd4 44.Rxd4 e5 45.Rd5 f6 46.g3 g5 47.Kg2 Bb4 48.f4 exf4 49.gxf4 gxf4 50.Kf3 Ng5+ 51.Kxf4 Kg6 52.Rd3 Be1 53.Rd8 Ne6+ 0-1

(125) Robert James Fischer - Mikhail Tal [B47]
Bled - (2), 04.09.1961

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Nf6 7.Ndb5 Qb8 8.Bf4 Ne5 9.Be2 Bc5 10.Bxe5 Qxe5 11.f4 Qb8 12.e5 a6 13.exf6 axb5 14.fxg7 Rg8 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Qd4 Ra4 17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.Qxf6 Qc7 19.0-0-0 Rxa2 20.Kb1 Ra6 21.Bxb5 Rb6 22.Bd3 e5 23.fxe5 Rxf6 24.exf6 Qc5 25.Bxh7 Qg5 26.Bxg8 Qxf6 27.Rhf1 Qxg7 28.Bxf7+ Kd8 29.Be6 Qh6 30.Bxd7 Bxd7 31.Rf7 Qxh2 32.Rdxd7+ Ke8 33.Rde7+ Kd8 34.Rd7+ Kc8 35.Rc7+ Kd8 36.Rfd7+ Ke8 37.Rd1 b5 38.Rb7 Qh5 39.g4 Qh3 40.g5 Qf3 41.Re1+ Kf8 42.Rxb5 Kg7 43.Rb6 Qg3 44.Rd1 Qc7 45.Rdd6 Qc8 46.b3 Kh7 47.Ra6 1-0

(126) Mikhail Botvinnik - Mikhail Tal [E80]
match Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (17, 18.01.1961

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Be3 0-0 7.Bd3 e5 8.Nge2 Nh5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.0-0 c6 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Rad1 Nc5 13.Bb1 Ne6 14.Qe1 Bf6 15.Kh1 Nhf4 16.g3 Nxe2 17.Nxe2 h5 18.Qf2 b6 19.f4 exf4 20.gxf4 Bb7 21.e5 c5+ 22.Rd5 Bg7 23.Kg1 Nc7 24.Nc3 Nxd5 25.cxd5 Rad8 26.Be4 Ba8 27.Qg3 b5 28.Qf2 Qd7 29.Bxc5 Rfe8 30.Qg3 Rc8 31.b4 Kh8 32.Qf3 a6 33.Kh1 f5 34.exf6 Bxf6 35.Bxg6 Qg4 36.Qd3 Rg8 37.Be4 Rce8 38.Bf3 Qxf4 39.Ne2 Qh4 40.Bf2 Qg5 41.Ng3 Rd8 42.Be3 Qe5 43.Rd1 Rg4 44.a3 Bb7 45.Bb6 Rd7 46.Be3 Rh4 47.Nf1 Rc4 48.Bg2 Rg7 49.Qd2 h4 50.h3 Qb2 51.Qxb2 Bxb2 52.Bc5 Rd7 53.Ne3 Rc1 54.Rxc1 Bxc1 55.Bd4+ Kg8 56.Ng4 Bg5 57.Kg1 Bxd5 58.Ne5 Bxg2 59.Nxd7 Bxh3 60.Nc5 Bc8 61.Kf2 Kh7 62.a4 bxa4 63.Nxa4 Bf4 64.Kf3 h3 65.Bg1 h2 66.Bxh2 Bxh2 67.Ke4 Bd7 68.Nc5 Bb5 69.Kd5 Kg6 70.Ne4 Kf5 71.Nc3 Bf1 72.Kc5 Be5 73.Nb1 Ke6 74.Nd2 Bd6+ 75.Kb6 Bg2 76.Nb3 Bxb4 77.Kxa6 Bf1+ 78.Kb6 Kd6 79.Na5 Bc5+ 80.Kb7 Be2 81.Nb3 Be3 82.Na5 Kc5 83.Kc7 Bf4+ 0-1

(127) Mikhail Tal - Mikhail Botvinnik [C18]
match Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (12, 13.01.1961

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qg3 Ne7 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qxh7 cxd4 11.Kd1 Bd7 12.Qh5+ Kd8 13.Nf3 Qxc3 14.Ra2 Nbc6 15.Rb2 Kc7 16.Rb5 Rh8 17.Qxh8 Rxh8 18.Bb2 Qxf3+ 19.gxf3 Ng6 20.h4 Ngxe5 21.h5 Nf7 22.f4 Nd6 23.Rb3 Ne4 24.Ke1 Rh6 25.Be2 Be8 26.Rd3 Nf6 27.Bxd4 Nxd4 28.Rxd4 Bxh5 29.Rd3 Rh7 30.Rdh3 Bg6 31.Rxh7+ Nxh7 32.Rh6 Nf8 33.Rh8 Nd7 34.Rg8 Bf7 35.Rg7 Be8 36.Re7 Kd8 37.Rxe6 Bf7 38.Rh6 Ke7 39.Bd3 Be6 40.Rh5 Nf6 41.Rg5 1-0

(128) Nezhmetdinov - Mikhail Tal [B84]
Baku 15, 1961

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.0-0 a6 8.f4 Qc7 9.g4 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bf3 Nc5 12.Qe2 e5 13.Nf5 g6 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Nh6 Ne6 16.Bg2 Bg7 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Nd5 Qd8 19.Qf2 Nf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.e5 Bxe5 22.Re1 f6 23.Nxf6+ Qxf6 24.Qd4 Kf8 25.Rxe5 Qd8 26.Rf5+ gxf5 27.Qxh8+ Ke7 28.Qg7+ Ke6 29.gxf5+ 1-0

(129) Leonid Stein - Mikhail Tal [B94]
Tournament Moscow (Russia), 1961

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.Qd2 e6 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Nc5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Qf4 Be7 14.Qg4 0-0-0 15.Bd5 b4 16.Bxb7+ Kxb7 17.Nd5 exd5 18.exd5 Rd7 19.Nc6 Qxa2 20.Qxb4+ Kc7 21.Nxe7 Rb8 22.Qa3 Qc4 23.Nc6 Rb3 24.Qa5+ Rb6 25.Kb1 Na4 26.Rd4 Nxb2 27.Kc1 Qc5 28.Re3 Kb7 29.Rc3 Rb5 30.Qa3 Qxa3 31.Rxa3 Rxd5 32.Na5+ 1-0

(130) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir A Savon [E98]
Baku 08, 1961

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.exf5 gxf5 12.f4 Ng6 13.Be3 Nb6 14.c5 Nc4 15.Bc1 dxc5 16.Nxc5 Qe7 17.Ne6 Bxe6 18.dxe6 Nb6 19.Qb3 Rae8 20.Be3 Qxe6 21.Bc5 Rf6 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Bh5 Qxb3 24.axb3 Ra8 25.Nb5 Rc6 26.Bd4 a6 27.Rxf5 Ng6 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Nc3 Re6 30.Raf1 Re7 31.Bf3 c6 32.Ne4 Nd5 33.Kf2 Rae8 34.Nd6 Rd8 35.Ne4 Rde8 36.Nd6 Rd8 37.Nc4 Nf6 38.Kg1 Re6 39.g3 h6 40.h4 Rde8 41.Na5 R8e7 42.b4 Ne5 43.Nb3 Rd6 44.Nc5 Nxf3+ 45.R5xf3 Nd5 46.Rd1 Rf6 47.Kf2 Rxf3+ 48.Kxf3 Nxb4 49.Rd6 Nd5 50.g4 Rf7+ 51.Kg3 Nf4 52.h5 Kh7 53.Ne4 Ne2+ 54.Kh4 Ng1 55.Rg6 Nf3+ 56.Kg3 Ng5 57.Rxg5 hxg5 58.Nxg5+ Kg8 59.Nxf7 Kxf7 60.Kf4 a5 61.Kf5 a4 62.g5 b5 63.g6+ Kg8 64.h6 b4 65.Kf6 a3 66.h7+ 1-0

(131) Mikhail Tal - Bukhuti Gurgenidze [C97]
Baku 16, 1961

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Re8 13.b4 cxb4 14.cxb4 Nc6 15.Bb2 Nxb4 16.Bb3 Nd3 17.Bxf7+ Kf8 18.Bxe8 Nxb2 19.Qb1 Na4 20.Rc1 Nc5 21.dxc5 Nxe8 22.cxd6 Qxd6 23.Qb2 Bf6 24.a4 Rb8 25.Rab1 Be6 26.Nc4 Qd3 27.Qb4+ Be7 28.Ncxe5 Bxb4 29.Nxd3 Ba3 30.Rc6 Bg8 31.Rxa6 Rd8 32.axb5 Rxd3 33.b6 Bd6 34.b7 Bb8 35.Ra8 1-0

(132) Jan Hein Donner - Mikhail Tal [E69]
Bled 12, 1961

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.a3 Qc5 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Be3 Nc5 14.Qc2 Nh5 15.b4 Ne6 16.Rad1 f5 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Ne2 f4 19.Bc1 Ng5 20.Nxg5 Qxg5 21.g4 Nf6 22.Nc3 Be6 23.Qe2 Rad8 24.Rfe1 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 h5 26.f3 hxg4 27.hxg4 Nxg4 28.Rd6 Qe7 29.Rxe6 Qxe6 30.fxg4 e4 31.Nxe4 Bd4+ 32.Kf1 f3 33.Bxf3 Qxg4 34.Nf6+ Rxf6 35.Qe8+ Kh7 36.Qe7+ Qg7 37.Qxg7+ Kxg7 38.Ke2 b6 39.Bd2 c5 40.bxc5 bxc5 41.a4 Rb6 42.Bd5 Kf6 43.Kd3 Ke5 44.Be1 Rb3+ 45.Kc2 Ra3 46.a5 Ba1 47.Bf7 Ke4 48.Bg6+ Kd4 49.Bf7 Ra2+ 50.Kb3 Rb2+ 51.Ka3 Kd3 52.Bg3 Rb4 53.Bd6 Bd4 54.Bd5 Kc2 55.Be4+ Kc3 56.Bd5 Rb3+ 0-1

(133) Mikhail Tal - Fridrik Olafsson [B48]
Bled 3, 1961

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.a3 Nf6 8.f4 d6 9.Qf3 Be7 10.Bd3 0-0 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Rae1 b5 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.e5 Ng8 16.Qh3 Nh6 17.f5 Nxf5 18.Rxf5 exf5 19.Bxf5 g6 20.Bd4 Kg8 21.e6 Bg5 22.exf7+ Rxf7 23.Bxg6 Rg7 24.Qe6+ Kh8 25.Be8 h6 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.Ne4 Re8 28.Qg6 Ree7 29.h4 Qd5 30.Bxg7+ Rxg7 31.Qxd6 Qxd6 32.Nxd6 Bxh4 33.Re8+ Rg8 34.Nf7+ Kg7 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.Nxh6+ Kh7 37.Nf5 Bg5 38.b3 1-0

(134) Mikhail Tal - Roman Toran Albero [B82]
EU-chT Oberhausen 06, 1961

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Be3 Nbd7 8.g4 Nc5 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.g5 Nfd7 11.a4 b6 12.Bh3 Bb7 13.0-0 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Nc5 15.Nxe6 Nxe6 16.f5 Nc5 17.Bxc5 bxc5 18.f6 g6 19.Rad1 c4 20.Rfe1 Kd8 21.Nxd6 Bxd6 22.Rxd6+ Qxd6 23.Qxb7 Rb8 24.Qxf7 Rxb2 25.Qg7 Rxc2 26.Qxh8+ Kc7 27.Qc8+ 1-0

(135) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Koblents [B99]
Riga Riga, 1961

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.Be2 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.e5 Bb7 13.exf6 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bh5+ g6 17.Bxg6+ Kf8 18.fxe7+ Kg7 19.Bg3 Nf6 20.Rhe1 b4 21.Rxe6 bxc3 22.f5 Qb7 23.b3 Qd7 24.Be5 Qxe6 25.fxe6 Kxg6 26.Rf1 Nh7 27.Bxh8 Rxh8 28.Rf8 Rxf8 29.exf8Q Nxf8 30.e7 Kf7 31.exf8Q+ Kxf8 32.Kd1 1-0

(136) Mikhail Tal - Wolfgang Unzicker [C95]
Stockholm Stockholm, 1961

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.c4 c6 12.c5 Qc7 13.cxd6 Bxd6 14.Bg5 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Nc3 Bb7 17.Rc1 Qb6 18.Re2 Rfe8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rad8 21.Rec2 Be7 22.Rc6 Qa5 23.Bd2 b4 24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qb3+ Kf8 1-0

(137) Mikhail Tal - Yuri Averbakh [C98]
URS URS, 1961

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Qe2 g6 16.Ne3 Rb8 17.Ng5 Bf8 18.Qf3 Bg7 19.Nd5 Qd6 20.Be3 h6 21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Rad1 Qe7 23.Bxc5 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Qxc5 25.Qxf6 hxg5 26.Bb3 Rb7 27.Qxg6+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Black resigns at this point. The following moves are provided as analysis. 28...Ke7 29.Rd5 Qb6 30.Rd6 Rc7 31.Qf6+ Ke8 32.Rd8+ 1-0

(138) Robert James Fischer - Mikhail Tal [B32]
Curacao Cand. - (11), 19.05.1962

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.h4 h5 11.Bg5 d5 12.Bxe7 d4 13.Bg5 dxc3 14.bxc3 Qxe4+ 15.Be2 f6 16.Be3 Bg4 17.Qd3 Qxd3 18.cxd3 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 0-0-0 20.Rad1 Ne7 21.d4 Nd5 22.Rc1 Rhe8 23.Rhd1 f5 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.dxe5 Rxe5+ 26.Kf3 Re4 27.Rd3 Rc4 28.Rcd1 Rxc3 29.Rxc3+ Nxc3 30.Rc1 Rc7 31.Bf4 Rc6 32.Be5 Nd5 33.Rd1 Nf6 34.Kf4 g6 35.f3 Nd7 36.Bd6 Rc2 37.g3 Re2 38.Kg5 Re6 39.Bf4 Nf8 40.Rd6 a5 41.Kh6 Re2 42.Rd2 Re7 43.Bd6 Rh7+ 44.Kg5 Rf7 45.Rb2 f4 46.Bxf4 Rf5+ 47.Kh6 b5 48.Bd6 b4 49.g4 Rxf3 50.g5 Ne6 51.Kxg6 Rd3 52.Be5 Re3 53.Kf5 Nf8 54.Rg2 Rf3+ 55.Bf4 Kd7 56.g6 Ne6 57.g7 Rxf4+ 58.Ke5 Rf8 59.gxf8Q Nxf8 60.Kd5 a4 61.Rg7+ Ke8 62.Kd6 b3 63.a3 1-0

(139) Mikhail Tal - Paul Keres [C96]
Curauao ct (02.06.62) 16, 1962

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.a3 exd4 15.Nb3 Nde5 16.Nfxd4 Bf6 17.Bd2 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Nd3 19.Nc6 Nxf2 20.Qf3 Nxh3+ 21.Kh2 Be5+ 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Red1 Nf4 24.g3 Ne6 25.Bc3 Qg5 26.Rd6 Qh6+ 27.Kg1 Nd4 28.Rxh6 Nxf3+ 29.Kf2 gxh6 30.Kxf3 Re8 31.Rh1 Kg7 32.Bb3 Bb7 33.Bd2 f5 34.Rxh6 Rad8 35.Rb6 Bxe4+ 36.Ke2 Bf3+ 37.Ke1 f4 38.Bc3 fxg3 39.Rxa6 Rd4 40.Ra7+ Kh6 41.Rf7 0-1

(140) Viktor Korchnoi - Mikhail Tal [A62]
URS-ch30 Yerevan ,URS URS-ch30 Yerevan ,URS, 1962

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3 Bg7 8.Bg2 0-0 9.0-0 Na6 10.h3 Nc7 11.e4 Nd7 12.Re1 Ne8 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Be3 Rb8 15.a4 a6 16.Bf1 Qe7 17.Nd2 Nc7 18.f4 b5 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nde4 Qd8 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.d6 Ne6 23.fxe5 b4 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Bb7 26.Qd2 Qd7 27.Kh2 b3 28.Rac1 Qxa4 29.Bc4 Bc8 30.Rf1 Rb4 31.Bxe6 Bxe6 32.Bh6 Re8 33.Qg5 Re4 34.Rf2 f5 35.Qf6 Qd7 36.Rxc5 Rc4 37.Rxc4 Bxc4 38.Rd2 Be6 39.Rd1 Qa7 40.Rd2 Qd7 41.Rd1 Qa7 42.Rd4 Qd7 43.g4 a5 44.Kg3 Rb8 45.Kh4 Qf7 46.Kg5 fxg4 47.hxg4 Bd7 48.Rc4 a4 49.Rc7 a3 50.Rxd7 Qxd7 51.e6 Qa7 52.Qe5 axb2 53.e7 Kf7 54.d7 1-0

(141) Mikhail Tal - Alexey Suetin [B48]
Erevan ch-SU (12) Erevan ch-SU (12), 1962

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.f4 b5 8.Be2 Bb7 9.Bf3 Na5 10.0-0 Nc4 11.Bc1 Bc5 12.Kh1 Qb6 13.Nb3 Bb4 14.Qd3 Rc8 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.a4 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Nf6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Ra7 Qb6 20.Rxb7 Qxb7 21.e5 Nd5 22.Bxd5 exd5 23.f5 f6 24.Qg3 0-0 25.Bh6 d6 26.e6 Kh8 27.Bc1 Ne5 28.Nd4 b4 29.h4 g6 30.Rf1 Rg8 31.Bh6 gxf5 32.Qh3 Qe7 33.Qxf5 Rg4 34.Nf3 Rg6 35.Bf4 Rcg8 36.g3 Rc8 37.Nd4 Rc4 38.Rd1 Qg7 39.h5 Rg4 40.Ra1 Rc8 41.Nb5 Rxf4 42.Qxf4 b3 43.Nxd6 Rg8 44.cxb3 Qe7 45.Qf5 Ng4 46.Nf7+ 1-0

(142) Mikhail Tal - Mark Taimanov [B49]
Erevan ch-SU Erevan ch-SU, 1962

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Be2 Nf6 8.a3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bd6 10.Qd2 Be5 11.Bd4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Qb4 b6 14.0-0-0 Bb7 15.Rd6 Bc6 16.Rhd1 0-0 17.g4 Rfc8 18.g5 Ne8 19.R6d2 b5 20.Bg4 a5 21.Qe7 b4 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Rxd7 Qc4 24.b3 Qf1+ 25.Nd1 Nd6 26.Qxd6 Qg2 27.Qd5 Kh8 28.Qxf7 Rg8 29.Qh5 Qxe4 30.Bf3 Qf4+ 31.Ne3 Ra6 32.Bd5 Rb8 33.Rf7 Qd4 34.Qf3 Qa1+ 35.Kd2 Qc3+ 36.Ke2 Qc5 37.a4 Ra7 38.g6 Ra6 39.Rxg7 Rxg6 40.Rxg6 hxg6 41.Qf6+ Kh7 42.Bf7 1-0

(143) Mikhail Tal - Pal Benko [C11]
Curauao ct 10, 1962

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bc4 cxd4 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qe2 h6 11.Bf4 0-0 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rxd4 Qb6 14.Rd3 Bb5 15.Bxb5 Qxb5 16.Ne5 Qxb2 17.Rg3 Rfc8 18.Bxh6 Bf8 19.Qe3 Qxc2 20.Re1 Rc7 21.h3 Rac8 22.Bxg7 Bxg7 23.Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.Qxf6 Qh7 26.Re3 Qf5 27.Qh8+ Ke7 28.Qh4+ Qf6 29.Qb4+ Ke8 30.Qb5+ Kf8 31.Rf3 Qd8 32.Qb4+ Ke8 33.Rg3 Rc5 1-0

(144) Mikhail Tal - Miroslav Filip [B43]
Curauao ct 12, 1962

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.f4 b5 7.a3 Bb7 8.Qf3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Bc5 10.Nb3 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bd2 d6 13.g4 d5 14.e5 Nfd7 15.Qh3 g6 16.Nd4 Nc6 17.Nce2 Nxd4 18.Nxd4 Nc5 19.b4 Ne4 20.Be3 Rfe8 21.Rae1 Bf8 22.Nf3 a5 23.f5 exf5 24.gxf5 Rxe5 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.c3 axb4 28.Bd4 Bc8 29.Qg2 Qh5 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Qxe4 Qg5+ 32.Kh1 Be6 33.Be5 Rd8 34.h4 Qh5 35.Qf4 Rd3 36.Bf6 Qd5+ 37.Kg1 bxc3 38.Re4 Bc5+ 39.Kh2 Qa2+ 0-1

(145) Mikhail Tal - Hans-Joachim Hecht [E12]
Varna olm Varna olm, 1962

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 e5 10.f3 Qe7 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Nf8 13.c5 dxc5 14.dxe5 Qxe5 15.Qa4+ c6 16.0-0 Ng6 17.Nc4 Qe6 18.e5 b5 19.exf6 bxa4 20.fxg7 Rg8 21.Bf5 Nxh4 22.Bxe6 Ba6 23.Nd6+ Ke7 24.Bc4 Rxg7 25.g3 Kxd6 26.Bxa6 Nf5 27.Rab1 f6 28.Rfd1+ Ke7 29.Re1+ Kd6 30.Kf2 c4 31.g4 Ne7 32.Rb7 Rag8 33.Bxc4 Nd5 34.Bxd5 cxd5 35.Rb4 Rc8 36.Rxa4 Rxc3 37.Ra6+ Kc5 38.Rxf6 h5 39.h3 hxg4 40.hxg4 Rh7 41.g5 Rh5 42.Rf5 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 Kc4 44.Ree5 d4 45.g6 Rh1 46.Rc5+ Kd3 47.Rxc2 Kxc2 48.Kf4 Rg1 49.Rg5 1-0

(146) Ratmir Kholmov - Mikhail Tal [A49]
Yerevan URS ch 18, 1962

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 c5 6.Nc3 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nb3 d6 9.e4 a5 10.a4 Bg4 11.f3 Bd7 12.Be3 Ne5 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Rfc1 Nc4 16.Nxc4 Qxc4 17.Qd2 Be6 18.Nb5 Nxe4 19.fxe4 Bxb2 20.Nd4 Bd7 21.Bf1 Qc3 22.Qxc3 Rxc3 23.Bd2 Rc5 24.Nb3 Bxa1 25.Nxa1 Bxa4 26.Bd3 Rfc8 27.Rb1 d5 28.e5 d4 29.Rxb7 Rxe5 30.Kf2 Bc6 31.Rb6 a4 32.Ba6 Rc7 33.Bh6 Rf5+ 34.Kg1 f6 35.g4 Rc5 36.Bf4 e5 37.Bd2 Be4 38.Bb4 R5c6 39.Rb8+ Kg7 40.Bb5 Rc8 41.Rb7+ R6c7 42.Rb6 Rb7 0-1

(147) Mikhail Tal - Lev Aronin [B37]
Yerevan URS ch 9, 1962

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Nc2 b6 7.Be2 Ba6 8.0-0 Rc8 9.Nd2 Nf6 10.b3 Qc7 11.f4 0-0 12.Bb2 b5 13.e5 Ne8 14.cxb5 Bxb5 15.Bxb5 Qb6+ 16.Ne3 Qxe3+ 17.Kh1 Nc7 18.Ba4 Ne6 19.Nc4 Qe4 20.Qxd7 Nb4 21.Rfe1 Qxf4 22.Rf1 Qg5 23.Rxf7 Nf4 24.g3 Kxf7 25.Nd6+ Kg8 26.gxf4 Qxf4 27.Nxc8 Qf3+ 28.Kg1 Qf2+ 29.Kh1 Qf3+ 30.Kg1 Qf2+ 31.Kh1 Qxb2 32.Rd1 Qe2 33.Bb5 Qf3+ 34.Kg1 Bh6 35.Nxe7+ Kh8 36.h3 Qf2+ 37.Kh1 Bf4 0-1

(148) Efim Geller - Mikhail Tal [C84]
Havana Havana (12), 1963

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Bd2 Nd7 11.Nc3 Nc5 12.Bd5 b4 13.Ne2 Bf6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Bc4 Ne6 16.Ng3 Ng6 17.c3 bxc3 18.bxc3 d5 19.Ba2 Bc6 20.Qc2 Qd7 21.d4 exd4 22.cxd4 dxe4 23.Nxe4 Be7 24.Red1 Bxa4 25.Bb3 Bxb3 26.Qxb3 c6 27.Nc5 Nxc5 28.dxc5 Qc7 29.Qb6 Qc8 30.Nd4 Ne5 31.Bf4 Nd7 32.Qxc6 Nxc5 33.Rac1 Rd8 34.Qf3 Qb7 35.Nf5 Bf8 36.Qg4 Ne6 37.Rxd8 Rxd8 38.Bc7 h5 39.Nh6+ Kh7 40.Qf5+ Kxh6 41.Bxd8 Nxd8 42.Re1 Be7 43.h4 Qb4 44.Re4 Qd6 45.Qf3 Bf6 46.Rf4 Qc6 47.Qxc6 Nxc6 48.Rc4 Nd4 49.Ra4 Ne6 50.Rxa6 Bxh4 51.g3 Bf6 52.Ra4 Bd4 53.Kg2 Kg5 54.Ra5+ Bc5 55.Kh3 f5 56.Ra6 Kf6 57.f4 Kf7 58.Kh4 Bf2 59.Ra2 Be1 60.Ra7+ Kf6 61.Ra6 Bf2 62.Kh3 Be1 63.Kh4 g6 64.Kh3 Bd2 65.Ra2 Bb4 66.Ra4 Bd6 67.Ra6 Bc7 68.Rc6 Kf7 69.Ra6 Bd8 70.Ra4 Be7 71.Rc4 h4 72.g4 Bd6 73.gxf5 gxf5 74.Kxh4 Kf6 75.Kg3 Nxf4 76.Rc6 Ke5 77.Kf3 Ne6 78.Ra6 Nd4+ 79.Ke3 f4+ 80.Kd3 Ne6 81.Ke2 Bc5 82.Kf3 Nd4+ 83.Kg4 Ke4 84.Ra4 f3 85.Ra1 Nc2 86.Rc1 f2 87.Kg3 Ne1 0-1

(149) Mikhail Tal - Petar Trifunovic [C32]
Havana ol 05 Havana ol 05, 1963

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Be3 Qh4+ 7.g3 Nxg3 8.hxg3 Qxh1 9.Qe2 Bb4+ 10.c3 Bd6 11.Bg2 Qh6 12.Bd4+ Kd8 13.Nf3 Bg4 14.Qf2 Re8+ 15.Kf1 Nd7 16.Nbd2 Qg6 17.Kg1 f6 18.Rc1 b6 19.b4 a5 20.Nh4 Qd3 21.Ndf3 Re2 22.Qf1 axb4 23.Rd1 Rxg2+ 24.Kxg2 Rxa2+ 25.Kg1 Qxf1+ 26.Kxf1 g5 0-1

(150) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir Simagin [B15]
Moscow (Russia) It (4), 1963

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6 7.Qh5 0-0 8.Ne2 Be6 9.Bd3 g6 10.Qh4 Re8 11.0-0 Nd7 12.Bf4 Be7 13.Rfe1 Nb6 14.Rad1 Bc4 15.Bxc4 Nxc4 16.b3 Na3 17.c4 f5 18.Qg3 Bb4 19.Bd2 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Qa5 21.Red1 b5 22.d5 bxc4 23.dxc6 Rac8 24.Rd5 Qc7 25.Nd4 Qe7 26.h4 Qb4 27.Qg5 c3 28.Rd7 c2 29.Nxc2 Nxc2 30.c7 Re1+ 31.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32.Kh2 Nd4 33.Qf6 Nf3+ 34.Kg3 1-0

(151) Mikhail Tal - Rene Letelier Martner [C75]
Havana 13, 1963

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3 h6 8.Nh4 g5 9.Qh5 Rh7 10.Bxg5 exd4 11.f4 Qc8 12.f5 dxc3 13.Nxc3 Ne5 14.Bf6 Ng8 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Ng6 Bd6 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Nd5 Kg7 19.0-0 Nf6 20.Nxf6 Kxf6 21.Nxe5 Qe8 22.Nxd7+ Rxd7 23.e5+ Bxe5 24.Qxh6+ Kf7 25.Rae1 Rd5 26.Qh7+ Kf6 27.Re4 Bd4+ 28.Kh1 1-0

(152) Mikhail Tal - Istvan Bilek [B06]
Miskolc Miskolc, 1963

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5 0-0 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.f4 Qc7 10.Qf3 a6 11.Re1 e6 12.Bb3 c5 13.Be3 cxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Ne4 Bxe5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Rad1 Kg7 19.Nd6 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Ne5 21.Qf4 f6 22.Rf1 a5 23.h4 Ra6 24.Ne4 Qe7 25.h5 h6 26.Qg3 a4 27.Rxf6 Rxf6 28.Qxe5 axb3 29.axb3 b6 30.b4 1-0

(153) Mikhail Tal - Theodor Ghitescu [C93]
Miskolc Miskolc, 1963

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 c5 15.b3 g6 16.Be3 Nc6 17.d5 Ne7 18.Qd2 Kh7 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Nxe5 Nc8 21.f4 Qe7 22.c4 Bg7 23.Nf3 bxc4 24.bxc4 Nd6 25.e5 Nxc4 26.Qc3 Bb5 27.Rad1 Rad8 28.d6 Nxd6 29.exd6 Qb7 30.Ne5 Nd7 31.Nh5 Bh8 32.Qg3 Nxe5 33.fxe5 Qd7 34.Nf4 Bxe5 35.Bxg6+ Kh8 36.Bxf7 Bd4+ 37.Rxd4 Rxe1+ 38.Qxe1 Qxf7 39.Qe5+ Qg7 40.Qxc5 Bc6 41.Rd2 1-0

(154) Laszlo Barczay - Mikhail Tal [E23]
Miskolcz Miskolcz, 1963

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.dxc5 Nc6 6.Nf3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Nxd2 Bxc5 9.e3 0-0 10.Be2 b6 11.0-0 Bb7 12.Nde4 Rb8 13.Rad1 f5 14.Nxc5 bxc5 15.Qa3 Qe7 16.Nb5 f4 17.Nd6 Ba8 18.Bf3 fxe3 19.fxe3 Ne5 20.Bxa8 Rxf1+ 21.Kxf1 Rxa8 22.Kg1 Rf8 23.Qxc5 Qg5 24.Ne4 Qg4 25.Nf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Qf5+ 27.Ke2 Qh5+ 28.g4 Qxh2+ 29.Kf1 Qh1+ 30.Kf2 Nxg4+ 31.Kg3 Qxd1 32.Qc8+ Kf7 0-1

(155) Mikhail Tal - Svetozar Gligoric [B99]
Moscow Moscow, 1963

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7 13.a3 Bb7 14.Bh3 0-0-0 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Nxe6 Qc4 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Kb7 19.b3 Qc8 20.Rd3 Nb6 21.Rc3 Qd7 22.Rc7+ Qxc7 23.Nxc7 Kxc7 24.Qc3+ Kb8 25.Qxg7 Nc8 26.Re1 Rdg8 27.Qd4 Bd8 28.Re6 Rf8 29.h4 h6 30.g6 Rhg8 31.h5 Rf5 32.Qe4 Rxh5 33.Re8 Rxe8 34.Qxe8 Bf6 35.c4 bxc4 36.bxc4 Rh3 37.Kd2 Bc3+ 38.Kc2 Bd4 39.f5 Rxa3 40.c5 dxc5 41.d6 Ra2+ 42.Kd3 Ra3+ 43.Kc4 1-0

(156) Mikhail Tal - F Kuijpers [C79]
Moscow Moscow, 1963

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Re1 Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 0-0 12.Nc3 Re8 13.Bf4 Qd7 14.Rc1 h6 15.Qd3 Bf8 16.e5 Nd5 17.Bg3 Nb4 18.Qe3 Nd5 19.Qe4 Rab8 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Qxd5 Rxb2 22.e6 Qb5 23.Rc5 dxc5 24.Qxh5 Rxe6 25.Rxe6 fxe6 26.Ne5 Bd6 27.Qf7+ Kh7 28.Qg6+ Kg8 29.Qxe6+ Kh7 30.Qg6+ Kg8 31.Qf7+ Kh7 32.dxc5 Qxc5 33.Nd7 Qd4 34.Bxd6 Qxd6 35.f4 Rb4 36.Nf8+ Kh8 37.Ne6 1-0

(157) Mikhail Tal - Aleksandar Matanovic [C97]
Moscow Moscow, 1963

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 Rfe8 14.b3 g6 15.Bg5 Nh5 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.Ne3 Nf6 18.Ng5 cxd4 19.cxd4 Rc8 20.Rc1 h6 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.Nd5 Nxd5 23.exd5 Nb7 24.Nxf7 Rxf7 25.Bxg6 Qd6 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Qc2 Bd7 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Re3 1-0

(158) Mikhail Tal - Boris T Vladimirov [B28]
Moscow Moscow, 1963

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Bd3 e5 7.Nf3 d5 8.Nbd2 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.0-0 Bg4 13.Be4 Qc5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Re1 0-0 16.c3 Rad8 17.Qc2 g6 18.b4 Qd6 19.Nb3 b6 20.a4 Qc7 21.Qe2 Be6 22.Nbd2 a5 23.Rac1 Rfe8 24.b5 Nb8 25.c4 Be7 26.Bd5 Bb4 27.Ne4 Bxe1 28.Nf6+ Kg7 29.Nxe8+ Rxe8 30.Rxe1 Nd7 31.Bc6 Re7 32.Qb2 f6 33.g4 h6 34.Qc2 Nc5 35.Nh4 Bf7 36.Bd5 Ne6 37.Re3 Qc5 38.Rg3 Nf4 39.Bxf7 Rxf7 40.Rf3 Qd4 41.Rxf4 Qxf4 42.Qxg6+ Kf8 43.Qd3 Qd4 44.Qa3+ Qc5 45.Qd3 Qd4 46.Qa3+ Kg8 47.Nf5 Qd2 48.Qf3 h5 49.Qc6 Kh7 50.Nd6 Rf8 51.Qd7+ Kg8 52.Qe6+ Kh8 53.Qe7 Kg8 54.Nf5 Qg5 55.Qd7 Kh8 56.Qd6 Rg8 57.Ne3 hxg4 58.hxg4 Qf4 59.Kf1 Rg6 60.Qxb6 Rh6 61.Qd8+ Kh7 62.Qd7+ Kh8 63.Qc8+ Kh7 64.Qf5+ Kg8 65.b6 Rh1+ 66.Ke2 Qd4 67.Qc8+ 1-0

(159) Mikhail Tal - Nikola Padevsky [C16]
Moscow KEY GAME Moscow KEY GAME, 1963

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 b6 5.Qg4 Bf8 6.Bg5 Qd7 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.a3 Bb7 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bd2 0-0-0 11.h4 Nge7 12.0-0-0 f5 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Rde1 Rg8 15.Qxe6 Rxg2 16.Qe3 Kb8 17.Bf1 Rg8 18.Bh3 f5 19.Qd3 Bc8 20.h5 Qe8 21.Bf4 Qxh5 22.Nb5 Rd7 23.Qc3 Bb7 24.Ne5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 d4 26.e6 dxc3 27.exd7 Bg7 28.Nxc7 1-0

(160) Mikhail Tal - NN [B96]
URS URS, 1963

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.0-0-0 Bb7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qg4 Qb6 14.Rd6 Bxd6 15.Qxe6+ Kf8 16.Bc4 bxc4 17.Rf1+ Nf6 18.Rxf6+ gxf6 19.Bh6# 1-0

(161) Ratmir Kholmov - Mikhail Tal [B92]
Blitz 5 Minute Game Moscow, 1963

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.a4 Qc7 10.Be3 Be6 11.a5 Qc6 12.Bf3 Nbd7 13.Nd5 Bd8 14.Qd3 Rc8 15.c3 Re8 16.Rfd1 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qc7 18.Nd2 Nc5 19.Qc2 e4 20.Bxc5 exf3 21.Bb6 Qd7 22.Bxd8 Re2 23.Qd3 Rxd8 24.Qxf3 Rde8 25.b4 Qb5 26.Nb3 Qc4 27.Nd4 R2e5 28.h3 Ne4 29.Nf5 Kf8 30.Kh2 g6 31.Ng3 Ng5 32.Qf6 Kg8 33.Qxd6 Qf4 34.Qb6 h5 35.d6 h4 36.d7 hxg3+ 37.fxg3 Nf3+ 38.Kh1 Qxg3 39.dxe8Q+ Rxe8 40.Qd6 Re5 41.gxf3 Qxh3+ 42.Kg1 Qg3+ 43.Kf1 Qxf3+ 44.Kg1 Rg5+ 45.Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

(162) Mikhail Tal - Istvan Bilek [B94]
Izt Amsterdam (Netherlands), 1964

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Bc4 h6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.Qe2 e6 10.0-0-0 Qc7 11.f4 e5 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Be7 14.fxe5 dxe5 15.Ne6 Qd6 16.Nxg7+ Kf8 17.Ne6+ Ke8 18.Rhf1 Bg5+ 19.Kb1 b5 20.Qh5 Bf4 21.Bb3 a5 22.Nc7+ Qxc7 23.d6 1-0

(163) Mikhail Tal - Efim Geller [C92]
Moscow USSR Team ch Moscow USSR Team ch, 1964

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nb6 13.axb5 axb5 14.Nbd2 c5 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Qe2 c4 17.Nh2 Be7 18.Ndf3 f6 19.Be3 Be6 20.Ng4 Qc7 21.Nh4 Nb7 22.Nf5 Nc5 23.Qf3 Kh8 24.Rxa8 Rxa8 25.h4 Nba4 26.h5 h6 27.Nh4 Nxb2 28.Bxh6 Nbd3 29.Rd1 gxh6 30.Bxd3 cxd3 31.Qe3 Bxg4 32.Qxh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qf7 Rg8 35.Ng6+ Rxg6 36.hxg6 Ne6 37.Qh7# 1-0

(164) Mikhail Tal - Leonid Shamkovich [C87]
Kiev ch-SU (14) Kiev ch-SU (14), 1964

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 0-0 8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 Bg4 10.Nc3 Nd7 11.Be3 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bf6 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 Qd7 15.Kg2 Ne7 16.Rg1 g6 17.Kh1 d5 18.Bg5 Bxg5 19.Rxg5 c6 20.Ne2 Rad8 21.Rd1 Na8 22.Qe3 Nc7 23.Rdg1 Kh8 24.R5g3 Ng8 25.Bc2 Ne6 26.Rd1 Qe7 27.a3 Rd7 28.b4 Nf6 29.Rh3 Ng8 30.Rg1 dxe4 31.fxe4 Rfd8 32.Rd1 Kg7 33.f4 Nc7 34.f5 f6 35.fxg6 hxg6 36.Rg1 Ne6 37.e5 Nf8 38.Bxg6 Nxg6 39.Nf4 Qf7 40.e6 Re7 41.exf7 Rxe3 42.fxg8Q+ 1-0

(165) Vasily Smyslov - Mikhail Tal [A36]
Ol URS, URS Ol URS, URS, 1964

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.b3 e6 6.Bb2 Nge7 7.Na4 Bxb2 8.Nxb2 0-0 9.e3 d5 10.Nf3 Nf5 11.0-0 b6 12.Na4 Bb7 13.cxd5 exd5 14.d3 Qf6 15.Qd2 Rad8 16.Rfd1 Rfe8 17.Rab1 Nd6 18.Ne1 d4 19.e4 Qe7 20.Nc2 f5 21.exf5 Ne5 22.f4 Nf3+ 23.Bxf3 Bxf3 24.Re1 Qe2 25.Rxe2 Rxe2 26.Qxe2 Bxe2 27.Nb2 gxf5 28.Re1 Bh5 29.Nc4 Nxc4 30.bxc4 Re8 31.Kf2 Rxe1 32.Kxe1 Kf8 33.Kd2 Ke7 34.Ne1 a6 35.a4 a5 36.Kc2 Be8 37.Kb3 Bc6 38.Ka3 Kf6 39.Kb3 Kg6 40.Ka3 Kh5 41.h3 Kg6 42.Kb3 Kg7 43.Ka3 Kf6 44.Kb3 Be8 45.Ng2 Bh5 46.Kc2 Be2 47.Ne1 Bf1 48.Nf3 Bxh3 49.Ng5 Bg2 50.Nxh7+ Kg7 51.Ng5 Kg6 52.Kd2 Bc6 53.Kc1 Bg2 54.Kd2 Kh5 55.Ne6 Kg4 56.Nc7 Bc6 57.Nd5 Kxg3 58.Ne7 Bd7 59.Nd5 Bxa4 60.Nxb6 Be8 61.Nd5 Kf3 62.Nc7 Bc6 63.Ne6 a4 64.Nxc5 a3 65.Nb3 a2 66.Kc1 Kxf4 67.Kb2 Ke3 68.Na5 Be8 69.c5 f4 70.c6 Bxc6 71.Nxc6 f3 72.Ne5 f2 0-1

(166) Alexey Suetin - Mikhail Tal [C96]
Kiev Kiev, 1964

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.d5 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5 16.a3 Na6 17.b4 Nb6 18.Qb3 Bd7 19.Bd3 Nc7 20.Rb1 Kh8 21.Bb2 f5 22.exf5 a4 23.Qa2 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 Rxf5 25.Rbd1 Ncxd5 26.Qb1 Qd7 27.Nf1 Rxf3 28.gxf3 Qxh3 29.Rxd5 Nxd5 30.Qe4 Nb6 31.Qb7 Bd8 32.Bxe5 Qd7 33.Bxd6 Kg8 34.Qxd7 Nxd7 35.Re8+ Kf7 36.Rh8 Rc8 37.Kg2 Nb6 38.Ne3 Bf6 39.Rxc8 Nxc8 40.Bc5 Ke6 41.Kg3 Nd6 42.Kf4 Be5+ 43.Kg5 Bb2 44.Nc2 Nc4 45.Bd4 Nxa3 46.Bxg7 Nxc2 47.Bxb2 a3 0-1

(167) Francisco Jose Perez - Mikhail Tal [B40]
Amsterdam izt 10, 1964

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.e5 Nd5 11.c4 Nb6 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Na3 f6 14.b3 fxe5 15.Bb2 Qc7 16.Rfe1 d6 17.Rad1 Nd7 18.f4 Rae8 19.fxe5 Nxe5 20.Rd2 Nf7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qe3 Bc8 23.Qc3+ Kg8 24.Nc2 c5 25.Ne3 Ne5 26.Red1 Rd8 27.Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.Nxf1 Rf8 29.Re2 Bb7 30.Nd2 Bxg2 31.Kxg2 Qb7+ 32.Ne4 Ng4 33.h3 Ne5 34.Qe3 Rf3 35.Qg5 Nf7 36.Qd2 Rf5 37.Kh2 Qe7 38.g4 Re5 39.Qf4 Kg7 40.Rf2 Ng5 41.Nf6 h6 42.h4 Nf7 43.Qf3 h5 44.Qa8 Nd8 45.g5 Rf5 46.Rd2 Rxf6 47.gxf6+ Qxf6 48.Qxa7+ Kh6 49.Rg2 Nf7 50.Qa8 Qxh4+ 51.Kg1 Qe1+ 52.Kh2 Kg7 53.a4 Ng5 54.a5 d5 55.Rxg5 Qh4+ 56.Kg2 Qxg5+ 57.Kf2 Qf4+ 58.Kg2 h4 59.cxd5 Qg3+ 60.Kf1 Qf3+ 61.Ke1 h3 62.Qd8 Qg3+ 63.Kd2 h2 64.Qe7+ Kh6 65.Qf8+ Kh5 66.Qf1 Qg5+ 67.Kc3 Qe5+ 0-1

(168) Mikhail Tal - Georgi P Tringov [B06]
Amsterdam izt 23, 1964

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 Qb6 6.Qd2 Qxb2 7.Rb1 Qa3 8.Bc4 Qa5 9.0-0 e6 10.Rfe1 a6 11.Bf4 e5 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qd6 Qxc3 14.Red1 Nd7 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Ng5+ Ke8 17.Qe6+ 1-0

(169) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir Liavdansky [B83]
Kiev URS ch 12, 1964

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.0-0 0-0 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Bd3 g6 13.Rd1 a6 14.Kh1 Rc8 15.Qg3 b5 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nh5 18.Qg4 Qc7 19.Qh3 Ng7 20.Qh6 Qb7 21.Rd2 Rcd8 22.Rf4 Nf5 23.Bxf5 exf5 24.e6 f6 25.Rh4 Bd6 26.Bb6 Bf4 27.Qxf4 Rxd2 28.Qxd2 Qxb6 29.e7 Re8 30.Nd5 Bxd5 31.Qxd5+ Kg7 32.Rxh7+ Kxh7 33.Qf7+ Kh6 34.Qxe8 Qf2 35.Qh8+ Kg5 36.h4+ Kg4 37.e8Q Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4+ 39.Kg1 Qc1+ 40.Kf2 Qf4+ 41.Ke2 1-0

(170) Mikhail Tal - Evgeni Vasiukov [B17]
Kiev URS ch 4, 1964

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nf3 0-0 11.Qe2 b6 12.Bf4 Bb7 13.Rad1 Nd5 14.Bg5 Qc7 15.Nh5 Kh8 16.Be4 f6 17.Bh4 Bd6 18.c4 Ba6 19.Nxg7 Kxg7 20.Nd4 Nc5 21.Qg4+ Kh8 22.Nxe6 Nxe6 23.Qxe6 Rae8 24.Qxd5 Bxh2+ 25.Kh1 Qf4 26.Qh5 Qxe4 27.Rfe1 Qg6 28.Qxg6 hxg6 29.Bxf6+ Kg8 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Kxh2 Bxc4 32.Rd7 Re6 33.Bc3 Bxa2 34.Rxa7 Bc4 35.Kg3 Bd5 36.f3 Kf8 37.Bd4 b5 38.Kf4 Bc4 39.Kg5 Ke8 40.Ra8+ Kf7 41.Ra7+ Ke8 42.b4 Bd5 43.Ra3 Kf7 44.g4 Re2 45.Bc5 Re5+ 46.Kh6 Re6 47.Rd3 Bc6 48.Rd8 Re8 49.Rd4 Re6 50.f4 Ke8 51.Kg7 Be4 52.Bb6 Bf3 53.Rd8+ Ke7 54.Rd3 Be2 55.Bd8+ Ke8 56.Rd2 Re3 57.Bg5 Bd3 58.f5 1-0

(171) Anatoly S Lutikov - Mikhail Tal [B48]
Kiev URS ch 5, 1964

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 b5 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.f4 d6 13.Bd4 Be7 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Bc5 16.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 17.Rf2 Nd7 18.Be4 Qc7 19.Qh5 g6 20.Qh4 Qc4 21.Rd1 f5 22.exf6 0-0-0 23.f7 Rhf8 24.Bxb7+ Kxb7 25.Qxd8 Rxd8 26.Rxd7+ Rxd7 27.f8Q Qd4 28.Qf3+ Ka7 29.Qe4 Qb6 30.Kf1 Qd6 31.g3 g5 32.Qe3+ Ka8 33.Ne4 Qd1+ 34.Kg2 1-0

(172) Mikhail Tal - Nikolai V Krogius [C95]
Kiev URS ch 6, 1964

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Bb7 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bh4 Nh7 14.Bg3 Bf6 15.Qe2 Ng5 16.Rad1 Re8 17.dxe5 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 dxe5 19.Nh4 Bxh4 20.Qg4 Nf6 21.Rxd8 Nxg4 22.Rxa8 Bxa8 23.Bxh4 Nf6 24.f3 Nd7 25.Bf2 Bc6 26.Rd1 Nb6 27.Bxb6 cxb6 28.Rd6 Rc8 29.Re6 fxe6 30.Bxe6+ Kf8 31.Bxc8 a5 32.Kf2 Ke7 33.b4 axb4 34.cxb4 Kf6 35.Ke3 g5 36.g3 Be8 37.f4 gxf4+ 38.gxf4 Bc6 39.Kf3 Be8 40.a3 Bh5+ 41.Bg4 Be8 42.Kg3 Bf7 43.Bd7 Bc4 44.Kf3 Bf1 45.Bc8 Bc4 46.Ke3 Bf7 47.Bd7 Bc4 48.h4 Ke7 1-0

(173) Mikhail Tal - G Borisenko [B68]
Moscow 04, 1964

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.a3 b4 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Bc4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Bb3 0-0 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nfd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qe4 a5 20.Ng5 Ng6 21.Rhe1 Rcd8 22.Rd6 Bc6 23.Qd4 Bd5 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.Rxg6 fxg6 26.Qh4 h6 27.Ne6 g5 28.Qd4 Qe7 29.Nxf8 Qxf8 30.Rd1 Qf5 31.Rd2 Qe6 32.Kb1 Rf8 33.b3 Rf4 34.Qe3 Rf5 35.Re2 Kh7 36.Nb5 Nc6 37.Qd3 Kg8 38.Nc7 Qd7 39.Nxd5 Kh8 40.Nf4 Qxd3 41.Nxd3 Nd4 42.Re4 1-0

(174) Fridrik Bjornsson - Mikhail Tal [E82]
Reykjavik 08, 1964

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 b6 7.Qd2 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.Rd1 Bd7 10.b3 e5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Bg5 Nd4 13.Nd5 Ne6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bh6 Bh4+ 16.Ng3 Bc6 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Bd3 Bg5 19.Qf2 Qh6 20.Nf1 Rd8 21.g3 Nd4 22.h4 f5 23.Rh2 Bc1 24.Nd2 Bxd2+ 25.Rxd2 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.fxe4 Rf8 28.Qg2 Qe3+ 29.Kd1 Qc3 30.Rxd4 exd4 31.Qh3 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Qxa2+ 33.Kc1 Rf1+ 34.Qxf1 Qa1+ 0-1

(175) Mikhail Tal - Ingvar Asmundsson [C16]
Reykjavik 13, 1964

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.Qg4 f5 8.Qh5+ Qf7 9.Qd1 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.Qd3 Nb8 12.c4 dxc4 13.Qxc4 Qd7 14.Ne2 Ne7 15.Nf4 Nd5 16.0-0 Nc6 17.Rd1 Na5 18.Qd3 Nxf4 19.Bxf4 Qd5 20.Rab1 Nc4 21.h4 0-0 22.h5 c6 23.h6 g6 24.Bg5 b5 25.Rb3 a5 26.Re1 Ra7 27.Bf6 a4 28.Rc3 Kf7 29.Qe2 Ke8 30.Rb1 Rd7 31.Rd3 Qe4 32.Qd1 Rff7 33.Rb4 Qd5 34.Bg5 Ra7 35.Rc3 Rfd7 36.Rcxc4 bxc4 37.Rb8+ Kf7 38.Bf6 Qxd4 39.Qxd4 Rxd4 40.Rh8 Rad7 41.Rxh7+ Kg8 42.Rh8+ Kf7 43.h7 1-0

(176) Mikhail Tal - Ingi Randver Johannsson [C96]
Reykjavik 2, 1964

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.h3 0-0 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bf6 14.Nf1 Nc6 15.Be3 exd4 16.Nxd4 Nde5 17.Bb3 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bb7 19.Rc1 Nd7 20.Ng3 Re8 21.Nf5 Rxe4 22.Nxd6 Rxd4 23.Nxf7 Rxd1 24.Nxd8+ Bd5 25.Rcxd1 Bxb3 26.Rxd7 1-0

(177) Jon Kristinsson - Mikhail Tal [B43]
Reykjavik 5, 1964

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Be3 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Qe2 Ne5 11.h3 Rc8 12.f4 Nc4 13.Ndxb5 axb5 14.Nxb5 Qc6 15.Na7 Nxe3 16.Nxc6 Bc5 17.Kh2 Nxf1+ 18.Rxf1 Bxc6 19.c4 d6 20.Qc2 Bd4 21.b4 e5 22.f5 Ke7 23.a4 g6 24.b5 Ba8 25.Qe2 Rcg8 26.a5 h5 27.g3 Rh7 28.Kg2 Rhg7 29.fxg6 Rxg6 30.Rf3 Nh7 31.Qe1 Ng5 32.Rf1 Nxe4 33.Bxe4 Rxg3+ 34.Kh2 Rg2+ 35.Kh1 Rg1+ 36.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 37.Qxg1 Bxe4+ 0-1

(178) Trausti Bjornsson - Mikhail Tal [E82]
Reykjavik 8, 1964

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 b6 7.Qd2 c5 8.Nge2 Nc6 9.Rd1 Bb7 10.b3 e5 11.dxc5 dxc5 12.Bg5 Nd4 13.Nd5 Ne6 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bh6 Bh4+ 16.Ng3 Bc6 17.Bxf8 Qxf8 18.Bd3 Bg5 19.Qf2 Qh6 20.Nf1 Rd8 21.g3 Nd4 22.h4 f5 23.Rh2 Bc1 24.Nd2 Bxd2+ 25.Rxd2 fxe4 26.Bxe4 Bxe4 27.fxe4 Rf8 28.Qg2 Qe3+ 29.Kd1 Qc3 30.Rxd4 exd4 31.Qh3 Qa1+ 32.Kd2 Qxa2+ 33.Kc1 Rf1+ 34.Qxf1 Qa1+ 0-1

(179) Mikhail Tal - Anatoly S Lutikov [C40]
Tallinn 01, 1964

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Qe2 f5 5.d3 Nf6 6.dxe4 fxe4 7.Nc3 Bb4 8.Qb5+ c6 9.Qxb4 exf3 10.Bg5 cxd5 11.0-0-0 Nc6 12.Qa3 Be6 13.Bc4 Qe7 14.Nxd5 Qxa3 15.Nc7+ Ke7 16.Rhe1 Qc5 17.Rxe6+ Kf8 18.Rxf6+ gxf6 19.Ne6+ Ke7 20.Nxc5 fxg5 21.Rd7+ Kf6 22.Rd6+ Ke7 23.Re6+ Kd8 24.Nxb7+ Kc7 25.Bd5 Nb4 26.Bxf3 Rae8 27.Nc5 Nxa2+ 28.Kb1 Rxe6 29.Nxe6+ Kd7 30.Nc5+ Kd6 31.Nd3 1-0

(180) Mikhail Tal - David Bronstein [C18]
URS-ch Kiev KEY GA URS-ch Kiev KEY GA, 1964

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 cxd4 8.Bd3 Qa5 9.Ne2 Ng6 10.h4 Nc6 11.h5 Ncxe5 12.Qxd4 Nxd3+ 13.cxd3 e5 14.Qe3 d4 15.Qg3 Ne7 16.Qxg7 Rg8 17.Qf6 dxc3 18.0-0 Qc7 19.d4 Bg4 20.f3 Nd5 21.Qh4 Be6 22.dxe5 Qxe5 23.Re1 Rc8 24.Rb1 b6 25.Rb5 a6 26.Rb3 Qg7 27.Qf2 Rc4 28.h6 Qf6 29.Nxc3 Nxc3 30.Rxb6 Qd8 31.Rxa6 Rg6 32.Qb2 Ke7 33.Ra7+ Kf6 34.Re4 Qd1+ 35.Kh2 Rxe4 36.Qxc3+ Re5 37.Bf4 Qe2 38.Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 39.Qxe5+ Kxe5 40.Ra5+ Kd4 41.Rh5 Bd5 42.Kh3 f5 43.Kh2 Ke3 44.Rxf5 Kf2 45.Rxd5 Rxh6+ 0-1

(181) Viktor Korchnoi - Mikhail Tal [D48]
1965

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6 9.e4 c5 10.d5 exd5 11.e5 Ng4 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Ndxf6 14.h3 Nh6 15.0-0 Be7 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Re1+ Kf8 18.Nxd5 Qxd5 19.Re8+ Kxe8 20.Bxb5+ Qd7 21.Bxd7+ Bxd7 22.Qd5 Rd8 23.Re1+ Kf8 24.Ne5 Be8 25.Qxc5+ Kg8 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Qxc6 Kf7 28.Qe6+ Kg6 29.Re3 Nf5 30.Qe4 Rhe8 31.Qg4+ Bg5 32.Rxe8 Rxe8 33.f4 Re1+ 34.Kh2 1-0

(182) Mikhail Tal - Lajos Portisch [B10]
Bled 02, 1965

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg4 5.h3 Bxf3 6.Qxf3 Nd7 7.d4 Ngf6 8.Bd3 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 e6 10.0-0 Be7 11.c3 Nf6 12.Qh4 Nd5 13.Qg4 Bf6 14.Re1 Qb6 15.c4 Nb4 16.Rxe6+ fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Kf8 18.Bf4 Rd8 19.c5 Nxd3 20.cxb6 Nxf4 21.Qg4 Nd5 22.bxa7 Ke7 23.b4 Ra8 24.Re1+ Kd6 25.b5 Rxa7 26.Re6+ Kc7 27.Rxf6 1-0

(183) Mikhail Tal - Lajos Portisch [C11]
Bled Bled (4), 1965

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Bc4 cxd4 9.0-0 Be7 10.Qe2 h6 11.Bf4 0-0 12.Rad1 Bd7 13.Rxd4 Qb6 14.Qd2 Bc6 15.Bxh6 Ne4 16.Qf4 gxh6 17.Rxe4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rad8 19.b3 Bc5 20.Qf4 Kg7 21.Qe5+ f6 22.Qg3+ Kh7 23.Re1 Rg8 24.Qh4 Rd6 25.Kf1 f5 26.h3 Rg6 27.g4 Rd7 28.Rxe6 Rd1+ 29.Kg2 Rxe6 30.Bxe6 fxg4 31.Qxg4 Rd8 32.Ne5 1-0

(184) Boris Spassky - Mikhail Tal [B43]
ct(f) Tbilisi (2), 1965

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.0-0 b5 9.Nb3 Be7 10.f4 d6 11.Qf3 0-0 12.a4 b4 13.Ne2 e5 14.f5 d5 15.Ng3 Na5 16.exd5 Bb7 17.Ne4 Nc4 18.Bg5 Nxb2 19.d6 Qxd6 20.Nxd6 Bxf3 21.Rxf3 Bxd6 22.Bxf6 gxf6 23.Be4 Rac8 24.a5 Bb8 25.g3 Rfd8 26.Re1 Ba7+ 27.Kg2 Rd6 28.Rff1 Nc4 29.Kh3 Ne3 30.Rf3 Nxc2 31.Rc1 Rc4 32.Rd3 Bd4 33.Rxc2 Rxc2 34.Rxd4 exd4 35.Bxc2 d3 36.Bd1 Rd5 37.Kg4 Re5 38.Kf4 Re2 39.h4 h5 40.Nc5 Re1 0-1

(185) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Koblents [B82]
1965

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 0-0 9.Be2 Bd7 10.0-0-0 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.g4 Qa5 13.g5 Nd7 14.Rhg1 b5 15.Qh5 b4 16.Rd3 bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qxa2 18.Rh3 Bxe4 19.g6 Bxg6 20.Qxh7+ Bxh7 21.Rxg7+ Kh8 22.Rhxh7# 1-0

(186) Albert Z Kapengut - Mikhail Tal [B44]
Riga Riga, 1965

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.Bf4 e5 7.Be3 Nf6 8.Bg5 a6 9.N5c3 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Nd5 Bg5 12.Bc4 0-0 13.0-0 Be6 14.Bb3 Bh6 15.Nbc3 Kh8 16.Qd3 Rc8 17.Rad1 Qh4 18.f3 Nd4 19.Ne2 Bxd5 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.g3 Be3+ 22.Kg2 Bxb3 23.gxh4 Bxc2 24.Qa3 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 f5 26.exf5 Rc5 27.Qb4 Rcxf5 28.Qxd6 Rxf3 29.Rxd4 Rf2+ 30.Kg3 R2f6 0-1

(187) Mikhail Tal - Andrey Peterson [B45]
Riga Riga, 1965

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bd2 e5 11.Qh5 0-0 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Qh4 e4 14.Bc4 Nd4 15.0-0-0 Bg4 16.Bg5 Bxd1 17.Rxd1 Rc8 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.b3 b5 20.Nd5 bxc4 21.Nxf6+ Qxf6 22.Qxf6 Ne6 23.b4 Rfd8 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Qe5 Rd4 26.b5 c3 27.Qg3+ 1-0

(188) Mikhail Tal - Anatoly Shmit [A40]
Riga Riga, 1965

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d6 6.0-0 c6 7.Nc3 a6 8.e4 b5 9.e5 Ne8 10.cxb5 axb5 11.Bf4 b4 12.Ne4 Be6 13.Re1 Bd5 14.b3 dxe5 15.dxe5 Na6 16.Qc1 Nec7 17.Nd4 c5 18.Nf3 Ne6 19.Rd1 Ra7 20.Nfg5 Nd4 21.Qe3 Nc2 22.Qe2 Nxa1 23.Nxh7 Nc7 24.Nxf8 Qxf8 25.Rxa1 Qa8 26.Qd3 Kf8 27.Rd1 g5 28.Bxg5 Rxa2 29.Nxc5 Bxg2 30.Qh7 Bh3 31.Nd7+ 1-0

(189) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Koblents [B99]
Traning 02, 1965

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 Qc7 10.Be2 h6 11.Bh4 b5 12.e5 Bb7 13.exf6 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 d5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Bh5+ g6 17.Bxg6+ Kf8 18.fxe7+ Kg7 19.Bg3 Nf6 20.Rhe1 b4 21.Rxe6 bxc3 22.f5 Qb7 23.b3 Qd7 24.Be5 Qxe6 25.fxe6 Kxg6 26.Rf1 Nh7 27.Bxh8 Rxh8 28.Rf8 Rxf8 29.exf8N+ Nxf8 30.e7 Kf7 31.exf8Q+ Kxf8 32.Kd1 1-0

(190) Mikhail Tal - Mark Taimanov [B56]
Kislovodsk (03) Kislovodsk (03), 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.Qe2 a6 8.Bg5 b5 9.Bd5 Nxd5 10.Nxd5 Qb7 11.0-0-0 e6 12.f4 Nc5 13.Rhe1 Ra7 14.Nf5 f6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nxf6+ Kd8 17.Nxd6 Bxd6 18.e5 Nd7 19.Rxd6 Kc7 20.Red1 Nxf6 21.exf6 Kb8 22.Qe5 Ka8 23.g4 Rf8 24.g5 Rf7 25.h4 Rc7 26.Rd8 Qc6 27.Qe2 Qc5 28.Qe4+ Kb8 29.h5 e5 30.g6 hxg6 31.hxg6 exf4 32.g7 Rxg7 33.fxg7 Rxg7 34.Qxf4+ Rc7 35.Qe4 b4 36.R8d5 Qb6 37.Qd4 Qb7 38.Kb1 Be6 39.Rd6 Rc4 40.Qe5 1-0

(191) Mikhail Tal - Bjorn Brinck-Claussen [D32]
Havana 04, 1966

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 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

(192) Mikhail Tal - A M Lacourrelle [A30]
Havana 07, 1966

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.e4 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Be2 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nb3 Qd8 11.f4 a5 12.a3 Nd7 13.Kh1 a4 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Nc5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Qd4+ Kg8 18.Rad1 Qa5 19.Nb5 Re8 20.f5 Nb3 21.Qe3 Kg7 22.Qf4 f6 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Nxd6 exd6 25.Qxf6+ Kh6 26.Rd5 1-0

(193) Erling Kristiansen - Mikhail Tal [B42]
Havana 10, 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 d6 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Be3 g6 8.c4 Bg7 9.Nc3 0-0 10.h3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.f4 Rb8 13.Rf2 Re8 14.Qf3 d5 15.Ba7 Rb7 16.Bc5 d4 17.Ne2 Nd7 18.Bd6 Rxb2 19.c5 Bf8 20.Rc1 Bxd6 21.cxd6 c5 22.Qg3 Bb7 23.e5 Rxa2 24.Bc4 Ra4 25.f5 Rxc4 26.Rxc4 exf5 27.Rxf5 Be4 28.Rf1 Rxe5 29.Qf4 Qe8 30.Nxd4 cxd4 31.Rfc1 Kg7 32.Rc7 Rf5 33.Qd2 Rd5 34.R7c6 Qe6 35.Qb4 Bxg2 0-1

(194) Mikhail Tal - Anatoly S Lutikov [D38]
Kislovodsk 2/504 Kislovodsk 2/504, 1966

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 0-0 9.Be2 g5 10.Bg3 Ne4 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.0-0 Bxc3 13.bxc3 c4 14.Ne5 f6 15.Ng6 Rf7 16.Bh5 Nc6 17.f4 Be6 18.fxg5 hxg5 19.Ne5 fxe5 20.Bxf7+ Bxf7 21.dxe5 Qc5 22.Qf3 Rf8 23.Kh1 Kg7 24.Qg4 Be6 25.Qe2 Nxg3+ 26.hxg3 Rh8+ 27.Kg1 Nxe5 28.Rce1 Nd3 29.Qf3 Rh6 30.Rb1 b6 31.Rb5 Qe7 32.e4 a6 33.Qe3 axb5 34.exd5 Qc5 35.Qxc5 bxc5 0-1

(195) Aleksander S Nikitin - Mikhail Tal [B90]
Kislovodsk 9, 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.a3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Ba2 b5 10.f4 Nbd7 11.f5 e5 12.Nde2 Bb7 13.Ng3 Rc8 14.Bg5 Nb6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rf3 Na4 17.Nxa4 bxa4 18.Kh1 Qb6 19.Rb1 Bg5 20.Rd3 Qf2 21.c3 Bf4 22.Qxa4 Bxg3 23.Rxg3 Qf4 24.Re1 d5 25.Qb3 Qf2 26.Rge3 d4 27.R3e2 Qf4 28.Qxb7 d3 29.Bxf7+ Kh8 30.Bd5 dxe2 31.Qxa6 g6 32.Qxe2 gxf5 33.g3 Qh6 34.exf5 Rxf5 35.Rf1 Rxf1+ 36.Qxf1 Qd6 37.c4 Rf8 38.Qe2 Qf6 39.Kg2 e4 40.Bxe4 Re8 41.Qc2 Qe5 42.Bf3 Rd8 43.b4 Qe3 44.Bd5 Qxa3 45.b5 Qa1 46.b6 Qe5 47.Qd2 Rd6 48.Qf2 Kg7 49.Qf7+ Kh6 50.b7 Rg6 51.Qf8+ Rg7 52.b8Q 1-0

(196) Mikhail Tal - David Bronstein [C18]
Moscow 04, 1966

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Kd1 Nd7 11.Nf3 Nxe5 12.Bf4 Qxc3 13.Nxe5 Qxa1+ 14.Bc1 Rf8 15.Bd3 Bd7 16.Ke2 f6 17.Bh6 Qxa3 18.Bxf8 Qd6 19.Qh8 fxe5 20.Bxe7+ Kxe7 21.Qxa8 e4 22.Ra1 Bc6 23.Qxa7 exd3+ 24.cxd3 Qe5+ 25.Kf1 Qxh2 26.Qxd4 Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Qxg2 28.Ra8 Qg5 29.Qc5+ Kd7 30.Qf8 e5 31.Qf7+ Kd6 32.Rg8 Qh4 33.Qf8+ Kd7 34.Rg7+ Ke6 35.Rg6+ Kd7 36.Qd6+ Ke8 37.Rg7 Qh5+ 38.Kd2 1-0

(197) Mikhail Tal - Edward Klaput [A25]
POL POL, 1966

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 g6 7.d4 e4 8.0-0 Bg7 9.f3 exf3 10.Bxf3 0-0 11.Nf4 Kh8 12.b3 g5 13.Nfd5 Ne7 14.Nxf6 Bxf6 15.Bb2 Ng6 16.Qd2 c6 17.Rae1 Qc7 18.Bg2 Qg7 19.Re2 Bd7 20.Ref2 Rae8 21.Bh3 f4 22.Bxd7 fxe3 23.Bxe8 exd2 24.Bxg6 Qxg6 25.Rxd2 Kg8 26.Kg2 Bxd4 27.Re1 Qf5 28.Ne4 Qf3+ 29.Kh3 Bxb2 30.Rxb2 Rf4 0-1

(198) Mikhail Tal - Robert Wade [B77]
Palma de Mallorca 2/426 Palma de Mallorca 2/426, 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.h5 Nxh5 13.g4 Nf6 14.0-0-0 Ne5 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Rxh6 Rxc3 17.bxc3 Rc8 18.Kb2 b5 19.Rdh1 Nc4+ 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Rxh7 Nxh7 22.Qh6 e6 23.f4 e5 24.g5 Be8 25.Ne6 1-0

(199) Mikhail Tal - Dr. Heinz Lehmann [E67]
Palma de Mallorca 3, 1966

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 0-0 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.Qc2 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nb6 10.Rd1 Nxc4 11.Ncb5 a6 12.Qxc4 axb5 13.Nxb5 Ne8 14.Nc3 c6 15.Be3 Qa5 16.Qb3 Qa6 17.Bg5 Be6 18.Qc2 f6 19.Bf4 Rd8 20.Ne4 Bd5 21.h4 Rf7 22.h5 Qc4 23.Qxc4 Bxc4 24.Rd2 Re7 25.a4 d5 26.Rc1 Ra8 27.Nc5 Bf8 28.e4 Rf7 29.exd5 cxd5 30.Rxd5 Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Bxc5 32.Rxc5 g5 33.Be3 Kf8 34.Bxf7 Kxf7 35.a5 Nd6 36.b4 Ke6 37.Rc7 h6 38.Kg2 Rc8 39.Rxc8 Nxc8 40.Bc5 Kd5 41.Kf3 Ke5 42.g4 f5 43.gxf5 Kxf5 44.b5 1-0

(200) Mikhail Tal - Bozidar Gasic [B32]
Sarajevo Sarajevo, 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 Qa5 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.f4 Rac8 12.Qf3 Qh5 13.Qf2 Na5 14.Nde2 b6 15.f5 g5 16.Qg3 h6 17.Qh2 Nc4 18.Bd4 Nxb2 19.Rae1 Nc4 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.g4 Bxd4+ 22.Nxd4 Qh4 23.exd5 Ne5 24.Rxe5 Rc3 25.Nf3 Rxf3 26.Rxf3 dxe5 27.Qxe5 1-0

(201) Mikhail Tal - Dragoljub M Ciric [B30]
Sarajevo 12, 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qb6 4.Nc3 e6 5.0-0 Nd4 6.Ba4 Qa5 7.a3 b5 8.b4 Qb6 9.bxc5 Bxc5 10.Rb1 a6 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Ne2 Nf6 13.d3 Be5 14.c4 Bxh2+ 15.Kxh2 Qc7+ 16.Bf4 e5 17.Bg5 bxa4 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nc3 Bb7 20.Qf3 Rg8 21.Qxf6 Rg6 22.Qf5 Ke7 23.g3 Rag8 24.Rxb7 Qxb7 25.Rb1 Qc8 26.Qxe5+ Re6 27.Nd5+ Kf8 28.Qf4 Kg7 29.Kg2 Qc5 30.Rh1 Qxa3 31.Qg5+ Kf8 32.Qe3 Qd6 33.Rxh7 a3 34.Rh1 Re5 35.d4 Rxd5 36.exd5 Qb4 37.c5 a2 38.Qe5 Qb1 39.Rh8 a1Q 40.Qd6+ 1-0

(202) Mikhail Tal - Ong Jok Hva [B96]
Sarajevo 14, 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Bxb5+ Kf8 16.fxe5 Ba3 17.exf6 1-0

(203) Mikhail Tal - Andrzej Adamski [B27]
Warsaw clock simul Warsaw, 06.02.1966

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 Qa5 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nd2 d6 8.Be2 Nh6 9.h3 f5 10.f4 Nd7 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nc4 Qd8 13.fxe5 0-0 14.Qd2 f4 15.Bxf4 Nf5 16.0-0 Nd4 17.a4 Nb6 18.Nxb6 Qxb6 19.Bc4 Qxb2 20.d6+ e6 21.Bh6 Qxc2 22.Qxc2 Nxc2 23.Bxg7 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Ne3 25.Bh6 Nxf1 26.Kxf1 a6 27.a5 Bd7 28.Ne4 Kf7 29.Ng5+ 1-0

(204) Mikhail Tal - Wladislaw Schinzel [D50]
Warsaw clock simul Warsaw, 06.02.1966

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 0-0 12.0-0 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

(205) Istvan Bilek - Mikhail Tal [A07]
Moscow (Russia) It (3), 1967

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.0-0 e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 0-0 8.Qe2 c5 9.Re1 Nc6 10.c3 a5 11.exd5 exd5 12.d4 Qb6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nb3 Rfe8 15.Qc2 d4 16.Qf5 Rxe1+ 17.Nxe1 Re8 18.Nf3 Bd6 19.Bg5 Ne4 20.Re1 Ne7 21.Bxe7 g6 22.Qh3 dxc3 23.Rxe4 cxb2 24.Re1 Rxe7 25.Rb1 a4 26.Nbd4 Bxf3 27.Nxf3 Re2 28.Rf1 Rxf2 29.Qc8+ Kg7 30.Qc3+ f6 0-1

(206) Mikhail Tal - Efim Geller [C81]
Budapest Budapest (10), 1967

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 0-0 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bc5 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qb8 15.Bb3 Qb6 16.Qe2 Rad8 17.Nc3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Ne7 19.Rab1 Qa5 20.c4 Rfe8 21.Ng5 Ng6 22.cxd5 Bxd5 23.Rxd5 Rxd5 24.Qf3 1-0

(207) Mikhail Tal - Paul Keres [C81]
Moskva (29.05.67) 06, 1967

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.c3 0-0 11.Bc2 Qd7 12.Rd1 f5 13.Nbd2 Kh8 14.Nb3 Bf7 15.Nbd4 Bh5 16.Nxf5 Qxf5 17.Rxd5 Bg6 18.Qe3 Rad8 19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Nd4 Nxd4 21.cxd4 c5 22.d5 Qxe5 23.f3 Bg5 24.f4 Qxd5 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.fxg5 Qd1+ 27.Kf2 Qc2+ 28.Qe2 Rf8+ 29.Ke1 Qa4 30.b3 Qd4 0-1

(208) Enver Bukic - Mikhail Tal [A79]
Budva 4/122 Budva 4/122, 1967

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.f3 Nc7 12.a4 Nd7 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Ne3 f5 15.f4 Nf7 16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bd3 Qf6 18.Rf3 Bd7 19.Qc2 Nh6 20.Bd2 Re7 21.Ncd1 Ne8 22.Rg3 Qd4 23.Nf2 Kh8 24.Bc3 Qxf4 25.Nh3 Qh4 26.Rf1 Bd4 27.Rf4 Qf6 28.Bxd4 cxd4 29.Nxf5 Nxf5 30.Bxf5 Rc8 31.Qxc8 Bxc8 32.Bxc8 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Qe7 34.Be6 Rxe6 35.dxe6 Nf6 36.Rgf3 Ng8 37.Rf7 Qh4+ 38.Rg3 d3 39.Rf8 Qd4+ 40.Kf1 1-0

(209) Mikhail Tal - Evgeni Vasiukov [B05]
Kharkov 11, 1967

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.0-0 Nc6 7.c4 Nb6 8.exd6 cxd6 9.b3 Be7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Be3 d5 12.c5 Nd7 13.b4 Nxb4 14.Rb1 Nc6 15.Rxb7 Rb8 16.Rxb8 Ndxb8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Qa5 19.Qd3 Bf6 20.Rb1 Na6 21.Rb5 Nab4 22.Qd2 Qa3 23.Bd1 e5 24.dxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxd5 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Rd8 27.Qb3 Na5 28.Qc2 Nc4 29.Bg5 Qc3 30.Kf1 f6 31.Qxc3 Bxc3 32.Bb3 fxg5 33.c6 Kf8 34.c7 Re8 35.Rb8 Nb6 36.Ba4 Rc8 37.Bd7 Be5 38.Bxc8 Bxc7 39.Rb7 Be5 40.Rxa7 1-0

(210) Mikhail Tal - Nikolay Zhuravlev [A14]
Kharkov 13, 1967

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.e3 d4 9.exd4 cxd4 10.Re1 Re8 11.d3 Bf8 12.a3 a5 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Rxe5 Nd7 15.Rb5 e5 16.Nd2 Ra6 17.Qe2 Nc5 18.b4 Na4 19.Nb3 Nxb2 20.Qxb2 axb4 21.axb4 Rb6 22.Rxb6 Qxb6 23.b5 Bf5 24.Qe2 h6 25.Be4 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Bb4 27.Ra2 g6 28.Re2 Re6 29.Qd5 Qa7 30.c5 Qa4 31.Qc4 Qa3 32.b6 Bc3 33.Qd5 h5 34.Qxb7 Qxb3 35.Qc8+ Kg7 36.b7 Qd1+ 37.Kg2 Qxe2 38.b8Q Kf6 39.Qh8+ Kf5 40.Qbg8 Rf6 41.Qgg7 1-0

(211) L Grigorian - Mikhail Tal [D41]
Moscow 02, 1967

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.0-0 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.Re1 Nxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.Qc2 g6 14.Bh6 Re8 15.Qd2 Rc8 16.Rac1 Rc7 17.Bf4 Rd7 18.Qe2 Bd6 19.Bxd6 Rxd6 20.Be4 Qe7 21.Qe3 Red8 22.Qh6 Qf6 23.c4 Ba8 24.c5 bxc5 25.dxc5 R6d7 26.Ng5 Qg7 27.Qxg7+ Kxg7 28.Nf3 Rc7 29.Rc3 Rdc8 30.Rec1 Nb4 31.Bxa8 Nxa2 32.Be4 Nxc3 33.Rxc3 Rxc5 34.Re3 Rc1+ 35.Ne1 Rd8 36.Kf1 Rd2 37.Re2 Rd4 38.Bf3 Rb4 39.Rc2 Rxc2 40.Nxc2 Rb2 41.Bd1 a5 42.Ke2 a4 43.Kd3 Rb3+ 44.Kc4 Rb1 45.Be2 Rg1 46.Bf3 Rf1 47.Kd3 Rxf2 48.Be4 e5 49.Ke3 Rf6 50.Kd3 Rb6 51.Kc3 f5 52.Bd5 Rb1 0-1

(212) Anatoly Ufimtsev - Mikhail Tal [A78]
Moscow 02, 1967

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Kh1 Nc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.f4 a6 14.a5 Bd7 15.Bf3 Nb5 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Rxe5 18.Nc4 Rf5 19.Ne3 Rf4 20.Ne2 Rh4 21.g3 Re4 22.Bxe4 Nxe4 23.Nf4 Nd4 24.Kg2 Qe7 25.Re1 h5 26.Ra3 Re8 27.Ne2 Bh3+ 28.Kxh3 Ng5+ 0-1

(213) Mikhail Tal - Miroslav Filip [B17]
Moscow 3/179 Moscow 3/179, 1967

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qe2 c5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Rd1 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.b3 Qb6 13.Bb2 Nf8 14.Nf3 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rad8 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bc8 18.Qh5 Ng6 19.Nxf7 Kxf7 20.Qxh7 e5 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Qh5 Qe6 23.h3 Bc5 24.Kh1 Bd4 25.Rd1 Rd6 26.Ba3 Ra6 27.Rxd4 1-0

(214) David Bronstein - Mikhail Tal [C32]
Team ch URS ( 1/2 ) Riga, 1968

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Qe2 Bf5 8.Nc3 Qe7 9.Be3 Nxc3 10.Bxc5 Nxe2 11.Bxe7 Nxf4 12.Ba3 Nd7 13.0-0-0 Be4 14.Ng5 Bxd5 15.g3 Bxh1 16.gxf4 c5 17.Bc4 Bc6 18.Nxf7 b5 19.Nd6+ Ke7 20.Nxb5 Rhf8 21.Nd4 Bg2 22.Ne6 Rf5 23.Rg1 Be4 24.Nc7 Rd8 25.Rxg7+ Kf6 26.Rf7+ Kg6 27.Re7 Nf6 28.Ne6 Rc8 29.b3 Rh5 30.Ng5 Bd5 31.Bd3+ Kh6 32.Bb2 c4 33.Bf5 c3 34.Bxc8 cxb2+ 35.Kxb2 Rxh2 36.Rxa7 Rf2 37.Ra4 Kg6 38.Rd4 h5 39.a4 h4 40.a5 Bg2 41.a6 Nh5 42.Bb7 Nxf4 43.Rxf4 1-0

(215) Roman Dzindzichashvili - Mikhail Tal [B23]
Gori (Georgia) Gori (Georgia) (6), 1968

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bb5 Nd4 6.Nxd4 cxd4 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.a4 0-0 10.a5 Qc7 11.0-0 e5 12.fxe5 Qxe5 13.c3 Ng4 14.Rf4 dxc3 15.dxc3 Qc5+ 16.Kh1 Nf2+ 17.Rxf2 Qxf2 18.Bf4 d6 19.Bxd6 Rd8 20.Bc7 Bg4 21.Bxd8 Rxd8 22.Qc2 Be5 23.Ng3 Qe3 24.Bc4 Bxg3 25.hxg3 Rd2 26.Qa4 Bd7 27.Bxf7+ 0-1

(216) Viktor Korchnoi - Mikhail Tal [A14]
Moscow Moscow (6), 1968

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Nc6 9.Qxc4 Qd5 10.Nbd2 Rd8 11.e3 Qh5 12.e4 Bd7 13.b3 b5 14.Qc3 bxa4 15.bxa4 Bb4 16.Qc2 Rac8 17.Nc4 Be8 18.h3 Rxd4 19.g4 Qc5 20.Nxd4 Nxd4 21.Qd3 Rd8 22.Bb2 e5 23.Rfc1 Qe7 24.Bxd4 Rxd4 25.Qg3 Qe6 26.Qb3 a5 27.Qc2 c5 28.Ne3 Bc6 29.Rd1 g6 30.f3 c4 31.Qe2 Bc5 32.Kh1 c3 33.Nc2 Rxa4 34.Qd3 Bd4 35.f4 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Bb6 37.Rb1 Bc5 38.f5 Qd7 39.Qxc3 Nxe4 40.Qxe5 Bd6 41.Qxa5 Bc7 42.Qb4 Qd3 0-1

(217) Mikhail Tal - Igor V Platonov [B95]
Ch URS Alma-Ata, 1968

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 h6 8.Bh4 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 Qc7 10.Be2 Be7 11.Rhe1 g5 12.Bg3 Ne5 13.Qe3 b5 14.a3 Rb8 15.f3 Nfd7 16.f4 gxf4 17.Bxf4 b4 18.axb4 Rxb4 19.Rf1 Qb6 20.b3 Ng6 21.Bh5 Rxd4 22.Rxd4 Nxf4 23.Rxf4 Bg5 24.Bxf7+ Kd8 25.e5 Rf8 26.Ne2 Rxf7 27.h4 Bxf4 28.Nxf4 d5 29.g4 Rg7 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Ke8 32.Nh5 Rh7 33.Nf6+ Nxf6 34.exf6 Rh1+ 35.Kb2 Rh4 36.c3 Rh2+ 37.Ka3 Rc2 38.Qh3 Qa5+ 39.Ra4 Qc5+ 40.Rb4 a5 41.Qh8+ Kd7 42.Qh7+ Kc6 43.Qxc2 axb4+ 44.Ka2 bxc3 45.g6 e5 46.f7 Be6 47.Qd3 Qf2+ 48.Ka3 Qa7+ 49.Kb4 Qc5+ 50.Ka4 c2 51.f8Q Qa7+ 52.Kb4 Qb7+ 53.Ka4 c1Q 0-1

(218) Mikhail Tal - Igor Arkadievich Zaitsev [C93]
Alma Ata URS ch 1, 1968

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3 Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.b3 Nb6 16.Bb2 c5 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.c4 Qc7 19.Bd3 Rad8 20.Qc2 b4 21.Nf1 Nh5 22.Ne3 Nf4 23.Bf1 Qd6 24.h4 Qf6 25.g3 Nd3 26.Bxd3 Qxf3 27.a3 bxa3 28.Rxa3 Bc8 29.Be2 Qf6 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.cxd5 c4 32.bxc4 Bxa3 33.Bxa3 Kh8 34.c5 Qe7 35.Rd1 f5 36.d6 Qf7 37.c6 fxe4 38.Qxe4 Bf5 39.Qe3 Bc8 40.Bc5 Qe6 41.Bh5 Rg8 42.d7 Bxd7 43.Rd6 Qf5 44.Bg6 Qg4 45.Bb6 Be8 46.Rxd8 Bxg6 47.c7 Bf5 48.Qb3 Be6 49.c8Q 1-0

(219) Mikhail Tal - Bukhuti Gurgenidze [B15]
Alma Ata URS ch 12, 1968

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 b5 4.a3 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bf5 6.Bd3 Bxe4 7.Bxe4 Nf6 8.Bd3 e6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Re1 Re8 13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 Nd5 15.Qg4 a5 16.h4 Bxh4 17.g3 Be7 18.Kg2 g6 19.Rh1 Bf8 20.Bg5 Qc7 21.Rxh7 Qxe5 22.Rxf7 Kxf7 23.Bxg6+ Kg8 24.Bxe8 Bg7 25.Bd7 Nc7 26.Bxc6 Rf8 27.Rd1 Qc5 28.Bf3 Qxc2 29.Rd7 Rf7 30.Rd8+ Rf8 31.Bf6 Qh7 32.Be4 Qh6 33.Bg5 Qh8 34.Rd7 1-0

(220) Mikhail Tal - Mukitsashvili [E15]
Gori 04, 1968

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 Ba6 7.Qc2 c6 8.b3 d5 9.Nc3 b5 10.Ne5 Nfd7 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.c5 Bf6 13.Rd1 b4 14.Na4 e5 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.Bb2 Bxb2 17.Nxb2 f5 18.a3 bxa3 19.Rxa3 Bb5 20.Na4 Qe7 21.Nc3 Qxc5 22.b4 Qb6 23.Nxd5 cxd5 24.Bxd5+ Kh8 25.Bxa8 Rxa8 26.Rc3 Rf8 27.Rc8 Qf6 28.Rd5 a6 29.Rxf8+ Qxf8 30.Rxf5 Qe8 31.Rf3 Nf6 32.Re3 Qd7 33.Rc3 Qe6 34.Rc8+ Ng8 35.e4 Qh3 36.Qc1 h5 37.f3 h4 38.Rc2 hxg3 39.Rg2 Qd7 40.hxg3 Qd4+ 41.Kh1 Qf6 42.Qe3 Ne7 43.Rh2+ Kg8 44.Qb3+ Qf7 45.Rh8+ 1-0

(221) Mikhail Tal - Eduard Gufeld [B07]
Gori 3, 1968

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.Nf3 h6 8.Be3 Ng4 9.Bf4 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bg3 h5 12.h3 h4 13.hxg4 hxg3 14.Rxh8+ Bxh8 15.Qh6 gxf2+ 16.Ke2 Bf6 17.g5 Be7 18.Qh8+ Bf8 19.Qxe5+ Be6 20.Nxb5 cxb5 21.Bxb5+ Nd7 22.Rd1 Qe7 23.Rxd7 Bxd7 24.Bxd7+ Kxd7 25.Qd5+ Kc7 26.Qxa8 Qc5 27.c3 Qc4+ 28.Kxf2 Bc5+ 29.Kg3 Qxa2 30.Qd5 Qxd5 31.exd5 Kd6 32.c4 Be3 33.b4 a6 34.Kg4 Bc1 35.Ne1 Be3 36.Nd3 Bd2 37.g3 Kc7 38.c5 Kd7 39.Ne5+ Kc8 40.d6 Bxb4 41.d7+ Kc7 42.Nc6 Kxd7 43.Nxb4 a5 44.Nd3 1-0

(222) Mikhail Tal - Iuri Chikovani [B14]
Gori 8, 1968

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Nf6 11.a3 b6 12.Bc2 Ba6 13.Bg5 Rc8 14.Qd2 Qd6 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.Bb1 Qb8 17.Qc2 g6 18.Ba2 h6 19.Bxe6 hxg5 20.Qxg6+ Kh8 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Nxg5 Rf8 23.Re4 1-0

(223) Mikhail Tal - Boris Gulko [B82]
Exhibition Exhibition, 1969

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qf3 a6 9.0-0-0 Qc7 10.g4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Qg3 Nxg4 14.Be2 Qa5 15.Bxg4 exd4 16.Nd5 Qxa2 17.Qe5 Qa1+ 18.Kd2 Qa5+ 19.b4 Qd8 20.Rhg1 f6 21.Bh5+ Kf8 22.Rxg7 fxe5 23.Rf7+ Ke8 24.Rxe7+ Kf8 25.Rf1+ Kg8 26.Rff7 1-0

(224) Mikhail Tal - Viktor Kupreichik [A04]
Moscow Moscow (13), 1969

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e5 4.d4 d6 5.g3 Nd7 6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qc2 Re8 9.Rd1 c6 10.b3 Qe7 11.e3 Nf8 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.a4 e4 14.Ba3 c5 15.Nd2 Bg4 16.Ncxe4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Rad8 18.Bd5 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 b6 20.Bc6 Nd7 21.Ne4 Rf8 22.Bb2 Bxb2 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Bxd7 Rd8 25.Bc6 Bg7 26.Bd5 Qe5 27.a5 Qa1+ 28.Kg2 Qxa5 29.Ng5 Bf6 30.Nxh7 Kxh7 31.Bxf7 Rg8 32.Bxg8+ Kxg8 33.Qxg6+ Bg7 34.h4 Qc3 35.h5 Qf6 36.Qxf6 Bxf6 37.Kf3 Kf7 38.Ke4 Ke6 39.f4 a5 40.g4 1-0

(225) Igor V Platonov - Mikhail Tal [B90]
Ch URS Moscow (Russia) (10), 1969

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Bb3 b5 9.f4 Bb7 10.f5 e5 11.Nde2 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Rc8 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Qd3 Rc5 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Bxd5 0-0 17.c3 Qb6 18.Kh1 b4 19.c4 a5 20.b3 a4 21.Ng3 Ra5 22.Qf3 Qa7 23.Rad1 axb3 24.axb3 Ra2 25.Nh5 Rc8 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Qh5 Rc7 28.Rd3 Rc2 29.Rdd1 Ra2 30.h3 Qc5 31.Rd3 Rca7 32.Kh2 h6 33.Rg3 Kf8 34.Rd3 R2a5 35.Rg3 Ra2 36.Rd3 Rc7 37.Rg3 Ra3 38.Rg6 fxg6 39.fxg6 Qe3 40.Qf5 Ke8 41.Qe6+ Kd8 42.Qg8+ 1-0

(226) Lev Polugaevsky - Mikhail Tal [D41]
Moskau 37.SU-ch Pol Moskau 37.SU-ch Pol, 1969

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 0-0 11.Bc4 Nc6 12.0-0 b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Na5 15.Bd3 Rc8 16.d5 exd5 17.e5 Nc4 18.Qf4 Nb2 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Ng5+ Kg6 21.h4 Rc4 22.h5+ Kh6 23.Nxf7+ Kh7 24.Qf5+ Kg8 25.e6 Qf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Rd2 Rc6 28.Rxb2 Re8 29.Nh6+ Kh7 30.Nf5 Rexe6 31.Rxe6 Rxe6 32.Rc2 Rc6 33.Re2 Bc8 34.Re7+ Kh8 35.Nh4 f5 36.Ng6+ Kg8 37.Rxa7 1-0

(227) Mikhail Tal - Alexey Suetin [B42]
Olympiad URS Tbilisi (Georgia), 1969

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Nbc6 7.Nb3 Ng6 8.0-0 b5 9.Be3 d6 10.f4 Be7 11.Qh5 Bf6 12.Rad1 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qc7 14.Rd2 Nce7 15.Nd4 Bd7 16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 Ne5 18.Ne6 Bxe6 19.fxe6 g6 20.Qxe5 dxe5 21.exf7+ 1-0

(228) Mikhail Tal - Sviridov [B75]
Stuttgart Stuttgart, 1969

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Bd7 9.0-0-0 Qa5 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.g4 h6 12.h4 a6 13.Be2 Ne5 14.g5 hxg5 15.hxg5 Rxh1 16.gxf6 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Qxd2 18.fxg7 1-0

(229) Mikhail Tal - Bent Larsen [B65]
Eersel 06, 1969

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.Kb1 Bc6 13.Rhf1 h6 14.Bh4 Qh5 15.g3 g5 16.fxg5 hxg5 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Qxf6 gxh4 19.gxh4 Kh7 20.e5 dxe5 21.Rf1 Qg6 22.Qxe5 f5 23.Bd3 Qf6 24.Qe3 Rad8 25.Ne2 a6 26.Nf4 e5 27.Nh3 e4 28.Ng5+ Kh8 29.Qe2 Qh6 30.Bc4 f4 31.Nf7+ Rxf7 32.Bxf7 f3 33.Qc4 Qf6 34.Qb3 Qd4 35.a3 e3 36.Rc1 e2 37.Qe6 Qf4 38.Qe7 Qxc1+ 39.Ka2 Qg1 40.Qxd8+ Kh7 41.Bc4 0-1

(230) Mikhail Tal - Bent Larsen [B04]
Eersel 08, 1969

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.c4 Nb6 6.e6 fxe6 7.h4 e5 8.d5 Nd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.Bd3 Qd7 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bd2 Qg4 13.Be2 Qe4 14.0-0 Bf5 15.Na3 Qxh4 16.Nb5 d3 17.Nxc7+ Kd8 18.Nxa8 dxe2 19.Qxe2 Nxa8 20.c5 Qe4 21.Qb5 Qxd5 22.Ba5+ b6 23.Rfd1 Qe5 24.a4 Bd7 25.cxb6 axb6 26.Bxb6+ Ke8 27.Qa6 Nxb6 28.Qxb6 g5 29.Re1 Qf4 30.a5 Bg7 31.Qb8+ Kf7 32.Qb3+ e6 33.Qb7 Ke7 34.Re4 Qd2 35.Rae1 Be5 36.a6 Qxb2 37.Rb4 Qa2 38.a7 Bc3 39.Rbb1 Bxe1 40.Rxe1 Rf8 41.Qb6 Qd5 42.Rc1 Rc8 43.Rxc8 Bxc8 44.Qc7+ Bd7 45.f3 g4 46.Kf2 gxf3 47.gxf3 e5 48.Kg3 h5 49.Qc1 h4+ 50.Kxh4 Qxf3 0-1

(231) Bent Larsen - Mikhail Tal [E98]
Eersel cm-3pl Eersel cm-3pl, 1969

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 14.Rc1 Ng6 15.Nb5 Rf7 16.cxd6 cxd6 17.Qc2 g4 18.Nc7 gxf3 19.gxf3 Bh3 20.Nxa8 Nxe4 21.fxe4 Qg5+ 22.Kf2 Qg2+ 23.Ke1 Nh4 24.Be3 Qxe4 25.Bf2 f3 26.Bxh4 Qxh4+ 27.Nf2 fxe2 28.Qxe2 e4 29.Rg1 e3 30.Qxe3 Re7 31.Rxg7+ Kxg7 32.Rc7 Bd7 33.Rxd7 Rxd7 34.Qxa7 Re7+ 35.Kd1 Qc4 36.Qb6 Qf1+ 37.Kd2 Re2+ 38.Kc3 Qc1+ 39.Kd4 Qe3+ 40.Kc4 Rc2+ 0-1

(232) Mikhail Tal - Igor Arkadievich Zaitsev [C09]
Moscow Moscow, 1969

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Qc7 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Nbxd4 a6 11.c4 Nf6 12.Bg5 Ne4 13.cxd5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nxg5 15.Qxg7 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Rf8 17.Rac1 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Qd6 19.g3 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Bf5 21.Rfe1+ Kd7 22.Qg5 Bg6 23.Re7+ 1-0

(233) Evgeni Vasiukov - Mikhail Tal [B32]
Moscow URS ch 14, 1969

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 a6 8.Qe2 d6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rae1 Bd7 12.Kh1 Nb4 13.f4 Bd8 14.e5 Ne8 15.Be4 dxe5 16.Bxd8 Rxd8 17.fxe5 Bc6 18.Rf4 Nd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Bd3 g6 21.Ref1 Ng7 22.Qf2 Qxf2 23.R4xf2 Nf5 24.Re1 Rc8 25.Nd2 Rfd8 26.a3 Rc5 27.Kg1 Nd4 28.c4 Bxg2 29.b4 Nf3+ 30.Nxf3 Rxd3 31.Kxg2 Rxc4 32.Nd2 Rcd4 33.Ne4 Rxa3 34.Rf4 Ra2+ 35.Kg1 Rad2 36.Ref1 Rd1 37.Nf6+ Kg7 38.Kg2 Rxf4 39.Rxf4 g5 40.Rg4 0-1

(234) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Zaitsev [C09]
Moscow URS ch 17, 1969

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 Qc7 8.0-0 cxd4 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Nbxd4 a6 11.c4 Nf6 12.Bg5 Ne4 13.cxd5 Nxd4 14.Qxd4 Nxg5 15.Qxg7 Nxf3+ 16.Bxf3 Rf8 17.Rac1 Bxh2+ 18.Kh1 Qd6 19.g3 Bxg3 20.fxg3 Bf5 21.Rfe1+ 1-0

(235) Nikola Spiridonov - Mikhail Tal [E94]
Tbilisi 14, 1969

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.d5 Nc5 9.Qc2 a5 10.Nd2 Bh6 11.Nb3 Bxc1 12.Nxc5 Bh6 13.Nd3 Nd7 14.Bg4 f5 15.Bh3 Qh4 16.Rae1 Nf6 17.f3 Rf7 18.Qf2 Qh5 19.c5 fxe4 20.Bxc8 e3 21.Qc2 Rxc8 22.Qa4 Rcf8 23.cxd6 cxd6 24.Nc1 e2 25.Rxe2 Ng4 26.h3 Ne3 27.Rfe1 b5 28.Qxb5 Rxf3 29.gxf3 Qxf3 30.Nd3 Qg3+ 31.Kh1 Qxh3+ 32.Kg1 e4 33.Nxe4 Rf1+ 34.Rxf1 Qxf1+ 35.Kh2 Qxe2+ 36.Nef2 Bf4+ 0-1

(236) Boris Gulko - Mikhail Tal [D87]
Sochi Sochi (2), 1970

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Ne2 c5 9.0-0 Nc6 10.Be3 Qc7 11.Qc1 Bd7 12.Rb1 cxd4 13.cxd4 Rac8 14.Bb5 Qa5 15.Qb2 Rfd8 16.Bd2 Qb6 17.Qa3 Bxd4 18.Bxc6 Bc5 19.Rxb6 Bxa3 20.Bxd7 Rxd7 21.Bb4 axb6 22.Bxa3 Rc4 23.Ng3 Ra4 24.Bc1 Rxa2 25.Be3 Rb2 26.Rc1 b5 27.Kf1 b4 28.Ke1 b3 29.Rc3 h5 30.e5 Rd5 31.Ne4 Rb5 32.e6 Rb1+ 33.Kd2 b2 34.Bd4 Rd1+ 0-1

(237) Mikhail Tal - Borislav Ivkov [B06]
Wch 5' Herceg Novi ( Wch 5' Herceg Novi ( (10), 1970

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Bg5 h6 5.Be3 b6 6.Nf3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Nd7 8.Qd2 c5 9.0-0-0 Ngf6 10.b3 c4 11.Bxc4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4 13.Rhe1 Bxf3 14.gxf3 e6 15.Bf4 Nf6 16.Bxe6 fxe6 17.Rxe6+ Kf7 18.Rxd6 Qc8 19.Be5 Rd8 20.Rxd8 Qxd8 21.Rg1 Qd7 22.Qd3 Qf5 23.Qc4+ Qe6 24.Qc7+ Qe7 25.Qc4+ Qe6 26.Qd3 Qf5 27.Qa6 Qd7 28.h4 h5 29.Qd3 Qf5 30.Qc4+ Qe6 31.Qxe6+ Kxe6 32.Rxg6 1-0

(238) Viktor Kupreichik - Mikhail Tal [B57]
Sochi Sochi (9), 1970

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.f4 a6 10.Bd3 b5 11.a3 Be7 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Rae1 0-0 15.Qh3 b4 16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 Nb8 18.Bd4 g6 19.Rf3 Bxd5 20.Rfe3 Bd8 21.Qh4 Nbd7 22.Qh6 Qb7 23.Rg3 Nc5 24.Nxc5 dxc5 25.f5 cxd4 26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Bxg6 Kh8 28.Qxf8+ Ng8 29.Bf5 Rb8 30.Re8 Qf7 31.Rh3 1-0

(239) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir A Savon [B17]
Dneproptrovsk Dneproptrovsk, 1970

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.d5 Nb6 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bxd7+ Qxd7 10.c4 Nxc4 11.0-0 g6 12.Qe2 Nd6 13.Be3 Bg7 14.Bxc5 0-0 15.Rfd1 Rfc8 16.Rac1 Rc7 17.Be3 Rxc1 18.Bxc1 Rc8 19.Be3 Qb5 20.Qxb5 Nxb5 21.a4 Nd6 22.Bxa7 Ra8 23.Bc5 Rxa4 24.Nf1 Nfe4 25.b3 Ra2 26.b4 Nc3 27.Rd2 Rxd2 28.N1xd2 Nxd5 29.Bxd6 exd6 30.Nc4 Nxb4 31.Nxd6 b6 32.Kf1 Nd5 33.Nd2 Be5 34.N6c4 Bc7 35.g3 Kf8 36.Ke2 Ke7 37.Kd3 Nb4+ 38.Kc3 Nc6 39.Na3 Bd6 40.Nb5 Bb4+ 41.Kd3 Bxd2 42.Kxd2 Ke6 43.Kd3 Ne5+ 44.Ke4 Ng4 45.f3 Nxh2 46.g4 Nf1 47.Na3 h5 48.gxh5 Ng3+ 49.Ke3 gxh5 50.Kf4 h4 51.Kg4 Nf5 52.Nb5 Ke5 53.Nc3 Kd4 54.Ne2+ Ke3 55.Nc3 Kf2 56.Ne4+ Kg2 57.Ng5 b5 58.Nh3 b4 59.Nf4+ Kf1 60.Kxf5 b3 0-1

(240) Mikhail Tal - Milan Matulovic [A89]
Herceg Novi 16, 1970

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.c4 0-0 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Qa4 b6 10.Nd2 Ng4 11.Qc2 Ne5 12.b3 f4 13.Bb2 c5 14.dxc6 Naxc6 15.Nd5 Bf5 16.Qc1 g5 17.gxf4 gxf4 18.Nf3 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 e5 20.Kh1 e4 21.Rg1 Ne5 22.Bg2 Ng4 23.Qxf4 Bxb2 24.Bxe4 Bxe4+ 25.Qxe4 Bxa1 26.Qxg4+ Kh8 27.Rxa1 Qe8 28.Rg1 Rg8 29.Qd4+ Qe5 30.Qxe5+ dxe5 31.Rg3 Rxg3 32.hxg3 Kg7 33.Kg2 Kf7 34.Kf3 Rd8 35.Ke4 Ke6 36.g4 a6 37.f3 b5 38.Nc7+ Kf6 39.Nxa6 Rd4+ 40.Ke3 1-0

(241) Samuel Reshevsky - Mikhail Tal [A65]
Herceg Novi 17, 1970

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.f4 Bg7 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0 a6 11.Bd3 Re8 12.a4 c4 13.Bc2 Nc5 14.e5 Ng4 15.h3 Nh6 16.Be3 Nd7 17.g4 dxe5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Nxe5 Rxe5 20.Bd4 Rg5 21.Bxg7 Nxg4 22.hxg4 Bxg4 23.Qd4 Bh3+ 24.Kf2 Rg2+ 25.Kf3 Qg5 26.Qf4 Qh5+ 27.Ke3 Re8+ 28.Kd4 Rg4 29.Bf6 Bxf1 30.Rxf1 Rxf4+ 31.Rxf4 Qh2 32.Re4 Qf2+ 33.Kxc4 Rc8+ 34.Kb3 Qxf6 0-1

(242) Mikhail Tal - Atanas Stefanov Kolarov [B15]
Kapfenberg 10/205 Kapfenberg 10/205, 1970

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Ngf6 8.Nxf6+ Nxf6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Re1 Bf5 11.Ne5 Be4 12.Bg5 Bd5 13.Bd3 Be6 14.c3 Nd7 15.Nf3 Re8 16.Rxe6 fxe6 17.Qe2 e5 18.Bc4+ Kh8 19.dxe5 Qc7 20.Bf7 Rf8 21.e6 Nf6 22.Qc4 Qa5 23.Re1 Qd5 24.Qh4 Rxf7 25.Ne5 Nh5 26.Nxf7+ Kg8 27.Bxe7 Re8 28.Nd6 Bf6 29.Bxf6 Qxd6 30.Bg5 Rxe6 31.Qc4 Ng7 32.Qb3 Kf8 33.Rd1 Qe5 34.Bh6 Rd6 35.Rxd6 1-0

(243) Mikhail Tal - Sejer Holm [C09]
Kapfenberg 10/239 Kapfenberg 10/239, 1970

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Qe7+ 7.Be2 cxd4 8.0-0 Qd8 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Nbxd4 Nge7 11.b3 0-0 12.Bb2 Ng6 13.c4 Nce7 14.Rc1 Nf4 15.c5 Bb8 16.Re1 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 Ng6 18.c6 bxc6 19.Nxc6 Qd6 20.Bd4 Bg4 21.Bc5 Qf4 22.Ne7+ Kh8 23.Nxd5 Qh6 24.h3 Bf4 25.Bxf8 Bxc1 26.Qe8 Rxe8 27.Rxe8 Bd7 28.Rd8 1-0

(244) Mikhail Tal - NN [C05]
Latvia Latvia, 1970

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.Ng5 fxg5 10.Qh5+ g6 11.Bxg6+ hxg6 12.Qxg6+ Ke7 13.Nc4 Bh6 14.Bxg5+ Bxg5 15.Qg7+ Ke8 16.Nd6# 1-0

(245) Mikhail Tal - Naum L Levin [B06]
Poti 10, 1970

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Re1 Bg4 8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.Qd2 Kh7 11.e5 Ng8 12.exd6 exd6 13.d5 Bxf3 14.Bxf3 c5 15.Be2 Ndf6 16.h3 a6 17.a4 Qd7 18.Bf4 h5 19.Bd3 Ne7 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.Qf3 Kg8 22.Bg3 Nh7 23.Re3 Bd4 24.Re2 Rac8 25.Nb5 axb5 26.Bxb5 Qc7 27.Rae1 Bf6 28.Bxe8 Rxe8 29.Bf4 Rd8 30.g4 h4 31.Bd2 Rd7 32.Bc3 Bg5 33.Qe4 Nf6 34.Qc4 Nfxd5 35.Qxd5 Bf4 36.Qe4 g5 37.Bf6 d5 38.Qd3 Bh2+ 39.Kg2 c4 40.Qf5 Nxf5 41.Re8+ 1-0

(246) Iuri Chikovani - Mikhail Tal [A07]
Poti 11, 1970

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 e5 4.0-0 Ne7 5.c4 Nbc6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d3 h6 8.Rb1 Be6 9.b4 Qd7 10.c5 0-0 11.b5 Nd4 12.cxd6 cxd6 13.Re1 f5 14.Nd2 Rac8 15.Bb2 f4 16.Qa4 Bh3 17.Nd5 Bxg2 18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Kxg2 Nf5 20.Qb3+ Kh7 21.Ne4 Qd7 22.Rbc1 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 d5 24.Nd2 Qf7 25.Rf1 g5 26.Qd1 g4 27.Ba3 Rc8 28.Bb2 Qh5 29.Kg1 Qh3 30.Qb1 Rf8 31.Qc2 Rf7 32.Qc5 Nh4 33.gxh4 f3 34.exf3 gxf3 35.Nxf3 Qg4+ 36.Kh1 Qxf3+ 37.Kg1 Bf8 0-1

(247) Mikhail Tal - Dmitry Gedevanishvili [B02]
Poti 13, 1970

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 e6 4.d4 Nxc3 5.bxc3 d6 6.f4 c5 7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 dxe5 9.fxe5 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.Bd3 Nc6 12.0-0 Bxd2 13.Nxd2 Qc3 14.Rf4 0-0 15.Kh1 Ne7 16.Ne4 Qb2 17.Rb1 Qxa2 18.Nf6+ gxf6 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Rh4 Kg7 21.Qc1 Ng8 22.Bxg8 1-0

(248) Mikhail Tal - Mikhail Podgaets [B02]
Sochi Sochi, 1970

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Qd5 7.d4 c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.0-0 cxd4 11.cxd4 e6 12.Rb1 Qd7 13.Ng5 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Be7 15.c3 Bxg5 16.Bxg5 h6 17.Bc1 Ne7 18.Qf3 Nd5 19.c4 Nb6 20.c5 Nd5 21.c6 bxc6 22.Ba3 f5 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Rb3 Kd8 25.Rfb1 Rh7 26.Qg3 Nb6 27.Rxb6 axb6 28.Qg8+ Qe8 29.Qxh7 1-0

(249) Mikhail Tal - Vitaly Tseshkovsky [C78]
Sochi 12, 1970

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.Re1 0-0 9.Nbd2 d6 10.c3 Na5 11.Bc2 c5 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.d4 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nd7 16.Nf5 exd4 17.N3xd4 Ne5 18.b3 Rc8 19.Bb2 g6 20.f4 gxf5 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.Nxf5 Qxd1 23.Bxd1 Nc6 24.Bg4 Nb4 25.Rad1 Rc2 26.Re2 Bc5+ 27.Kf1 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Rf2+ 29.Ke1 Nc2# 0-1

(250) Vladimir A Savon - Mikhail Tal [A62]
URS Cup Dnepropetrovsk, 1970

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.Bf4 a6 11.a4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Rxe4 13.Nd2 Rb4 14.Ne4 h6 15.Bd2 Rxb2 16.Qc1 Rxd2 17.Qxd2 f5 18.Nc3 Qa5 19.Rac1 b5 20.Qf4 b4 21.Qxd6 bxc3 22.Qxg6 Bd7 23.e4 1-0

(251) Mikhail Tal - David Bronstein [B14]
Ch URS Moscow, 1971

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxe2 8.Ngxe2 dxc4 9.d5 Ne5 10.0-0 h6 11.Bf4 Ng6 12.Qa4+ Qd7 13.Qxc4 Rc8 14.Qb3 e5 15.dxe6 Qxe6 16.Qxb7 Bc5 17.Nd4 Bxd4 18.Rae1 0-0 19.Rxe6 fxe6 20.Bd6 Rfd8 21.Bc7 Rf8 22.Nb5 Be5 23.Bxe5 Nxe5 24.Qxa7 Nd5 25.Qd4 Ng6 26.h4 Ngf4 27.Qe4 1-0

(252) Leonid Stein - Mikhail Tal [A14]
Ch URS Leningrad (Russia) (20), 1971

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.0-0 0-0 6.d4 c6 7.Qc2 b6 8.Rd1 Bb7 9.Nc3 Nbd7 10.b3 Rc8 11.e4 c5 12.exd5 exd5 13.dxc5 dxc4 14.b4 bxc5 15.b5 Qb6 16.Bf4 Rfd8 17.a4 Qa5 18.Nd2 Bxg2 19.Nxc4 Qb4 20.Na2 Be4 21.Nxb4 Bxc2 22.Nxc2 Nb6 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.N2e3 Nxc4 25.Nxc4 Nd5 26.Rd1 Nb6 27.Nd6 Ra8 28.a5 Na4 29.Nc4 Nc3 30.Re1 Bxa5 31.Nxa5 Nxb5 32.Re5 Nd4 33.Rxc5 1-0

(253) Mikhail Tal - Wolfgang Uhlmann [C07]
Moscow Ale mem 6, 1971

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bd7 7.Bg5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bb4 10.0-0 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Qxc3 12.Nf5 exf5 13.Re1+ Be6 14.Qd6 a6 15.Bd2 Qxc2 16.Bb4 axb5 17.Qf8+ Kd7 18.Red1+ Kc7 19.Qxa8 1-0

(254) Kalju Vark - Mikhail Tal [A67]
Piarnu 01, 1971

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.Bd3 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Qe2 Na6 12.Nf3 0-0 13.Kf2 Re8 14.Be3 Nb4 15.Bc4 f5 16.a3 fxe4 17.Ng5 Nd3+ 18.Kg2 Nf6 19.Ba2 Bg4 20.Qd2 h6 21.h3 hxg5 22.hxg4 Nxg4 23.Bg1 gxf4 24.gxf4 Rf8 25.Rf1 Bh6 26.Ne2 Bxf4 27.Nxf4 Qg5 28.Rh3 Rxf4 29.Rg3 Raf8 30.Bc4 Rf2+ 31.Rxf2 Rxf2+ 32.Qxf2 Ndxf2 33.Bxf2 Qf4 34.Bg1 Qd2+ 35.Kh3 Ne5 36.b3 Qc1 37.Be2 Kg7 38.Kg2 Qd2 39.Re3 b5 40.Kg3 c4 41.bxc4 bxc4 42.Rxe4 c3 43.Be3 Qe1+ 44.Bf2 Qxf2+ 0-1

(255) Tonu Oim - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Piarnu 08, 1971

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.e3 a6 9.a4 Qb6 10.Ra3 g5 11.Bg3 Nh5 12.Nd2 Nxg3 13.hxg3 Nd7 14.Bd3 Ne5 15.Bb1 f5 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Nd1 Qb4 18.a5 b5 19.axb6 Qxb6 20.f3 Rab8 21.g4 Rf6 22.Rb3 Qc7 23.gxf5 Bxf5 24.Ne4 Rf7 25.0-0 Bg6 26.Ndf2 Rbf8 27.Qe2 Qd7 28.Nd2 Bxb1 29.Rxb1 h5 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.Nde4 Bh6 32.Rb6 a5 33.Nxc5 Qc7 34.Na4 Qxc4 35.Qxc4 Nxc4 36.Rb3 Rff8 37.Rc1 Ne5 38.Rb7 Rfc8 39.Rcc7 Rxc7 40.Rxc7 Kf8 41.Ne4 h4 42.Nac3 Rb8 43.Ne2 g4 44.f4 Rxb2 45.Nd4 g3 46.Kf1 Ng4 47.Nf5 Rb4 48.Ng5 Nxe3+ 49.Nxe3 Rxf4+ 50.Nf3 h3 51.Rc8+ Kg7 0-1

(256) Anatoly Shmit - Mikhail Tal [B92]
Riga Riga, 1971

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f4 Qc7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.f5 Bc4 11.a4 h6 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Be3 0-0 14.a5 Rfc8 15.Ra4 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Qc6 17.Rd1 Rc7 18.Nd2 Rac8 19.Rc4 Qxc4 20.Nxc4 Rxc4 21.Bf2 Rb4 22.g4 Rxb2 23.Rd3 d5 24.exd5 Bb4 25.Be1 e4 26.Nxe4 Bxe1 27.Qxe1 Nxe4 28.Qxe4 Rcxc2 29.Rd1 Nf6 30.Qf3 Rf2 31.Qg3 Nxd5 32.g5 hxg5 33.Qxg5 Rxh2+ 34.Kg1 Rbg2+ 35.Kf1 Rxg5 0-1

(257) Aron G Reshko - Mikhail Tal [A54]
Rostov 06, 1971

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Qe7 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Be2 g6 8.Ne4 h6 9.c5 dxc5 10.dxe5 hxg5 11.Nd6+ Kd8 12.Nxg5 Nxe5 13.Ndxf7+ Kc7 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Nf7 Qe8 16.Nxh8 Bd6 17.Qb3 Qxh8 18.0-0-0 Qe8 19.Bc4 Qe7 20.Qc2 Bd7 21.Qxg6 b5 22.Bb3 c4 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.Rd1 Qe5 25.Bc2 Rg8 26.Qf7 Rxg2 27.h4 c3 28.Kb1 cxb2 29.e4 Kb6 30.Rxd7 Rg1+ 31.Bd1 Nxd7 32.Qxd7 Qc3 33.Qd8+ Ka6 34.Qc8+ Ka5 35.Qd8+ Kb4 36.Qe7+ c5 37.a3+ Qxa3 0-1

(258) Mikhail Tal - Andres Vooremaa [B48]
Tallin Tallin, 1971

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 Nf6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Kh1 h5 10.f4 Ng4 11.Qf3 Nxe3 12.Qxe3 Qb6 13.Nce2 e5 14.Qg3 exd4 15.Qxg7 Rf8 16.e5 Be7 17.f5 f6 18.Nf4 Rf7 19.exf6 Ne5 20.Bc4 Nxc4 21.Qg8+ Bf8 22.Nxh5 Nd6 23.Rae1+ Kd8 24.Re7 Qb5 25.Rfe1 Qd5 26.Nf4 Qxa2 27.Ne6+ Qxe6 28.fxe6 Rxf6 29.Rf7 1-0

(259) Gedeon Barcza - Mikhail Tal [A04]
Tallinn 11/5 Tallinn 11/5, 1971

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.d3 e5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nd4 9.Ne2 Bh3 10.Nfxd4 Bxg2 11.Rg1 exd4 12.Nxd4 c5 13.Nb5 Bf3 14.g4 d5 15.Bxc5 Rc8 16.Ba3 dxe4 17.dxe4 Qb6 18.Bxe7 Qxb5 19.Bxf8 Qxb2 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rc1 Rd8 22.Qe3 Qxc2 23.Kf1 Rd1+ 0-1

(260) Mikhail Tal - Robert Wade [B14]
Tallinn 10, 1971

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.cxd5 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.Nf4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Qd6 11.0-0 Bd7 12.Re1 a5 13.a4 Rfc8 14.h3 h6 15.Re5 Nc4 16.Qe2 Qb4 17.Ba2 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nh5 19.Nd3 Qh4 20.g4 Qxh3 21.gxh5 Bg4 22.Nf4 Qh4 23.Qe3 g5 24.Nfe2 Qxh5 25.Ng3 Qh3 26.Bb1 Bxe5 27.Bd3 f6 28.Nce2 Rf8 29.Nd4 Bxd4 30.Qxd4 Bf3 31.Bf1 Qd7 32.Qd3 Qxd5 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qxh6+ Kg8 35.Qg6+ Kh8 36.Ra3 g4 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Rc3 Qf7 39.Bc4 e6 40.Bxe6 Qxe6 41.Qg6+ 1-0

(261) Iivo Nei - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Tallinn 13, 1971

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.e4 d6 7.Bf4 a6 8.a4 Qa5 9.Bd2 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 Re8 12.0-0 Bg4 13.Re1 Qc7 14.Qc2 Nbd7 15.Rad1 Rab8 16.b3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 c4 18.bxc4 Ne5 19.Nb1 Rbc8 20.Na3 Qd7 21.f4 Neg4 22.f3 Nxe4 23.fxg4 Bd4+ 24.Kg2 Nf2 25.Bc1 Bc5 26.h3 Qe7 27.Bf3 Qh4 28.Rh1 Nxh1 29.Rxh1 Re1 30.Rxe1 Qxe1 31.h4 Re8 0-1

(262) Mikhail Tal - Dr. Anthony Saidy [D37]
Tallinn 14, 1971

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.0-0 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

(263) Ratmir Kholmov - Mikhail Tal [B23]
Moscow 5' Moscow, 1971

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 a6 4.a4 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 0-0 8.0-0 Nc6 9.Re1 e5 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Ne7 12.Bc4 h6 13.Be3 Kh7 14.c3 f5 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Qb3 Ne7 17.Qc2 Bxh3 18.d4 Rxf3 19.gxf3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Rc8 21.Qb3 Nf5 22.dxe5 Nd4 23.Bg8+ Kh8 24.Qd5 Bxe5 25.f4 Qxg8 26.Qxg8+ Kxg8 27.fxe5 Nf3+ 28.Kh1 dxe5 29.Rg1 g5 30.Rg3 g4 31.Rxf3 gxf3 32.Kh2 Bg2 33.Bxh6 Kf7 34.Kg3 Rh8 35.Bg5 Kg6 36.Bh4 Kf5 37.Rc1 Rg8+ 38.Kh2 Rg4 39.Be7 Rxa4 40.Rc7 Re4 41.Bd8 Re1 42.Rc5 Kg4 0-1

(264) Mikhail Tal - Leonid Shamkovich [B17]
Baku ch-SU Baku ch-SU, 1972

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Bg5 a6 12.0-0-0 Qc7 13.Kb1 0-0 14.Ne4 Be5 15.f4 Bxf4 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Rhf1 Be5 20.Bxh7 f5 21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Rf3 Re8 23.g4 f4 24.g5 Kf8 25.Rxf4 Bxf4 26.Qh6+ Ke7 27.Qf6+ Kf8 28.g6 Bh6 29.Rf1 1-0

(265) Mikhail Tal - Duncan Suttles [B06]
Suhumi Suhumi (7), 1972

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 c6 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.0-0 Bg4 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Nxf3 e6 12.Qe2 Qc7 13.Re1 Nd7 14.c4 Ne7 15.Bg5 Rfe8 16.Rad1 a5 17.Ba4 Nc5 18.Bc2 Rad8 19.a3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nd7 21.Bf4 Nb6 22.Bd2 Ra8 23.Bc3 c5 24.Be4 Na4 25.Be1 Nc6 26.Bxc6 Qxc6 27.Bxa5 Rxa5 28.Rd8+ Bf8 29.Qd2 Qc7 30.Re8 Kg7 31.Qg5 Ra7 32.Qf6+ Kg8 33.Ng5 Qd7 34.Rd8 b6 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.b3 Bg7 37.Qf3 h6 38.Qa8+ Bf8 39.Ne4 Rd1+ 40.Kh2 Nb2 1-0

(266) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir A Savon [D35]
Baku URS ch 10, 1972

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nf3 Re8 9.0-0 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

(267) Mikhail Tal - Mikhail A Mukhin [B87]
Baku URS ch 12, 1972

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Bb7 9.Re1 Nbd7 10.Bg5 Nc5 11.Bd5 b4 12.Bxb7 Nxb7 13.Nd5 exd5 14.exd5+ Kd7 15.c3 b3 16.Qxb3 Nc5 17.Qc4 Qc8 18.Nc6 h6 19.Bxf6 gxf6 20.Re3 Kc7 21.b4 Rg8 1-0

(268) Mikhail Tal - Semyon Abramovich Furman [C94]
Baku URS ch 14, 1972

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Ne3 Bf8 15.b4 Ne6 16.c4 g6 17.Bb2 Bg7 18.a4 bxc4 19.Nxc4 Nf4 20.Bb3 N6h5 21.Ne3 Rb8 22.Bc4 Bc8 23.Qb3 Qf6 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Bxd5 Bxh3 26.d4 Bg4 27.Rac1 Nf4 28.dxe5 dxe5 29.Rc6 Qe7 30.Nxe5 Bxe5 31.Bxe5 Qxe5 32.Bxf7+ Kf8 33.Bxe8 Rxe8 34.Qe3 Re7 35.Rxa6 Kg7 36.Ra5 Qf6 37.Rc5 g5 38.a5 h6 39.b5 Rd7 40.e5 Qe6 41.a6 1-0

(269) Mikhail Tal - Valery Zhidkov [D34]
Baku URS ch 18, 1972

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c5 5.0-0 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.d4 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 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

(270) Mikhail Tal - Anatoly Shmit [B82]
Latvia ch Latvia ch, 1972

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.Bd3 b5 10.0-0 Bb7 11.a3 Nbd7 12.g4 g6 13.g5 Nh5 14.Rae1 0-0-0 15.Ndxb5 axb5 16.Nxb5 Qa5 17.b4 Qa4 18.Na7+ Kb8 19.Bb5 Qxa7 20.Bxa7+ Kxa7 21.a4 Kb8 22.a5 d5 23.exd5 Bxd5 24.Qf2 h6 25.Rd1 hxg5 26.fxg5 Bxg5 27.Rd4 Bf6 28.Rd2 Be5 29.Qe3 Bc7 30.c4 Nhf6 31.cxd5 Ng4 1-0

(271) Evgeny Mukhin - Mikhail Tal [E46]
Moscow Moscow, 1972

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Nge2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Nd3 c5 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.b4 Be7 15.Bb2 Bd7 16.Ke2 Rac8 17.Bd3 Bc6 18.f3 Nd7 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nd2 Nb6 21.Bd4 e5 22.Bc5 Rxd3 23.Kxd3 Bb5+ 24.Kc2 Na4 25.Kb3 b6 26.Nc4 bxc5 27.Nxe5 cxb4 28.Rac1 Nc5+ 29.Kxb4 a6 0-1

(272) Roland Beyen - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Skopje olm 14/151 Skopje olm 14/151, 1972

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nge2 exd5 8.cxd5 d6 9.0-0 b6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.a4 Re8 13.h3 Qe7 14.Ng3 c4 15.Bc2 Nbd7 16.Qd2 Qf8 17.Be3 Nc5 18.f3 Nfd7 19.f4 Nb3 20.Bxb3 cxb3 21.Rf3 Rac8 22.a5 b5 23.Bxa7 Rc4 24.Re1 h5 25.Nf1 b4 26.Nd1 Nf6 27.Nf2 Nxe4 28.Nxe4 Rexe4 29.Rxe4 Rxe4 30.Rxb3 Qe7 31.Bf2 Re2 32.Qxb4 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Qe2+ 34.Kg3 Qxf1 35.Qxd6 Bd4 36.f5 Qe1+ 0-1

(273) Mikhail Tal - Jan Timman [A04]
Skopje olm 14/183 Skopje olm 14/183, 1972

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.Bc4 0-0 6.Qe2 c6 7.Bb3 Bg4 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.0-0 Nd7 11.h3 Bf5 12.Re1 Qc7 13.Nf1 Rad8 14.Ng3 Be6 15.Qe4 Rfe8 16.Qh4 f6 17.Bh6 Nxe5 18.Rxe5 fxe5 19.Ng5 Bf6 20.Nxe6 1-0

(274) Heinz Liebert - Mikhail Tal [E62]
Skopje olm 14/633 Skopje olm 14/633, 1972

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nd7 10.e3 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.e4 f5 13.Bg2 Nf6 14.exf5 gxf5 15.f4 Nd7 16.Kh2 Ng6 17.Be3 Kh8 18.Qd2 exf4 19.gxf4 Qh4 20.Rae1 Rf7 21.Ne2 Rg8 22.Nd4 Nde5 23.fxe5 Bxe5+ 24.Kg1 Qg3 25.Nf3 Nh4 26.Nxh4 Qh2+ 27.Kf2 Bg3+ 28.Kf3 Bxh4 29.Bd4+ Bf6 30.Qf2 Be5 31.Rh1 Qf4+ 32.Ke2 Qxd4 33.Qxd4 Bxd4 34.Bf3 Rg3 35.b3 Bc5 36.Ref1 Re7+ 37.Kd2 Re3 38.Bd1 Rg2+ 39.Kc1 Rc3+ 40.Kb1 Ba3 0-1

(275) Andre Lombard - Mikhail Tal [E10]
Skopje olm 9, 1972

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bd3 Be7 8.0-0 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qe2 0-0 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Bd2 Nf6 13.Be3 Nb4 14.Bb1 Rc8 15.a3 Nbd5 16.Bd2 g6 17.Ne5 Nh5 18.Be4 Ng7 19.Rac1 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 Bd5 21.Qf3 Bg5 22.Rcd1 f6 23.Nd3 Bb3 24.Ra1 Rf7 25.Nf4 Bxf4 26.Qxf4 Bd5 27.Bd3 Qd7 28.h3 Ne8 29.Re3 Bc4 30.Be4 Qd6 31.Qh4 Rg7 32.Bc2 Bd5 33.Rae1 a5 34.Qg4 Nc7 35.Bd3 Rf8 36.Qe2 Re8 37.Rg3 Bc6 38.Bc4 Qd7 39.Ba2 Bd5 40.Bb1 Nb5 41.Rc1 Bb7 42.Qg4 Rc8 43.Qf4 Rf8 44.Ba2 Bd5 45.Bb1 g5 46.Qd2 Rff7 47.Re1 Nd6 48.Bd3 f5 49.Rge3 Rf6 50.f3 Nc8 51.Rc1 Ne7 52.Qc2 Rf8 53.Be1 Ng6 54.Bf2 Nf4 55.Bf1 g4 56.Bg3 Nxg2 57.Rc3 Ne3 58.Rxe3 gxf3 59.Qc7 f4 60.Qxd7 Rxd7 61.Bxf4 Rxf4 62.Rd3 Bb7 63.Rb3 Rfxd4 64.Rxb6 Bd5 65.Kf2 Kg7 66.Ke3 Re4+ 67.Kf2 Kf6 68.Rc3 Rd4 69.Ke3 Rd1 70.Bd3 Kg5 71.Bc4 Bxc4 72.Rxc4 R7d3+ 73.Kf2 R1d2+ 74.Kf1 Re2 75.Rb5+ e5 76.Rc1 Rdd2 77.Re1 Rf2+ 0-1

(276) Karoly Honfi - Mikhail Tal [B46]
Suhumi 14, 1972

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.f4 d6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 Nf6 10.0-0-0 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 b5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bd6 16.g4 Bb7 17.Kb1 0-0 18.Bf3 a5 19.Be4 b4 20.Qg2 a4 21.Qh3 g6 22.Bc1 Ba6 23.Rhe1 Bc4 24.Re3 Rfc8 25.Qg2 b3 26.cxb3 axb3 27.axb3 Be2 28.Qxe2 Qa5 29.Rc3 Qa2+ 30.Kc2 Rxc3+ 31.Kxc3 Bb4+ 32.Kxb4 Qa5+ 33.Kc4 Qa6+ 0-1

(277) Mikhail Tal - David Bronstein [B07]
USSR USSR, 1973

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 c6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Qd2 Bg4 7.0-0-0 h6 8.Be3 b5 9.Bd3 a6 10.Rde1 Nfd7 11.e5 d5 12.Nh4 c5 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Bxg6+ Kf8 15.Nxd5 Nc6 16.f3 Be6 17.Nf4 Bg8 18.Qd3 e6 19.Qe4 Ne7 20.Rd1 Qb8 21.Nh5 Nd5 22.dxc5 Qxe5 23.Bd4 Qg5+ 24.f4 1-0

(278) Mikhail Tal - Paul Keres [C72]
Tallinn Tallinn, 1973

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.0-0 Bd7 6.c3 Nge7 7.d4 Ng6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Nf1 Bg5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 0-0 13.Bc2 Re8 14.Qd2 Rc8 15.g3 Qf6 16.Nd5 Qxf3 17.Bd1 Nh4 18.gxh4 Qh3 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Nxe8 Rxe8 21.h5 Bg4 22.Qe3 Qxh5 23.Kh1 Bxd1 24.Raxd1 Qh4 25.Qf3 Kg8 26.Re3 Rf8 27.Qg3 Qe7 28.f4 exf4 29.Qxf4 Re8 30.Rg1 Kh7 31.Rg4 Nd8 32.e5 d5 33.Rh3 Qf8 34.Rf3 Kh8 35.Qf5 Qe7 36.b4 Rf8 37.Qh5 Ne6 38.Rf6 Kh7 39.Qf5+ Kh8 40.Rh4 Kg8 41.Qg4 Ng5 42.Rhxh6 Ne4 43.Qh5 gxh6 44.Rxh6 1-0

(279) Mikhail Tal - Ljubomir Ljubojevic [B04]
Wijk aan Zee 13, 1973

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 c6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Re1 0-0 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Bb3 h6 12.Bh4 Nd7 13.c4 Nf4 14.c5 Qxd4 15.Re4 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nh3+ 17.Kg2 Qxc5 18.Kxh3 Qh5 19.Nf1 Ne5 20.Kg2 g5 21.Bg3 Rad8 22.Bxe5 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 g4 24.fxg4 Qg6 25.f3 Bxe5 26.Rxe5 e6 27.Ng3 Qf6 28.Re2 Rd8 29.Ne4 Qe7 30.Rxd8+ Qxd8 31.Rd2 Qa5 32.Rd7 Qb4 33.h4 a5 34.g5 hxg5 35.hxg5 a4 36.g6 Kg7 37.Bxe6 Qxb2+ 38.Kh3 Kxg6 39.Bxf7+ Kh6 40.Rd6+ Kg7 41.Rd7 b5 42.Be6+ Kg6 43.Rd8 c5 44.Rg8+ Kh7 45.Ng5+ Kh6 46.Nf7+ Kh7 47.Rg5 1-0

(280) Mikhail Tal - Igor V Platonov [B97]
Dubna (Russia) Dubna (Russia), 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Bh5 Bg7 14.Rf3 0-0 15.Raf1 Na5 16.Rh3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Rac8 18.Kh1 f5 19.exf5 Qb4 20.f6 Bxf6 21.f5 Rxc3 22.Rg3+ Kh8 23.Qh6 1-0

(281) Mikhail Tal - Leonid Shamkovich [C67]
Dubna (03) Dubna (03), 1973

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nc3 Ke8 10.Ne2 Be7 11.Re1 Nh4 12.Ng5 Ng6 13.Ng3 h6 14.Nf3 c5 15.h3 h5 16.Ne4 Be6 17.Nfg5 Bxg5 18.Bxg5 b6 19.Rad1 Ne7 20.Rd3 Rd8 21.Bf6 Rxd3 22.Bxg7 Rd4 23.Bxh8 h4 24.Bf6 Ng6 25.f3 Kd7 26.Kf2 Kc6 27.Ke3 Ra4 28.a3 Rd4 29.Re2 Rd1 30.Nc3 Rg1 31.Kf2 Rh1 32.Rd2 Bf5 33.Ne2 Ra1 34.Ke3 a5 35.Nf4 c4 36.Nxg6 fxg6 37.c3 Bd3 38.Bxh4 Kd5 39.Kf4 b5 40.Bd8 Kc6 41.e6 Re1 42.e7 Kd7 43.b4 1-0

(282) Boris Spassky - Mikhail Tal [E30]
Tallinn tt Tallinn tt, 1973

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 c5 6.d5 b5 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.cxb5 d5 9.e3 0-0 10.Nf3 Qa5 11.Bxf6 Rxf6 12.Qd2 a6 13.bxa6 Nc6 14.Be2 d4 15.exd4 Rxf3 16.Bxf3 cxd4 17.0-0 dxc3 18.bxc3 Bxc3 19.Qd6 Rxa6 20.Bxc6 Bb4 21.Qb8 Rxc6 22.Rac1 Bc5 23.Rc2 Qa4 24.Qb3 Qf4 25.Qg3 Qf5 26.Rfc1 Bb7 27.Qf3 Qg5 28.Qb3 Rc7 29.g3 Bxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Qf6+ 31.Ke1 Qe5+ 32.Kf1 Ba6+ 33.Kg1 Qd4+ 34.Kg2 Qe4+ 35.Kg1 Bb7 36.h4 Qh1+ 37.Kf2 Rf7+ 38.Ke2 Qe4+ 0-1

(283) Mikhail Tal - Laszlo Szabo [B06]
Sochi 07, 1973

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.Qe2 c5 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.e5 Nc6 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.0-0-0 b4 13.Ne4 Nh6 14.Bxd4 0-0 15.Bc5 Qa5 16.Bxe7 Rfe8 17.Bd6 Qxa2 18.Bxb4 Bxe4 19.Qxe4 Ng4 20.Bc4 Qa1+ 21.Kd2 Qxb2 22.Bxf7+ Kxf7 23.Qd5+ Re6 24.Qb7+ Re7 25.Qxe7+ Kg8 26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.Qc4 Nxe5 28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.c3 a5 30.Qc6 Rb8 31.Rhe1 Bh6+ 32.Kc2 Qf5+ 33.Qe4 Qc8 34.Rd7 axb4 35.Qe5+ Kg8 36.Qe6+ 1-0

(284) Mark Taimanov - Mikhail Tal [A31]
Moscow Moscow (9), 1973

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 b6 5.Nc3 Bb7 6.f3 Nc6 7.e4 e6 8.Be3 Qb8 9.Qd2 Bc5 10.Be2 0-0 11.Rd1 Ne5 12.Ndb5 a6 13.Nd6 Bc6 14.a3 Ne8 15.Nxe8 Rxe8 16.b4 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Qc7 18.0-0 Rac8 19.Rc1 d6 20.Nd5 exd5 21.cxd5 b5 22.f4 Nc4 23.Bxc4 bxc4 24.Rxc4 Qd7 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.dxc6 Qxc6 27.Rc1 Qb7 28.Qd4 h6 29.Rc4 Qb5 30.h3 a5 31.bxa5 Qxa5 32.Qxd6 Rd8 33.Qb4 Qa7+ 34.Kh2 Qe3 35.e5 Rd3 36.Qb1 Rd8 37.a4 h5 38.Qe4 Qb6 39.Rc6 Qd4 40.Rc4 Qb6 41.Rb4 1-0

(285) Mikhail Tal - NN [B46]
1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.0-0 b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Bf4 Bb7 10.Bf3 d6 11.Re1 e5 12.a4 bxa4 13.Rxa4 Qc7 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.Qxd5 Rc8 16.Rxa6 exf4 17.e5 dxe5 18.Qb5+ Qd7 19.Rxe5+ Ne7 20.Bc6 1-0

(286) Mikhail Tal - NN [B99]
1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 Nbd7 10.Bd3 b5 11.Rhe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 b4 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.exd5 Nc5 15.dxe6 Nxd3+ 16.Rxd3 f6 17.Bh4 g5 18.fxg5 fxg5 19.Bxg5 Rg8 20.Bxe7 Rxg3 21.Rxg3 Qc5 22.Bf6 Kf8 23.Rf1 Rc8 24.Bd8+ 1-0

(287) George Steven Botterill - Mikhail Tal [B43]
Bath 16/297 Bath 16/297, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nb3 b5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rae1 d6 12.a3 b4 13.axb4 Nxb4 14.Ra1 0-0 15.Na5 Bc8 16.Bc4 Rb8 17.f4 d5 18.e5 Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Nd7 20.Bd3 Nxd3 21.Qxd3 Rxb2 22.Nb3 Bb4 23.Na2 Nc5 24.Qd4 Ba3 25.Qc3 Qb6 26.Nd2 Rxa2 27.Rxa2 Bb4 28.Qb2 d4 29.Nc4 Qb5 30.Qxd4 Bb7 31.c3 Nb3 32.Qd3 Bc5 33.Rd1 h6 34.Bh4 Ba8 35.h3 a5 36.Kh2 a4 37.Qe2 Bc6 38.Nd6 Qa5 39.f5 Qxc3 40.Be7 Nc1 41.Rxc1 Qxc1 42.Bxf8 Be3 43.Kg3 Bg5 44.Qc4 Qe3+ 45.Kg4 Bh4 46.Be7 Bxe7 47.Nxf7 h5+ 48.Kxh5 Be8 49.Kg4 exf5+ 50.Kxf5 g6+ 51.Kg4 Bd7+ 0-1

(288) Josip Rukavina - Mikhail Tal [A04]
Dubna 04, 1973

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.c4 d4 4.g3 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 e5 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.b4 cxb4 10.a3 a5 11.Ne1 Bg4 12.Nc2 Qd7 13.Re1 e4 14.dxe4 d3 15.Ne3 Bxe2 16.Qa4 Ng4 17.Ndf1 Bf6 18.Ra2 Bc3 19.Bd2 Qd4 20.axb4 Bxd2 21.Rxd2 axb4 22.Qb3 Ra1 23.Rxa1 Qxa1 24.Nxg4 Nd4 25.Qb2 Nf3+ 26.Kh1 Qe1 27.Nge3 Qxf2 0-1

(289) Mikhail Tal - Ladislav Mista [B32]
Dubna 11, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.0-0-0 Ne5 12.h4 h5 13.Bg5 Nh7 14.Bh6 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Rxc3 16.bxc3 Qa5 17.Ne2 Bb5 18.Rhe1 Nf6 19.Rd4 Rc8 20.Rb4 e6 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Qe3 b5 23.Kb2 Rc5 24.Ne2 Nc6 25.Qf4 Ne8 26.a3 Qc7 27.Rd4 Nxd4 28.cxd4 Rc6 29.g4 Ng7 30.gxh5 Nxh5 31.Qh6 a5 32.Rg1 a4 33.d5 exd5 34.Rxg6+ fxg6 35.Bxd5+ 1-0

(290) Mikhail Tal - William Hartston [B83]
Hastings Hastings, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Qc7 10.Kh1 Bd7 11.Qe1 a6 12.Qg3 b5 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Ne8 16.Bd3 Bc6 17.Qh3 g6 18.Rae1 Rd8 19.Qe3 Rd7 20.Bb6 Qc8 21.Ne4 Bxe4 22.Bxe4 h5 23.Qh6 Ng7 24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Bxg6 Nf5 26.Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.Qh7+ 1-0

(291) Mikhail Tal - Michael Francis Stean [B96]
Hastings Hastings, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bxb5 axb5 11.Ndxb5 Qb8 12.e5 Bb7 13.Qe2 dxe5 14.Qc4 Bc5 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rxd7 Be3+ 17.Kb1 Kxd7 18.Rd1+ Bd4 19.fxe5 fxe5 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Qxd4+ Ke7 22.Qc5+ Kf6 23.Rf1+ Kg6 24.Qe7 f5 25.Qxe6+ Kg7 26.Qe7+ Kg6 27.h4 Ra5 28.h5+ Kxh5 29.Qf7+ Kh4 30.Qf6+ Kg3 31.Qg5+ Kh2 32.Qh4+ Kxg2 33.Rf2+ Kg1 34.Ne2# 1-0

(292) Gennadi Kuzmin - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Leningrad 09, 1973

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.Nf3 d6 7.Be2 e5 8.0-0 Ne8 9.a3 Qe7 10.b4 Nd7 11.Rb1 h6 12.g3 f5 13.Nh4 Qf6 14.exf5 gxf5 15.Bb2 b6 16.Bd3 e4 17.Nxe4 Qxb2 18.Rxb2 fxe4 19.Bxe4 Bxb2 20.Bh7+ Kxh7 21.Qc2+ Kg8 22.Qxb2 Ng7 23.Re1 Ne5 24.Qc3 Bf5 25.f4 Ng6 26.Nxf5 Rxf5 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Qa5 Rf7 29.Qa6 Rd8 30.Qb5 Ne7 31.Qa5 Rd7 32.Rb1 Ngf5 33.Rb8+ Kg7 34.Qc3+ Nd4 35.Qe3 Ng6 36.Qe8 Nf8 37.Qc8 h5 38.Rb2 Rde7 39.Qd8 Nf5 40.Kf2 Ng6 41.Re2 Rf8 42.Rxe7+ Ngxe7 43.Qd7 Rf7 44.Qd8 Kh7 45.a4 Ng8 46.Qg5 Ng7 47.h3 Ne7 48.g4 Ng6 49.f5 Ne5 50.Ke2 hxg4 51.hxg4 Ne8 52.Qd8 Rf8 53.g5 Kg8 54.Qe7 Ng7 55.f6 Nh5 56.Kd1 Ng6 57.Qxa7 Ne5 58.Qe7 Rf7 59.Qxd6 Nxc4 60.Qh2 Nxf6 61.gxf6 Rxf6 62.Qh4 Ne3+ 63.Ke2 1-0

(293) Mikhail Tal - Leonid D Zaid [B97]
Moscow 02, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bd3 Be7 11.0-0 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Ne4 Nd7 15.f5 exf5 16.Rxf5 Be7 17.Bc4 Nf6 18.Rxe5 Nxe4 19.Bxf7+ Kxf7 20.Qd5+ Kg6 21.Qxe4+ Kf7 22.Rf1+ Bf6 23.Nc5 Re8 24.Qd5+ Kf8 25.Qd6+ Kf7 26.Nxb7 Qa4 27.Qd5+ Kf8 28.Nd6 Be6 29.Rxe6 Rxe6 30.Qxe6 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 Qa7 32.Nf5 Qf7 33.Qd6+ Be7 34.Qc6 Rd8 35.Qxa6 1-0

(294) K Grigorian - Mikhail Tal [E80]
Moscow URS ch 12, 1973

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 0-0 7.Qd2 e5 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.0-0-0 a6 10.Kb1 Re8 11.Nc1 b5 12.d5 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Rb8 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxd6 Qa5 17.Be2 Re6 18.Nb3 Qa4 19.Qa3 Qxa3 20.bxa3 Be7 21.Rd5 Nb6 22.Rxb5 Ba6 23.a4 Bxb5 24.axb5 Na4 25.Rc1 Ba3 26.Rc7 Re7 27.Rc4 Ra8 28.b6 Rb7 29.Rc6 Rab8 30.Kc2 Kg7 31.Na5 Rxb6 32.Bxb6 Nxb6 33.Bc4 Nc8 34.Rc7 Nd6 35.Bb3 Rb5 36.Ra7 Bc5 37.Ra6 Bb4 38.Nc6 Rc5+ 39.Kd1 Bc3 40.Nd8 Nb5 41.Nxf7 Bb4 42.Nd8 Nc3+ 43.Ke1 Nb5+ 44.Kf2 Nd4 45.Ne6+ Nxe6 46.Rxe6 Bc3 47.Re7+ Kh8 48.Kg3 Bd2 49.Bd5 Bf4+ 50.Kh3 Rc3 51.g3 Bd2 52.Rxe5 Rxf3 53.Re7 Rd3 54.Rb7 Re3 55.a4 h5 56.Kg2 Bc3 57.Rb3 Re2+ 58.Kf3 Rc2 59.Rb8+ Kg7 60.Rc8 g5 61.h3 h4 62.gxh4 gxh4 63.a5 Rh2 64.a6 Bd4 65.a7 Bxa7 66.Rc7+ Kh8 67.Rxa7 Rf2+ 68.Ke3 1-0

(295) Mikhail Tal - Dmitry Zilberstein [B97]
Riga 04, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 h5 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Nb1 Qa4 14.c4 Qb4 15.Qe3 Bg7 16.a3 Qa4 17.Qg3 Kf8 18.Nc3 Qxb3 19.Rfb1 Qc2 20.Ra2 h4 21.Qe1 Qxa2 22.Nxa2 f5 23.exf5 exf5 24.Bf3 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Nd8 26.Nc3 Bd7 27.Nd5 Ne6 28.Qb4 Bc6 29.Qxd6+ Kg7 30.Nc7 Nxc7 31.Qxd4+ Kg6 32.Rg1 Rad8 33.Qe5 1-0

(296) Miroslav Filip - Mikhail Tal [A21]
Sochi 13, 1973

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Be6 4.b3 d5 5.Bg2 d4 6.Nb1 Nc6 7.d3 Qd7 8.a3 a5 9.Qc2 Be7 10.Nd2 f5 11.Ngf3 Nh6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Bb2 Ng4 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Rfe1 Bc5 16.Ng5 e4 17.Nf1 Qe7 18.Nxe6 Qxe6 19.h3 e3 20.hxg4 f4 21.Bd5 Rxd5 22.cxd5 exf2+ 23.Kxf2 fxg3+ 24.Kg1 Qxg4 25.dxc6 Qh3 26.e4 Rf2 27.Qxf2 gxf2+ 28.Kxf2 bxc6 29.Re2 Qh4+ 30.Ng3 Bd6 31.e5 Bxe5 32.Rg1 g6 33.Re4 Qh2+ 34.Rg2 Bxg3+ 35.Kf3 Qh3 36.Rxg3 Qf1+ 37.Kg4 Qf5+ 0-1

(297) Jan Timman - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Tallinn 9, 1973

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Be2 e5 8.0-0 Ne8 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.f4 Qe7 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Kh1 e4 14.Nf2 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Ndf6 16.Be3 Kh8 17.h3 Rg8 18.Qd2 Ng7 19.Nd1 Ngh5 20.Bxh5 Nxh5 21.Bf2 Bd7 22.Be1 Raf8 23.Ne3 Qf6 24.Kh2 Qh6 25.g3 Rf6 26.Rg1 Rfg6 27.Rg2 Nxf4 28.gxf4 Qxf4+ 29.Kg1 Qf3 30.Qf2 Qxh3 31.Rb1 f4 32.Rb2 f3 0-1

(298) Mikhail Tal - Kick Langeweg [B85]
Wijk aan Zee 09, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 d6 9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 0-0 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Rae1 Bc6 15.Bd3 Rad8 16.Kh1 Qb7 17.Qh3 g6 18.f5 e5 19.Be3 Rfe8 20.Bg5 Nh5 21.f6 Bf8 22.Qh4 h6 23.Bc1 a5 24.Nd5 Rd7 25.Rf3 Bxd5 26.exd5 Qxd5 27.Qg4 Re6 28.Bxg6 fxg6 29.Qxg6+ Ng7 30.Bxh6 1-0

(299) Albin Planinc - Mikhail Tal [A07]
Wijk aan Zee 1, 1973

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.0-0 0-0 5.Re1 c5 6.e4 Nc6 7.c3 d6 8.d3 Ne8 9.a4 a6 10.Nbd2 Rb8 11.Nf1 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Bg5 b4 14.Qd2 bxc3 15.bxc3 Rb3 16.Rec1 Qb6 17.h4 Nf6 18.Ne3 Be6 19.Ne1 Rb8 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Ne5 22.Nc2 Rb2 23.d4 Nc4 24.Qd3 Na5 25.Na3 cxd4 26.cxd4 Nb3 27.Nc4 Nxc1 28.Bxc1 Rb3 29.Qd1 Qb5 30.Na5 Rd3 31.Qc2 Rxd4 32.Bf1 Qxd5 33.Nc6 Re8 34.Ra5 Qe4 35.Nxd4 Qxd4 36.Be3 Qb4 37.Rb5 Qe4 38.Qc7 h5 39.Rb7 Kh7 40.Bg5 Ng4 41.Qd7 Bd4 42.Rb2 Qf3 0-1

(300) Mikhail Tal - Jan Hein Donner [A35]
Wijk aan Zee 7, 1973

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Qa4 Qb6 7.Ndb5 e6 8.Bf4 e5 9.cxd5 exf4 10.Qxf4 Nb4 11.Nc7+ Kd8 12.Nxa8 Qa5 13.0-0-0 Qc5 14.e4 Nxa2+ 15.Kc2 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Bd6 17.e5 Nxd5 18.Qc4 Bf5+ 19.Kd2 Qxf2+ 20.Be2 Qe3+ 21.Ke1 Bxe5 22.Rxd5+ Ke7 23.Nc7 Bxc3+ 24.Kd1 Be4 25.Bf3 1-0

(301) Mikhail Tal - NN [B62]
simul simul, 1973

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.f4 Nd7 11.e5 d5 12.f5 Bc5 13.Qf4 h6 14.fxe6 fxe6 15.Bd3 Nf8 16.Rhf1 Qc7 17.Nb5 Be3+ 18.Qxe3 axb5 19.Qf4 hxg5 20.Bxb5+ Kd8 21.Qxf8+ Rxf8 22.Rxf8+ Ke7 23.Re8+ Kf7 24.Rf1+ Kg6 25.Bd3+ Kh5 26.Rh8+ 1-0

(302) Mikhail Tal - Tudev Ujtumen [D01]
Dubna Dubna (13), 1973

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Qd7 8.Nge2 f5 9.a3 Be7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rad1 g6 12.f3 c6 13.e4 fxe4 14.fxe4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Na6 16.Qg3 Rae8 17.Nf4 Qc7 18.Rde1 Qb6 19.c3 Qb5 20.h4 Kh8 21.a4 Qf5 22.Nd3 Qd5 23.Ng5 Kg8 24.Ne5 Bxg5 25.hxg5 Qd6 26.Qh4 Nb8 27.Ng4 Rxe1 28.Nf6+ Qxf6 29.gxf6 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Nd7 31.Qf4 Rc8 32.Qd6 Nf8 33.Qe7 b6 34.Qxa7 1-0

(303) Mikhail Tal - David Bronstein [B15]
USSR USSR, 1974

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Qe7+ 7.Qe2 Be6 8.Bb3 Nd7 9.Bf4 Nb6 10.0-0-0 Nd5 11.Bd2 b5 12.Nf3 Qd7 13.Ne1 Be7 14.Nd3 0-0 15.Ba5 Rfe8 16.Qd2 Nb6 17.Nc5 Bxc5 18.dxc5 Qxd2+ 19.Rxd2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Bxc4 21.b3 Bd5 22.f3 h5 23.Rhd1 h4 24.h3 Rac8 25.Rd4 Re2 26.R1d2 Rxd2 27.Kxd2 g5 28.Kd3 Kf8 29.a4 a6 30.axb5 axb5 31.Rxd5 cxd5 32.Kd4 Ke7 33.Kxd5 Kd7 34.b4 Re8 35.c6+ Kc8 36.c4 Re5+ 37.Kd4 bxc4 38.Kxc4 Re2 39.b5 Rc2+ 40.Kd5 Ra2 41.Bc3 Rxg2 42.b6 Rf2 43.b7+ Kb8 44.Bxf6 1-0

(304) Mikhail Tal - Boris Gulko [A25]
Leningrad URS ch Leningrad URS ch (7), 1974

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.d3 0-0 8.0-0 Rb8 9.Rb1 a6 10.b4 Ne7 11.a4 d5 12.cxd5 Nfxd5 13.b5 axb5 14.axb5 Ra8 15.Qc2 Be6 16.Ne4 Bg4 17.Rb3 b6 18.h3 Bd7 19.Ng5 h6 20.Nf3 c5 21.bxc6 Nxc6 22.e4 Nde7 23.Be3 b5 24.Qd2 Kh7 25.Bc5 Na5 26.Ra3 Nac6 27.Rxa8 Qxa8 28.d4 exd4 29.Nfxd4 Nxd4 30.Nxd4 Re8 31.Nf5 Bxf5 32.exf5 Qc8 33.fxg6+ fxg6 34.Rc1 Nf5 35.g4 Nh4 36.Be7 Qxc1+ 37.Qxc1 Rxe7 38.Bd5 b4 39.Kh2 Bc3 40.Qf1 g5 41.Qc4 Be5+ 42.Kg1 Kg7 43.Qc8 Ng6 44.Qg8+ Kf6 45.Bb3 Rc7 46.Kf1 Rc1+ 47.Ke2 Rc7 48.Kd3 Rd7+ 49.Kc4 Bd6 50.Kb5 Re7 51.Bc2 Re5+ 52.Kb6 Ne7 53.Qf8+ Ke6 54.Qxh6+ Kd5 55.Qh7 Nc8+ 56.Ka6 Ne7 57.Qd3+ Kc6 58.Ba4+ Kc7 59.Qc4+ Bc5 60.f4 gxf4 61.Qxf4 Bd6 62.Qc4+ Bc5 63.h4 Rd5 64.h5 b3 65.Qxb3 Rd6+ 66.Kb5 Rd5 67.Qxd5 Nxd5 68.Kxc5 Nf6 69.h6 Ne4+ 70.Kd5 Ng5 71.Be8 1-0

(305) Mikhail Tal (2635) - Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren (2375) [A13]
Nice olm prelim1 FRA, 1974

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Ne7 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 Nbc6 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Bxc4 0-0 9.a3 cxd4 10.exd4 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b6 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.Re1 h6 14.Ba2 Re8 15.Rxe6 fxe6 16.Bxe6+ Kf8 17.Nh4 Ne5 18.Qh7 N7c6 19.Qg8+ Ke7 20.Nf5+ Kf6 21.dxe5+ Nxe5 22.Qxg7+ Kxe6 23.Nd4+ Kd6 24.Bf4 Bd5 25.Re1 Kc5 26.Rxe5 Rxe5 27.Qxe5 Qd7 28.Nc2 Re8 29.Qd4+ Kc6 30.c4 Be6 31.Qe4+ Kc5 32.h3 Bf5 33.Be3+ Kd6 34.Qf4+ Ke7 35.Nd4 1-0

(306) Mikhail Tal - Petrosian [B08]
USSR Team Cup Moscow (Russia), 1974

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 Nc6 7.d5 Nb8 8.Re1 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Bf4 h6 11.Nd4 Bd7 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.e5 dxe5 14.Bxe5 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Bxe5 16.Nf3 Bg7 17.Rad1 Qc8 18.Bc4 Be8 19.Neg5+ hxg5 20.Nxg5+ Kg8 21.Qf4 Nd7 22.Rxd7 Bxd7 23.Bxf7+ 1-0

(307) Uwe Boensch - Mikhail Tal [B87]
Halle Halle, 1974

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Be3 0-0 10.f3 Bb7 11.0-0-0 Nbd7 12.g4 Nc5 13.g5 Nfd7 14.h4 Rc8 15.Kb1 b4 16.Na4 Nxa4 17.Bxa4 Nc5 18.Bb3 a5 19.Bc4 a4 20.Rdg1 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Bd3 b3 23.h5 Nxd3 24.cxd3 e5 25.g6 exd4 26.Qg2 Bf6 27.h6 fxg6 28.hxg7 Rc2 29.Qh3 Rxb2+ 30.Ka1 Rb1+ 31.Kxb1 bxa2+ 32.Kc2 Qc7+ 33.Kd2 Qc3+ 34.Ke2 Qc2+ 35.Bd2 Re8+ 36.Kf2 Qxd2+ 37.Kg3 Be5+ 0-1

(308) Guenther Moehring - Mikhail Tal [B06]
Halle Halle, 1974

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 0-0 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bf4 e6 9.Qd2 exd5 10.exd5 Kh7 11.0-0-0 b5 12.cxb5 a6 13.b6 Qxb6 14.h3 Re8 15.Bf3 Nbd7 16.g4 Rb8 17.Nge2 Ne5 18.Bxe5 Rxe5 19.Rdg1 Qb4 20.Nf4 Ne4 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.Nxe4 Bxb2+ 23.Kd1 Qxe4 24.Re1 Qf3+ 25.Kc2 Qa3 26.Kd1 Bc3 27.Qe3 Rb2 0-1

(309) Mikhail Tal - Thomas Paehtz Sr [B39]
Halle Halle, 1974

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Nb5 0-0 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Be2 b6 13.Nxd4 exd4 14.Bxd4 Qxe4 15.Bxg7 Qxg2 16.Qd4 Qxh1+ 17.Kd2 Qxh2 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.Bf3 d5 20.Bxd5 Rb8 21.Re1 Be6 22.Rxe6 1-0

(310) Mikhail Tal - Jiri Fichtl [C04]
Halle 18/203 Halle 18/203, 1974

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 Be7 7.Bb5 Ncb8 8.h4 h6 9.Rh3 b6 10.Qe2 a5 11.Rg3 Bf8 12.c4 c6 13.cxd5 cxd5 14.a4 Ba6 15.Bd2 g6 16.h5 gxh5 17.Nh2 h4 18.Rh3 Bxb5 19.axb5 Ra7 20.Qh5 Be7 21.Ng4 Nf8 22.Rf3 Bg5 23.Bb4 Rh7 24.Bd6 Nbd7 25.Nc1 Ng6 26.Ne2 Ra8 27.Rc3 Nf4 28.Nxf4 Bxf4 29.Rc7 Bg5 30.f4 Bxf4 31.Rxd7 Kxd7 32.Nf6+ Qxf6 33.exf6 Bxd6 34.Rc1 Rg8 35.Rc6 Bg3+ 36.Kd1 Rg5 37.Qe2 Rh8 38.Rxb6 h3 39.Rb7+ Kc8 40.Rxf7 Kb8 41.Qxe6 1-0

(311) Mikhail Tal - W R Chandler [B01]
Knotty Ash Knotty Ash, 1974

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Qe2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 0-0 10.Bg5 Re8 11.Ne5 Nf8 12.f4 c5 13.Rad1 Qd6 14.f5 Nd5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.fxe6+ Kg8 17.e7 Ne6 18.dxc5 Qxc5+ 19.Kh1 Nxc3 20.Rd8 Bd7 21.Qe5 Qxe5 22.Rf8+ 1-0

(312) Mikhail Tal - Jan Adamski [B81]
Lublin 19/414 Lublin 19/414, 1974

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.g5 hxg5 8.Bxg5 Nc6 9.Qd2 Qb6 10.Nb3 a6 11.0-0-0 Bd7 12.Bg2 Ne5 13.Qe2 Rc8 14.f4 Nc4 15.Rd3 Qc7 16.h4 Be7 17.Re1 b5 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nh5 20.Qf2 Nxe5 21.Rh3 f6 22.Be3 b4 23.Bb6 Ng4 24.Nd5 Nxf2 25.Nxc7+ Rxc7 26.Rf3 Rc8 27.Rxf2 e5 28.Be3 Ng3 29.Bb7 Rc7 30.Bxa6 Nf5 31.Bd2 Rxh4 32.Bd3 g6 33.Be3 Kf7 34.Bb6 Rb7 35.Nc5 Rxb6 36.Nxd7 Rd6 37.Nc5 Rc6 38.Nd7 Rc7 39.Nb6 Bc5 40.Bc4+ 1-0

(313) Mikhail Tal - Zbigniew Szymczak [A15]
Lublin 3, 1974

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5 0-0 9.Rd1 Bg4 10.e3 a5 11.Be2 h6 12.Bh4 a4 13.Qa3 Re8 14.h3 Be6 15.d5 Bd7 16.0-0 Bf8 17.Ne5 g5 18.Bh5 gxh4 19.Bxf7+ Kg7 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Nc5 e6 22.dxe6 Qf6 23.Qc3 Bxc5 24.Bxe8 Na6 25.Bf7 Bb4 26.Qd4 Bc5 27.Qf4 Bd6 28.Rxd6 cxd6 29.Ng4 Bxg4 30.Qxg4+ Kf8 31.Rd1 Rc8 32.Rxd6 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 Qe5+ 34.f4 Qxd6 35.Qg8+ Ke7 36.Qe8+ Kf6 37.Bh5 Qxe6 38.Qf8+ 1-0

(314) Mikhail Tal - Charles Partos [B39]
Nice olm 17/382 Nice olm 17/382, 1974

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 e5 10.Qd2 0-0 11.Bd3 d6 12.0-0 Be6 13.Rac1 Rc8 14.b3 a6 15.f3 Qa5 16.Rfd1 f5 17.exf5 Nxf5 18.Be4 Rf7 19.Qe2 Bf8 20.Bf2 b5 21.Nd5 bxc4 22.Nb6 Rd8 23.Bd5 Bxd5 24.Rxd5 Qa3 25.Rxc4 Ne7 26.Qd2 Nxd5 27.Nxd5 Bh6 28.Qxh6 Qxa2 29.Bh4 Qa5 30.h3 1-0

(315) Vladimir Raicevic - Mikhail Tal [A28]
Novi Sad Novi Sad, 1974

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bc5 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.g3 Rb8 8.Bg2 Ba6 9.b3 Ng4 10.Ne4 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.Bb2 d5 13.Qd4 Nf6 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Qxa7 Bxe2 16.Rfe1 Nxe4 17.Rxe2 Nc5 18.Rxe7 Qxe7 19.Ba3 Qe5 20.Rd1 Ne4 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Qd4 Qxd4 23.Rxd4 Nc3 24.Rd2 Rd8 25.a4 Kf8 26.Rc2 d4 27.a5 Rb8 28.Rb2 Na4 29.Ra2 Nc3 30.Ra3 d3 31.Bf3 d2 32.Ra1 Rxb3 33.a6 Nb5 34.Bd1 Rc3 35.Ra2 Rc1 36.Rxd2 Ra1 37.Kg2 Rxa6 38.Be2 Rd6 39.Rb2 Nd4 40.Bc4 Ke7 41.h4 h6 42.Rd2 g5 43.hxg5 hxg5 44.Rd1 f5 45.Rd3 Kf6 46.Kf1 g4 47.Rd1 Rd7 48.Bb5 Rd8 49.Be2 c5 50.f3 Re8 51.Bc4 Nxf3 52.Rd6+ Ke5 53.Rd5+ Ke4 54.Rxc5 Kd4 55.Rxf5 Kxc4 56.Kf2 Kd3 0-1

(316) Mikhail Tal - Anton Deze [B67]
Novi Sad Novi Sad, 1974

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.g4 Bc6 12.Be3 0-0 13.Qd2 b5 14.h4 Qa5 15.Kb1 b4 16.Ne2 e5 17.Ng3 Rfd8 18.g5 Ne8 19.Nf5 Bf8 20.Bc4 d5 21.exd5 Bd7 22.Nh6+ gxh6 23.gxh6 Bf5 24.Qg2+ Bg6 25.h5 Bc5 26.hxg6 fxg6 27.d6+ Kh8 28.Qg5 Bxe3 29.Qe7 Bxh6 30.Rxh6 Ng7 31.Rxh7+ 1-0

(317) Mikhail Tal - Nino Kirov Ivanov [B46]
Novi Sad Novi Sad, 1974

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 0-0 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.f4 Be7 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Nxc8 Qxc8 14.e5 Nd5 15.Bc1 f6 16.c4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Ne7 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.Bd3 Qc7 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Rh6 22.Qxc5 Nf5 23.Rf3 Rh8 24.Bd2 g5 25.g4 Kg8 26.gxf5 Rxh2+ 27.Kg1 d6 28.Qd4 e5 29.fxe5 dxe5 30.Qg4 Rh1+ 31.Kf2 R8h2+ 32.Kg3 e4+ 33.Rf4 Rh3+ 34.Kg2 R3h2+ 35.Kg3 Rh3+ 36.Kg2 R1h2+ 37.Kf1 Qd8 0-1

(318) Mikhail Tal - Mejic Petar [C77]
Novi Sad Novi Sad, 1974

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.e5 Ne8 9.Bf4 d6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Qf3 dxe5 13.Bxe5 Bf6 14.Nd2 Rb8 15.N2b3 Rb6 16.Rad1 Bxe5 17.Rxe5 Nd6 18.Qc3 Qf6 19.Nc5 Qxe5 20.Nxd7 Qh5 21.Nf3 Rd8 22.Nxb6 cxb6 23.Qe3 Qf5 24.Rxd6 1-0

(319) Vitaly Tseshkovsky - Mikhail Tal [C82]
URS-ch42 Leningrad URS-ch42 Leningrad, 1974

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2 f5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Nbd4 Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.cxd4 f4 16.f3 Ng3 17.hxg3 fxg3 18.Qd3 Bf5 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.Bxf5 Qh4 21.Bh3 Qxd4+ 22.Kh1 Qxe5 23.Bd2 Qxb2 24.Bf4 d4 25.Bxc7 d3 26.Be6+ Kh8 27.Rad1 Re8 28.Bd7 Re2 29.Bxg3 d2 30.f4 h5 31.Bc6 Qxa2 32.Bf3 Re3 33.Kh2 Qc2 34.Rf2 Rd3 35.Re2 Rd8 36.Re5 b4 37.Bh4 Rd4 38.Bxh5 b3 39.Bf2 Rxf4 40.Bg3 Rf6 41.Be2 b2 42.Re8+ Kh7 43.Rb8 Qe4 0-1

(320) David Bronstein - Mikhail Tal [B44]
URS-ch URS-ch, 1975

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N5c3 Be7 8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 b6 10.Bf4 Bb7 11.Nd2 Nd7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bg3 a6 14.Kh1 Nd4 15.Bd3 Ne5 16.Bb1 Bh4 17.Bf4 Nxc4 18.Nxc4 Rxc4 19.Qd3 Rc5 20.Be3 e5 21.Rcd1 Re8 22.a3 b5 23.Ba2 Bf6 24.Bd5 Bc8 25.f4 Qe7 26.f5 Bd7 27.Rfe1 Rec8 28.Ba2 Bc6 29.b4 Rxc3 30.Qxc3 Nxf5 31.Rc1 Nxe3 32.Rxe3 Bg5 33.Rf3 Bxc1 34.Rxf7 Qxf7 35.Bxf7+ Kxf7 36.Qxc1 Bb7 37.Qe3 Bxe4 38.Kg1 Bd5 39.Qd3 Rc1+ 40.Kf2 Ke6 41.Qh3+ Kf6 42.Qh4+ Kg6 43.Qg3+ Kf6 44.Qd3 Be6 45.Qxd6 Rc2+ 46.Ke1 Rxg2 47.h4 Ra2 48.Qxa6 Kf5 49.Qxb5 Ra1+ 50.Kd2 Ra2+ 51.Kc1 Ra1+ 52.Kb2 Ra2+ 53.Kb1 Rxa3 54.Qc5 Rd3 55.b5 Bd5 56.Qc8+ Kf4 57.Qf8+ Ke3 58.Qc5+ Kf4 59.Kc1 Be4 60.Qc7 Rd5 61.Qf7+ Ke3 62.Qa7+ Kd3 63.Qf2 Rd4 64.Qc2+ Ke3 65.Qc7 Rd5 66.Qa7+ Ke2 67.Qa2+ Ke3 68.Qa3+ Ke2 69.Qb2+ Ke3 70.Qc3+ Ke2 71.Qc4+ Ke3 72.Qb3+ Rd3 73.Qe6 Rd5 74.Qc6 Ke2 75.Qc4+ Ke3 76.b6 Rd7 77.Qe6 Rd5 78.Qh3+ Bf3 79.Qh2 Rd1+ 80.Kc2 Rd5 81.Qg1+ Ke2 82.Qh2+ Ke3 83.Kc3 g6 84.Qg1+ Kf4 85.Qg5+ Ke4 86.Qf6 Ke3 87.Kb4 Be4 88.Kc4 Rd4+ 89.Kc5 Rd5+ 90.Kb4 Rd4+ 91.Ka5 Rd1 92.Ka6 Ra1+ 93.Kb5 Rb1+ 94.Ka4 Ra1+ 95.Kb3 Rb1+ 96.Ka3 Ra1+ 97.Kb2 Rb1+ 98.Ka2 Rb5 99.Qf1 Bd5+ 100.Ka3 Rb3+ 101.Ka4 Kd4 102.Qf2+ Kc4 103.Qc2+ Rc3 104.Qe2+ Rd3 105.Qc2+ Rc3 106.Qa2+ Kc5 107.Qf2+ Kc4 108.Qe2+ Rd3 109.Qa2+ Kc3 110.Qa3+ Kc2 111.Qc5+ Kd1 112.Qg1+ Ke2 113.Qh2+ Kf3 114.Qxe5 Be4 115.Qf6+ Kg4 116.Qe6+ Kf4 117.Qf7+ Kg3 118.Qc7+ Kh3 119.Qf4 Bg2 120.b7 Bc6+ 121.Kb4 1-0

(321) Mikhail Tal - Ljubomir Ljubojevic [D47]
Milan 11, 1975

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4 9.Ne4 Bb7 10.Nxf6+ Nxf6 11.e4 Be7 12.Qe2 Qb6 13.0-0 Rc8 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bh4 c5 16.Ne5 g5 17.Bg3 cxd4 18.Nc4 Rxc4 19.Bxc4 Nxe4 20.Be5 0-0 21.Rad1 Rd8 22.Bd3 Nc5 23.Qh5 Nxd3 24.Rxd3 Qb5 25.Qe2 Ba6 26.Rfd1 Qd5 27.h4 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 f6 29.Bxd4 e5 30.Rd2 Qxa2 31.Qe4 Bf8 32.Be3 Rxd2 33.Bxd2 a5 34.Qc6 Kf7 35.Be3 gxh4 36.Qd7+ Be7 37.Bc5 Qe6 38.Qa7 b3 39.Bxe7 Qxe7 40.Qxa5 Qd7 41.Qb4 Qd1+ 42.Kh2 h5 43.Qb7+ Kg6 44.Qe4+ Kg5 45.Qe3+ Kf5 46.Qh6 Ke6 47.Qf8 Qc2 48.Qg8+ Kd6 49.Qd8+ Kc5 50.Qe7+ Kc4 51.Qxf6 Qxb2 52.Qc6+ Kd3 53.Qd5+ Ke2 54.f4 Qc3 55.fxe5 b2 56.Qe4+ Kd2 57.Qf4+ Qe3 58.Qb4+ Kc2 59.Qc4+ Kd1 60.Qa4+ Kd2 61.Qb4+ Qc3 62.Qf4+ Kc2 63.Qf5+ Qd3 64.Qf2+ Kc3 65.Qc5+ Qc4 66.Qe3+ Kc2 67.Qf2+ Kb3 68.Qf3+ Ka2 69.Qa8+ Kb1 70.Qf3 Ka1 71.Qa3+ Qa2 72.Qc3 Qa4 73.Kh1 Ka2 74.Qd2 Qe4 75.Qa5+ Kb3 76.Qb5+ Kc2 0-1

(322) Sergio Mariotti - Mikhail Tal [B49]
Milano Milano, 1975

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.Be3 Nf6 8.a3 Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Nb3 b5 11.g4 Bb7 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 Rd8 14.Qd2 Nc5 15.Rc1 0-0 16.Bf3 Na4 17.Qf2 Nxb2 18.Bb6 Qc8 19.Ne2 Nc4 20.h5 Nxb6 21.Qxb6 e5 22.c4 b4 23.g6 exf4 24.gxf7+ Rxf7 25.e5 Nxe5 26.Bxb7 Bh4+ 0-1

(323) Mikhail Tal - NN [B42]
Exhibition Exhibition, 1975

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 Qc7 7.Kh1 d6 8.f4 Nbd7 9.Nd2 Be7 10.N2f3 0-0 11.Qe2 Nc5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nfd7 14.Bg5 Nxe5 15.Bxe7 Nxf3 16.Rxf3 Qxe7 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Rh3+ Kg8 19.Nf5 Qg5 20.Qh5 1-0

(324) Mikhail Tal - V Gregory [B96]
1975

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 b5 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 Qc7 10.Qe2 Nfd7 11.0-0-0 Bb7 12.Qg4 Qxe5 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Rhe1 h5 16.Nxe6 Be7 17.Bxb5+ axb5 18.Nc7+ 1-0

(325) Fernando Visier Segovia - Mikhail Tal [A42]
Las Palmas 12, 1975

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nd7 5.Be3 c5 6.Nge2 a6 7.Nc1 Ngf6 8.Be2 0-0 9.Nb3 b6 10.d5 b5 11.cxb5 axb5 12.Bxb5 Nb6 13.Be2 Na4 14.Qc2 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 17.Bd2 Bxa1 18.Nxa1 Rxa2 19.Qb1 Rxd2 20.Kxd2 Qa5+ 21.Ke3 c4 22.Bf3 Qa7+ 23.Ke2 Ba6 24.Rc1 c3+ 25.Ke1 Qd4 26.Qc2 Qe5+ 27.Kd1 Qd4+ 28.Ke1 Rb8 29.Qd1 Qe5+ 30.Be2 Bxe2 31.Qxe2 Qxh2 32.Nc2 Qxg2 33.Ne3 Qh1+ 34.Qf1 Qf3 35.Qe2 Qh1+ 36.Qf1 Qe4 37.Qc4 Qxc4 38.Nxc4 Rc8 39.Ne3 e5 40.dxe6 fxe6 41.Ke2 Kf7 42.Nd1 c2 43.Ne3 g5 44.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 45.Nxc2 Kf6 0-1

(326) Mikhail Tal - Stefano Tatai [A61]
Las Palmas 5, 1975

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nh5 10.e3 Nxg3 11.hxg3 Bg7 12.Qc2 Nd7 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Nd2 0-0 15.Nc4 Qe7 16.a4 Bd7 17.0-0 Rab8 18.Rfe1 b6 19.e4 Rfe8 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.axb5 Ng4 22.Qd1 Qd7 23.Rxa7 Qxa7 24.Qxg4 Rbd8 25.Qf5 Re5 26.Nxe5 Bxe5 27.f4 Bd4+ 28.Kh2 Qd7 29.Qxd7 Rxd7 30.Ra1 c4 31.Bxc4 Bxb2 32.Ra8+ Kg7 33.Be2 Bf6 34.Rb8 Bd8 35.Bg4 Bc7 36.Re8 Rd8 37.Re7 Bb8 38.Rb7 Kf6 39.Bh5 Rf8 40.Kh3 1-0

(327) Wolfgang Unzicker - Mikhail Tal [B43]
Milan 01, 1975

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Bb4 7.Nde2 Nc6 8.Bg2 Nf6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Be3 Ng4 11.Bf4 d6 12.Nd4 Nce5 13.Bc1 Nf6 14.f4 Nc6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nd7 18.Bf4 g5 19.Be3 Nxe5 20.Ne4 h6 21.Qh5 Ng6 22.Rf2 Qe5 23.Raf1 Rh7 24.Rxf7 Rxf7 25.Qxg6 Qg7 26.Nd6+ Bxd6 27.Bxc6+ Ke7 28.Rxf7+ Qxf7 29.Qxh6 Be5 30.Qxg5+ Kd6 31.Bxa8 Qc7 32.Qxe5+ 1-0

(328) Hans Bohm - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Moscow Moscow, 1975

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.Bd3 e6 7.h3 exd5 8.exd5 Re8+ 9.Be3 Nh5 10.Nge2 d6 11.g4 Qh4 12.Kd2 Nf6 13.Qg1 Nfd7 14.f4 Qd8 15.g5 b5 16.Nxb5 Bxb2 17.Rb1 Bg7 18.Nxd6 Qa5+ 19.Kd1 Rd8 20.Bd2 Qa3 21.Qe3 Nb6 22.Nb5 Qa4+ 23.Rb3 Nxc4 24.Bxc4 Qxc4 25.Nc7 Na6 26.Nxa8 Qxd5 27.Re1 Qxa8 28.Kc1 Be6 29.Ra3 Nb4 30.Bxb4 cxb4 31.Rd3 Qc8+ 32.Kd1 b3 33.Rxd8+ Qxd8+ 34.Qd2 Qc7 35.Nc1 b2 0-1

(329) Mikhail Tal - Michael Francis Stean [D34]
Moscow Moscow, 1975

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 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

(330) Iuri Chikovani - Mikhail Tal [B40]
URS URS, 1975

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.Bg5 Bg7 7.Qc1 h6 8.Bd2 b6 9.0-0 Bb7 10.Re1 d6 11.a4 Qd7 12.Na3 d5 13.exd5 exd5 14.Rb1 Rc8 15.h4 Kf8 16.c3 Kg8 17.Bf4 Nf5 18.Bh3 d4 19.Nc4 dxc3 20.Nd6 Nb4 21.Re3 c2 22.Ra1 Nd5 23.Nxc8 Ndxe3 24.Qxe3 Qxc8 25.Ne5 Nxe3 26.Bxc8 Bxc8 27.fxe3 g5 28.hxg5 hxg5 0-1

(331) Algimantas Butnorius - Mikhail Tal [B07]
URS 20/173 URS 20/173, 1975

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.Bc4 0-0 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.0-0 Bg4 8.c3 e5 9.d5 Nb8 10.c4 Na6 11.Bc2 c6 12.a3 cxd5 13.cxd5 Rc8 14.h3 Bh5 15.g4 Nxg4 16.hxg4 Bxg4 17.Bd3 Bh6 18.Nc4 Bxc1 19.Rxc1 Nc5 20.Be2 Nxe4 21.Re1 Bxf3 22.Bxf3 Nxf2 23.Kxf2 Qh4+ 24.Kg2 Rxc4 25.Rxc4 Qxc4 26.Re4 Qc7 27.Qa4 f5 28.Rc4 Qe7 29.Qxa7 e4 30.Bd1 f4 31.Bg4 Qg5 32.Kh3 Qh6+ 33.Kg2 f3+ 34.Kf1 Qg5 35.Be6+ Kg7 36.Qg1 Qh4 37.Qg4 Qh2 38.Rxe4 f2 0-1

(332) Mikhail Tal - Petrosian [C03]
URS blitz URS blitz, 1975

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Ne7 4.Ngf3 Nd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 cxd4 8.Nb3 Nc5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Qxd4 Qa4 12.c4 Nxb3 13.axb3 Qxa1 14.cxd5 Qa6 15.Re1 0-0-0 16.Bf4 Rxd5 17.Rc1+ Kd8 18.Bg5+ Ke8 19.Ne5 b6 20.Qa4+ 1-0

(333) Vladimir Doroshkievich - Mikhail Tal [E77]
Yerevan 11, 1975

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 0-0 7.f4 e6 8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.0-0 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nbd7 12.Kh1 a6 13.Be3 Re8 14.g4 h6 15.g5 hxg5 16.e5 gxf4 17.exf6 Rxe3 18.fxg7 Ne5 19.Bg2 Qg5 20.Ne4 Qh4 21.Qd2 Kxg7 22.Qf2 Qxf2 23.Rxf2 f3 24.Nxd6 Rd8 25.Nxb7 fxg2+ 26.Kxg2 Rxd5 27.b3 Nd3 28.Rc2 Re1 0-1

(334) Andre Lombard - Mikhail Tal [B08]
Izt (cat.12) Biel (Switzerland), 1976

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 c6 7.h3 Qc7 8.a4 a5 9.Be3 Na6 10.Nd2 Rd8 11.Qe1 Nb4 12.Rc1 e5 13.dxe5 dxe5 14.Nc4 Qe7 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.f4 exf4 17.Bxf4 Be6 18.Qg3 Na2 19.Bxb8 Nxc1 20.Rxc1 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 Qxb6 22.Bc7 Qxb2 23.Rb1 Qxc2 24.Bxd8 Nd7 25.Qd3 Qxc3 26.Qxc3 Bxc3 27.Rxb7 Nc5 28.Rb8 Kg7 29.Ra8 Nxa4 30.Bxa5 Bd4 31.Bd1 Nb2 32.Bc2 Nc4 33.Be1 Ne3 34.Ba4 c5 35.Bf2 Kf6 36.Kg1 Ke5 37.Bc6 c4 38.Ra5+ Kd6 39.Ba4 c3 40.e5+ Kc7 41.Bxe3 Bxe3+ 42.Kf1 Bf5 43.e6 fxe6 44.Re5 Bd4 45.Re2 Kd6 46.Bc2 Bxc2 47.Rxc2 Kd5 48.Ke2 Kc4 49.Rc1 e5 50.Rf1 c2 51.Kd2 Kb3 52.Rc1 Bc3+ 53.Kd3 e4+ 54.Kxe4 Kb2 55.Rf1 c1Q 56.Rxc1 Kxc1 57.Kf4 Bf6 0-1

(335) Mikhail Tal - Lajos Portisch [C91]
Biel Biel, 1976

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1 c5 14.b3 Nb6 15.Nbd2 Nfd7 16.h3 Bh5 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nf1 d5 19.e5 Rc8 20.Bf5 c4 21.Ng3 Rc6 22.Kg2 Re8 23.Rh1 f6 24.h4 fxe5 25.dxe5 Bc5 26.Re1 Bb4 27.Re3 d4 28.Qxd4 Bc5 29.Qe4 Bxf5 30.Nxf5 Bxe3 31.Qxc6 Bxc1 32.e6 Nb8 33.Qb7 Bb2 34.Qf7+ Kh8 35.Rd1 Qc8 36.Ng5 Bf6 37.Nh6 1-0

(336) Mikhail Tal - Vasily Smyslov [C60]
3, Biel izt 3, Biel izt, 1976

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qe2 Bg7 8.Be3 Nge7 9.Nbd2 a6 10.Bc4 Qc8 11.0-0 0-0 12.b4 Nd8 13.a4 Ne6 14.Ng5 Nc6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Nb3 Nd8 17.Rad1 b6 18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Ne6 20.Rfd1 Qe8 21.a5 Qa4 22.Qc2 Nf4 23.R5d2 Qc6 24.g3 Nh3+ 25.Kg2 f5 26.axb6 f4 27.Bc5 f3+ 28.Kf1 cxb6 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.Qd3 Kh8 31.Qd5 Qxc3 32.b5 axb5 33.Qxb5 Qc8 34.Qd7 Qc4+ 35.Rd3 Ng5 36.Nd2 Qc2 37.Ke1 Nxe4 38.Ra1 Nc5 0-1

(337) Robert Huebner - Mikhail Tal [A17]
Biel izt 8, 1976

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Qe7 8.d3 h6 9.e4 d6 10.Nh4 Rb8 11.f4 Bd7 12.h3 Nd4 13.Qf2 b5 14.Be3 bxc4 15.dxc4 Bc6 16.Rae1 Qb7 17.Bc1 Qa6 18.e5 dxe5 19.fxe5 Nh7 20.Bxc6 Qxc6 21.Re3 Ng5 22.Qg2 Qa6 23.b3 Nxh3+ 24.Qxh3 Bxc3 25.Qg4 Qxa2 26.Rxc3 h5 27.Qxh5 Ne2+ 28.Kh1 Nxc3 29.Bh6 Qe2 30.Qg5 Qe4+ 31.Rf3 Qh7 32.Bxg7 Qxg7 33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rxc3 Rfd8 35.Nf3 Rd1+ 36.Kg2 Rbd8 37.Rc2 R8d3 38.Ra2 Rxb3 39.Ng5 Rdd3 40.Ne4 Re3 41.Nxc5 Rxg3+ 0-1

(338) Mikhail Tal - Joaquin Diaz [A57]
Biel izt 9, 1976

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 bxc4 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Bxc4 g6 8.0-0 Bg7 9.Re1 0-0 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bf4 g5 12.Bc1 Ng4 13.Be2 Nge5 14.Nd2 Qc7 15.Nf1 c4 16.Ne3 Nc5 17.Nxc4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxc4 19.Qc2 Qa5 20.Bxg5 Na3 21.bxa3 Bxa1 22.Rxa1 hxg5 23.Nxg5 f5 24.Qd3 e5 25.dxe6 Qe5 26.Rd1 Kg7 27.Qc4 Rb8 28.Qc7+ Kg6 29.Qh7+ Kf6 30.e7 Re8 31.Qf7+ Kxg5 32.Qxe8 Qxe2 33.Qg8+ Kf6 34.Qf8+ Kg5 35.h4+ 1-0

(339) Boris Rytov - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Tallin Tallin, 1976

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.e5 Ne8 7.Nf3 d6 8.exd6 Nxd6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.Nd2 Bf5 11.0-0 e5 12.b3 h5 13.Bb2 Nd7 14.f3 Nf6 15.Na4 Re8 16.Kh1 b6 17.Rc1 h4 18.Qe1 Nh5 19.Ne4 Nf4 20.Nac3 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Nf5 22.g3 hxg3 23.hxg3 Nxg3+ 24.Nxg3 Qh4+ 25.Kg1 e4 26.Bxg7 e3 27.Rc2 Qh3 28.Bd1 e2 29.Qf2 exf1Q+ 30.Nxf1 Kxg7 31.Qd2 Qh4 32.Qc3+ Qf6 33.Qxf6+ Kxf6 0-1

(340) Mikhail Tal - Hillar Karner [C62]
Tallin Tallin, 1976

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.Bxc6 Bxc6 6.Qd3 f6 7.Nc3 Ne7 8.Be3 Ng6 9.0-0-0 Be7 10.g4 0-0 11.h4 Rf7 12.h5 Nf8 13.Nh4 exd4 14.Bxd4 d5 15.Nf5 dxe4 16.Qc4 Qe8 17.g5 fxg5 18.Nxg7 Qd7 19.h6 b5 20.Qb3 Rd8 21.Be5 Bd6 22.Bf6 b4 23.Bxd8 bxc3 24.Qxc3 e3 25.Bxg5 Bxh1 26.Rxh1 exf2 27.Qc4 Kh8 28.Be3 Ng6 29.Rf1 Qh3 30.Kd2 Ne5 31.Qb5 Ng4 32.Bd4 Qxh6+ 33.Ke2 1-0

(341) Mikhail Tal - Yuri Balashov [B96]
Leningrad URS ch 5, 1977

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Be2 Nc6 10.Nb3 Qb6 11.Qd2 h5 12.a4 Na5 13.Nxa5 Qxa5 14.0-0 Bd7 15.Kh1 Rc8 16.Qd4 Be7 17.Bf3 Qc5 18.Qd2 Bc6 19.Rfb1 a5 20.Qe2 Bd8 21.Rd1 Kf8 22.Rd3 h4 23.Bg4 Bb6 24.Nd5 exd5 25.Rc3 Qxc3 26.bxc3 Re8 27.Qd2 dxe4 28.Bd7 Bc5 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.Qe2 f5 31.Rb1 Kg7 32.h3 Rb8 33.Rd1 Rb2 34.Kh2 Rh6 35.g4 hxg3+ 36.Kg2 Rh4 37.Kxg3 Rh6 38.h4 Rg6+ 39.Kh3 Rg4 40.Qd2 Rb8 41.Qe1 Rh8 42.c4 0-1

(342) Oleg Romanishin (2525) - Mikhail Tal (2610) [E20]
Tallinn i 23\\592 Tallinn i 23\\592, 1977

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.g3 c5 5.Nf3 Ne4 6.Qd3 Qa5 7.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8.Bd2 Bxd2+ 9.Nxd2 Nc6 10.d5 Nd4 11.Bg2 0-0 12.Qd3 exd5 13.Bxd5 d6 14.0-0 Be6 15.Be4 h6 16.Nf3 Qb4 17.b3 f5 18.Nxd4 fxe4 19.Qxe4 Bh3 20.Qd5+ Kh8 21.Nb5 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Rf6 23.e4 Rf3 24.Nxd6 Raf8 25.Nf5 Kh7 26.Qd6 Rf7 27.Qe6 Rf8 28.Qe7 Rg8 29.Nxh6 Rb8 30.Nf5 Qc3 31.Qh4+ Kg8 32.Qh5 Rd8 33.Ne7+ 1-0

(343) Mikhail Tal - Vasily Smyslov [C80]
URS ch 24/279 Smyslov,V URS ch 24/279 Smyslov,V, 1977

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Bb7 10.Qg4 0-0 11.f3 Ng5 12.f4 Ne4 13.f5 Kh8 14.Rf3 Bc5+ 15.Kf1 d6 16.f6 g6 17.Qh4 dxe5 18.Ke2 Qd4 19.Rh3 Qf2+ 20.Qxf2 Nxf2 21.Rh4 Ne4 22.Bh6 Nxf6 23.Bxf8 Rxf8 24.Kf1 Rd8 25.c4 g5 26.Rh3 g4 27.Rc3 b4 28.Rc1 Rd4 29.g3 Bf3 30.a3 a5 31.axb4 axb4 32.Ra5 Nd7 33.Bc2 e4 34.Re1 Bb6 35.Ra8+ Kg7 36.Rd8 f5 37.Ba4 Ne5 38.Rxd4 Bxd4 39.Nd2 Bxb2 40.Nb3 Bc3 0-1

(344) Mihai Suba - Mikhail Tal [A17]
Sochi 24/28 Sochi 24/28, 1977

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4 Bb7 8.Bb2 d6 9.e3 e5 10.d3 Ng4 11.h3 Nh6 12.d4 f6 13.dxe5 fxe5 14.c5 bxc5 15.bxc5 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nd7 17.0-0-0 Qe7 18.c6 Nf6 19.Ba6 Rab8 20.Bb7 Nf7 21.f4 Ne4 22.Qc2 Nc5 23.fxe5 Nxe5 24.f4 Nf3 25.Qc3 Rf7 26.Rhf1 Qe4 27.Rxf3 Qxf3 28.Rg1 Kf8 29.Rxg7 Nd3+ 30.Qxd3 Rxg7 31.Bxg7+ Kxg7 32.Qd4+ Kf7 33.Ba6 Qxc6+ 34.Bc4+ d5 35.Qxd5+ Qxd5 36.Bxd5+ Ke7 37.Kc2 Rb5 38.Bf3 Rc5+ 39.Kd2 Ra5 40.e4 Rxa3 41.Bg4 c5 42.e5 c4 43.Be2 Rxh3 44.Bxc4 Rf3 45.Bd3 Rxd3+ 46.Kxd3 a5 0-1

(345) Mikhail Tal - Alexey Suetin [C42]
Sochi Sochi, 1977

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Re1 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Bg4 12.Be3 Na5 13.Bd3 Re8 14.h3 Bh5 15.a3 a6 16.d5 c5 17.Bg5 b5 18.Re5 Bg6 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.d6 Qxd6 21.Qe2 Nc4 22.Ne4 Qd8 23.Rd1 Nxe5 24.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 25.Qxf3 Raxd8 26.Bxf6 Bxf6 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.Qxf6 Rd2 29.Qxa6 Rxb2 30.Qc6 Rb1+ 31.Kh2 Re2 32.g4 c4 33.Kg3 Rb3+ 34.Kh4 Rxf2 35.Kg5 Rxh3 36.a4 c3 37.axb5 Kg7 38.Qc7 c2 0-1

(346) Fernando Visier Segovia - Mikhail Tal [A41]
Las Palmas 09, 1977

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.d5 Be7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 0-0 6.Bd3 Nbd7 7.Be3 c6 8.h3 a6 9.Nge2 cxd5 10.cxd5 b5 11.0-0 Nc5 12.Ng3 Bd7 13.Bc2 b4 14.Nce2 Rc8 15.f4 Bb5 16.a4 b3 17.axb5 bxc2 18.Qxc2 exf4 19.Rxf4 Ne6 20.Qxc8 Qxc8 21.dxe6 axb5 22.Ra7 fxe6 23.Rxe7 Rf7 24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Rf2 Qc4 26.Kh2 Ke8 27.Nd4 Kd7 28.Rc2 Qb4 29.Nc6 Qb3 30.Nb8+ Ke8 31.Rc8+ Kf7 32.Bd4 e5 33.Rc7+ Kg6 34.Bc3 h5 35.Nd7 Ne8 36.Nf8+ Kf6 37.Nxh5+ Kg5 38.Bd2+ Kh4 39.g3+ 1-0

(347) V Tukmakov - Mikhail Tal [A34]
Leningrad URS ch 14, 1977

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bb5+ N8c6 7.0-0 a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.a3 Nd3 10.Nxb5 axb5 11.Bxb5 Qd6 12.Qb3 Ba6 13.Qa4 Bxb5 14.Qxa8+ Nd8 15.b4 Bc6 16.bxc5 Qg6 17.Qb8 Qxe4 18.a4 e5 19.Ra3 Bxc5 20.Rxd3 Qxd3 21.Nxe5 Qe4 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Re1+ Kd7 24.d4 Bxd4 25.Rd1 Qxa4 0-1

(348) Milorad Knezevic - Mikhail Tal [B07]
Leningrad 14, 1977

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nbd2 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Nc4 Qe7 10.b4 Rd8 11.b5 Be6 12.Ba3 Qe8 13.Qc2 Bxc4 14.Bxc4 Na5 15.Be2 b6 16.Rfd1 c6 17.Qa4 Bf8 18.Bxf8 Kxf8 19.bxc6 Qxc6 20.Qxc6 Nxc6 21.Bb5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Rc8 23.Rd6 Na5 24.Ba6 Rxc3 25.Nxe5 Nxe4 26.Rd7 Ke8 27.f3 Rc1+ 28.Bf1 Nc4 29.Nxc4 Kxd7 30.fxe4 Ra1 31.Ne5+ Ke6 32.Nc6 a5 33.Kf2 Kd6 34.Nd8 Rxa2+ 35.Ke3 f6 36.g4 a4 37.g5 fxg5 38.Nf7+ Ke7 39.Bc4 Rxh2 40.Ne5 a3 0-1

(349) Mikhail Tal - Ivan Radulov [B62]
Leningrad 15, 1977

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f4 b5 11.Bd3 Qc7 12.Rhe1 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b4 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne2 Qc5 16.Kb1 a5 17.f5 h5 18.fxe6 fxe6 19.e5 fxe5 20.Qg5 Be7 21.Qg7 Rf8 22.Rf1 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 Kd8 24.Qg8+ Be8 25.Qxe6 a4 26.Ng3 a3 27.Nf5 Ra7 28.Qg8 e4 29.Ng7 Qe5 30.Qxe8+ Kc7 31.Ne6+ Kb6 32.Qb5+ Qxb5 33.Bxb5 Kxb5 34.Rf5+ Kc4 35.b3+ Kc3 36.Rd5 Bf6 37.Nf4 Bd4 38.Ne2+ Kd2 39.Nxd4 Rf7 40.Nf5+ Ke2 41.Ng3+ Ke3 42.Rxh5 Rf2 43.Rg5 d5 44.Rxd5 Rxg2 45.Kc1 Kf3 46.Rd2 1-0

(350) Mikhail Tal - G Garcia Gonzales [B06]
Leningrad 3, 1977

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.Bb3 0-0 7.0-0 a5 8.e5 Nd5 9.a4 h6 10.Nbd2 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nd7 12.Ndf3 N7f6 13.h3 Qb6 14.Ra3 e6 15.c4 Qa6 16.Ng4 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Bd7 18.Re1 Ne7 19.Bf4 g5 20.Bd6 Rfe8 21.Ne5 Nc8 22.Bc7 Re7 23.Bc2 Be8 24.Bd8 Rd7 25.Nxd7 Bxd7 26.Rf3 Nb6 27.Bc7 Nxc4 28.Qd3 Rc8 29.Qh7+ Kf8 30.Bg6 Be8 31.Rxe6 Rxc7 32.Rxe8+ Kxe8 33.Qg8+ Bf8 34.Bxf7+ 1-0

(351) Mikhail Tal - Axel Otto Ornstein [B40]
Tallinn Tallinn, 1977

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.0-0 Ng6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Be7 8.Be3 0-0 9.f4 a6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qh5 c5 12.Nb3 f5 13.Nxc5 Qc7 14.Nb3 fxe4 15.f5 Qe5 16.g4 exf5 17.Bd4 Qf4 18.Rxf4 Nxf4 19.Qxf5 Rxf5 20.gxf5 Bb7 21.Na5 Bc6 22.Re1 Bb4 23.Rf1 Nd5 24.Nxc6 dxc6 25.Nxe4 Re8 26.Ng3 Kf7 27.Rf3 Re1+ 28.Kg2 Rc1 29.Rf2 Be7 30.a3 Bf6 31.Bxf6 Kxf6 32.c3 Ne3+ 33.Kf3 Nc4 34.Kf4 g5+ 35.fxg6 Kxg6 36.Ne4 Rg1 37.b3 Nb6 38.Ke5 Nd5 39.Kd6 Re1 1-0

(352) Mikhail Tal - Laszlo Vadasz [B06]
Tallinn 15, 1977

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.f4 Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.fxe5 Nd5 7.Nf3 0-0 8.Bc4 c5 9.0-0 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Bb3 Na5 13.Ng5 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bd5 15.e6 Nxb3 16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.Nxf7 Qa5 18.Nh6+ Kh8 19.Rb1 Nxc1 20.Nf7+ Bxf7 21.Qxc1 Bc4 22.Rf2 Qc7 23.Qe3 b5 24.h4 Qd6 25.Rd1 Bf6 26.g3 Rd8 27.Rdd2 a5 28.Kg2 Bd5+ 29.Kg1 Qe6 30.Qf4 Qe4 31.Qxe4 Bxe4 32.Kf1 Rc8 33.Rfe2 Bd5 34.Re3 g5 35.h5 g4 36.Rf2 b4 37.Rc2 Bxd4 38.Rxe7 Rf8+ 0-1

(353) Mikhail Tal - Eduard Gufeld [B72]
URS URS, 1977

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nb3 0-0 9.Bg5 a6 10.f4 b5 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.Kh1 Nd7 13.Qe1 a5 14.Nxb5 a4 15.Nd2 h6 16.Bh4 Nc5 17.Nc4 Ba6 18.Nba3 Nd4 19.Rf2 Rc8 20.Rd1 Nxf3 21.gxf3 Qc7 22.b3 f5 23.exf5 g5 24.fxg5 hxg5 25.Bxg5 Rxf5 26.Qxe7 d5 27.Nd6 Qxe7 28.Bxe7 Ne4 29.fxe4 Rxf2 30.Nxc8 Bxc8 31.exd5 axb3 32.axb3 Bh3 33.Bc5 Re2 34.Rd3 Re1+ 35.Bg1 Bf5 36.Re3 Ra1 37.Nc4 Bd4 38.Rg3+ Kh7 39.h4 Rc1 40.Nd2 Bxc2 41.d6 Rd1 42.Nc4 Bf2 43.Rg4 Bxb3 44.Nb2 Bd5+ 45.Kh2 Bxg1+ 46.Rxg1 Rd2+ 47.Kg3 Rxb2 48.d7 Rb8 49.Rd1 Rg8+ 50.Kf4 Be6 51.d8Q Rxd8 52.Rxd8 1-0

(354) Mikhail Tal - Josif D Dorfman [D31]
Tbilisi URS ch 1, 1978

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 11.0-0 0-0-0 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

(355) Alexander Beliavsky - Mikhail Tal [D63]
Tbilisi URS ch 15, 1978

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1 a6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.0-0 b5 11.Ba2 Bb7 12.Bb1 Rc8 13.Qd3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 cxd4 15.Ne4 Rxc1 16.Rxc1 dxe3 17.Bxf6 exf2+ 18.Kf1 Bxf6 19.Nc5 g6 20.Nxd7 Bxb2 21.Rd1 Re8 22.Kxf2 Qh4+ 23.Kg2 Rc8 24.Qe3 Qe7 25.Be4 Kg7 26.a4 bxa4 27.Nb6 Rc3 28.Qd4+ e5 29.Qd2 Rb3 30.Nd5 Qh4 31.Bc2 Rb7 32.Re1 a3 33.Re4 Qd8 34.Ra4 Rb6 35.Be4 Rd6 36.f4 exf4 37.Bf3 Qg5+ 38.Kf1 Qe5 39.Kg2 Qf5 40.Qd1 Qg5+ 41.Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1

(356) Mikhail Tal - Adrian Mikhalchishin [D44]
Tbilisi URS ch 5, 1978

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 17.0-0 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

(357) Mikhail Tal - Ljubomir Ljubojevic [E15]
Riga 09, 1979

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 c5 6.d5 exd5 7.Nh4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Bf4 Qc8 12.cxd5 Ne8 13.Rc1 d6 14.a3 Nd7 15.b4 a6 16.Ne4 Qc7 17.bxc5 bxc5 18.Qd2 Rb8 19.Nf3 Ba8 20.Qd3 h6 21.Qxa6 Bb7 22.Qd3 g5 23.Bd2 Ra8 24.Qb3 Nb6 25.Nc3 c4 26.Qc2 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Bxd5 28.Be3 Na4 29.Qd4 Ra5 30.Bd2 Rb5 31.h4 f6 32.hxg5 hxg5 33.Bb4 Qb7 34.Rxc4 Bxc4 35.Qxc4+ Qd5 36.Qc2 Nb6 37.Rd1 Qf7 38.Nd4 Re5 39.Nc6 g4 40.Nxe5 fxe5 41.Be1 Kg7 42.a4 Nd7 43.a5 Nc5 44.Rxd6 Nxd6 45.Qxc5 Qe6 46.Bb4 Rd8 47.a6 Nf7 48.a7 Qa6 49.Qe7 Qa1+ 50.Bf1 Rh8 51.Qb7 Kf6 52.Bc5 Qa4 53.e3 Qa1 54.Kg2 Kg7 55.Qe4 Kf6 56.Qc6+ Kg7 57.Qa6 1-0

(358) Lev Polugaevsky - Mikhail Tal [A34]
Izt (cat.12) Riga (Latvia) (2), 1979

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bc4 Be6 7.Bxe6 Nd3+ 8.Kf1 fxe6 9.Ng5 Qb6 10.Qe2 c4 11.b3 h6 12.Nf3 Nc6 13.bxc4 0-0-0 14.g3 g5 15.Kg2 Qc5 16.Rb1 Bg7 17.Nb5 Qxc4 18.Qe3 Rhf8 19.Rf1 g4 20.Nh4 Nxf2 21.Ng6 Rd3 22.Na3 Qa4 23.Qe1 Rdf3 24.Nxf8 Nd3 25.Qd1 Qxe4 26.Rxf3 gxf3+ 27.Kf1 Qf5 28.Kg1 Bd4+ 0-1

(359) Mikhail Tal - Boris Spassky [E94]
Montreal Tournament of Stars Montreal CAN, 1979

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 d5 11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.fxe4 Nbd7 14.Ndb5 Re5 15.Bf4 Nxe4 16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe4 Qh4 18.h3 Qxe4 19.Qb3 Nf6 20.Bc4 Qh4 21.Bxf7+ Kh8 22.Rf3 Bf5 23.Nc3 Ne4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Qc4 Rd8 26.Raf1 Kg7 27.Be6 Rd2 28.Qc5 Bxf3 29.Qxe5+ Qf6 30.Qxf6+ Kxf6 31.Bg4 Rxb2 32.Bxf3 1-0

(360) Boris Spassky - Mikhail Tal [E14]
Montreal Montreal (10), 1979

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.b3 Bd6 7.0-0 0-0 8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Rc1 Rad8 11.Qc2 c5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Qc3 Rfe8 15.Rfd1 d4 16.exd4 cxd4 17.Qa5 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Nc4 Rd5 20.Qd2 Bxh2+ 21.Kxh2 Rh5+ 22.Kg1 Ng4 0-1

(361) Mikhail Tal - Tamas Georgadze [E06]
Minsk Minsk, 1979

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Qb3 a5 13.Nb5 Nbd5 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Bb4 18.Rfd1 Qd5+ 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.e4 Nf6 21.Nxc7 Rac8 22.Rac1 Nxe4 23.Nd7 Rfd8 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.d5 Nd2 26.dxe6 fxe6 27.Nxe6 Rd6 28.Nc5 Re8 29.Ncd7 Re7 30.Rc7 h5 31.Rdc1 Re2 32.R7c2 Rd3 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Nf8+ Kh6 35.Nfd7 Rf3 36.Rh8+ Kg5 37.h4+ Kg4 38.Ne5+ Rxe5 39.Rg8 Rxg3+ 40.fxg3 Re2+ 0-1

(362) Artur Yusupov - Mikhail Tal [E10]
Minsk URS ch 14, 1979

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3 d4 8.0-0 Nc6 9.e3 d3 10.Nc3 Bb4 11.Bd2 0-0 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.cxd5 Qxd5 14.Nd4 Qd6 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Bxb4 Qxb4 17.Bxc6 Bh3 18.Bxa8 Rxa8 19.Qxd3 Bxf1 20.Rxf1 Qxb2 21.Rd1 h6 22.Qc4 Qb7 23.Qd5 Qxd5 24.Rxd5 f6 25.Rd7 a5 26.a4 e4 27.Rd5 Kf7 28.g4 g5 29.Kg2 Kg6 30.h4 gxh4 31.Kh3 Rb8 32.Kxh4 Rb1 33.Rxa5 Rh1+ 34.Kg3 Rg1+ 35.Kh3 Rh1+ 36.Kg2 Ra1 37.Kh2 Ra2 38.Kg3 Ra1 39.Kg2 Ra2 40.Kg3 Ra1 41.Ra8 f5 42.gxf5+ Kxf5 43.a5 Rg1+ 44.Kh3 Rh1+ 45.Kg2 Ra1 46.a6 Kg4 47.a7 Kh4 48.f4 Ra2+ 49.Kf1 Ra1+ 50.Ke2 Ra2+ 51.Kd1 Ra6 52.f5 Rd6+ 53.Kc2 Rd7 54.Kc3 h5 55.Kc4 Kh3 56.f6 h4 57.Kc5 Kh2 58.Rh8 1-0

(363) Sveshnikov - Mikhail Tal [B22]
Minsk URS ch 16, 1979

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Nc3 dxe5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Nxc3 11.Qxc3 a6 12.Be2 Rc8 13.Qb4 Qd5 14.0-0 Qxe5 15.Re1 b5 16.a4 Bc4 17.Bxc4 Rxc4 18.Qa5 Qd5 19.Qxa6 Rxa4 20.Rxa4 bxa4 21.Qxa4+ Qd7 22.Qa8+ Qd8 23.Qf3 e6 24.Rd1 Qc8 25.Bg5 Be7 26.Rc1 Qd7 27.Rd1 Qc8 28.Ra1 Bxg5 29.Ra8 0-0 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.g3 Rb8 32.Qc3 h6 33.b4 Bd8 34.Qc6 Bb6 35.Qd6 Ba7 36.Qc7 Bxf2+ 37.Kxf2 Rxb4 38.Qc3 Rb5 39.g4 h5 40.Qc8+ Kh7 41.Qd7 Re5 42.Qc7 Rg5 43.Qxf7 Rg6 44.g5 Rxg5 45.Qxe6 h4 46.Kf3 Rg1 47.Qe4+ Kg8 48.Qc4+ Kh8 49.Qxh4+ Kg8 50.Qc4+ Kh8 51.Kf4 Re1 52.Kf5 Re8 53.Qc5 Kg8 54.Qc4+ Kh7 55.Qb4 Ra8 56.Qd6 Ra5+ 57.Kg4 Ra4+ 58.Kg3 Ra1 59.Qd3+ Kh8 60.h4 Rg1+ 61.Kf3 Re1 62.Qc4 Re5 63.Kg4 Re1 64.Qc8+ Kh7 65.Qf5+ Kh8 66.h5 Rg1+ 67.Kh3 Rc1 68.Qe4 Rc3+ 69.Kg2 Rc7 70.Qe5 Rc2+ 71.Kf3 Rc8 72.h6 Rg8 73.Kg4 Kh7 74.Qf5+ Kh8 75.Kg5 1-0

(364) Mikhail Tal - Robert Huebner [B19]
Montreal 13, 1979

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Ngf6 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qc7 13.0-0-0 e6 14.Ne4 0-0-0 15.g3 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Nf6 17.Qe2 c5 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Rh4 Kb8 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Rxd6 Rxd6 22.Ne5 Ka8 23.Nc4 Ne8 24.Rg4 Qe7 25.Nxd6 Nxd6 26.Rxg7 Nf5 27.Rg4 Rd8 28.Be5 f6 29.Bc3 e5 30.b3 a6 31.Kb2 Qe6 32.Qc4 Qe8 33.Rg6 Rc8 34.Qa4 Qd8 35.Qe4 Nd6 36.Qd3 Qc7 37.Bb4 Nb5 38.Rxf6 a5 39.Bd6 Nxd6 40.Rxd6 e4 41.Qd2 1-0

(365) Mikhail Tal - Bent Larsen [B63]
Montreal 5, 1979

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 a6 9.f4 Qc7 10.Be2 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 b5 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Nxc3 15.Bf3 Nxd1 16.Bd6 Qc4 17.Qb6 Nf2 18.Bc6+ Bd7 19.Bxd7+ Kxd7 20.Qb7+ Kd8 21.Qxa8+ Qc8 22.Qa7 1-0

(366) Iivo Nei - Mikhail Tal [A28]
Moscow Moscow, 1979

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.Be2 0-0 6.0-0 d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.d3 Be6 9.Qc2 f5 10.a3 a5 11.Na4 Qe8 12.Bd2 Qg6 13.Nc5 Bxc5 14.Qxc5 e4 15.Ne1 Ne5 16.f4 Nd7 17.Qc2 N7f6 18.dxe4 fxe4 19.Bc4 c6 20.a4 Ng4 21.Ra3 Nb4 22.Qb3 Bxc4 23.Qxc4+ Nd5 24.Rb3 Rf7 25.h3 Nh6 26.g4 Nxg4 27.hxg4 Qxg4+ 28.Ng2 Re8 29.Rf2 Re6 30.Qe2 Qh3 31.Ne1 Nxf4 32.exf4 Qxb3 33.Bc3 Rg6+ 34.Ng2 Qd5 35.Kf1 Rg3 36.Ne3 Qe6 37.f5 Qh6 0-1

(367) Mikhail Tal - Florin Gheorghiu [B50]
Riga izt 13, 1979

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nxe4 5.cxd6 Nxd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bf4 Bg4 8.h3 Bh5 9.Qd5 Bg6 10.0-0-0 Bxc2 11.Nd4 Bxd1 12.Nxc6 Qc8 13.Nxe7 Bxe7 14.Bxd6 0-0 15.Bxe7 Re8 16.Bc4 Bh5 17.Bh4 Bg6 18.Bb5 Re4 19.Bg3 a6 20.Bd7 Qc4 21.Qxc4 Rxc4 22.Re1 b5 23.a3 h5 24.Be5 Rd8 25.Rd1 Kh8 26.g4 f6 27.Bg3 Be8 28.Bxe8 Rxe8 29.gxh5 Kh7 30.Rd5 Ree4 31.Kd2 Red4+ 32.Rxd4 Rxd4+ 33.Ke3 Rc4 34.Kd3 Rc5 35.Kd4 Rc4+ 36.Kd3 Rc5 37.b4 Rxh5 38.h4 Kg6 39.Kd4 Rf5 40.Ke4 Rh5 41.Nd5 Kf7 42.Nc7 Rh6 43.Kd5 g5 44.hxg5 fxg5 45.Kc5 Ke7 46.Nd5+ Kd7 47.Nc7 Rc6+ 48.Kd5 g4 49.Ke4 Kc8 50.Kf5 Kb7 51.Kxg4 Rc3 52.Ne6 Rxa3 53.Bc7 Kc6 54.Ba5 Ra2 55.f4 Kd5 56.Ng5 Rg2+ 57.Kf5 Ra2 58.Kg6 Rxa5 59.bxa5 b4 60.f5 b3 61.Nf3 b2 62.Nd2 Kd4 63.f6 Kd3 64.Nb1 1-0

(368) R Rodriguez - Mikhail Tal [B40]
Riga izt 17, 1979

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 d5 4.Qe2 Nc6 5.g3 Nge7 6.Bg2 g6 7.h4 h6 8.e5 Bg7 9.0-0 b6 10.Na3 Ba6 11.c4 Qd7 12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 0-0 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Nb5 d4 16.Bc1 Nc8 17.Bf4 Rde8 18.Bh3 Qd8 19.Rde1 Nb4 20.Nh2 a6 21.Na3 Ne7 22.Ng4 Nf5 23.Nb1 Nc6 24.Nd2 Nb8 25.Ne4 Nd7 26.Kh2 Kh8 27.Qd2 h5 28.Ngf6 Bxe4 29.dxe4 Ne7 30.Bh6 Nxf6 31.exf6 Bxf6 32.Bxf8 Rxf8 33.e5 Bg7 34.Bg2 Qc7 35.Qf4 Kg8 36.Qe4 b5 37.Re2 bxc4 38.bxc4 Rb8 39.Rc1 Rb6 40.Qa8+ Kh7 41.Qe4 Rb4 42.Kg1 Nf5 43.Bh3 Nh6 44.f4 Qa5 45.Qd3 Ra4 46.Qd2 Rb4 47.Kg2 Qb6 48.Qd3 Bf8 49.Kg1 Qa5 50.a3 Rb8 51.Ra2 Be7 52.Kh2 Bd8 53.Rg1 Qa4 54.Qc2 Qxc2+ 55.Rxc2 Ba5 56.Rcc1 Rb2+ 57.Kh1 d3 58.Rb1 Rc2 59.Rbc1 Re2 60.Rb1 d2 61.Rgd1 Bc3 62.Rf1 a5 63.Rb3 Re1 64.Rb1 Re2 65.Rb3 Bd4 66.Rd3 a4 67.Rdf3 Ng4 68.Bxg4 hxg4 69.Rd3 Kh6 0-1

(369) Gennadi Kuzmin - Mikhail Tal [A62]
Riga izt 4, 1979

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Re8 10.h3 Ne4 11.Nxe4 Rxe4 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Nd2 Re8 14.Ne4 Rxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxh3 16.Bg2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Bxb2 18.Rb1 Bg7 19.Qa4 Nd7 20.Rh1 a6 21.Rh4 b5 22.Rxb5 Nb6 23.Rxb6 Qxb6 24.Qd7 Be5 25.Rxh7 Kxh7 26.Qxf7+ Bg7 27.Bf6 Qa7 0-1

(370) Mikhail Tal - Yrjo A Rantanen [B30]
Tallinn 16, 1979

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 9.Re1 Bd7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Qg4 e5 12.Qg3 f6 13.Be3 Kf7 14.Rad1 Be7 15.Na4 Rb8 16.b3 Re8 17.c4 c5 18.Nc3 Bf8 19.f4 Kg8 20.Rf1 Qc8 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Nd5 Kh8 23.Rf7 Bg4 24.Nf6 gxf6 25.Qh4 Bg7 26.Bh6 Bxd1 27.Bxg7+ Kg8 28.Bh8 Kxf7 29.Qxf6+ Kg8 30.Qg7# 1-0

(371) Mikhail Tal - Andres Vooremaa [D37]
Tallinn 2, 1979

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bf4 0-0 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 Re8 10.h3 Nf8 11.0-0-0 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

(372) Gyula Sax - Mikhail Tal [C80]
Tallinn 7, 1979

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.Nb3 dxc3 13.Qc2 Qd5 14.Rd1 Nb4 15.Qe2 Qc4 16.Qxc4 bxc4 17.Na5 Nc2 18.Rb1 Na3 19.Ra1 Nc2 20.Rb1 Rb8 21.Nxc4 Na3 22.Nxa3 Bxa3 23.Ne1 cxb2 24.Nc2 bxc1Q 25.Rxb8+ Ke7 26.Rxc1 Rxb8 27.Nxa3 Rb2 28.Rc2 Rxc2 29.Nxc2 Kd7 30.g3 c5 31.f4 Nd4 32.Ne3 Ke6 33.Kf2 Nf5 34.Nd1 Kd5 35.g4 Nh6 36.Kf3 Kd4 37.Ne3 g6 38.g5 Ng8 39.Ng4 c4 40.Ke2 c3 41.Kd1 Ne7 42.Nf6 Nf5 43.Kc1 a5 44.Nd7 Ne3 45.Nb8 Kd3 46.Nc6 a4 47.Nd8 Nd5 48.e6 fxe6 49.Nxe6 a3 50.Nc5+ Kc4 51.Ne4 Nb4 52.Kb1 Kd4 0-1

(373) Mikhail Tal - Dragoljub Velimirovic [A30]
URS-YUG 27/64 URS-YUG 27/64, 1979

1.c4 c5 2.b3 Nc6 3.Bb2 e5 4.g3 d6 5.Bg2 Be6 6.Nc3 Qd7 7.Nf3 Bh3 8.Bxh3 Qxh3 9.Nd5 Qd7 10.e3 Nce7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.0-0 e4 13.Ng5 d5 14.cxd5 Qf5 15.Nxf7 Kxf7 16.f3 Nexd5 17.fxe4 Nxc3 18.Bxc3 Qxe4 19.Qh5+ Ke6 20.Qh3+ Kd6 21.b4 Kc7 22.Rac1 Rc8 23.Rf5 Qg4 24.Be5+ Kd7 25.Qf1 Qe4 26.Rc4 Qc6 27.Qh3 Qe6 28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Re4 Qxa2 30.Rxc5+ 1-0

(374) Mikhail Tal - Tamas Georgadze [E06]
URS-ch47 Minsk URS-ch47 Minsk, 1979

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Qxc4 Bc6 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Nc3 Nb6 12.Qb3 a5 13.Nb5 Nbd5 14.Be5 Bd6 15.Bxf6 Nxf6 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Bb4 18.Rfd1 Qd5+ 19.Qxd5 Nxd5 20.e4 Nf6 21.Nxc7 Rac8 22.Rac1 Nxe4 23.Nd7 Rfd8 24.Nb6 Rb8 25.d5 Nd2 26.dxe6 fxe6 27.Nxe6 Rd6 28.Nc5 Re8 29.Ncd7 Re7 30.Rc7 h5 31.Rdc1 Re2 32.R1c2 Rd3 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Nf8+ Kh6 35.Nfd7 Rf3 36.Rh8+ Kg5 37.h4+ Kg4 38.Ne5+ Rxe5 39.Rg8 Rxg3+ 40.fxg3 Re2+ 0-1

(375) Lev Polugaevsky - Mikhail Tal [D58]
Alma_Ata Alma_Ata, 1980

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 8.Qb3 Bb7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Rd1 Re8 12.Bd3 Nc6 13.0-0 Na5 14.Qc2 c5 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Na4 c4 17.Be2 Qc7 18.Nc3 Rad8 19.Rd2 Rd7 20.Rfd1 Red8 21.Nd4 Nc6 22.Ndb5 Qa5 23.Bxc4 a6 24.Nxd5 Rxd5 25.Rxd5 Rxd5 26.Bxd5 Qxb5 27.a4 Qb6 28.Qe4 Nd8 29.Bxb7 Nxb7 30.b4 Kf8 31.Rd7 Nd8 32.g3 Qb8 33.Qc4 Ke8 34.Rd5 Qb7 35.b5 a5 36.h4 Be7 37.Rd1 Ne6 38.Qc3 Bb4 39.Qe5 Be7 40.Rc1 Bf6 41.Qd6 Bd8 42.Qa6 1-0

(376) Lajos Portisch - Mikhail Tal [D58]
Tilburg 06, 1980

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.Rc1 Bb7 9.Be2 Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.0-0 c5 12.Bb5 Rc8 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Re1 Nb6 15.Qe2 Ne4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe7 Qxe7 18.Nd2 Rfd8 19.Rc2 Rd5 20.Nc4 Qg5 21.Na5 Ba8 22.Rec1 Rcd8 23.Nb3 Rc8 24.h3 Qe7 25.Rc3 Rg5 26.Qc2 Qe6 27.h4 Re5 28.Nxc5 Qxa2 29.Be2 Kh7 30.Nb3 Bd5 31.Nc5 Ba8 32.h5 Nd5 33.Nxe4 Nxc3 1-0

(377) Mikhail Tal - Bojan Kurajica [B42]
Bugojno 5, 1980

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.0-0 d6 7.c4 g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Rc1 b6 12.f3 Bb7 13.Qd2 Nbd7 14.Bf1 Rfc8 15.Red1 Ne8 16.b4 Bf8 17.Nb3 Nef6 18.Ne2 Be7 19.Kh1 Rd8 20.Bf4 Ne5 21.c5 dxc5 22.Qc3 Rxd1 23.Rxd1 Nfd7 24.bxc5 f6 25.Ned4 Nf8 26.Nxe6 Nxe6 27.Bc4 Bc8 28.Bd5 Rb8 29.Nd4 bxc5 30.Nxe6 Bxe6 31.Bxe6+ Kg7 32.h3 Rd8 33.Bd5 Bd6 34.Be3 g5 35.Bc4 Qb6 36.Be2 Nf7 37.Qc2 Rb8 38.Qa4 Qb2 39.Bc4 Qe5 40.Bg1 1-0

(378) Lars Karlsson - Mikhail Tal [A04]
Skara ETC 3, 1980

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.0-0 Nc6 5.c4 e5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.d3 Be7 8.Nbd2 Be6 9.Re1 0-0 10.a3 Qd7 11.b3 f6 12.Bb2 Rfd8 13.Rc1 Rac8 14.e3 Nc7 15.Bf1 Bf5 16.Ne4 Bg4 17.h3 Bxh3 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 19.Bxh3 Qxh3 20.Rxc5 e4 21.Nd4 Ne5 22.dxe4 Ne6 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Nxe6 Ng4 25.Qd2 Qh2+ 26.Kf1 Qh1+ 27.Ke2 Qxe4 28.Nd4 Qg2 29.Rf1 Re8 30.Nc2 Nh2 31.Qd1 Nxf1 32.Qxf1 Qe4 33.Nd4 h5 34.Kd2 Re5 35.Qc4+ Rd5 36.Ke2 Kh7 37.f3 Qe5 38.Qc2+ f5 39.f4 Qf6 40.Nf3 Qa6+ 41.Qc4 1-0

(379) Mikhail Tal - Boris Spassky [C95]
Tilburg 07, 1980

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nf1 Bf8 14.Ng3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Bg5 h6 18.Be3 Rb8 19.Qd2 h5 20.Ng5 Nh7 21.Nxh7 Kxh7 22.Rf1 Kg8 23.Kh1 Bg7 24.axb5 axb5 25.f4 exf4 26.Bxf4 Qe7 27.Bg5 Qe5 28.Rf3 Ra8 29.Raf1 Rf8 30.Nxh5 gxh5 31.Rf5 Qe8 32.e5 dxe5 33.Bh6 Ra6 34.Bxg7 Kxg7 35.d6 f6 36.Rg5+ Kf7 37.Bg6+ Ke6 38.Bf5+ Kf7 39.Qd1 Rh8 40.Bg6+ Ke6 41.Bxe8 Rxe8 42.Qxh5 Rd8 43.Rg7 Kxd6 44.Qf7 1-0

(380) Mikhail Tal - Viktor Kupreichik [A04]
URS URS (2), 1981

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.0-0 e5 5.d3 Bg4 6.h3 Bf5 7.Nc3 Qd7 8.Kh2 h6 9.e4 Be6 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.Re1 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Bd6 13.d4 exd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.cxd4 c6 16.c4 0-0 17.d5 cxd5 18.Bb2 Bc5 19.cxd5 Bf5 20.Qd2 Rac8 21.Rac1 f6 22.Bd4 Ba3 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Bxa7 Qa4 25.d6 Kh8 26.Qd5 Bd7 27.Be3 Qc4 28.Qxb7 Be6 29.Bxh6 gxh6 30.Qe7 Bf7 31.Qxf6+ 1-0

(381) Mikhail Tal - Goran Cabrilo [B67]
Lvov 10, 1981

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 b5 10.h4 h5 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne2 Qc7 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Bd3 e5 16.Ne2 Be6 17.f4 Ng4 18.f5 Bd7 19.Ng3 Qc5 20.Nxh5 Rxh5 21.Qe2 Rxg5 22.hxg5 Ne3 23.Rh8+ Bf8 24.Rdh1 0-0-0 25.Qh5 d5 26.Qxf7 dxe4 27.Bxe4 Qb4 28.Bd3 e4 29.a3 Qe7 30.Qxe7 Bxe7 31.Bxe4 Nxf5 32.Rxd8+ Bxd8 33.Rh7 Nd6 34.Bd5 g6 35.Rg7 Nf5 36.Rg8 Ne7 37.Bb7+ Kxb7 38.Rxd8 Kc7 39.Rf8 Kd6 40.Kc1 Ke5 41.Kd2 Bc6 42.Rf6 a5 43.g3 Bd5 44.Ra6 a4 45.Kc3 Kf5 46.Ra5 Bc6 47.Kd4 Ke6 48.Kc5 Be4 49.c4 bxc4 50.Rxa4 Bd3 51.Ra8 Kd7 52.a4 Nc8 53.Ra5 Kc7 54.Ra6 Kb7 55.Rf6 Na7 56.a5 Nc8 57.g4 Na7 58.a6+ Kb8 59.Rf8+ Kc7 60.Rf7+ Kb8 61.Rb7+ Ka8 62.Rd7 Kb8 63.b4 Be2 64.b5 c3 65.b6 1-0

(382) Mikhail Tal - Eduard Meduna [B14]
Lvov 12, 1981

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5+ Nc6 9.Ne5 Bd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Re1 Bb4 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 Qd6 15.Qb3 Ba5 16.Re3 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Ne4 18.Rae1 Qc7 19.c4 dxc4 20.Qxc4 Nd6 21.Qc2 Rac8 22.Ng4 f5 23.Nxh6+ gxh6 24.Rg3+ Kh7 25.Re7+ Qxe7 26.Bxe7 Rfe8 27.Qe2 Be4 28.Bg5 Bf3 29.Qf1 Be2 30.Qa1 hxg5 31.Rxg5 Ne4 32.Rxf5 Rc2 33.Qb1 Nd6 34.Qxc2 1-0

(383) Mikhail Tal - Rico Mascarinas [B01]
Lvov 5, 1981

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 c6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd2 Qc7 7.Bc4 e6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.g4 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 b5 11.Bd3 b4 12.Ne4 Nd5 13.Kb1 a5 14.g5 Qb6 15.h4 c5 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Bb5+ Bd7 18.Bxd7+ Nxd7 19.h5 0-0 20.g6 h6 21.Bxh6 f5 22.Rxd5 exd5 23.Ng3 Rae8 24.Qd2 Nc5 25.Bf4 Ne6 26.h6 Rf6 27.hxg7 Nxg7 28.Bc7 Qxc7 29.Rh8+ 1-0

(384) Mikhail Tal - Janos Flesch [B17]
Lvov 9, 1981

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3 c5 8.c3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.0-0 Bxd4 11.cxd4 0-0 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bf4 Nb6 14.Bc2 Nbd5 15.Be5 Qb6 16.Qd3 Nb4 17.Qd2 Nxc2 18.Bxf6 Nxa1 19.Nh5 e5 20.dxe5 g5 21.e6 Qxe6 22.h3 Qf5 23.Rxa1 Be6 24.Re1 Qg6 25.g4 Rac8 26.Bc3 Rfd8 27.Qe3 Rd3 28.Qe5 Rcxc3 29.bxc3 Kh7 30.Nf6+ Kg7 31.Nd5+ Kh7 32.Ne7 1-0

(385) Mikhail Tal - Angel Martin-Gonzalez [A04]
Malaga Malaga, 1981

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Qa4+ Bd7 8.Nb5 Ne7 9.cxd5 0-0 10.Qb3 Na6 11.N1c3 Nf5 12.0-0 Qb6 13.Na3 Qxb3 14.axb3 Nd4 15.Bg5 Nxb3 16.Rad1 Nac5 17.d6 Rab8 18.Nab5 a6 19.Nc7 Nd4 20.Be7 Rfc8 21.e3 Nc6 22.N3d5 Bg4 23.Rc1 Nd7 24.f3 Bf5 25.e4 Be6 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Bh3 Nd4 28.Nc7 Bh6 29.Rcd1 Nf8 30.f4 Bg7 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.e5 Kf7 33.Bxf8 1-0

(386) Mikhail Tal - Ricardo Calvo [B62]
Malaga 07, 1981

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 b5 11.g4 Qa5 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.Kb1 Be7 14.h4 Rc8 15.Bd3 b4 16.Ne2 d5 17.e5 Nd7 18.Bd4 Nc5 19.f4 h5 20.f5 Nxd3 21.cxd3 hxg4 22.fxe6 fxe6 23.Nf4 Rh6 24.Rdg1 Kd7 25.h5 Bb5 26.Ng6 Bc5 27.Bxc5 Rxc5 28.Nf4 d4 29.Rxg4 Rxe5 30.Rxg7+ Kd6 31.Qf2 Re3 32.Qh4 b3 33.Qe7+ Ke5 34.Qc5+ Kxf4 35.Qg5+ Kf3 1-0

(387) Helmut Reefschlaeger - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Porz Porz, 1981

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.Nf3 Na6 7.0-0 d6 8.Nc3 Nc7 9.a4 Rb8 10.e4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 e6 13.Re1 Nd7 14.Bd2 Na6 15.Qd1 Nb4 16.Be3 exd5 17.cxd5 a6 18.Bf1 Rc8 19.f4 Re8 20.Kh2 Bd4 21.Rc1 Qf6 22.e5 dxe5 23.Ne4 Qb6 24.a5 Qc7 25.Bxd4 exd4 26.Bc4 Kg7 27.d6 Qc6 28.Ng5 Nd5 29.Qf3 Rxe1 30.Bxd5 Re2+ 31.Qxe2 Qxd5 32.Qe7 Nf6 33.Re1 Re8 34.Ne6+ Kg8 35.Qxf6 fxe6 36.Qe5 Rd8 37.Qf6 Rxd6 38.Qe7 Qc6 39.h4 Qd7 40.Qf6 Qf7 41.Qe5 Rd5 42.Qb8+ Kg7 43.Re5 Qe7 0-1

(388) Mikhail Tal - Bodo Schmidt [C05]
Porz/Cologne Porz/Cologne, 1981

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb6 9.0-0 Bd7 10.Nf3 Be7 11.Ng3 h5 12.Be3 Nb4 13.Bb1 a5 14.a3 Nc6 15.Nd2 g6 16.Ne2 Kf8 17.Nf4 Kg7 18.Qf3 a4 19.Qg3 Bh4 20.Qh3 Be7 21.Nf3 Nc4 22.Qg3 Qg8 23.Ng5 Rh6 24.Nd3 b6 25.Ba2 N6a5 26.Rad1 Rc8 27.Nf3 Rh8 28.Bg5 Qd8 29.Rfe1 h4 30.Qg4 Rh5 31.Bxe7 Qxe7 32.Re2 Rc7 33.h3 Rc8 34.Nf4 Rh6 35.Ng5 Re8 36.Rd3 Rf8 37.Rf3 b5 38.Bb1 Nc6 39.Nxf7 Rxf7 40.Nxg6 Rxg6 41.Qxg6+ Kf8 42.Rxf7+ Qxf7 43.Qh6+ Qg7 44.Qxh4 Be8 45.Bd3 Qa7 46.Bxc4 bxc4 47.Re3 Bf7 48.Rf3 Ke8 49.Qh8+ Ke7 50.g4 Nd8 51.g5 Qxd4 52.g6 Bxg6 53.Qf8+ Kd7 54.Qd6+ Kc8 55.Rf8 Qh4 56.Qxe6+ Kc7 57.Qd6+ Kc8 58.Qxg6 1-0

(389) Evgenij Ermenkov - Mikhail Tal [B52]
Riga 11, 1981

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0-0 Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6 7.c3 Be7 8.d4 0-0 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Qb6 12.a4 Nc5 13.a5 Qa6 14.Qxa6 Nxa6 15.f3 Rfc8 16.Rd1 g5 17.Bf2 d5 18.exd5 Nxd5 19.Nd2 Nc5 20.N2b3 a6 21.g3 Bf8 22.Kf1 Nd7 23.Ke2 Ne5 24.Nd2 f5 25.Rdc1 Kf7 26.Nc2 Rd8 27.Ne1 Rac8 28.Bd4 Ng6 29.Nd3 e5 30.Bg1 h5 31.Rf1 Rxc3 32.bxc3 Nxc3+ 33.Ke1 Rxd3 34.Nb3 Bb4 35.Bc5 Nb5+ 36.Bxb4 Rxb3 37.Bc5 Rc3 38.Bb6 Rb3 39.Kf2 Nc3 40.Kg2 Ke6 41.Rf2 g4 42.h3 gxf3+ 43.Rxf3 e4 44.Re3 Rb2+ 45.Kh1 Rc2 46.Ree1 Ne2 47.Bc7 Ne5 48.Bxe5 Kxe5 49.Ra3 h4 50.gxh4 f4 51.Rxe2 Rxe2 52.Rb3 f3 53.Kg1 Kf4 0-1

(390) Tamas Georgadze - Mikhail Tal [E52]
URS URS, 1981

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 c5 11.Qf3 cxd4 12.exd4 Ne4 13.Qh3 Ndf6 14.Ne2 Rc8 15.Be3 Rc7 16.g4 Nd7 17.a3 Be7 18.Ng3 g6 19.Rae1 f6 20.Nf3 Bd6 21.f5 Bxg3 22.fxg6 Ndc5 23.dxc5 Bxe1 24.cxb6 Re7 25.Rxe1 axb6 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Nh4 Bc8 28.Qg3 hxg6 29.g5 Rg7 30.gxf6 Rxf6 31.Bg5 Qd4+ 32.Kh1 Bb7 33.Bxf6 Qxf6 34.Ng2 Qxb2 35.Qd6 Qf2 36.Qe6+ Kh7 37.Qh3+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Kh8 39.Rd1 Rf7 40.h3 Qf6 41.Rd8+ Kg7 42.Qe8 Kh6 43.Rd7 Qa1+ 0-1

(391) David Bronstein - Mikhail Tal [B70]
Match Tbilisi (Georgia) (5), 1982

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Nde2 Bg4 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.0-0 0-0 10.h3 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Qb6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.exd5 Ne5 14.c3 Rfc8 15.Re1 Qa6 16.Qxa6 bxa6 17.f4 Nd3 18.Rxe7 Rab8 19.Re2 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Bxc3 21.Bb2 Bxb2 22.Rd1 Nc5 23.Rc2 a5 24.Kf1 a4 25.Rb1 a3 26.Ke2 Rb4 27.Kd1 Kg7 28.Ke2 a5 29.h4 h5 30.Kf3 Ne4 31.Re1 f5 32.Rc7+ Kh6 33.Ke3 Bd4+ 34.Kd3 Nc5+ 35.Kc2 Rb2+ 36.Kd1 Bf6 37.Re2 Rb1+ 38.Kc2 Ra1 39.Bf3 Rxa2+ 40.Kd1 Rxe2 41.Bxe2 a2 0-1

(392) Mikhail Tal - Lubomir Ftacnik [B97]
Sochi Sochi, 1982

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 Nbd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Rxf6 gxf6 16.Ne4 Qe7 17.Qf4 Kd8 18.Nxf6 Nd7 19.Nxd7 Bxd7 20.Rxb7 Rc8 21.Nf3 f6 22.Bxa6 Rf8 23.Qd4 Ke8 24.Bb5 Rd8 25.Qb6 e5 26.Nd2 f5 27.Nc4 Rf6 28.Bxd7+ Rxd7 29.Qb5 Re6 30.a4 e4 31.Kf1 Qg7 32.Rb8+ 1-0

(393) Mikhail Tal - Gennady Sosonko [B63]
Wijk aan Zee Wijk aan Zee (8), 1982

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bd7 9.0-0-0 Qa5 10.Bd2 a6 11.Be2 Bc6 12.f3 Qc7 13.g4 Be7 14.g5 Nh5 15.Qg1 b5 16.f4 g6 17.a3 Ng7 18.h4 Rc8 19.Kb1 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Bg4 0-0 22.Qd4 Rcd8 23.h5 gxh5 24.Bxh5 Qd6 25.Be2 Nf5 26.Qd3 d4 27.Qxf5 Qg6 28.Qxg6+ fxg6 29.Na2 Bxh1 30.Rxh1 Bd6 31.Rf1 Kg7 32.Nc1 Rde8 33.Bd3 Be7 34.Nb3 Rd8 35.Re1 1-0

(394) Mikhail Tal - Israel [B00]
London London, 1982

1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.d5 Ne5 5.Bf4 Ng6 6.Bg3 c6 7.dxc6 Qxd1+ 8.Rxd1 bxc6 9.Nb5 f5 10.Nc7+ Kf7 11.Bc4+ e6 12.Nxa8 f4 13.Rd8 Nf6 14.c3 Bd7 15.Nh3 fxg3 16.hxg3 Ne5 17.Bb3 c5 18.0-0 c4 19.Bc2 Nc6 20.Rxd7+ Nxd7 21.Bxe4 Nce5 22.Nc7 Be7 23.f4 Ng4 24.f5 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 e5 26.Ne6 Bb6 27.Nhg5+ Ke7 28.Nxg7 Nf2+ 29.Kh2 Nf6 30.Bf3 h5 31.Rxf2 Bxf2 32.Be2 h4 33.g4 Rb8 34.Bxc4 Rxb2 35.Nf3 Nxg4+ 36.Kh3 Ne3 37.Bd3 Rxa2 38.Nh5 Ra1 39.Kh2 Ng4+ 40.Kh3 Nf6 41.Nxf6 Kxf6 42.Kg4 Ra4+ 43.c4 e4 44.Bxe4 Rxc4 45.Ng5 Be3 46.Nh7+ Ke5 47.f6 Rxe4+ 48.Kf3 Bh6 49.g3 hxg3 50.Kxg3 a5 0-1

(395) Mikhail Tal - John Van der Wiel [A17]
Moscow Moscow, 1982

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.0-0 Nc6 7.e5 Ng4 8.Be4 Qc8 9.d3 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.f4 Nc6 12.f5 g6 13.Bg5 gxf5 14.Bxf5 Be7 15.Qh5 Bxg5 16.Qxg5 Ne7 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Nxe4 Qc6 19.Rxf7 Kxf7 20.Qf6+ Kg8 21.Qxe7 Rf8 22.Rf1 1-0

(396) Mikhail Tal - Bosko Abramovic [D31]
Moscow INT 3, 1982

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bf4 Nf6 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 b6 8.Nf3 c5 9.Ne5 Bb7 10.Qf3 Nbd7 11.0-0 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

(397) Mikhail Tal - David Bronstein [C63]
Tbilisi Tbilisi, 1982

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Qe7 7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.0-0 a6 9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.d4 Nxb3 12.axb3 Bg7 13.dxe5 fxe5 14.Bg5 Qe6 15.Nxe5 0-0 16.Rae1 Bb7 17.f4 Rae8 18.Qd2 d6 19.Nc6 Qf7 20.Re7 Rxe7 21.Nxe7+ Kh8 22.f5 Bf6 23.Bxf6+ Qxf6 24.Re1 Rf7 25.Re6 Qxb2 26.Ng6+ Kg7 27.Nh4 Kf8 28.Qg5 Qd4+ 29.Kf1 Bc8 30.Ng6+ hxg6 31.Qd8+ 1-0

(398) David Bronstein - Mikhail Tal [A48]
Tbilisi 07, 1982

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.Ne4 Qb6 7.Nxc5 Qxb2 8.e3 d6 9.Ne4 Bg7 10.Bc4 Qb4+ 11.Nfd2 Qa5 12.Rb1 Nc6 13.Qf3 0-0 14.h4 Qf5 15.h5 Qxf3 16.gxf3 b6 17.hxg6 hxg6 18.f4 Na5 19.Bd3 Be6 20.a3 Rac8 21.Ng5 Ba2 22.Rd1 Bd5 23.Rh4 Rfe8 24.Ke2 e5 25.dxe5 dxe5 26.f5 f6 27.Ngf3 g5 28.Rg4 Kf7 29.Ne4 Ke7 30.Rdg1 Bf7 31.Ned2 Nb7 32.Ra4 a5 33.Bc4 Bh5 34.Bd5 Nc5 35.Rc4 Red8 36.e4 b5 37.Rc3 Ne6 38.fxe6 Rxc3 39.Rh1 Rh8 40.Rb1 Be8 41.Ne1 b4 42.axb4 Bb5+ 43.Kd1 a4 44.Ra1 Rh1 45.Nb1 Rf3 46.c4 Rxf2 47.cxb5 g4 48.Rxa4 1-0

(399) Mikhail Tal - K Grigorian [A29]
Yerevan Yerevan, 1982

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 a5 6.Bg2 d6 7.0-0 0-0 8.e3 Bc5 9.b3 Nxd5 10.cxd5 Nb4 11.d4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.exd4 Re8 14.a3 Na6 15.Bd2 b6 16.b4 Nb8 17.bxa5 bxa5 18.Re1 a4 19.Qh5 Bd7 20.Be4 g6 21.Qh6 Qf6 22.Bg5 Qxd4 23.Qh4 Qg7 24.Bh6 Qh8 25.Bf5 Qc3 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Rc1 Qe5 28.Qd8 gxf5 29.Kf1 1-0

(400) Mikhail Tal - Vlastimil Jansa [B81]
Tallinn Keres mem 7, 1983

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g4 h6 7.h4 Be7 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.g5 hxg5 10.hxg5 Rxh1+ 11.Bxh1 Nh7 12.f4 Nf8 13.Nf3 Qb6 14.Qd3 Bd7 15.a3 Rc8 16.b3 Ng6 17.Bd2 a6 18.Ne2 Qc7 19.Bg2 d5 20.exd5 exd5 21.Qxd5 Bg4 22.Qe4 Bxf3 23.Bxf3 Kf8 24.Bh5 Re8 25.Bxg6 fxg6 26.Qxg6 Qd7 27.Bc3 Bc5 28.Qh5 Nd4 29.0-0-0 Rxe2 30.Bxd4 Rxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Bxd4 32.Qf3 1-0

(401) Mihai Suba - Mikhail Tal [E69]
Tallinn Keres mem Tallinn Keres mem (11), 1983

1.c4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Nc3 Nd7 4.Nf3 Ngf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.h3 c6 9.e4 Qb6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Rb1 exd4 12.Nxd4 Ng4 13.hxg4 Qxd4 14.g5 Qxc4 15.Qxd6 Ne5 16.Bf1 Nf3+ 17.Kh1 Qd4 18.Qxd4 Bxd4 19.Rd1 Bg4 20.Bf4 h6 21.gxh6 Bxc3 22.bxc3 g5 23.Bc7 Rac8 24.Bd6 Re6 25.h7+ Kxh7 26.Kg2 Rh6 27.Bd3 Rxd6 28.e5+ Rxd3 29.Rxd3 Bf5 30.Rxf3 Bxb1 31.Rxf7+ Kg6 32.Rxb7 Bxa2 33.f4 gxf4 34.gxf4 Ra8 35.Rc7 Kf5 36.Kf3 a5 37.Rg7 Bd5+ 38.Ke3 a4 39.Rg5+ Ke6 40.Kd4 Rf8 41.Rg6+ Kf5 42.Rg7 Rg8 43.Ra7 Rg4 44.Kc5 Rxf4 45.Kd6 Re4 46.Ra8 Rxe5 47.Rxa4 Re4 48.Rb4 Re6+ 49.Kc5 Ke5 50.Rb1 Rh6 51.c4 Be4 52.Rf1 Rh5 53.Rf2 Ke6+ 54.Kb6 Rh6 55.Kc5 Ke7 56.Re2 Re6 57.Rd2 Bg6 58.Ra2 Be8 59.Ra7+ Bd7 60.Ra8 Re5+ 61.Kb6 Re4 62.Kc5 Rf4 63.Ra7 Rf8 64.Ra1 Rb8 65.Ra7 Rb2 66.Ra8 Rb1 67.Rh8 Be8 68.Rh7+ Kd8 69.Ra7 Bd7 70.Kd6 Rd1+ 71.Kc5 Kc8 72.Kb6 Rb1+ 73.Kc5 Rb2 74.Kd6 Rd2+ 75.Kc5 Kb8 76.Ra6 Rb2 77.Kd6 Kb7 78.Ra1 Rd2+ 79.Kc5 Bc8 80.Rh1 Kc7 81.Rh7+ Bd7 82.Rg7 Rf2 83.Kb4 Rf4 84.Rg6 Be8 85.Rg7+ Kb6 0-1

(402) Mark Taimanov - Mikhail Tal [A30]
USSR USSR, 1983

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 0-0 8.Nc3 Na6 9.Rc1 e6 10.d4 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.dxc5 bxc5 13.Na4 Qe7 14.Ba3 Rac8 15.Ne1 Rfd8 16.Nd3 Ne4 17.Qe1 Bh6 18.Rc2 Rc6 19.Qa5 Rdc8 20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Qxc3 Nb4 22.Ne5 R6c7 23.f4 d4 24.Qd2 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Nxc2 26.Qxc2 Bg7 27.Nc4 Re8 28.Rf2 Rc6 29.Qd3 Re6 30.Kf1 f5 31.Qf3 Re4 32.Nd2 Kh8 33.Nxe4 fxe4 34.Qh1 e3 35.Rf3 Qe4 36.Kg2 Qc2 37.Kh3 Qxe2 38.Bxc5 Qb5 39.b4 e2 40.Qe1 d3 41.Re3 Qd7+ 0-1

(403) Mikhail Tal - Lembit Oll [B61]
Tallinn Keres mem 14, 1983

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8 8.Nb3 a6 9.Be2 e6 10.0-0 h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.a4 Qd8 13.a5 Be7 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Nb6 Rd8 16.c4 0-0 17.Rac1 Nb8 18.Nd4 Bc6 19.Bg4 Bf6 20.b4 Bxe4 21.Rfe1 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 Bg6 23.f4 Nc6 24.Qd2 Rfe8 25.Bf3 e5 26.Bd1 Nd4 27.Qf2 Re6 28.Ba4 Kh7 29.Rcd1 Bh5 30.Rd2 Rg6 31.Rxd4 exd4 32.Bc2 d5 33.c5 f5 34.Bxf5 Rf8 35.Nxd5 Qd8 36.Bxg6+ Bxg6 37.Qxd4 Bf7 38.Re5 Qh4 39.Re7 Rg8 40.Nf6+ 1-0

(404) Mikhail Tal - Lubomir Ftacnik [B84]
Naestved Naestved (8), 1985

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.f4 0-0 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 b6 11.e5 Ne8 12.exd6 Bxd6 13.f5 e5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.f6 exd4 16.Qxd4 Nc6 17.Qh4 Bg3 18.Qxg3 Qxd5 19.Bf3 Qc4 20.Bh6 g6 21.b3 Qc3 22.Qh4 Bb7 23.Bxf8 Kxf8 24.Qxh7 Nxf6 25.Qh8+ Ke7 26.Rae1+ Kd6 27.Qg7 Nd5 28.Qxf7 Nd8 29.Qxg6+ Kc5 30.Re4 b5 31.Rd1 1-0

(405) Mikhail Tal (2565) - Viktor Korchnoi (2630) [B63]
Montpellier ct Montpellier ct (8), 1985

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Bb5 dxe4 12.Qxd8 Bxd8 13.Rhe1 Na7 14.Bc4 h6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Nxe4 f5 17.Nd6 Bc7 18.g3 b6 19.Nxf5 exf5 20.Bd5 Be6 21.Bxa8 Rxa8 22.Nd4 Bd5 23.Re7 Rc8 24.Nb5 1-0

(406) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Shabalov [D02]
Jurmala Jurmala, 1985

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.Qb3 dxc4 5.Qxc4 Bf5 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.e3 Rc8 11.Qe2 c5 12.e4 Bg4 13.dxc5 Nxc5 14.Rd1 Qb6 15.h3 Bh5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.Be3 Qb4 19.Nxg6 hxg6 20.e5 Ne8 21.Nb5 a6 22.Nd4 Na4 23.Rd2 Rc7 24.a3 Qa5 25.Qd1 Nb6 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Rxd8 Bxd8 28.Qxd8 Kf8 29.Rd1 Nc4 30.b4 Qa4 31.Bc5+ Kg8 32.f4 b6 33.Bf2 Rf7 34.Rd4 Nxa3 35.Rd6 Rxf4 36.Rxe6 Rf8 37.Bxb6 Nc4 38.Rxe8 Rxe8 39.Bd5+ 1-0

(407) Josef Pribyl - Mikhail Tal [A46]
Tallinn tt Tallinn tt, 1985

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Be2 b6 6.0-0 Bb7 7.c3 Nc6 8.Nbd2 0-0 9.Re1 d5 10.Bd3 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.Rad1 Rad8 14.Bb5 e5 15.dxe5 Ncxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Qg4 Re6 18.Qg3 Qxg3 19.hxg3 Nf6 20.f3 h5 21.Kf2 g6 22.Nb3 Red6 23.Nc1 Bc8 24.Rd2 Kf8 25.Red1 Ke7 26.Ne2 Bf5 27.c4 Bd7 28.e4 Bxb5 29.e5 Bxc4 30.exd6+ Rxd6 31.b3 Ba6 32.Nf4 d4 33.Re1+ Kd7 34.Re5 Kc6 35.Rd1 Bc8 36.Ke2 Be6 37.Kd2 Nd5 38.Nxd5 Rxd5 39.Rde1 b5 40.Rxd5 Kxd5 41.a3 c4 42.bxc4+ bxc4 43.Rb1 c3+ 0-1

(408) Mikhail Tal - Saeed-Ahmed Saeed [D51]
Taxco izt 3, 1985

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 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

(409) Mikhail Tal - Marcel Sisniega [B63]
Taxco izt 8, 1985

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 d5 11.Bb5 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Qxd8 Bxd8 14.Bxd8 Nxd8 15.Nc5 f5 16.Rd6 Kf7 17.Rhd1 Ke7 18.Bd7 Rf7 19.Nxe6 Bxd7 20.Nc7 Bxa4 21.Nxa8 Ne6 22.Nb6 Be8 23.R6d5 Bc6 24.Rxa5 Kf6 25.Nd5+ Kg6 26.Ne3 1-0

(410) Mikhail Tal - Carsten Hoi [B07]
Yurmala 11, 1985

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Nh5 9.Na3 Nf4 10.Bc2 Bg4 11.Qd2 g5 12.Nxg5 hxg5 13.Bxg5 Ng6 14.f4 f6 15.f5 e6 16.Bh6 exf5 17.h3 f4 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.hxg4 Rh8 20.Rxf4 Nxf4 21.Qxf4 Rh6 22.Kf2 Ne5 23.dxe5 fxe5 24.Qg3 Qg5 25.Nc4 Rf8+ 26.Ke2 Rf4 27.Ne3 Kf8 28.Rf1 Ke8 29.Rf3 Rh1 30.Qf2 Ra1 31.Bb3 Rb1 32.Kd3 c6 33.g3 Rxb2 34.gxf4 Rxf2 35.fxg5 Rxf3 36.Ke2 Rf4 37.Kd3 Kf8 38.g6 Rf3 39.Bf7 b5 40.Ke2 Rf4 41.Nf5 Rxe4+ 42.Kf3 Rf4+ 43.Kg3 1-0

(411) Mikhail Tal - Utut Adianto [D35]
Reykjavik open Reykjavik open, 1986

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 h6 11.Bf4 Nf8 12.h3 Bd6 13.Ne5 Ne6 14.Bg3 c5 15.Nb5 Bf8 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxf7 Kxf7 18.Bg6+ Kg8 19.Nc7 Re6 20.Nxa8 Rc6 21.Rfc1 Bd7 22.Nc7 Nce4 23.Bxe4 Rxc2 24.Bxc2 Bc6 25.Ne6 Qe8 26.Nd4 Bc5 27.Rd1 Bd7 28.Rac1 b6 29.Nf3 Be6 30.Be5 Ne4 31.Bb3 Qf7 32.Rd3 Kh7 33.Rcd1 Bxh3 34.Rxd5 Qg6 35.Nh4 Qh5 36.Bc2 Qxh4 37.Bg3 1-0

(412) Mikhail Tal - John Fedorowicz [B74]
It (open) Reykjavik (Iceland), 1986

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nb3 Bg7 8.Be2 0-0 9.Be3 Be6 10.0-0 Qc8 11.Bf3 Ng4 12.Bc1 Bxb3 13.Bxg4 Be6 14.f5 Bd7 15.Nd5 Re8 16.Bg5 Bf8 17.a4 Ne5 18.Bh3 b5 19.axb5 Qb7 20.fxg6 hxg6 21.Bxd7 Qxd7 22.Qe2 Qb7 23.Ra4 Rec8 24.Rfa1 Nd7 25.Bxe7 Nb6 26.Bxf8 Nxa4 27.Bxd6 Nxb2 28.Qf2 Nc4 29.Ne7+ Kg7 30.Qd4+ Kh7 31.Nxc8 Qxc8 32.Bc5 Qe6 33.Qd5 Qxd5 34.exd5 Rb8 35.d6 Ne5 36.Bd4 Rxb5 37.Bxe5 Rxe5 38.c4 1-0

(413) Imre Varasdy - Mikhail Tal [E20]
Berlin Berlin, 1986

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.g3 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.0-0 Be6 13.c4 Nb6 14.c5 Nc4 15.Bc3 Qe7 16.Nb4 Nxb4 17.Bxb4 a5 18.Be1 Qxc5 19.Bxb7 Rab8 20.Bg2 Rfd8 21.Qc1 Bg4 22.Bxa5 Rdc8 23.Bc3 Bxe2 24.Re1 Bd3 25.Rd1 e4 26.Qf4 Re8 27.Rdc1 Rbd8 28.Be1 Rd4 29.Bd2 Rd6 30.Be1 h5 31.Rc3 Rf6 32.Qc1 h4 33.a4 hxg3 34.hxg3 Re5 35.a5 Rg5 36.Ra4 Rxg3 37.Rxd3 exd3 38.Rxc4 Rxg2+ 39.Kxg2 Qd5+ 40.Kh2 Qh5+ 41.Kg3 Qf3+ 42.Kh4 Rg6 43.Bd2 Qxf2+ 44.Kh5 Qe2+ 0-1

(414) Mikhail Tal - Lembit Oll [B17]
Riga rapid Riga rapid, 1986

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bd3 Ngf6 6.Ng5 h6 7.Ne6 Qa5+ 8.Bd2 Qb6 9.Nf3 fxe6 10.Bg6+ Kd8 11.0-0 c5 12.c4 cxd4 13.Nxd4 e5 14.c5 Nxc5 15.Ba5 exd4 16.Qxd4+ Ncd7 17.Bxb6+ axb6 18.Rac1 e5 19.Qc4 Bc5 20.Rfd1 Rf8 21.b4 Bd4 22.Rxd4 1-0

(415) Mikhail Tal - Julian Michael Hodgson [B14]
Sochi 42/150 Sochi 42/150, 1986

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.g3 Qa5 8.Bg2 Ne4 9.Bxe4 dxe4 10.d5 0-0-0 11.Bd2 Nb4 12.Nxe4 Bf5 13.Qb1 Qb6 14.Ne2 e6 15.Be3 Qa6 16.0-0 Kb8 17.Nd4 Qxc4 18.Nxf5 exf5 19.Bf4+ Ka8 20.Ng5 Qxd5 21.Rd1 Nd3 22.Rxd3 Qxd3 23.Nxf7 Qxb1+ 24.Rxb1 Bc5 25.Nxh8 Rxh8 26.Rd1 g6 27.Rd7 a6 28.Kf1 h6 29.h4 Ka7 30.Bd2 h5 31.b4 Bb6 32.Bg5 Rc8 33.a4 a5 34.bxa5 Bxa5 35.Rd6 Rc6 36.Rxc6 bxc6 37.Ke2 Ka6 38.Kd3 Bb6 39.Be3 Bc7 40.Kc4 Bd6 41.Bd2 Kb6 42.Bb4 Bb8 43.Bd2 Bd6 44.Bf4 Ba3 45.Bg5 Ka5 46.Kb3 Bc5 47.Be3 Bd6 48.Bd2+ Ka6 49.Bb4 Bb8 50.Kc4 Kb6 51.f4 Ka6 52.Kc5 Kb7 53.Be1 Bc7 54.a5 1-0

(416) Mikhail Tal - Michael Wiedenkeller [C05]
Trud-Rockaden 42/341 Trud-Rockaden 42/341, 1986

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2 Qb6 8.Nf3 cxd4 9.cxd4 f6 10.exf6 Nxf6 11.0-0 Bd6 12.Nc3 0-0 13.Be3 Bd7 14.Re1 Kh8 15.Ne5 Be8 16.Na4 Qa5 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.Rc1 Bh5 19.f3 Nd7 20.Nxd7 Bxh2+ 21.Kh1 Bg3 22.Re5 Bxe5 23.Nxe5 Qd8 24.Qe1 Nxd4 25.Qg3 Rc8 26.Rxc8 Qxc8 27.Qh2 Qe8 28.Nc5 Nc6 29.Ncd7 Nxe5 30.Nxe5 Kg8 31.Qg3 Qe7 32.Bc3 Rd8 33.Qh3 Qe8 34.Qh4 Rc8 35.Qd4 Qe7 36.Qxa7 Rxc3 37.Qb8+ Be8 38.bxc3 Qh4+ 39.Kg1 Qe1+ 40.Bf1 Qe3+ 41.Kh2 Qf4+ 42.Kh3 1-0

(417) Mikhail Tal - Dimitar I Donchev [A15]
Yerevan 41/14 Yerevan 41/14, 1986

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7 7.g3 0-0 8.Bg2 Qc8 9.0-0 c6 10.Qh4 h6 11.d3 g5 12.Bxg5 hxg5 13.Nxg5 Bf5 14.f4 Nh7 15.g4 Nxg5 16.gxf5 Nh7 17.Rf3 Bxc3 18.Rh3 Bd4+ 19.e3 1-0

(418) Jouni Yrjola - Mikhail Tal [D44]
Riga Lithuania, 1986

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Rg8 12.h4 Rxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.Qh5 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Rc1 Ba3 17.Rc2 Qa4 18.Kd1 Nf8 19.Qf3 Bb7 20.Rh8 Be7 21.Bh3 Bxg5 22.Bxe6 1-0

(419) Mikhail Tal - Granda-Zuniga [C05]
Rio Rio (3), 1987

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.0-0 c5 9.c4 Nc7 10.Nf4 cxd4 11.cxd5 Nxe5 12.dxe6 f6 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.Qa4 b5 15.Qc2 Qd6 16.Bd2 0-0-0 17.Rac1 Kb7 18.Qe4 Nd5 19.Rxc6 Kxc6 20.Nxd4+ Kb6 21.Rc1 Be7 22.Rc6+ 1-0

(420) Mikhail Tal - Granda-Zuniga [C05]
Rio de Janeiro It (3), 1987

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 Ba6 7.Bxa6 Nxa6 8.0-0 c5 9.c4 Nc7 10.Nf4 cxd4 11.cxd5 Nxe5 12.dxe6 f6 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.Qa4 b5 15.Qc2 Qd6 16.Bd2 0-0-0 17.Rac1 Kb7 18.Qe4 Nd5 19.Rxc6 Kxc6 20.Nxd4+ Kb6 21.Rc1 Be7 22.Rc6+ 1-0

(421) Mikhail Tal - Anatoli Karpov [B10]
Brussels (Belgium) It (5), 1987

1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 Nxc3 7.bxc3 g6 8.d4 Bg7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.0-0 Nc6 11.Re1 Re8 12.Bg5 Be6 13.Rxe6 fxe6 14.Bc4 Qd6 15.Qe2 Nd8 16.Re1 Rc8 17.Nd2 Kh8 18.Ne4 Qc7 19.Bb3 e5 20.h4 exd4 21.h5 gxh5 22.Qxh5 Rf8 23.Bc2 Qe5 24.Ng3 Qxe1+ 25.Kh2 h6 26.Bxh6 Kg8 27.Bxg7 Rxf2 28.Qh7+ Kf7 29.Qg6+ Kg8 30.Bh6+ 1-0

(422) Anatoli Karpov - Mikhail Tal [D38]
Brussels 5' ;CBM 02 Brussels 5' ;CBM 02, 1987

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 0-0 11.Qxc4 e5 12.e3 exd4 13.cxd4 Be6 14.Qc5 Rad8 15.Be2 Bd5 16.0-0 Rfe8 17.Rfe1 Qg6 18.Qc3 Re6 19.Bd3 Be4 20.Rad1 Rd5 21.Bxe4 Rxe4 22.g3 h5 23.Qd3 Qe6 24.Qf1 Qf6 25.Qg2 Re8 26.Nd2 Ra5 27.Rb1 Rxa3 28.Ne4 Qg6 29.Nc5 Ra2 30.Nxb7 Ne7 31.Nc5 Nf5 32.Qf3 Nd6 33.Qf4 a5 34.Rbc1 Re7 35.Ra1 Rxa1 36.Rxa1 Nc4 37.Qf3 Qc2 38.Qxh5 Nd2 39.Qe2 Qc3 40.Kg2 Qxa1 41.Qxd2 Qb1 42.Qxa5 Qb6 43.Qa8+ Kh7 44.Qd5 Qd6 45.Qh5+ Kg8 46.Qg4 Qd5+ 47.Kh3 g6 48.Qh4 Re8 49.Qf6 Qh5+ 50.Kg2 Qd5+ 51.Kg1 1-0

(423) Mikhail Tal (2605) - Viktor Korchnoi (2625) [C80]
Reykjavik 43/419 Tal,M Reykjavik 43/419 Tal,M, 1987

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.c3 d4 11.Bxe6 Nxe6 12.cxd4 Ncxd4 13.Ne4 Be7 14.Be3 Nf5 15.Qc2 0-0 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.fxe3 Qc8 18.h3 Rd8 19.Nh2 Rxd1 20.Qxd1 Qe8 21.Qh5 Nc5 22.Ng3 a5 23.Nf5 Ra6 24.Ng4 Rg6 25.b3 Bd8 26.Nf2 Qc6 27.e4 Qe8 28.Qd1 Be7 29.Qd2 Bf8 30.Qxa5 Qxe5 31.Qxb5 Re6 32.Qb8 h5 33.Qd8 g6 34.Ng4 hxg4 35.Nh6+ Kg7 36.Rxf7+ Kxh6 37.Qxf8+ Kg5 38.h4+ Kxh4 39.Qh6+ Qh5 40.g3+ Kxg3 41.Qf4+ Kh4 42.Qf2+ g3 43.Rf4+ Kg5 44.Qxg3+ Kh6 45.Rh4 Rxe4 46.Rxh5+ Kxh5 47.Qxc7 Ne6 48.Qb7 Re5 49.a4 Nf4 50.Qf3+ Kg5 51.b4 Re1+ 52.Kf2 Rb1 53.b5 Rb2+ 54.Ke1 Kf5 55.Qc3 Rb4 56.b6 Nd5 57.Qc8+ 1-0

(424) Ljubomir Ljubojevic - Mikhail Tal [D38]
Brussels 5' Brussels 5', 1987

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 c5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Qb3 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qc6 13.0-0 0-0 14.Rab1 b6 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.c4 dxc4 17.Qxc4 Rac8 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Rd2 Nb6 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Qxf7+ Kxf7 22.Ne5+ Ke6 23.Nxc6 Rd2 24.Nxa7 Nd5 25.a3 c4 26.Nb5 c3 27.Rc1 Ke5 28.Kf1 Rb2 29.Nxc3 Nb6 30.Rb1 1-0

(425) Mikhail Tal - Miguel A Quinteros [B09]
Sant. del Esterol m (09) Sant. del Esterol m (09), 1987

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Bd3 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.0-0 Nc7 9.Qe1 Rb8 10.Qh4 b5 11.f5 c4 12.Be2 Nce8 13.Bh6 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Bxh6 15.Qxh6 Ng4 16.Qh4 Nef6 17.h3 Ne3 18.Qh6 b4 19.Ng5 Bxf5 20.exf5 Nxf5 21.Rxf5 gxf5 22.Nce4 1-0

(426) Mikhail Tal (2625) - Oleg Romanishin (2555) [C96]
Jurmala Jurmala, 1987

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nc6 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nd7 14.Nb3 a5 15.Bd3 a4 16.Bxb5 Qb6 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Nbd2 Bf6 19.b3 exd4 20.Bb2 Ne5 21.Bxd4 Be6 22.Re3 Qb5 23.Bc3 Qc5 24.Rc1 Rac8 25.b4 Qxe3 26.fxe3 Nxf3+ 27.Nxf3 Bxc3 28.a3 Bb3 29.Qxd6 Rcd8 30.Qxd8 Rxd8 31.Rxc3 Rd1+ 32.Kh2 g6 33.Nd4 Rb1 34.b5 Kg7 35.Rc7 Ba2 36.Kg3 Kf6 37.Rc6+ Be6 38.Ra6 Rb3 39.Nxb3 1-0

(427) Mikhail Tal - Nigel Short [C09]
Brussels 5' Brussels 5', 1987

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Nb3 Bd6 9.0-0 Nge7 10.h3 0-0 11.c3 a6 12.Bd3 Bc7 13.Bc2 Nf5 14.Qd3 Qd6 15.g4 g6 16.gxf5 Bxf5 17.Qd2 Bxh3 18.Qh6 Qd7 19.Qh4 Bxf1 20.Kxf1 Ne5 21.Nfd4 Rfe8 22.Bf4 Nc4 23.Nc5 Qc8 24.Nd3 Bxf4 25.Nxf4 Nxb2 26.Nh5 Qc4+ 27.Kg2 Re6 28.Nf6+ Rxf6 29.Qxf6 Qxc3 30.Rh1 Rf8 31.Rh3 Qd2 32.Nf5 1-0

(428) Mikhail Tal - Jonathan Speelman [B17]
Subotica (izt) 43/173 (Bagirov,D) Subotica (izt) 43/173 (Bagirov, 1987

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 a5 10.a3 Be7 11.Bd2 Nbd5 12.c4 Nc7 13.Bc2 0-0 14.Ne5 Qxd4 15.Bc3 Qd8 16.Ngf3 Nce8 17.g4 b5 18.g5 hxg5 19.Nxg5 Ra6 20.Qf3 b4 21.Qh3 g6 22.Bxg6 bxc3 23.Nexf7 Qd2+ 24.Kf1 Rxf7 25.Bxf7+ Kg7 26.Rg1 Qxg5 27.Rxg5+ Kxf7 28.bxc3 e5 1-0

(429) Mikhail Tal - Luc Winants [A04]
Brussels 43/39 Bagirov,V Brussels 43/39 Bagirov,V, 1987

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bf4 d6 8.Nf3 g6 9.Qd2 Bg7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.Bh6 0-0 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.b3 Nb4 14.Nd4 Na6 15.f3 Nc5 16.0-0 a6 17.Rfd1 Ng8 18.Bf1 Ba8 19.Rac1 Qc7 20.b4 Nd7 21.a3 Qb8 22.Nd5 e6 23.Ne3 Rfd8 24.Qb2 Ngf6 25.Rc2 h5 26.Rcd2 Kh7 27.Nxe6 fxe6 28.Rxd6 e5 29.g3 Rc7 30.Bh3 Qa7 31.Rxf6 b5 32.c5 Nxc5 33.Rxd8 Nxe4 34.fxe4 Qxe3+ 35.Qf2 Rc1+ 36.Bf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Qc1+ 1-0

(430) Robert Huebner - Mikhail Tal [D38]
Brussels 5' Brussels 5', 1987

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 c5 8.a3 cxd4 9.exd4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nc6 12.0-0 0-0 13.Qe2 b6 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.Qe4 Rfd8 16.Rfe1 Rac8 17.Rac1 g6 18.Qe3 Kg7 19.Be4 Na5 20.Bxb7 Nxb7 21.Ne5 h5 22.Qd3 Nd6 23.a4 Rc7 24.a5 bxa5 25.Qa6 Nf5 26.Qxa5 Rdc8 27.Qb4 Qg5 28.Nf3 Qf4 29.h3 g5 30.Ne5 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Qb2 Rh8 33.g3 Qh6 34.Kf1 Nxg3+ 35.fxg3 0-1

(431) Mikhail Tal - Robert Huebner [C07]
Brussels 5' Brussels 5', 1987

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 a6 11.b3 Qc7 12.Bb2 Bd6 13.Nf3 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.h3 0-0 16.Qe2 h6 17.Ne5 Rfd8 18.f4 Bc5+ 19.Kh2 Bd4 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Rad1 Rad8 22.Qe3 R4d6 23.c4 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Rd5 25.Ne5 a5 26.Rc1 Qd6 27.Be2 Rd4 28.Nc4 Qb4 29.Bf3 Rd3 30.Qe2 Bxf3 31.Rxf3 Rxf3 32.Qxf3 a4 33.Ne5 axb3 34.axb3 Nd5 35.Nc6 Qa3 36.Rd1 Re8 37.f5 Qd6+ 38.Qg3 Qxc6 39.Re1 Qc7 40.Re5 f6 41.Rxe6 Qxg3+ 42.Kxg3 Rxe6 43.fxe6 Kf8 44.Kg4 g6 45.h4 h5+ 46.Kf3 Ke7 47.g4 Kxe6 48.gxh5 gxh5 49.Ke4 f5+ 50.Kd4 Ne7 51.b4 Nc6+ 52.Kc5 Nxb4 53.Kxb4 f4 54.Kc4 Kf5 55.Kd3 Kg4 56.Ke2 0-1

(432) Jon Loftur Arnason - Mikhail Tal [B82]
Jurmala 44/288 Tal,M Jurmala 44/288 Tal,M, 1987

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Kh1 Qc7 10.a4 Rd8 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.Nb3 b6 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.g4 d5 15.e5 Nd7 16.Be3 Ndxe5 17.fxe5 d4 18.Nd5 Rxd5 19.Bxd5 dxe3 20.Be4 Nxe5 21.Qg2 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Rd8 23.Rad1 g6 24.Rxd8+ Bxd8 25.Nd4 Nc4 26.Rd1 Nxb2 27.Re1 Nc4 28.Nf3 Bf6 29.Rd1 g5 30.Kg2 Qf4 31.Qxf4 gxf4 32.Rd7 h6 33.Rc7 b5 34.axb5 axb5 35.Rc5 e5 36.g5 hxg5 37.Rxb5 g4 38.Rb8+ Kg7 39.Ne1 Bh4 40.Rc8 Nd2 0-1

(433) Mikhail Tal - Johann Hjartarson [C97]
Reykjavik 43/449 Tal,M Reykjavik 43/449 Tal,M, 1987

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.d5 Nb4 17.Bb1 a5 18.a3 Na6 19.b4 g6 20.Bd2 axb4 21.axb4 Qb7 22.Bd3 Nc7 23.Nc2 Nh5 24.Be3 Ra8 25.Qd2 Rxa1 26.Nxa1 f5 27.Bh6 Ng7 28.Nb3 f4 29.Na5 Qb6 30.Rc1 Ra8 31.Qc2 Nce8 32.Qb3 Bf6 33.Nc6 Nh5 34.Qb2 Bg7 35.Bxg7 Kxg7 36.Rc5 Qa6 37.Rxb5 Nc7 38.Rb8 Qxd3 39.Ncxe5 Qd1+ 40.Kh2 Ra1 41.Ng4+ Kf7 42.Nh6+ Ke7 43.Ng8+ 1-0

(434) Mikhail Tal - Miguel A Quinteros [E76]
St del Esterol 07, 1987

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5 8.Bd3 Qxc5 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Be3 Qa5 11.0-0 Nc6 12.a3 Nd7 13.b4 Qh5 14.Rac1 Nd4 15.Qf2 Nxf3+ 16.gxf3 Bh3 17.Rfd1 a6 18.Kh1 f5 19.Nd5 Rf7 20.c5 fxe4 21.fxe4 Raf8 22.Nxe7+ Rxe7 23.cxd6 Ree8 24.Bc4+ Kh8 25.Rd5 Qg4 26.Rg1 Qe6 27.Rd4 Qf6 28.Qg3 Be6 29.e5 Qf7 30.Bf1 Bd5+ 31.Bg2 Bxg2+ 32.Qxg2 b5 33.Qd5 Qf5 34.Rc1 Rf7 35.Qe4 Qh3 36.Rd3 Nxe5 37.fxe5 Rxe5 38.d7 Rxe4 39.d8Q+ Rf8 40.Qxf8+ Bxf8 41.Bd4+ Rxd4 42.Rxh3 Be7 43.Rc6 Kg7 44.Rxa6 h5 45.Rb6 h4 0-1

(435) Mikhail Tal - Dimitri Gurevich [A15]
St John St John, 1988

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bd3 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.Bc2 0-0 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.b3 Rfe8 13.Bb2 g6 14.Nf3 a6 15.Kh1 Bf8 16.Rae1 Bg7 17.Ba1 Rac8 18.a4 d5 19.e5 Nh5 20.Ng5 dxc4 21.b4 f6 22.Nxh7 f5 23.Ng5 Bh6 24.Nxe6 Rxe6 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.Qxh5 Rf8 27.Re3 Kh7 28.Rg3 Qc6 29.Ne2 Rg8 30.Qxf5+ Reg6 31.Rg1 Nf8 32.Nd4 Qe4 33.Rxg6 Rxg6 34.Qxe4 Bxe4 35.f5 Rg5 36.e6 Rg8 37.f6 Be3 38.f7 Rg5 39.e7 Bxg1 40.Kxg1 Rxg2+ 41.Kf1 Ng6 42.e8Q Rg4 43.Qg8+ Kh6 44.f8Q+ Nxf8 45.Qxg4 Bd3+ 46.Ke1 Ng6 47.Nf5+ Kh7 48.Qh5+ Kg8 49.Qxg6+ 1-0

(436) Mikhail Tal - Ljubomir Ljubojevic [D51]
Wijk aan Zee 45/478 (Tal,M) Wijk aan Zee 45/478 (Tal,M), 1988

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.cxd5 exd5 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 0-0 9.Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11.Rae1 g6 12.Ne5 Ne6 13.f4 Ng7 14.f5 Bxf5 15.Bxf5 Nxf5 16.Rxf5 gxf5 17.Qxf5 Qc8 18.Qf3 Qe6 19.Bh6 Bf8 20.Bxf8 Rxf8 21.e4 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Rxe4 f5 24.Rh4 Rf6 25.Qf4 Re8 26.Rh3 Re7 27.Re3 Qd5 28.Rg3+ Kh8 29.Qh4 Ree6 30.Qf4 Qe4 31.Qd2 f4 32.Rd3 c5 33.Nd7 Rg6 34.Nf8 c4 35.Nxg6+ Rxg6 36.Rc3 b5 37.d5 Rg5 38.Rc2 Rxd5 39.Qc3+ Kg8 40.Rc1 Rd3 41.Re1 Rxc3 42.Rxe4 Rc2 0-1

(437) Mikhail Tal - Boris Spassky [B09]
Glenrothes Glenrothes (5), 1988

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 Bxb5 9.exf7+ Kd7 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxd4 13.Qxd4 Nc6 14.Qc4 Rhf8 15.Bd2 Qf5 16.h3 Nh6 17.0-0-0 Qxf7 18.Qb5 Rab8 19.g4 a6 20.Qa4 Ng8 21.Be3 Nf6 22.g5 Nh5 23.Nd5 Qf5 24.Rhe1 Rf7 25.Ba7 Rbf8 26.Qb3 b5 27.Qa3 Nxf4 28.Nxe7 b4 29.Qxa6 Rxe7 30.Qb7+ Ke8 31.Qxc6+ Qd7 32.Rxe7+ Kxe7 33.Qe4+ Ne6 34.Bd4 Rf5 35.Bf6+ Kf7 36.Qxb4 Nxg5 37.Bxg5 Rxg5 38.Qxd6 Qxd6 39.Rxd6 Rg1+ 40.Kd2 Rg2+ 41.Kc3 h5 42.a4 g5 43.a5 Rg3+ 44.Rd3 Rg1 45.b4 Ke6 46.b5 Ra1 47.Kb4 Kf5 48.b6 g4 49.hxg4+ hxg4 50.Kb5 Kf4 51.b7 Rb1+ 52.Kc6 g3 53.Rxg3 Kxg3 54.a6 Kf4 55.a7 Ke5 56.b8Q+ 1-0

(438) Mikhail Tal - Jonathan Speelman [B08]
Reykjavik WCup Reykjavik WCup, 1988

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 0-0 6.0-0 c5 7.d5 Na6 8.Re1 Nc7 9.Bf4 b5 10.Nxb5 Nxe4 11.Nxc7 Qxc7 12.Bc4 Nf6 13.h3 Re8 14.Rb1 a5 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Re3 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Qxa6 18.Rbe1 Kf8 19.Ng5 Qb7 20.c4 Qb4 21.Qe2 h6 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.Rb3 Qa4 24.Qe6+ Kf8 25.Rb7 Qxc4 26.Bxd6 Ng8 27.Re3 Bf6 28.Rf3 Kg7 29.Bxe7 Rxe7 30.Rxe7+ Nxe7 31.Qxf6+ Kg8 32.Qf7+ Kh8 33.Qxe7 Qxd5 34.Rf7 1-0

(439) Mikhail Tal - Jan Timman [B63]
Brussels Brussels, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 0-0 10.e5 dxe5 11.Qxe5 Bd7 12.h4 Qe8 13.Rh3 Bc6 14.Rg3 Qb8 15.Qe3 Rd8 16.Bf4 Rxd1+ 17.Nxd1 Qf8 18.Be5 Nh5 19.Rg4 f5 20.Rc4 Nf6 21.Bd4 Bd5 22.Ra4 Ng4 23.Qe2 Bxh4 24.Nc3 Bc6 25.Rxa7 Rd8 26.Bb6 Re8 27.a3 Qd6 28.g3 Bd8 29.Nb5 Qd7 30.Bc5 Qd5 31.Qc4 Qh1 32.Nd6 Bd5 33.Qe2 Be7 34.Nxe8 Bxc5 35.Ra8 Kf7 36.Nc7 Bxf2 37.Nxd5 Qxd5 38.Kb1 Qh1 39.Ka2 Qd5+ 40.c4 Qc6 41.Bh3 Bd4 42.Bg2 Qc7 43.Qd3 Bb6 44.Bf1 Ne3 45.Be2 e5 46.Qb3 Bc5 47.Qb5 Kf6 48.Qe8 Be7 49.Qg8 e4 50.Qxh7 Qxg3 51.Ra5 Qe1 52.Rb5 Qxe2 53.Rb6+ Kf7 54.Qg6+ Kf8 55.Rxb7 Qxc4+ 56.Ka1 Qf1+ 57.Ka2 Qc4+ 58.Ka1 Qc1+ 59.Ka2 Qc8 60.Qb6 Qc4+ 0-1

(440) Alexander Beliavsky - Mikhail Tal [B09]
Brussels 45/138 Mikhalchishin,A Brussels 45/138 Mikhalchishin,, 1988

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.e5 Ng4 8.e6 Bxb5 9.exf7+ Kd7 10.Nxb5 Qa5+ 11.Nc3 cxd4 12.Nxd4 h5 13.h3 Nc6 14.Nde2 Nh6 15.Be3 Raf8 16.Qd3 Nf5 17.Bf2 Rxf7 18.0-0-0 h4 19.Kb1 Rc8 20.Qe4 b6 21.a3 Nd8 22.Rhe1 Qa6 23.Nd4 Qc4 24.Nd5 Bxd4 25.Bxd4 e6 26.Ne3 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 Rxf4 28.Qxg6 Rf1 29.Ree1 Rxe1 30.Qg7+ Ke8 31.Qh8+ Kd7 32.Qg7+ Ke8 33.Rxe1 Qxc2+ 34.Ka1 Qd2 35.Bc3 Qf2 36.Rd1 Qf7 37.Qh8+ Kd7 38.Qxh4 Nc6 39.g4 e5 40.g5 Rg8 41.Qg3 Qh5 42.Qd3 Rg6 43.h4 Re6 44.Rh1 e4 45.Qa6 d5 46.Rc1 Kd6 47.Be1 Qe8 48.h5 Ke5 49.Qf1 e3 50.Bg3+ Ke4 51.Qf4+ 1-0

(441) Gyula Sax - Mikhail Tal [B63]
Brussels 45/236 Sax,Gy; Hazai,L Brussels 45/236 Sax,Gy; Hazai,, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.h4 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Bxe7 Ndxe7 14.Bd3 e5 15.h5 Bf5 16.h6 Bxd3 17.cxd3 Nb4 18.Qg5 Ng6 19.hxg7 Nxd3+ 20.Kb1 Nf2 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Rf1 f6 23.Qf5 Kxg7 24.Nc1 Nf4 25.Qc2 N2d3 26.g3 Nb4 27.Qh2 Ng6 28.Rh1 h5 29.Qe2 Rh8 30.Qe4 Nc6 31.Rd1 Rd8 32.Nd5 Qf2 33.Qf5 Rd6 34.Nf4 Rxd1 35.Qxg6+ Kf8 36.Qxf6+ Ke8 37.Qe6+ Ne7 38.Nxh5 Rxc1+ 39.Kxc1 Qg1+ 40.Kd2 Qh2+ 41.Ke3 Qxh5 42.Ke4 Qh7+ 0-1

(442) Mikhail Tal - Andrei Sokolov [E04]
Brussels WC 12, 1988

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.0-0 Nc6 7.Ne5 Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4 9.Naxc4 Bc5 10.Qb3 0-0 11.Bf4 Qc8 12.Rfd1 Rd8 13.Rac1 Nd5 14.Nxf7 Kxf7 15.Ne5+ Nxe5 16.Bxe5 b6 17.Qf3+ Kg8 18.Qg4 g6 19.Be4 Be8 20.b4 Nxb4 21.Bxa8 Qxa8 22.Qxe6+ Bf7 23.Qf6 Kf8 24.Qh8+ Ke7 25.Bf6+ Kd7 26.Bxd8 Nc6 27.Bf6 Qxh8 28.Bxh8 Bxa2 29.e3 a5 30.Bxd4 Nxd4 31.exd4 Bd6 32.d5 a4 33.Rc6 Bc5 34.Rc1 Bd4 35.R6c4 Bxc4 36.Rxc4 b5 37.Rxd4 a3 38.Rd1 b4 39.Ra1 Kd6 40.Kf1 Kxd5 41.Ke2 1-0

(443) Mikhail Tal - NN [B77]
Chicago Chicago, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.h4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.h5 Nbc4 13.Qe2 Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bd7 16.0-0-0 e6 17.f4 Qb6 18.f5 gxf5 19.exf5 Kh8 20.Rhf1 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 e5 22.Qh6 Qxd4 23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Nd5 Rfe8 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.h6 e4 27.f6 Rg8 28.Qg7+ Rxg7 29.hxg7+ Kg8 30.Ne7# 1-0

(444) Jan Timman - Mikhail Tal [D44]
m/2 Hilversum 46/563 Tal,M, 1988

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 11.g3 Bb7 12.Bg2 Qb6 13.exf6 0-0-0 14.0-0 c5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Qe2 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Bh6 18.h4 Bxg5 19.hxg5 Qc6+ 20.f3 Rh5 21.a4 b4 22.Nb5 Kb7 23.Rad1 Nd3 24.Qe3 Qb6 25.Qe4+ Kb8 26.g4 Rh4 27.Kg3 Rdh8 28.Rxd3 cxd3 29.Qe5+ Ka8 30.Qe4+ Kb8 31.Qe5+ Ka8 32.g6 Rh3+ 33.Kf4 a6 34.Qe4+ Kb8 35.Qe5+ Ka8 36.Qe4+ Kb8 37.Qd4 Qxd4+ 38.Nxd4 fxg6 39.Rd1 1-0

(445) Mikhail Tal - Yuri Balashov [B46]
Moscow 30' Speed Tou Moscow 30' Speed Tou, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d6 8.0-0 Nf6 9.f4 Be7 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.e5 Nc5 12.exd6 Qxd6 13.Bc4 0-0 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Bd4 Nd7 16.Ne4 c5 17.Bc3 Nb6 18.Rf3 f6 19.Ba5 Kh8 20.Nc3 Qc6 21.Bxb6 Qxb6 22.Re1 Bd6 23.Rh3 f5 24.Rxh7+ Kxh7 25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Rxe6 Qb4 27.Rh6+ 1-0

(446) Mikhail Tal - Jaan Ehlvest [C99]
Moscow 30' Speed Tou Moscow 30' Speed Tou, 1988

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bd7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Ne3 Nc6 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Nb4 19.Bb3 Bd6 20.Bd2 Nd3 21.Ba5 Qxa5 22.Qxd3 f6 23.Rac1 g6 24.Rc6 Bb4 25.d6+ Kg7 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Qd5 Bxe1 28.Qf7+ Kh6 29.Qxf6 Qd8 30.Qxe5 Qe8 31.Qf4+ Kg7 32.Qd4+ Kh6 33.g4 g5 34.h4 gxh4 35.Qf6+ Qg6 36.g5+ Kh5 37.Bf7 1-0

(447) Alexander Chernin - Mikhail Tal [B07]
St John St John, 1988

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7 7.h3 e5 8.Be3 Re8 9.Nbd2 d5 10.dxe5 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Re1 Nc5 16.Bc4+ Be6 17.Bxe6+ Qxe6 18.Nd4 Qd7 19.Qc2 Nd3 20.Re3 c5 21.Ne2 Rad8 22.Ng3 Qd5 23.Qe2 Nf4 24.Qg4 Rf8 25.Nxe4 h5 26.Qg3 Qf5 27.Rae1 b6 28.h4 c4 29.Qg5 Qxg5 30.hxg5 Nd3 31.R1e2 Nc1 32.Re1 Nd3 33.Rb1 Rf5 34.b3 cxb3 35.axb3 Nf4 36.Rbe1 Nd3 37.Rd1 Rf4 38.Nf6+ Kf7 39.Rdxd3 Rxd3 40.Rxd3 Ke6 41.f3 Rf5 42.Ne4 Ra5 43.c4 Ke5 44.Kf2 Kf4 45.g3+ Ke5 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Kf4 Ra1 48.Rd6+ Kf7 49.Rc6 Rb1 50.Ke5 Rxb3 51.Rc7+ Ke8 52.Rh7 Rxf3 53.Ke6 Kd8 54.Nd6 Re3+ 55.Kd5 Re7 56.Rh8+ Kd7 57.Ra8 Kc7 58.Rxa7+ Kd8 59.Rxe7 Kxe7 60.Kc6 Ke6 61.Kxb6 Kxd6 62.c5+ Ke5 63.c6 Kf5 64.c7 Kg4 65.c8Q+ Kxg3 66.Qe6 h4 67.Qxg6 h3 1-0

(448) Mikhail Tal - Rafael Vaganian [A13]
St John Blitz St John, 1988

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Qb3 Bd6 8.d3 Rb8 9.a4 b6 10.Na3 a6 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Bb7 13.Bxb7 Rxb7 14.Nac4 Bc7 15.Na5 Rb8 16.Nc6 Qe8 17.Nxb8 Nxb8 18.Nc4 Nc6 19.Be3 Nd5 20.Rfd1 f5 21.d4 f4 22.gxf4 Qh5 23.dxc5 b5 24.axb5 axb5 25.Nb6 Rxf4 26.Nxd5 Rg4+ 27.Kf1 Qxh2 28.Ke1 Ba5+ 29.Rxa5 Nxa5 30.Nf6+ Kf7 31.Rd7+ Kxf6 32.Qc3+ Qe5 33.Bd4 Rxd4 34.Qxd4 Qxd4 35.Rxd4 Nb3 36.c6 1-0

(449) Mikhail Tal - Artur Yusupov [C43]
St John St John, 1988

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.0-0 0-0 7.c4 Bxe5 8.dxe5 Nc6 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.Qc2 Nb4 11.Bxe4 Nxc2 12.Bxd5 Bf5 13.g4 Bxg4 14.Na3 Nxa1 15.Bf4 Rad8 16.Bxb7 Rd1 17.Rxd1 Bxd1 18.Be4 Rd8 19.f3 Be2 20.Bg5 Rd1+ 21.Kf2 Bd3 22.Bxd3 Rxd3 23.Nb5 Rd5 24.Nxc7 Rxe5 25.Be3 Nc2 26.Bxa7 Ra5 27.Bb6 Rxa2 28.Nd5 Rxb2 29.Kg3 Ne1 30.Ne7+ Kh8 31.Bf2 Nd3 32.Bd4 Rb5 33.f4 f6 34.Kf3 Nb4 35.Nc8 Kg8 36.Be3 Rh5 37.Kg3 Nd5 38.Bd2 g6 39.Nd6 1-0

(450) Rafael Vaganian - Mikhail Tal [A07]
St John St John, 1988

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.0-0 0-0 5.c4 c5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nc6 8.Nc3 d6 9.Nc2 Rb8 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Bd7 12.Qd2 b5 13.Ne3 bxc4 14.Nxc4 Na5 15.Ne3 Be6 16.Rac1 Qb6 17.Rc2 Rfc8 18.Rfc1 Bxb3 19.axb3 Nxb3 20.Ncd5 Rxc2 21.Qxc2 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Qd8 23.Rb1 Nc5 24.Bxg7 Rxb1+ 25.Qxb1 Kxg7 26.Qb2+ f6 27.Qb6 Qxb6 28.Nxb6 Kf7 29.Bd5+ e6 30.Bc6 Ke7 31.Kf1 d5 32.Na4 Nb3 33.e3 Kd6 34.Bb7 a5 35.Ba6 d4 36.Ke2 dxe3 37.Kxe3 e5 38.h4 Nd4 39.Bc4 Nf5+ 40.Kd3 Ne7 41.Nc3 f5 42.Bf7 Kc5 43.h5 gxh5 44.Bxh5 Nc6 45.Bf7 Nb4+ 46.Ke3 Nc2+ 47.Kd2 Nd4 48.f4 exf4 49.gxf4 Kd6 50.Bh5 Nb3+ 51.Kd3 Nc5+ 52.Ke3 Ne6 53.Bf7 Nc5 54.Nb5+ Ke7 55.Bc4 h5 56.Kd4 Nd7 57.Bf1 Kf6 58.Nc3 Nf8 59.Ke3 Ne6 60.Nd5+ Kg6 61.Bh3 a4 62.Ne7+ Kf6 63.Nxf5 a3 0-1

(451) Mikhail Tal - Sveshnikov [D32]
Tallinn Tallinn, 1988

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 c5 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 0-0 10.0-0 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.Bb3 Ra7 13.Qd3 Rd7 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.Rfe1 h6 16.Bh4 g5 17.Bg3 Na5 18.Bxe6 Bxf3 19.Qg6+ Kh8 20.Qxh6+ Nh7 21.Bf5 1-0

(452) Magaram Magomedov - Mikhail Tal [B87]
Tallinn 07, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3 b5 8.0-0 Be7 9.Qf3 Qc7 10.Qg3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6 12.Re1 Bb7 13.f3 h5 14.h3 h4 15.Qf2 Nh5 16.Be3 Bf6 17.Rad1 Be5 18.Ne2 Ng3 19.Nd4 Qc7 20.a4 b4 21.Qd2 Rb8 22.Bf2 Rh6 23.f4 Nxe4 24.Rxe4 Bxe4 25.fxe5 dxe5 26.Nf3 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Rd8 28.Qxd8+ Qxd8 29.Rxd8+ Kxd8 30.Kh2 Kc7 31.a5 Rf6 32.Kg2 g5 33.Bc5 Rf4 34.Be3 Rf5 35.Bc4 1-0

(453) Evgeny Vladimirov - Mikhail Tal [A56]
Tallinn 10, 1988

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 0-0 6.Nf3 d6 7.h3 a6 8.a4 e6 9.Bd3 exd5 10.exd5 Re8+ 11.Be3 Nh5 12.0-0 Nd7 13.Qd2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Bh6 Bxh6 16.Qxh6 Bxh3 17.gxh3 Qh4 18.Kh2 Rg5 19.Ne2 Re8 20.Rae1 Rxe2 21.Bxe2 Qf4+ 22.Kh1 Qe4+ 23.f3 Qh4 24.Qxg5 Qxg5 25.Rg1 Qd2 26.Kg2 Nf4+ 27.Kf1 Nxh3 28.Rg4 h5 29.Re4 Qg5 30.Bd1 Qg1+ 31.Ke2 Qf2+ 32.Kd3 Qxb2 0-1

(454) Mikhail Tal - Gennadi Zaitshik [B82]
Tbilisi 46/305 Tal,M; Gufeld,E Tbilisi 46/305 Tal,M; Gufeld,E, 1988

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Qf3 Qb6 8.a3 Nc6 9.Nb3 Qc7 10.Bd3 Be7 11.Bd2 0-0 12.0-0 b5 13.Rae1 b4 14.Nd5 exd5 15.exd5 Bg4 16.Qg3 Nxd5 17.Qxg4 Nf6 18.Qh3 d5 19.a4 Rfe8 20.Kh1 a5 21.Qf3 Bd6 22.c4 bxc3 23.Bxc3 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Bb4 25.Bxf6 Bxe1 26.Qh5 gxf6 27.Qxh7+ Kf8 28.Qh8+ Ke7 29.Qxa8 Bf2 30.Bb5 Nd4 31.Qe8+ Kd6 32.Qf8+ Ke6 33.Nc5+ Kf5 34.Bd7+ Ne6 35.Qxf7 Qxc5 36.Qxe6+ Kxf4 37.Qxf6+ Ke3 38.Qg5+ Kd3 39.Be6 Kc4 40.Qf4+ Bd4 41.Qc1+ Kb4 42.Qxc5+ Kxc5 43.b3 Kd6 44.Bc8 Ke5 45.g3 Ke4 46.Kg2 Bc5 47.Bb7 Bb4 48.h4 Bc3 49.Kh3 Be1 50.g4 Ke5 51.g5 d4 52.Ba6 Bb4 53.Kg4 Ke4 54.g6 Bf8 55.Kg5 1-0

(455) Mikhail Tal - Miller [C55]
Simul Chicago, 1988

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Qd5+ Be6 8.Qxe4 Be7 9.0-0 d5 10.Qd3 Qd7 11.Re1 Raf8 12.Nc3 Ke8 13.Ng5 Bc5 14.Nxe6 Bxf2+ 15.Kh1 Bxe1 16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.Bg5 Nb4 18.Qe2 Nxc2 19.e6 Qd6 20.Nb5 Qe5 21.h4 Qg3 22.Rd1 Rf2 23.Qxf2 Bxf2 24.Rxd5 Qxh4+ 25.Bxh4 Bxh4 26.Nxc7+ Kf8 27.Rf5+ Bf6 28.Rd5 a5 29.Rd7 Nb4 30.Rf7+ Kg8 31.Rxf6 Nc6 32.Rf7 g6 33.e7 1-0

(456) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Beliavsky [B56]
Aker Brygge 1, 1989

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bc4 0-0 9.0-0 Be6 10.Bb3 Na5 11.Qe2 Qc8 12.Rfd1 Nc4 13.Bc1 h6 14.Nh4 Qc5 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qg3 Bxd1 17.Nf5 Bg4 18.Nxe7+ Kh7 19.Qh4 Nb6 20.Bxh6 gxh6 21.Qxf6 Nd7 22.Qh4 Be6 23.Ncd5 Rae8 24.Rd1 Qa5 25.Nf6+ Nxf6 26.Qxf6 d5 27.exd5 1-0

(457) Simen Agdestein - Mikhail Tal [A40]
Aker Brygge 2, 1989

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.0-0 b5 7.c4 bxc4 8.Nfd2 Ba6 9.Nxc4 Bxc4 10.Qa4+ Nbd7 11.Qxc4 0-0 12.Nc3 Rb8 13.Rb1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Ne5 15.Qa4 Qxa4 16.Nxa4 Nc4 17.Be1 Nd7 18.b3 Na3 19.Rc1 Rfc8 20.Bh3 Rc7 21.Ba5 Rcb7 22.Rfd1 Nb5 23.Rd2 Nd4 24.Kg2 Nf6 25.e3 Nb5 26.f3 Na3 27.Rdd1 Nd7 28.Kf2 Nb6 29.Nc3 Nbc4 30.Nb1 Nxa5 31.Nxa3 Bb2 32.Nc4 Nxb3 33.Rb1 Nd4 34.Rd2 Bc3 35.Rxb7 Rxb7 36.Rd3 Ba1 37.exd4 Bxd4+ 38.Ke2 Rb4 39.Nd2 Rb2 40.a3 Ra2 41.Kd1 Ra1+ 42.Kc2 Ra2+ 43.Kb3 Rb2+ 44.Ka4 Bg1 45.Bd7 Bxh2 46.f4 f5 47.Ka5 Bxg3 48.Rxg3 Rxd2 49.Bxf5 Kf7 50.Be6+ Kf6 51.Ka6 c4 52.a4 Rd3 53.Rg1 Ra3 54.Bd7 e5 55.fxe5+ Kxe5 56.Bc6 c3 57.Kxa7 c2 58.Kb6 Kd4 59.a5 Kc3 60.a6 Kb2 61.a7 c1Q 62.Rxc1 Kxc1 63.a8Q Rxa8 64.Bxa8 g5 65.Kc7 g4 66.Kxd6 g3 67.Kc7 g2 68.d6 g1Q 69.d7 Qg3+ 70.Kc8 Qc3+ 71.Kb7 Qb4+ 72.Kc7 Qa5+ 73.Kb7 Qd8 0-1

(458) Oliver Reeh - Mikhail Tal [B32]
Deutschland Cup 02, 1989

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 0-0 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.b3 a6 13.f3 Rfc8 14.a4 Qb4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Qxd2+ 17.Kxd2 Bd7 18.a5 e6 19.dxe6 Bxe6 20.b4 Rc7 21.Rc2 Rac8 22.Rhc1 h5 23.g3 Be5 24.f4 Bg7 25.Bd3 Kf8 26.Bb6 Rd7 27.Re1 Re8 28.b5 Bf6 29.Bf1 Kg7 30.Bh3 d5 31.c5 axb5 32.Bf1 b4 33.Bb5 b3 34.Rxe6 Rxe6 35.Bxd7 Re7 36.a6 bxc2 37.Kxc2 bxa6 38.c6 Re2+ 39.Kd3 Rb2 40.c7 Rb3+ 41.Kd2 Rxb6 42.c8Q Rb2+ 43.Kc1 Rxh2 44.Qxa6 Rh1+ 45.Kd2 Rh2+ 46.Ke1 Rh1+ 47.Kf2 Rh2+ 48.Kg1 Rc2 49.Bb5 Rc1+ 50.Kg2 Rc2+ 51.Be2 d4 52.Kf3 Rc3+ 53.Bd3 Rc7 54.Qb5 Re7 55.Kg2 1-0

(459) Miodrag Todorcevic - Mikhail Tal [C44]
Marseille 03, 1989

1.e4 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Be2 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.c3 a5 8.a4 0-0 9.Re1 Re8 10.Bf1 b6 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Qb3 Nf4 13.Ne4 Be6 14.Qc2 Nd5 15.g3 h6 16.Bg2 Qd7 17.Ned2 Rad8 18.Nc4 Ndb4 19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.Qc3 Qxd3 21.Na3 e4 22.Qxd3 Nxd3 23.Rxe4 Nxc1 24.Rxc1 Bxb2 25.Rxc7 Rd1+ 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Nxe1 Bxa3 28.Nd3 Rd8 29.Bf1 Bf5 30.Rc3 Bb4 31.Rb3 Rd4 32.f3 Bd7 33.Kf2 Bxa4 34.Rb2 Be7 35.Ke3 Rd6 36.Ne5 Rd1 37.Bc4 Re1+ 38.Re2 Bc5+ 39.Kd3 Rxe2 40.Kxe2 Kg7 41.Nxf7 Be7 42.Ne5 Bd6 0-1

(460) Gilles Andruet - Mikhail Tal [C02]
Marseille 05, 1989

1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bd7 6.Be2 f6 7.0-0 Qb6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.b4 Be7 10.Bf4 Qc7 11.exf6 Qxf4 12.fxg7 Bf6 13.g3 Qd6 14.gxh8Q Bxh8 15.Ng5 Nh6 16.b5 Ne7 17.Bh5+ Kd8 18.a4 Kc7 19.Ra2 Rg8 20.f4 e5 21.Nf7 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Nxf7 23.Bxf7 Rf8 24.fxe5 Bh3 25.e6 d4 26.c4 Nf5 27.Rff2 d3 28.Qxd3 Rd8 29.Qf3 Qe5 30.Rfc2 Ne3 31.Rd2 Nxc4 32.Qf4 Nxd2 33.Rxd2 Qxf4 34.gxf4 Rxd2 35.Nxd2 Kd6 36.Ne4+ Ke7 37.Nf2 Bf5 38.Kg2 b6 39.Nd1 Bc2 40.Ne3 Bxa4 41.Nd5+ Kd6 42.Ne3 Bxb5 43.Nf5+ Kc5 44.Bg8 Bc4 45.e7 Bb5 46.Bf7 a5 47.e8Q Bxe8 48.Bxe8 b5 49.Kf3 b4 50.Bf7 Kb5 51.Ke4 a4 52.Nd4+ Kc5 53.Ne6+ Kc4 54.Nc7+ Kc5 55.Be8 a3 56.Bf7 Kc6 57.Na8 Bf6 58.Bd5+ Kb5 59.Bb3 Kc6 60.Bd5+ Kb5 61.Bb3 Kc6 62.Kf5 Bd8 63.Ke6 Kc5 64.Ke5 Be7 65.h3 Bd6+ 66.Ke4 Kc6 67.Bd5+ Kb5 68.f5 Ka6 69.f6 Ka7 70.Kf5 b3 71.Bxb3 Kxa8 72.Ke6 Bb4 1-0

(461) Guerra - Mikhail Tal [E97]
Sevilla Sevilla, 1989

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 0-0 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 a5 10.a3 Nd7 11.Rb1 f5 12.b4 Nf6 13.c5 Kh8 14.cxd6 cxd6 15.b5 Bh6 16.Bd3 Bd7 17.Bb2 Rc8 18.exf5 gxf5 19.Nc4 Be8 20.b6 Bh5 21.Be2 Rxc4 22.Bxh5 Qxb6 23.Bc1 Qxb1 24.Nxb1 Rxc1 25.Qf3 Rfc8 26.g3 Rxf1+ 27.Kxf1 Rc1+ 28.Kg2 Rxb1 29.Qd3 Rb2 30.Bf3 b5 31.Qc3 Rd2 32.Kg1 Nfxd5 33.Bxd5 Rxd5 34.Qxa5 Bg5 35.h4 Bf6 36.Kg2 Kg7 37.Qd8 Kf7 38.Qd7 e4 39.Kf1 Be5 40.Qb7 Ke6 41.Ke2 Bd4 42.f3 exf3+ 43.Kxf3 h5 44.Qa8 Be5 45.Qe8 Rd3+ 46.Ke2 Rxa3 47.Qxb5 Rxg3 48.Qe8 Rg6 49.Kf3 Bf6 50.Qb5 Rg4 51.Qb3+ Nd5 52.Qb7 Rf4+ 53.Kg2 Rxh4 54.Qc8+ Ke5 55.Qe8+ Be7 56.Qh8+ Ke4 57.Qa8 Rg4+ 58.Kh3 f4 59.Qe8 f3 60.Qa4+ Ke5 61.Qa1+ Ke6 62.Qe1+ Kd7 63.Qf1 f2 64.Qb5+ Ke6 65.Qe2+ Kf6 66.Kh2 Rf4 67.Qxh5 f1Q 0-1

(462) Mikhail Tal - Eduard Meduna [B17]
BL 8990 ;BL 1989, 1990

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5 7.N1f3 cxd4 8.0-0 Qb6 9.Bc4 e6 10.Re1 Be7 11.Nxf7 Qc7 12.Bxe6 Nc5 13.Bc4 b5 14.Qxd4 bxc4 15.Bf4 Qb6 16.Nxh8 Be6 17.Ng5 Rd8 18.Qxc5 Qxc5 19.Nxe6 Qb6 20.Bc7 1-0

(463) Mikhail Tal - Stefan Mohr [B06]
GER 49/181 Tal,M GER 49/181 Tal,M, 1990

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 0-0 7.Qd2 Ng4 8.Bg1 e5 9.d5 Nb8 10.h3 Nf6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bc5 Re8 13.0-0-0 c6 14.dxc6 Qa5 15.cxb7 Bxb7 16.Ba3 Nc6 17.Bc4 Rad8 18.Qf2 Nd4 19.Ng5 Rd7 20.Bb5 Nxb5 21.Rxd7 Bc6 22.Rxf7 Nxc3 23.Rxf6 Nxe4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Qe2 Bxg2 26.Ra6 Qd5 27.Rd1 Qb7 28.Qc4+ Kh8 29.Re6 Rc8 30.Re7 Rxc4 31.Rd8+ 1-0

(464) Vasil Spassov - Mikhail Tal [C07]
Manila izt Manila izt, 1990

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nfxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.Nxd4 Bd7 12.Bf4 Be7 13.Rad1 0-0 14.Be2 Rac8 15.c4 Rfd8 16.b3 Rc5 17.Be3 Rcc8 18.Bf4 Rc5 19.Rfe1 Be8 20.Bf3 b6 21.h3 Rd7 22.a4 Rc8 23.Nb5 a5 24.Rxd7 Bxd7 25.Nd6 Bxd6 26.Bxd6 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Rxc6 28.Be7 Ne8 29.Rd1 Rc7 30.Ba3 f6 31.Rd8 Kf7 32.Rb8 Rc6 33.Bc1 Nd6 34.Be3 Nxc4 35.bxc4 Rxc4 36.Rb7+ Kg8 37.Rxb6 e5 38.Rb8+ Kf7 39.Rb7+ Kg8 40.Ra7 Rxa4 41.g3 Ra1+ 42.Kg2 a4 43.Bc5 Rc1 44.Bb4 Ra1 45.h4 h5 46.Kf3 Ra2 47.Ke3 Ra1 48.Ke4 Rd1 49.Bc5 Rc1 50.Kd5 Rd1+ 51.Ke6 Rc1 52.Be7 Rc4 53.Ra8+ Kh7 1-0

(465) Mikhail Gurevich - Mikhail Tal [D34]
Manila izt ;CBM 19 02, 1990

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Qa4 Ne5 14.Rcd1 Bd7 15.Qb3 Bc6 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Bd4 Rb8 18.Qc2 Qa5 19.Qf5 Rxb2 20.Nxd5 Rxe2 21.Nxf6+ gxf6 22.Be4 Bg7 23.Qh7+ Kf8 24.Rc1 f5 25.Bxc6 Re7 26.Bb5 Nf3+ 27.Kg2 Nxd4 28.Rc8+ Re8 29.Bxe8 Qd5+ 30.Kh3 Rxe8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Qxg7 Qe4 33.f4 Ne6 34.Qe5 Qc2 35.Rf3 Kf8 36.Rb3 Kg8 37.Rb8+ Kh7 38.Rh8+ Kg6 39.Rg8+ Kh5 40.g4# 1-0

(466) Johann Hjartarson - Mikhail Tal [B63]
Manila izt 49/232 Tal,M Manila izt 49/232 Tal,M, 1990

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.Be2 a6 10.h4 Bd7 11.h5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 h6 13.Be3 Bc6 14.f4 b5 15.Bf3 Qa5 16.a3 Rab8 17.Bd2 Qc7 18.g4 Nd7 19.g5 hxg5 20.h6 Bf6 21.Qf2 g6 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxg5 Be7 24.Ne4 Bxe4 25.Bxe4 Qc4 26.h7+ Kh8 27.Qg2 Nc5 28.Bb4 Qa2 29.c3 Rbc8 30.Bxc5 Bxc5 31.Qg3 Bxa3 32.bxa3 Qxa3+ 33.Kd2 Rfd8+ 34.Ke1 Rxd1+ 35.Kxd1 Qa4+ 0-1

(467) Mikhail Tal - Spiro Barry [B14]
New Jersey New Jersey, 1990

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.cxd5 Bg7 7.Bc4 0-0 8.Nf3 Na6 9.0-0 Nc7 10.Re1 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 a6 13.Bf4 b5 14.Bb3 Nce8 15.a4 b4 16.Na2 a5 17.Nc1 Nc7 18.Nd3 Ncxd5 19.Be5 e6 20.Rac1 Ra7 21.Rc6 Qa8 22.Rec1 Ne7 23.Bxf6 Bxf6 24.Qxf6 Nxc6 25.d5 Qd8 26.Qf4 e5 27.Qe3 Nd4 28.Nxe5 Nxb3 29.Qxb3 Qg5 30.Nd3 Rd8 31.Rc5 Qd2 32.Qc4 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Qe2 34.Qd4 Qe7 35.Ne5 Qd6 36.f4 Ra6 37.Nc4 Qd7 38.b3 Qa7 39.Ne5 f6 40.Ng4 Rc6 41.Nxf6+ Kf7 42.Ne4 Qb6 43.dxc6 Rxd4 44.c7 Rxe4 45.c8Q Qd6 46.Qb7+ Re7 47.Qd5+ Qxd5 48.Rxd5 Re3 49.Rxa5 h5 1-0

(468) Mikhail Tal - Ram Soffer [E11]
Tel Aviv 06, 1990

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Be2 h6 10.Bh4 Qe7 11.b4 g5 12.Bg3 Ne4 13.Qc2 Nxg3 14.hxg3 c5 15.Qa4 g4 16.Nh4 h5 17.Rd1 cxd4 18.Rxd4 a5 19.Qd1 axb4 20.axb4 Nf6 21.Rxd6 Nd5 22.c5 bxc5 23.Bb5+ Kf8 24.Rd7 Qf6 25.0-0 Bc8 26.Rxd5 exd5 27.Qxd5 Rb8 28.Qxc5+ Kg7 29.Bc6 Ba6 30.b5 Bb7 31.Nf5+ Kg6 32.Nd6 Bxc6 33.bxc6 Rbd8 34.Rd1 h4 35.c7 hxg3 36.fxg3 Rd7 37.Rd4 Qe6 38.Re4 Qxd6 39.Rxg4+ Kh6 40.Qg5+ 1-0

(469) Mikhail Tal - Roman Dzindzichashvili [B30]
Blitz New York (USA), 1991

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 e6 7.Nc3 Qd6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.0-0 Be7 10.Re1 0-0 11.Bg5 Rd8 12.Qe2 Nb4 13.Bc4 Bd7 14.Rad1 Bc6 15.Ne5 Bd5 16.Nxd5 Nbxd5 17.Rd3 h6 18.Bc1 Rac8 19.Rg3 Kf8 20.Bb3 Rc7 21.Qf3 Rdc8 22.Bd2 a6 23.Rxg7 Kxg7 24.Bxh6+ Kh7 25.Qh3 Ng8 26.Bf8+ 1-0

(470) Mikhail Tal - Sascha Lorenz [A25]
BL 9091 70, 1991

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Rb1 d6 6.b4 Bf5 7.b5 Bxb1 8.bxc6 Bf5 9.cxb7 Rb8 10.c5 dxc5 11.Ba3 c6 12.Bxc5 Qc7 13.Qa4 Bd7 14.Ne4 Bf8 15.Bxf8 Kxf8 16.Nc5 Rxb7 17.Nxb7 Qxb7 18.Nf3 Qb1+ 19.Qd1 Qxd1+ 20.Kxd1 f6 21.Kc2 Nh6 22.Rb1 Ke7 23.Rb7 Kd6 24.d3 Ra8 25.Nd2 f5 26.Nc4+ Ke6 27.Nxe5 Bc8 28.Rxh7 Kxe5 29.Rxh6 Be6 1-0

(471) Mikhail Tal - S Neurohr [A15]
BL 9091 71, 1991

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Rb1 e5 8.b4 e4 9.Ne1 Re8 10.d3 Bf5 11.b5 Nd4 12.e3 Bg4 13.f3 exf3 14.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Bh3 16.Bxb7 Bxf1 17.Qxf1 Rb8 18.Bc6 Re5 19.e4 Qc8 20.Be3 Ng4 21.Bxa7 Nxh2 22.Qe2 Rh5 23.Nd5 Qh3 24.Qg2 Qg4 25.Kf2 Rb6 26.Ke3 Rh3 27.Rg1 Rxg3+ 28.Qxg3 Nf1+ 29.Rxf1 Qxg3+ 30.Ke2 Bd4 31.e5 Qxe5+ 32.Kd1 Qh5+ 33.Kd2 Qh2+ 34.Kd1 Qxa2 35.Bxb6 Qb1+ 36.Ke2 Qc2+ 37.Ke1 cxb6 38.Rf3 Qc1+ 39.Ke2 Qc2+ 40.Ke1 Kg7 41.Nxb6 Bc3+ 42.Kf1 Qd1+ 43.Kg2 Qe2+ 44.Rf2 Qg4+ 45.Kf1 Qd1+ 46.Kg2 Bd4 47.Rf3 Qg1+ 48.Kh3 Be5 0-1

(472) Mikhail Tal - Oscar Panno [B43]
Buenos Aires NAJ 12, 1991

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3 Nf6 8.0-0 Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Na4 Ba7 11.c4 d6 12.Rc1 Nxd3 13.Qxd3 Bd7 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Rfd1 Rfc8 16.b3 Ne8 17.Nf3 Bxe3 18.Qxe3 b6 19.Qf4 Bc6 20.Nb5 Bxb5 21.cxb5 Qb7 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.e5 dxe5 24.Nxe5 Nf6 25.bxa6 Qxa6 26.Nc6 Re8 27.Qc7 Qe2 28.Rd8 Qe1+ 29.Kh2 Qxf2 30.Ne5 Qf4+ 31.Kg1 Qe3+ 32.Kh1 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 Qxe5+ 34.Qxe5 Rxd8 35.Qc7 1-0

(473) Feibert - Mikhail Tal [A46]
Leningrad op Leningrad op, 1991

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bf4 b6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.h3 d6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Bh2 Rad8 12.Bf1 Qc8 13.a4 a6 14.Qb1 Qa8 15.Bd3 e5 16.e4 cxd4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 g6 19.b4 Rfe8 20.Ra3 Bf8 21.f3 Ne5 22.Bf1 d5 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.f4 Rxe4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Nc2 a5 27.Bb5 axb4 28.Nxb4 Bc5+ 29.Kh1 e3 30.Re2 Rd2 31.Rxd2 exd2 0-1

(474) F Feibert - Mikhail Tal [A46]
Leningrad op Leningrad op, 1991

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bf4 b6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nbd2 0-0 7.h3 d6 8.Be2 Bb7 9.0-0 Nbd7 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Bh2 Rad8 12.Bf1 Qc8 13.a4 a6 14.Qb1 Qa8 15.Bd3 e5 16.e4 cxd4 17.cxd4 exd4 18.Nxd4 g6 19.b4 Rfe8 20.Ra3 Bf8 21.f3 Ne5 22.Bf1 d5 23.Bxe5 Rxe5 24.f4 Rxe4 25.Nxe4 dxe4 26.Nc2 a5 27.Bb5 axb4 28.Nxb4 Bc5+ 29.Kh1 e3 30.Re2 Rd2 31.Rxd2 exd2 32.Rb3 0-1

(475) Yuri S Gusev - Mikhail Tal [A19]
Moscow 51/19 Tal,M Moscow 51/19 Tal,M, 1991

1.e4 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d5 6.e5 Nd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Bb5 Nd4 9.Bd3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3 c4 11.Bc2 d4 12.Ne4 d3 13.Bd1 Nc5 14.Qe3 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bc5 16.b3 Bf5 17.Qxb7 0-0 18.Bb2 Bd4 19.Bc3 Rb8 20.Qxb8 Qxb8 21.Bxd4 Rd8 22.Bc3 Qb6 23.Bf3 h5 24.b4 Rd4 25.0-0 Rxf4+ 26.Kh1 h4 27.Bd5 Rf2 28.h3 g6 29.Rxf2 Qxf2 30.a4 Qb6 31.b5 Qc5 32.Bc6 g5 33.a5 g4 34.hxg4 Bxg4 35.Rb1 Bc8 36.Be4 Qf2 37.b6 axb6 38.axb6 Kf8 39.b7 Bxb7 40.Bxb7 Qg3 41.Bc8 Qf2 42.Bh3 Kg8 43.e6 fxe6 44.Bxe6+ Kh7 45.Bxc4 Qf5 46.Rb7+ Kh6 47.Rb6+ Kh7 48.Rf6 Qe4 49.Bf7 Qe1+ 50.Kh2 Qg3+ 51.Kg1 h3 52.Bd5 Qe1+ 53.Kh2 hxg2 54.Bxg2 Qh4+ 55.Bh3 Qe1 56.Rf3 Kh6 57.Bf1 Kg5 58.Bxd3 Kg4 59.Kg2 Kh4 60.Re3 Qc1 61.Bf6+ 1-0

(476) Sergey Kiselev - Mikhail Tal [B08]
Moscow URS ch 6, 1991

1.d4 d6 2.e4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.h3 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Qe7 10.Nd2 Nd4 11.Bc4 c6 12.Ne2 b5 13.Bd3 Ne6 14.a4 Rd8 15.Qb1 Nh5 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Bxb5 Nhf4 18.Rd1 Qg5 19.Ng3 Nd4 20.Bf1 Be6 21.c3 Nc6 22.Ra6 Rac8 23.Nf3 Qe7 24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.b4 h5 26.b5 Nb8 27.Rxa7 Rxc3 28.b6 Nc6 29.b7 Rb3 30.Qxb3 Bxb3 31.Ra8 Ne6 32.Bb6 Qf8 33.Rc8 Ba4 34.Bc4 Bf6 35.Bxe6 fxe6 36.Rxf8+ Kxf8 37.Bc7 1-0

(477) Patrick Wolff - Mikhail Tal [C78]
San Francisco 52/335 Wolff,P San Francisco 52/335 Wolff,P, 1991

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.c3 Nxe4 8.d4 Na5 9.Nxe5 Nxb3 10.Qxb3 Qf6 11.f3 Nc5 12.Ng4 Nxb3 13.Nxf6+ gxf6 14.Re1+ Be7 15.axb3 d6 16.Bf4 Kd7 17.Nd2 a5 18.Nf1 Bd5 19.c4 Bc6 20.Ne3 a4 21.d5 Bb7 22.Ra3 Rhb8 23.cxb5 axb3 24.Rxb3 Ra4 25.g3 Ba6 26.Nf5 Bd8 27.Re4 Ra1+ 28.Kf2 Rxb5 29.Rxb5 Bxb5 30.Rb4 Bd3 31.Nd4 Ra5 32.Ke3 Bb1 33.Nb5 f5 34.Nc3 Ba2 35.b3 Bf6 36.Kd3 Bxc3 37.Kxc3 Bb1 38.Rd4 Ra2 39.Rd1 Rc2+ 40.Kb4 Rb2 41.Rc1 Ba2 42.Ka3 Rxh2 43.Ra1 Bxb3 44.Kxb3 Rf2 45.Rh1 Rxf3+ 46.Kc4 Ke7 47.Rxh7 Kf6 48.Rh8 Rf2 49.Rc8 Rc2+ 50.Kd3 Rc5 51.Kd4 Ke7 52.Bg5+ f6 53.Bf4 Rc2 54.Rh8 Kf7 55.Rh1 1-0

(478) Mikhail Tal - John A Grefe [C18]
San Francisco 1, 1991

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 dxc3 11.Bf4 Nbc6 12.Qd3 Rg4 13.Qf3 Rh4 14.g3 Rh8 15.Qxc3 Ng6 16.Nd4 Nxf4 17.Nb5 Qb6 18.gxf4 Bd7 19.a4 d4 20.Qa3 Qa5+ 21.Kd1 0-0-0 22.Nd6+ Kb8 23.Rb1 Bc8 24.Bg2 Qa6 25.Qc5 Ka8 26.Qb5 Qxb5 27.axb5 Rxd6 28.bxc6 Rxc6 29.Bxc6 bxc6 30.h4 c5 31.Rb5 Bb7 32.Rh3 c4 33.Rb4 Bg2 34.Rg3 Bd5 35.h5 a5 36.Ra3 1-0

(479) Mikhail Tal - Ramos Domingo [B90]
Tyskland Tyskland, 1991

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Qc7 7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 e6 9.Be3 Be7 10.f4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 e5 12.Qd3 exf4 13.Rxf4 Be6 14.Bd4 d5 15.Rxf6 dxe4 16.Nxe4 gxf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxf6 Rg8 19.Qxh7 Kf8 20.Qh6+ Ke8 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.c3 Qc5+ 23.Bd4 Qf5 24.Bxb7 Rc7 25.Rf1 Qc2 26.Bf3 Qxb2 27.Qh7 Rg6 28.Rd1 Qc2 29.Qh8+ 1-0

(480) Mikhail Tal - Joel Lautier [A46]
it it, 1992

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.Bg5 Qb6 7.a4 a6 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Nxe4 Bxe4 10.axb5 Qxb5 11.Qd2 f6 12.Bf4 Qb7 13.c4 cxd4 14.Qxd4 e5 15.Bxe5 fxe5 16.Qxe5+ Be7 17.Nd4 Bxg2 18.Nf5 Qb4 19.Kxg2 Nc6 20.Qxg7 0-0-0 21.Rxa6 Qb7 22.Rfa1 Nb4+ 23.Kg1 Nxa6 24.Qxe7 Qb6 25.Qa3 Rhf8 26.Nd6+ Kc7 27.Qxa6 Ra8 28.Qxb6+ Kxb6 29.Rd1 Ra2 30.Rd2 Kc6 31.f3 Rfa8 32.Nb5 R8a4 33.Rc2 Kc5 34.Nc3 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 Rxc4 36.Rd2 Ra7 37.e4 Kc6 38.Ke3 Rb7 39.Rc2 d6 40.Kd3 Rc5 41.f4 Rb4 42.g4 Kd7 43.g5 Ke6 44.h4 d5 45.Nxd5 Rxc2 46.Nxb4 Rxb2 47.Nc2 Rb3+ 48.Kc4 Rh3 49.Nd4+ Kf7 50.f5 Rxh4 51.Kd5 Rg4 52.Nf3 Rg3 53.Ne5+ Kg8 54.f6 Rxg5 55.Ke6 Rg1 56.f7+ Kg7 57.Nd7 Rf1 58.f8Q+ Rxf8 59.Nxf8 h6 60.Nd7 h5 61.Ne5 h4 62.Nf3 1-0

(481) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir Akopian [B30]
Barcelona 54/190 Akopian,V Barcelona 54/190 Akopian,V, 1992

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.0-0 Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 c4 8.d4 cxd3 9.Bg5 e6 10.Qxd3 Be7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.c4 0-0 14.Nc3 Kh8 15.Rad1 Rg8 16.Qe3 Qf8 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.f4 Bd7 19.b3 Bd8 20.Nf3 b5 21.Qa7 Bc7 22.Qxa6 bxc4 23.b4 Qg7 24.g3 d5 25.exd5 Bxf4 26.Kf2 f5 27.gxf4 Qxc3 28.Qd6 Ba4 29.Rd4 Rg7 30.dxe6 Bc6 31.Ng5 Rxg5 32.Qe5+ Rg7 33.Rd8+ Rxd8 34.Qxc3 f6 35.e7 Ra8 36.Qxf6 Be4 37.Rg1 Rxa2+ 38.Ke1 1-0

(482) Josif D Dorfman - Mikhail Tal [E38]
Barcelona 54/541 Dorfman,I Barcelona 54/541 Dorfman,I, 1992

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Qc7 6.a3 Bxc5 7.b4 Be7 8.Nb5 Qc6 9.Nf3 d6 10.Nfd4 Qd7 11.Bb2 b6 12.Rd1 Bb7 13.Nf3 d5 14.e4 0-0 15.e5 Nh5 16.cxd5 Bxd5 17.Nc3 Qc7 18.Rxd5 exd5 19.Qf5 Rd8 20.Qxh5 d4 21.Nd1 d3 22.e6 fxe6 23.Qg4 Bf8 24.Qxe6+ Kh8 25.Ne5 1-0

(483) Mikhail Tal - Auer Martin [A46]
Cologne 07, 1992

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0-0 Be7 6.c4 c5 7.Nc3 cxd4 8.exd4 d6 9.d5 e5 10.Ng5 Nbd7 11.f4 Nc5 12.fxe5 dxe5 13.Bxh7 Ba6 14.Bd3 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Qc7 16.Qg3 Qxc4 17.Be3 Bd6 18.Ne6 fxe6 19.Qg6+ Kf8 20.Rxf6+ gxf6 21.Qxf6+ Kg8 22.Qg6+ Kf8 23.Bh6+ Rxh6 24.Qxh6+ Ke8 25.Qg6+ Kf8 26.Qf6+ Ke8 27.dxe6 Qf4 28.Qg6+ Kd8 29.Rd1 e4 30.Qg8+ Kc7 31.Nd5+ 1-0

Mikhail Tal

(1) Ratmir Kholmov - Mikhail Tal [D44] Riga Riga, 1949

(2) Mikhail Tal - Israel Zilber [C07] Riga Riga, 1949

(3) Lavrinenko - Mikhail Tal [B59] Riga Riga, 1950

(4) Mikhail Tal - N Darsniek [C98] Riga Riga, 1950

(5) Mikhail Tal - Pliss [C99] Riga Riga, 1950

(6) Ivanov - Mikhail Tal [C90] URS URS, 1950

(7) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Tal [D31] Riga (Latvia) It, 1951

(8) Igor Blek - Mikhail Tal [B07] Latvia Latvia, 1952

(9) Mikhail Tal - Robert Skuja [E67] Latvia Latvia, 1952

(10) Klevetzki - Mikhail Tal [B28] Riga Riga, 1952

(11) Marks Pasman - Mikhail Tal [E92] Riga Riga, 1952

(12) Mikhail Tal - Karlis Klasup [A80] Riga Riga, 1952

(13) Mikhail Tal - Lozov [E18] Riga Riga, 1952

(14) Mikhail Tal - Alexandru Sorin Segal [B07] Riga Riga, 1952

(15) Janis Klovans - Mikhail Tal [C99] URS URS, 1952

(16) Mikhail Tal - Teodor Zeid [D15] URS URS, 1952

(17) Mikhail Tal - Igor Zhdanov [C84] URS URS, 1952

(18) Mikhail Tal - Israel Zilber [B56] URS URS, 1952

(19) Isaak Birbrager - Mikhail Tal [A70] Kharkov Kharkov, 1953

(20) Mikhail Tal - Neron Valiev [D45] Kharkov Kharkov, 1953

(21) Mikhail Tal - Marks Pasman [B93] LAT-ch Tal LAT-ch Tal, 1953

(22) Karlis Klasup - Mikhail Tal [E62] Riga Riga, 1953

(23) Mikhail Tal - Straume [C84] Riga Riga, 1953

(24) Udris - Mikhail Tal [E00] Riga Riga, 1953

(25) Mikhail Tal - Artur Darznieks [D94] URS URS, 1953

(26) Mikhail Tal - Peteris Kampenus [C67] URS URS, 1953

(27) Mikhail Tal - Boris Spassky [A17] Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1954

(28) Mikhail Tal - Mark Taimanov [C16] Riga tt Riga tt, 1954

(29) Artur Darznieks - Mikhail Tal [D40] Latvia Latvia, 1954

(30) Janis Kliavin - Mikhail Tal [B71] Latvia ch Latvia ch, 1954

(31) Paschaian Melik - Mikhail Tal [C41] Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1954

(32) Mikhail Tal - Rein Toomas Etruk [E25] Riga Riga, 1954

(33) Mikhail Tal - Visockiss [E87] Riga Riga, 1954

(34) Vladimir Saigin - Mikhail Tal [A31] Riga 08, 1954

(35) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [A07] URS URS, 1954

(36) Niebult - Mikhail Tal [E92] URS URS, 1954

(37) Mikhail Tal - Aivars Gipslis [C15] Tournament Riga (Latvia), 1955

(38) Aivars Gipslis - Mikhail Tal [B30] Tournament Vilnius (Lithuania), 1955

(39) Mikhail Tal - Viktor Korchnoi [C83] Riga Riga, 1955

(40) Alexander Arulaid - Mikhail Tal [B88] Lugansk Lugansk, 1955

(41) Igor Blek - Mikhail Tal [C05] Riga Riga, 1955

(42) Dmitry Osipovich Rovner - Mikhail Tal [C05] Riga Riga, 1955

(43) Mikhail Tal - Evgeni Vasiukov [B36] Riga Riga, 1955

(44) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [E65] Riga 12, 1955

(45) Mikhail Tal - Semyon Abramovich Furman [B67] Riga 17, 1955

(46) Chukayev - Mikhail Tal [E92] Riga sf-ch-URS Riga sf-ch-URS, 1955

(47) Mikhail Tal - Solovyev [E86] Riga sf-ch-URS Riga sf-ch-URS, 1955

(48) Mikhail Tal - Karlis Klasup [E41] URS URS, 1955

(49) Mikhail Tal - Robert Skuja [E67] URS URS, 1955

(50) A Ostrauskas - Mikhail Tal [C77] Vilnius Vilnius, 1955

(51) Mikhail Tal - Janis Klovans [D45] Vilnius 11, 1955

(52) Mikhail Tal - Viacheslav Ragozin [D15] Ch URS Leningrad (Russia), 1956

(53) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir Simagin [B06] Ch URS Leningrad (Russia), 1956

(54) Boris Spassky - Mikhail Tal [E80] Leningrad ch-SU Leningrad ch-SU, 1956

(55) Mikhail Tal - Tolush [B97] Leningrad Leningrad, 1956

(56) Mikhail Tal - Anatoly Bannik [C75] Leningrad 07, 1956

(57) Alexander Buslaev - Mikhail Tal [A64] Tbilisi Tbilisi, 1956

(58) Egor Chukaev - Mikhail Tal [E75] Tbilisi Tbilisi, 1956

(59) Abram Khasin - Mikhail Tal [B88] URS-ch23 Leningrad URS-ch23 Leningrad, 1956

(60) Janusz Szukszta - Mikhail Tal [E86] Uppsala Uppsala, 1956

(61) Mikhail Tal - M T Mora Iturralde [A56] Uppsala Uppsala, 1956

(62) Paul Keres - Mikhail Tal [E10] Moskva ch-SU (14.02.57) 16, 1957

(63) Romani Elio - Mikhail Tal [A64] Italien Italien, 1957

(64) Mikhail Tal - Konstantin Klaman [B61] Moscow URS ch 15, 1957

(65) Bukhuti Gurgenidze - Mikhail Tal [A78] Moscow URS ch 18, 1957

(66) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [E63] Moscow URS ch 4, 1957

(67) Mikhail Tal - Raphael Persitz [E79] Reykjavik Reykjavik, 1957

(68) Mikhail Tal - Atanas Stefanov Kolarov [B94] Reykjavik 05, 1957

(69) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Koblents [B63] Riga ;MAINB Riga ;MAINB, 1957

(70) Mikhail Tal - Rudolf Teschner [C79] Vienna Vienna, 1957

(71) Mikhail Tal - Efim Geller [C96] Riga ch-SU Riga ch-SU (12), 1958

(72) Alexander Kotov - Mikhail Tal [E69] URS 25ch Riga 10, 1958

(73) Berhold - Mikhail Tal [E79] Munich Munich, 1958

(74) Mikhail Tal - Georgi P Tringov [B96] Munich Munich, 1958

(75) Alfred Beni - Mikhail Tal [B20] Munich olm Munich olm, 1958

(76) Mikhail Tal - Harry Golombek [B12] Munich olm Munich olm, 1958

(77) Mikhail Tal - Oscar Panno [C92] Portoroz izt 17, 1958

(78) Aleksandar Matanovic - Mikhail Tal [B94] Portoroz izt 4, 1958

(79) Mikhail Tal - Miroslav Filip [C98] Portoroz izt 5, 1958

(1) Ratmir Kholmov - Mikhail Tal [D44]
Riga Riga, 1949

(2) Mikhail Tal - Israel Zilber [C07]
Riga Riga, 1949

(3) Lavrinenko - Mikhail Tal [B59]
Riga Riga, 1950

(4) Mikhail Tal - N Darsniek [C98]
Riga Riga, 1950

(5) Mikhail Tal - Pliss [C99]
Riga Riga, 1950

(6) Ivanov - Mikhail Tal [C90]
URS URS, 1950

(7) Viacheslav Ragozin - Mikhail Tal [D31]
Riga (Latvia) It, 1951

(8) Igor Blek - Mikhail Tal [B07]
Latvia Latvia, 1952

(9) Mikhail Tal - Robert Skuja [E67]
Latvia Latvia, 1952

(10) Klevetzki - Mikhail Tal [B28]
Riga Riga, 1952

(11) Marks Pasman - Mikhail Tal [E92]
Riga Riga, 1952

(12) Mikhail Tal - Karlis Klasup [A80]
Riga Riga, 1952

(13) Mikhail Tal - Lozov [E18]
Riga Riga, 1952

(14) Mikhail Tal - Alexandru Sorin Segal [B07]
Riga Riga, 1952

(15) Janis Klovans - Mikhail Tal [C99]
URS URS, 1952

(16) Mikhail Tal - Teodor Zeid [D15]
URS URS, 1952

(17) Mikhail Tal - Igor Zhdanov [C84]
URS URS, 1952

(18) Mikhail Tal - Israel Zilber [B56]
URS URS, 1952

(19) Isaak Birbrager - Mikhail Tal [A70]
Kharkov Kharkov, 1953

(20) Mikhail Tal - Neron Valiev [D45]
Kharkov Kharkov, 1953

(21) Mikhail Tal - Marks Pasman [B93]
LAT-ch Tal LAT-ch Tal, 1953

(22) Karlis Klasup - Mikhail Tal [E62]
Riga Riga, 1953

(23) Mikhail Tal - Straume [C84]
Riga Riga, 1953

(24) Udris - Mikhail Tal [E00]
Riga Riga, 1953

(25) Mikhail Tal - Artur Darznieks [D94]
URS URS, 1953

(26) Mikhail Tal - Peteris Kampenus [C67]
URS URS, 1953

(27) Mikhail Tal - Boris Spassky [A17]
Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1954

(28) Mikhail Tal - Mark Taimanov [C16]
Riga tt Riga tt, 1954

(29) Artur Darznieks - Mikhail Tal [D40]
Latvia Latvia, 1954

(30) Janis Kliavin - Mikhail Tal [B71]
Latvia ch Latvia ch, 1954

(31) Paschaian Melik - Mikhail Tal [C41]
Leningrad tt Leningrad tt, 1954

(32) Mikhail Tal - Rein Toomas Etruk [E25]
Riga Riga, 1954

(33) Mikhail Tal - Visockiss [E87]
Riga Riga, 1954

(34) Vladimir Saigin - Mikhail Tal [A31]
Riga 08, 1954

(35) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [A07]
URS URS, 1954

(36) Niebult - Mikhail Tal [E92]
URS URS, 1954

(37) Mikhail Tal - Aivars Gipslis [C15]
Tournament Riga (Latvia), 1955

(38) Aivars Gipslis - Mikhail Tal [B30]
Tournament Vilnius (Lithuania), 1955

(39) Mikhail Tal - Viktor Korchnoi [C83]
Riga Riga, 1955

(40) Alexander Arulaid - Mikhail Tal [B88]
Lugansk Lugansk, 1955

(41) Igor Blek - Mikhail Tal [C05]
Riga Riga, 1955

(42) Dmitry Osipovich Rovner - Mikhail Tal [C05]
Riga Riga, 1955

(43) Mikhail Tal - Evgeni Vasiukov [B36]
Riga Riga, 1955

(44) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [E65]
Riga 12, 1955

(45) Mikhail Tal - Semyon Abramovich Furman [B67]
Riga 17, 1955

(46) Chukayev - Mikhail Tal [E92]
Riga sf-ch-URS Riga sf-ch-URS, 1955

(47) Mikhail Tal - Solovyev [E86]
Riga sf-ch-URS Riga sf-ch-URS, 1955

(48) Mikhail Tal - Karlis Klasup [E41]
URS URS, 1955

(49) Mikhail Tal - Robert Skuja [E67]
URS URS, 1955

(50) A Ostrauskas - Mikhail Tal [C77]
Vilnius Vilnius, 1955

(51) Mikhail Tal - Janis Klovans [D45]
Vilnius 11, 1955

(52) Mikhail Tal - Viacheslav Ragozin [D15]
Ch URS Leningrad (Russia), 1956

(53) Mikhail Tal - Vladimir Simagin [B06]
Ch URS Leningrad (Russia), 1956

(54) Boris Spassky - Mikhail Tal [E80]
Leningrad ch-SU Leningrad ch-SU, 1956

(55) Mikhail Tal - Tolush [B97]
Leningrad Leningrad, 1956

(56) Mikhail Tal - Anatoly Bannik [C75]
Leningrad 07, 1956

(57) Alexander Buslaev - Mikhail Tal [A64]
Tbilisi Tbilisi, 1956

(58) Egor Chukaev - Mikhail Tal [E75]
Tbilisi Tbilisi, 1956

(59) Abram Khasin - Mikhail Tal [B88]
URS-ch23 Leningrad URS-ch23 Leningrad, 1956

(60) Janusz Szukszta - Mikhail Tal [E86]
Uppsala Uppsala, 1956

(61) Mikhail Tal - M T Mora Iturralde [A56]
Uppsala Uppsala, 1956

(62) Paul Keres - Mikhail Tal [E10]
Moskva ch-SU (14.02.57) 16, 1957

(63) Romani Elio - Mikhail Tal [A64]
Italien Italien, 1957

(64) Mikhail Tal - Konstantin Klaman [B61]
Moscow URS ch 15, 1957

(65) Bukhuti Gurgenidze - Mikhail Tal [A78]
Moscow URS ch 18, 1957

(66) Anatoly Bannik - Mikhail Tal [E63]
Moscow URS ch 4, 1957

(67) Mikhail Tal - Raphael Persitz [E79]
Reykjavik Reykjavik, 1957

(68) Mikhail Tal - Atanas Stefanov Kolarov [B94]
Reykjavik 05, 1957

(69) Mikhail Tal - Alexander Koblents [B63]
Riga ;MAINB Riga ;MAINB, 1957

(70) Mikhail Tal - Rudolf Teschner [C79]
Vienna Vienna, 1957

(71) Mikhail Tal - Efim Geller [C96]
Riga ch-SU Riga ch-SU (12), 1958

(72) Alexander Kotov - Mikhail Tal [E69]
URS 25ch Riga 10, 1958

(73) Berhold - Mikhail Tal [E79]
Munich Munich, 1958

(74) Mikhail Tal - Georgi P Tringov [B96]
Munich Munich, 1958

(75) Alfred Beni - Mikhail Tal [B20]
Munich olm Munich olm, 1958

(76) Mikhail Tal - Harry Golombek [B12]
Munich olm Munich olm, 1958

(77) Mikhail Tal - Oscar Panno [C92]
Portoroz izt 17, 1958

(78) Aleksandar Matanovic - Mikhail Tal [B94]
Portoroz izt 4, 1958

(79) Mikhail Tal - Miroslav Filip [C98]
Portoroz izt 5, 1958

(80) Mikhail Tal - Geza Fuster [B17]
Portoroz izt 9, 1958