[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Klavins"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "36"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nxe4 6.Bxe4 c5
7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Kf1 Nc6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.g3 Bd7 12.a3 Bd6
13.b4 e5 14.dxe5 Bxe5 15.Ra2 Bh3+ 16.Kg1 Rd8 17.Qe2 Nd4
18.Nxd4 Qxc1+ 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatole Parnas"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 Qe8 11.Nbd2 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3
Bxf3 14.Qxf3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6 16.Rad1 exd4 17.Bg5 Ne5 18.Qg3
Nh5 19.Qh4 f6 20.g4 fxg5 21.Qxh5 g6 22.Qh6 Nf7 23.Bb3 Kh8
24.Bxf7 Qxf7 25.Rf1 Qf4 26.Nb3 Bf6 27.Nxd4 Be5 28.Nf3 Qxf3
29.Qxg5 Qxh3 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonov"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.h3 h6 6.Bf4 e6 7.Nf3
Bd6 8.Bxd6 Qxd6 9.c3 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Qe2 Re8 12.Ne5 Qc7
13.f4 Nxe5 14.fxe5 Nh7 15.Qh5 Re7 16.Na3 a6 17.Nc2 Qd7 18.Ne3
Qe8 19.Rf6 Qf8 20.Rf4 Bd7 21.Ng4 Be8 22.Nf6+ Nxf6 23.exf6 Rc7
24.fxg7 Kxg7 25.Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "M Strelkov"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 c5 7.c3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 a6 9.Bd3 Nc5 10.Bc2 e5 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.Ndf5 O-O
13.Bg5 Bc7 14.Rd1 Ncd7 15.Nh5 Bb6 16.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Josif Israel Zilber"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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.O-O-O O-O 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

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "C Weldon"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Bd2
Bxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.f4 a6 10.Qf3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.c4 Ne7
13.Bd3 c5 14.Qg3 g6 15.O-O Bd7 16.Be4 Bc6 17.Bf3 O-O-O 18.Bc3
Nf5 19.Qf2 Nd4 20.Rad1 Bxf3 21.gxf3 Nf5 22.Rb1 Rd7 23.Qe2 Rhd8
24.Rb2 Nd4 25.Qf2 Qc6 26.Ba5 Re8 27.c3 Qa4 28.cxd4 Qxa5
29.dxc5 Red8 30.Rfb1 Rd2 31.Qe3 R8d3 32.Qe4 Qxc5+ 33.Kh1 Rd1+
34.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 35.Kg2 Qg1+ 36.Kh3 Qf1+ 37.Kh4 Qe1+ 38.Qxe1 Rxe1
39.Kg5 Rd1 40.Kf6 Rd7 41.Rb6 Rc7 42.Rb2 Rxc4 43.Kxf7 Rxf4+
44.Kxe6 Rxf3 45.Rd2 b5 46.Ke7 b4 47.e6 a5 48.Ke8 a4 49.Rd4 b3
50.Rc4+ Kb7 51.Rxa4 bxa2 52.Rxa2 g5 53.Rc2 g4 54.Rc5 Rh3
55.Rg5 Rxh2 56.Rxg4 Rf2 57.Rh4 Rf6 58.Rxh7+ Kc8 59.e7 Rf1
60.Rf7 Rh1 61.Kf8 Rh8+ 62.Kg7+ Re8 63.Rf8 Kd7 64.Rxe8 Kxe8
65.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Semi  Finals Youth Championship"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nevitsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O d6 6. d3 O-O
7. Bg5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bh4 Qe7 10. Qd2 Nd8 11. Rfe1 c6
12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bb3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Ne6 15. d4 Nf4 16. g3 Ng6
17. c4 Rfd8 18. Ra4 a6 19. c3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rb4 Ra5
22. c4 Rda8 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Qc3 Nxh4 25. Nxh4 g6 26. Nf3 Ng4
27. h3 exd4 28. Nxd4 Nf6 29. Nc6 Qc7 30. Rc1 R5a6 31. f3 d5
32. e5 Ra2 33. Rxb5 Nh5 34. Rxd5 Nxg3 35. Rd2 Ne2+ 36. Rxe2
Rxe2 37. Qc5 Kh7 38. Kf1 Raa2 39. Nd4 Qxc5 40. Rxc5 Red2
41. Rc1 Rxd4 42. Ke1 Rdd2 43. b4 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Latvian jr Champ"]
[Site "Latvian jr Champ"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Klavins"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.Nb3 Be6 10.O-O Qc8 11.Qd2 Rd8 12.Rad1 Ng4
13.Bxg4 Bxg4 14.Ne2 Qe6 15.f5 Qxe4 16.Rf4 Qe5 17.Rxg4 Qxb2
18.fxg6 hxg6 19.a4 Ne5 20.Rb4 Rdc8 21.Nbd4 Qa2 22.Nc3 Qa3
23.Rb3 Qc5 24.Nf5 Nc4 25.Bxc5 Nxd2 26.Nxe7+ Kh7 27.Rxd2 Rxc5
28.Ncd5 b6 29.Rh3+ Bh6 30.Rd4 Kg7 31.Rdh4 Rh8 32.g4 f6 33.Nf4
g5 34.Rh5 gxf4 35.Nf5+ Kg6 36.Rxh6+ Rxh6 37.Rxh6+ Kg5 38.h3
Rxc2 39.Rh7 f3 40.Rxa7 Kf4 41.Re7 Ra2 42.Re6 Ra1+ 43.Kf2 Ra2+
44.Kf1 Ra1+ 45.Re1 Rxa4 46.Nxd6 Kg3 47.Ne4+ Kxh3 48.Nxf6 Kh4
49.Re5 Ra5 50.Re6 Kg5 51.Kf2 Ra4 52.Kg3 Kg6 53.Rxb6 f2 54.Ne4
1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jullik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2
e5 8.d3 Ne8 9.b3 f5 10.Bg5 Nef6 11.Qd2 Qe8 12.Rac1 c6 13.Bh6
Nc5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.b4 Ne6 16.Ng5 Nxg5 17.Qxg5 h6 18.Qd2 g5
19.e3 Be6 20.f4 Qh5 21.b5 Rac8 22.Rb1 Rc7 23.bxc6 bxc6 24.Rb2
Qf7 25.Rfb1 g4 26.Na4 h5 27.fxe5 dxe5 28.Nc5 Bc8 29.e4 Qg6
30.Qe3 f4 31.gxf4 Qh6 32.Rf1 Nh7 33.Qc1 exf4 34.Rff2 Ng5
35.Qc3+ Kh7 36.d4 f3 37.Bf1 h4 38.e5 g3 39.Qd3+ Bf5 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lavrinenko"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Liepin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Bf3 O-O 10.O-O a5 11.Nd5 a4 12.Bb6 Qd7 13.Nd2
Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb4 15.c4 Ne8 16.Qe2 f5 17.g3 Ra6 18.Be3 f4
19.Bg4 Qd8 20.gxf4 exf4 21.Ne4 fxe3 22.a3 Nf6 23.Be6+ Kh8
24.Ng5 Qe8 25.axb4 Qg6 26.Qxe3 h6 27.h4 hxg5 28.hxg5 Nh5 29.f4
Nxf4 30.Rf2 Bxg5 31.Kh1 Nxe6 32.Rh2+ Kg8 33.Qxe6+ Qxe6 34.dxe6
Re8 35.Re2 Bf4 36.c5 dxc5 37.bxc5 Raxe6 38.Rxe6 Rxe6 39.Rxa4
Be3 40.Ra8+ Kh7 41.Rc8 Rc6 42.Rb8 Bxc5 43.Rxb7 Rb6 44.Rc7 Bd4
0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pakala"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c6 4.Nbd2 Nf6 5.g3 c5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.dxc5
Bxc5 8.Bg2 Bxf2+ 9.Kxf2 Qb6+ 10.Ke1 Ne3 11.Nc4 Nxc4 12.Qa4+
Qc6 13.Qxc6+ Nxc6 14.b3 Nb6 15.Ba3 Nd5 16.Kf2 Bd7 17.Rac1 f6
18.Nd2 Nc7 19.Ne4 Nb5 20.Bc5 f5 21.Nd2 e5 22.Nc4 b6 23.Bxb6
axb6 24.Nxb6 Ra6 25.Rxc6 Bxc6 26.Bxc6+ Kf7 27.Nc4 Nd4 28.Nxe5+
Ke6 29.Nf3 Nxc6 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Pliss"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Nxe4 Bxe4 9.b3 f5 10.Bb2 Bf6 11.Ne1 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 d6
13.Nf3 Nd7 14.Qc2 Qe8 15.e4 Qh5 16.Rae1 g5 17.Ng1 f4 18.f3 e5
19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.g4 Qh4 22.Rd1 h5 23.gxh5 Qxh5
24.h3 Kg7 25.Rd5 Kf6 26.Qc3 Ke6 27.Rfd1 Rh8 28.Qd4 Rad8 29.b4
Qh4 30.Qc3 Qg3+ 31.Kf1 g4 32.hxg4 Rh1 33.Rxe5+ dxe5 34.Rxd8
Qxg1+ 0-1

[Event "URS jr"]
[Site "URS jr"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miglan"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 Nxd2 11.Qxd2 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4
13.Qd1 O-O 14.b3 Nb6 15.Ng5 h6 16.Qd3 Re8 17.Qh7+ Kf8 18.Nxe6+
Rxe6 19.b4 Bxb4 20.cxb4 Rxe5 21.Bxh6 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 d5 5.Qc2 Nbd7 6.a3 Bxc3+
7.Qxc3 h6 8.Bh4 O-O 9.Nf3 b6 10.e3 Bb7 11.Ne5 Qc8 12.Nxd7 Nxd7
13.Rc1 c5 14.cxd5 Bxd5 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Rd1 Qb7 17.b4 Ne4
18.Qd4 Rac8 19.f3 Nc3 20.Ra1 g5 21.Bg3 Bxf3 22.Qf6 Qe4 23.Qxf3
Qc2 24.Ba6 1-0

[Event "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Ragozin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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.O-O Ng4 10.Ne4 O-O 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

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gutnikov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nxe4 6.Qe2 f5 7.g4
Kf7 8.Bf4 d6 9.O-O-O Be6 10.Qc4 Ne7 11.Nxc7 Bxc4 12.Bxc4+ d5
13.Ne5+ Kg8 14.Nxd5 Qxd5 15.Rxd4 Qxc4 16.Rxc4 Nf6 17.h4 fxg4
18.h5 Ned5 19.Bg5 Nb6 20.Rf4 Nbd5 21.Rf5 Be7 22.h6 g6 0-1

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

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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Berg"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 Nc7 7.d3
e5 8.O-O Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 f6 11.Rc1 Be6 12.e3 Nd5 13.Nxd5
Bxd5 14.d4 cxd4 15.exd4 e4 16.Nd2 f5 17.f3 Bg5 18.fxe4 fxe4
19.Rxf8+ Qxf8 20.Rc5 Be3+ 21.Kh1 Rd8 22.Nc4 Bxc4 23.Rxc4 Ne5
24.Bxe4 Nxc4 25.bxc4 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Birjanis"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.d4 Be7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Nf3 O-O 7.b3 c6
8.O-O Qe8 9.Bb2 Nbd7 10.Ng5 Bd6 11.f4 Ng4 12.Qd2 Ndf6 13.h3
Nh6 14.a3 Qg6 15.e3 Nf7 16.Nxf7 Rxf7 17.Qf2 Qh6 18.Rac1 g5
19.c5 Bc7 20.b4 Rg7 21.b5 gxf4 22.exf4 Nh5 23.Ne2 Bd8 24.Rc3
Bd7 25.bxc6 Bxc6 26.Kh2 Kh8 27.Rg1 Be7 28.Bc1 Rag8 29.Re3 Bb5
30.Re1 Nxg3 31.Nc3 Ne4 32.Bxe4 Bh4 33.Qc2 Bxe1 34.Rxe1 fxe4
35.Qf2 Bd7 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "N Darsniek"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O
O-O 8.Bd2 Qe7 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.a3 Nxe5 12.Bxh7+ Kxh7
13.Qh5+ Kg8 14.Qxe5 Bd6 15.Qh5 b6 16.f4 f5 17.g4 fxg4 18.Qxg4
e5 19.Qg2 Ba6 20.Rf3 Bxc4 21.Rh3 exf4 22.Qg6 Qf6 23.Qc2 Qf5
0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Klovans"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Bg5
Nge7 8.d5 Nb8 9.Bxe7 Kxe7 10.Qc1 Nd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Nh4 Kf8
13.Nf5 Nc5 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.Nd2 Bb6 16.Nf3 Kg8 17.Re1 Nf8 18.Bb5
Bd7 19.Bxd7 Qxd7 20.Qg5 f6 21.Qh5 Ng6 22.Nf5 Nf4 23.Qh4 Kh8
24.Rad1 h5 25.g4 g5 26.Qg3 Qh7 27.gxh5 g4 28.N3h4 Nxh5 29.Qd3
Nf4 30.Qg3 Nh3+ 31.Kf1 Bxf2 32.Qxg4 Bxe1 33.Ng6+ Kg8 34.Nge7+
Kf7 35.Rxe1 Rxe7 36.Nxe7 Kxe7 37.Qe6+ Kf8 38.Re3 Ng5 39.Qg4
Qxh2 40.Rg3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Fride"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.Bg5
Qa5 8.Bd2 Qc7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Qe2 d6 11.h3 Nbd7 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bd3
Nc5 14.a3 Nxd3+ 15.cxd3 Bc5 16.Bg5 Be6 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qd2 Kh8
19.Qh6 Qe7 20.Nh4 Rg8 21.g4 Bd4 22.O-O Bxc3 23.bxc3 Rac8
24.Rac1 d5 25.Kh2 dxe4 26.dxe4 Rc6 27.Nf5 Bxf5 28.gxf5 Qf8
29.Qh5 Rg5 30.Qd1 Rc4 31.Qd5 Rg8 32.Rg1 Rxg1 33.Rxg1 Rxc3
34.Qb7 Qe8 35.Qxa6 Qc6 36.Qa7 Qc7 37.Qa8+ Qc8 38.Qd5 Qe8
39.Qd2 Rc6 40.Qh6 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gradus"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.h3 Qc7 11.d4 O-O 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.dxc5
dxc5 14.Nf1 Rd8 15.Qe2 Be6 16.Ne3 Nh5 17.Nd5 Bxd5 18.exd5 Rxd5
19.g4 Nf6 20.g5 e4 21.gxf6 exf3 22.Qxf3 Re5 23.Rxe5 Qxe5
24.Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Visvaldis M Veders"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.h4 a6 7.Bxe7
Qxe7 8.f4 c5 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.Qd2 b5 11.Nd1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxd4
13.Qxd4 Bb7 14.Ne3 Qc5 15.c3 Rc8 16.Be2 O-O 17.O-O Rfe8 18.h5
Qe7 19.Rf3 Nb8 20.Rg3 Nc6 21.Qd2 f5 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Ng4 Qe7
24.Bd3 Rf8 25.Bc2 Qc5+ 26.Kh2 Qc4 27.f5 exf5 28.Bxf5 Rce8
29.Qg5 Re7 30.h6 Rff7 31.Re1 Qc5 32.Be6 Rxe6 33.Rxe6 Qf8
34.Re8 1-0

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

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 dxc4 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4
7.Nxd4 Bc5 8.Be3 Nf6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bxc4 Ne5 11.Be2 Bd7 12.h3
O-O 13.f4 Ng6 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.O-O f6 17.e6 Bxe6
18.f5 Bxf5 19.Nxf5 Bxe3+ 20.Nxe3 Rfe8 21.Kf2 Nf4 22.Rad1 Nxe2
23.Kxe2 Rad8 24.Rd4 Re5 25.Rfd1 Rde8 26.R1d3 f5 27.Kf3 Re4
28.Nxd5 Re1 29.Re3 1-0

[Event "Latvia"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Blek"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.Nge2 e5 7.O-O
O-O 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

[Event "Latvia"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Artur Darznieks"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 d6 5.Bb5 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7
7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 Bg4 9.Qg3 c5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Qd7 12.Bg5
Be7 13.O-O Qxf5 14.Rfe1 Kf8 15.Qe3 Re8 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Nd5 Qd4
18.Qf3 c6 19.Nc7 Rc8 20.Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Latvia"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roberts Skuja"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O
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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Klevetzki"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Bc4 e6 4.c3 Qc7 5.O-O d6 6.a4 Nf6 7.d3 Be7
8.Na3 Nc6 9.Nc2 d5 10.exd5 exd5 11.Ba2 O-O 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.Nf1 Ba7 32.a5 d4 33.Ba4 dxe3 34.Nxe3 Qxd1
35.Bxd1 g5 36.Ba4 Rxe3 37.Bxe8 Rxh3+ 0-1

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

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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Karlis Klasup"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 d5 5.fxe4 dxe4 6.Bc4 Bf5
7.Nge2 Nc6 8.O-O e6 9.Bb5 a6 10.Ba4 Qd7 11.Bg5 O-O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lozov"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexandru Sorin Segal"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 Nc6 4.Ne2 Nb4 5.O-O Nxd3 6.cxd3 g6
7.Nbc3 Bg7 8.e5 Ng4 9.h3 Nh6 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qd2 Nf5 12.Bf4 O-O
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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexandru Sorin Segal"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.d4 e6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6
8.Qc2 a5 9.e4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Bd7 11.h4 Na6 12.Nfg5 g6 13.Bh3 Qc8
14.Rd1 e5 15.Bxd7 Nxd7 16.h5 Qe8 17.Ne6 gxh5 18.Nxf8 Qxf8
19.c5 Nb4 20.Qb3+ d5 21.a3 Kh8 22.Nd6 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Teodors Zeids"]
[ECO "D07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aevski"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3
Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 a5 10.a4 O-O 11.O-O-O Rc8 12.g4 Nb4 13.g5
Nd7 14.h4 Nb6 15.h5 Nxa4 16.g6 Bxb3 17.cxb3 Nxc3 18.bxc3 Rxc3+
19.Kb1 Rxb3+ 20.Ka1 Qd7 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karlis Klasup"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.a3
Ba5 8.O-O O-O 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd7 12.f4 Qe7
13.b4 Bb6 14.Qb3 f6 15.Bxe6+ Kh8 16.Ne4 fxe5 17.Kh1 exf4
18.exf4 Nf6 19.Ng5 Ne4 20.Nf7+ Rxf7 21.Bxf7 Nf2+ 22.Kg1 Nd3
23.Kh1 Qe2 24.Bb2 Bh3 25.Bxg7+ Kxg7 26.Bd5 cxd5 27.Qxd5 Kh8
28.Qg5 Bd4 29.gxh3 Rg8 30.Rae1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Pasman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.f3 O-O 7.e4
e5 8.Be3 Qe7 9.Bd3 Nh5 10.Ne2 f5 11.O-O f4 12.Bf2 c5 13.a4 Qg5
14.Kh1 Rf6 15.Qd2 Rg6 16.Rg1 Rh6 17.g4 Ng3+ 18.Kg2 Qh4 19.Bxg3
fxg3 20.hxg3 Qh2+ 21.Kf1 Rf6 22.f4 Bxg4 23.f5 Nd7 24.d5 Rf7
25.Ra2 Nf6 26.Qe3 Qh3+ 27.Ke1 Bh5 28.Nc1 g6 29.Qg5 Kh8 30.g4
Nxg4 31.Rag2 Nh2 32.Be2 Bxe2 33.Kxe2 Nf3 34.Qe3 Nxg1+ 35.Qxg1
gxf5 0-1

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

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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Igors Zdanovs"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5
Ne4 8.Nxd4 O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Zwaigzne"]
[ECO "E27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 O-O 6.f3 Ne8 7.e4
b6 8.a4 Ba6 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.Qe2 Na5 11.Rb1 d6 12.Nh3 Qd7 13.e5 f5
14.exf6 Nxf6 15.O-O Rae8 16.Ra1 Qc6 17.Bg5 Bxc4 18.Bxf6 Bxd3
19.Qxd3 Rxf6 20.f4 e5 21.dxe5 dxe5 22.fxe5 Rxf1+ 23.Rxf1 Qc5+
24.Kh1 Qxe5 25.Qf3 Qe7 26.Ng5 c6 27.Qf2 Rf8 28.Qa2+ Kh8
29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Ne5 Kh8 31.Rf7 Qd8 32.h3 Qd1+ 33.Kh2 Qd6 34.Qe6
Qd8 35.Rd7 Qf6 36.Nf7+ Kg8 37.Nh6+ Kh8 38.Rf7 Qd8 39.Qe5 Qb8
40.Rc7 Rf6 41.Qe7 Rg6 42.Qd7 1-0

[Event "Kharkov"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isaak Birbrager"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O 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

[Event "Kharkov"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denskevich"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Qc2 d5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nbd2 c4 9.Be2 Bf5 10.Qd1 b5 11.Ne5 Qc7 12.f4 Rab8 13.g4
Be6 14.g5 Ne8 15.Bg4 Bxg4 16.Qxg4 Rb7 17.Rf3 Nd6 18.Rh3 Nf5
19.e4 dxe4 20.Nxe4 f6 21.gxf6 exf6 22.Nxg6 hxg6 23.Qxg6 Qc8
24.Rh5 Nce7 25.Qg2 Qe8 26.Ng3 Nxg3 27.Qxb7 Nxh5 28.Qxa7 Nf5
29.Qc5 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Kharkov"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Listergarten"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 e6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4
d5 8.e5 Nd7 9.O-O a6 10.Ba4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.Nc3 Rc8 13.Bg5
Be7 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.Rac1 Na5 16.Bc2 Qb4 17.Bb1 Nac4 18.b3 Na3
19.Qd2 Nxb1 20.Nxb1 Qxd2 21.Rxc8+ Ke7 22.Nbxd2 Rxc8 23.Ra1 Bb5
24.Nf1 Nd7 25.Ne3 Nb8 26.h3 Be2 27.Re1 Bxf3 28.gxf3 Rc3 29.Rd1
Nc6 30.Kf1 Nb4 31.Rd2 Rc1+ 32.Ke2 Rh1 33.Nd1 Rxh3 34.Nc3 Rh4
35.Na4 Nc6 36.Ke3 Kd7 37.f4 g5 38.Nc5+ Kc7 39.fxg5 b6 40.Na4
Re4+ 41.Kf3 Nxd4+ 42.Kg2 Nc6 43.Nc3 Rg4+ 44.Kh3 Nxe5 45.Rc2
Kb7 46.Ne2 Rxg5 47.Ng3 Nf3 48.Rc3 Nd4 0-1

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

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

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

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

[Event "LAT-ch Tal"]
[Site "LAT-ch Tal"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mark Pasman"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

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.O-O O-O 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.g8=Q+ Kf6 37.Rd6+ Kf5 38.Qg6+ Kf4
39.g3+ Ke3 40.Rd3+ Qxd3 1-0

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

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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Straume"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O 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 a1=Q 48.g8=Q 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Udris"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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.O-O O-O 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 c1=Q
34.Qd4+ Nf6 0-1

[Event "Riga ch"]
[Site "Riga ch"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Artur Darznieks"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e5 7.Bxf6
Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.Nf5 Nd7 10.Bc4 Nc5 11.Qe2 b5 12.Bb3 Qa5+
13.Kf1 Nxb3 14.cxb3 Be6 15.h4 Bxd5 16.exd5 g6 17.Nd4 b4 18.Qc4
Qc5 19.Nc6 Qxc4+ 20.bxc4 a5 21.a3 bxa3 22.Rxa3 Bh6 23.Ke2 Kd7
24.Rha1 Rhc8 25.Rxa5 Rxa5 26.Rxa5 Bc1 27.b4 Bb2 28.b5 Rc7
29.b6 Rb7 30.Ra7 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Reinholds Balins"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.b3 Qe8
8.Bb2 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Qh5 10.e3 Qh6 11.h4 Ng4 12.Nh2 Nxh2 13.Kxh2
g5 14.Rh1 gxh4 15.Kg1 Qg7 16.gxh4 f4 17.e4 e5 18.Nf3 Bf6 19.d5
Nc5 20.Qc2 a5 21.Kf1 Bg4 22.Ne1 Kf7 23.f3 Bd7 24.Qf2 Rg8
25.Rd1 Qh6 26.Bh3 Rg3 27.Bxd7 Nxd7 28.Ng2 Rag8 29.Rh2 Qh5
30.Ke2 Nc5 31.Ne1 Nxe4 32.Qa7 Ng5 33.Qxb7 Nxf3 34.Qxc7+ Be7
0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gradus"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Nc5 10.h3 Re8 11.Re1 a5 12.b3 c6 13.Bf4 a4
14.b4 Ne6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Bxd6 Bxc4 17.e5 Nd7 18.Qd4 Nxe5
19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.Bxe5 Qxd4 21.Bxd4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Mileika"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.g3 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.a4 b4 7.b3 g6
8.Bg2 d6 9.e4 Bg7 10.Bb2 O-O 11.Ne2 Re8 12.Nd2 Nxe4 13.Bxg7
Nxd2 14.Bh6 Bg4 15.Be3 Nf3+ 16.Bxf3 Bxf3 17.Rg1 Nd7 18.Qd2 Nf6
19.Nf4 g5 20.Ne2 Re5 21.O-O-O Ne4 22.Qc2 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Nc3 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Mileika"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 Nc6 5.Bd3 e5 6.Ne2 exd4 7.exd4
d5 8.c5 O-O 9.O-O Bxc3 10.bxc3 Ne7 11.Qc2 Ng6 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bd2
Nh4 14.Ng3 Qd7 15.f3 b6 16.cxb6 axb6 17.Rfe1 c5 18.Re5 c4
19.Bf5 Qa4 20.Qc1 Nxf5 21.Nxf5 Bxf5 22.Rxf5 Qd7 23.Rxf6 gxf6
24.Bxh6 Rfe8 25.Qf4 Kh7 26.Qh4 Kg6 27.g4 Rh8 28.Qh5+ Kh7
29.Kh1 Kg8 30.Rg1 Qc6 31.g5 f5 32.g6 f6 33.Qh4 Rxa2 34.g7 Rh7
35.Qg3 Re2 36.Ra1 Qe8 37.Qh4 Re6 38.Qf4 b5 39.Rg1 Qh5 40.Ra1
Rxh6 41.Ra8+ Kxg7 42.Qg3+ Qg6 43.Ra7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zigfrids Solmanis"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bf4 d6 5.Qd2 Nbd7 6.Rd1 c5 7.d5
Nh5 8.Bh6 Bxh6 9.Qxh6 Ne5 10.e4 f5 11.Be2 Nf6 12.exf5 Bxf5
13.Nf3 Nfg4 14.Qg7 Rf8 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Qxh7 Qb6 17.O-O Qxb2
18.Rc1 Qd2 19.f4 Qe3+ 20.Kh1 O-O-O 21.Qh4 Nd3 22.Bxd3 Bxd3
23.Rce1 Qd4 24.Rd1 Qxc4 25.Rf3 Be2 26.Nxe2 Qxe2 27.Re1 Qxa2
28.Rxe7 Qxd5 29.h3 Rfe8 30.Rfe3 Rxe7 31.Rxe7 c4 32.Qg4+ Qf5
33.Qf3 Rd7 34.Re8+ Kc7 35.Qc3 Qc5 36.Qh8 Kb6 37.Rc8 Rc7
38.Qb2+ Kc6 39.Rg8 c3 40.Qc2 Qd4 41.Rxg6 Re7 42.Rg4 b5 43.Qf5
Qd1+ 44.Kh2 c2 45.Qc8+ Kb6 46.Qd8+ Rc7 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Artur Darznieks"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Erepov"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4
Nf5 8.Bd3 h5 9.Qf4 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qh4 11.Qxh4 Nxh4 12.g3 Nf5
13.Ne2 Nc6 14.c3 Na5 15.Rb1 Bd7 16.Nf4 Ne7 17.Be2 g6 18.h4 Rc8
19.Bd2 Rc7 20.g4 hxg4 21.Bxg4 Nc4 22.Bc1 Ba4 23.h5 Bc2 24.Ra1
gxh5 25.Nxh5 Kd8 26.Bg5 Kc8 27.Bf6 Rh7 28.Ke2 b6 29.Ng7 Rxh1
30.Rxh1 Kb7 31.Rh8 Ng6 32.Rd8 Ba4 33.Rg8 Nxa3 34.Nxe6 Rxc3
35.Nd8+ Ka6 36.Kf1 Nf4 37.Kg1 Bd1 38.Nxf7 Bxg4 39.Rxg4 Ne6
40.Ng5 Rc6 41.Nxe6 Rxe6 42.f4 b5 43.f5 Rc6 44.Be7 Nc4 45.f6
Nb6 46.f7 Nd7 47.Rg8 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Peteris Kampenuss"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.dxe5 O-O
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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rosenberg"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Ng3 h5 6.h4 Qc7 7.Be2
Bg4 8.Bxg4 Nxg4 9.N1e2 e6 10.Ne4 Nd7 11.Bf4 Qa5+ 12.c3 O-O-O
13.f3 Nh6 14.b4 Qb6 15.Qb3 Nf6 16.Nd2 Bd6 17.Nc4 Qc7 18.Nxd6+
Rxd6 19.b5 Nd5 20.Bxd6 Qxd6 21.c4 Qb4+ 22.Qxb4 Nxb4 23.Rb1 c5
24.Kd2 Nxa2 25.dxc5 Rd8+ 26.Kc2 Nf5 27.Rb3 Nd4+ 28.Nxd4 Rxd4
29.Ra1 Rxc4+ 30.Kd3 Ra4 31.Rab1 Rxh4 32.g4 hxg4 33.R3b2 gxf3
34.Rxa2 g5 35.Rxa7 f5 36.b6 e5 37.c6 Rd4+ 38.Kc3 1-0

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Igors Zdanovs"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nb4 6.Nxf6+ Qxf6
7.a3 Nc6 8.Bg5 Qe6 9.Bd3 Bc5 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Bb6 12.b5 Na5
13.e5 d5 14.Qd2 c5 15.bxc6 bxc6 16.h3 c5 17.Qf4 c4 18.Bf6 Bd8
19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Ng5+ Kg8 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Qg5 Bxf6 23.exf6
Rxf6 24.Qe5 1-0

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Josif Israel Zilber"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Nf3
g6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Nc6 11.h3 Na5 12.g4 Be6 13.f5
Bc4 14.Bd2 Rac8 15.Qe1 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 Qxb2 18.Rb1
Qc2 19.g5 Nh5 20.Nd5 Nc6 21.Rb3 Rb8 22.Bc3 Bxc3 23.Rxc3 Qxa2
24.Rf2 Qa5 25.Qc1 Qd8 26.f6 e5 27.Kh2 a5 28.Rg2 Re8 29.Qe1 Nb4
30.Ne3 Rc8 31.Rb3 Qd7 32.Nf5 Qe6 33.Nd2 Rc2 34.Ra3 Kf8 35.Qh4
Rec8 36.Ng7 Nxg7 37.Qxh7 Rc1 38.Qh8# 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (team)"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Georgy Ilivitsky"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.e5 dxe5 12.Qxe5 Qxe5
13.fxe5 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.Rhe1 Rd8 17.b4 Bd7
18.b5 Na5 19.Ne4 Rac8 20.Nd6 Rc5 21.Be4 Kf8 22.Nxb7 1-0

[Event "Latvia"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Darznieks"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

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 O-O 12.O-O
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

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

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

[Event "Leningrad tt"]
[Site "Leningrad tt"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paschaian Melik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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 O-O 12.g4 Bg6
13.O-O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alfreds Akmentins"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be2 O-O
7.O-O c5 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Bf4 Be6 10.Ng5 d5 11.exd5 Bxd5 12.Bd3 g6
13.Nge4 c4 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Bxg6 Bxc3 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qh5+
Kg8 18.bxc3 Qf6 19.Rad1 Be4 20.Bg3 Qf5 21.Qh4 Kg7 22.Rfe1 Rae8
23.f3 Bxc2 24.Bd6 Rh8 25.Qg3+ Qg6 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.Rd2 Qxg3
28.Bxg3 Bd3 29.Kf2 b5 30.Bd6 a5 31.a3 Rd8 32.Bc5 Rd5 33.Be3 b4
34.axb4 axb4 35.cxb4 c3 36.Ra2 Nxb4 37.Ra4 Nc2 38.Bc1 Re5
39.Rg4+ Kf6 40.Rf4+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduard Gufeld"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.Nxe5 Nxe4 8.Qe2 Nd6 9.Re1 Be6 10.Nc3 Nf5 11.Ne4 O-O 12.d3
Nd4 13.Qd1 f6 14.Nc4 Qd7 15.c3 Nf5 16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.d4 Bd5
18.Bf4 Bd6 19.Qg4 Rxe4 20.Rxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxd6 Bd5 22.Ne3 Be6
23.d5 cxd5 24.Nxf5 Bxf5 25.Qf3 Be4 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karlis Klasup"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Ne4 6.Bd3 f5 7.g4 Bb4
8.Bd2 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 O-O 10.gxf5 exf5 11.Bb4 Re8 12.Qc2 a5 13.Bc3
Be6 14.c5 b6 15.cxb6 Qxb6 16.Ne5 Na6 17.Qa4 Rec8 18.Qxa5 Qb7
19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.O-O Bd5 21.Qa3 Rf8 22.Bd2 Rf6 23.Kh1 c5 24.Qc3
Qe7 25.a3 Re8 26.Nc4 Rh6 27.Rg1 Qc7 28.Rg2 cxd4 29.Qxd4 Bxc4
30.Rc1 Rc6 31.b3 Rd6 32.Qb2 Qd7 33.Bc3 Rd1+ 34.Rg1 Rxg1+
35.Rxg1 Bf7 36.Rxg7+ Kf8 37.Rg1 Bg6 38.b4 Nc7 39.b5 Qxb5
40.Bb4+ Kf7 41.Qb3+ Qd5 42.Qc2 Ne6 43.Rd1 Rc8 44.Qa4 Bh5
45.Qa7+ Rc7 46.Rxd5 Bf3+ 47.Kg1 Rxa7 48.Rxf5+ Kg6 49.Rd5 Rc7
50.h4 Rc1+ 51.Kh2 Rh1+ 52.Kg3 Rg1+ 53.Kh3 Ng7 54.Be7 Rh1+
55.Kg3 Nh5+ 56.Rxh5 Kxh5 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Mileika"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.e4 d6 7.Bd3
Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Bg5 Qc7 12.Rc1 c4 13.Bb1
Nc5 14.Be3 Nfd7 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.h3 Re8 17.b4 Ncd3 18.Bxd3 Nxd3
19.Rb1 f5 20.exf5 gxf5 21.Nce2 f4 22.Nxf4 Bxd4 23.Nxd3 Bxe3
24.fxe3 cxd3 25.Qxd3 Qe7 26.Rf3 Qe4 27.Rg3+ Kh8 28.Qc3+ Qe5
29.Rc1 Bf5 30.Qxe5+ Rxe5 31.Rc7 Rb8 32.Rgg7 b5 33.axb5 axb5
34.g4 Bg6 35.h4 Rxd5 36.h5 Be4 37.g5 Rg8 38.Rxg8+ Kxg8 39.Rc8+
Kf7 40.Rc7+ Ke6 41.Rg7 h6 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5 Nb4 6.Nxd4 Nxe4
7.Nf5 c6 8.Nxb4 Bxb4+ 9.c3 Qf6 10.Qf3 Nxc3 11.a3 Ba5 12.Bd2 d5
13.Ng3 Qe6+ 14.Qe3 d4 15.Qxe6+ Bxe6 16.f3 O-O-O 17.Kf2 Bb6
18.bxc3 dxc3 19.Be3 Bxe3+ 20.Kxe3 Rhe8 21.Ne4 Bd5 22.g4 Bxe4
23.fxe4 Rd5 24.Rc1 g6 25.Bg2 f5 26.gxf5 gxf5 27.Rhf1 fxe4
28.Rxc3 Rh5 29.Rh1 Rh4 30.Rc4 Kc7 31.Rxe4 Rexe4+ 32.Bxe4 Rh3+
33.Bf3 c5 34.Rg1 b5 35.Rg7+ Kb6 36.Rb7+ Ka6 37.Rb8 Rxh2 38.Be2
Rh3+ 39.Ke4 c4 40.a4 Rh4+ 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rein Toomas Etruk"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Klavins"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 h6 4.Bh4 c5 5.e3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Bd3
Be7 8.c3 O-O 9.Qe2 d5 10.O-O Ne4 11.Bg3 Nd7 12.Rad1 Qc8 13.Bf4
f5 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.Bxe5 Bf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.f4 a5 18.Rc1 Qd7
19.Nf3 Qd6 20.Kh1 Nd7 21.Rg1 Nf6 22.Ne5 Rac8 23.Rcf1 Nd7 24.g4
Nxe5 25.fxe5 Qe7 26.gxf5 Kh8 27.f6 gxf6 28.Qh5 f5 29.Qxh6+ Qh7
30.Qxh7+ Kxh7 31.Rf4 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Koblents"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7
8.f4 Ne7 9.Nf3 Nbc6 10.Bd3 Bb8 11.Nbxd4 a6 12.Be3 Ba7 13.c3 h6
14.O-O Bd7 15.Qe1 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17.Nxd4 g6 18.Kh1 h5
19.c4 dxc4 20.Bxc4 Nf5 21.Nxf5 gxf5 22.Rd1 h4 23.h3 Qe7 24.Be2
Bc6 25.Bf3 Bxf3 26.Rxf3 Rd8 27.Rfd3 Rxd3 28.Rxd3 Qc7 29.Rc3
Qd7 30.Qc1 O-O 31.Rc7 Qd5 32.Qe1 Qd8 33.Rxb7 Qa8 34.Re7 Re8
35.Qxh4 Rxe7 36.Qxe7 Qe4 37.Qg5+ Kh7 38.h4 Qa8 39.h5 Qh8 40.a4
Qf8 41.h6 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Liepin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 d5 5.e5 Ne4 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nxe4
dxe4 8.Qa4+ Bd7 9.Qxe4 Bc6 10.Qg4 Bd5 11.Be2 Nd7 12.O-O h5
13.Qf4 Be7 14.d4 Nf8 15.Bd2 Ne6 16.Qe3 Qd7 17.Bc3 Rd8 18.Nd2
c5 19.dxc5 Bxc5 20.Qg3 Rh6 21.Bf3 Rg6 22.Qh3 Nf4 23.Qxd7+ Rxd7
24.g3 h4 25.Kh1 Ne2 26.Bxd5 Nxc3 27.bxc3 Rxd5 28.Nf3 hxg3
29.fxg3 Rc6 30.c4 Rd7 31.Rad1 Rxd1 32.Rxd1 Bb4 33.Rd4 Bc3
34.Re4 Re6 35.Re3 Bb2 36.Re2 Bc3 37.Kg2 f6 38.Kh3 Kf7 39.Kg4
Bxe5 40.Rd2 Bc3 41.Rd7+ Re7 42.Rxe7+ Kxe7 43.Kf5 Kf7 44.Nh4 a6
45.g4 Be1 46.Ng6 Bf2 47.a4 Bg1 48.h4 Bf2 49.h5 Bg1 50.Nf4 Bf2
51.Nd3 Bg1 52.Nb4 a5 53.Nc6 Bf2 54.Nd8+ Ke7 55.Ne6 Kf7 56.Nc7
Bg3 57.Nd5 Bf2 58.Ke4 Bg1 59.Nc3 Bf2 60.Kd5 g6 61.hxg6+ Kxg6
62.Kc6 Bd4 63.Nd5 Kg5 64.Nxb6 Kxg4 65.c5 f5 66.Kd5 Bxc5
67.Kxc5 f4 68.Kb5 f3 69.Nc4 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Semenkin"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 e5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.e3 c6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O
Kh8 8.d4 e4 9.d5 d6 10.f3 exf3 11.Bxf3 Qb6 12.b3 Ng4 13.Bxg4
fxg4 14.Bb2 Nd7 15.Ne4 Nf6 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Ng5 h6 18.Rxf6 hxg5
19.Rh6+ Kg8 20.Qh7+ Kf7 21.Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Ch URS team juniors"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Visockiss"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Ne8
8.Qd2 f5 9.O-O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vinokur"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 a5 10.a4 Nb4 11.Bf3 Be6 12.Be3 exf4 13.Bxf4
Nxc2 14.Qxc2 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Bxb3 16.Qd2 Nd7 17.Be3 Qb4 18.Bd1 Be6
19.Be2 Bf6 20.Rad1 Be5 21.Bd4 Nc5 22.Bxe5 dxe5 23.Qd6 Rac8
24.Nd5 Bxd5 25.exd5 Qxb2 26.Bg4 Ne4 27.Qe7 Rce8 28.Qh4 Nd6
29.Bd7 Rd8 30.Qe7 Qb6 31.Rc1 Ne4 32.Rxf7 Rxf7 33.Be6 Nf2+ 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Sergeevich Saigin"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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.a4 O-O 10.O-O Nc5 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.Qe1 Be6 13.f5
Bd7 14.g4 d5 15.g5 dxe4 16.gxf6 Bxf6 17.Nxe4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Sergeevich Saigin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nf3
d4 8.O-O Nc6 9.e3 Be7 10.exd4 exd4 11.Nbd2 Be6 12.Re1 O-O
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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatolij Bannik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Niebult"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 Nh5
8.g3 Nd7 9.O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Pasman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Qc7 11.Be2 Rd8 12.c4 b6
13.Bb2 cxd4 14.exd4 Qf4 15.Qc2 Bb7 16.Rfd1 h6 17.Rd3 Rac8
18.Re3 Na5 19.Ne5 Be4 20.Qd1 Nd7 21.Nxd7 Rxd7 22.Qe1 Nc6 23.d5
exd5 24.cxd5 Bxd5 25.Rc1 Kf8 26.Bb5 f6 27.Rd1 Rcd8 28.h3 Rd6
29.Qd2 Be4 30.Rxe4 Qxe4 31.Qxd6+ Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Qb1+ 33.Kh2 Qxb2
0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Prieditis"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O e5 7.d4
Nc6 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.Bg5 c6 12.Rad1 Be6
13.f3 h6 14.Be3 Re8 15.Rd2 Nd7 16.Rfd1 Nf8 17.Na4 b6 18.Rd6
Rac8 19.Nc3 f5 20.b3 f4 21.Bc1 Bf6 22.Bb2 Be7 23.R6d3 Bc5+
24.Kf1 Bd4 25.Na4 c5 26.Nc3 Kf7 27.Ba1 Bd7 28.Nd5 Ne6 29.Bc3
g5 30.Ke1 Rh8 31.Kd2 Rcg8 32.Rh1 h5 33.Kc1 g4 34.Rdd1 gxf3
35.Bxf3 Ng5 36.Bxd4 cxd4 37.Rhg1 h4 38.Rdf1 h3 39.gxh3 Bxh3
40.Rf2 Nxf3 41.Rxg8 Rxg8 42.Rxf3 Rg1+ 43.Kb2 Rg2+ 44.Ka3 Bg4
45.Rf1 Be2 46.Rh1 f3 0-1

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

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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Reinholds Balins"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Qe2 c6 7.e5
dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bd2 Be6 11.Ne4 Nd7 12.Bb3 Nxe5
13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Nc5 Bxb2 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qxe6+ Kh7 17.Rd1 Rf6
18.Qe4 Rd6 19.O-O Bg7 20.c4 Nc3 21.Bxc3 Bxc3 22.Bc2 Qe8 23.h4
Rad8 24.h5 e5 25.Rxd6 Rxd6 26.Qf3 Bd4 27.Bxg6+ Rxg6 28.Qe4 Kg7
29.Qxg6+ Qxg6 30.hxg6 Kxg6 31.Rb1 b6 32.Kf1 Kf5 33.Ke2 e4
34.Rd1 c5 35.a4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Stanislav Larichev"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.f3 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 b6 7.cxd5
exd5 8.e3 Bb7 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Ne2 Nbd7 11.O-O Re8 12.Ng3 c5
13.Ra2 Qc7 14.Re2 Rad8 15.e4 Kh8 16.e5 Ng8 17.Nf5 Nf8 18.f4
Bc8 19.Ne3 f6 20.Ref2 g6 21.f5 fxe5 22.fxg6 Nxg6 23.Bxg6 hxg6
24.Ng4 exd4 25.Rf7 Qc6 26.Qf3 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Josif Israel Zilber"]
[ECO "C61"]
[WhiteElo "21"]
[BlackElo "14"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nxd4 exd4 5.O-O c6 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Re1 d6 8.c3 Be7 9.cxd4 d5 10.exd5 Nxd5 11.d3 O-O 12.Nc3 Bf6
13.Be3 Nb6 14.Qf3 Nxc4 15.dxc4 Be6 16.b3 Bxd4 17.Rad1 c5
18.Bxd4 cxd4 19.Nb5 Qa5 20.Re2 Rad8 21.Qxb7 d3 22.Rb2 Rd7
23.Qe4 a6 24.Nd4 Bxc4 25.Nc6 Qc3 26.Rbd2 Bb5 27.Ne7+ Kh8 28.a4
Qc5 29.Re1 Qc3 30.Rdd1 d2 31.Re3 Qc1 32.Qxh7+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semenkin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "16"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Kh1 Qc7 11.Bf3 b5 12.Ne2 Nb6
13.Ng3 Rd8 14.Qe2 Be6 15.Nd2 Rac8 16.c3 Na4 17.Rfb1 h6 18.Bxf6
Bxf6 19.Nh5 Bg5 20.Nf1 Qc4 21.Qc2 Nc5 22.Rd1 b4 23.Nhg3 bxc3
24.Be2 Qa4 25.Qxc3 Nxe4 26.Qf3 d5 27.Nxe4 dxe4 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8
29.Qc3 Rc8 30.Qe1 Qc6 31.b3 Qb6 32.Rd1 Rc2 33.Ra1 a5 34.Qd1
Qc5 35.Ng3 Rd2 36.Qe1 Qb4 37.Nf1 Rd6 38.Qxb4 axb4 39.Bd1 Bd2
40.Nxd2 Rxd2 41.Kg1 f5 42.Kf1 f4 43.Be2 g5 44.Ke1 Rb2 45.h3
Kg7 46.Kf1 f3 47.gxf3 Bxh3+ 48.Ke1 exf3 49.Bxf3 Bf5 50.a4 Rxb3
51.Bd5 Ra3 52.Rc1 Rxa4 53.Rc7+ Kg6 54.Rc6+ Kh5 55.Bf7+ Kg4
56.Rxh6 Ra7 57.Bh5+ Kf4 58.Rb6 Ra1+ 59.Kd2 Ra2+ 60.Ke1 Rb2
61.Rf6 Ke4 62.Be2 b3 63.Rb6 Kd4 64.Rb4+ Kd5 65.Rb5+ Kc6
66.Rxe5 Rc2 67.Bf3+ Kb6 68.Bd5 b2 69.Ba2 Rc1+ 70.Kd2 Rc2+
71.Ke3 Rc5 72.Re8 Ka5 73.Kd4 Kb4 74.Re3 Bc2 75.Re7 Ra5 76.Rb7+
Ka3 77.Kc3 Rc5+ 78.Kd4 Kxa2 79.Ra7+ Kb1 80.Kxc5 Kc1 81.Rb7
b1=Q 82.Rxb1+ Kxb1 83.Kd4 g4 0-1

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Peteris Kampenuss"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "4"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 d6 7.Bg5
Qd7 8.O-O Bb6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qa4 f6 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Bc1 Bd7
13.Bb5 Rd8 14.Ba3 Bc5 15.Rd5 Bxa3 16.Nxa3 Nh6 17.Bc4 a6
18.Rad1 Nf7 19.Qb3 Nd6 20.Be2 Be6 21.c4 O-O 22.c5 Nxe4 23.Bc4
Nxc5 24.Rxc5 Rxd1+ 25.Qxd1 Bxc4 26.Rxc6 Bxa2 27.Rc3 Be6 28.Nc4
Rd8 29.Qc2 c5 30.Ne3 b6 31.h3 Qd7 32.Ra3 a5 33.Qb2 Qc6 34.Nh4
g6 35.Qb1 Bf7 36.Ng4 Qd6 37.Qb2 Re8 38.Rf3 Re6 39.Qc3 Qd1+
40.Kh2 Qd4 41.Qb3 Kg7 42.Rg3 Qf4 43.Qb5 Rd6 44.Qa6 f5 45.Ne3
Kf6 46.Nf3 h6 47.Qc8 e4 48.Qh8+ Ke6 49.Qc8+ Rd7 50.Nh4 Qc7
51.Qa8 Qd6 52.Kh1 Qe5 53.Nxg6 Qa1+ 54.Kh2 Kd6 55.Qb8+ Rc7
56.Nxf5+ Kc6 57.Nge7+ Kd7 58.Nc8 1-0

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zigfrids Solmanis"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.cxd4 Nf6 9.O-O Be7 10.Nc3 Qd8 11.h3 Bh5 12.Ne5 Bxe2
13.Qxe2 O-O 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qc4 Qd7 16.Bf4 Nd5 17.Nxd5 cxd5
18.Qc7 Qxc7 19.Bxc7 Rfc8 20.Rac1 Kf8 21.Rc3 Ke8 22.Rfc1 Kd7
23.Be5 f6 24.Bc7 Bb4 25.R3c2 a6 26.Kf1 Ra7 27.Bf4 Rxc2 28.Rxc2
g5 29.Bg3 Ba5 30.Ke2 Rb7 31.f4 Bc7 32.Kf3 gxf4 33.Bxf4 e5
34.Bh6 Rb4 35.dxe5 fxe5 36.Rc5 e4+ 37.Kg4 d4 38.b3 Bb6 39.Re5
d3 40.Bd2 Rd4 41.Kf5 e3 42.Rxe3 Bc7 43.Re4 Rd5+ 44.Kg4 Bb6
45.Kf3 Rf5+ 46.Rf4 Re5 47.Rf7+ Ke8 48.Rf6 Bc5 49.Rf4 Kd7 50.b4
Bg1 51.Re4 Rf5+ 52.Kg4 Rf1 53.Be3 Kc6 54.Rf4 Re1 55.Rf6+ Kd5
56.Bf4 Bd4 57.Rxa6 Re4 58.Ra3 Kc4 59.Kg3 Be5 60.Bxe5 Rxe5
61.Kf4 Rd5 62.Rb3 d2 63.Rb1 d1=Q 64.Rxd1 Rxd1 65.h4 Rd4+
66.Kg5 Kd5 67.g4 Ke6 68.h5 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Sergeevich Saigin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.e3
d5 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Rc1 Bd7 12.b3 Rb8
13.Qc2 e5 14.e4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Qxe4 Qe7 17.Qc2 f5 18.c5
Bc7 19.Rce1 Rbd8 20.b4 Be6 21.Bc4 Bd5 22.Bxd5+ Rxd5 23.Bc3 Qh4
24.Qb2 e4 25.g3 Qh3 26.f4 Rfd8 27.Re2 Qg4 28.Rd2 Rxd2 29.Bxd2
Qe2 30.Rf2 Qd1+ 31.Kg2 Rd3 32.Qc1 Qxc1 33.Bxc1 Kf7 34.Rc2 Ke6
35.Kf2 Kd5 36.Ke2 Bd8 37.Bb2 g6 38.a3 Be7 39.Rd2 Rxd2+ 40.Kxd2
Kc4 41.Kc2 a5 42.Bc3 axb4 43.axb4 g5 44.fxg5 Bxg5 45.Be1 Be3
0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Sergeevich Saigin"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Be2
Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Nb5 Be7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bb2 Be6
13.Rc1 Ne4 14.Nbd4 Rac8 15.Nxc6 bxc6 16.Ba6 Rb8 17.Nd4 Bd7
18.Bd3 Rb6 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Ne2 Ra6 21.Rxc5 Qxc5 22.Qxd7 Rxa2
23.Bd4 Qa5 24.b4 Qxb4 25.Qg4 g6 26.Qf4 c5 27.Bc3 Rxe2 28.Bxb4
cxb4 29.Qxe4 Rb8 30.Qe5 Rc8 31.h4 Rec2 32.Qb5 a5 33.Rd1 R2c5
34.Qb6 Kg7 35.Rd7 Rf5 36.Qd4+ Kg8 37.Rd8+ Rxd8 38.Qxd8+ Kg7
39.g4 Rb5 40.Qd7 Rb8 41.Qa7 Rb5 42.Qd4+ Kg8 43.Qc4 Rb8 44.Qc7
Rb5 45.Qc8+ Kg7 46.Qa6 Rc5 47.Kg2 b3 48.Qb6 Rc4 49.Qxb3 Rxg4+
50.Kh3 Rb4 51.Qc3+ Kg8 52.Qc5 Ra4 53.h5 gxh5 54.Qxh5 Ra2 55.f4
Kf8 56.Qe5 1-0

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Vilnius (Lithuania)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aivars Gipslis"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 Be7
13.Nd2 O-O 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.b8=Q Rh1+
51.Kxh1 e1=Q+ 52.Kh2 Qf2+ 53.Kxh3 Qxf3+ 54.Kh2 e2 55.Qf8+ Ke4
56.Qe8+ Kd3 57.Qb5+ Kc3 0-1

[Event "Tournament"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.c3 Bg7
13.Qf3 Bg6 14.h4 e4 15.Qh3 h5 16.Nc2 O-O 17.Be2 Ne5 18.Nce3
Nd3+ 19.Bxd3 exd3 20.O-O Re8 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Nf4 Re4 23.Nxg6
fxg6 24.Rxd3 Rc6 25.g3 a5 26.Qg2 Qe8 27.Rfd1 b4 28.cxb4 axb4
29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Bxb2 31.Rd8 Qxd8 32.Qxe4 Qd6 33.Qd5+ Qxd5
34.Nxd5 Ba3 35.Kg2 Kf7 36.Kf3 g5 37.hxg5 Kg6 38.Kf4 Bc1+
39.Ke4 Kxg5 40.Nxb4 Ba3 41.Nc2 Bc5 42.Kf3 Kf5 43.Ne3+ Ke5
44.Ng2 Kf5 45.Nf4 h4 46.gxh4 Ba3 47.Ng2 1-0

[Event "Latvia"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Pukudruva"]
[ECO "B11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 Bg4 4.h3 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 e6 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bd3
dxe4 8.Nxe4 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Nd7 10.c3 Nf6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.Bd2 Bd6
13.c4 h5 14.O-O Bf4 15.Bc3 Rd8 16.Rad1 Kf8 17.Rfe1 h4 18.Bc2
Rh6 19.Rd3 Qb8 20.Rf3 Nh5 21.Qe4 Qc7 22.d5 exd5 23.cxd5 cxd5
24.Bb4+ Bd6 25.Qxd5 Nf6 26.Qe5 Qxc2 27.Bxd6+ Kg8 28.Be7 Rd1
29.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30.Kh2 Qa4 31.Rf4 Qc6 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Bxf6 gxf6
34.Rg4 Rg6 35.Rxh4+ Rh6 36.Rxh6+ Kxh6 37.Qh8+ Kg6 38.Qg8+ Kf5
39.Qxf7 Qd6+ 40.g3 Qd2 41.g4+ 1-0

[Event "Lugansk"]
[Site "Lugansk"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Arulaid"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Be3 O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igor Blek"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hanov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.O-O
O-O 8.h3 Ne8 9.Be3 Nd4 10.Qc1 Rb8 11.a4 a6 12.Bd2 b5 13.axb5
axb5 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nd5 Bb7 16.Bh6 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nf6 18.Bxg7
Kxg7 19.Qf4 Qb6 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.Re2 b4 22.Rae1 Qa7 23.b3 Rb5
24.Qh4 Ra5 25.Kh2 Ra1 26.Rxa1 Qxa1 27.g4 Qd1 28.Bf3 h6 29.Qg3
Qc1 30.Bg2 g5 31.Bf3 Kf8 32.Qg1 Qxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Rc8 34.Kg2 Rc5
35.Kg3 Nxd5 36.Bxd5 Rxd5 37.Re4 e5 38.h4 Kg7 39.hxg5 hxg5
40.Re2 Kg6 41.f3 Rc5 42.Kf2 f5 43.Kg3 Rc8 44.Rh2 f4 45.Kh3 e4
46.fxe4 Kf6 47.Rf2 Rh8+ 48.Kg2 Rh4 49.Kf3 Rh3+ 50.Ke2 Ke5
51.Rf1 Rg3 52.Kf2 Rxg4 53.Ra1 Rh4 54.Ra5+ Kf6 55.Rd5 Kg6
56.Rxd4 Kh5 57.Rxd6 Kg4 58.e5 Rh2+ 59.Ke1 Kf3 60.d4 Ke3 61.Kf1
f3 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dmitry Osipovich Rovner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O
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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 cxd6 6.Nc3 g6 7.h4
h6 8.Bd3 Bg7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Nge2 e5 11.d5 Ne7 12.h5 g5 13.c5
dxc5 14.Bxc5 O-O 15.d6 Nc6 16.d7 Nxd7 17.Bxf8 Nxf8 18.Ng3 Nd4
19.Nce2 Bg4 20.f3 Be6 21.Qd2 Rc8 22.Nxd4 exd4 23.O-O Be5
24.Ne2 Nd7 25.f4 Bf6 26.Ng3 Nc5 27.Nf5 Qf8 28.Rac1 gxf4
29.Qxf4 Bg5 30.Qg3 Bxf5 31.Bxf5 Rc6 32.b4 Na4 33.Rxc6 bxc6
34.Be6 Nc3 35.Qd3 Be3+ 36.Kh1 fxe6 37.Qg6+ Qg7 38.Qxe6+ Kh8
39.Rf7 Qxf7 40.Qxf7 a6 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qxc6 Nd1 43.Kh2 Nf2
44.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergey G Lebedev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O 9.Bf4 Ne8 10.Qd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b5 12.Nb2 Bb7
13.g3 Nd7 14.Bg2 Qe7 15.O-O f5 16.Bg5 Nef6 17.Rae1 Qf7 18.c4
a6 19.f3 Nb6 20.e4 Rfe8 21.g4 Nfd7 22.gxf5 bxc4 23.Qc3 gxf5
24.Nxc4 Nxc4 25.Qxc4 Ne5 26.Qc3 f4 27.Kh1 h6 28.Bh4 Kh7 29.Rb1
Rg8 30.Rb6 Rg6 31.Rfb1 Bc8 32.Rxd6 Rxd6 33.Qxe5 Rg6 34.Bf2 Bd7
35.Bf1 Rag8 36.Bxc5 Rg5 37.Qd4 Qh5 38.Qf2 Bb5 39.Bxb5 axb5
40.Bd4 Qh3 41.Rc1 R8g6 42.Rc7+ Kg8 43.Rc2 Rg3 44.d6 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatolij Bannik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.g3 d6 6.Bg2 c5 7.O-O
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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O 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

[Event "Riga sf-ch-URS"]
[Site "Riga sf-ch-URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Egor Chukaev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Nd2 Nd7 10.Qc2 f5 11.f3 Nf6 12.O-O-O 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

[Event "Riga sf-ch-URS"]
[Site "Riga sf-ch-URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Solovyev"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.Nge2 c6
8.Qb3 Nbd7 9.O-O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Azerbaev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c4 Nc6 5.dxc5 d4 6.Bf4 e6 7.Nf3 Bxc5
8.a3 a5 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Ne4 b6 11.Nfd2 Nge7 12.Nxc5 bxc5 13.Ne4
O-O 14.Bg3 Ng6 15.f4 Qb6 16.Bd3 Nce7 17.Qd2 Nf5 18.Bf2 Bb7
19.O-O Qc6 20.Rae1 Rfd8 21.g4 Ne3 22.Bxe3 dxe3 23.Qxe3 Rd4
24.Re2 Rad8 25.Rd1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rosenberg"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.Bf4 d5 6.e3 c5 7.Be2
cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.O-O b6 10.Ne5 Bb7 11.Bf3 e6 12.cxd5 Nxe5
13.dxe5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Bxd5 15.Bxd5 exd5 16.Qb3 Rc8 17.Rac1 Qd7
18.Rfd1 Qf5 19.Qe3 Rxc1 20.Rxc1 Re8 21.Re1 Rc8 22.g3 Rc4 23.e6
Re4 24.e7 Qe6 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Mikhailovich Goldin"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Bf5
7.Ne2 e6 8.Ng3 Bg6 9.h4 h5 10.Bf4 Nd7 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.Qxd3 Qa5+
13.c3 O-O-O 14.O-O Ne5 15.Bxe5 Qxe5 16.Qf3 Qd6 17.Qxf6 Be7
18.Qxf7 Rdf8 19.Qg7 Rhg8 20.Qe5 Qxe5 21.dxe5 Bxh4 22.Ne4 Be7
23.Kh2 Rf5 24.f4 Rg4 25.g3 Rf8 26.Kh3 Rfg8 27.Rf3 Kd7 28.Rd1+
Ke8 29.Nd6+ Bxd6 30.Rxd6 h4 31.Rxe6+ Kf7 32.Rf6+ Ke7 33.f5
hxg3 34.Kg2 R8g5 35.Rd6 Re4 36.f6+ Kf8 37.e6 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly A Kudriashov"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Qc2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Be2
e5 8.d5 Be7 9.O-O Nf8 10.Rb1 Ng6 11.b4 a5 12.a3 O-O 13.Bg5
axb4 14.axb4 Bc8 15.Bd2 Bg4 16.Ne1 Qd7 17.f3 Bh5 18.Nd3 Nh8
19.c5 bxc5 20.bxc5 Ne8 21.c6 Qd8 22.g4 Bg6 23.Ra1 h5 24.Rxa8
Qxa8 25.h3 f6 26.Qb2 Qa7+ 27.Kg2 hxg4 28.hxg4 Qa8 29.Ra1 Qc8
30.Qb7 Qd8 31.Ra8 Nf7 32.Rxd8 Bxd8 33.Nb5 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Mileika"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.Nf5 Nc6 9.O-O Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Qxf5 11.Nxd6+ Bxd6
12.Qxd6 Qd7 13.Qc5 Qe7 14.Be3 Qxc5 15.Bxc5 O-O-O 16.Rfd1 b6
17.Be3 Rd7 18.Kf1 f5 19.f3 Rhd8 20.Ke2 Nd4+ 21.Bxd4 Rxd4
22.Rxd4 Rxd4 23.Rd1 Rxd1 24.Kxd1 Kc7 25.Kd2 Kc6 26.c4 Kc5
27.Kc3 a5 28.b3 g6 29.a3 Kd6 30.b4 axb4 31.axb4 Kc6 32.Kb3 Kd6
33.Ka3 Kc6 34.Ka4 Kd6 35.Kb5 Kc7 36.c5 e4 37.cxb6 Kb7 38.fxe4
fxe4 39.Kc4 Kxb6 40.Kd4 Kb5 41.Kxe4 Kxb4 42.Ke5 Kc5 43.Kf6 Kd6
44.Kg7 Ke7 45.Kxh7 Kf6 46.g4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yakov Isaevich Neishtadt"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.c3
Be7 8.a4 b4 9.a5 O-O 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 Bg4 12.Be3 d5 13.e5
Ne4 14.Qc2 Na7 15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Nxd2 Qd7 17.Ba4 c6 18.Nb3 Bf5
19.Qd2 Qe6 20.Bg5 Bxg5 21.Qxg5 f6 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Qxf6 Rxf6
24.Nc5 Nc8 25.Rfe1 Kf7 26.Re3 Ne7 27.Rb3 Rb8 28.Nxa6 Ra8
29.Nc5 Rxa5 30.Rxb4 Bc8 31.Re1 Nf5 32.Rb8 Be6 33.Rb7+ Kg6
34.Nxe6 Rxa4 35.g4 Nxd4 36.Rxg7+ Kh6 37.g5 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roberts Skuja"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O
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.fxe8=Q+
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 b1=Q 42.Bg5+ Kg7 43.Bxb1 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Teodors Zeids"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.g3 Nxc3
7.bxc3 c5 8.Bg2 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qa5 10.Bd2 O-O 11.O-O Na6 12.Rb1
Nc5 13.Rb5 Qc7 14.Be3 Nd7 15.Qb3 Rb8 16.Rd5 a6 17.Nf3 b6
18.Rfd1 e5 19.Ng5 Nc5 20.Qa3 Bb7 21.Bxc5 bxc5 22.Rd7 Qb6 23.c4
Bxg2 24.Kxg2 Qc6+ 25.R1d5 Rfd8 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Qf3 Rd7
28.Nxf7 Rxd5 29.cxd5 Qd7 30.Ng5 c4 31.d6 c3 32.Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karlis Klasup"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.c4 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.Qc2
e5 8.Rd1 Re8 9.Nc3 c6 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.h3 Qe7 12.Be3 Nf8 13.Qd2
Be6 14.b3 Red8 15.Qe1 Bd7 16.Rac1 Nh5 17.Ne4 Ne6 18.Nd6 b6
19.c5 Rab8 20.cxb6 axb6 21.Nc4 e4 22.Nfd2 b5 23.Na5 f5 24.Nxc6
Bxc6 25.Rxc6 f4 26.gxf4 Nexf4 27.Nf1 Qg5 28.Rxd8+ Rxd8 29.Bxf4
Nxf4 30.Ng3 e3 31.Rc2 exf2 32.Kxf2 Bd4+ 33.Kf1 Nh5 34.Bf3
Nxg3+ 35.Kg2 Ne4 36.Bg4 h5 37.e3 Bxe3 38.Qb4 Qe5 39.Qe1 Bd2
40.Qh4 g5 0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krimer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3
h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Qxf6 gxf6 10.O-O-O Nd7 11.Be2 h5 12.Kb1 b6
13.Rd3 Bb7 14.Rh3 h4 15.Nf3 Nc5 16.Bd3 Be7 17.Re1 Kd7 18.Rxh4
Rxh4 19.Nxh4 f5 20.Nf3 fxe4 21.Nxe4 f5 22.Ned2 b5 23.g3 Bf6
24.h4 Na4 25.c3 Rc8 26.Bc2 Nxb2 27.Kxb2 Rxc3 28.Ne5+ Bxe5
29.Rxe5 Rxc2+ 30.Kxc2 dxe5 31.Kc3 Bd5 32.a3 a5 33.f3 Ke7 34.g4
Kf6 35.Kc2 e4 36.g5+ Kg6 37.fxe4 Bxe4+ 38.Kc3 Bd5 39.Kd4 b4
40.axb4 axb4 0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Ostrauskas"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.c3
O-O 8.O-O 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

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Igors Zdanovs"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.e3
O-O 8.Be2 d5 9.a3 Bd6 10.Qc2 a6 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.Bf3 Bg4 14.Qd1 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Re8 16.O-O Qb8 17.b4 Bxh2+
18.Kh1 Re5 19.g3 Rh5 20.Qxh5 Nxh5 21.Kxh2 Qe5 22.Kg2 Re8
23.Rh1 Nf6 24.Rac1 h5 25.Be1 Ng4 26.Rd1 Qf5 27.Rd4 Ne5 28.Rf4
Qc2 0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kira Zvorykina"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bg5 d6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4
Qe7 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Be6 10.Bd5 Nd8 11.Bb3 Bxb3 12.cxb3 Ne6
13.Bxf6 Qxf6 14.g3 Rd8 15.O-O O-O 16.d4 c6 17.Ra2 Qe7 18.Qe2
Rfe8 19.Re1 Nc7 20.a4 exd4 21.cxd4 d5 22.e5 Ne6 23.Qe3 Qb4
24.Rc2 Rc8 25.Qc3 Qf8 26.Nh4 c5 27.dxc5 Rxc5 28.Qd2 Rxc2
29.Qxc2 Rc8 30.Qd2 Qc5 31.Nf5 d4 32.Nd6 Ng5 33.Kf1 Qd5 34.Rd1
Qh1+ 35.Ke2 Qf3+ 36.Kf1 Nh3 37.Qb2 d3 38.Ke1 Rc2 39.Qd4 Qe2#
0-1

[Event "Vilnius"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Klavins"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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

[Event "ch-Latvia"]
[Site "ch-Latvia"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Klavins"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3
h6 8.Be3 e5 9.Nb3 Be7 10.Be2 Be6 11.Qg3 g5 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Qf2
Qc7 14.O-O Kf8 15.Rad1 Kg7 16.Kh1 b5 17.a3 Rac8 18.Rd2 Rb8
19.g3 Qb7 20.Na5 Qc7 21.Nb3 Qb7 22.Rfd1 Rhd8 23.Na5 Qc7 24.Nb3
Nb6 25.f4 Nc4 26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Nc1 Rh8 29.Qe1 Rh5
30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.exd5 Bg4 32.Ne2 Bf3+ 33.Kg1 Qd7 34.Qf2 g4
35.Rb1 Rbh8 36.Nc3 Rh3 37.Rf1 f5 38.Ne2 Qe8 39.Nc3 f4 40.Bxf4
exf4 41.Qd4+ Bf6 42.Qxf4 Qe5 43.Qxe5 Bxe5 44.Re1 Rxh2 0-1

[Event "Uppsala"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Borislav Ivkov"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Rfe8 14.Ne3 g6 15.b4 cxb4 16.cxb4 Nc4 17.Nxc4 bxc4 18.Re3 Bf8
19.Bb2 Bh6 20.Ra3 Qb7 21.dxe5 Qxb4 22.Qd4 Nh5 23.exd6 Bg7
24.e5 Bc6 25.Re3 Bxf3 26.Bc3 Qb5 27.gxf3 Rad8 28.f4 Re6 29.Rb1
Qc6 30.Rb6 Qc8 31.Bd1 Bh6 32.Bxh5 gxh5 33.f5 1-0

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

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1956.01.14"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f4 Qb6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.e5
Nd5 8.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1956.02.06"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1956.01.21"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatolij Bannik"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1956.01.28"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Georgy Lisitsin"]
[ECO "B71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 Be7 11.Qf3 d5 12.O-O-O Bf6
13.Bd4 O-O 14.h4 Rb8 15.Qf2 Rb4 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.a3 Qb6 18.Qxb6
Rxb6 19.Na4 Rb7 20.Bd3 Nh5 21.Rhf1 Re7 22.f5 gxf5 23.Rfe1 Rfe8
24.Rxe7 Rxe7 25.Kd2 Ng3 26.Kc3 f4 27.Kd4 Bf5 28.Rd2 Re6 29.Nc5
Rh6 30.Ke5 Bxd3 31.cxd3 Rxh4 32.Kd6 Rh6+ 33.Kc7 Nf5 34.Kb7 Nd4
35.Rf2 a5 36.Rxf4 Ne6 37.Rg4+ Kf8 38.Kxc6 Nxc5+ 39.Kxc5 Re6
40.Kxd5 Rb6 41.b4 axb4 42.axb4 Ke7 43.Kc5 Rf6 44.Rd4 Rf5+
45.Kc6 Rf6+ 46.Kc7 Rf5 47.Re4+ Kf6 48.Kc6 Rf2 49.g4 h5 50.gxh5
Kg5 51.b5 f5 52.Rb4 f4 53.b6 f3 54.b7 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Egor Chukaev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Qd2 exd5 9.exd5 Qb6 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.Nh4 Ne4 12.Nxe4 Bxe4
13.O-O-O 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

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sultan Khalilbeili"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c6 7.Be3 a6
8.d5 c5 9.Qd2 Re8 10.Nf4 Qa5 11.Be2 Nbd7 12.g4 Ne5 13.g5 Nfd7
14.Rc1 b5 15.b3 Rb8 16.Nd1 Qa3 17.Kf2 bxc4 18.Bxc4 a5 19.h4 a4
20.h5 axb3 21.axb3 Nxc4 22.bxc4 Ne5 23.hxg6 hxg6 24.Rc3 Qa4
25.Kg3 Nxc4 26.Qh2 Nxe3 27.Rxe3 Qd4 28.Ne2 Qd2 29.Qh7+ Kf8
30.Nf4 Rb1 31.Re2 Qd4 32.Reh2 e6 33.Nf2 Rxh1 34.Rxh1 exd5
35.Rd1 Qe3 36.Rxd5 Re5 37.Qh4 Rxd5 38.Nxd5 Qd4 39.Qh1 Be6
40.Qb1 Qb2 41.Qd3 Qc1 42.f4 c4 43.Qd1 Qxd1 44.Nxd1 Bxd5
45.exd5 Ba1 46.Kf3 c3 47.Ne3 Bb2 48.Ke4 Bc1 49.Nc2 Bd2 50.Nd4
Ke8 51.Nc2 Kd7 52.Nd4 Kc7 53.f5 Kb6 54.fxg6 fxg6 55.Kd3 Bxg5
56.Ne6 Bd2 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tengiz Shalvovich Giorgadze"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 c5
8.g4 h5 9.h3 Na6 10.Qd2 Nh7 11.O-O-O h4 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Nc7
14.Nf3 Re8 15.Re1 a6 16.e5 dxe5 17.Nxe5 Bd7 18.Bd3 Bf6 19.Rhf1
Rf8 20.Ne4 Bg7 21.Nxc5 Bc8 22.Kb1 Ne8 23.Bh6 Bxh6 24.Qxh6 Qg5
25.Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Genrikh Kasparian"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "173"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 Nd7 6.Nge2 dxc4 7.Ng3
Bd3 8.Bxd3 cxd3 9.O-O Ne7 10.Nce4 Nd5 11.Qxd3 Qb6 12.Rd1 h6
13.Qf3 Be7 14.Nh5 Rh7 15.Nc3 g6 16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Kf8 18.Qh3
Ke8 19.Qe3 g5 20.Qd3 Rg7 21.Be3 Qa6 22.Qe4 Nb6 23.f4 gxf4
24.Bxf4 Rg6 25.Bg3 Rd8 26.Bh4 Bxh4 27.Qxh4 Nd5 28.Nxd5 Rxd5
29.Rd2 Qc4 30.Rf1 Rd7 31.b3 Qb4 32.Qf2 Qe7 33.Rd3 a6 34.Rf3
Qf8 35.Rf4 Qg7 36.Qf3 Kf8 37.b4 Kg8 38.a3 Rg5 39.Qh3 Rg6
40.R1f2 Rg5 41.Qf3 Qg6 42.Qe2 Qh5 43.R2f3 Kf8 44.h3 Rg3 45.Qf2
Rxf3 46.Rxf3 Ke8 47.Kh2 Kd8 48.Rf6 Qd1 49.Rxf7 Rxf7 50.Qxf7
Qxd4 51.Qf6+ Kc7 52.Kg3 Qe3+ 53.Kh4 Qxa3 54.Qe7+ Kb6 55.Qc5+
Kc7 56.Kh5 Qg3 57.Kxh6 Qxg2 58.Qd6+ Kb6 59.Qxe6 Qd2+ 60.Kg6
Qd4 61.Qf5 a5 62.e6 a4 63.Kf7 a3 64.e7 Qc4+ 65.Kf8 Qxb4 66.Ke8
Qd4 67.Qe6 Kc7 68.Kf7 Qf4+ 69.Kg6 Qg3+ 70.Kh5 Qf3+ 71.Kg6 Qg3+
72.Kf7 Qf4+ 73.Ke8 Qd4 74.Qf5 Kb6 75.Qf3 Qb2 76.Kf7 a2 77.Qe3+
c5 78.e8=Q a1=Q 79.Qd8+ Ka6 80.Qa8+ Kb5 81.Qxb7+ Kc4 82.Qe6+
Kc3 83.Qf6+ Kc2 84.Qg2+ Kb3 85.Qb6+ Ka2 86.Qd5+ Kb1 87.Qd1+
1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jacob Yuchtman"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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.a3 Be7 11.Bb3 Bd7 12.O-O Qa5
13.Rad1 Qh5 14.Qe1 g5 15.e5 Ng4 16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Bd5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5
exd5 19.Nxd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 dxe5 21.Rxe5 O-O 22.Rxe7 Rac8 23.Qe4
b5 24.Re1 Rcd8 25.c4 bxc4 26.Qxc4 Qg6 27.Ra7 Rfe8 28.Rxe8+
Rxe8 29.g3 Re6 30.Kg2 Rf6 31.Ra8+ Kh7 32.Rd8 Rxf2+ 33.Kxf2
Qf6+ 34.Ke3 Qxd8 35.Qd3+ Qxd3+ 36.Kxd3 Kg6 37.Ke4 Kf6 38.g4
Ke6 39.b4 h5 40.gxh5 f5 41.Kd4 Kf6 42.a4 g4 43.b5 1-0

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

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad (RUS)"]
[Date "1956.01.12"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
a6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Bb3 Be7 10.f4 b5 11.f5 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 O-O 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

[Event "Uppsala"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janusz Szukszta"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 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

[Event "Uppsala"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yngvar Barda"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 Nxe4 11.Qe1 Nf6 12.Nf5 Qa5
13.Nxd6+ Bxd6 14.Rxd6 Qc7 15.Rd2 O-O-O 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.Ne4 Be8
18.Rxd8+ Nxd8 19.Qe3 f5 20.Nc5 Bc6 21.Rg1 Re8 22.Bd3 e5
23.Bxf5+ Kb8 24.Nd3 exf4 25.Qxf4 Re2 26.Qxc7+ Kxc7 27.Ne1 Kd6
28.Bd3 Re5 29.Kd2 Rh5 30.h3 Ne6 31.Rf1 Ke7 32.Rf5 Rg5 33.Rxg5
hxg5 34.Ke3 Nc5 35.Be2 Na4 36.b4 Nc3 37.Bc4 Bd5 38.Kd4 Bxc4
39.Kxc4 Ne2 40.Kc5 Kd7 41.Nd3 f6 42.Kb6 Kc8 43.Nc5 Nf4 44.Nxb7
Nxg2 45.Kxa6 Nf4 46.Nd6+ Kb8 47.Ne4 Nd5 48.a3 1-0

[Event "Uppsala"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Atanas Stefanov Kolarov"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 Bb7 13.d5 bxa4
14.Rxa4 c6 15.Be3 cxd5 16.exd5 Bc8 17.Nbd2 Nb7 18.b4 Nb6
19.Bxb6 Qxb6 20.Qe2 Bd7 21.Ra3 Be7 22.Rea1 Bb5 23.Bd3 Bxd3
24.Qxd3 a5 25.Nc4 Qa6 26.Qf1 Rfc8 27.Nxa5 Qxf1+ 28.Kxf1 Nxa5
29.Rxa5 Rab8 30.R1a3 f5 31.g4 Bf6 32.g5 e4 33.gxf6 exf3 34.Ke1
Re8+ 35.Kd1 gxf6 36.Ra6 Re2 37.Ra2 Rbe8 38.Rxe2 Rxe2 39.Rxd6
Rxf2 40.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Uppsala"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nils Mogren"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nbd7 7.Qd2
e5 8.d5 Ne8 9.O-O-O f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.g4 f4 12.Bf2 a5 13.Bd3
Nc5 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Ne4 b6 16.h4 Nf6 17.Qc2 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 Qd6
19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Be4 a4 21.g5 1-0

[Event "Uppsala"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Federico Mora"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e5 4.Nc3 d6 5.e4 Be7 6.Bd3 O-O 7.Nge2
Nh5 8.Be3 Bg5 9.Qd2 Bxe3 10.Qxe3 g6 11.O-O-O 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

[Event "Uppsala"]
[Site "Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[EventDate "1956.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anthony Saidy"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Na5 10.Bb3 a6 11.O-O-O b5 12.Bh6 Re8
13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.h4 Nxb3+ 15.cxb3 Rh8 16.h5 Bd7 17.Kb1 Qb6
18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Rae8 20.g4 a5 21. Qc3 f6 22.Qe3 Qd8 23.f4
Bxg4 24.f5 e5 25.hxg6 h5 26.Ne6+ Rxe6 27.fxe6 Bxd1 28.Qa7+
Kxg6 29.Rxd1 Kh6 30.Qe3+ Kh7 31.Qf3 Qe8 32.Rg1 Rg8 33.Rxg8
Qxg8 34.Qxh5+ Kg7 35.e7 Qxd5 36.e8=Q Qd3+ 37.Kc1 Qe3+ 38.Kd1
Qg1+ 39.Kd2 Qd4+ 40.Ke2 Qe4+ 41.Kf1 Qf4+ 42.Ke1 Qg3+ 43.Ke2
Qg2+ 44.Ke3 1-0

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

1. d4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6
7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3
12. hxg3 Be6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb4 Bf7 15. Rfd1 e6 16. e4 Rb8
17. Qa3 b5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Qxa7 Be8 20. Bxc4 Rf7 21. Qa3 bxc4
22. exd5 exd5 23. Qb2 g5 24. Qd2 Rxb4 25. Nxd5 Rb8 26. Ne3 Rc8
27. Rac1 Rfc7 28. Rc3 Bg6 29. Rdc1 Bf7 30. d5 Bf8 31. a3 Bc5
32. Rxc4 Bxa3 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Qd4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2
Qb2 37. Qe4 Bf8 38. Nd4 h5 39. Ndc2 Qb7 40. Nd4 Qb2 41. Ne6
Qxf2 42. Nf5 h4 43. Nxf8 hxg3+ 44. Kh3 Qg1 45. Kxg3 Kxf8
46. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.02.14"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.a3 cxd4 6.exd4 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Bf4 Nc6 9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.Rxc3 dxc4 12.Rxc4 Qa5+
13.Bd2 Qd5 14.Qc2 f5 15.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.02.08"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7
7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3 h5 9. Qh3 cxd4 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. g4 Nfe7
12. gxh5 Qc7 13. Bf4 Ng6 14. Qg4 Nxf4 15. Qxf4 dxc3 16. Qg5
Qe7 17. Qxg7 Qf8 18. Qg5 Qh6 19. Rg1 Qxg5 20. Rxg5 Bd7 21. Ke2
Ke7 22. Ke3 Raf8 23. Rag1 Be8 24. Nd4 f5 25. Nxc6+ Bxc6
26. Kd4 f4 27. Rg7+ Rf7 28. Rg8 Rxg8 29. Rxg8 Rf8 30. Rxf8
Kxf8 31. h6 b6 32. Kxc3 Kg8 33. Bg6 a5 34. Kd4 Kf8 35. c3 Kg8
36. h7+ Kg7 37. Bf7 Bd7 38. Bg8 Bc8 39. Kd3 Bd7 40. Ke2 Kh8
41. Kf3 b5 42. Kxf4 d4 43. cxd4 b4 44. axb4 a4 45. d5 a3
46. dxe6 a2 47. exd7 a1=Q 48. d8=Q Qc1+ 49. Kf5 Qb1+ 50. Ke6
Qg6+ 51. Kd7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.01.22"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.a3 cxd4 9.axb4 dxc3 10.bxc3 Qc7 11.Qe2 Bd7 12.e4 dxe4
13.Bxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4 f6 15.Rd1 Rfd8 16.Be3 e5 17.Qd5+ Kh8
18.Qd6 Qc8 19.b5 Bh3 20.Qa3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Qg4 22.Ne1 Qxd1
23.gxh3 Qxe1+ 24.Kg2 Nd4 25.cxd4 exd4 26.Bf4 Qe4+ 27.Kg3 h5
28.Qd6 Kh7 29.Qd7 Re8 30.h4 Qg6+ 31.Kf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Italien"]
[Site "Italien"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Giovanni Ferrantes"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.h3 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Be3 Qe7 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Bd3 Nd4 12.Bxd4 exd4
13.O-O Nh5 14.g4 c6 15.gxh5 cxd5 16.cxd5 Qf6 17.Bc4 b5 18.Be2
Re8 19.Qd3 Qf4 20.Rfe1 Rxe4 21.Qd2 Bb7 22.Qxf4 Rxf4 23.hxg6
hxg6 24.Nd2 d3 25.Bxd3 Rd4 26.Nb3 Rxd3 27.Nc5 Rxd5 28.Nxb7 Rb8
29.Na5 Bxb2 30.Nc6 Rg5+ 31.Kf1 Bxa1 32.Nxb8 Bd4 33.Nc6 Bb6
34.Re4 Rc5 35.Nb4 a5 36.Nd3 Rc3 37.Nf4 Rf3 38.Nd5 Rxf2+ 39.Ke1
Bc5 40.Nc7 Rxa2 41.Nxb5 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Italien"]
[Site "Italien"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alberto Mario Giustolisi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Nd2
Bg7 8.Nc4 O-O 9.Bf4 Ne8 10.Qd2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 b5 12.Na3 a6
13.Bh6 Ng7 14.h4 Re8 15.Bxg7 Kxg7 16.h5 Ra7 17.Nc2 Qf6 18.a4
b4 19.cxb4 Bf5 20.Rc1 Bxc2 21.Qxc2 cxb4 22.e3 Nd7 23.h6+ Kf8
24.Rb1 Rb8 25.Be2 Nc5 26.O-O b3 27.Qc4 Rab7 28.Qg4 Rb4 29.f4
Rxa4 30.Bf3 b2 31.e4 Ra1 32.e5 Rxb1 33.Rxb1 Qf5 34.Qxf5 gxf5
35.exd6 Na4 36.d7 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Italien"]
[Site "Italien"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Elio Romani"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O 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

[Event "Italien"]
[Site "Italien"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eugenio Szabados"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.b3 d5 4.e3 c5 5.Bb2 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5
Bd6 8.O-O Bg4 9.d4 cxd4 10.exd4 O-O 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Qd3 Nh5
13.g3 f5 14.Ne5 Bxe5 15.dxe5 f4 16.Nd2 Qg5 17.Rac1 f3 18.Bd4
Nf4 19.Be3 Ne2+ 20.Kh1 Qh5 21.Rce1 Qh3 22.Rg1 Rf5 23.Bg5 Rxg5
24.Nxf3 Rh5 25.Rg2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Italien"]
[Site "Italien"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Giovanni Ferrantes"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.Qd2
Bd7 8.O-O-O a6 9.Nd5 Nf6 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Bb6 Qc8 12.Nc7+ Kf8
13.Nxa8 Nxe4 14.Qe3 Qxa8 15.Bc4 Qc8 16.f3 h5 17.Kb1 Nf6
18.Rhe1 Ng8 19.Ba5 Bf6 20.Bc3 Qc7 21.Rd2 Bxf3 22.gxf3 Qxc4
23.Bxf6 Nxf6 24.Qxe7+ Kg7 25.Rxd6 Qf4 26.Rde6 Re8 27.Qxb7 Rxe6
28.Rxe6 Qxh2 29.Re1 Qf2 30.Rc1 Qe2 31.Qb3 h4 32.c4 h3 33.c5 h2
34.c6 Qe5 35.Qc2 Nd5 36.a3 Qc7 37.Qc4 Ne7 38.Qd4+ Kh7 39.Qd7
Qe5 40.c7 Qg5 1-0

[Event "Italien"]
[Site "Italien"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Francesco Scafarelli"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd5
13.Nxd5 exd5 14.Bxe7 Nxe7 15.Bd3 Bb5 16.Kb1 Bxd3 17.Qxd3 h6
18.e6 O-O 19.Rhe1 fxe6 20.Rxe6 Rad8 21.Nd4 Rd7 22.Qe2 Rf7
23.Nf3 Rf8 24.a3 Nc6 25.Nh4 Qb8 26.Ng6 Rfd8 27.h4 Rd6 28.h5
Qc8 29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Rf1 Rd8 31.g4 Qd7 32.Qf2 Qxg4 33.Qh2 Nd4
34.Qd6 Qd1+ 35.Rxd1 Rxd6 36.Rxd4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.02.11"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Konstantin Klaman"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.02.16"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.02.21"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 Nbd7 7.Bg5
c6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.d5 c5 10.g4 a6 11.Ng3 Re8 12.h4 Qa5 13.Bh6 Nf8
14.h5 Qc7 15.Bd3 b5 16.O-O-O bxc4 17.Bb1 Bh8 18.Rdg1 Rb8
19.Nf5 N6d7 20.Bg5 Bg7 21.Nxg7 Kxg7 22.Bh6+ Kg8 23.f4 exf4
24.Qxf4 Qd8 25.hxg6 Nxg6 26.Qh2 Nde5 27.Bf4 Nf8 28.Qh6 Neg6
29.Bg5 f6 30.e5 Rxe5 31.Bxg6 Rb7 32.Ne4 fxg5 33.Rf1 Rxe4
34.Bxe4 Rg7 35.Rf6 Bxg4 36.Rhf1 Nd7 37.Rxd6 Qe7 38.Rxa6 Kh8
39.Bxh7 Nb8 40.Bf5 Kg8 41.Be6+ Bxe6 42.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.01.25"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatolij Bannik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pal Benko"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "110"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 e4 5.Nd4 d5 6.cxd5 Qxd5 7.Nc2
Qh5 8.h3 Bc5 9.Nc3 Qf5 10.Ne3 Bxe3 11.dxe3 O-O 12.Qc2 Re8
13.f4 Na6 14.g4 Nb4 15.Qa4 Qc5 16.a3 Nbd5 17.Nd1 Nd7 18.Bxe4
Qe7 19.Bf3 Nc5 20.Qc2 a5 21.Kf2 a4 22.Rb1 b6 23.Bd2 Ba6 24.Kg2
Nb3 25.Re1 Rad8 26.e4 Nd4 27.Qc1 Nb3 28.Qc2 Nf6 29.Be3 Nxe4
30.Bxe4 Qxe4+ 31.Qxe4 Rxe4 32.Bxb6 Rde8 33.Nc3 Rxf4 34.Rbd1 c5
35.Kg3 Rf6 36.Nd5 Rfe6 37.Nc7 Re3+ 38.Kf2 Rxe2+ 39.Rxe2 Rxe2+
40.Kg3 Re3+ 41.Kf2 Rd3 42.Re1 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 Be2 44.Na6 c4 45.Nc5
Nxc5 46.Bxc5 Rxb2 47.Bd4 Rd2 48.Be3 Ra2 49.Kf4 f6 50.h4 c3
51.g5 fxg5 52.hxg5 Kf7 53.Ke4 c2 54.Bc1 Ra1 55.Ke3 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gheorghe Mititelu"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7
13.Qd1 Qc7 14.Bf4 Rfe8 15.Qd2 Ne5 16.Be2 Qa5 17.Bg5 Qb4
18.Rae1 Ned7 19.Bd3 b5 20.Kh1 c4 21.Bc2 Qa5 22.f4 b4 23.Nd1
Rab8 24.Qf2 Qc5 25.Qf3 Qd4 26.Bh4 Qc5 27.g4 Nb6 28.Bf2 Qa5
29.Bd4 b3 30.Bb1 Nbxd5 31.f5 g5 32.h4 h6 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Ne3
Nf4 35.Nxc4 Qb4 36.Qc3 Qxc3 37.Bxc3 Nxg4 38.Rg1 Bxc3 39.bxc3
Nf2+ 40.Kh2 f6 41.Nxd6 Red8 42.e5 N2d3 43.Ne4 Nxe1 44.Nxf6+
Kg7 45.Rxe1 Nd3 46.Nh5+ Kh6 47.Rh1 Nf2 48.Rf1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1957.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kyosti Rannanjarvi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.dxc5 Bxc5 5.Bg2 d5 6.O-O Nc6
7.Nfd2 h5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.Nc3 h4 10.gxh4 Rxh4 11.Bg5 Rh8 12.e4
Nxe4 13.Bxe7 Qc7 14.h3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Nxe7 16.Rc1 Qxc3 17.Bxd5
exd5 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Sieghart Dittmann"]
[ECO "E87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Nh5
8.Qd2 f5 9.O-O-O Nd7 10.Bd3 Ndf6 11.Nge2 a6 12.Qc2 Qe8 13.Rde1
b5 14.exf5 bxc4 15.Bxc4 gxf5 16.h3 Qf7 17.g4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4
19.Nxf4 Bh6 20.g5 Bxg5 21.Rhg1 Ng4 22.Ne2 Qf6 23.h4 Bxh4
24.Ref1 Rb8 25.fxg4 fxg4 26.Bd3 Rf7 27.Kb1 Bd7 28.Nc3 Rbf8
29.Ne6 Qxf1+ 30.Rxf1 Rxf1+ 31.Nd1 R8f2 32.Qb3 Bb5 33.Bxf1 Rxf1
34.a4 Rf3 35.Qb4 Bd3+ 36.Ka2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Raphael Persitz"]
[ECO "E79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 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.O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Atanas Stefanov Kolarov"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Bd7 8.Qf3 Nc6 9.O-O-O Nxd4 10.Rxd4 Bc6 11.Be2 Be7 12.Rhd1 Qa5
13.Qe3 h6 14.Bh4 e5 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.R4d3 O-O 17.Kb1 Rfd8
18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nd5 Bg5 20.Qf3 Rac8 21.b4 Qa4 22.Ra3 Rxd5
23.exd5 e4 24.Qc3 Bf6 25.Rxa4 1-0

[Event "Riga ;MAINB"]
[Site "Riga ;MAINB"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Koblents"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1957.01.21"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Aronson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O
Qe8 8.Re1 Qg6 9.e4 fxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Rxe4 Nc6 12.Qe2 Bf6
13.Bd2 e5 14.dxe5 dxe5 15.Bc3 Bf5 16.Nh4 Bxh4 17.Rxh4 Rae8
18.Qe3 h6 19.b4 Qf6 20.b5 Nd8 21.Bd5+ Kh8 22.f4 exf4 23.Qd2
Qb6+ 24.Bd4 Qg6 25.Qxf4 Kh7 26.Qxc7 Bb1 27.Be5 Ne6 28.Qd6 Qf5
29.Bf4 Ng5 30.Qb4 Be4 31.Bxe4 Rxe4 32.Rf1 Re2 33.Qd6 Rxa2
34.Qd5 Qc2 35.c5 Rd8 36.Bd6 Re8 0-1

[Event "Vienna"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rudolf Teschner"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O 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

[Event "Vienna ETC"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rudolf Teschner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 g6 7.Bg2
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qd3 Be6 11.Nd5 Rc8 12.c3 Re8
13.Be3 Qa5 14.h3 Qa4 15.Rfe1 b5 16.Bg5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Qd2
b4 19.c4 Qc2 20.Qxc2 Bxc2 21.Rac1 Bd3 22.Re3 Bxb2 23.Rxd3 Bxc1
24.Bxc1 Rxc4 25.Bd2 Rb8 26.Be3 a5 27.Rd2 a4 28.Bf1 Rc1 29.Rb2
Ra1 30.Kg2 a3 31.Rc2 b3 32.axb3 a2 33.Be2 Rg1+ 34.Kxg1 a1=Q+
35.Kg2 Rxb3 36.Rc8+ Kg7 37.Rc4 Qa8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.O-O
Qc7 8.Re1 Nc6 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.a4 b4 11.Nd5 Nf6 12.Bd2 Nxd5
13.exd5 Qc5 14.Be4 f5 15.Bf3 Bxd5 16.Bxb4 Bxf3 17.Qxf3 Qc8
18.Bc3 Kf7 19.Rad1 Be7 20.g4 Rf8 21.gxf5 Kg8 22.Qg2 Bf6
23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Rxd7 Qxd7 25.Qxa8+ Rf8 26.Qxa6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kotov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O 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

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.d4 O-O 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Bg5 Qc7
13.Rfd1 Ne5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nxe5 fxe5 16.Qh5 Kh8 17.Rac1 Rad8
18.Rxd8 Rxd8 19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Qxe5+ f6 21.Qf4 e5 22.Qg4 Qg7
23.Rd1 Rxd1+ 24.Qxd1 Bxe4 25.Qd8+ Bf8 26.g3 h5 27.Nc7 Qe7
28.Qc8 Qc5 29.Qe6 Kh7 30.Qg8+ Kh6 31.Ne6 Qxc4 32.Qxf8+ Kg6
33.Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6
7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2 e4 9. Bb1 b6 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. f3 Bxc4 12. Nf5
O-O 13. Nd6 Bd3 14. Bxd3 exd3 15. Qxd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne8
17. Nf5 d5 18. a4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Qb3 a5
22. O-O Rfc8 23. Rac1 Qe6 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Kf2 Qd6 26. h3 Kf8
27. Rc2 Rxc2+ 28. Qxc2 g6 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6
Ra6 32. a5 b3 33. axb6 b2 34. b7 b1=Q 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. b8=Q
Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qxe3 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Qd6+ Qe6
41. Qf4+ Qf5 42. Qd6+ Qe6 43. Qg3 Qe3 44. h4 Re2 45. Qd6+ Qe6
46. Qf4+ Qf5 47. Qh6 Ke7 48. Qf8+ Kf6 49. Qg7+ Ke7 50. Ra8 Qd7
51. Qf8+ Kf6 52. Ra6+ Re6 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54. Ra8 Re1 55. Kg3 h5
56. Kf2 Re6 57. Rc8 Rd6 58. Qf8+ Kf6 59. Re8 Re6 60. Qh8+ Kf5
61. Qh6 Kf6 62. Qh8+ Kf5 63. Rd8 Qc6 64. Rc8 Qa6 65. Kg3 Qd6+
66. Kh3 Re1 67. g3 Rg1 68. f4 Re1 69. Rc2 Qe6 70. Rf2 Rh1+
71. Kg2 Qe4+ 72. Rf3 Kg4 73. Qc8+ f5 0-1

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.06"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laszlo Szabo"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6
7.Re1 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nc3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be7
13.Ng5 h6 14.Qh5 Bxg5 15.Bxg5 Ne7 16.Bd2 O-O 17.a4 f5 18.f4
Rac8 19.Reb1 Rc4 20.Qd1 Rfc8 21.a5 Nc6 22.Qb3 Rc7 23.Rb2 Kh7
24.h3 a6 25.Qb6 Ne7 26.Qd6 Qe8 27.Rb6 R4c6 28.Rxc6 Qxc6 29.Rb1
Rd7 30.Qb4 Nc8 31.g4 g6 32.Qf8 Rg7 33.Kf2 Qc4 34.Rb2 Na7
35.Rb6 Nc6 36.Ke1 Qd3 37.g5 hxg5 38.fxg5 Nxa5 39.Rxe6 Nc4
40.Bc1 Qxc3+ 41.Kd1 Qxd4+ 42.Ke2 Qe4+ 43.Kd1 Qf3+ 44.Kc2 Qe2+
45.Kc3 d4 46.Kb4 a5 47.Kc5 Rc7+ 48.Kb5 Nxe5 49.Kb6 Rc6+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Bb4 9.e5 Bxg2 10.Kxg2 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Nd5 12.Qg4 Kf8
13.f4 h5 14.Qf3 Nc6 15.f5 Nxd4 16.cxd4 Qc7 17.c4 bxc4 18.Ba3+
Kg8 19.Bd6 Qa7 20.Bc5 Qc7 21.Rac1 Qc6 22.Kg1 exf5 23.Rxc4 Rc8
24.Rfc1 Nb6 25.Qxc6 Rxc6 26.Rb4 Rhh6 27.Rcb1 Nd5 28.Rb8+ Kh7
29.R1b7 Rc7 30.Rxc7 Nxc7 31.Rd8 Ne6 32.Rxd7 Nxc5 33.dxc5 Re6
34.Rd5 f6 35.exf6 Rxf6 36.Rd6 Kg6 37.Rb6 Kf7 38.Kf2 Re6 39.c6
Re4 40.Rxa6 f4 41.Ra5 fxg3 42.hxg3 h4 43.Rc5 hxg3 44.Kxg3 Re8
45.Kf4 Ra8 46.Ke5 Ke7 47.Rd5 Ra7 48.a4 g5 49.a5 g4 50.Rb5 g3
51.Rb7+ Rxb7 52.cxb7 g2 53.b8=Q g1=Q 54.Qc7+ Ke8 55.Qc8+ Ke7
56.Qc7+ Ke8 57.Kd6 Qd4+ 58.Kc6 Qe4+ 59.Kb6 Qb4+ 60.Ka6 Qa4
61.Kb7 Qb4+ 62.Qb6 Qe7+ { 63.Kc8 Qe4 64.Qb5+ Kf8 65.a6 Qe6+
66.Kc7 Qe7+ 67.Qd7 Qc5+ 68.Qc6 Qe3 69.Kb7 Qe7+ 70.Kc8 Qe3
71.Qf6+ Kg8 72.Qd8+ Kh7 73.Qc7+ Kh6 74.a7 Qe4 75.Qb6+} 1-0

[Event "Latvia"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roberts Skuja"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.g3
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.h3 Rb8 13.a5
b5 14.axb6 Nxb6 15.Qc2 Nh5 16.Qd3 Bf5 17.e4 Bc8 18.Kh2 f5
19.f4 Nf6 20.Re1 fxe4 21.Ndxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe4 Bf5 23.Rxe8+ Qxe8
24.Be4 Bc8 25.Bd2 Nd7 26.Qc2 Nf6 27.Bd3 Qd7 28.f5 gxf5 29.Bxa6
Qa7 30.Qa4 Bxa6 31.Qxa6 Qxa6 32.Rxa6 Rxb2 33.Ra2 Rxa2 34.Nxa2
Nxd5 0-1

[Event "Latvia ch"]
[Site "Latvia ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roberts Skuja"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 e5 5.Nf3 Bb4 6.Bd2 exd4
7.Qe2+ Ne7 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.a3 Bd6 10.Ndb5 Qb6 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Bg5
Ng6 13.Nxd6 cxd6 14.h4 Nc6 15.Be3 Qa5 16.h5 Nge5 17.Rh4 d5
18.h6 g6 19.f4 Nc4 20.f5 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 Bxf5 22.Nxd5 Rad8 23.b4
Qa4 24.Qc3 Ne5 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Qxe5+ f6 27.Qxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dieter Bertholdt"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 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

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jiri Fichtl"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "168"]

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.Bxf8 Rxf8 14.Qd2 Qxd2+ 15.Kxd2 Bd7 16.Ke3 O-O-O 17.Rad1 Ne5
18.h3 Bc6 19.Na5 Kc7 20.Nxc6 Kxc6 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rd1 Rxd1
23.Nxd1 Kc5 24.c3 a5 25.b3 b5 26.a3 b4 27.cxb4 axb4 28.a4 Kb6
29.Nb2 Nfd7 30.Bb5 Nc5 31.Nc4+ Nxc4+ 32.Bxc4 Nb7 33.Kd4 Na5
34.e5 Nc6+ 35.Ke4 Kc5 36.Be2 Nd4 37.Bc4 h5 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4
g5 40.Ke3 Nc6 41.Ke4 Na5 42.Kd3 Kc6 43.Kd4 Kb6 44.Ke4 Nxc4
45.bxc4 Ka5 46.c5 b3 47.Kd3 Kxa4 48.c6 Ka3 49.c7 b2 50.Kc2 Ka2
51.c8=Q b1=Q+ 52.Kd2 Qb2+ 53.Kd3 Qb5+ 54.Kd2 Qd5+ 55.Kc2 Qe4+
56.Kd2 Qg2+ 57.Kd3+ Qg3+ 58.Kc2 Qb3+ 59.Kd2 Qd5+ 60.Kc2 Qe4+
61.Kd2 Qxe5 62.Qa6+ Kb3 63.Qb7+ Kc4 64.Qxf7 Qd4+ 65.Ke1 Qxg4
66.Qf1+ Kd4 67.Qf2+ Ke4 68.Qc2+ Kf4 69.Kf2 Qf3+ 70.Kg1 e5
71.Kh2 Qg3+ 72.Kh1 Qe1+ 73.Kh2 g4 74.Qc4+ Qe4 75.Qf7+ Ke3
76.Kg1 Qd4 77.Kg2 Qe4+ 78.Kg1 Qf3 79.Qe6 Qd1+ 80.Kg2 Qe2+
81.Kg3 Qf3+ 82.Kh4 e4 83.Qb6+ Ke2 84.Qc7 e3 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Giuseppe Laco"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.d3 O-O 7.Bd2
Nh5 8.Qc1 f5 9.Bh6 Nc6 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.Nd5 f4 12.Qc3 Be6
13.Nxf4 Nxf4 14.gxf4 Rxf4 15.h4 Qf6 16.Ng5 Nd4 17.e3 Rxf2
18.exd4 Bg4 19.Bf3 Rxf3 20.O-O-O Qf4+ 21.Kb1 Qxd4 22.Qxd4 exd4
23.Rhg1 Rg3 24.Rxg3 Bxd1 25.Kc1 Bh5 26.Ne6+ Kh6 27.Nxc7 Rf8
28.Ne6 Rf1+ 29.Kc2 Rf2+ 30.Kc1 a6 31.Ng5 Rf4 32.Ne4 Bf3
33.Nxd6 Kh5 34.Rg5+ Kxh4 35.Re5 h5 36.c5 g5 37.Nf5+ Rxf5
38.Rxf5 Kg4 39.Rf8 h4 40.Rd8 h3 41.Rxd4+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Lokvenc"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.O-O-O b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.f3 Be7 12.Kb1 b4
13.Nd5 exd5 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.exd5 Qb6 16.Rhe1+ Kd8 17.Re2 Rc8
18.Rde1 Kc7 19.Be3 Nc5 20.Bd4 Kb8 21.Ne3 Nxb3 22.axb3 Qb5
23.Nc4 Nxd5 24.Bf2 Bc6 25.Qd4 Rc7 26.Bg3 Ka8 27.Bf2 Rg8 28.Qh4
Nf6 29.Qf4 h6 30.Rd2 Nd5 31.Rxd5 Bxd5 32.Nb6+ Kb7 33.Qd4 Be6
34.Nc4+ Kb8 35.Nxd6 Bxd6 36.Qxd6 Qc6 37.Qxb4+ Ka8 38.Qd2 Rgc8
39.c4 Bf5+ 40.Ka2 Rb7 41.Qa5 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Reissmann"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.Nf3
Nf6 8.Be2 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O d6 13.Rfe1
Rfd8 14.Rad1 Rac8 15.Bf4 Ne5 16.Bf1 Nxf3+ 17.gxf3 e5 18.Bg3 h6
19.Bh3 Rb8 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Bc8 22.Bg2 g5 23.Re3 Bf5 24.Rc3
Qd7 25.Kh1 Rbc8 26.Rc6 Rxc6 27.dxc6 Qxc6 28.c3 Qc8 29.Rg1 Kh7
30.Bf1 Qe6 31.Qe3 Rg8 32.Qa7 h5 33.Qxa6 h4 34.Qxb5 hxg3
35.fxg3 d5 36.Bg2 d4 37.Re1 d3 38.Bf1 d2 39.Rd1 Rd8 40.Bc4 Qd6
41.Bb3 Rb8 42.Qc4 Be6 43.Bc2+ Kg7 44.Qe2 Rd8 45.b4 f5 46.g4
fxg4 47.c4 Qd4 48.Bb3 gxf3 49.Qxf3 Bg4 50.Qb7 Rd7 51.Qc6 e4
52.Kg2 Bf3+ 53.Kg3 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Zdravko Milev"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Georgi Tringov"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edgar Walther"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Ne2 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nd2 d5 5.c3 dxe4 6.dxe4 g6 7.Qc2
Bg7 8.a4 O-O 9.Nc4 Na5 10.Nf4 e5 11.Nd5 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Nb3
13.Ra3 Bf5 14.Qe3 Nxc1 15.Qxc5 Re8 16.Qe3 Bf8 17.Nb4 a5
18.Nxa5 Qxa5 19.Qxc1 Bxb4 20.cxb4 Qxb4+ 21.Rc3 Qe4+ 22.Be2
Rxa4 23.f3 Qh4+ 24.g3 Qb4 25.g4 e4 26.f4 Ra2 27.gxf5 Rxb2
28.O-O Rxe2 29.Rc8 Qb6+ 30.Kh1 Rxc8 31.Qxc8+ Kg7 32.fxg6 hxg6
33.f5 Qf6 34.Qxb7 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Munich"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "A Russell"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 d6 6.Bc4 Be7
7.Qb3 Na5 8.Bxf7+ Kf8 9.Qa4 Kxf7 10.Qxa5 Be6 11.O-O Kf8 12.Nd5
c6 13.Nc7 Bf7 14.Nd4 Qc8 15.Nxa8 Qxa8 16.Nf5 b6 17.Qc3 Bf6
18.Qg3 Ne7 19.Qxd6 Ke8 20.Bh6 Rg8 21.Rad1 Qc8 22.Bxg7 Nxf5
23.exf5 Be7 24.Rfe1 Be6 25.Rxe6 Rxg7 26.f6 1-0

[Event "Munich olm"]
[Site "Munich olm"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alfred Beni"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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.O-O Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 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

[Event "Munich olm"]
[Site "Munich olm"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Klaus Viktor Darga"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Be3 Rb8 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5
dxe5 14.Qh5 Qd6 15.Nd2 Bf6 16.Nf3 Nc4 17.Rad1 Qe7 18.Bg5 g6
19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qh6 Qe7 21.Rd3 f6 22.Nh4 g5 23.Nf5 Bxf5
24.exf5 Kh8 25.Red1 Rfd8 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 28.h4 g4
29.Bxc4 bxc4 30.Kh2 Kg8 31.Qh5 Qd2 32.Qxg4+ Kf8 33.f3 Qxb2
34.Qxc4 Qf2 35.Kh3 1-0

[Event "Munich olm"]
[Site "Munich olm"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Harry Golombek"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c4 e6 5.Nc3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Ne7 7.Nge2
Nd7 8.O-O 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

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.05"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris De Greiff"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.d4 Bb7
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Ne4 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Qe2 a6 12.Qc2 f5 13.Ne2
Bd6 14.Ne5 Qe7 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.Nc6 Qh4 17.Nf4 Ndf6 18.g3 Qh6
19.f3 g5 20.Nxd5 Nxd5 21.fxe4 fxe4 22.Bxe4 Nxe3 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8
24.Qe2 Bxc6 25.Bxc6 g4 26.a3 Qg5 27.Re1 Nf5 28.Qe6+ Rf7 29.Bd5
1-0

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.20"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hector Decio Rossetto"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nc3
a6 8.d5 Na5 9.Qd3 c5 10.e4 e6 11.h3 exd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.Bf4 b4
14.Nd1 Re8 15.Re1 c4 16.Qc2 Ra7 17.Be3 Rae7 18.Nd2 b3 19.axb3
Nxb3 20.Ra4 Nxd5 21.exd5 Bf5 22.Qxc4 Nxd2 23.Qxa6 Ne4 24.Qb6
Qc8 25.g4 Nc5 26.Ra7 Rxa7 27.Qxa7 Nd3 28.Rf1 Be4 29.Qa3 Bxg2
30.Kxg2 Qc4 31.Qxd6 Bf8 32.Qc6 Qe4+ 33.Kg1 Ne5 34.Nc3 Nf3+
35.Kh1 Qe5 36.Kg2 Nh4+ 37.Kg1 Bd6 38.Rd1 Qh2+ 39.Kf1 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.22"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Qa5
7.O-O Bg7 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.Bg5 O-O 10.f4 b5 11.Bxf6 bxc4 12.Nd5 Qb8
13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nd4 e6 15.Nxc6 dxc6 16.Qd4+ f6 17.Ne3 Qb6
18.Qxb6 axb6 19.Nxc4 b5 20.Nd6 e5 21.fxe5 fxe5 22.Rxf8 Kxf8
23.Nxc8 Rxc8 24.a4 bxa4 25.Rxa4 Rd8 26.Rc4 Rd6 27.Rc5 Re6
28.b4 Ke7 29.c4 Kd7 30.Kf2 Re8 31.Ke3 Rb8 32.b5 cxb5 33.cxb5
Kd6 34.Rd5+ Ke6 35.Kd3 Rb7 36.Kc4 Rb8 37.Rc5 Kd6 38.Rc6+ Kd7
39.Kc5 Rf8 40.b6 Rf2 41.Rc7+ Ke6 42.b7 Rc2+ 43.Kb6 Rb2+ 44.Ka7
Ra2+ 45.Kb8 Rxg2 46.Kc8 Rb2 47.Rxh7 Kf6 48.h4 g5 49.hxg5+ Kxg5
50.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.30"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rad1 Ne5 12.Bb3 g5
13.Bg3 Bd7 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 Nh5 16.Bxe5 Qxe5 17.Kh1 Nf6
18.Nf3 Qh5 19.e5 dxe5 20.Ne4 O-O-O 21.Ng3 Qg4 22.Nxe5 Qh4
23.Qc3+ Kb8 24.Nxd7+ 1-0

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.09.03"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.12"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "Portoroz Interzonal"]
[Site "Portoroz SVN"]
[Date "1958.08.19"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Geza Fuster"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Klavins"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[ECO "E53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nf3 d5 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.a3 cxd4 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.axb4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nb6 12.Bb3
dxe3 13.Bxe3 Nbd5 14.Bc5 Re8 15.Re1 Rxe1+ 16.Qxe1 b6 17.Bd4
Bb7 18.Rd1 Qe8 19.Be5 Qb5 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qe4 Qxb4 22.Nd4 f5
23.Qe5 Ne7 24.Qf6 Bd5 25.Nc6 Qxb3 26.Nxe7+ Kf8 27.Re1 Be6
28.Nxf5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 Ne4 6.Qe2 Nc5 7.O-O
Be7 8.Rd1 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Averbakh"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Be2
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Riga (RUS)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 g6 7.c3
Bg7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Na3 Rc8 11.Bg5 a6 12.Bxc6 bxc6
13.Nc4 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Ne5 Qc7 17.f4 Rb8
18.Qd2 Rb6 19.Re3 a5 20.b4 Rc8 21.b5 Be8 22.Rae1 Qd6 23.Qd1
Rb7 24.Qf3 Rbc7 25.Ng4 Bg7 26.f5 Rxc3 27.f6 Rxe3 28.Qxe3 Bxf6
29.Nxf6+ Qxf6 30.Nf3 e6 31.Rc1 Qd8 32.Rxc8 Qxc8 33.Qd2 Qd8
34.h4 f6 35.Nd4 Qb6 36.Kf1 e5 37.Nf3 d4 38.Qc2 Bf7 39.h5 Kf8
40.Qc8+ Ke7 41.Nd2 gxh5 42.Ne4 Bd5 43.Ng3 Be6 44.Qh8 Qc5
45.Qxh7+ Kd8 46.Qh8+ Kd7 47.Qg7+ Kc8 48.Qh8+ Kb7 49.Qg7+ Qc7
50.Qxc7+ Kxc7 51.Nxh5 f5 52.Ng7 Bc4+ 53.Ke1 f4 54.Ne8+ Kd7
55.b6 Ba6 56.Nf6+ Ke6 57.Ne4 Kd5 58.Nf6+ Kc5 59.Nd7+ 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karlis Klasup"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qa5 10.Be3 exd4 11.Bxd4 Nb6 12.Nd2 Be6 13.Qf3
Nbd7 14.Rac1 a6 15.Rfd1 b5 16.Qe2 Rfe8 17.a3 Rab8 18.b4 Qd8
19.cxb5 axb5 20.Ncb1 Rc8 21.Qd3 Ne5 22.Qc3 Qe7 23.Bxe5 dxe5
24.Nb3 h5 25.Na5 h4 26.Qc5 hxg3 27.fxg3 Bh6 28.Qxe7 Rxe7
29.Rxc6 Rxc6 30.Nxc6 Rc7 31.Nxe5 Rc2 32.Re1 Nh5 33.Kh2 Nf4
34.Rg1 Nxh3 35.Rf1 Nf2 36.Re1 Bc1 37.Nf3 Ba2 38.Nd4 Rc4 39.Bf1
Rc8 40.Re2 Bxb1 41.Rxf2 Be3 42.Rb2 Rc1 43.Nxb5 Rxf1 44.Nc3 Bd3
45.b5 Rc1 46.Nd5 Bd4 47.Rb4 Bc5 48.Rb2 Kg7 49.Nf4 Bxe4 50.Kh3
Rh1+ 51.Kg4 f5 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Klavins"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrejs Petersons"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nc3 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.Qb3 Nc6 7.d3
d4 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 Bb4+ 10.Kf1 Qe7 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bc1 Na5
13.Qd1 Qd6 14.Bg2 Be6 15.a3 Bb3 16.axb4 Bxd1 17.bxa5 Bb3
18.Nf3 O-O 19.Nd2 Bd5 20.Ne4 Qc6 21.Bd2 Rac8 22.f3 f5 23.Ng5
e4 24.Bb4 h6 25.Nh3 exf3 26.exf3 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Peteris Kampenuss"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Nbd7 5.f4 c6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Ne4
Bg7 8.c4 N5b6 9.h4 O-O 10.h5 c5 11.hxg6 hxg6 12.Qd3 Re8 13.e6
fxe6 14.Qg3 Nf8 15.Bh5 cxd4 16.Bxg6 Bd7 17.Rh5 Bc6 18.Rg5 Nxg6
19.Rxg6 Bxe4 20.Rxg7+ Kh8 21.Qg5 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Klovans"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5
Ne4 8.Nxd4 O-O 9.Nf5 d5 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Re1 f6
13.f3 Ng5 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Bxg5 Qxg5 16.Qd2 Qg6 17.Nc3 Bf5
18.Rac1 Rae8 19.Ne2 Qd6 20.c3 c5 21.Rcd1 Rd8 22.Qe3 Rfe8
23.Qf2 Qb6 24.Rd2 Rd6 25.Nf4 Rxe1+ 26.Qxe1 h6 27.Nxd5 Re6
28.Qh4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ilmars Lutskan"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.d5 Nb4
8.O-O Nd7 9.Bf4 O-O 10.Qd2 Na6 11.Rfe1 Nc7 12.Bf1 Ne5 13.Nxe5
dxe5 14.Be3 b6 15.b4 cxb4 16.Na4 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Qxb4 Kh8
19.Bg5 Bf6 20.Bxf6+ exf6 21.Rac1 Rc8 22.Qa3 Na6 23.c5 Nxc5
24.Nxc5 bxc5 25.Rxc5 Qb6 26.Rc6 Qd4 27.Rec1 Rcd8 28.Rc7 Qxd5
1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Mileika"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Bb4 7.Bd2
Nc6 8.Nxc6 dxc6 9.Qg4 Bf8 10.O-O-O e5 11.Qe2 Nf6 12.h3 b5
13.f4 Be6 14.fxe5 Nd7 15.Bf4 Qa5 16.Kb1 Nb6 17.Be3 Nc4 18.Nd5
cxd5 19.exd5 Bf5 20.Qf3 Bxc2+ 21.Kxc2 Qxa2 22.Bxc4 Rc8 23.Rd4
Bb4 24.Qg4 O-O 25.Bh6 Rxc4+ 26.Rxc4 Qxc4+ 27.Qxc4 bxc4 28.Bf4
Re8 29.h4 h6 30.h5 Kf8 31.g4 Ke7 32.g5 hxg5 33.Bxg5+ f6 34.Bh4
Kf7 35.e6 Ke7 36.Rg1 Kd6 37.Rd1 Rh8 38.Bg3+ Ke7 39.Rd4 Bd6
40.Rg4 Bxg3 41.Rxg3 Rh7 42.h6 gxh6 43.Kc3 Kd6 44.Kd4 Rb7
45.Rg8 Rxb2 46.Rd8+ Kc7 47.e7 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Iivo Nei"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4
Bd7 8.O-O 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

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bozidar Djurasevic"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.f3 Qb6 12.Bc4 O-O-O
13.Be3 Qc7 14.Qf2 Nd7 15.f4 b5 16.Be2 Qb7 17.a3 Be7 18.Bf3 Nf6
19.e5 Ne4 20.Nxe4 Bxe4 21.Bxe4 Qxe4 22.Bb6 Rd7 23.Rhe1 Qb7
24.exd6 Rxd6 25.Rxd6 Bxd6 26.Qd4 Bc7 27.Bxc7 Qxc7 28.Rd1 Rd8
29.Qxd8+ Qxd8 30.Rxd8+ Kxd8 31.Kd2 Kd7 32.Kd3 Kd6 33.c4 bxc4
34.Kxc4 e5 35.fxe5+ Kxe5 36.b4 f5 37.b5 axb5 38.Kxb5 f4 39.a4
g5 40.a5 g4 41.Kc4 1-0

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milko Bobotsov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 c5 7.Be3
Nbd7 8.Qd2 a6 9.O-O-O 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

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gheorghe Mititelu"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.g3 c6 9.Bg2 a5 10.O-O 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

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Burkhard G J Malich"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O 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

[Event "5th StudWTCh qual. group 1"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1958.07.??"]
[EventDate "1958.07.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Burkhard G J Malich"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Nc3
e5 8.b3 Re8 9.Qc2 c6 10.Ba3 e4 11.Ne1 Qe7 12.Rd1 e3 13.f4 Ng4
14.Ne4 c5 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Bb2 Ndf6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Nd3 Bxb2
19.Qxb2 Bf5 20.a3 Rad8 21.Qc3 Nf2 22.Bd5 Nxd3 23.Rxd3 Bxd3
24.Qxd3 Qf6 25.f5 g5 26.g4 Rd6 27.Kg2 Kg7 28.h4 h6 29.hxg5
hxg5 30.Rh1 Qe5 31.Qb1 Rxd5 32.f6+ Kxf6 33.Rh6+ Kg7 34.Qh7+
Kf8 35.cxd5 Qxd5+ 36.Kh2 Qe5+ 37.Kh3 Qg7 38.Qh8+ Qxh8 39.Rxh8+
Ke7 40.Rh5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "5th StudWTCh qual. group 1"]
[Site "Varna BUL"]
[Date "1958.07.??"]
[EventDate "1958.07.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Colin Kennedy"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4
cxd4 8.Bd3 Nbc6 9.Nf3 Bd7 10.cxd4 Qc7 11.O-O O-O-O 12.a4 f5
13.Qxg7 h5 14.Qg5 Rdg8 15.Qd2 Na5 16.Ba3 Nec6 17.Bd6 Qd8
18.Qc3 Be8 19.Rab1 Rg7 20.Bb4 h4 21.Bxa5 Qxa5 22.Qxa5 Nxa5
23.Rfe1 h3 24.g3 Nc4 25.Bxc4 dxc4 26.d5 f4 27.Re4 exd5 28.Rxf4
Bxa4 29.Nd4 Re7 30.Rf5 Kc7 31.f4 Rd8 32.Rf6 Bd7 33.Rd6 b5
34.Rxd5 a6 35.f5 Rf8 36.Rf1 Bc8 37.f6 Rd7 38.Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Ch Latvia"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Miezis"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c5 2.f4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d3 Nge7 6.Nc3 Nf5 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe1 b6 10.a3 Bb7 11.Bd1 Qd7 12.Ne2 d4 13.Ng3
Nxg3 14.Qxg3 f5 15.Bd2 b5 16.Be2 Bd8 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.fxg5 Ne7
19.h4 Rac8 20.b3 Bd5 21.Rfb1 Qc6 22.a4 a6 23.axb5 axb5 24.h5
Ra8 25.Bf1 g6 26.h6 Ra6 27.Bf4 Rfa8 28.Qe1 Ra2 29.Qc1 Qa6
30.Rxa2 Qxa2 31.Rb2 Qa5 32.Rb1 b4 33.Qe1 Qa2 34.Qc1 Bb7 35.g3
Nd5 36.Bd2 Nc7 37.Be2 Nb5 38.Kf2 Qa6 39.Qf1 Qc6 40.Ke1 Ra2
41.Rc1 Qd5 42.Bf4 Nc3 43.Bd1 Bc6 44.Be2 Bb7 45.Bd1 c4 46.dxc4
Qe4+ 47.Kd2 Bc6 48.Be2 Nb1+ 49.Kd1 Nc3+ 50.Kd2 Bb7 51.Bd3 Qc6
52.Qg1 Qd7 53.Ra1 Ra3 54.Rf1 Ne4+ 55.Ke2 Nc5 56.Bd2 Be4
57.Bxe4 Nxe4 58.Rd1 Ra2 59.Bxb4 Rxc2+ 60.Kf1 Qa7 61.Be1 Qa8
62.Rxd4 Nxg3+ 63.Qxg3 Qh1+ 64.Qg1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.28"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7
7. c3 d6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2
Qb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ng5
c4 18. a4 Kg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rb1 Na5 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Nd5
Bxd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxd5 26. Ra1 Nb3
27. Bxb3 cxb3 28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Rad1 Rxc6 31. Rxd5
f6 32. Rxb5 g5 33. Rxb3 Kf7 34. Rb7 Re6 35. Rxe6 Kxe6 36. h4
Rg8 37. f4 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 gxh4 39. Rb5 Rc8 40. f5+ Kd6 41. b4 h3
42. Rxc5 h2 43. Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.26"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "27"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 b5 8. f4 b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. O-O g6 11. f5 gxf5 12. Nxf5
Rg8 13. Bd5 Ra7 14. Bxe4 exf5 15. Bxf5 Re7 16. Bxc8 Qxc8
17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Qf3 Qxa4 19. Bxd6 Qc6 20. Bxb8 Qb6+ 21. Kh1
Qxb8 22. Qc6+ Rd7 23. Rae1+ Be7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qe6+ Kf8
26. Qxd7 Qd6 27. Qb7 Rg6 28. c3 a5 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc4 Bd8
31. cxb4 axb4 32. g3 Qc6+ 33. Re4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rb6 35. Kg2
Kf6 36. Kf3 Ke5 37. Ke3 Bg5+ 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3 Bf6 40. Rc2
Be5 41. Re2 Rf6 42. Rc2 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rf7 44. Kd3 Bd4 45. a3 b3
46. Rc8 Bxb2 47. Rd8+ Kc6 48. Rb8 Rf3+ 49. Kc4 Rc3+ 50. Kb4
Kc7 51. Rb5 Ba1 52. a4 b2 0-1

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.09.28"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6
7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4 O-O 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O 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

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.09.15"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. b4
Ng5 13. f3 f5 14. Bf2 Qe7 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. c5 Bd7 17. Qc2 Nh5
18. b5 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Nf4 21. c6 Qg5 22. Bf3
bxc6 23. dxc6 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Be3 axb5 26. Bxf4 exf4
27. Nxb5 Rf7 28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Rf3 Be5 30. Rcf1 Kg7 31. a4 Ra8
32. Kh1 Qg5 33. g3 Raf8 34. gxf4 Bxf4 35. Nd4 Qh4 36. Rxf4
Rxf4 37. Ne6+ Kh8 38. Qd4+ R8f6 39. Nxf4 Kh7 40. e5 dxe5
41. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.11"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert James Fischer"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5
7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. O-O 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 Nf6 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rff8 Ne7
31. Na5 h5 32. h4 Rb8 33. Nc4 b5 34. Ne5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.14"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A71"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Bg5 a6 9.a4 h6 10.Bf4 Bg4 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O Re8 13.Qc2
Qc7 14.Rfe1 Nbd7 15.h3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 c4 17.Be2 Rac8 18.a5 Nc5
19.Bxc4 Nfxe4 20.Nxe4 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qxc4 23.Qf3
Qb4 24.Qg3 Qxb2 25.Re1 Qb5 26.Qf3 Bf8 27.h4 Qxa5 28.Rb1 b5
29.h5 g5 30.Qg3 Qa2 31.Rd1 Qe2 {31...Qa4! +-} 32.Rd3 Bg7
33.Qh3 Rc2 34.Bxd6 Rc1+ 35.Kh2 Qxf2 36.Rf3 Qg1+ 37.Kg3 Qe1+
38.Kh2 Be5+ 39.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 40.Qg3 Qxd5 41.Rd3 Qc5 42.Qg4 Qe5+
0-1

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.06"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6
7.O-O e5 8.Nd2 Qc7 9.a4 Nf6 10.Qf3 Bc5 11.Nc4 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.24"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 Nc6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.Be2 Bd6 9.Qd2 Be5 10.f4 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qxf4
13.g3 Qc7 14.e5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.O-O-O b5 17.Rhf1 Bb7 18.e6
dxe6 19.Qxg7 Rf8 20.Bh5 O-O-O 21.Rde1 Kb8 22.Rxf7 Rxf7 23.Qxf7
Bc8 24.Kd2 Qa5+ 25.Kd1 Qc7 26.Qf6 Qd6 27.Qd4 Rf8 28.Re5 Bd7
29.Be2 Be8 30.Bd3 Kb7 31.Rg5 Rf7 32.Qe5 Qxe5 33.Rxe5 Re7
34.Kd2 Kc6 35.Ke3 Kd6 36.Kd4 Bg6 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.Rg5 e5 39.Ke3
Rg7 40.h4 Ke6 41.h5 Kf6 42.Rxg6+ Rxg6 43.hxg6 Kxg6 44.b3 Kf5
45.c4 dxc4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.13"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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. O-O 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

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.18"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "22"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6
7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4 b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Kh1
Rb8 13. b3 O-O 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

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.09.29"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4
O-O 8.O-O 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

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.09.24"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fridrik Olafsson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3
Nc6 8.Ne2 Qc7 9.O-O Ne5 10.f4 Nxc4 11.Kh1 Be7 12.b3 Nb6 13.e5
Nfd5 14.Ne4 f5 15.exf6 Nxf6 16.N2g3 Nbd5 17.Bb2 O-O 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 e1=Q+ 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

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.04"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5
8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 d6 11.Bd3 Nxg3 12.hxg3 Nd7 13.a4
a5 14.Rb1 g4 15.Nh4 Nf6 16.d5 Qe7 17.O-O Nd7 18.dxe6 Qxe6
19.Bf5 Qxc4 20.Rfd1 Nf6 21.Rd4 Qc6 22.Be6 Rg8 23.Bc4 Kf8
24.Bb5 Qc5 25.Rc4 Qe5 26.Rxc7 Be4 27.Bd3 d5 28.Rc6 Rb8 29.c4
Rg5 30.c5 d4 31.exd4 Qxd4 32.Bxe4 Qxe4 33.cxb6 Qxc2 34.Rxc2
Nd7 35.b7 Nc5 36.Rb5 Nxb7 37.Rcb2 Rxb5 38.Rxb5 Ke7 39.Nf5+ Kd7
40.Nxh6 Kc7 41.Nxf7 Rf8 42.Nh6 Rd8 43.Rg5 Rd1+ 44.Kh2 Ra1
45.Rxg4 Nc5 46.Rc4 Kc6 47.Nf5 Rxa4 48.Nd4+ Kb6 49.Rxa4 Nxa4
50.g4 Nc3 51.Kg3 a4 52.Kf4 a3 53.Nc2 a2 54.g5 Kc5 55.g6 Nd5+
56.Kg5 Kc4 57.g7 Ne7 58.f4 Kc3 59.Na1 Kb2 60.f5 Kxa1 61.f6 Kb1
62.fxe7 a1=Q 63.e8=Q Qa5+ 64.Kh6 1-0

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.07"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Fridrik Olafsson"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.09.08"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "E89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.Nge2 c6
8.d5 cxd5 9.cxd5 a6 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.g4 h5 12.h3 Nh7 13.h4 hxg4
14.fxg4 Nhf6 15.Bh3 Nb6 16.Bg5 Nc4 17.Qd3 Qc7 18.b3 Na3 19.Rc1
Bxg4 20.Bxf6 Bxe2 21.Kxe2 Bxf6 22.Nb1 Qa5 23.b4 Qxb4 24.Nxa3
Bxh4 25.Nc4 b5 26.Nb6 Rad8 27.Bf5 Bg5 28.Rcg1 Qb2+ 29.Kf3 Bf4
30.Rg2 Qb4 31.Nd7 Rc8 32.Nf6+ Kg7 33.Nh5+ Kg8 34.Bxc8 Rxc8
35.Rc2 Rxc2 36.Qxc2 Qa3+ 37.Qb3 Qxb3+ 38.axb3 gxh5 39.Ra1 h4
40.Kg4 Be3 41.Rxa6 Bc5 42.Kxh4 f5 43.exf5 e4 44.b4 Bxb4 45.Kg5
Kf7 46.Ra7+ Ke8 47.f6 1-0

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.13"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pal Benko"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.f3 Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.g4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.g5
Nd7 14.Nd5 Bd8 15.a4 Ne5 16.O-O bxa4 17.Nb4 Qb7 18.Rxa4 Bd7
19.Ra3 Be7 20.Qd4 Rfc8 21.Bd2 Bb5 22.Rf2 a5 23.Nd3 Nc4 24.Bxc4
Rxc4 25.Qe3 Rxc2 26.Bc3 Rxf2 27.Nxf2 Qc7 28.Ra1 Qc4 29.h4 a4
30.Kg2 Rc8 31.Qa7 Bf8 32.Re1 Qb3 33.Qb7 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.10.19"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O 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

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.09.11"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Fridrik Olafsson"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.09.17"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pal Benko"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.d4
Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Qd3 c5 10.Ng5 a6 11.Rb1 Rb8 12.Bd2 Qe8 13.b3 b5
14.a3 Ng4 15.Nf3 bxc4 16.bxc4 Rb3 17.Rxb3 Nxb3 18.Rb1 Nd4
19.e3 Nxf3+ 20.Bxf3 Ne5 21.Qe2 Nxf3+ 22.Qxf3 e5 23.Qd1 e4
24.Qa4 Qe7 25.Qc6 f4 26.Rb8 Bh3 27.Rxf8+ Qxf8 28.exf4 Qb8
29.Ne2 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abrosimov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.a3
b5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.Nxc6 dxc6 10.O-O e5 11.h3 Bd6 12.Ne2 O-O 13.Ng3
Be6 14.Qe2 Nd7 15.Rad1 Rfd8 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Bg5 f6 18.Bc1 Nc5
19.f4 Bxf5 20.exf5 e4 21.Bxe4 Re8 22.Rd4 Rad8 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karlis Klasup"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e6
8.O-O exd5 9.cxd5 Re8 10.Qc2 Na6 11.a3 Nc7 12.Rd1 Bg4 13.Bg5
h6 14.Bh4 g5 15.Bg3 Nh5 16.h3 Nxg3 17.fxg3 Bd7 18.a4 Qe7
19.Bd3 Na6 20.Qd2 Rac8 21.Bb5 Nb8 22.Re1 Be5 23.Nxe5 Qxe5
24.Qf2 a6 25.Be2 Rf8 26.Bh5 b5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Rf1 b4 29.Nd1
f5 30.exf5 Rxf5 31.Qe3 Rxf1+ 32.Kxf1 Qxd5 33.Nf2 Nc6 34.Ne4
Rf8+ 35.Kg1 Nd4 36.Rf1 Rxf1+ 37.Kxf1 Qe5 38.Kf2 Bc6 39.Bf3
Nxf3 40.gxf3 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aarne Ilmari Niemela"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 Re8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Ng4 12.e6 fxe6 13.O-O
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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dauga"]
[ECO "E85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 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.O-O 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.c8=Q Be3+ 37.Kh2 Qf2 38.Qec4 Rf3 39.Qg4 Bf4+
40.Kh1 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Franz"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 Nf6 4.e3 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.c3 Be7 7.Bd3
c5 8.h3 cxd4 9.exd4 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Re1 Rc8 12.Nc4 Ne4
13.Nfd2 b5 14.Ne3 Nxd2 15.Qxd2 Bg5 16.Nc2 Bxf4 17.Qxf4 Ne7
18.Bxb5 Ng6 19.Qd6 Qg5 20.Qg3 Qd2 21.Rac1 Rf6 22.Bxd7 Rd8
23.Qc7 Rxd7 24.Qxd7 Bxg2 25.Kxg2 Nf4+ 26.Kh1 Qxf2 27.Qe8+ Rf8
28.Qc6 g5 29.Rf1 Qh4 30.Rxf4 Qxh3+ 31.Kg1 Qg3+ 32.Qg2 Qxf4
33.Rf1 Qh4 34.d5 exd5 35.Nd4 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svein Johannessen"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Wolfgang Pietzsch"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.d5
Nbd7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 a5 10.Nd2 c6 11.O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "W Witkowski"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Nf6 12.d4 Bd6
13.Re2 Nh5 14.Qd3 Qh4 15.g3 Qh3 16.Bd5 Bf5 17.Qe3 Rad8 18.Bg2
Qg4 19.Nd2 Qg6 20.Nf3 Bg4 21.Qg5 Rde8 22.Qxg6 hxg6 23.Rxe8
Rxe8 24.Be3 f5 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 f4 27.gxf4 Be6 28.a4 b4
29.cxb4 Rb8 30.b5 axb5 31.a5 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kazimirovich Tolush"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6
7.Nde2 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.Ng3 b5 10.Be3 Bb7 11.f4 d6 12.Qe2 O-O
13.Rad1 Rac8 14.a4 b4 15.Nb1 d5 16.e5 Nd7 17.Nd2 Bc5 18.Nb3
Bxe3+ 19.Qxe3 Nb6 20.Nh5 g6 21.Nf6+ Kg7 22.Rf3 Nxa4 23.Rh3 Rh8
24.Re1 Qb6 25.Qxb6 Nxb6 26.Nc5 Nxe5 27.Nh5+ gxh5 28.Nxb7 Nxd3
29.cxd3 Rc7 30.Na5 Rhc8 31.Nb3 Rc2 32.f5 Rxb2 33.Nd4 e5 34.f6
Kxf6 35.Rf3+ Kg7 36.Nf5+ Kf8 37.Rxe5 Rc1+ 38.Rf1 Rbb1 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Klavins"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.25"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Nf6 6.d4 Nd7 7.a3 Be7
8.b4 O-O 9.O-O Bf6 10.Be3 b5 11.d5 Ne7 12.Bb3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Bb7
14.c4 bxc4 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Bxc4 c6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nd2 d5
19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bc5 Be7 21.Ne4 Bxc5 22.Nxc5 Nf4 23.Qxd8 Rfxd8
24.Bxa6 Bxg2 25.Rfd1 Bf3 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bb7 Nh3+ 28.Kf1 Bxb7
29.Nxb7 Rd2 30.a4 Rxf2+ 31.Ke1 Rxh2 32.Ra3 Rh1+ 33.Ke2 Nf4+
34.Kf2 h5 35.a5 Nd5 36.a6 Nb6 37.Ra5 f6 38.a7 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Rb2
40.Rb5 Na8 41.Nd6 Kh7 42.Rb8 Nc7 43.Rc8 h4 44.Kxh4 Rxb4+
45.Kg3 Rb3+ 46.Kf2 Rb2+ 47.Ke1 Rb1+ 48.Kd2 Rb6 49.Ne8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.31"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "140"]

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.O-O Nf6 10.Nde2 Be7 11.b3 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.01"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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 O-O 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.O-O 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.c8=Q
Rxc4+ 67.Qxc4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.02.07"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rae1 Ne5 12.Bb3 g5
13.Bg3 Bd7 14.f4 gxf4 15.Bxf4 Qc7 16.Nf3 O-O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Tbilisi (RUS)"]
[Date "1959.01.20"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "149"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Rfe8 14.a4 Rad8 15.Bg5 Be6 16.Ne3 cxd4 17.cxd4 Nc4 18.axb5
Nxe3 19.Bxe3 axb5 20.d5 Bd7 21.Ra7 Qb8 22.Qa1 Rc8 23.Bd3 Rc7
24.Ra6 Rec8 25.Qa5 Bd8 26.Qb4 Ne8 27.Rea1 Rb7 28.Ba7 Qc7
29.Kh2 g6 30.Nd2 Bg5 31.Nb3 h5 32.Qe1 Kg7 33.Be3 Bxe3 34.Qxe3
Qd8 35.Na5 Rbc7 36.Nc6 Bxc6 37.dxc6 Rxc6 38.Rxc6 Rxc6 39.Bxb5
Rc5 40.Qd3 Nc7 41.Bc4 Qb8 42.Rb1 Nb5 43.Rf1 Nc7 44.Qc3 Nb5
45.Qb3 Qe8 46.Qd3 Nd4 47.f4 f6 48.b3 Rc7 49.Ra1 Qb8 50.Rf1 Ra7
51.Qg3 Qe8 52.Qf2 Qe7 53.Kh1 Rb7 54.Qd2 Qd8 55.Bd5 Rc7 56.Ra1
Qd7 57.fxe5 dxe5 58.Qa5 Qc8 59.Bc4 h4 60.Rf1 Qd8 61.Kh2 Rd7
62.Qe1 Nc2 63.Qxh4 Ne3 64.Rf3 Nxc4 65.bxc4 Rc7 66.Qg4 Rxc4
67.Rg3 Qe8 68.h4 Rc7 69.Qf5 Qf7 70.h5 g5 71.h6+ Kh8 72.Rh3 Qf8
73.Rf3 g4 74.Qxg4 Rh7 75.Rxf6 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Milijs Brakmanis"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 6.d4 Nf6 7.dxe5
Ng4 8.Qd5 O-O 9.h3 Nh6 10.O-O d6 11.exd6 cxd6 12.Qh5 Qa5
13.Bd5 Be6 14.Rd1 Rfe8 15.Bf4 Rad8 16.Nbd2 Qxc3 17.g4 Qf6
18.Be3 Bxd5 19.exd5 Ne5 20.Nxe5 Qxe5 21.Qxe5 dxe5 22.Bxh6 gxh6
23.Ne4 Kg7 24.d6 Bf8 25.Rac1 Rd7 26.Kg2 Red8 27.Rc7 b6 28.Rd3
Rxc7 29.dxc7 Rc8 30.Rd7 Bb4 31.a3 Bxa3 32.Nc3 a5 33.Nb5 Bb2
34.Nd6 Rxc7 35.Rxc7 a4 36.Nf5+ Kg6 37.Rc6+ f6 38.Rc7 Kg5
39.Kg3 1-0

[Event "Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates"]
[Site "Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1959.09.18"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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.O-O-O O-O 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

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

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

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.06.02"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andreas Dueckstein"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 d6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 f5 12.d5 exd5
13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Nd4 Qf6 15.f3 Nxg3 16.hxg3 Nd7 17.Bxf5 Nc5
18.Nb5 Qg7 19.Bg6+ Kd7 20.Bf5+ Be6 21.Bxe6+ Nxe6 22.Nd4 Nc5
23.Qf5+ Ke7 24.Qd5 Qf6 25.O-O-O Raf8 26.e4 Qf7 27.Nf5+ Kd7
28.Qxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxh6 Rxh6 30.Nxh6 Rh7 31.Ng4 Ke6 32.Kd2 b5
33.Re1 a5 34.Ke3 Rh8 35.f4 b4 36.f5+ Kf7 37.cxb4 axb4 38.Kd4
b3 39.axb3 Rb8 40.Kd5 Rb4 41.Ne5+ Kf6 42.Nc6 Rxb3 43.e5 dxe5
44.Kxc5 Kxf5 45.Nxe5 Rxg3 46.Re2 Ra3 47.Kd4 Ra4+ 48.Nc4 Kf4
49.Kd3 g4 50.Re3 Ra1 51.g3+ Kf5 52.Re5+ Kf6 53.Re4 Kg5 54.Ne3
Ra3+ 55.Kd4 Kh5 56.Ke5 Ra8 57.Kf6 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.06.06"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Hein Donner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Nbd7
13.Bf4 Qc7 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Bh2 Rac8 16.Bc4 Ne5 17.f4 Nxc4
18.Qxc4 Nd7 19.Rfe1 Qb6 20.Rab1 Qb4 21.Qf1 c4 22.Re2 b5
23.axb5 axb5 24.Kh1 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Qxc3 26.Rxb5 Qd3 27.Qe1 c3
28.Rb1 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.05.31"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Max Blau"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nc6
7.Nc2 Bc5 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.Nxe3 O-O 10.g3 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Nexd5
Nxd5 13.Qxd5 Qb6 14.Qb5 Qxb5 15.Nxb5 Nb4 16.Rc1 Bf5 17.Nd4
Nxa2 18.Rc7 Be4 19.f3 Rfd8 20.e3 Bd5 21.Bh3 Nb4 22.O-O a5
23.Bg2 a4 24.Rfc1 Nd3 25.R1c2 g6 26.Kf1 b5 27.Nxb5 Rab8 28.Nc3
Be6 29.Ra7 Nxb2 30.Nxa4 Nd1 31.Rc1 Rd2 32.Kg1 Nxe3+ 33.Bf1 Ra2
34.Ra6 Nxf1 35.Kxf1 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.05.20"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Kupper"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

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.O-O-O Qb6 11.Rhe1 Nbd7 12.Nce2 Nc5
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.g4 Na4 15.c3 b4 16.Bc2 Nxb2 17.Kxb2 bxc3
18.Kxc3 O-O 19.Rb1 Qa5+ 20.Kd3 Rac8 21.Qf2 Ba8 22.Rb3 e5 23.g5
exd4 24.Nxd4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.05.21"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.O-O-O
b5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qb5 16.Rhe1 a5 17.Qe2 Qxe2
18.Rxe2 a4 19.Bc4 Rfc8 20.Bb5 Ra5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Bc6 a3 23.b3
Kf8 24.c4 bxc3 25.Kc2 Ra7 26.b4 e6 27.b5 exd5 28.b6 Re7
29.Rxe7 Kxe7 30.Re1+ Be5 31.b7 Rb8 32.f4 Ke6 33.fxe5 dxe5
34.Rb1 Kd6 35.Rb6 d4 36.Ra6 f5 37.Ra8 Kc7 38.Bd5 e4 39.Rxa3 e3
40.Kd3 g5 41.Kxd4 1-0

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.05.23"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd2
O-O 8.e5 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Ne4 10.Qc2 d5 11.exd6 Nxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxd6
13.Rd1 e5 14.Nf3 Qg6 15.Bd3 e4 16.Bb1 f5 17.Nh4 Qe6 18.g3 Nc6
19.Rd5 Qf7 20.O-O Be6 21.Rd6 Bxc4 22.Rfd1 Be6 23.Bc2 Rae8
24.Ng2 Qf6 25.Qxf6 Rxf6 26.a3 Ne5 27.Nf4 Bf7 28.Rxf6 gxf6
29.Rd6 Nf3+ 30.Kh1 Rc8 31.Bd1 Rc1 32.Rd8+ Kg7 33.Kg2 Ne1+
34.Kh3 Nd3 35.Be2 Nxf4+ 36.gxf4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.05.24"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Erwin Nievergelt"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be2 h5 12.Kb1 Qb6
13.Nb3 O-O-O 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

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.05.28"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edgar Walther"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O Nf6 9.f4 d5 10.Qf3 Bb7 11.Bd2 c5 12.exd5 c4
13.Be4 exd5 14.Bf5 Bc5+ 15.Kh1 g6 16.Rae1+ Kf8 17.Na4 d4
18.Qh3 Kg7 19.Nxc5 Qxc5 20.Re5 Qc6 21.Rf3 Rhe8 22.Rg3 c3
23.bxc3 dxc3 24.Rxc3 Qb6 25.Be3 Qb1+ 26.Bg1 Be4 27.Bxe4 Nxe4
28.Rf3 Rad8 29.g3 Rxe5 30.fxe5 Qb7 0-1

[Event "Zurich"]
[Site "Zurich SUI"]
[Date "1959.05.30"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Fridrik Olafsson"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4
7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 exd5 10.Bd3 O-O 11.O-O h6 12.Bf4
d4 13.Nb5 Nd5 14.Bg3 Be6 15.Re1 Qd7 16.h3 a6 17.Nd6 Nf6 18.Qf3
Kh8 19.Rad1 Nh7 20.Bxh7 Kxh7 21.c3 dxc3 22.Ne4 Qc8 23.Qxc3 Ne7
24.Nc5 Nf5 25.Bc7 b5 26.Nxe6 fxe6 27.Qc6 Ne7 28.Qxe6 Qxc7
29.Qxe7 Qb6 30.Re3 Rad8 31.Rd7 Rxd7 32.Qxf8 Rd1+ 33.Kh2 Rd8
34.Qf5+ Kh8 35.Re6 Qc7+ 36.g3 Qd7 37.Qe5 Qd2 38.Kg2 Rf8 39.Qe2
Qd5+ 40.Kg1 Rc8 41.Qe4 Qd2 42.Qe5 Rf8 43.Qe2 Qc1+ 44.Kg2 Qc8
45.b4 Qb7+ 46.Kg1 Qc8 47.Qe3 Kg8 48.h4 Kh8 49.Re7 Qg4 50.Kg2
Qf5 51.Qd4 Qf3+ 52.Kg1 Rf7 53.Re6 Kg8 54.Rxa6 Re7 55.Qd8+ Kf7
56.Qd2 Kg8 57.Rd6 Qf8 58.Rd5 Re8 59.Rxb5 Qf6 60.Ra5 Kh8 61.Qd5
Rf8 62.Qd2 Qf3 63.Rd5 Qxa3 64.Rd8 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (11)"]
[Date "1960.04.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (1)"]
[Date "1960.03.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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+ Ng6
13.Ne2 d3 14.cxd3 Ba4+ 15.Ke1 Qxe5 16.Bg5 Nc6 17.d4 Qc7 18.h4
e5 19.Rh3 Qf7 20.dxe5 Ncxe5 21.Re3 Kd7 22.Rb1 b6 23.Nf4 Rae8
24.Rb4 Bc6 25.Qd1 Nxf4 26.Rxf4 Ng6 27.Rd4 Rxe3+ 28.fxe3 Kc7
29.c4 dxc4 30.Bxc4 Qg7 31.Bxg8 Qxg8 32.h5 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (15)"]
[Date "1960.04.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6
7.N1e2 Nf6 8.Nf4 Bd6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.O-O Qa5 12.f4
O-O-O 13.a3 Qc7 14.b4 Nb6 15.Be2 Be7 16.Qd3 Nfd5 17.Bxe7 Qxe7
18.c4 Nf6 19.Rab1 Qd7 20.Rbd1 Kb8 21.Qb3 Qc7 22.a4 Rh4 23.a5
Nc8 24.Qe3 Ne7 25.Qe5 Rhh8 26.b5 cxb5 27.Qxb5 a6 28.Qb2 Rd7
29.c5 Ka8 30.Bf3 Nc6 31.Bxc6 Qxc6 32.Rf3 Qa4 33.Rfd3 Rc8
34.Rb1 Qxa5 35.Rb3 Qc7 36.Qa3 Ka7 37.Rb6 Qxf4 38.Ne2 Qe4
39.Qb3 Qd5 40.Rxa6+ Kb8 41.Qa4 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (19)"]
[Date "1960.05.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 e6 7.O-O O-O
8.Qc2 Nc6 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.Rb1 a5 11.a3 Nd8 12.e4 fxe4 13.Nxe4
Nxe4 14.Qxe4 Nf7 15.Bh3 Qf6 16.Bd2 d5 17.Qe2 dxc4 18.Bf4 Nd6
19.Ng5 Re8 20.Bg2 Ra6 21.Ne4 Nxe4 22.Bxe4 b5 23.b3 cxb3
24.Qxb5 Rf8 25.Qxb3 Rb6 26.Qe3 Rxb1 27.Bxb1 Bb7 28.Ba2 Bd5
29.Bxd5 exd5 30.Bxc7 a4 31.Rd3 Qf5 32.Be5 Bh6 33.Qe2 Rc8
34.Rf3 Qh3 35.Bc7 Bf8 36.Qb5 Qe6 37.Be5 Qc6 38.Qa5 Ra8 39.Qd2
Rc8 40.Kg2 Qd7 41.h4 Qg4 1-0

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (6)"]
[Date "1960.03.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nc3 Nbd7 7.O-O
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

[Event "Russia"]
[Site "Match, Moscow  (7)"]
[Date "1960.03.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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.f8=Q Rxf8 49.Nxf8
c4 50.Ne6+ Kd5 51.Nf4+ Kd4 52.Nb1 1-0

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.11.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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.O-O Be7 11.a3 O-O 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

[Event "Leipzig"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6
7.Nc3 Nd7 8.d4 exd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Bf4 Nc5 11.Qe3 Ne6 12.Rad1
Qe8 13.Bg3 Bc5 14.Qe2 f6 15.Nh4 g6 16.Kh1 Qf7 17.Rd3 Ng7 18.f4
Be6 19.b3 Rae8 20.Bf2 Bd6 21.Be3 Bc8 22.Qf2 b5 23.Bc5 b4
24.Na4 Rxe4 25.Bxd6 cxd6 26.Rxd6 Qe7 27.Rd2 Nh5 28.g3 Bh3
29.Ng2 Re8 30.Nc5 Re2 31.Rxe2 Qxe2 32.Kg1 Bxg2 33.Kxg2 Qg4
34.Qd4 a5 35.Rf2 Kf7 36.Ne4 Kg7 37.Qa7+ Kg8 38.Nd6 Rf8 39.Qxa5
Qe6 40.Qxb4 Qd5+ 41.Kg1 1-0

[Event "German tt"]
[Site "German tt"]
[Date "1960.07.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dieter A Mohrlok"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 e5 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 bxc6
7.Nc3 Ne7 8.O-O f6 9.Be3 c5 10.Qd3 g6 11.Rad1 Bg7 12.Rfe1 Rb8
13.b3 Be6 14.Qa6 Qc8 15.Nb5 Bd7 16.Qxc8+ Rxc8 17.a4 Nc6 18.h3
Be6 19.Nc3 O-O 20.Nd5 Rfe8 21.Bc1 f5 22.exf5 gxf5 23.Nf4 Bf7
24.Ba3 Bc3 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Kf1 a5 27.Rd3 Bb4 28.Bxb4 Nxb4
29.Rd2 Kg7 30.c4 Kf6 31.Re2 Re4 32.g3 c6 33.Nd2 Rd4 34.Nf3
Rd1+ 35.Re1 Rxe1+ 36.Kxe1 d5 37.Nd2 h6 38.Ke2 Ke5 39.Ke3 Nc2+
40.Kd3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1960.07.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Heinz Lehmann"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 d5 12.e5 Ne4 13.Nc3
Na5 14.Bc2 f5 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Rxe4
c5 19.Rg4 cxd4 20.Bg5 d3 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxd3 Qxb2 23.Qd5+ Kh8
24.Re1 Rad8 25.Rf4 Qb4 26.Rxf8+ Rxf8 27.Re6 Qf4 28.Rxa6 Qc1+
29.Kh2 Qf4+ 30.g3 Qc4 31.Qd2 Nb7 32.Ra7 Nc5 33.Ne5 Qf1 34.Rf7
Ne6 35.Rxf8+ Nxf8 36.Qf4 Ne6 37.Qf7 h6 38.Ng6+ Kh7 39.Ne7 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1960.07.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rudolf Teschner"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.e4 O-O 7.Nh4
e5 8.c4 Nc6 9.Nc3 d6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nd7 12.Qd2 Nd4 13.Bg5
Qe8 14.Rae1 Ne6 15.Bh6 Qd8 16.Nf5 gxf5 17.exf5 Bxg2 18.fxe6
fxe6 19.Kxg2 Rxf1 20.Rxf1 Qe7 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qe3 Ne5 23.d4
Ng6 24.Re1 Re8 25.h4 c5 26.Ne4 h6 27.h5 Nf8 28.Qf4 e5 29.Qg4+
Kh8 30.d5 Rd8 31.Rf1 Nh7 32.Qg6 Qg7 33.Rf7 Qxg6 34.hxg6 Ng5
35.Nxg5 hxg5 36.Kf3 Kg8 37.Kg4 Re8 38.Kxg5 e4 39.Kf6 e3
40.Rg7+ Kf8 41.Rh7 Kg8 42.Rh1 Rf8+ 43.Ke7 Rf2 44.Kxd6 Rd2
45.Kc7 e2 46.Re1 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1960.07.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gerhard Pfeiffer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 c5 4.c3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.dxc5
bxc5 8.c4 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Ne1 Bxg2 12.Kxg2 Nc6
13.Nf3 Qb6 14.Qa4 d5 15.cxd5 exd5 16.e4 dxe4 17.Qxe4 Bf6
18.Be3 Rfe8 19.Qd5 Nd4 20.Bxd4 cxd4 21.Rfd1 Rac8 22.Rd2 Rc5
23.Qb3 Rb5 24.Qc2 Qb7 25.Qd3 Rxb2 26.Rad1 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 g6
28.h3 Rc8 29.Qe2 Rc3 30.Rd3 Qd5 31.Rxc3 dxc3 32.Kh2 c2 0-1

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1960.08.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Troeger"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

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.O-O-O O-O 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

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "1960.08.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Klaus Viktor Darga"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Qc7 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 Nd7
13.Bf4 O-O 14.Ne4 Bb7 15.Qh5 g6 16.Qe2 c5 17.Nf6+ Bxf6 18.exf6
e5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Bxb7 Rab8 21.Bd5 Rb6 22.Rae1 Nd7 23.Qe7 c4
24.Kh1 Rxb2 25.Re6 Rbb8 26.Rd6 Rbd8 27.Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hamburg"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1960.08.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "Leipzig olm"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1960.10.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikola Padevsky"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 O-O 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

[Event "Leipzig olm"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1960.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Theodor Ghitescu"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

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 O-O 10.Qd2 Ng4 11.Bd4 e5 12.Be3 Nxe3
13.Qxe3 f5 14.Rd1 Bf6 15.O-O b6 16.Bf3 f4 17.Qd3 Be6 18.b3 Be7
19.Qe2 Rf7 20.Rd3 h5 21.Rfd1 Bf8 22.Nb5 Rd7 23.R1d2 a6 24.Nxd6
Qc7 25.Qd1 Rad8 26.Ne8 Rxd3 27.Nxc7 Rxd2 28.Qa1 Bf7 29.Nd5
Bxd5 30.exd5 Bc5 31.b4 Bd4 32.Qb1 Kg7 33.h4 Rxf2 34.Kh2 Rb2
35.Qe4 Rxb4 36.d6 Rxd6 37.Qb7+ Kf8 38.Bd5 Ke8 39.Bc6+ Rxc6
40.Qxc6+ Ke7 41.Qxg6 Rxc4 42.Qxh5 Rc3 43.Qf5 Kd6 44.h5 Bf2
45.h6 Bg3+ 46.Kh3 Bf2 47.Kg4 Rg3+ 48.Kh5 Rxg2 49.h7 Rh2+
50.Kg4 1-0

[Event "Leipzig olm"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1960.10.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Florencio Campomanes"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Leipzig olm"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1960.10.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ennio Contedini"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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 Na6 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Re8 12.Nd2 Nc7 13.Nc4
Nb6 14.Na5 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Qh4 16.Bd2 Bg4 17.Qc2 Rab8 18.Be1 Qe7
19.Bf2 Bg7 20.Rae1 Qf8 21.a3 Bd7 22.Qd2 f5 23.b4 cxb4 24.axb4
fxe4 25.Nxe4 Ncxd5 26.Bc4 Nxc4 27.Nxc4 Nf6 28.Nexd6 Rxe1
29.Rxe1 b6 30.Ne5 Be8 31.Nxe8 1-0

[Event "Leipzig olm"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1960.10.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Joaquim Manuel Durao"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be3 a6 7.f4
Qc7 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.O-O Be7 10.Kh1 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.Qf3 Nc5
13.Rae1 O-O 14.f5 e5 15.Nde2 Rad8 16.Ng3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 d5
18.Bg5 dxe4 19.dxe4 Qc4 20.Bxf6 gxf6 21.Qh5 Kh8 22.Qh6 Rg8
23.Nh5 Rd6 24.Rf3 Bf8 25.Qe3 a5 26.Rg3 Rxg3 27.Qxg3 b4 28.Nxf6
Rxf6 29.Qxe5 Qa6 30.axb4 axb4 31.Nb5 h6 32.Qe8 Qa8 33.Qe5 Qd8
34.Nc7 Qd6 35.Qa5 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Leipzig olm"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1960.11.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Burkhard G J Malich"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.d4 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.dxc5 Na6 7.O-O
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 b1=Q 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

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Martin Johansson Sr"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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.O-O-O b5 10.Bb3 Bb7 11.Rhe1 Be7 12.f4 Nc5
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Kb1 b4 15.Nd5 Nxe4 16.Rxe4 Bxd5 17.Bxd5 Qxd5
18.Qe2 Qb7 19.Re3 d5 20.Qh5 Kf8 21.Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Axel Nielsen"]
[ECO "A84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d5 O-O
8.Nd4 c5 9.Nc2 Qc8 10.Nc3 e5 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Bxe4
d6 14.Ne3 Qe8 15.Qd3 g6 16.Ng4 Bc8 17.Nxe5 Bf6 18.Nc6 Nd7
19.Bh6 Bg7 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Rae1 Qf7 22.Bg2 Re8 23.Qc3+ Kg8
24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Re1 Qf8 26.Ne7+ Kf7 27.Bh3 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4
Bd7 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4 10.Nc3 Qb6 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qg5 g6
13.a4 Bh6 14.Qh4 a6 15.Bxh6 Nxh6 16.Qf6 Rf8 17.Nxd5 Qd8 18.Qf4
exd5 19.Qxh6 Qe7 20.Qe3 Bc6 21.Rac1 Rg8 22.f4 Kf8 23.f5 gxf5
24.Qh6+ Rg7 25.Rxf5 Bd7 26.Rc7 Qe6 27.Qh8+ Rg8 28.Qxh5 Rc8
29.Rxc8+ Bxc8 30.Rf6 Qe7 31.Qh6+ Rg7 32.Rd6 Qxe5 33.Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "cr tx"]
[Site "cr tx"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gosta Stoltz"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h4
b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.g6 Nc5 16.gxf7 Kxf7 17.Bh3 Na4 18.f4 Nb4 19.f5
e5 20.Nxa4 Nxa2+ 21.Kb1 bxa4 22.Na5 Rb8 23.Qd5+ Kf8 24.Kxa2
Qxc2 25.Rd2 Rxb2+ 26.Ka1 Qc3 27.Qd3 1-0

[Event "Prague radio sim"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Smejkal"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Be3 f5 12.exf6 Qxf6
13.Nbd2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Bd4 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Qd6 17.Rac1 c5
18.Nxe4 dxe4 19.Qg3 Qd7 20.dxc5 Bxb3 21.Qxb3+ Kh8 22.Rcd1 Qc6
23.Qd5 Qf6 24.Qd4 Rfd8 25.Qxf6 gxf6 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.c6 Kg7
28.c7 Rc8 29.Rc1 f5 30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Ke2 1-0

[Event "Radio simul"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Stanislav Wintr"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 bxc6
7.Bc4 Nd5 8.O-O Bd6 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Ne4 Be7 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.d4 N7f6
13.Neg5 Bg4 14.Qd3 Nd7 15.Bxd5 cxd5 16.Bxf4 h6 17.Nxf7 Kxf7
18.Ne5+ Nxe5 19.Bxe5+ Bf6 20.Rf4 h5 21.h3 Be6 22.g4 hxg4
23.hxg4 Rh4 24.Raf1 Rxg4+ 25.Rxg4 Bxg4 26.Qh7 Ke6 27.Qg6 Bh3
28.Rf3 Qe7 29.Bxf6 Qxf6 30.Rxf6+ gxf6 31.Qg7 Bf5 32.Qb7 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.25"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Arthur Bisguier"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e6 3.d4 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Na6 6.Nc3 Nc7 7.Nge2
Ne7 8.Nf4 Nf5 9.Be3 Ne6 10.Nxe6 Bxe6 11.Bd3 Nxe3 12.fxe3 Qh4+
13.g3 Qg5 14.Qd2 h5 15.O-O-O h4 16.Qf2 O-O-O 17.Ne2 hxg3
18.hxg3 Be7 19.Qf4 Rh6 20.Rxh6 Qxh6 21.Qxh6 gxh6 22.Rf1 Bg5
23.Kd2 Kd7 24.Nf4 Ke7 25.b4 Rc8 26.Be2 Rg8 27.Nh5 Bh3 28.Rc1
Be6 29.b5 Rc8 30.Nf4 Kd7 31.bxc6+ bxc6 32.Nd3 Be7 33.Bd1 Rg8
34.Ba4 Rxg3 35.Bxc6+ Kd8 36.Nf4 Bg5 37.Rc5 Bxf4 38.exf4 Rg2+
39.Ke3 Rg3+ 40.Ke2 Rg2+ 41.Kf3 Rxa2 42.Bxd5 Rd2 43.Ke3 Rd1
44.Bxe6 fxe6 45.Rc6 Kd7 46.Rd6+ Ke7 47.Ke2 Ra1 48.d5 exd5
49.f5 Ra2+ 50.Kf3 Ra3+ 51.Kg4 Ra4+ 52.Kh5 Ra1 53.Kxh6 Rh1+
54.Kg7 Rg1+ 55.Kh6 Rf1 56.Re6+ Kd7 57.Rd6+ Ke7 58.f6+ Ke8
59.Re6+ Kd7 60.Re7+ Kc6 61.f7 1-0

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (17)"]
[Date "1961.04.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 Nbd7 6.Be3 O-O 7.Bd3
e5 8.Nge2 Nh5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.O-O 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

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (19)"]
[Date "1961.05.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 c6
8.Bd3 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Na4 b5 11.Nb6 Ra7 12.Bc2 Be6 13.Qxd8
Rxd8 14.Ne2 Rb7 15.c5 a5 16.Kf2 Bf8 17.Rad1 Rxd1 18.Rxd1 Nfd7
19.Nxd7 Nxd7 20.Bb1 Bxc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.Rc1 Na6 23.f4 exf4
24.Nxf4 c5 25.Ke3 Kf8 26.e5 Ke7 27.Be4 Rc7 28.a4 bxa4 29.Ra1
Bb3 30.Nd5+ Bxd5 31.Bxd5 Rd7 32.Bc4 Nb4 33.Rxa4 Rd4 34.Bb5 Ke6
35.Rxa5 Nd5+ 36.Kf2 Kxe5 37.Be2 Kd6 38.Ra6+ Kd7 39.Ra7+ Nc7
40.b3 Rd2 41.Kf3 f5 42.h4 Kc6 43.Bc4 h6 44.g3 Rd4 45.Kf2 g5
46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Ra2 g4 48.Ra1 Kb6 49.Re1 Nb5 50.Re6+ Nd6
51.Ke3 Kc7 52.Bd3 Kc6 53.Bc2 Rb4 54.Rf6 Kd5 55.Rf8 Ke5 56.Ra8
Ne4 57.Re8+ Kd5 58.Rd8+ Ke6 59.Kf4 Nd2 60.Ke3 Nxb3 61.Re8+
Kd7+ 62.Re5 Kd6 63.Rxf5 Nd4 64.Rf2 Nxc2+ 65.Rxc2 Kd5 66.Rh2
Re4+ 67.Kd2 c4 68.Rh8 Rd4+ 69.Ke3 Rd3+ 70.Kf4 c3 71.Rd8+ Kc4
72.Rc8+ Kb3 73.Rb8+ Ka2 74.Rc8 Kb2 75.Rb8+ Kc1 0-1

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (12)"]
[Date "1961.04.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (2)"]
[Date "1961.03.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 e6
7.N1e2 Nf6 8.Nf4 Bd6 9.O-O Nd5 10.Ngh5 O-O 11.Bb3 Nd7 12.Nxg6
hxg6 13.Ng3 Qh4 14.Qd3 Rad8 15.Re1 N7f6 16.h3 Bf4 17.c3 b6
18.Qf3 Bxc1 19.Raxc1 Qf4 20.Qe2 c5 21.Rcd1 Qc7 22.dxc5 bxc5
23.Ne4 Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Nf6 25.Qe2 Rxd1 26.Rxd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8
28.Bc4 Qb8 29.Qd2 Qc7 30.Bf1 Kf8 31.b4 cxb4 32.cxb4 Nd5 33.a3
Qc3 34.Qg5 Qf6 35.Qg3 Qf4 36.Qd3 Qc1 37.a4 Kg8 38.a5 Qe1
39.Qd4 a6 40.b5 axb5 41.a6 Qa5 42.a7 b4 43.Bc4 f6 44.Bb5 b3
45.Qa4 1-0

[Event "match"]
[Site "Ch World , Moscow (Russia) (8)"]
[Date "1961.03.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Qg4 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qc7 7.Bb5
Bd7 8.Bxc6 Qxc6 9.Be3 Nh6 10.Bxh6 gxh6 11.Nbd2 Qxc5 12.c4
O-O-O 13.O-O Kb8 14.Rfd1 Qb6 15.Qh4 a5 16.Rac1 Rg8 17.Nb3 a4
18.c5 Qc7 19.Nbd4 Rc8 20.b4 axb3 21.axb3 Qd8 22.Qxd8 Rxd8
23.b4 Rg4 24.b5 Rc8 25.c6 Be8 26.Rc2 Bg7 27.Ra1 Bxe5 28.Nxe5
Rxd4 29.Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.03"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Borislav Ivkov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "136"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Nd5 Rd7 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.c5 Nc6 12.Bb5 Rd8
13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Be3 Rab8 16.b3 Bg7 17.h3 Bxf3
18.gxf3 f5 19.Rad1 Kf7 20.Bg5 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Kxf6 22.Rfe1 Rd4
23.Rxd4 exd4 24.exf5 gxf5 25.f4 d3 26.Kg2 d2 27.Rd1 Rd8 28.Kf3
Kg6 29.b4 Kh5 30.Kg3 Kg6 31.f3 Kh5 32.a3 Rd4 33.Kf2 Kh4 34.Kg2
Rd3 35.Kf2 h5 36.Kg2 Rxa3 37.Rxd2 Rb3 38.Ra2 Rxb4 39.Rxa7 Rb2+
40.Kf1 Rc2 41.Rxc7 Rxc5 42.Kf2 Kxh3 43.Rg7 h4 44.Rg5 Ra5
45.Rh5 Ra2+ 46.Ke3 Kg2 47.Rxh4 Ra3+ 48.Ke2 Rxf3 49.Rh5 Rxf4
50.Rg5+ Kh3 51.Ke3 Rf1 52.Ke2 Kh4 53.Rg6 Rc1 54.Kf3 Rc4 55.Ke3
c5 56.Kf3 Rg4 57.Rc6 c4 58.Rc5 Kg5 59.Rc6 Re4 60.Rc8 Kf6
61.Rc5 Ke6 62.Kg2 f4 63.Kf3 Rd4 64.Rc7 Kd5 65.Rc8 Rd3+ 66.Kxf4
c3 67.Rc7 Kd4 68.Rc8 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.10.03"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.Bg5 Be6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.Qd3 Nc6 12.Nd5 Bg5
13.Rfd1 Kh8 14.c3 f5 15.Bf3 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 fxe4 17.Qxe4 Qe7
18.Qd5 Rf6 19.Nd2 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Qc7 21.Re1 Raf8 22.Re3 g6
23.Be4 Kg7 24.Rf3 Rxf3 25.Bxf3 Rf6 26.Be4 Qf7 27.Qb3 Qxb3
28.axb3 Nd8 29.b4 Kf7 30.Rd5 Ke8 31.b5 axb5 32.Rxb5 Rf7 33.Rb6
Kd7 34.Bd5 Rf4 35.g3 Ra4 36.Bxb7 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Kc7 38.Ra6 Rb1
39.Bd5 Rxb2 40.Ra7+ Nb7 41.Kf3 Kb8 42.Ra6 Kc7 43.Ra8 Nc5
44.Ra7+ Nb7 45.h4 Kb8 46.Ra6 Kc7 47.Ra8 Rb5 48.c4 Rb3+ 49.Kg4
1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.29"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.h4 h6 5.g4 Bd7 6.h5 c5 7.c3 e6 8.f4
Qb6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Na3 cxd4 11.cxd4 O-O-O 12.Nc2 Kb8 13.Bd3 Nge7
14.Rb1 Na5 15.Bd2 Rc8 16.b4 Nc4 17.b5 Nxd2 18.Nxd2 g6 19.Nb3
Bxb5 20.Nc5 Rxc5 21.dxc5 Qa5+ 22.Qd2 Qxd2+ 23.Kxd2 Bxd3
24.Kxd3 Nc6 25.hxg6 fxg6 26.Nd4 Nxd4 27.Kxd4 Kc7 28.f5 gxf5
29.gxf5 Kc6 30.fxe6 Bxc5+ 31.Kd3 b6 32.Rbf1 h5 33.Rf7 a5
34.Rh4 Rh6 35.Rf6 Rh8 36.Rf5 Rg8 37.Rhxh5 Rg3+ 38.Ke2 d4
39.Rf3 Rg2+ 40.Kd3 Rxa2 41.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.23"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bruno Parma"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.b3 Rfc8
13.O-O a6 14.f4 b5 15.f5 Bd7 16.fxg6 hxg6 17.c5 Be6 18.Bf3
dxc5 19.e5 Ng4 20.Bxa8 Bxe5 21.Bd5 Nxe3 22.Bxe6 Rd8 23.Qf2 Nf5
24.Qe2 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 fxe6 26.Qxe6+ Kg7 27.Ne4 Qc7 28.Ng5 Rf8
29.Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Oberhausen"]
[Site "Oberhausen"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Be6 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.O-O-O
a6 13.h4 b5 14.Kb1 Rfc8 15.Rhe1 Bxb3 16.cxb3 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5
18.Bxg7 Nc3+ 19.bxc3 bxc3 20.Bxc3 Rxc3 21.Re3 Rac8 22.Rxc3
Qxc3 23.Qxc3 Rxc3 24.Rc1 Re3 25.Rc7 a5 26.Kb2 Kf8 27.Rc3 Re1
28.Rc1 Re3 29.Rc8+ Kg7 30.Rc3 Re1 31.a3 Kf6 32.b4 axb4 33.axb4
Ke6 34.b5 Re2+ 35.Rc2 Rxc2+ 36.Kxc2 d5 37.exd5 Kxd5 38.Kb3 e5
39.Kb4 f5 40.b6 Kc6 41.Kc4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nge7 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.Re1
e5 8.Nc3 d6 9.Nd2 O-O 10.Nc4 Be6 11.a4 Qd7 12.Nd5 Rac8 13.c3
f5 14.Be3 Bf7 15.f4 b6 16.Qb3 Rb8 17.Qb5 Be8 18.exf5 Nxf5
19.Bf2 Qd8 20.Qb3 Kh8 21.Qc2 Qd7 22.Qe2 Bf7 23.Qe4 Rbc8
24.fxe5 Nxe5 25.Nxe5 Bxe5 26.Qg4 Be6 27.Nf4 Bb3 28.Nd5 Qf7
29.Nf4 Rc7 30.Rf1 g5 31.Qxg5 Rg8 32.Qh5 Bxf4 33.Qxf7 Rxf7
34.gxf4 Rfg7 35.Bg3 Nxg3 36.hxg3 Rxg3 37.Rf2 Bd5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.e3 Nc6 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O
Bd6 8.b3 O-O 9.cxd5 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qc7 11.Bb2 Bxh2+ 12.Kh1 Rd8
13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Qh4 Be5+ 15.Nc3 exd5 16.f4 Bxc3 17.Bxc3 Qd6
18.Be5 Qe6 19.Rc7 Bd7 20.Rxb7 Ne4 21.Rc1 g5 22.Qh2 Rac8
23.Rbc7 Rxc7 24.Rxc7 Qb6 25.Rxd7 Rxd7 26.Bd4 Qc6 27.Bf1 Qc1
28.Kg1 Qe1 29.Qh6 f6 30.Qh3 Re7 31.Qc8+ Kf7 32.Qc2 g4 33.Qe2
Qh4 34.g3 Qxg3+ 35.Qg2 Qxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rc7 37.Bd3 h5 38.b4 h4
39.b5 h3 40.Kh2 g3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.27"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
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

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.13"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Abram Khasin"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Qa5 10.Qd2 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.O-O-O
b5 13.Kb1 b4 14.Nd5 Bxd5 15.exd5 Qb5 16.Rhe1 a5 17.Qe2 Qxe2
18.Rxe2 a4 19.Bc4 Rfc8 20.b3 Kf8 21.g4 Ne8 22.Bb5 axb3 23.cxb3
Bxd4 24.Rxd4 Nc7 25.Bc6 Rab8 26.Rc4 Na6 27.g5 Rc7 28.Ree4 Kg7
29.Rh4 Rb6 30.Rh6 Rc8 31.f4 Nc5 32.Rh3 e6 33.Re3 Rcb8 34.Rd4
h5 35.Re2 f5 36.Rc4 Ne4 37.dxe6 d5 38.Bxd5 Nc3+ 39.Rxc3 bxc3
40.Kc2 Rd6 41.Re5 Kf8 42.e7 Ke8 43.a4 Rxd5 44.Rxd5 Rb4 45.Kxc3
Rxf4 46.a5 Rf1 47.Kb2 Rf2+ 48.Ka3 Rf1 49.Rd2 Re1 50.b4 Re3+
51.Ka4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.12.16"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Bf5 4.Bxf6 exf6 5.e3 Bb4 6.Bd3 Bxd3
7.Qxd3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 c6 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O Nd7 11.Ng3 b5 12.f3
Nb6 13.e4 Re8 14.Rae1 Nc4 15.Re2 g6 16.Rfe1 Qd6 17.Nh1 Re6
18.Nf2 Rae8 19.Ng4 R6e7 20.g3 Kg7 21.Nf2 Qa3 22.Ra1 a5 23.g4
h6 24.h4 Nb2 25.Qd2 b4 26.g5 hxg5 27.hxg5 f5 28.e5 bxc3 29.Qf4
c5 30.Ng4 Qa4 31.Nf6 Qxd4+ 32.Qxd4 cxd4 33.Rh2 Rh8 34.Rxh8
Kxh8 35.f4 Re6 36.Kf2 Rxf6 37.exf6 d3 38.cxd3 Nxd3+ 39.Ke3 Nb4
40.Rh1+ Kg8 41.Kd4 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.20"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Hein Donner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O 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

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.28"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Germek"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg5
Bg7 8.e3 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Nd2 Nxg3 12.hxg3 O-O 13.Nc4
Qe7 14.Bd3 Nd7 15.O-O Ne5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Re1 Bd7 18.Rb1 g4
19.Ne2 b5 20.b3 Rfc8 21.Nf4 c4 22.bxc4 bxc4 23.Bc2 Rab8 24.Qe2
Qc3 25.Rec1 Qa3 26.Kh2 a5 27.Rd1 Rb4 28.Ne6 fxe6 29.Qxg4 Re8
30.Bg6 Re7 31.Qh4 Bf8 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.05"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Fridrik Olafsson"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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 O-O 11.O-O 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 Re7 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

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.09"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aleksandar Matanovic"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.a3 Bxc3+ 5.bxc3 d6 6.f3 e5 7.e4
O-O 8.Bg5 Re8 9.Ne2 h6 10.Be3 c5 11.d5 Nh5 12.g4 Nf4 13.Qd2 g5
14.Ng3 Qf6 15.h4 Na6 16.Ra2 Kf8 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.Qc1 Ke7 19.Nh5
Qg6 20.Rah2 Rg8 21.Ng3 Nc7 22.Rh7 Qf6 23.Qd2 Bd7 24.R1h6 Rg6
25.Nh5 Rxh6 26.Nxf6 Rxf6 27.Rg7 Rh8 28.Rxg5 Ne8 29.Qf2 Rh1
30.Bxf4 Rxf4 31.Rh5 Rxh5 32.gxh5 Nf6 33.Qh2 Rxf3 34.h6 Nh7
35.Qg2 Rf4 36.Qg7 Rxe4+ 37.Kd2 Bf5 38.Bd3 Nf6 39.Bxe4 Nxe4+
40.Ke1 Nf6 41.Qh8 a5 1-0

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.10"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mario Bertok"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4
d6 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.f3 Nd7 12.Nc4 Ne5 13.Bf4
Nxc4 14.Bxc4 Nc7 15.Qd2 a6 16.a4 Rb8 17.a5 b5 18.axb6 Rxb6
19.Ra5 Rb4 20.Ra4 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Bled"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1961.09.14"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mijo Udovcic"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nc6 7.e3
O-O 8.Be2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.O-O Bd6 12.Rc1 Qe7
13.Bf3 Bf5 14.g3 Rac8 15.Re1 Rfe8 16.a3 Qd7 17.b4 h5 18.Ne2 h4
19.Nd4 Be4 20.Qe2 Re5 21.Red1 hxg3 22.fxg3 c5 23.bxc5 Bxc5
24.Qa6 Ree8 25.Be2 Qh3 26.Bf1 Qh5 27.Qe2 Qh6 28.a4 Qg6 29.Bh3
Bd3 30.Qf3 Rc7 31.Qf4 Qh5 32.Bg2 Rcc8 33.h3 Ne4 34.g4 Qg6
35.Be1 Qa6 36.Bh4 Bxd4 37.exd4 Nc3 38.Rxc3 Rxc3 39.Bxd5 Qg6
40.Be1 Rc2 41.Bg3 Be4 42.Bxe4 Rxe4 43.Qf3 Ree2 44.d5 Red2
45.d6 Qf6 46.Qa8+ Kh7 47.Qe4+ Qg6 48.Qf3 Rc3 49.Qxc3 Rxd1+
50.Kf2 Qe4 51.Qe3 Qc2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT Oberhausen"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Toran Albero"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.f3 Nf6 6.Bg2 exf3 7.Nxf3 g6
8.O-O Bg7 9.e4 fxe4 10.Ng5 O-O 11.Ngxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxf8+ Qxf8
13.Nxe4 Nc6 14.Be3 Bf5 15.Qd2 Re8 16.Ng5 Rxe3 {One might think
that White should resign on the spot, since the Queen cannot
recapture in lieu of Bxd4. However, White has a powerful
drawing resource.} 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Nf7+ Qxf7 {Tal isn't
interested in a draw.} 19.Bxf7 Rd3 20.Qe2 Bxd4+ 21.Kg2 Ne5
22.Rd1 Re3 23.Qf1 Be4+ 24.Kh3 Rf3 25.Qe2 Bf5+ {Albero resigns,
as Kg2 runs into Rf2+, and Kh4 falls victim to Re3!
threatening the queen and Nf3+} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT Oberhausen"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roman Toran Albero"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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.O-O
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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Koblents"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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.O-O-O 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.exf8=Q Nxf8 30.e7 Kf7 31.exf8=Q+ Kxf8 32.Kd1 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arne Burehall"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 Nf6 7.Nge2
O-O 8.h3 Ne8 9.g4 Rb8 10.O-O b5 11.Ng3 b4 12.Nce2 a5 13.Rb1 a4
14.Be3 Be6 15.b3 axb3 16.axb3 Nc7 17.f5 Bd7 18.Qd2 Re8 19.Bh6
Bh8 20.Nh5 Nb5 21.fxg6 hxg6 22.Qg5 Ne5 23.Qh4 Ra8 24.Neg3 Nd4
25.Rf2 Ra2 26.Rbf1 Rxc2 27.Rxc2 Nxc2 28.Nf5 Nd4 29.Bg7 Bxg7
30.Nhxg7 gxf5 31.Nxf5 e6 32.Nh6+ Kg7 33.g5 Qe7 34.Rf6 Nxb3
35.Rf4 Nd4 36.Nf5+ exf5 37.Qh6+ Kg8 38.Kh1 Qf8 39.Qh4 b3 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erik Ruben Lundin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.f3 e6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7
7.Be3 Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.Be2 Qc7 11.a4 b6 12.Qe1 Bb7
13.Qg3 Rfd8 14.Kh1 Kh8 15.Rad1 Rac8 16.Qh3 Nc5 17.Bf2 Rb8
18.Bh4 Re8 19.Bd3 Nxd3 20.cxd3 Qc5 21.Nc2 Kg8 22.Bf2 Qh5
23.Qxh5 Nxh5 24.Ne2 Rec8 25.Ne3 Nf6 26.Rc1 d5 27.e5 Nd7 28.d4
Bc6 29.b3 b5 30.a5 b4 31.Rc2 Bb5 32.Rxc8+ Rxc8 33.Rc1 Rxc1+
34.Nxc1 Nb8 35.Nc2 Nc6 36.Be1 Bg5 37.Na2 Nxa5 38.Bxb4 Nxb3
39.Bc3 a5 40.g3 Bd3 41.Na1 Nxa1 42.Bxa1 Be3 43.Bb2 Bc4 44.Nc1
Kf8 45.Kg2 g5 46.h4 gxh4 47.gxh4 Kg7 48.Kg3 Kg6 49.Kg4 h5
50.Kg3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nils Specht Nilsson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.g3 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Bg2 Be6 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.O-O O-O 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Qd2 Nxc3
13.bxc3 Bd5 14.f3 Qa5 15.f4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Qd5+ 17.Kg1 Rfd8
18.Qe1 e6 19.g4 f5 20.h3 Na5 21.Qg3 Nc4 22.Qf3 Nd6 23.Qxd5
exd5 24.Rf3 Re8 25.Kf1 Re6 26.Bd2 Nc4 27.Bc1 Rce8 28.Rf2 Nd6
29.Rb1 b6 30.Rg2 Kf7 31.Ba3 Nc4 32.Bc1 Bf8 33.Rb5 Ba3 34.gxf5
gxf5 35.Rxd5 Bxc1 36.Rxf5+ Rf6 37.Rxf6+ Kxf6 38.Nxc1 Ne3+
39.Kf2 Nxg2 40.Kxg2 Re3 41.Nb3 Rxc3 0-1

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eero Einar Book"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 exd4
7.Nxd4 Be7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Qf3 O-O 10.e5 Ng4 11.Nxc6 Nxe5
12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Rd1 Qc8 14.Qe2 f6 15.Be3 Be6 16.f3 a6 17.Ne4
Re8 18.Nf2 Qb7 19.b3 Qc6 20.Nd3 Bd6 21.Qf2 Bf5 22.Re1 e4
23.fxe4 Bxe4 24.Rad1 Bg6 25.c4 Rad8 26.Nf4 Bb4 27.Rf1 Rxd1
28.Rxd1 Qe4 29.Nd5 Bd6 30.Bf4 Bh5 31.Rf1 Bxf4 32.Qxf4 c5
33.Qxe4 Rxe4 34.Rxf6 Re1+ 35.Rf1 Re5 36.Rf5 Rxf5 37.Ne7+ Kf8
38.Nxf5 Bg6 39.Nd6 Bb1 40.Nb7 Bxa2 41.Nxc5 Ke7 42.Kf2 a5
43.Ke3 a4 44.bxa4 Bxc4 45.Kd4 Bf1 46.g3 Kd6 47.Ne4+ Kc6 48.Ng5
1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gideon Stahlberg"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Qd2 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 Qb6 12.Nb5
Qxd4 13.Nxd4 Nb6 14.Bd3 Bd7 15.O-O-O O-O-O 16.Rhf1 g6 17.Be2
Kb8 18.Rd3 h5 19.Rh3 Bc6 20.Rff3 Rc8 21.b3 Bd7 22.Kd2 Rcd8
23.Rh4 Nc8 24.Rfh3 Rhg8 25.g4 hxg4 26.Rxg4 Rh8 27.Rgh4 Rxh4
28.Rxh4 Rf8 29.Rh7 Ne7 30.Nf3 Nc6 31.Ng5 Nd8 32.h4 Bc6 33.Ke3
Kc8 34.Bd3 Be8 35.Kd4 b6 36.Ke3 Rg8 37.Nf3 Kb7 38.Nh2 Kc6
39.Ng4 Kc5 40.c3 a5 41.a3 b5 42.b4 Kb6 43.Nf6 Rf8 44.Kf3 axb4
45.axb4 d4 46.cxd4 Nc6 47.Nxe8 Rxe8 48.Rxf7 Nxd4+ 49.Kg4 1-0

[Event "Stockholm"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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.} Ke7 29. Rd5 Qb6 30. Rd6 Rc7 31. Qf6+ Ke8
32. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1961 b"]
[Site "Baku URS"]
[Date "1961.11.19"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladislav Shiyanovsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.Bd3 e6 8.f4 Qb6 9.Nb3 Qe3+ 10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Bxe2 b5 12.a3 Bb7
13.Bf3 Rc8 14.O-O Nb6 15.Na5 Ba8 16.Bh4 Be7 17.e5 dxe5 18.Bxa8
Nxa8 19.fxe5 Nd7 20.Bg3 Nab6 21.Rfe1 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Bd4 23.Ne4
O-O 24.c3 Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.b4 Nec4 27.Nb3 Na4 28.Nbc5 f5
29.Nxa4 fxe4 30.Nc5 e3 31.Nxe6 Rf2 32.Nd4 Rcf8 33.h3 Rb2
34.Re2 Rxe2 35.Nxe2 Rf2 36.Re1 Nxa3 37.Nd4 Nc4 38.Kg1 Kf7
39.Rf1 Rf6 40.Rxf6+ Kxf6 41.Kf1 Ke5 42.Ke2 Kf4 43.Ne6+ Kg3
44.Kf1 Nd2+ 45.Ke2 Ne4 46.Kxe3 Nxc3 47.Kd4 Na2 48.Kc5 Kxg2 0-1

[Event "Curacao Candidates"]
[Site "Willemstad CURACAO"]
[Date "1962.05.24"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7
7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Re1 Nf6
12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be4 Qd7 15. d5 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bxd5
17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Red1 Qb7 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Qa4+
b5 22. Qb4 Be7 23. Qa5 O-O 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. h3 Qb6 26. Qxb6
axb6 27. Rd7 Kf8 28. Kf1 Rc1+ 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30. Rd2 Rxd2+
31. Kxd2 Bc5 32. f3 Bd4 33. Nd3 Ke7 34. b3 Kd6 35. Nb4 f5
36. Kd3 Bb2 37. Nc2 Kc5 38. Kd2 g5 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Ne3+ Ke5
41. Nc2 Kd6 42. Nb4 h5 43. Kd2 Bd4 44. Nd3 h4 45. Nc1 Bc5
46. Ne2 b4 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Nc1 e5 49. Kd2 e4 50. fxe4+ Kxe4
51. Nd3 Bd6 52. Ke2 Kd4 53. Ne1 g4 54. Nc2+ Ke4 55. Ne3 gxh3
56. gxh3 f4 57. Nf1 f3+ 58. Kd2 Bf4+ 59. Ke1 b5 60. Kd1 Kd3
61. Ke1 Bg3+ 62. Kd1 f2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.12.19"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexey Suetin"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

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.O-O 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
O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.12.01"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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.O-O-O Bb7 15.Rd6 Bc6 16.Rhd1 O-O 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

[Event "Curacao Candidates"]
[Site "Willemstad CURACAO"]
[Date "1962.05.17"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 h6 11.Bf4 O-O 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

[Event "Curacao Candidates"]
[Site "Willemstad CURACAO"]
[Date "1962.05.09"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 c5 6.c3 b6 7.Ne5 d5
8.a4 Bb7 9.a5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.c4 Qc8 12.cxd5 cxd4 13.Bg5
e6 14.dxe6 fxe6 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.axb6 Qxb6 17.Nd2 Qxb2 18.Be7
Rfc8 19.Rb1 Qc2 20.Rb7 Qc6 21.Rb1 Ne5 22.Qb3 a5 23.Ba3 a4
24.Qb4 Qd5 25.Rfc1 Bf8 26.Qb2 Bh6 27.f4 Ng4 28.Rxc8+ Rxc8
29.Rc1 Re8 30.Rc5 Qd7 31.h3 Ne3 32.Nf3 e5 33.Nxe5 Qxh3 34.Qa2+
Kh8 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Shofman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 d6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.d3 c6 7.O-O b5
8.Bb3 a5 9.a3 Na6 10.f5 Nc5 11.Qe1 Ba6 12.fxg6 hxg6 13.Ba2 b4
14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 bxc3 16.Nxc6 Nxd3 17.Nxe7+ Kh7 18.cxd3 Bxd3
19.Rf3 Ra7 20.Qxc3 Rxe7 21.Rxd3 Qb6+ 22.Qd4 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduardo Franco Raymundo"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f3 Bg7
8.Bg5 O-O 9.Qd2 Re8 10.Nge2 Nbd7 11.Nc1 a6 12.a4 Rb8 13.Be2
Qc7 14.Nb3 Qb6 15.Ra3 Ne5 16.a5 Qb4 17.Na4 Nxd5 18.exd5 h6
19.Nbxc5 dxc5 20.Bf4 Bd7 21.Nb6 Bf5 22.Kd1 Rbd8 23.Qxb4 cxb4
24.Rb3 Nc6 25.Bc4 Nxa5 26.Rxb4 Nxc4 27.Rxc4 Bd3 28.Rb4 Bf8
29.Rb3 Bb5 30.Bc7 Bc5 31.Rc3 Bd4 32.Kc1 Bxb6 33.Bxb6 Rxd5
34.Rd1 Rde5 35.b3 Bc6 36.Bf2 Rb5 37.g3 Ra5 38.Rd2 Ra1+ 39.Kb2
Rh1 40.Bb6 Rf1 41.Bf2 g5 42.f4 Kh7 43.Rc1 Rxc1 44.Kxc1 gxf4
45.gxf4 Kg6 46.Rd6+ Re6 47.Rxe6+ fxe6 48.Bd4 Kf5 49.Be5 Kg4
50.Kd2 Be4 51.Ke3 Bf5 52.Bf6 Kh3 53.Bg7 h5 54.b4 Kxh2 55.Kf2
h4 56.Bd4 Kh3 57.Kf3 Bg4+ 58.Kf2 Bf5 59.Kf3 Bc2 60.Bb6 Bd1+
61.Kf2 Kg4 62.Bc7 Bc2 0-1

[Event "Varna"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lazaros Vizantiadis"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4
Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.O-O Bc5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Re1 O-O 12.f3 Ng5
13.Qd2 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Ne6 15.Bf2 f5 16.exf6 Qxf6 17.Nc3 a5
18.Rad1 Qg6 19.Bg3 Rae8 20.Re5 h6 21.Rde1 Ng5 22.Rxe8 Bxe8
23.Qd3 Qf7 24.Na4 Bd7 25.Nc5 Bf5 26.Qe2 Rb8 27.b3 Rc8 28.c3
Qf8 29.Qe7 Qxe7 30.Rxe7 Kf8 31.Rxc7 Rxc7 32.Bxc7 Ne6 33.Nxe6+
Bxe6 34.Bxa5 Bf5 35.Bb6 Ke7 36.a4 Bc2 37.a5 Bd3 38.Kf2 Kd7
39.Ke3 Bf1 40.g4 Kd6 41.h4 g6 42.f4 1-0

[Event "Varna olm"]
[Site "Varna olm"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gedeon Barcza"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bd3 c5 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.O-O-O a6 11.Rhe1 Bd7 12.Nxd4
Qa5 13.Nf5 h6 14.Nxg7+ Kf8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Bc4 Qg5+ 17.Kb1 Bb5
18.Bxb5 Qxg7 19.Ba4 b5 20.Bb3 Bxb2 21.Qe4 Re8 22.Qb4+ Kg8
23.Re3 Kh7 24.Rg3 Qe5 25.Rd7 1-0

[Event "Varna olm"]
[Site "Varna olm"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Ginsberger"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4
Kf8 8.Nf3 Nbc6 9.a4 Qc7 10.Bd2 b6 11.Bd3 c4 12.Be2 Ng6 13.Qh5
Nce7 14.O-O Bd7 15.Rfe1 Ke8 16.g3 h6 17.Nh4 Kd8 18.Bc1 Kc8
19.Ba3 Nxh4 20.Bxe7 Ng6 21.Bd6 Qd8 22.Qf3 Kb7 23.Qxf7 Qe8
24.Qxg7 Nh4 25.Qf6 Nf5 26.Bg4 Nxd6 27.exd6 Rf8 28.Qe5 Qf7
29.f4 Kc6 30.Bxe6 Bxe6 31.Qxe6 Qxe6 32.Rxe6 Rh8 33.Rae1 Rad8
34.d7+ 1-0

[Event "Varna olm"]
[Site "Varna olm"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hans-Joachim Hecht"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Varna olm"]
[Site "Varna olm"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dieter A Mohrlok"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.g5
Nd7 14.h4 b5 15.g6 fxg6 16.h5 gxh5 17.Rxh5 Nf6 18.Rg5 Ne5
19.Qg2 Bf8 20.Be2 Nc4 21.Bxc4 bxc4 22.Nd4 Rb8 23.Rh1 Rb7
24.Rh6 Kf7 25.Rh4 Qb6 26.Nd1 Qc7 27.f4 h6 28.Rg6 Re8 29.f5 e5
30.Nc3 Qd8 31.Nc6 1-0

[Event "Varna olm"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Haije Kramer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 e5 4.d3 Be7 5.e4 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nc3
Ne8 8.Ne1 f5 9.exf5 Bxf5 10.f4 Qd7 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 Nf6
13.Kh1 Bh3 14.Qd2 Bb4 15.Bxh3 Qxh3 16.Qg2 Qxg2+ 17.Nxg2 Bxc3
18.bxc3 e4 19.Rab1 Nd5 20.Bd2 exd3 21.cxd3 Ne5 22.c4 Rxf1+
23.Rxf1 Nf6 24.Nf4 Rd8 25.Bc3 Nxd3 26.Bxf6 gxf6 27.Nd5 c6
28.Nxf6+ Kg7 29.g4 Rd4 30.Nh5+ Kg8 31.Nf6+ Kh8 32.Rf3 Nf4
33.h4 Rxc4 34.Re3 Kg7 35.g5 Nd5 36.Nxd5 Rxh4+ 37.Kg2 cxd5
38.Re7+ Kg6 39.Rxb7 Ra4 40.Rb2 Kxg5 41.Rd2 d4 42.Kf3 Kf5
43.Rd3 Rc4 44.Ke2 Ke4 45.Ra3 Rc7 46.Kd2 Rg7 47.Ra5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.11.22"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Pavlovich Korelov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Qc7 8.f4 Nbd7 9.Bf3 Rb8 10.a4 Be7 11.Kh1 O-O 12.Qe2 Re8 13.g4
Kh8 14.g5 Ng8 15.Bg2 b6 16.Rf3 Bb7 17.Rh3 g6 18.f5 exf5
19.exf5 Bxg5 20.Ne6 Bxc1 21.Nxc7 Rxe2 22.Nxe2 Bxb2 23.fxg6
fxg6 24.Rf1 Bxg2+ 25.Kxg2 Rc8 26.Rf7 Ngf6 27.Nd5 Rxc2 28.Nxf6
Nxf6 29.Kf1 Be5 30.Rb3 Rc6 31.Rb7 Nd5 32.h3 Rc4 33.Rf3 Nf6
34.Re7 Rc6 35.Rb7 Kg8 36.Rb3 Nd5 37.Rd3 Rc5 38.Rf3 Rc7 39.Rb8+
Kg7 40.Rff8 Rc4 41.Rf3 Rxa4 42.Rb7+ Kh6 43.Rff7 Kg5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.12.06"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6
13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 Bg4 16.Qd3 Rae8 17.Nd2 Re6 18.Bxd5
cxd5 19.a4 b4 20.Qf1 Qh5 21.c4 dxc4 22.Qxc4 g5 23.d5 Rh6 24.h4
Rc8 25.Qd3 gxh4 26.Bxh6 hxg3 27.fxg3 Qxh6 28.Rac1 Rxc1 29.Rxc1
Bb8 30.Qd4 Bd7 31.Rc2 Qh5 32.Ne4 Be5 33.Qd2 Bxa4 34.d6 Qg6
35.Rc5 Bf6 36.Nxf6+ Qxf6 37.d7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.12.07"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yury Isakovich Kots"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.b3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 d6 11.Bb2 O-O 12.Rfc1 b5
13.Nd1 Bb7 14.Ne3 Rfd8 15.a4 bxa4 16.Rxa4 Bc6 17.Ra2 Qb7 18.f3
e5 19.Qc3 Rac8 20.Qd3 d5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Rxd5 23.Qxa6
Bc5+ 24.Kh1 Rcd8 25.Qxb7 Rd1+ 26.Bf1 Bxb7 27.Kg2 R8d2+ 28.Kh3
Rxc1 29.Bxc1 Rd1 30.Ra5 Bf8 31.Bb2 Rxf1 32.Rb5 Bc8+ 33.Kg2 Rd1
34.Bc3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.12.12"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Savon"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qf2 d5
13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 exd5 15.g4 Be6 16.Nd4 Rac8 17.Kb1 Qa5
18.g5 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bf5 20.Bd3 Bxd3 21.Rxd3 Rc6 22.h4 Rdc8
23.Bc3 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 Rxc3 25.Qe1 d4 26.bxc3 Qb5+ 27.Ka1 Ba3
28.Qb1 Qc5 29.Qb3 dxc3 30.Qxb7 g6 31.Rd1 Qe3 32.Qa8+ Kg7
33.Qe4 Qxe4 34.fxe4 h6 35.Rd5 Bc1 36.a4 Be3 37.a5 Bf2 38.gxh6+
Kxh6 39.Rd7 f6 40.Ka2 Kh5 41.Rf7 Bd4 42.Kb3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.12.17"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arkady Novopashin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Bb3
O-O 8.f4 Na6 9.Qf3 Nc5 10.Be3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.O-O Re8 13.h3
Nce4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Qe2 Nd5 16.Rad1 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bc5 18.f5
Qf6 19.Kh1 Bd7 20.Qc3 Bd6 21.Ne6 Be5 22.Qe3 Re7 23.Nc5 Qb6
24.Qg5 Bf6 25.Nxd7 Rxd7 26.Qf4 Re7 27.Rfe1 e3 28.c3 h5 29.Re2
Rae8 30.Qd6 Qb5 31.Qd3 Qe5 32.Rf1 a6 33.Rf3 b5 34.g3 Qc5 35.a4
Qb6 36.Qc2 Qb7 37.Kg2 Rd8 38.axb5 axb5 39.Qc1 Bg5 40.h4 Rd2
41.Qf1 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.12.16"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.11.23"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatolij Bannik"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.Qxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 c5 11.Qd3 Bb7 12.Bf4
Nh5 13.Be3 Bf6 14.Nd5 Bxb2 15.Rab1 Bxd5 16.exd5 Rb8 17.c3 Qf6
18.Qe2 Bxc3 19.Rxb8 Rxb8 20.Bg5 Bxe1 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Qxe1 Nxd5
23.g3 h6 24.Qe4 Nf6 25.Qc6 Rb1+ 26.Kg2 Rb2 27.Qxc7 Rxa2
28.Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.11.27"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard A Mnatsakanian"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.d4 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Bb4 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 d6 9.Nd2 Nbd7 10.f3 Qe7 11.Bd3 g5 12.Bf2 e5 13.e4
Nh5 14.Nf1 exd4 15.cxd4 f5 16.Ne3 fxe4 17.Nf5 Qf7 18.fxe4 Nf4
19.O-O Nxd3 20.Qxd3 O-O-O 21.Bg3 Qe6 22.Rae1 Kb8 23.c5 bxc5
24.d5 Qe8 25.a4 c4 26.Qd4 c3 27.Qxc3 Nc5 28.e5 Nxa4 29.Qa5
dxe5 30.Bxe5 Qd7 31.Bxh8 Rxh8 32.Ra1 Nb6 33.Qxa7+ Kc8 34.d6
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Yerevan ARM"]
[Date "1962.12.02"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "German Khodos"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 5.Bxc4 e6 6.Qb3 Bxf3
7.gxf3 Nbd7 8.Qxb7 c5 9.Rg1 g6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Qc6+
Kf8 13.f4 Nfe4 14.Ba6 Rb8 15.Nxe4 Rb6 16.Qc8 Qxc8 17.Bxc8 Nxe4
18.a4 Bb4+ 19.Ke2 Nc5 20.Rg5 f5 21.e4 Kg7 22.exf5 Rxc8 23.fxg6
Nb3 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1963.09.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "174"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "9 Havana"]
[Site "9 Havana"]
[Date "1963.09.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Karl Robatsch"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Re8 13.Ng3
Nc5 14.Bc2 Bf8 15.Nf5 d5 16.exd5 Qxd5 17.Bg5 e4 18.dxe4 Nfxe4
19.Qxd5 Bxd5 20.Bf4 Rac8 21.N3d4 Nf6 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.Ne3 Bb7
24.Ng4 Na4 25.Rb1 Nd6 26.Ne5 Re8 27.Nd7 Be4 28.Rc1 Bxc2
29.Rxc2 Re4 30.g3 Ne8 31.Nc6 Bd6 32.Bxd6 Nxd6 33.b3 Nb6 34.Nc5
Re1+ 35.Kg2 a5 36.Nxa5 Re5 37.Na6 Ne8 38.Nc6 Re6 39.Nd4 Re5
40.f4 Rd5 41.Re2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1963.11.02"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Bc4 Bd6
7.Qh5 O-O 8.Ne2 Be6 9.Bd3 g6 10.Qh4 Re8 11.O-O 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

[Event "Hastings 1963/64"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1963.12.30"]
[EventDate "1963.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Owen M Hindle"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.f4 d5 10.Kh1 Be7 11.Qf3 O-O 12.Bd2 Bb7
13.Qh3 c5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Rae1 Rad8 16.Bc1 c4 17.Bxe4 dxe4
18.Nxe4 Qc6 19.Qg3 Rd4 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.Nh5 Rg8 22.Rd1 Rxd1
23.Rxd1 Qe4 24.Qf2 Bc5 25.Qd2 Qg6 26.Ng3 h5 27.f5 Qg4 28.Qe2
Qxe2 29.Nxe2 exf5 30.Bg5 Re8 31.Rd8 Rxd8 32.Bxd8 Be3 33.h4 Be4
34.Bg5 Bb6 35.c3 Kg8 36.Kh2 Bc7 37.Bf4 Bd3 38.Nd4 f6 39.Nf3
Be4 40.Kg3 Bxf3 41.Kxf3 fxe5 42.Bg5 Kf7 43.b3 cxb3 44.axb3 Ke6
45.c4 e4 46.Ke3 Bb6+ 47.Ke2 Bc7 48.Ke3 Bd6 49.Kd4 Be5+ 50.Kc5
f4 51.Kc6 e3 52.Bd8 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1963.08.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jimenez"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne4 7.Nxd4
Bd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.O-O Bc5 10.Be3 Qe7 11.f3 Nd6 12.Bf2 Nf5
13.Re1 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 O-O 15.Nc3 Rfb8 16.Rb1 Rb4 17.Ne2 Rab8
18.b3 Bxd4+ 19.Nxd4 Qc5 20.c4 dxc4 21.Kh1 cxb3 22.Nxb3 Qe7
23.Rc1 h6 24.Nc5 Be6 25.Na6 Rd8 26.Qxd8+ Qxd8 27.Nxb4 Qd2
28.Nxc6 Qxa2 29.Nd4 a5 30.Nxe6 Qxe6 31.Rxc7 Qb6 32.e6 fxe6
33.Re7 a4 34.R7xe6 Qb3 35.R6e3+ Qb2 36.R3e2 Qc3 37.Rd1 Qc4
38.Red2 Kh7 39.Ra1 Qc3 40.Rda2 Qb3 41.Rxa4 Qb2 42.Ra7 Qd4
43.R7a4 Qc3 44.Rd1 Qb3 45.Rad4 Qc2 46.Rd7 Qc4 47.h3 Qb3 48.Re1
Qb4 49.Ree7 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1963.09.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Francisco Jose Perez Perez"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.a3
Nc6 8.Be3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 d6 11.Qe1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5
13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qg3 Bc5 15.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 16.Kh1 Qe7 17.Rf2 Be6
18.Qxe5 Rfe8 19.Qg3 Rad8 20.e5 Nd7 21.Ne4 Rf8 22.Bd3 Kh8
23.Nf6 h6 24.Re1 Nc5 25.Rf4 Nxd3 26.cxd3 Qc5 27.Rh4 Rd4 28.Rh5
Rc8 29.Qe3 Re4 30.Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1963.09.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Wade"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Be7 9.f4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Bd3 f5 12.exf6 Nxf6 13.Kh1
O-O 14.Qf3 Bd6 15.Rae1 Nb4 16.Be2 e5 17.fxe5 Bxe5 18.Bf4 Bg4
19.Qg3 Rae8 20.Bxg4 Bxf4 21.Qf3 Nxg4 22.Rxe8 Rxe8 23.Qxg4 Bd6
24.a3 Nc6 25.Nf5 Kh8 26.Nxd5 Qd7 27.Nxd6 Qxd6 28.c4 h6 29.h4
Qe5 30.Nf4 Kg8 31.Ng6 Qe3 32.h5 Qc5 33.b4 Ne5 34.Qf5 Qd6
35.Re1 Qf6 36.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1963.09.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rene Letelier Martner"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1963.09.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.g3 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 e5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 d6 7.d5 Ne7
8.e4 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nd7 11.h4 h5 12.Bg5 a5 13.Qc2 Bh6
14.O-O-O Ng8 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.g4 Qf6 17.Rh3 hxg4 18.Bxg4 Qf4
19.Qxf4 exf4 20.Nb5 Na6 21.c5 Bxg5 22.hxg5 Rxh3 23.Bxh3 dxc5
24.e5 c6 25.Nd6+ Kf8 26.Nxb7 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Nb4 28.Rd7 Ne7 29.e6
c4 30.Bf1 Nxa2+ 31.Kb1 c3 32.exf7 c2 33.Kxc2 Nb4+ 34.Kb3 Kxf7
35.Bc4+ Kf8 36.Rd6 Nbc6 37.Rf6+ Ke8 38.Bb5 Rb8 39.Rxc6 Nxc6
40.Bxc6+ Ke7 41.f3 Rh8 42.Nxa5 Rh5 43.Kc4 Rxg5 44.b4 Rg1 45.b5
Kd6 46.b6 g5 47.Be4 g4 48.fxg4 Rxg4 49.b7 Kc7 50.Nc6 Rg8
51.Kb5 Rf8 52.Nb4 Kd6 53.Bf3 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1963.09.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gilberto Garcia"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg5
Bg7 8.Nd2 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 Nh5 11.Qa4+ Kf8 12.Qc2 Nxg3
13.hxg3 Nd7 14.e3 a6 15.a4 Rb8 16.Be2 Nf6 17.Ra3 Ng4 18.Rb3 b6
19.Nc4 Ne5 20.Na3 g4 21.Ne4 h5 22.Nc4 Nxc4 23.Qxc4 Ra8 24.Nc3
Ra7 25.f3 Bd7 26.Qe4 b5 27.fxg4 b4 28.gxh5 bxc3 29.bxc3 Qe8
30.Qf3 Bxa4 31.Ra3 Re7 32.Kf2 Bh6 33.c4 Bg5 34.h6 Bc2 35.Rh5
Be4 36.Qg4 Bxh6 37.Qf4 Kg7 38.Qxd6 Bg6 39.Rh4 Rxe3 40.Ra2 Rc3
41.Kg1 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1963.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Milko Bobotsov"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 g6 7.Qd2
Bg7 8.O-O-O h6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.Bc4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxd4 12.Nf6+ exf6
13.Qxd4 O-O 14.Rhe1 b5 15.Bd5 Rb8 16.Qa7 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Qc7
18.Qxa6 Rxb7 19.Qxd6 Qa5 20.Kb1 Ra8 21.Qd5 Rba7 22.Bg3 Bf8
23.c3 Qxa2+ 24.Qxa2 Rxa2 25.Kc2 Ba3 26.Rb1 Bc5 27.Red1 b4
28.Rd5 Bf8 29.c4 Rc8 30.Bd6 Bxd6 31.Rxd6 Ra5 32.Kb3 Rf5 33.Rd2
Rf4 34.Rc1 Rb8 35.c5 Rc8 36.c6 Re4 37.c7 Kf8 38.Rd8+ Re8
39.Rxc8 Rxc8 40.Kxb4 Ke7 41.Kb5 Kd7 42.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1963.09.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "19"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Klaus Viktor Darga"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ne4 5.Bb5 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1
d5 8.exd6 Nxd6 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.Nxd4 Nf5 11.Bg5 Qxd4 12.Rxe7+
Kf8 13.Re1 Qxd1 14.Rxd1 Nd6 15.Nc3 Bf5 16.Rd2 f6 17.Bf4 Rd8
18.f3 g5 19.Be3 a6 20.b3 Kf7 21.Ne2 Rhe8 22.Kf2 Re5 23.c4 Nb7
24.Nd4 Bd7 25.Nc2 Be8 26.Nb4 Rxd2+ 27.Bxd2 a5 28.Na6 Re7
29.Be3 Rd7 30.Re1 c5 31.Bxc5 Rd2+ 32.Re2 Rxe2+ 33.Kxe2 a4
34.b4 c6 35.a3 Bd7 36.Nc7 Bf5 37.Kd2 h5 38.Na8 Bb1 39.Nb6 Ba2
40.Kc3 Bb3 41.Nd7 h4 42.Nb8 Bd1 43.Kd2 Bb3 44.Kd3 Bd1 45.Nxc6
h3 46.Bf2 hxg2 47.Nd4 g4 48.fxg4 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1963.09.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "20"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rogelio Ortega"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bb5 Bd7
7.O-O g6 8.Nd5 Bg7 9.Re1 Nxd4 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Qd2
O-O 13.Rad1 Nb6 14.b3 Re8 15.Ne3 Qc8 16.c4 Nd4 17.Nf1 e5
18.Be3 Nd7 19.Ng3 Nc5 20.h4 Qg4 21.Qc1 Qxh4 22.Bg5 Qg4 23.Bd2
Nd3 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1963.09.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jose Broderman"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 e5 5.Nf3 exd4 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.O-O Bc5 9.Re1+ Be6 10.Bg5 Qf5 11.Re5 Qg6 12.Nh4
Qxg5 13.Rxg5 Be7 14.Bxe6 Bxg5 15.Bxf7+ Kxf7 16.Qh5+ Kf6
17.Qf3+ Ke7 18.Nf5+ Kf8 19.Nd6 Bf6 20.Re1 Nd7 21.Qb3 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1963.08.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gedeon Barcza"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 e5 4.e4 Nc6 5.O-O d6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Nd5
O-O 8.Nxe7+ Qxe7 9.c3 f5 10.exf5 e4 11.Ne1 Bxf5 12.d4 Qd7
13.f3 d5 14.fxe4 Bxe4 15.Rxf8+ Rxf8 16.Bxe4 dxe4 17.Qe2 Qe6
18.Nc2 Ne7 19.Ne3 Rf3 20.Qc4 Qxc4 21.Nxc4 Nd5 22.Kg2 Rd3
23.Bf4 b5 24.Ne5 Nxf4+ 25.gxf4 Rd2+ 26.Kg3 Rxb2 27.a4 b4
28.cxb4 Rb3+ 29.Kf2 Bh6 30.Re1 Bxf4 31.Rxe4 Bxh2 32.Nc6 a6
33.Re8+ Kg7 34.Ra8 h5 35.Rxa6 Bg3+ 36.Kg2 h4 37.Kh3 Be1 38.Kh2
h3 39.Na5 Rxb4 40.Re6 Rb2+ 41.Kxh3 Bxa5 42.Ra6 Bb6 43.d5 Rd2
44.a5 Bc5 45.Rc6 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1963.09.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris De Greiff"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 Bg4 7.h3
Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Nfd7 9.Be3 Nc6 10.O-O e5 11.d5 Nd4 12.Nb5 Nxf3+
13.Qxf3 f5 14.Nc3 f4 15.Bd2 Nf6 16.g4 fxg3 17.Qxg3 Rf7 18.f3
Qf8 19.Ne2 Bh6 20.Qe1 Nh5 21.Kg2 Bxd2 22.Qxd2 Qe7 23.Rg1 Raf8
24.Raf1 Qh4 25.Qe3 b6 26.Kh2 Nf4 27.Nxf4 Rxf4 28.Qe2 Qh6
29.Rg4 Rxg4 30.fxg4 Rxf1 31.Qxf1 Qd2+ 32.Qg2 Qf4+ 33.Kg1 Qc1+
34.Qf1 Qe3+ 35.Kh2 Kg7 36.Qg2 Qf4+ 37.Kg1 Qc1+ 38.Qf1 Qe3+
39.Kh2 Qxe4 40.b3 g5 41.Qd1 Kg6 42.Kg3 Qe3+ 43.Kg2 e4 44.Qa1
Qf3+ 45.Kh2 Qf2+ 46.Kh1 Qg3 47.Qf1 Qf3+ 48.Qxf3 exf3 49.Kg1
Kf6 50.Kf2 Ke5 51.Kxf3 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Brzozka"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 Nbd7 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.e4 c6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.h3 Qe7 11.Be3 Nc5 12.Qc2 Nh5
13.Rad1 f5 14.Kh2 Ne6 15.Ne2 f4 16.Bc1 Nc5 17.g4 Nf6 18.Ne1 h5
19.f3 Ne6 20.Rh1 Ng5 21.c5 hxg4 22.hxg4 Be6 23.b3 Rad8 24.Rxd8
Rxd8 25.Kg1 Qd7 26.Kf1 Qd1 27.Nc3 Qxc2 28.Nxc2 Nxf3 29.Bxf3
Rd3 30.Ne1 Rxc3 31.Bd2 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karoly Honfi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.b3 O-O 10.Bb2 d6 11.Nce2 e5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.c4
Nd7 14.Qc2 a5 15.Rad1 Nc5 16.f4 a4 17.b4 a3 18.Bc3 Na4 19.Be1
Nb2 20.Rc1 Be6 21.fxe5 dxe5 22.c5 Bg5 23.Ra1 Bc4 24.Rf3 Qd7
25.h4 Bh6 26.Nc1 Rfd8 27.Bf1 Qd4+ 28.Kh2 Bxf1 29.Rxf1 Nd1
30.Nb3 Qb2 31.Qxb2 axb2 32.Rb1 Rxa2 33.Bd2 Ra3 34.Rfxd1 Rxb3
35.Bxh6 Rxd1 36.Rxd1 gxh6 37.Rb1 h5 38.Kg2 Kg7 39.Kf2 f5
40.exf5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enrico Paoli"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2
Bb4 8.Qd3 Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.a3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rad1 d5
13.exd5 cxd5 14.Bf3 Rb8 15.Bc1 Bd6 16.g3 Nd7 17.Bg2 Ne5 18.Qd4
Nc4 19.b4 a5 20.b5 Nxa3 0-1

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Istvan Bilek"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bc4 Nf6 6.e5 dxe5 7.Nxe5
O-O 8.O-O 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

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Peter Dely"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.d4
d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.dxc6 Qc7 13.Nbd2
O-O 14.Re1 Rad8 15.Qe2 Nxc6 16.Nf1 d5 17.exd5 Nxd5 18.Ng3 Bg6
19.Bxg6 fxg6 20.Ne4 h6 21.a4 Qb7 22.axb5 axb5 23.Rd1 Nf6
24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Nfd2 Kh8 26.Nxf6 gxf6 27.Nb3 Kh7 28.Na5 Qa6
29.b4 Rd5 30.Qf3 Rd6 31.Be3 f5 32.g4 Qc8 33.Nxc6 Rxc6 34.Ra7
Rc7 35.Rxc7 Qxc7 36.gxf5 gxf5 37.Qxf5+ Kg7 38.Qe6 Bg5 39.Bc5
Bf6 40.Bf8+ Kxf8 41.Qxf6+ Ke8 42.Qh8+ Kd7 43.Qg7+ Kc8 44.Qxc7+
Kxc7 45.f3 Kd6 46.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gyozo Victor Forintos"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Be6 10.d4 Bxb3 11.axb3 h6 12.Nbd2 exd4
13.cxd4 Nb4 14.Nf1 c5 15.Ng3 Re8 16.Bd2 a5 17.Bc3 Nh7 18.Nf5
Bf8 19.Qd2 d5 20.exd5 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Qxd5 22.Re5 Qd7 23.dxc5
Qxd2 24.Nxd2 Nd3 25.Rd5 Nf4 26.Rd7 Ne2+ 27.Kf1 Nxc3 28.bxc3
Nf6 29.Rb7 a4 30.bxa4 bxa4 31.c6 Rc8 32.Nd4 Bc5 33.c7 Kh7
34.Nb5 a3 35.Rb8 1-0

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Theodor Ghitescu"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 d6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.d4 Nf6 6.h3 O-O 7.O-O
h6 8.Re1 Re8 9.Be3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bf8 11.Bf4 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Be6
13.Rad1 Nd7 14.Bd5 Bxd5 15.Nxd5 c6 16.Nc3 Ne5 17.b3 Qb6 18.Qd2
Rad8 19.Be3 Qa5 20.Bd4 b5 21.a3 Nd7 22.f4 Qc7 23.Re3 a5 24.Rf1
Nc5 25.b4 axb4 26.axb4 Ne6 27.Ne2 Nxd4 28.Nxd4 Qb6 29.Kh1 d5
30.e5 c5 31.bxc5 Bxc5 32.Rd3 Bxd4 33.Rxd4 Qc5 34.Rf3 Ra8
35.Rxd5 Ra1+ 36.Kh2 Qg1+ 37.Kg3 Rb1 38.Rfd3 Kh7 39.Rd7 Kg8
40.Rd8 Rxd8 41.Rxd8+ Kh7 42.e6 1-0

[Event "Miskolc"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Lokvenc"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Be2
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.Re1 Nc7 12.a4 b6 13.Qc2
Na6 14.Bb5 Nb4 15.Qd1 Bd7 16.Nc4 Ng4 17.Bf4 Bd4 18.Bg3 f5
19.Re2 fxe4 20.Nxe4 Bxb5 21.axb5 Nf6 22.Nxf6+ Qxf6 23.Rxa7
Nxd5 24.Nxd6 Rxa7 25.Nxe8 Qg5 26.Nd6 h5 27.Ne4 Qf5 28.h3 Nf4
29.Re1 Rd7 30.Qb3+ Kg7 31.Bxf4 Qxf4 32.Qe6 Rf7 33.Re2 h4
34.Qg4 Qc1+ 35.Kh2 Be5+ 36.g3 Qf1 37.f4 Rxf4 38.Qd7+ Rf7
39.Qd2 hxg3 40.Nxg3 Bxg3+ 41.Kxg3 Rf3+ 0-1

[Event "Miskolcz"]
[Site "Miskolcz"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Laszlo Barczay"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

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 O-O 10.Be2 b6 11.O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.08.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.a3 b5 7.Qf3
Bb7 8.Qg3 Qxg3 9.hxg3 d6 10.f3 Nf6 11.g4 Nc6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6
13.Be3 Be7 14.Ne2 O-O 15.Nd4 Bb7 16.g5 Nd7 17.Bd3 Rfd8 18.Ke2
Rac8 19.Rh2 g6 20.Rah1 Nf8 21.c3 e5 22.Nf5 gxf5 23.exf5 f6
24.g6 hxg6 25.Rh8+ Kg7 26.Bh6+ Kxh8 27.Bxf8 Kg8 28.Bxe7+ e4
29.fxe4 Re8 30.Bxf6 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 gxf5 32.Kd2 fxe4 33.g4 Kf7
34.g5 Rc5 35.Rh7+ Kg6 36.Rg7+ Kh5 37.Rh7+ Kg4 38.Ke3 Rf5
39.Be7 d5 40.g6 Rg8 41.g7 Rh5 42.Rxh5 Kxh5 43.Bf8 Kg4 44.a4
Kf5 45.axb5 axb5 46.b3 Ke5 47.Bc5 Ke6 48.Bf8 Kf5 49.Ke2 Ke5
50.Ke3 Kf5 51.Ke2 Ke6 52.Ke3 Ke5 53.Bc5 Rc8 54.c4 Kf6 55.cxd5
Kxg7 56.Bd4+ Kf7 57.Kxe4 Rc1 58.Kd3 Ke7 59.Be3 Rd1+ 60.Ke4 Kd6
61.Bf4+ Kc5 62.d6+ Kc6 63.Ke5 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.08.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduard A Mnatsakanian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Bd3
Nc6 8.Ne2 Qc7 9.O-O Ng4 10.Bf4 Bd6 11.Bxd6 Qxd6 12.Ng3 h5
13.h3 Nge5 14.Be2 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1 h4 16.Nf1 b6 17.Ne3 g5 18.Rd2
Ke7 19.Rad1 Rd8 20.Rd6 Rb8 21.a3 a5 22.Nb5 Ba6 23.b3 Ng6
24.Nc7 Bb7 25.f3 Nge5 26.Kf2 f6 27.Nb5 Nf7 28.R6d2 Nce5 29.Nc2
Rbc8 30.Nc3 Rb8 31.Nd4 Rdc8 32.Ndb5 Ba6 33.Rd4 Rb7 34.Bf1 Nc6
35.R4d2 Na7 36.Nd4 Ne5 37.Be2 Rcc7 38.Bf1 Nec6 39.c5 Bxf1
40.cxb6 Rxb6 41.Na4 Rb5 42.Kxf1 Nxd4 43.Rxd4 Nc6 44.Rd6 Ne5
45.Rb6 Rxb6 46.Nxb6 Rb7 47.Nc4 Rxb3 48.Nxe5 fxe5 49.Ra1 d5
50.exd5 exd5 51.Rc1 Rxa3 52.Rc7+ Kd6 53.Rg7 Ra1+ 54.Kf2 Ra2+
55.Kf1 a4 56.Rxg5 a3 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1963.11.04"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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.O-O-O Nbd7 10.g4 b5 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.g5 Nd7
13.a3 Bb7 14.Bh3 O-O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.08.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hetman"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.f4 d6 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qe1 Bd7 11.Qg3 g6 12.Rad1 h5 13.h3 h4
14.Qf2 Nh5 15.f5 Ne5 16.Nxe6 Bxe6 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Bxh5 Rxh5
19.Bd4 Qc4 20.Bxe5 Rxe5 21.Qf7+ Kd7 22.Qg7 Rg5 23.Rd4 Qc5
24.Na4 Qa7 25.Kh1 Re8 26.Rfd1 Kc8 27.Qf7 Rf8 28.Qxe7 Rf1+
29.Rxf1 Qxd4 30.Rf8# 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1963.11.08"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eleazar Jimenez Zerquera"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6
7.d4 exd4 8.Qxd4 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Bf4 Rb8 12.b3 Nc5
13.Qd2 Bg4 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.Bg3 g6 16.Rad1 Ne6 17.Nf3 Ng7 18.h3
Re8 19.Na4 Qc8 20.c4 c5 21.Nc3 Bc6 22.Re3 Bf8 23.Bh4 a5
24.Rde1 a4 25.bxa4 Rb4 26.a3 Rb6 27.Ng5 Ne6 28.Nd5 Bxd5
29.exd5 Ng7 30.Ne4 Nh5 31.Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1963.10.29"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Franciscus Antonius Kuijpers"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 Bg4 7.Re1
Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.Bxc6+ bxc6 10.d4 exd4 11.cxd4 O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1963.11.17"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aleksandar Matanovic"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.08.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Georgy Ivanovich Ustinov"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc6 12.Qg3 Qa5
13.a3 a6 14.Rae1 Rae8 15.Kh1 g6 16.Bd3 Nh5 17.Qe3 Qd8 18.Be2
Ng7 19.Rd1 Qc8 20.Qh3 b5 21.Qh6 f6 22.Rd3 Qa8 23.Rh3 Kf7
24.Bf3 Rh8 25.f5 exf5 26.exf5 Bxf3 27.Rhxf3 g5 28.Re3 Bd8
29.Rxe8 Nxe8 30.Re1 Qc6 31.Re6 Rf8 32.Qxh7+ Ng7 33.Ne4 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1963.11.11"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris T Vladimirov"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "133"]

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.O-O Bg4
13.Be4 Qc5 14.h3 Bd7 15.Re1 O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1963.11.13"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikola Padevsky"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

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 O-O-O 11.h4 Nge7 12.O-O-O 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

[Event "Moscow tt"]
[Site "Moscow tt"]
[Date "1963.08.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander V Grushevsky"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Nd7 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Nbd2
f6 14.Nh2 Nb6 15.Qf3 Nac4 16.Ndf1 Ra7 17.Ng3 Rf7 18.Rd1 Rd7
19.Rxd7 Qxd7 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Blitz 5 Minute Game"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5
7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 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. dxe8=Q+ Rxe8 40. Qd6 Re5 41. gxf3 Qxh3+
42. Kg1 Qg3+ 43. Kf1 Qxf3+ 44. Kg1 Rg5+ 45. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.06"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Istvan Bilek"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1964.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nona Gaprindashvili"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7 13.Nbd2
Bb7 14.Nf1 Rac8 15.Bb1 Rfe8 16.Ng3 g6 17.Bg5 Nc4 18.b3 Nb6
19.Bd3 Nbd7 20.Rc1 Qd8 21.Rxc8 Qxc8 22.Qd2 Bf8 23.Bb1 Qa8
24.Bh6 Bxh6 25.Qxh6 Re7 26.Rc1 Qf8 27.Qd2 d5 28.Nxe5 Nxe5
29.dxe5 Nxe4 30.Bxe4 dxe4 31.Qf4 Qb8 32.Rc5 Qd8 33.Nxe4 Bxe4
34.Qxe4 f6 35.Qc2 Qd4 36.Rc8+ Kf7 37.exf6 Qa1+ 38.Kh2 Qxf6
39.Rc6 Qf4+ 40.g3 Qf3 41.Rxa6 Kg7 42.Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow USSR Team ch"]
[Site "Moscow USSR Team ch"]
[Date "1964.10.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn tt"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1964.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8
Qxa8 14.d5 Na5 15.Bc2 Rb8 16.Na3 Ba6 17.b4 Nc4 18.Nxc4 bxc4
19.Ba4 Nb6 20.Bc6 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Be3 Ra8 23.Qe2 Qa6
24.Nd2 Na4 25.Nxc4 Nxc3 26.Qd3 Nb5 27.Na5 h6 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.Nc6
Ra8 30.Na5 Rb8 31.Qe2 Bd8 32.g3 Bf6 33.h4 Kh7 34.Kg2 Kg8
35.Qd3 Kf8 36.Qf1 Kg8 37.Qe2 Bd8 38.Qd3 Bf6 39.Qf1 h5 40.Ra1
Re8 41.Qc4 g6 42.Qe2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.05.26"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ludek Pachman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Ne2 Bg7 5.O-O d6 6.c3 e5 7.d3 Nge7
8.Be3 O-O 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Qb6 11.Nbc3 cxd4 12.Na4 Qa5
13.Nxd4 Ne5 14.Bd2 Qa6 15.Bg5 Bg4 16.f3 Nd3 17.Bxe7 Bxd4+
18.Kh1 Rfe8 19.Bxd6 Bd7 0-1

[Event "USSR Team Championship"]
[Site "Ol URS URS"]
[Date "1964.10.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vasily Smyslov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nge7
7. Na4 Bxb2 8. Nxb2 O-O 9. e3 d5 10. Nf3 Nf5 11. O-O 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

[Event "Hastings 1963/64"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1964.01.05"]
[EventDate "1963.12.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Norman Littlewood"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d4 d6 9.c3 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 c5 13.h3
Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Nc4 15.Bc1 cxd4 16.Qd3 Qb6 17.f4 d5 18.exd5 Bb4
19.Rd1 Rfe8 20.a3 Bd6 21.Kh2 Ne3 22.Bxe3 Rxe3 23.Qf5 Bc7
24.Nd2 g6 25.Qg5 d3 26.Bb3 Nh5 27.Rf1 Qd4 28.Rac1 Bxf4+
29.Rxf4 Qxf4+ 30.Qxf4 Nxf4 31.d6 Rd8 32.Rc7 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1963/64"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1964.01.02"]
[EventDate "1963.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bjorn Brinck-Claussen"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.O-O Bg7
8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 f6 10.Be3 Nh6 11.Nbd2 Nf7 12.b4 O-O 13.Bb3
Re8 14.a4 Be6 15.Bxe6 Rxe6 16.Qb3 Qd7 17.Nc4 Ree8 18.b5 axb5
19.axb5 Rxa1 20.Rxa1 Ncd8 21.b6 cxb6 22.Nxb6 Qc6 23.Nd5 Bf8
24.h4 Kg7 25.h5 Bc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5 27.Ra4 Re6 28.Rc4 Qa7 29.Rc7
Ra6 30.Qb4 gxh5 31.Qe7 Qa8 32.Nh4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1963/64"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1964.01.04"]
[EventDate "1963.12.30"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "John Eric Littlewood"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 Nge7 7.d4
Ng6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Re1 h6 10.Nf1 Bg5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bxc6 bxc6
13.Be3 Qf6 14.Qa4 O-O 15.Ng3 Nh4 16.Nxh4 Bxh4 17.Rad1 Bc8
18.Nf5 Bg5 19.Bxg5 hxg5 20.Qxc6 Bxf5 21.Qxf6 gxf6 22.exf5 Rfb8
23.Re2 Rb5 24.f3 Rab8 25.b3 a5 26.Red2 Kf8 27.Rd8+ Rxd8
28.Rxd8+ Ke7 29.c4 Rc5 30.Rd5 Rxd5 31.cxd5 Kd6 32.Kf2 Kxd5
33.Ke3 Kc5 34.g3 g4 35.fxg4 Kd6 36.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.05.30"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yosef Porat"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6
7.O-O Ne7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nb3 Bb6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.Bxc6+ bxc6
12.fxe3 O-O 13.Qd2 Qb6 14.Qc3 Rb8 15.Rab1 Ba6 16.Rf2 Bc4
17.Ne5 Rb7 18.Na5 Rc7 19.Naxc4 dxc4 20.Nxc4 Qc5 21.Qd4 Qxd4
22.exd4 c5 23.dxc5 Rxc5 24.Re1 Ng6 25.b3 Rd8 26.Rfe2 f6
27.Re8+ Rxe8 28.Rxe8+ Nf8 29.Re7 a6 30.a4 h5 31.a5 Rc6 32.Rb7
Ne6 33.Rb6 Rxb6 34.axb6 Nc5 35.Na5 Nd7 36.b7 Nb8 37.c4 Kf7
38.c5 Ke6 39.c6 Kd6 40.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.01"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Jose Perez Perez"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Nf6 7.Bg2
Bg7 8.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.02"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 Be7 10.Nh3 c5 11.Be3 Nbd5 12.O-O-O
Nxe3 13.fxe3 Qc7 14.Ne5 a6 15.g4 Bd6 16.g5 hxg5 17.Nxg5 Bxe5
18.dxe5 Qxe5 19.Rd8+ Ke7 20.Rxh8 Qxg5 21.Qd2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.03"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bela Berger"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.d4 c5 5.d5 b5 6.d6 Bb7 7.O-O O-O
8.Nc3 exd6 9.Nxb5 d5 10.Bf4 a6 11.Nd6 Bc6 12.c4 Qe7 13.Qd2 d4
14.e3 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nc6 16.Rfe1 Rab8 17.Bxc6 dxc6 18.exd4 Qa7
19.d5 cxd5 20.cxd5 Rfd8 21.Be5 Rb6 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Nc4 Rb4
24.Rac1 Qb7 25.d6 Bxb2 26.Re7 Bxc1 27.Qe2 Qd5 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.10"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Larry Melvyn Evans"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.Be2 b5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.a3
Qc7 8.O-O Nf6 9.Qd3 d6 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qe3 Be7 12.Rad1 O-O
13.f4 Rac8 14.g4 Nb6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.g5 Bxd4 17.Rxd4 e5 18.Rd2
exf4 19.Rxf4 Rfe8 20.Qf2 Qe7 21.h4 Nc4 22.Bxc4 Rxc4 23.Rd4
Rec8 24.Rxc4 Rxc4 25.Qa7 Qd7 26.Kf2 d5 27.Nxd5 Rxc2+ 28.Kg3
Rc8 29.Rf6 Ra8 30.Qc5 Rd8 31.Rb6 Bxd5 32.exd5 Qf5 33.Qd6 Qd3+
34.Kg2 Qc2+ 35.Kg3 Qb3+ 36.Kf4 Re8 37.Rb8 Qe3+ 38.Kg4 f5
39.gxf6 h5 40.Kxh5 Qf3+ 41.Kg5 Qxf6+ 42.Qxf6 gxf6 43.Kxf6 Rxb8
44.d6 Kf8 45.h5 Rb7 46.Ke6 Rh7 47.Kd5 Ke8 48.Kc6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.11"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Zvonko Vranesic"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 b5 7.a3
Bb7 8.f4 d6 9.O-O Nf6 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Qe2 h6 12.Kh1 e5 13.fxe5
dxe5 14.Nd5 Qc4 15.Qxc4 bxc4 16.Nf5 Nxd5 17.exd5 g6 18.Ne3 Nb6
19.Bd2 Rc8 20.Rae1 Bg7 21.Ba5 Nd7 22.Be2 O-O 23.Bxc4 e4 24.d6
Ne5 25.Bb3 Kh7 26.Bc7 f5 27.Bd5 Bxd5 28.Nxd5 Nd7 29.b4 Be5
30.c4 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.17"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "21"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Oscar Quinones"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.d4 Bb6 7.dxe5
Nxe4 8.Qd5 Nc5 9.Bg5 Ne7 10.Qd1 Ne4 11.Bh4 d5 12.Nbd2 c6
13.Bd3 f5 14.exf6 Nxf6 15.Qc2 g6 16.Rae1 Bf5 17.Ne5 Bxd3
18.Qxd3 Nf5 19.Bg5 Qc7 20.Re2 Qg7 21.Rfe1 Nd6 22.Bxf6 Rxf6
23.Ng4 Rf7 24.Re6 Rd8 25.R1e2 Nf5 26.Nf3 Rd6 27.Ng5 Re7
28.Rxe7 Nxe7 29.Ne6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.06.21"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "23"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Georgi Tringov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"]
[Site "Amsterdam NED"]
[Date "1964.05.28"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alberto Foguelman"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.N1e2 Nf6
7.h4 h6 8.Nf4 Bh7 9.Bc4 e5 10.Qe2 Nbd7 11.O-O Qe7 12.dxe5 Nxe5
13.Rd1 Nfd7 14.Bd2 O-O-O 15.Bc3 Re8 16.Re1 g5 17.hxg5 hxg5
18.Ne6 f6 19.Rad1 Bg6 20.f4 gxf4 21.Nxf4 Qh7 22.Be6 Bc5+
23.Bd4 Qh2+ 24.Kf2 Qh4 25.Bxd7+ Nxd7 26.Qd2 Bd6 27.Rxe8+ Bxe8
28.Rh1 Bxf4 29.Rxh4 Rxh4 30.Be3 Bxe3+ 31.Qxe3 Bg6 32.c3 a6
33.Kg1 Rg4 34.Qf3 Rh4 35.Ne2 Be4 36.Qg3 Rh5 37.Qg8+ Kc7 38.Nf4
Re5 39.c4 c5 40.Ne6+ Kd6 41.Nd8 Ke7 42.Nf7 Re6 43.Qg7 Ke8
44.g4 Bd3 45.b3 b5 46.g5 fxg5 47.Qg8+ Nf8 48.Nxg5 Rf6 49.Qd5
bxc4 50.Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Birmingham"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "1964.01.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Brian Dudley"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6
13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Be3 h5 16.Qf3 h4 17.Nd2 Bg4 18.Qg2
hxg3 19.hxg3 Qh5 20.a4 Rae8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Ra6 Re6 23.Rxc6
Nxe3 24.Rxe3 Rh6 25.Ne4 Ra8 26.f3 Ra1+ 27.Kf2 Bh3 28.Qh2 Rf1+
29.Ke2 Rxf3 30.Rxf3 Bf1+ 31.Ke3 Qxh2 {31... Qxf3+ 32. Kxf3
Rxh2 33. Rxd6 +-} 32.Bxf7+ Kf8 33.Bg6 Ke7 34.Rf7+ Kd8 35.Rxd6+
Ke8 36.Rf2 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1963/64"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1964.01.07"]
[EventDate "1963.12.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Michael J Franklin"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.Nc3 b5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Bd3 Qc7 7.O-O
Bb7 8.Re1 Bd6 9.h3 Nc6 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.Qg4 Ne7 12.Qxg7 Be5
13.Bf4 Bxg7 14.Bxc7 Rc8 15.Bd6 c5 16.e5 Nf5 17.Bxf5 exf5
18.Rad1 Bf8 19.e6 fxe6 20.Rxe6+ Kf7 21.Re5 Kg6 22.Bxf8 Rhxf8
23.Ne2 Kf6 24.f4 Rfd8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.Ng3 Rd1+ 27.Kh2 Rd5
28.Rxd5 Bxd5 29.a3 a5 30.Nf1 b4 31.Ne3 Bf7 32.g4 fxg4 33.hxg4
h6 34.Kg3 Kg6 35.Kf3 Kf6 36.Ke4 Bg8 37.Nd5+ Ke6 38.f5+ Kd6
39.Nf6 Bf7 40.Kf4 bxa3 41.bxa3 Kc6 42.Ke5 Kb5 43.Ne4 Ka4
44.Kf6 Bc4 45.Nxc5+ Kxa3 46.Nb7 a4 47.Nc5 Be2 48.Kg6 Kb2
49.Nxa4+ Kxc2 50.f6 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1964.12.30"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6
7.Bd3 c5 8.O-O cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Nf3 O-O 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

[Event "Kislovodsk"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1964.07.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly A Bykhovsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.f4
Qc7 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Bf3 Be7 10.Kh1 Nf8 11.g4 h6 12.f5 e5 13.Nde2
b6 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Ng3 N8d7 16.Qe2 Rc8 17.a4 Qc4 18.Rfe1 Qxe2
19.Rxe2 Rc4 20.Rd1 O-O 21.h4 d5 22.g5 d4 23.gxf6 Nxf6 24.Bd2
dxc3 25.Bxc3 Rfc8 26.Bxe5 Rxc2 27.Rdd2 Rxd2 28.Rxd2 Rc4 29.Rd4
Rc1+ 30.Kg2 Rc2+ 31.Kh3 Rxb2 32.Rc4 Rb3 33.Kg2 Nd7 34.Bxg7
Kxg7 35.Rc7 Bc6 36.Nh5+ Kh7 37.Rxc6 Rxf3 38.Rc7 Rd3 39.e5 Bd8
0-1

[Event "Kislovodsk"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1964.07.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Abram Khasin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.Nc3 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Qxd8 Nxd8 10.Be3 Ne6 11.Rad1 Nf4 12.Rfe1
Nxe2+ 13.Rxe2 b6 14.Bg5 Ba6 15.b3 Rfe8 16.Red2 Bb7 17.Bxf6
Bxf6 18.Rd7 Rac8 19.Nb5 Bc6 20.Rxc7 Bxb5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.cxb5
Rc2 23.a4 Rb2 24.h3 Rxb3 25.Rd7 Rb4 26.Rxa7 Rxe4 27.Ra6 Kg7
28.g4 h6 29.Rxb6 Rxa4 30.Rb8 Ra1+ 31.Kg2 e4 32.Ng1 Ra2 33.Kf1
Ra1+ 34.Kg2 Bh4 35.Ne2 Ra2 36.Kf1 Ra1+ 37.Kg2 Re1 38.Ng3 e3
39.fxe3 Rxe3 40.Nf1 Re2+ 41.Kh1 Rf2 42.Kg1 Rb2 43.Rc8 Bf2+
44.Kh1 Bd4 45.Rd8 Be5 46.Nd2 Rxb5 47.Nf3 Bf4 48.Rd4 Rb1+
49.Kg2 Rb2+ 50.Kh1 Be3 51.Rd3 Bc5 52.Rd2 Rb1+ 53.Kg2 Kf6
54.Rc2 Bd6 55.Ra2 Rb6 56.Re2 Ra6 57.Nd2 Bf4 58.Rf2 Ra4 59.Re2
Ra3 60.Nf3 Be3 61.Ne1 Rb3 62.Nf3 Rc3 63.Nd2 Bxd2 64.Rxd2 Kg5
65.Rf2 Kh4 66.Rxf7 Rxh3 0-1

[Event "Kislovodsk"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1964.07.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Victor Ciocaltea"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
exd4 8.c3 d3 9.Qxd3 Nf6 10.a4 Na5 11.Bc2 Be7 12.Bg5 Nc4 13.Ra2
h6 14.Bh4 g6 15.Nbd2 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 bxa4 17.Bxa4 Bxa4 18.Rxa4
Nd7 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.b4 O-O 21.Qxh6 Nf6 22.Ng5 Rfe8 23.Ra5 Qf8
24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.f3 Nd7 26.Rfa1 1-0

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

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

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

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

[Event "Kislovodsk"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1964.07.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Mikhailovich Liberzon"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

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 O-O 11.Qh5 Nxc3
12.Bxc3 e5 13.Bd3 g6 14.Qh6 Qf6 15.O-O Qg7 16.Qe3 g5 17.h4 h6
18.hxg5 hxg5 19.f3 Be6 20.Kf2 Nd4 21.Rae1 Nc6 22.Rh1 f6 23.Rh7
Qxh7 24.Bxh7+ Kxh7 25.Qd3+ Kg7 26.Rh1 Rh8 27.Rxh8 Rxh8 28.Qd6
Re8 29.b4 a6 30.a4 Kf7 31.Qd3 Kg7 32.b5 Rd8 33.Qe4 Bd5 34.Qg4
axb5 35.axb5 Ne7 36.Bb4 Ng6 37.Ba5 Ra8 38.Qd7+ Bf7 39.Bd8 Nf4
40.Kg1 Ra2 41.Qf5 Nd5 42.c4 Ra8 43.Qd7 Nf4 44.Qe7 Ra1+ 45.Kh2
Ra2 46.Qxf6+ Kg8 47.Qxg5+ Bg6 48.Qxe5 Rxg2+ 49.Kh1 Rd2 50.Qxf4
Rxd8 51.Qc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1964.10.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Georgy Konstantinovich Borisenko"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.a3 b4 12.axb4 Nxb4 13.Bc4
Qc7 14.Qe2 Rc8 15.Bb3 O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fridrik Bjornsson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1964.01.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svein Johannessen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.Bd3 Nfd7 9.Bd2 Nxc5 10.Bc2 Qb4 11.Bb3 Qb6 12.Qe2 Nxb3
13.Nd5 Qa6 14.Rd1 Qxa2 15.Nc7 Na6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1964.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Freysteinn Thorbergsson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 e6
8.Be2 exd5 9.exd5 b5 10.Nxb5 Ne4 11.O-O a6 12.Na3 Ra7 13.Bd3
Re7 14.Nc2 Rfe8 15.Re1 Nd7 16.Ne3 Ndf6 17.Qc2 Nh5 18.g3 Bd4
19.Nxd4 cxd4 20.Ng2 Ng5 21.Rxe7 Nh3+ 22.Kf1 Rxe7 23.Bd2 Nf6
24.Nh4 Ng4 25.Nf3 Re3 26.Kg2 Qe7 27.Re1 Nxf4+ 28.gxf4 Rxe1
29.Nxe1 Qh4 30.Bc1 Qxe1 31.h3 Nh6 32.f5 Nxf5 33.Bf4 Nh4+
34.Kh2 Nf3+ 35.Kg2 Bxh3+ 36.Kxf3 Qg1 37.Bxg6 Qg4+ 38.Kf2 Qxf4+
39.Kg1 hxg6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1964.01.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fridrik Olafsson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.Bb2
O-O 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 a5 10.a3 Nbd7 11.Bc3 c5 12.Re1 d4 13.Bb2
Qc7 14.h3 e5 15.e4 Be6 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bc1 Nh7 18.Ndf3 Ng5 19.Nh2
Nxh3+ 20.Bxh3 Bxh3 21.Bxh6 Bxh4 22.gxh4 Qd8 23.Bg5 f6 24.Bd2
Kf7 25.Qf3 Be6 26.Qg3 Rh8 27.f4 exf4 28.Bxf4 g5 29.hxg5 Rh3
30.Qg2 Qh8 31.Rf1 Rxd3 32.e5 Qh3 33.g6+ Kg8 34.Qxb7 Rb8 35.Qc6
fxe5 36.Rae1 Rdxb3 37.Rf3 Rxf3 38.Qxf3 exf4 39.Qe4 Re8 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1964.01.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ingvar Asmundsson"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

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.O-O Nc6 17.Rd1 Na5 18.Qd3
Nxf4 19.Bxf4 Qd5 20.Rab1 Nc4 21.h4 O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1964.01.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ingi Randver Johannsson"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.h3 O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1964.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Magnus Solmundarson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 c5 6.c4 Nc6 7.d5
Na5 8.Qd3 a6 9.Nc3 e6 10.e4 exd5 11.cxd5 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bxf6
Bxf6 14.Nd2 d6 15.a4 Bd7 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Qxc4 Qb6 18.Rfc1 Qxb2
19.Rab1 Qd2 20.e5 b5 21.Qf4 Bg5 22.Qf3 Rxe5 23.Ne4 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1964.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Rfe8 14.b3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Nc6 16.Bb2 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 exd4 18.Rc1
Qd8 19.Qxd4 Bf8 20.Rcd1 Rc8 21.Bb1 Bc6 22.Ng3 d5 23.Qe3 Nd7
24.Nf5 f6 25.Qg3 Qc7 26.Qg4 Ne5 27.Bxe5 Rxe5 28.Nh6+ Kh8
29.Nf7+ Qxf7 30.Qxc8 Bb7 31.Qc3 b4 32.Qc1 dxe4 33.Rd8 g5
34.Qd2 Bc6 35.Qd6 Be8 36.Qb8 Kg7 37.Rxe4 Rb5 38.Qa8 Bd7 39.Bd3
Rd5 40.Rxf8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1964.01.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Kristinsson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O
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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1964.01.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Wade"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 Be6 9.Nc4 Nd4 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Ncd5
Qd8 13.c3 Bxd5 14.Nxd5 Ne6 15.g3 Be7 16.a4 O-O 17.Bh3 Re8
18.O-O Bf8 19.a5 Ng5 20.Bf5 g6 21.Bd7 Re6 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Nb6
h5 24.Qe2 Be7 25.f4 Nf7 26.f5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1964.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Trausti Bjornsson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1964.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Arinbjorn Gudmundsson"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Rd8 14.Nf1 d5 15.Nxe5 dxe4 16.Ng3 Bd6 17.Bf4 Bb7 18.Rc1 Qb6
19.Nxe4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxe4 Qb7 22.Re1 Nc4 23.Qg4 Rac8
24.Bg5 Nxe5 25.dxe5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Be7 27.Bf6 Bxf6 28.exf6 g6
29.Qf4 Qb6 30.Rc7 h5 31.g3 Qd6 32.Rc8 Kh7 33.Rxd8 Qxd8 34.Qe5
Qc8 35.Qe7 Kg8 36.Kh2 Qe6 37.Qxe6 fxe6 38.g4 hxg4 39.hxg4 g5
40.Kg3 Kf7 41.Kf3 Kxf6 42.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "C40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aarne Hermlin"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.Bxd5 cxd5
13.d4 Bd6 14.Re3 f5 15.Nd2 f4 16.Re1 f3 17.Nxf3 Bg4 18.Re3 Ra7
19.h3 Bh5 20.g4 Bg6 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 d4 23.cxd4 Rd7 24.Qb3+
Kh8 25.e6 Rxd4 26.e7 Rd1+ 27.Kg2 Qa8+ 28.f3 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Teslenko"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7
8.f4 Nc6 9.Nf3 f5 10.Bd3 Nge7 11.O-O Bd7 12.Kh1 O-O 13.Nbxd4
Nxd4 14.Nxd4 Nc6 15.Nf3 Rc8 16.Bb2 Bb6 17.g4 Be3 18.gxf5 exf5
19.e6 Bxe6 20.Ng5 Bd7 21.Qh5 h6 22.Qg6 1-0

[Event "London"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nigel J Kalton"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Rc8
12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 b4 14. Nxe6 bxc3 15. Nxg7+ Kd7 16. Qf4
cxb2+ 17. Kb1 Bd5 18. Qxf6 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Rc1+ 20. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+
21. Rxc1 Qxe5 22. Qxf7+ Be7 23. Qf5+ 1-0

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

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. e4 Nc6 5. f4 f6 6. Nf3 fxe5
7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O Bd6 9. c5 Bxc5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. fxe5 O-O-O 13. Nd2 Ne7 14. Nc4 Rdf8 15. Bf4 Be2 16. e6 $3
Qd8 17. Ne5 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Ng6 19. Nf7 Qe8 20. Bg3 Rhg8 21. Rc1
Qe7 22. Qd5 Bb6 23. Ba6 $1 d3+ 24. Kh1 c5 25. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Tal-Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal Match"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1965.07.07"]
[EventDate "1965.06.26"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lajos Portisch"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be2 d5 7.O-O
cxd4 8.exd4 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Rc1 b6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.cxd5 exd5
13.Qa4 Bb7 14.Rfd1 a6 15.Qb3 Re8 16.Bf1 Na5 17.Qc2 Rc8 18.Re1
Rxe1 19.Rxe1 Nc4 20.Bd3 g6 21.Qe2 b5 22.Ne5 Bxe5 23.dxe5 d4
24.Nd1 Qg5 25.f4 Qxf4 26.e6 Bd5 27.Rf1 Qg5 28.exf7 Bxf7 29.b3
Ne5 30.a4 Bd5 31.Be4 Bxb3 32.axb5 Bc4 33.Qc2 axb5 34.Bd5+ Kg7
35.Bxc4 bxc4 36.Qe4 Rd8 37.h4 Qg3 38.Qb7+ Rd7 39.Qc8 Rf7
40.Rxf7+ Kxf7 41.Qc7+ 0-1

[Event "Tal-Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal Match"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1965.07.08"]
[EventDate "1965.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nb6 13.axb5
axb5 14.Nbd2 c5 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nh2 c4 17.Ng4 Bxg4 18.hxg4 Bg5
19.Nf3 Bxc1 20.Qxc1 Qc7 21.Qe3 Nd7 22.Red1 Nc6 23.b3 Na5 24.b4
Nc6 25.g5 Rxa1 26.Rxa1 Qb6 27.Qxb6 Nxb6 28.Ra6 Rb8 29.Nd2 Nd8
30.Nf3 Nc6 31.Nh2 Kf8 32.Ng4 Ke7 33.Ne3 Kd6 34.Nd5 Nxd5
35.exd5 Kxd5 36.f3 Nxb4 37.cxb4 Kd4 38.Ra7 Kc3 39.Bxh7 Kxb4
40.Rxf7 Kc3 41.Rxg7 b4 42.Rc7 b3 43.g6 b2 44.g7 b1=Q+ 45.Bxb1
Rxb1+ 46.Kf2 Rb8 47.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Tal-Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal Match"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1965.06.28"]
[EventDate "1965.06.26"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Tal-Portisch Candidates Quarterfinal Match"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1965.07.01"]
[EventDate "1965.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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.O-O Be7 10.Qe2 h6 11.Bf4 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1965.01.17"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3
O-O 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.fxg8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Spassky - Tal Candidates Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi GEO"]
[Date "1965.11.03"]
[EventDate "1965.11.01"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6
7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O b5 9. Nb3 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. Qf3 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1965.01.05"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexey Suetin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1965.01.10"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Nikolaevich Sakharov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Be2 Bg7 12.O-O O-O
13.Rf3 Nc6 14.Nb3 Rd8 15.f5 Ne5 16.Rg3 Kh8 17.Rf1 Qb4 18.Kh1
d5 19.exd5 exd5 20.Nd4 Qf8 21.Rh3 b5 22.Rf4 Bb7 23.Rfh4 Qg8
24.Qf4 Rac8 25.Nd1 Re8 26.Ne3 Rc3 27.Rh5 Nd7 28.Bd3 Re5 29.Qh4
Nf8 30.Ng4 Re8 31.Kg1 Rc4 32.Nxf6 Bxf6 33.Qxf6+ Qg7 34.Qxg7+
Kxg7 35.Rg3+ Kh8 36.Bxc4 dxc4 37.Rh6 Rd8 38.c3 Be4 39.a3 Ra8
40.Rd6 a5 41.Rb6 b4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1965.01.12"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikolay Bakulin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.O-O d5 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1 Qb6 10.c3 Bc5 11.Qc2 Ba6 12.Bxa6 Qxa6
13.Nd2 O-O 14.Nf3 Qc4 15.Be3 Bb6 16.Bd4 Rfd8 17.b3 Qa6 18.Bxb6
Qxb6 19.Rad1 a5 20.Rd4 a4 21.bxa4 Rdb8 22.Rb4 Qa7 23.Rg4 Rb6
24.Rb1 Rxb1+ 25.Qxb1 Qc7 26.Qe1 Nc5 27.Qe3 Rxa4 28.Rxa4 Nxa4
29.Qd4 Qb6 30.Qxb6 Nxb6 31.Nd2 g5 32.Kf1 Kg7 33.Ke2 Nd7 34.a4
Nxe5 35.Nf3 Kf6 36.a5 Nd7 37.Nd4 Nb8 38.Kd3 c5 39.Nb5 Ke7
40.Na3 Kd6 41.Ke3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1965.01.13"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Liavdansky"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 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.e8=Q Qf1+ 38.Kh2 Qf4+ 39.Kg1
Qc1+ 40.Kf2 Qf4+ 41.Ke2 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1965.01.20"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viacheslav Osnos"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4
Nc6 8.cxd5 Nxd4 9.Bxe4 Bxe5 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.Be3 Bxe4 12.Bxd4 Bc2
13.Qd2 Bxd4 14.Qxd4 Qd7 15.Rfe1 a6 16.Re2 Bg6 17.Qb4 b5 18.Re7
Qd6 19.Qxd6 cxd6 20.a3 Bd3 21.Rd1 Bc2 22.Rde1 Bf5 23.f3 h5
24.Rb7 Bd3 25.Ree7 Bc4 26.Kf2 a5 27.Ke3 b4 28.axb4 Ba6 29.Rb6
axb4 30.Ne4 Bf1 31.g3 Ra1 32.Rxb4 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Rc1 34.Nxd6 Bd3
35.Rbb7 Rc2+ 36.Ke3 Bg6 37.h4 Rg2 38.Nc4 Rxg3 39.d6 Rg1 40.Ne5
Rd8 41.d7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1965.01.24"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Averbakh"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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 Bg5 18.Rd1 Qf6
19.Ndf3 Bxc1 20.Rdxc1 Be6 21.Ra3 Nb7 22.Rca1 Rxa3 23.Rxa3 Qf4
24.Qe1 Nd7 25.Ra6 Nbc5 26.Rc6 Ra8 27.Qd1 Nb3 28.Bxb3 Qxe4
29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Qxd7 Qd5 31.Qe7 cxb3 32.Ng4 h6 33.Nfxe5 Rf8
34.Nd7 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1964/65"]
[Site "Kiev (RUS)"]
[Date "1965.01.03"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Koblents"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nc6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.Be2 Bd7 10.O-O-O 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

[Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1965.07.24"]
[EventDate "1965.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 exd4
7.Nxd4 Be7 8.b3 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bxb5 10.Nxb5 Nd7 11.Ba3 a6 12.Nc3
Bf6 13.Qd2 O-O 14.Rad1 Re8 15.Rfe1 Nb6 16.Bb2 Qd7 17.a4 Qc6
18.a5 Nd7 19.Ba1 Re6 20.Nd5 Bxa1 21.Rxa1 Rae8 22.f3 f5 23.Re3
fxe4 24.Rc3 Nc5 25.Nf4 e3 26.Qd4 Re5 27.b4 e2+ 28.Re1 Qa4
29.Rc4 Nd7 30.Rxc7 Nf6 31.Qxd6 Qa2 32.h4 Nd5 33.Rc5 Nxf4
34.Rxe5 Rf8 35.g3 Qf7 36.gxf4 Qxf4 37.R1xe2 1-0

[Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1965.07.31"]
[EventDate "1965.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 e6 6.Qf3 Qf6 7.Qg3
h6 8.Nc3 Nb4 9.Bb5+ c6 10.Ba4 Nd7 11.O-O Nxe5 12.dxe5 Qg6
13.Qf3 Qf5 14.Qe2 Be7 15.a3 Nd5 16.Nb5 cxb5 17.Qxb5+ Kd8 18.c4
Qxe5 19.cxd5 Bd6 20.g3 Qxd5 21.Qe2 Ke7 22.Rd1 Qa5 23.Qg4 Qf5
24.Qc4 Qc5 25.Qd3 Qd5 26.Qc3 Be5 27.Qe1 Qc5 28.Bd2 Kf6 29.Rac1
Qb6 30.Be3 Qa6 31.Qb4 b5 32.Bxb5 Qb7 33.f4 Bb8 34.Bc6 1-0

[Event "Tal - Larsen Candidates Semifinal"]
[Site "Bled YUG"]
[Date "1965.08.08"]
[EventDate "1965.07.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[MovePly "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4
Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Ndb5 Qb8 11.g4 a6 12.Nd4 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bd3 b4 16.Nd5 {!} exd5 17.exd5 {The
piece sacrifice is a positional one, since it has been used to
erect an invisible barrier on the e-file. A number of squares
on it (e5 and e6) are controlled by white pawns, and a white
rook will soon be moved to e1. -- Iakov Damsky} f5 18.Rde1 Rf7
19.h4 Bb7 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 21.Rxe7 Ne5 22.Qe4 Qf8 23.fxe5 Rf4
24.Qe3 Rf3 25.Qe2 Qxe7 26.Qxf3 dxe5 27.Re1 Rd8 28.Rxe5 Qd6
29.Qf4 {! With this simple tactic 29 ...Bxd5 30. Re8+ White
keeps his two extra pawns. The finish is straightforward. --
Damsky} Rf8 30.Qe4 b3 31.axb3 Rf1+ 32.Kd2 Qb4+ 33.c3 Qd6
34.Bc5 Qxc5 35.Re8+ Rf8 36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf7 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Grant"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 O-O
7.e3 d6 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Rc1 h6 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Qb3 Rb8
13.d5 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.f4 Bg7 16.f5 Qa5 17.Nb1 g5 18.h4 Be5
19.hxg5 hxg5 20.Rc4 Kg7 21.Nc3 f6 22.Kf2 b5 23.Rb4 a6 24.Rh1
Rh8 25.Rxh8 Rxh8 26.Ne2 Qd8 27.Rg4 Rh1 28.a4 Qh8 29.Nf4 Qh2
30.Nh3 Be8 31.axb5 Bh5 32.Qb4 axb5 33.Ke2 Qxg2+ 34.Nf2 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Albert Zinovievich Kapengut"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

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 O-O
13.O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Kiriukov"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andrejs Petersons"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 O-O 12.Bd3
Nf6 13.Qh4 e4 14.Bc4 Nd4 15.O-O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly Shmit"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Harijs Skuja"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 Ngf6
7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Qe2 Be7 9.Bd2 O-O 10.g4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.g5 Ne8
13.Rg1 Rc8 14.Ne5 g6 15.h4 Ng7 16.h5 c5 17.dxc5 Rxc5 18.f4 Qc7
19.O-O-O Rc8 20.Kb1 Bd5 21.hxg6 fxg6 22.Bb4 Qb7 23.Bxc5 Bxc5
24.Rge1 Qa6 25.a3 Bxa3 26.Bxb5 Qb6 27.bxa3 Rc3 28.Nd7 Qa5
29.Nf6+ Kf8 30.Nxh7+ Kg8 31.Nf6+ Kf8 32.Rxd5 Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Grave"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6
7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qa3 Qg6 9.Be3 Qxe4 10.Nc3 Qb4 11.Qxb4 Nxb4
12.O-O-O Ne7 13.Bc5 Nbc6 14.Ne4 d5 15.Nd6+ Kd7 16.Nxf7 Rf8
17.Ng5 Rf5 18.h4 h6 19.Bd3 hxg5 20.Bxf5+ Nxf5 21.hxg5 Ke6
22.Rh8 b5 23.f4 Bb7 24.Rxa8 Bxa8 25.g4 Nfe7 26.f5+ Kf7 27.Rh1
Kg8 28.g6 d4 29.Rh7 Nd5 30.g5 Nd8 31.Bd6 Nc6 32.Bf8 Kxf8
33.Rh8+ Ke7 34.Rxa8 Kd6 35.f6 gxf6 36.g7 Nce7 37.Rxa6+ 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikolay Zhuravlev"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 d6 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.d4
Qc7 8.c5 Nbd7 9.cxd6 Bxd6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Qc2 Qa5 12.Bd2 exd4
13.Nxd4 Qh5 14.Nf5 Bd8 15.f4 g6 16.Nh4 Ng4 17.Ne4 Bxh4 18.gxh4
Qxh4 19.h3 Ngf6 20.Ng5 Nb6 21.e4 Be6 22.Bc3 Nfd7 23.Rad1 Rad8
24.b3 Rfe8 25.a4 Qh6 26.a5 Nc8 27.Bb2 Qf8 28.f5 gxf5 29.exf5
Bd5 30.Bxd5 cxd5 31.Qg2 Qc5+ 32.Bd4 1-0

[Event "Traning"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Koblents"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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.O-O-O 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.exf8=N+ Nxf8 30.e7 Kf7 31.exf8=Q+ Kxf8 32.Kd1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad"]
[Site "Habana (Cuba)"]
[Date "1966.11.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Julio Bolbochan"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Bc4
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Bb3 a6 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Kb1 Re8 12.Rhg1 Bd7
13.g4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6 15.g5 Nd7 16.Rd3 g6 17.h4 Nc5 18.h5
Nxb3 19.axb3 e5 20.Be3 Qc7 21.Bd2 Rad8 22.Rh1 Bf8 23.Qg4 b5
24.Qh4 b4 25.Nd1 d5 26.Ne3 dxe4 27.Ng4 f5 28.Nf6+ Kf7 29.hxg6+
Ke6 30.Nxe8 Rxe8 31.gxh7 Bg7 32.Rdh3 Bd5 33.Qh5 Kd7 34.Qxe8+
1-0

[Event "Moscow 2/145"]
[Site "Moscow 2/145"]
[Date "1966.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.cxd5
O-O 8.Nge2 Na6 9.g3 Qb6 10.Qxb6 axb6 11.Bg2 Nb4 12.O-O Rd8
13.d6 exd6 14.Bg5 Re8 15.a3 Nc6 16.Rfe1 Bg4 17.Bxf6 Bxf6
18.Nd5 Bd8 19.Nec3 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Ra5 21.Ne3 Bd7 22.Nc4 Ra8
23.d5 Nd4 24.Nxd6 Rb8 25.Nce4 f6 26.Nc4 Kf8 27.h3 Nb3 28.Bf1
b5 29.Ncd6 f5 30.Re3 fxe4 31.Rxb3 Ke7 32.Nxe4 Rc8 33.g4 Rc1
34.Kg2 Re1 35.f3 Rd1 36.d6 Kf7 37.Bxb5 Be6 38.Rc3 Rd4 39.Rd3
Rxd3 40.Bxd3 Bd5 41.Nc5 b6 42.Be4 Be6 43.Nd3 Bb3 44.f4 Ke6
45.f5+ 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vlastimil Hort"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4
cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bxg2 9.Kxg2 Qc8 10.Qd3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Qxc6+ 12.e4 O-O
13.Bd2 Rac8 14.b3 Rfd8 15.Qf3 a6 16.Rfe1 d6 17.Rac1 Qb7 18.Qe2
Rb8 19.a4 Rbc8 20.Bf4 h6 21.Rcd1 d5 22.exd5 Bb4 23.Bd2 exd5
24.Qf3 Bxc3 25.Bxc3 Ne4 26.Bd2 f5 27.cxd5 Rxd5 28.Be3 Rc3
29.Rxd5 Qxd5 30.Rd1 Qe6 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Rf8 Nf6 33.b4 Rb3 34.a5
bxa5 35.bxa5 Ra3 36.Ra8 Nd5 37.Rf8 f4 38.Rxf4 Nxf4+ 39.Qxf4
Rxa5 40.h4 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.12.01"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alberic O'Kelly de Galway"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nf3 Nb6
13.Qe1 Bd7 14.Bd3 f5 15.exf6 Qxf6 16.g3 h6 17.h4 Rae8 18.Rf1
Rc8 19.Kb1 Be8 20.g4 Bd7 21.Ng5 g6 22.Nf3 Qxf4 23.Bxg6 Nc4
24.g5 Ne3 25.Ne2 Qd6 26.gxh6 Nxf1 27.Qxf1 Kh8 28.Qg2 Rg8
29.Ng5 Qe7 30.Bd3 Rcf8 31.Ng3 Rf4 32.Re1 Rxh4 33.Nf3 Rhg4 0-1

[Event "04 Sarajevo"]
[Site "04 Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.03.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ludek Pachman"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2
Nc6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.d4 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Bf6 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 Bxd4
13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Nxe4 Re8 15.Qd2 Bf5 16.Nc5 Qe7 17.Rac1 Rac8
18.Qf4 Bg6 19.Rfd1 b6 20.Na6 Qxe2 21.Nc7 Re7 22.Bf3 Qxd1+
23.Rxd1 Rexc7 24.Rc1 h5 25.Kg2 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.11.28"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karl Robatsch"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.h3 d6 10.Kh2 O-O 11.f4 Bd7 12.Nde2 b5 13.a3
Rfd8 14.g4 b4 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.g5 Ne8 17.Nd4 Bf8 18.Kh1 e5
19.Nde2 Rac8 20.Ng3 Qc4 21.Rf2 Bc6 22.Nf5 d5 23.Ne3 Qd4
24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Ncxd5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Qxd4 Rxd4 28.fxe5
Nc7 29.Bd2 Bc5 30.Nf5 Rc4 31.Be3 Re8 32.Rd1 Ne6 33.Bxc5 Rxc5
34.Nd6 Rf8 35.h4 Rxe5 36.Rdf1 Rd5 37.Nxf7 Rd4 38.Kg2 Rxh4
39.Kg3 Rc4 40.c3 Rc5 41.g6 hxg6 42.Nd6 Rd8 43.Ne4 Re5 44.Nd2
Nc5 45.Nf3 Re3 46.Kg2 Nd3 47.Rd2 Rf8 48.Nd4 Nf4+ 49.Kh2 Rh3+
50.Kg1 g5 51.Rf3 Rh4 52.Rh2 Rg4+ 53.Kf1 Rf6 54.Ne2 Nd3 55.Nd4
Ne5 56.Rff2 Re4 57.Kg1 Re1+ 58.Kg2 Ng4 59.Rxf6 gxf6 60.Rh1
Ne3+ 61.Kh2 Rxh1+ 62.Kxh1 Nd1 63.c4 Nxb2 64.c5 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Kislovodsk (03)"]
[Site "Kislovodsk (03)"]
[Date "1966.07.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1966.11.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bjorn Brinck-Claussen"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

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

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1966.10.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alfredo Olivera"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.d4 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 exd4 12.Qg3 Kf8 13.Qd3
dxc3 14.Nxc3 Ne5 15.Qe2 c5 16.Be3 b4 17.Nd5 Nxd5 18.Bxd5 Ra7
19.Rad1 g5 20.Qh5 Bf6 21.f4 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Rg8 23.Rf1 Rg6
24.Qxh7 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1966.11.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ricardo Calvo"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 e5 10.Nf5 Bxf5 11.exf5 Qa5 12.Kb1 Rad8
13.Bc4 h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nd5 Qxd2 16.Nxf6+ gxf6 17.Rxd2 exf4
18.Rf1 Rfe8 19.a3 Re5 20.Rxf4 Kf8 21.Bd5 Ke7 22.Ka2 h5 23.Bf3
Rh8 24.Rd3 Kd7 25.Bd5 Rg8 26.h4 Rg4 27.Rf2 Rxh4 28.Bxf7 Kc7
29.Rfd2 Rf4 30.Be6 d5 31.g3 Rf1 32.Rxd5 Rxd5 33.Rxd5 Rf3
34.Rd7+ Kb6 35.Rg7 a5 36.Rg6 Kc5 37.Rxf6 Rxg3 38.Rh6 Rg5
39.f6+ Nd8 40.f7 1-0

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1966.10.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Edgar Walther"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 d5 10.e5 Nd7 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.h4 Nb6
13.Be2 Bd7 14.g3 Rac8 15.Rhe1 a6 16.Bf1 Rc7 17.Qe3 Nxd4
18.Rxd4 Rfc8 19.Rd2 Qb4 20.Nd1 Ba4 21.Bd3 Bb5 22.Ree2 Qa4
23.Bxb5 Qxb5 24.Qb3 Qa5 25.a3 Rc4 26.Rd3 Qc5 27.Rc3 Rc7
28.Rxc4 Nxc4 29.Qb4 Qc6 30.Kb1 b5 31.Nf2 a5 32.Qb3 b4 33.axb4
axb4 34.Nd3 Ra7 35.Nxb4 Qa8 36.c3 Ra1+ 37.Kc2 Na5 0-1

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1966.11.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ingi Randver Johannsson"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1966.11.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Havana"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1966.11.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Erling Kristiansen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Be3
g6 8.c4 Bg7 9.Nc3 O-O 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

[Event "Havana olm 2/38"]
[Site "Havana olm 2/38"]
[Date "1966.11.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eldis Cobo Arteaga"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bd2 Nc6
7.Nc2 Bc5 8.e3 d5 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Qe7 12.Qe1 Rd8
13.Rd1 dxc4 14.Bxc4 Bd7 15.Bc1 Rac8 16.Qe2 Ba7 17.e4 Ne5
18.Bb3 Bc6 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bh4 Ng6 21.Bg3 Qc5 22.Kh1 Nh5 23.Ne3
Ngf4 24.Bxf4 Nxf4 25.Qg4 Bb8 26.g3 Nd3 27.Bxe6 fxe6 28.Rxd3
Rxd3 29.Qxe6+ Kh7 30.Qxc8 Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Havana olm 2/408"]
[Site "Havana olm 2/408"]
[Date "1966.11.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qa5
13.Kb1 O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.Bh3 Bc8 16.Rhe1 h5 17.Qe3 Bd7 18.Ne2
Ne5 19.Nf4 Ng4 20.Qe2 Rdg8 21.Nd4 Qb6 22.Rd2 e5 23.Nd5 Qd8
24.Nb3 Bc6 25.c4 Qd7 26.Na5 Bd8 27.Nxc6+ Qxc6 28.Rc1 Kb7
29.cxb5 Qxb5 30.Rd3 Ka7 31.Bxg4 hxg4 32.Qe3+ Ka8 33.Rb3 Qd7
34.Qd3 Ka7 35.Qe3+ Ka8 36.Rb6 1-0

[Event "Kislovodsk 2/338"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1966.08.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svend Hamann"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O
Bb4 8.Bg5 Bxc3 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.bxc3 Qxc3 11.Rb1 Nc6 12.Nxc6
dxc6 13.Rb3 Qc5 14.Qd2 h5 15.Rd1 Ke7 16.Rd3 Qb6 17.e5 1-0

[Event "Kislovodsk 2/378"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1966.07.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Milan Matulovic"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Ndb5 Bb4
7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.Nxc3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Bd2 Qh4 11.Qf3 O-O
12.O-O-O Nxc3 13.Bxc3 e5 14.Bd3 Bg4 15.Qe4 Qh6+ 16.Bd2 Qg6
17.f3 Be6 18.Qxg6 hxg6 19.Be3 b6 20.Rhe1 Rac8 21.b3 Bf5
22.Bxf5 gxf5 23.Rd7 Rfd8 24.Red1 Kf8 25.Rb7 Rxd1+ 26.Kxd1 Ke8
27.Bg5 f4 28.Bh4 Kf8 29.b4 f6 30.Bf2 Ra8 31.c4 Nd8 32.Rd7 Ne6
33.Ke2 Ke8 34.Rb7 f5 35.h4 e4 36.h5 Rc8 37.c5 e3 38.Bh4 Rc7
39.Rxc7 Nxc7 40.c6 b5 41.Kd3 Ne6 42.Be1 e2 43.Bc3 Nc7 44.Kxe2
Kf7 45.Be5 Nd5 46.Kd3 Nb6 47.Kd4 a6 48.Bxf4 Nc8 49.Be5 Nb6
50.g3 1-0

[Event "Kislovodsk"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1966.07.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "P Stefanov"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Be6 12.f4 a6
13.Qf3 Qh5 14.Qf2 Rac8 15.Rae1 Bc4 16.e5 dxe5 17.Rxe5 Qh6
18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.Rxe7 b5 20.a3 Rd8 21.Be5 Rc6 22.Qf3 Rdc8
23.Rd1 Bf8 24.Rb7 Bc5+ 25.Kh1 Qh4 26.Rb8 Bf8 27.f5 Qg5 28.Rd8
Rxb8 29.Bxb8 Qh4 30.Bg3 Qc4 31.Be5 Qh4 32.Rd1 Rc5 33.Bxf6 Qxf6
34.Ne4 Qxb2 35.Nxc5 Bxc5 36.Qd5 Qxc2 37.f6 Bf8 38.Qf3 Qc5
39.h4 Qxa3 40.Qxa3 Bxa3 41.Rd8+ Bf8 42.g4 h5 43.g5 a5 44.Rb8
b4 45.Ra8 b3 46.Rxa5 Bd6 47.Ra8+ Kh7 48.Ra7 Kg8 49.Kg2 b2
50.Rb7 Be5 51.Kf3 Bc3 52.Ke4 Kh8 53.Kd5 Kg8 54.Rb5 Be1 55.Rxb2
Bxh4 56.Rb8+ Kh7 57.Rf8 Bxg5 58.Rxf7+ Kh6 59.Rf8 Bxf6 60.Rxf6
Kg5 61.Rf1 Kg4 62.Ke4 Kg3 63.Rg1+ Kf2 64.Rxg6 h4 65.Rh6 Kg3
66.Ke3 h3 67.Rg6+ Kh2 68.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1966.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

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

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.12.07"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fernando Visier Segovia"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "30"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8
7.Bg5 c6 8.O-O-O Kc7 9.g3 Be6 10.b3 Bc5 11.Bh3 Bxg1 12.Rhxg1
Bxh3 13.g4 h5 14.Rg3 hxg4 15.fxg4 Nbd7 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.12.10"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antonio Angel Medina Garcia"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Qe2 d6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Rad1 Bd7 12.f4 Rac8
13.Kh1 b5 14.a3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 e5 16.Be3 Be6 17.Rfe1 Bc4 18.Qd2
a5 19.b3 Bxb3 20.Nxb5 Qxc2 21.Nxd6 Bxd6 22.Qxd6 Nxe4 23.Qxe5
Rfe8 24.Qd4 Nf6 25.Rc1 Qf5 26.Bf2 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 h5 28.Kg1 h4
29.Bf3 h3 30.Re1 Rxe1+ 31.Bxe1 Bd5 32.Bxd5 Nxd5 33.Bxa5 Qb1+
34.Kf2 Qh1 35.Ke2 Qxh2+ 36.Qf2 Qh1 37.Qf3 Qxf3+ 38.Kxf3 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.12.09"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Helmut Pfleger"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bg4 5.d4 e6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Bf4
Ndf6 8.Neg5 Bd6 9.Qd2 Bxf3 10.Nxf3 Ne7 11.Be5 Qc7 12.O-O Ng6
13.Rfe1 O-O-O 14.Rad1 Ng4 15.Bxd6 Rxd6 16.c3 Rhd8 17.b4 Kb8
18.g3 Nf6 19.Bf1 Ne7 20.Bg2 Nf5 21.Ne5 h5 22.Rb1 g5 23.Rec1
Nd5 24.b5 c5 25.dxc5 Qxc5 26.Nxf7 Nf4 27.Nxd6 Rxd6 28.Qc2 Nxg2
29.Kxg2 Qd5+ 30.Kg1 Qf3 31.Rd1 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.11.27"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Wade"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.h4 Rc8 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.h5 Nxh5 13.g4
Nf6 14.O-O-O 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

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.11.29"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Heinz Lehmann"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.d4 Nbd7 7.O-O
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

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.12.02"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Petar Trifunovic"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 O-O 7.Nc3
Ne4 8.Bd2 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Ne5 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Nd7 12.Nd3 Bd6
13.b4 c6 14.a4 a6 15.Qb3 Re8 16.Ra2 b5 17.Nc5 Nxc5 18.dxc5
bxa4 19.Qb2 Bf8 20.Rxa4 Bc8 21.Rfa1 Rb8 22.Bd4 h5 23.h4 Re6
24.Bf3 g5 25.hxg5 Qxg5 26.Qc1 Qf5 27.Qf4 Qxf4 28.gxf4 Bg7
29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Kh2 Rg6 31.Rg1 Rxg1 32.Kxg1 h4 33.e3 Kf6
34.Be2 Ra8 35.Kg2 Ke7 36.Bd3 Kf6 37.f3 Ra7 38.e4 h3 39.Kg3
dxe4 40.fxe4 Ra8 41.Bf1 Bd7 42.e5 Ke7 43.Rxa6 Rh8 44.Ra2 f6
45.e6 Bxe6 46.Ra7+ Bd7 47.Kh2 Rh5 48.b5 Rxc5 49.Bxh3 f5
50.bxc6 Rxc6 51.Bxf5 Rd6 52.Kg3 Ke8 53.Rxd7 Rxd7 54.Bxd7+ Kxd7
55.Kg4 Ke6 56.Kg5 Kf7 57.Kf5 1-0

[Event "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Site "Palma ESP"]
[Date "1966.12.03"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Augusto Menvielle Laccourreye"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nd7 4.Bc4 c6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Ng5
Bxg5 8.Qh5 g6 9.Qxg5 Qxg5 10.Bxg5 Nf8 11.O-O-O Be6 12.Be2 Nd7
13.Rd6 Ne7 14.Rhd1 h6 15.Be3 Rd8 16.f4 Nc8 17.R6d2 f6 18.g3
Ke7 19.h4 b6 20.Bf3 h5 21.f5 Bf7 22.fxg6 Bxg6 23.g4 hxg4
24.Bxg4 Nb8 25.Rxd8 Rxd8 26.h5 Bh7 27.Rxd8 Kxd8 28.Bf5 Bxf5
29.exf5 Ke7 30.Ne4 Nd7 31.Kd2 Nd6 32.Nxd6 Kxd6 33.Kd3 Ke7
34.Kc4 Kf7 35.a4 a6 36.Kb4 Ke7 37.c4 a5 38.Kc3 c5 39.Kd3 Kd6
40.Bh6 Ke7 41.Ke4 Nb8 42.Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1966.03.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bozidar Gasic"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O 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 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1966.03.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mato Damjanovic"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1966.03.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zvonimir Mestrovic"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 d5 11.Nb3 Nb4 12.exd5 exd5
13.h3 Re8 14.Qf2 Bf5 15.Nd4 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Bxe4 17.Bb3 Rc8 18.Kb1
Bf6 19.Rd2 Qb6 20.Rc1 Rc4 21.a3 Nc6 22.Nxc6 Qxb3 23.Nd4 Qb6
24.g4 g6 25.Ka2 Qc7 26.f5 Be5 27.fxg6 hxg6 28.h4 b5 29.c3 b4
30.axb4 a5 31.Nb5 Qd7 32.b3 Qxb5 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1966.03.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milan Matulovic"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Bf4 Bd7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qe1 Qa5 12.Bxd6 Bxd6
13.Rxd6 Bxe4 14.Rd1 Bc6 15.Nd5 Qxe1 16.Nxf6+ Ke7 17.Rxe1 Kxf6
18.f3 Rhd8 19.Bd3 Rd4 20.Re3 g5 21.Rhe1 Rad8 22.Be4 Bxe4
23.Rxe4 h5 24.c3 Rd2 25.R4e2 Rxe2 26.Rxe2 g4 27.fxg4 hxg4
28.Rf2+ Kg6 29.Rd2 Rh8 30.g3 f5 31.Re2 e5 32.Kd2 f4 33.gxf4
exf4 34.Ke1 Kf5 35.Kf1 f3 36.Rd2 Kf4 37.Kg1 Ke3 38.Rd7 f2
39.Kf1 Rxh2 40.Re7+ Kf3 41.Rf7+ Kg3 42.Ke2 Rh1 43.Rxf2 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1966.03.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rajko Bogdanovic"]
[ECO "B95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

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.O-O-O Qc7 10.Be2 Be7 11.Qe3 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.f4
Rc8 14.g4 Qb6 15.Qh3 Rxc3 16.Qxc3 Nxe4 17.Qe1 g5 18.Bf3 Ndc5
19.fxg5 hxg5 20.Bg3 Bf6 21.Kb1 d5 22.Rf1 Bg7 23.Qe3 Nxg3
24.hxg3 Ne4 25.Bxe4 dxe4 26.c3 Qc5 27.Rh1 Rxh1 28.Rxh1 Bd5
29.Rh7 Bf8 30.Rh8 Qc4 31.Kc2 Qf1 32.Ne2 Bc4 33.Nc1 Qf3 34.Kd2
Qg2+ 35.Ne2 f5 36.Ke1 Bd3 37.Qf2 Qxf2+ 38.Kxf2 Kf7 39.Nd4 Bc5
40.Rc8 Bxd4+ 41.cxd4 f4 42.Rc5 Kf6 43.Re5 a5 44.gxf4 gxf4
45.g5+ Kg6 46.Rxe6+ Kxg5 47.d5 Kf5 48.Re7 e3 49.Kf3 Bc2 50.d6
Bd1+ 51.Kg2 Kf6 52.Re4 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1966.04.02"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dragoljub M Ciric"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Qb6 4.Nc3 e6 5.O-O 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 a1=Q 40.Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1966.04.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karoly Honfi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6
7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.d4 exd3 12.Nxd3
Bd6 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Nd5 15.Nc3 Nf4 16.Nxf4 Bxf4 17.g3 Rd8
18.Bd3 Re8+ 19.Ne2 Bg5 20.O-O Bg4 21.f3 Bh3 22.Kh1 Bxf1
23.Qxf1 Qe7 24.Bc3 Nb7 25.Nd4 Qc5 26.Bb2 Bf6 27.Rd1 Rad8 28.c3
Qb6 29.Kg2 Nd6 30.Bc2 c5 31.Ne2 Nc4 32.Bc1 Ne3+ 33.Bxe3 Rxe3
34.c4 Qa5 35.Qf2 Ree8 36.Nf4 Rxd1 37.Bxd1 Bd4 38.Qc2 Qe1
39.Qd3 g6 40.Nd5 Qf2+ 41.Kh3 Re1 42.Nf4 Rh1 0-1

[Event "Sarajevo"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1966.04.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ong Yok Hwa"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Warsaw clock simul"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1966.02.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andrzej Adamski"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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
O-O 14.Qd2 f4 15.Bxf4 Nf5 16.O-O 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

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

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

[Event "Simultaneous"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1966.12.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Varlam Vepkhvishvili"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2359"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Rb8 9.axb5 axb5 10.d4 exd4 11.e5 Ne8 12.c3 dxc3
13.Nxc3 d6 14.Nd5 dxe5 15.Qc2 Nb4 16.Nxb4 Bxb4 17.Bg5 Qd6
18.Rxe5 Qg6 19.Qxg6 hxg6 20.Be7 Bxe7 21.Rxe7 Rb7 22.Ne5 Nd6
23.Nxg6 Rd8 24.Ra8 Nc4 25.Rd7 Rxd7 26.Rxc8+ Kh7 27.Nf8+ Kh6
28.Nxd7 Nxb2 29.Ne5 f6 30.Nc6 Nc4 31.h4 g6 32.g4 Nd2 33.Bd5 b4
34.Nd4 Rb6 35.Ne6 Rxe6 36.Bxe6 Nf3+ 37.Kg2 Nxh4+ 38.Kg3 g5
39.Rxc7 Ng6 40.Bf5 1-0

[Event "Ch URS (team)"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1966.10.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Isaak Birbrager"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 11.f3 Nd7 12.Nb5 Nb6 13.a4
Qe7 14.Nc4 Nxc4 15.Bxc4 Nb8 16.Bf4 Rd8 17.Qd2 a6 18.Na3 Nd7
19.Be2 Ne5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Bxc4 Bd7 22.a5 Re8 23.Rab1 Bb5
24.Qd3 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Qf6 26.Bg3 Bxc4 27.Qxc4 h5 28.b4 h4 29.Bf2
Rac8 30.b5 axb5 31.Rxb5 Bxf2 32.Rxf2 Rc7 33.Kg1 Qe5 34.Rb1
Rce7 35.Re1 Ra8 36.f4 Qd4 37.Qxd4 cxd4 38.Rd2 Rxa5 39.Rxd4 Ra2
40.Rc4 Rd2 41.Kf1 h3 42.gxh3 Rxh2 43.e5 Rxh3 44.exd6 Rd7
45.Re7 Rxd6 46.Rxb7 Rxd5 47.Kg2 Ra3 48.Rb2 Kg7 49.Rcb4 Rdd3
50.Rc2 Kh6 51.Rf2 Kh5 52.Rb7 f5 53.Rh7+ Kg4 54.Rh6 Rg3+ 55.Kh1
Rh3+ 56.Rxh3 Rxh3+ 57.Kg2 Rg3+ 58.Kh2 Rf3 59.Rg2+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "01, Moscow tt"]
[Site "01, Moscow tt"]
[Date "1967.07.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Bf6 11.Be4 Nce7 12.Qc2 g6
13.Bh6 Bg7 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Bxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Qxd5 17.Re5 Qd6
18.Rd1 f6 19.Rc5 Bd7 20.Nd2 Bc6 21.Nc4 Qf4 22.Ne3 Rad8 23.Rc4
Qd6 24.h4 Rf7 25.h5 Bd5 26.Rc5 Qf4 27.Nxd5 exd5 28.Rc8 Rxc8
29.Qxc8 Re7 30.h6+ Qxh6 31.Qd8 Rf7 32.Qxd5 Qf4 33.Qe6 Rc7
34.d5 Qe5 35.Qg4 h5 36.Qa4 Qe2 37.d6 Rc4 38.Qb3 Rc2 39.Qxb7+
Kh6 40.Qf3 Qxf3 41.gxf3 Rc8 42.f4 Rd8 43.b4 Kg7 44.f5 gxf5
45.Kg2 Kf7 46.Kg3 Ke6 47.Kh4 Rxd6 48.Rxd6+ Kxd6 49.Kxh5 Kd5
50.Kg6 Kc4 51.Kxf6 Kxb4 52.Kxf5 Ka3 53.Ke4 Kxa2 54.f4 a5 55.f5
a4 56.f6 a3 57.f7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1967.05.23"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Istvan Bilek"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.O-O e6 5.d3 d5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4
O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1967.06.14"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7
7. h3 O-O 8. Be3 c6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Be2 Re8 11. Rd1 Qa5
12. O-O a6 13. a3 Qd8 14. Qc1 b6 15. Ne5 Bb7 16. c5 Qc7
17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Bc4 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. cxb6
Qe6 22. Qe3 Rac8 23. Rfe1 Red8 24. Qd4 h6 25. b3 g5 26. Bg3
Qc6 27. Rc1 e6 28. h4 Qc5 29. Qxc5 Rxc5 30. Na4 Rb5 31. Rc7
gxh4 32. Bxh4 Rb8 33. Re3 d4 34. Rg3 Kh8 35. Rxf7 Bxe5 36. f4
Rg8 37. Rxb7 Rxg3 38. Bxg3 Bd6 39. Rd7 Bxa3 40. b7 d3 41. f5
exf5 42. b8=Q+ Rxb8 43. Be5+ Kg8 44. Bxb8 d2 45. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Budva, Yugoslavia USSR"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Efim Geller"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1967.06.07"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2
cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Qd2
Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 exd4 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Bb1 Re6
22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Qg5 Rc5 24. Qe3 Rc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Ne2 Qc7
27. Nd4 Re5 28. Nf3 Rc5 29. Rc1 Qc6 30. Nd4 Qe8 31. Re1 Re5
32. Nf3 Re6 33. Qb6 Bxe4 34. Nd4 Nd5 35. Qxa6 Re7 36. Qc6 Nf6
37. Qxd6 Re6 38. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Budva YUG-URS"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dragoljub Minic"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bd7 13.Ng3
Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.a4 c5 16.b3 Nb6 17.a5 Nc8 18.b4 cxb4 19.cxb4
Na7 20.d5 Nc8 21.Be3 Be7 22.Ra3 Rf8 23.Nh2 Nh7 24.Nf5 Bg5
25.Ng4 h5 26.Bxg5 Nxg5 27.Nh2 g6 28.Rg3 Kh8 29.Qc1 Nh7 30.Nh6
Ra7 31.f4 Qh4 32.Rf3 Rc7 33.Ref1 f6 34.f5 Qg5 35.fxg6 Qxc1
36.Rxc1 Ng5 37.Rff1 Kg7 38.Nf5+ Bxf5 39.exf5 Ne7 40.Bb1 1-0

[Event "Budva YUG-URS"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rajko Bogdanovic"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6
13.e5 Nd5 14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Be2 dxe5 16.O-O Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Rf8
18.c4 Rxf1+ 19.Rxf1 Bb7 20.Qc2 e4 21.Bg4 Be7 22.Qf2 O-O-O
23.Bf4 Bd6 24.Bxe6+ Kb8 25.Qb6 Bxf4 26.Qxd8+ Ka7 27.Rb1 Qd6
28.Bxd5 Bxd5 29.Qxd6 Bxd6 30.cxd5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hillar Karner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b5 3.Bg2 Bb7 4.a4 b4 5.a5 a6 6.c3 e6 7.d4 c5
8.Nbd2 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.Nc4 Nc6 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nd6 Bxd6
13.Qxd6 Ne4 14.Qd3 f5 15.cxb4 Nxb4 16.Qb3 Qe7 17.Be3 Nd5
18.Rfd1 Rfb8 19.Bb6 Nxb6 20.axb6 Qc5 21.Nd4 Bd5 22.Qe3 Qf8
23.Rac1 Nf6 24.Nb3 Qb4 25.Nc5 Qxb6 26.Bxd5 Nxd5 27.Qe5 Qxb2
28.Nxd7 Qxe5 29.Nxe5 a5 30.f3 a4 31.e4 fxe4 32.fxe4 Nf6 33.Rc7
a3 34.Nc6 Rb2 35.Ne7+ Kf8 36.e5 a2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Chistiakov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bb5+ Nbd7 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Ne5 Be6 12.Qe2 a6
13.Bd3 Re8 14.Bg5 Nbd7 15.Rad1 Nf8 16.Qf3 Rc8 17.Bc2 Qd6
18.Bb3 Rcd8 19.Bf4 Qb4 20.Ba4 N8d7 21.a3 Qb6 22.h3 Rf8 23.Nxd7
Nxd7 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Qxd5 Nf6 26.Qb3 Qxb3 27.Bxb3 Rfe8 28.Bc7
Rc8 29.Ba5 Bd6 30.Kf1 Kf8 31.Rxe8+ Nxe8 32.Ke2 b6 33.Bd2 Be7
34.Rc1 Rxc1 35.Bxc1 Nd6 36.Kd3 Ke8 37.Bf4 Kd7 38.Be5 f6 39.Bf4
f5 40.Be5 Bf8 41.Bg8 h6 42.d5 g5 43.Be6+ Ke8 44.Bd4 b5 45.g3
Ke7 46.f3 Kd8 47.Bf6+ Ke8 48.h4 Be7 49.hxg5 hxg5 50.Bxe7 Kxe7
51.Kd4 f4 52.gxf4 gxf4 53.Kc5 Nc4 54.Bc8 Nxb2 55.Bxa6 Nd3+
56.Kd4 Ne1 57.Ke4 b4 58.axb4 Nc2 59.b5 Nb4 60.Bb7 Kd6 61.Bc6
Kc5 62.Kxf4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduard Bukhman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Be7 7.cxd5
exd5 8.g3 c6 9.Bg2 a5 10.O-O Na6 11.Qd3 Nc7 12.f3 c5 13.Rd1
Ne6 14.Kh1 a4 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.dxc5 Nxc5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.Rxd5 Qb6
19.Nd4 Rac8 20.Qd1 Be6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 22.Rd4 Nb3 23.Rb1 Nxd4
24.exd4 Rfd8 25.Bh3 Bf6 26.Qxa4 Rc6 27.Be3 Bxd4 28.Bg5 Rd5
29.Be7 Kf7 30.Bb4 Bf6 31.Qb3 Rd2 32.Re1 Rxb2 33.Qd3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Antoshin"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "135"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Bc2 Nxd2 12.Qxd2 f6
13.exf6 Rxf6 14.Ng5 Bf5 15.b4 Bb6 16.Bb3 Ne7 17.a4 Rb8 18.axb5
axb5 19.Re1 c6 20.Qe2 Ng6 21.Nf3 h6 22.Nd4 Bxd4 23.cxd4 Qd7
24.f3 Re6 25.Qf2 Rbe8 26.Bd2 Bd3 27.Rxe6 Rxe6 28.Re1 Rxe1+
29.Bxe1 Qe6 30.Qd2 Qe2 31.Qxe2 Bxe2 32.Kf2 Bd3 33.Ke3 Bb1
34.h4 Kf7 35.h5 Ne7 36.g4 Nc8 37.Bd1 Nd6 38.Be2 Nc4+ 39.Kf4
Ke6 40.Bf1 Nb2 41.Bc3 Nc4 42.Bh3 Kf6 43.Be1 Nb2 44.Bd2 Nc4
45.Bc1 c5 46.bxc5 Bd3 47.c6 b4 48.c7 Nd6 49.Ke3 Ba6 50.Kd2 Kg5
51.Ke1 Kh4 52.Bf1 Bxf1 53.Kxf1 Kg3 54.Ke2 b3 55.Kd3 Kxf3
56.Bxh6 Kxg4 57.Bxg7 Kxh5 58.Be5 Nc8 59.Kc3 Kg6 60.Kxb3 Kf7
61.Kb4 Ke6 62.Kb5 Kd7 63.Ka6 Kc6 64.Bf4 Ne7 65.Ka7 Nc8+ 66.Kb8
Kd7 67.Kb7 Ne7 68.Bc1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.a4 Nf6 5.d3 Nc6 6.O-O e6 7.Nbd2
Be7 8.Nc4 O-O 9.Bg5 Qc7 10.Re1 Rad8 11.e5 dxe5 12.Nfxe5 Nxe5
13.Bf4 Qc8 14.Bxe5 Bc6 15.Bxc6 Qxc6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Qe2 Rd4
18.c3 Rd5 19.Ne3 Rdd8 20.Ng4 Be7 21.Ne5 Qd5 22.Red1 g6 23.Qe4
Bf6 24.Nc4 Rd7 25.Qxd5 exd5 26.Nd2 Re8 27.Re1 Re6 28.Kf1 Kf8
29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Ke2 Ke7 31.f4 Rd6 32.Kd1 e5 33.fxe5 Bxe5
34.Kc2 Re6 35.Re1 Bxh2 36.Rh1 Bf4 37.Rxh7+ Kd6 38.g3 Bxg3
39.Rxb7 Re2 40.Kd1 Re1+ 41.Kc2 Re2 42.Kd1 Re1+ 43.Kc2 Bf4
44.Nf3 Rf1 45.Nh4 g5 46.Nf5+ Ke5 47.Nh6 c4 48.dxc4 dxc4 49.b4
Rf2+ 50.Kb1 Ke4 51.Rd7 Rd2 52.Rxd2 Bxd2 53.Kc2 Bf4 54.b5 Kf3
55.a5 g4 56.b6 a6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Nc6 7.c4
Nb6 8.exd6 cxd6 9.b3 Be7 10.Nc3 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Kharkov URS"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Valerij Zhuravliov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 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.b8=Q Kf6 39.Qh8+ Kf5
40.Qbg8 Rf6 41.Qgg7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1967.06.10"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.exd5 Qxd5 6.Bc4 Qd6
7.O-O Nf6 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Nbxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Be7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2
e5 13.Nb5 Qxd1 14.Rfxd1 Bf5 15.Rac1 Rfd8 16.Bxe5 Rxd1+ 17.Rxd1
Bxc2 18.Rc1 Bg6 19.Be2 Be4 20.f3 Bd5 21.Kf2 h6 22.Nd6 Bd8
23.Bd4 Nd7 24.Bc4 Bxc4 25.Rxc4 b6 26.Ke3 g6 27.Ke4 Be7 28.Rc8+
Rxc8 29.Nxc8 f5 30.Kd5 Kf7 31.Nxa7 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1967.07.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levon Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e3 Be7 7.Bc4
O-O 8.O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1967.07.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Ufimtsev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1967.05.22"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miroslav Filip"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Latvia-Romania Match"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Ciocaltea"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bd3 a6 8.Nb3 Bd6 9.h3 b5 10.O-O Be7 11.f4 d6 12.a4 b4 13.Nb1
O-O 14.a5 Bb7 15.N1d2 Nb8 16.Qe2 Nbd7 17.c4 bxc3 18.Rac1 Qb8
19.Rxc3 e5 20.fxe5 dxe5 21.Rfc1 Rd8 22.Kh2 Re8 23.Kg1 h6
24.Qf3 Nf8 25.Nc5 Bxc5 26.Bxc5 Ne6 27.b4 Qd8 28.Bb6 Qd6 29.Nc4
Qxb4 30.Qe3 Rac8 31.Bf1 Ng5 32.Rb3 Qe7 33.Rd1 Ngxe4 34.Rbb1
Nd5 0-1

[Event "Gori (Georgia)"]
[Site "Gori (Georgia)"]
[Date "1968.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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 O-O 10.a5 Qc7 11.O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1968.07.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 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

[Event "10 Riga"]
[Site "10 Riga"]
[Date "1968.12.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladas Jonovich Mikenas"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e4 d6 6.Bd3 c6 7.O-O
Qc7 8.Re1 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Nc4 b5 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Ne3 a6
13.a4 Ra7 14.Qd2 Be6 15.h3 Nd7 16.Ng4 Bg7 17.axb5 axb5 18.Rxa7
Qxa7 19.Qc3 h5 20.Ne3 Qc5 21.Ng5 Qxc3 22.bxc3 Ba2 23.Ra1 Ra8
24.Nd1 Ra3 25.Nf3 Nc5 26.Nb2 f6 27.Kf1 Nxe4 28.c4 Nd6 29.cxb5
cxb5 30.Nd2 e4 31.Nxe4 Nxe4 32.Bxb5 f5 33.Rxa2 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "10 Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "10 Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1968.01.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nicolas Rossolimo"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d6 5.Nge2 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qc1
O-O 8.O-O a6 9.a4 Rb8 10.Kh1 Nb4 11.Bb3 b5 12.axb5 axb5 13.Ng3
Qc7 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Nce2 Nc6 16.h3 Rfc8 17.f4 c4 18.Ba2 h6
19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.d4 Ra8 21.e5 dxe5 22.dxe5 Be7 23.c3 Ra7 24.b3
Rca8 25.bxc4 b4 26.Rad1 Rxa2 27.Qxd7 Qxd7 28.Rxd7 b3 29.Nc1
Bh4 30.Ne4 Ra1 31.Rb7 Rb8 32.Rxb8+ Nxb8 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1968/69"]
[Site "Alma Ata (RUS)"]
[Date "1968.12.??"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Igor Arkadievich Zaitsev"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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.c8=Q 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1968/69"]
[Site "Alma Ata (RUS)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander S Nikitin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Be2 Na6 6.Nf3 Nc7 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.a4 a6 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nc4 b5 12.Nb6 Rb8 13.Nxd7
Qxd7 14.Bf1 b4 15.Nb1 Rbd8 16.c4 bxc3 17.Nxc3 Rb8 18.Qc2 Rb4
19.h3 e6 20.Rd1 exd5 21.exd5 Re8 22.Be2 Qe7 23.Be3 Nd7 24.Re1
Qh4 25.Bf1 Ne5 26.Rad1 f5 27.Bc1 Reb8 28.Kh1 h5 29.g3 Qf6
30.Kg2 h4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1968/69"]
[Site "Alma Ata (RUS)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship 1968/69"]
[Site "Alma Ata (RUS)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viacheslav Osnos"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.d5 O-O 6.Nf3 e6 7.Nc3
exd5 8.cxd5 d6 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Re8 11.Nd2 Nbd7 12.h3 Nh5
13.Nde4 Ndf6 14.Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.Bf4 Rb8 16.Qd3 Qe7 17.e4 Nh5
18.Bd2 Qe5 19.Qf3 Nf6 20.Rfe1 Nd7 21.a5 Qd4 22.Qe2 Ne5 23.Ra4
Qd3 24.Raa1 Bd7 25.Bf4 Qxe2 26.Rxe2 b5 27.axb6 Rxb6 28.Bxe5
Bxe5 29.Rd2 Reb8 30.Kh2 Bd4 31.Ra2 a5 32.Bf1 Rb4 33.Bd3 h5
34.Kg2 a4 35.Rc2 Kg7 36.Nd1 Kh6 37.h4 Rb3 38.Rd2 R3b4 39.Rc2
R8b6 40.Bc4 f5 41.Bd3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship 1968/69"]
[Site "Alma Ata (RUS)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Cherepkov"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.a3 Nd7
14.dxe5 dxe5 15.a4 Nb6 16.axb5 axb5 17.Rxa8 Nxa8 18.Nf1 Nb6
19.Ne3 Be6 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Rd8 22.Bxh7+ Kf8 23.Be4 Qd6
24.Qc2 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qh7 Bf6 27.Ng5 Ne7 28.Ne4 Ng8
29.Be3 Be7 30.Ng3 Rd6 31.Nf5 Rg6 32.Qxg8+ 1-0

[Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1968.05.04"]
[EventDate "1968.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 a5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 d6 7.Qc2
Nbd7 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Bxc3 Qe7 10.Be2 a4 11.O-O b6 12.Nd2 Bb7 13.e4
c5 14.e5 Ne8 15.f4 cxd4 16.Bxd4 dxe5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxb6 Nd6
19.Bd4 Nf5 20.Bxe5 Qc5+ 21.Rf2 Qxe5 22.Nf3 Qc5 23.Qc3 Rfd8
24.Qb4 Qa7 25.c5 Rab8 26.Qc3 Rbc8 27.Rd1 Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Rxc5
29.Qb4 Bc6 30.Qf4 Rd5 31.Be2 h6 32.Ne5 Ba8 33.g4 g5 34.Qc4
Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1968.05.07"]
[EventDate "1968.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "131"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nc4 13.Bc1
c5 14.b3 Na5 15.d5 Nd7 16.Nbd2 Bf6 17.Rb1 Ne5 18.h3 Nxf3+
19.Nxf3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Re8 21.Bf4 Be5 22.Bd2 Nb7 23.Qe2 Qf6
24.Rbd1 Bf4 25.Qf3 Bg5 26.Qd3 Bxd2 27.e5 Qh6 28.Rxd2 c4
29.bxc4 bxc4 30.Qc3 Rxe5 31.Rxe5 dxe5 32.Re2 Nd6 33.Qxe5 Qc1+
34.Kh2 Qa3 35.Qf4 Re8 36.Rxe8+ Nxe8 37.Qxc4 g6 38.Bb3 Nd6
39.Qd4 Qc1 40.Qa4 a5 41.Qd4 Nf5 42.Qd1 Qb2 43.Kg1 Nd6 44.Qg4
Qe5 45.g3 h5 46.Qa4 Nf5 47.Qxa5 Nxg3 48.fxg3 Qxg3+ 49.Kf1
Qxh3+ 50.Ke2 Qg4+ 51.Kd3 Qg3+ 52.Kc4 h4 53.Kc5 Qe3+ 54.Kc6
Qe8+ 55.Kb7 h3 56.Qc7 Kg7 57.Qc3+ f6 58.Qxh3 Qb5+ 59.Kc7 Qc5+
60.Kd7 Qa7+ 61.Ke8 Qb8+ 62.Ke7 Qe5+ 63.Qe6 Qc7+ 64.Qd7 Qe5+
65.Kd8 Kf8 66.Kc8 1-0

[Event "Tal - Gligoric Candidates Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1968.05.14"]
[EventDate "1968.04.22"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 h6 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Nf1 Bb7 13.Ng3
Na5 14.Bc2 Nc4 15.Bd3 Nb6 16.Bd2 c5 17.d5 Bc8 18.Nh2 Na4
19.Rb1 Bd7 20.b3 Nb6 21.c4 Rb8 22.f4 bxc4 23.bxc4 Na4 24.Qc2
exf4 25.Bxf4 Rb4 26.Bd2 Qc7 27.Bxb4 cxb4 28.Rf1 Be7 29.Kh1 a5
30.Qd2 Nc5 31.Bc2 Bd8 32.Rbe1 Bc8 33.Nf3 Nfd7 34.e5 Nxe5
35.Qf4 Re7 36.Nd4 Ned3 37.Bxd3 Nxd3 38.Rxe7 Qxe7 39.Qe4 Ne5
40.Nc6 Nxc6 41.dxc6 Qe5 42.Qxe5 dxe5 43.Rd1 Bc7 44.Ne4 Kf8
45.Nd6 Bxd6 46.Rxd6 Ke7 47.Rd5 a4 48.c7 b3 49.axb3 axb3
50.Rxe5+ Kd6 51.Rb5 Kxc7 52.Rxb3 Kc6 53.c5 Be6 54.Rc3 Bd5
55.Kg1 f5 56.Ra3 Kb7 57.Rg3 g5 58.Re3 Kc6 59.Re7 Kxc5 60.Rh7
g4 61.hxg4 fxg4 62.Rxh6 Bb7 63.Rg6 1-0

[Event "Gori"]
[Site "Gori"]
[Date "1968.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Mikadze"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.b3 b5
8.c5 Nbd7 9.Bb2 a5 10.a3 Ne4 11.b4 f5 12.Nbd2 Bf6 13.Ne5 Qc7
14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.f4 Be8 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.e3 g5 18.Bc3 a4 19.Qe2
h5 20.Kh1 Qh7 21.Rg1 Kf7 22.Raf1 Ke7 23.fxg5 Bxg5 24.h4 Bf6
25.Qf2 Rd8 26.Qf4 Rd5 27.Kh2 Qg7 28.Rd1 Kd7 29.Rdf1 Rf7 30.Bh1
Bd8 31.Qf2 Bc7 32.Bg2 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Gori"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1968.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mukitsashvili"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O 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

[Event "Gori"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1968.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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

[Event "Gori"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bukhuti Gurgenidze"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.e5 dxe5
7.Nxe5 Qc8 8.c4 e6 9.Qa4+ Nbd7 10.d3 Bd6 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.Be3
O-O 13.Nd2 Qc7 14.h3 f5 15.Nf3 Ne5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Qb5 f4
18.Bxc5 Rf5 19.f3 Bf6 20.d4 b6 21.Rae1 bxc5 22.Rxe6 Bxd4+
23.Kh1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Gori"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1968.11.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Iuri Chikovani"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Gori"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zurab Mikadze"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.b3 b5
8.c5 Nbd7 9.Bb2 a5 10.a3 Ne4 11.b4 f5 12.Nbd2 Bf6 13.Ne5 Qc7
14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.f4 Be8 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.e3 g5 18.Bc3 a4 19.Qe2
h5 20.Kh1 Qh7 21.Rg1 Kf7 22.Raf1 Ke7 23.fxg5 Bxg5 24.h4 Bf6
25.Qf2 Rd8 26.Qf4 Rd5 27.Kh2 Qg7 28.Rd1 Kd7 29.Rdf1 Rg8 30.Bh1
Bd8 31.Qf2 Bc7 32.Bg2 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1968.12.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aarne Hermlin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Bb5+ Nbd7 7.a4
O-O 8.O-O a6 9.Be2 Qc7 10.h3 b6 11.Bf4 Bb7 12.Nd2 e5 13.dxe6
fxe6 14.Nc4 Nxe4 15.Bxd6 Nxd6 16.Nxd6 Bc6 17.Bc4 Bd4 18.Bxe6+
Kg7 19.Nde4 Rad8 20.Bxd7 Rxd7 21.Qe2 Re7 22.Qd3 Qf4 23.Rae1
Rfe8 24.Qf3 g5 25.Ne2 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Riga tt"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ilya Samoilovich Mosionzhik"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nb6 13.axb5
axb5 14.Nbd2 c5 15.dxc5 dxc5 16.Nh2 Nc6 17.Rxa8 Nxa8 18.Qe2
Nc7 19.Ndf3 h5 20.Nf1 Ba6 21.Rd1 b4 22.Qe1 Qa8 23.Ne3 bxc3
24.bxc3 Rd8 25.Nd5 Nxd5 26.exd5 Ne7 27.Nxe5 Rxd5 28.Nd7 Bh4
29.g3 Rxd1 30.Qxd1 Ng6 31.Bxg6 fxg6 32.gxh4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship 1968/69"]
[Site "Alma Ata (RUS)"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.Nd5
Qd7 8.Qa4 Nf6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nec3 Ne8 11.f4 f5 12.d3 Nd8 13.Qa3
Nf7 14.Bd2 Qd8 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.Ne7+ Kh8 17.Bxb7 Ned6 18.Bxa8
Qxa8 19.Ncd5 Qe8 20.Qc5 e4 21.Bc3 Bxd5 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Nxd5
c6 24.Qd4+ Qe5 25.Nf4 Re8 26.c5 Qxd4 27.exd4 Nb5 28.dxe4 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1968.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Kick Langeweg"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Qd3 O-O 11.Be3 f6 12.exf6 Qxf6
13.Nbd2 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Qxe5 15.Bd4 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Qd6 17.Rac1 Nxd2
18.Qxd2 Rf6 19.Qc3 Rc8 20.Rfe1 c6 21.Re3 Bd7 22.Re5 Rcf8
23.Rc2 Rf4 24.Rce2 Bg4 25.Rc2 Bd1 26.Rd2 Bxb3 27.axb3 Qg6
28.Kf1 h6 29.f3 Qg4 30.Rf2 Qg6 31.Rfe2 R4f6 32.Kf2 Qg4 33.Re8
a5 34.Qc5 Qf4 35.Kg1 Rxe8 36.Rxe8+ Kh7 37.Qc2+ g6 38.Re7+ Kg8
39.Qc5 Qd2 40.Re8+ Kg7 41.Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1968.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milko Bobotsov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 c6 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3 O-O
8.Nge2 b5 9.cxb5 axb5 10.b4 Nbd7 11.a4 bxa4 12.Rxa4 Rb8 13.O-O
Nb6 14.Ra1 Ne8 15.f4 f5 16.Ng3 fxe4 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Bxe4 Nf6
19.Bxc6 Ng4 20.Nce2 Nc4 21.Bc1 Na5 22.Qc3 Nxc6 23.Qxc6 Bd7
24.Qc3 Qb6 25.Bd2 Rbc8 26.Qb2 Bb5 27.h3 Nf6 28.Rac1 h5 29.Rxc8
Rxc8 30.h4 Ne4 31.Rc1 Rxc1+ 32.Qxc1 Nxg3 33.Nxg3 Qxd4+ 34.Be3
Qc3 35.Qd2 Qxd2 36.Bxd2 Bd4+ 37.Kh2 Bd3 38.Nh1 Kg7 39.Kg3 Be2
40.Nf2 Kf7 41.Ne4 Ke6 42.Nc3 Ba6 43.Kf3 Kf5 44.Kg3 Bb7 45.Ne2
Bb6 46.Nc3 Bc6 47.b5 Bb7 48.Na4 Bg1 49.Nc3 d5 50.Ne2 Bc5
51.Nc3 d4 52.Na4 Bd6 53.Nb6 Ke4 54.Nc4 Bc5 55.Ne5 d3 56.Nf3
Bb6 57.Ng5+ Kd5 58.Nf3 Bc8 59.Ne5 Bf5 60.Kf3 Be4+ 61.Kg3 Bf5
62.Kf3 Bg1 63.g4 hxg4 64.Nxg4 Bxg4+ 65.Kxg4 Ke4 66.Kg5 Be3
67.Ba5 e5 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1968.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Hein Donner"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3
b6 8.a4 Ba6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Qe2 Nb8 11.a5 bxa5 12.Ba3 Nd7
13.dxc5 Ne7 14.c6 Qxc6 15.O-O Qxc3 16.Rfd1 Nc6 17.Bd6 Qc4
18.Qe3 Qe4 19.Qb3 Nb6 20.c4 Qxc4 21.Qa3 Qa6 22.Rac1 Rc8 23.Nd2
f6 24.exf6 gxf6 25.Qf3 Kd7 26.Qxf6 Rhe8 27.Ne4 Ne7 28.Nc5+
Rxc5 29.Bxc5 Nc4 30.Bxe7 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1968.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dirk Daniel van Geet"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 Bb6 6.Qe2 exd4 7.e5
O-O 8.cxd4 Re8 9.Be3 Nd5 10.Nc3 Nxe3 11.fxe3 d5 12.O-O Bg4
13.Qf2 Bh5 14.Ba4 Ba5 15.Rac1 Bxc3 16.Rxc3 Re6 17.Rfc1 Nb4
18.Bb3 Bg6 19.Qd2 c6 20.a3 Na6 21.Bc2 Be4 22.Qe2 f6 23.exf6
Qxf6 24.Ne5 Qh4 25.g3 Qh3 26.Bxe4 dxe4 27.Rb3 Rf8 28.Rxb7 c5
29.Rxa7 cxd4 30.exd4 Qh6 31.Rf1 Rxf1+ 32.Qxf1 Qe3+ 33.Kh1 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi (08)"]
[Site "Tbilisi (08)"]
[Date "1969.12.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Nf6 9.O-O d5 10.Bg5 Bd6 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.f4 h6
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Qf3 O-O-O 15.Qf2 Kb8 16.b4 c5 17.bxc5 Qxc5
18.Qxc5 Bxc5 19.Rab1 Ka7 20.exd5 exd5 21.Na4 Be3 22.Rb3 Rb8
23.Be2 Rhe8 24.Bf3 Bxf4 25.Nc5 Bc6 26.c4 Bd6 27.Rxb8 Rxb8
28.cxd5 Bb5 29.Rc1 Rc8 30.Nb3 Rxc1+ 31.Nxc1 Bc4 32.g3 Kb6
33.Kg2 Ba3 34.Nb3 a5 35.d6 Bxd6 36.Kf2 a4 37.Nc1 Ba3 38.Be2
Be6 39.Bd1 Bxc1 40.Bxa4 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Exhibition"]
[Site "Exhibition"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1969.09.24"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 e5 4.d4 d6 5.g3 Nd7 6.Bg2 Ngf6 7.O-O
O-O 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

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1969.12.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexey Suetin"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Ne7 6.Nc3 Nbc6
7.Nb3 Ng6 8.O-O 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

[Event "Stuttgart"]
[Site "Stuttgart"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Sviridov"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Eersel cm-3pl"]
[Site "Eersel cm-3pl"]
[Date "1969.03.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1969.09.26"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Vasiukov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1969.09.30"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.f3 a6 12.a4 Qc7 13.Qb3
Ne5 14.a5 Rb8 15.Nd1 Nh5 16.Nc4 f5 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.g4 Nxc4
19.Bxc4 b5 20.axb6 Rxb6 21.Qa2 Bd4+ 22.Kg2 Qg7 23.Nc3 Bd7
24.Bd2 Reb8 25.Rab1 Nf6 26.Rfe1 Qf7 27.b3 Nxg4 28.Ne4 Ne5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1969.10.01"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Zaitsev"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Qe7+
7.Be2 Qc7 8.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1969.09.15"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.a3
cxd4 14.cxd4 exd4 15.Nb3 Nd7 16.Nbxd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bf6 18.Be3
Ne5 19.b3 Bd7 20.Rc1 Rac8 21.f4 Nc6 22.e5 dxe5 23.Nxc6 Bxc6
24.Be4 Rfd8 25.Qg4 Bd7 26.Bxh7+ Kf8 27.Bf5 Qb7 28.fxe5 Rxc1
29.Rxc1 Bxf5 30.Qxf5 Qd5 31.Bf4 Kg8 32.b4 Bh4 33.Kh2 Re8
34.Rc7 Bf2 35.Rc8 Rf8 36.Bg5 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1969.09.18"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 Nb6 4.a4 a5 5.Bb5 c6 6.Bd3 d5 7.Bg5 g6
8.h4 h6 9.Be3 Bg7 10.Nd2 Na6 11.c3 Be6 12.Nh3 Nc4 13.Qc2 Nxe3
14.fxe3 g5 15.hxg5 hxg5 16.O-O-O Bxh3 17.Rxh3 Rxh3 18.gxh3 Kd7
19.Bxa6 Rxa6 20.Qf5+ e6 21.Qxf7+ Qe7 22.Qg6 Ra8 23.Rg1 Rh8
24.Rxg5 Bh6 25.Rh5 Qf8 26.Kc2 Bxe3 27.Rxh8 Qxh8 28.Qf7+ Kd8
29.Nb3 b6 30.Qb7 Qh5 31.Qxb6+ Ke8 32.Qxc6+ Kf8 33.Kb1 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1969.12.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ervin Haag"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1969.12.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.O-O-O Bb7 12.Bd3 Rc8
13.Rhe1 Qa5 14.Qe3 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Qg3 h5 17.c3 h4 18.Qg4
Nf6 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Kb1 Be7 21.e5 Kf8 22.Be2 dxe5 23.Bxe5 Bd5
24.Bd4 f5 25.Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1969.12.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ljubomir Masic"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Bg7 5.d4 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.d5 Na5
8.e4 O-O 9.O-O Ne8 10.Bg5 h6 11.Be3 e5 12.dxe6 Bxe6 13.Qc1 Kh7
14.b3 Nc6 15.Qd2 a6 16.Rac1 g5 17.h3 Rg8 18.Nd5 Kh8 19.Bd3 Rb8
20.Bb1 b5 21.Nxg5 bxc4 22.Qe2 Bf8 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Nf4 Qh4
25.Qxc4 e5 26.Ne2 Rb7 27.Ng3 Rbg7 28.Kh1 Rg6 29.Qxa6 Nd4
30.Bxd4 cxd4 31.Rc8 Ng7 32.Qe2 h5 33.Bd3 Qg5 34.Bc4 h4 35.Bxg8
Kxg8 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1969.12.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Lein"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.d3 d4 5.Nce2 Nc6 6.Bg2 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Nf3 Nge7 9.O-O O-O 10.Kh1 b6 11.Bd2 Ba6 12.Neg1 Qd7 13.Qe2
Rae8 14.Nh3 Bb7 15.Nf2 f5 16.Rae1 e5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5
19.Bg5 Bg7 20.Qd2 Nc6 21.Bf4 Ne5 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.exf5 Rexf5
24.Ne4 Rxf1+ 25.Bxf1 c4 26.b3 c3 27.Qe2 Bh6 28.Bg2 Kg7 29.Rf1
Rxf1+ 30.Qxf1 Qe7 31.h4 Be3 32.Kh2 a5 33.Qe2 Bd5 34.Bf3 b5
35.Nf2 Bf7 36.Ng4 a4 37.Kg2 a3 38.Kf1 Qc5 39.Nxe3 dxe3 40.Qd1
Qe5 41.Kg2 Be6 42.d4 0-1

[Event "Dneproptrovsk"]
[Site "Dneproptrovsk"]
[Date "1970.08.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

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 O-O 11.Bc4 Nd7
12.O-O Nf6 13.Bd3 h6 14.Qf4 Bd7 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.h4 Rc3 17.Rfe1
Qc7 18.e5 Bc6 19.Nh2 Nd5 20.Qe4 Nf6 21.Qe2 Nd5 22.Qe4 Nf6
23.Qf4 Nd5 24.Qd2 Ba4 25.Ra1 Bc2 26.Bxc2 Rxc2 27.Qd3 Rc8
28.Ng4 Qc4 29.Qxc4 R2xc4 30.Red1 Nc3 31.Ne3 Rb4 32.Rd2 Rd8
33.Rc2 Nb5 34.a3 Ra4 35.Rb2 a6 36.Nc2 h5 37.g3 Rd7 38.Rd1 Rc4
39.Kg2 Kf8 40.Rd3 Ke7 41.Rd2 Kd8 42.Rb4 Nxa3 43.Rxc4 Nxc4
44.Rd3 Nxe5 45.Rc3 Nc6 46.Rc4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Dniepropetrovsk"]
[Site "Dniepropetrovsk"]
[Date "1970.08.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Bagirov"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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.O-O O-O 10.a3 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Bf6 12.Qe2 Bd7
13.Rb1 b6 14.Re1 Re8 15.h4 e5 16.Ng5 exd4 17.Bxh7+ Kf8 18.Be4
Bxg5 19.Bxg5 f6 20.Qh5 Rxe4 21.Rxe4 Kg8 22.Bd2 Be8 23.Qf5 Bf7
24.Rg4 Kh8 25.Re1 Qd6 26.h5 Rd8 27.Rg3 Qd7 28.Qf4 Qd6 29.Qh4
d3 30.Re4 Ne5 31.f4 Nc4 32.Rd4 Qe7 33.Qg4 Rg8 34.Rgxd3 Qxa3
35.Be1 Qc1 36.Qe2 f5 37.h6 Re8 38.Rd8 Rxd8 39.Rxd8+ Kh7 40.Rd7
Bg6 41.hxg7 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 c5 9.O-O 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

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "101"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bf4
Nc6 8.d5 e5 9.dxe6 Bxe6 10.Be2 Nge5 11.Be3 Ng4 12.Bc1 O-O
13.O-O Nf6 14.Bb5 Re8 15.Re1 Bg4 16.Bf4 Nd7 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.h3
Qf6 19.Bxh6 Bxf3 20.Bxg7 Bxd1 21.Bxf6 Bxc2 22.Bg5 f5 23.Rac1
Bd3 24.exf5 Bxf5 25.Ne2 c5 26.Nf4 c6 27.f3 Kf7 28.g4 Be6
29.Rcd1 Bxa2 30.Rxe8 Rxe8 31.Rxd6 Ne5 32.Kg2 Rb8 33.Rf6+ Kg7
34.Ne6+ Kg8 35.Kg3 Nd7 36.Rxg6+ Kf7 37.Nf4 Rb3 38.Rd6 Ne5
39.Rf6+ Kg8 40.Ng6 Nf7 41.h4 Bb1 42.Ne7+ Kg7 43.Nf5+ Kg8
44.Rg6+ Kf8 45.Be7+ Ke8 46.Bxc5 Rxf3+ 47.Kxf3 Ne5+ 48.Kg3 Nxg6
49.Bxa7 Kf7 50.Bd4 Nf8 51.Kf4 1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Borislav Ivkov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.d5 a5
8.Bg5 Na6 9.Nd2 Nc5 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Bd7 12.b3 c6 13.a3 cxd5
14.cxd5 Rc8 15.a4 Qb6 16.Rb1 Qb4 17.Na2 Qd4 18.Bxf6 Bxf6
19.Bf3 b5 20.axb5 Bxb5 21.Be2 Nd3 22.Nc4 Nf4 23.Bg4 Bxc4
24.bxc4 Qxe4 25.f3 Qe3+ 26.Kh1 Rxc4 0-1

[Event "Wch 5' Herceg Novi ("]
[Site "Wch 5' Herceg Novi ("]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Borislav Ivkov"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Herceg Novi"]
[Site "Herceg Novi"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 a6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 c4
7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 Ne7 9. b3 b5 10. a4 c3 11. Nf1 b4 12. Ne5
O-O 13. Bf4 f6 14. Nd3 Bxf4 15. Nxf4 Qd6 16. Bf3 Nbc6 17. Ne3
Qxf4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxc6 Ra7 21. Qe2 Qxd4
22. Rad1 Qc5 23. Qe8 Raf7 24. Rd5 Qb6 25. Qxf7 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "B27"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be3 Nh6 7.Be2
d6 8.Nc3 O-O 9.O-O f5 10.exf5 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 Nxf5
13.Qd2 Bd7 14.Bf3 Bc6 15.Bd5+ Kg7 16.Rfe1 e5 17.c5 dxc5
18.Rxe5 Qd6 19.Rae1 Rfe8 20.Re6 Rxe6 21.Rxe6 Qd7 22.Qf4 Bxd5
23.Qe5+ Kf7 24.Rf6+ Kg8 25.Nxd5 Qa4 26.h3 Rd8 27.Rxf5 1-0

[Event "USSR vs. Rest of the World"]
[Site "Belgrade SRB"]
[Date "1970.04.02"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[Round "3.9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miguel Najdorf"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
Nf6 8.O-O d6 9.Re1 Bd7 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Na4 e5 12.c4 Be7 13.c5
O-O 14.cxd6 Bxd6 15.Bg5 Be7 16.Qc2 h6 17.Be3 Rab8 18.Rac1 Rfd8
19.h3 Nh7 20.Bc5 Be8 21.Red1 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 Ng5 23.Bxe7 Qxe7
24.Nc5 Ne6 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.b3 Qe7 27.Qc3 Rb4 28.h4 f6 29.Rd3
Kh7 30.Bh3 Bg6 31.Rd7 Qf8 32.Qxc6 Rxe4 33.Qxa6 Re1+ 34.Kh2 f5
35.Rd6 Bh5 36.Qd3 e4 37.Qd5 Bg4 38.Rd8 Qf6 39.Qg8+ Kg6 40.Qe8+
Kh7 41.Bxg4 fxg4 42.Qg8+ Kg6 43.Rf8 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1970.01.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nikola Spiridonov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O
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

[Event "Dneproptrovsk"]
[Site "Dneproptrovsk"]
[Date "1970.08.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Bd3
Qxc5 8.Qe2 O-O 9.Be3 Qc7 10.O-O Nbd7 11.h3 a6 12.a4 b6 13.Qf2
Bb7 14.Qh4 Nc5 15.f5 b5 16.axb5 axb5 17.Nxb5 Qd7 18.Rxa8 Rxa8
19.Bxc5 gxf5 20.Nxd6 exd6 21.Bd4 fxe4 22.Ng5 exd3 23.Bxf6 h6
24.Bxg7 Qc6 25.Qf2 Qxg2+ 26.Qxg2 Bxg2 27.Kxg2 Kxg7 28.Nf3 dxc2
29.Rc1 Rc8 30.Ne1 Kf6 31.Rxc2 Rb8 32.Nd3 Rb3 33.Rc3 Rb5 34.b4
Kg5 35.Ra3 f5 36.Ra5 Rb8 37.Rd5 Rb6 38.Kg3 Kf6 39.Kf4 Rc6
40.Rxf5+ Ke6 41.Rh5 Rc3 42.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.O-O a6 6.Na3 c5
7.Nxc4 e6 8.d4 Rb8 9.Bf4 Ra8 10.dxc5 Nxc5 11.Qxd8+ Kxd8
12.Rfd1+ Nfd7 13.Nb6 Ra7 14.Bb8 1-0

[Event "Herceg Novi"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Milan Matulovic"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.c4 O-O 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

[Event "Herceg Novi"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 O-O 10.O-O 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

[Event "Herceg Novi"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1970.04.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Samuel Reshevsky"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 b5 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Bb7 8.O-O Nf6 9.e5 Ng8 10.Re1 Qc7 11.Bf4 Nxd4 12.Bxb7 Qxb7
13.Qxd4 Ne7 14.Ne4 Nf5 15.Qd3 h5 16.Bg5 Qd5 17.Qxd5 exd5
18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.exd6 Kf8 20.Re5 Nd4 21.Be7+ Kg8 22.Rxd5 Nxc2
23.Rc1 Nb4 24.Rdc5 Nd3 25.Rc8+ Kh7 26.Rxh8+ Kxh8 27.Rc7 Nxb2
28.Rxd7 Nc4 29.Rc7 Ne5 30.d7 Nxd7 31.Rxd7 Rc8 32.Rd8+ Rxd8
33.Bxd8 Kh7 34.Kg2 Kg6 35.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Kapfenberg"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1970.05.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 b6 4.O-O Bb7 5.c3 d5 6.Qa4 Rc8 7.Qxa7
Rc7 8.Ne5 e6 9.exd5 exd5 10.Re1 Be7 11.Qxb6 Qc8 12.d4 Kf8
13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.Bf4 1-0

[Event "Kapfenberg 10/205"]
[Site "Kapfenberg 10/205"]
[Date "1970.05.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Atanas Stefanov Kolarov"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Kapfenberg 10/239"]
[Site "Kapfenberg 10/239"]
[Date "1970.05.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Sejer Holm Petersen"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Qe7+
7.Be2 cxd4 8.O-O Qd8 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Nbxd4 Nge7 11.b3 O-O 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

[Event "Kapfenberg ETC"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1970.05.15"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Werner Golz"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Be2 a6
8.O-O b5 9.b4 bxc4 10.Bxc4 Nbd7 11.Rb1 a5 12.b5 Nb6 13.Bd3
cxb5 14.Bxb5 Be6 15.Qe2 Qc7 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.e4 Qd8 18.d5 Bg4
19.Bc6 Rab8 20.Nb5 Nbd7 21.h3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Nc5 23.Re1 Nfd7
24.Qa3 Ne5 25.Na7 Rxb1 26.Rxb1 Rb8 27.Rxb8 Qxb8 28.Qxa5 h6
29.Be3 Qb1+ 30.Kh2 Qxe4 31.Nc8 Bf6 32.Nb6 h5 33.Qd2 Ned3
34.Bb5 Be5+ 35.Kg1 Nf4 36.Bxf4 Bxf4 37.Qd1 Be5 38.Nd7 Nxd7
39.Bxd7 Bd4 40.Bc6 h4 41.a4 Qf4 42.Qe2 Qc1+ 43.Kh2 Be5+ 44.g3
Qc3 45.Kg2 hxg3 46.f3 Kf8 47.Bb5 f5 48.Bc4 Qb4 49.Qc2 Bd4
50.Bf1 Bc5 51.Qd1 Qf4 52.Bb5 Bb6 53.Qe1 Qd4 54.Kxg3 Qxd5
55.Qe2 Qd4 56.Qe1 Kf7 57.Bd7 e5 58.Bb5 d5 0-1

[Event "Latvia"]
[Site "Latvia"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Salnikov"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

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

[Event "Poti"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tamas Georgadze"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.d4 dxc4 6.Bxc4 a6 7.Qe2
b5 8.Bb3 Bb7 9.O-O Nbd7 10.Rd1 Bd6 11.e4 cxd4 12.Rxd4 Bc5
13.Rd3 O-O 14.Bf4 b4 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Nd2 Qb5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Bc4
Qa5 19.Rd4 e5 20.Bxe5 Ncxe4 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Qe7 Bc6 23.Bf1
Rab8 24.Nc4 Qh5 25.Rad1 Rfe8 26.Qc7 Bd5 27.Ne3 Rbc8 28.Qa5 Be6
29.Qxh5 Nxh5 30.Bxa6 Ra8 31.Bb5 Rf8 32.Ra1 Rxa2 33.Rxa2 Bxa2
34.Rxb4 Rb8 35.Ra4 Kf8 36.Be2 Bb3 37.Rd4 Nf6 38.Kf1 Ne8 39.Ke1
Nc7 40.Kd2 Ne6 41.Rh4 Nc5 42.Rxh7 Kg8 43.Rh5 Ne4+ 44.Ke1 Ra8
45.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Poti"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aleksander Bokuchava"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6 7.a3
b5 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qd3 d6 10.f4 Nbd7 11.Bf3 Rc8 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Rae1
O-O 14.Qe2 Qb8 15.Kh1 Rc4 16.Nb3 Qc7 17.Qf2 Ba8 18.Qg3 e5
19.f5 Re8 20.Qf2 Bf8 21.Re2 d5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.exd5 e4 24.Rfe1
Ne5 25.Bf4 exf3 26.Rxe5 Ng4 27.Qg3 Nxe5 28.Bxe5 f2 0-1

[Event "Poti"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Naum L Levin"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Poti"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iuri Chikovani"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 e5 4.O-O Ne7 5.c4 Nbc6 6.Nc3 d6 7.d3
h6 8.Rb1 Be6 9.b4 Qd7 10.c5 O-O 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

[Event "Poti"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dmitry Gedevanishvili"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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.O-O Bxd2
13.Nxd2 Qc3 14.Rf4 O-O 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

[Event "Poti"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Neuronov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3 Nf6 5.e5 dxe5 6.Nxe5 Nc6
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4 e6 9.O-O dxc3 10.Qf3 c2 11.Na3 Nd5 12.Nxc2
Be7 13.Nd4 Qb6 14.Nb3 O-O 15.Qg3 Bf6 16.h4 Ba6 17.Bxa6 Qxa6
18.h5 Qe2 19.h6 g6 20.Nc5 Bd4 21.Nd3 Qe4 22.Bg5 Rac8 23.Rae1
Qf5 24.Ne5 f6 25.Nf3 e5 26.Bd2 c5 27.Re2 c4 28.b3 c3 29.Be3
Qd3 30.Nxd4 exd4 31.Qg4 dxe3 32.Qe6+ Kh8 33.Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail Podgaets"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.Nbd2 exd4 12.cxd4 Nb4 13.d5
c5 14.dxc6 Nxc6 15.Nf1 Bf6 16.Rb1 Be6 17.Ne3 Rc8 18.Ng4 Bxg4
19.hxg4 a5 20.Qe2 a4 21.Bd1 Nc4 22.Bxa4 Nd4 23.Nxd4 Bxd4
24.Bxb5 Ne5 25.Rd1 Ba7 26.Be3 Bxe3 27.Qxe3 Nxg4 28.Qf4 Ne5
29.Rbc1 Rxc1 30.Qxc1 Qa5 31.a4 Qb4 32.f3 Qa5 33.Rxd6 Qa7+
34.Kf1 h5 35.Rd5 Qb8 36.Qc3 Ng6 37.Rxh5 Nf4 38.Rg5 Ne6 39.Rg4
Rc8 40.Bc4 Qd6 41.b3 Qd1+ 42.Kf2 Nd4 43.Bxf7+ Kxf7 44.Qxc8
Qd2+ 45.Kg3 Ne2+ 46.Kh3 Ng1+ 47.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.d3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.Nf1 Bf8 13.Ne3
Bb7 14.b4 cxb4 15.cxb4 Nc6 16.a3 d5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Qxd5
19.Bb3 Qd7 20.Ng5 Nd8 21.Qh5 h6 22.Re3 Bd5 23.Bxd5 Qxd5 24.Ne4
Re6 25.Rg3 Kh8 26.Be3 a5 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.Nxc5 Rf6 29.Rf1 axb4
30.axb4 Rxf2 31.Re1 Rf4 32.h3 Ra1 33.Rxa1 Qd4+ 34.Kh2 Qxa1
35.d4 Nc6 36.Ne6 Rf1 37.Rxg7 Rh1+ 38.Kg3 Qe1+ 39.Kg4 Qe2+
40.Kh4 Qxh5+ 41.Kxh5 Rf1 42.d5 Nd8 43.Kxh6 Nxe6 44.Rh7+ Kg8
45.dxe6 Rf6+ 46.Kg5 Rg6+ 47.Kf5 Kxh7 48.exf7 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Na5 9.Nd2 c5 10.Qc2 e5 11.a3 b6 12.b4 Nb7 13.Bb2 Qe7
14.Rae1 Nd8 15.e3 Nf7 16.f4 Bd7 17.e4 Rae8 18.exf5 Bxf5
19.Nce4 exf4 20.gxf4 Nh6 21.Qc1 Nxe4 22.Nxe4 Bxb2 23.Qxb2 Bxe4
24.Rxe4 Qg7 25.Qxg7+ Kxg7 26.Rxe8 Rxe8 27.bxc5 bxc5 28.Rb1 Kf6
29.Rb7 Re7 30.Rb8 Kf5 31.Rf8+ Kg4 32.Kf2 Nf5 33.Rd8 Rb7 34.Be4
Rb2+ 35.Kg1 Kxf4 36.Bxf5 gxf5 37.Rxd6 Kf3 38.h3 Kg3 39.Kf1 f4
0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Bc2
Re8 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.b4 Ncd7 16.Bb3 a5 17.a3 c5 18.Ng5 d5 19.exd5
Nb6 20.bxc5 Nbxd5 21.d4 h6 22.Nxf7 Kxf7 23.dxe5 Bxc5 24.exf6
Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Qxf6 26.Ne4 Qe7 27.Qe2 Rd8 28.Qxb5 Qxe4 29.Qxb7+
Kf8 30.Be3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.10.01"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Qf3 e6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Ne2
Bg6 8.Bf4 Ndf6 9.Ng5 Nd5 10.Bxg6 hxg6 11.Bd2 Nh6 12.O-O-O Bb4
13.c3 Be7 14.h4 Qd7 15.g3 O-O-O 16.c4 Nb6 17.Ba5 Nxc4 18.Bxd8
Rxd8 19.Nc3 Bxg5+ 20.hxg5 Nf5 21.Qe2 Nb6 22.g4 Nxd4 23.Qe5 Nf3
24.Qxg7 Qe7 25.Rxd8+ Kxd8 26.Qf6 Nxg5 27.Qh8+ Kd7 28.f4 Nf3
29.Rh3 Qc5 30.Rxf3 Qg1+ 31.Nd1 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.09.19"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

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. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Ng6
12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. dxe6 Qxe6 16. Qxb7
Bc5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Rae1 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.10.11"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Geller"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "116"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 Nf6
7.Be3 a6 8.O-O Bb4 9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Nb6 Rb8 12.Nxc8
Rfxc8 13.Bxa6 Re8 14.Bd3 Bd6 15.g4 h6 16.Kh1 Be5 17.Rb1 Bxb2
18.Rg1 Be5 19.Rxb8 Rxb8 20.h4 Bh2 21.Rg2 Bf4 22.g5 hxg5
23.hxg5 Nh7 24.Qc1 Bxe3 25.Qxe3 Rb1+ 26.Rg1 Rxg1+ 27.Kxg1 Qa5
28.e5 Qxa2 29.f4 Nf8 30.Kf2 Qa1 31.Qc5 Qc1 32.Qd4 Qd2+ 33.Kg1
Ng6 34.Qxd7 Qc1+ 35.Kg2 Qxf4 36.Qe8+ Kh7 37.Qxc6 Qxg5+ 38.Kf1
Qf4+ 39.Kg1 Qxe5 40.Bxg6+ Kxg6 41.c4 Qd4+ 42.Kf1 Qd1+ 43.Kf2
Kf6 44.c5 g5 45.Qc8 Qd2+ 46.Kf1 Qd3+ 47.Kf2 g4 48.c6 Qf3+
49.Kg1 Qe3+ 50.Kg2 Qe2+ 51.Kg1 g3 52.Qh8+ Ke7 53.Qh4+ Kd6
54.Qd8+ Kxc6 55.Qc8+ Kd5 56.Qd8+ Ke4 57.Qh4+ Kf5 58.Qh7+ Ke5
0-1

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

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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1971.12.18"]
[EventDate "1971.11.24"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bruno Parma"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Nd5 e6 7.Nc3
Nf6 8.Be2 a6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Nb3 O-O 12.a4 b6 13.Qd2
Bb7 14.Rad1 Ne8 15.f4 Ne7 16.Nd4 h6 17.Bh4 Nf6 18.Qe3 Qc5
19.Kh1 Nc6 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 Ne8 22.Ne4 Qxe5 23.Bg3 Qxd4
24.Rxd4 Nxd4 25.Bd3 Bd5 26.c3 Nf5 27.Qxb6 Nxg3+ 28.hxg3 f5
29.Nc5 Nf6 30.Nxe6 Rab8 31.Qxa6 Rxb2 32.Nxf8+ Kxf8 33.Rb1 1-0

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Genrikh Chepukaitis"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.f4 Nd7 5.Nf3 e6 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.O-O O-O
8.Nbd2 b6 9.Qe1 Bb7 10.Qh4 h6 11.e5 Nd5 12.Qg3 a6 13.Ne4 Qe7
14.Bd2 b5 15.Rae1 N7b6 16.f5 exf5 17.exd6 Qd8 18.Nc5 Bc6
19.Ne5 cxd6 20.Nxc6 Qc7 21.Bxf5 Qxc6 22.Nb3 Nf6 23.Bd3 Nc4
24.Bxh6 Bxh6 25.Rxf6 Bg7 26.Rf2 Rae8 27.Rfe2 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 a5
29.Bxc4 Qxc4 30.Nc1 b4 31.Qd3 Qd5 32.h3 Rc8 33.Rc2 Rc7 34.Kh2
Re7 35.Re2 Rc7 36.Nb3 a4 37.Nd2 Qxa2 38.Re8+ Kh7 39.Ne4 Qd5
40.Qe3 f6 41.Qf3 Qf5 42.Qxf5 gxf5 43.Nxd6 bxc3 44.bxc3 Rxc3
45.Ra8 Bh6 46.Nxf5 Bf4+ 47.g3 Rc2+ 48.Kg1 Bc7 49.Rxa4 Kg6
50.g4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.10.05"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bf4
a6 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 d6 10.a4 Bg4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qc7 13.O-O
Nbd7 14.a5 Rfe8 15.Qd2 Rac8 16.g4 Re7 17.Rfe1 Ne8 18.Bg2 Rb8
19.Bg5 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nexf6 21.f4 c4 22.Kh1 Ne8 23.Ra4 b5 24.axb6
Rxb6 25.Rea1 Qb8 26.R1a2 Nc5 27.Rxc4 Reb7 28.e5 Rxb2 29.Rxb2
Rxb2 30.Qd4 Rc2 31.exd6 Qb2 32.d7 Nxd7 33.Rc8 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.10.06"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly Lein"]
[ECO "C15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "121"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd3 dxe4 5.Bxe4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Nbd7
7.Bf3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.Qd3 Nxc5 10.Qc4 Na4 11.Bd2 Nd5 12.Nge2
O-O 13.a3 Naxc3 14.Nxc3 Bxc3 15.bxc3 Bd7 16.Qd4 Rac8 17.O-O
Qa4 18.Rfc1 Bc6 19.Rab1 b6 20.c4 Ne7 21.Be2 Rfd8 22.Qf4 Ng6
23.Qe3 Bb7 24.Bc3 Qc6 25.Bf1 Ba6 26.Rb4 Rd7 27.Be2 Bb7 28.f3
Qc5 29.Qxc5 Rxc5 30.Rbb1 f6 31.Rd1 Rcc7 32.Rxd7 Rxd7 33.a4 Kf7
34.Kf2 Nf4 35.Bf1 e5 36.a5 bxa5 37.Ra1 Rc7 38.Rxa5 Bc8 39.Bb4
Bf5 40.Bd6 Rb7 41.Rb5 Rb6 42.Bc5 Rc6 43.Bxa7 Ra6 44.Be3 Bxc2
45.Bxf4 exf4 46.c5 Rc6 47.Bc4+ Ke7 48.Ke2 Rc7 49.Kd2 Ba4
50.Ra5 Bc6 51.Kc3 g5 52.Ra2 h5 53.Re2+ Kf8 54.Re6 Kg7 55.Kd4
Rd7+ 56.Rd6 Rc7 57.Bd5 Bxd5 58.Kxd5 Re7 59.c6 Re5+ 60.Kc4 Re1
61.Rd3 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.09.20"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri V Nikolaevsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d3 d6 6.Rb1 e5 7.e4 Nc6
8.Nge2 Nh5 9.O-O f5 10.exf5 gxf5 11.f4 Ne7 12.d4 e4 13.d5 c5
14.dxc6 bxc6 15.Nd4 Nf6 16.h3 c5 17.Nde2 d5 18.cxd5 Nexd5
19.Qa4 Qb6 20.g4 Nxc3 21.Nxc3 fxg4 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Bxe4 Bd4+
24.Kh2 g3 25.Kxg3 Kh8 26.b4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.09.23"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikolai V Krogius"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6
13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Re4 Qd7 16.Nd2 Nf6 17.Rh4 Bb7 18.Nf3
Rae8 19.Bg5 Ne4 20.Bc2 f5 21.Bb3+ Rf7 22.Bf4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.09.24"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Danilovich Tseitlin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bd3 a6 8.O-O b5 9.Nxc6 Qxc6 10.a3 Bb7 11.f4 Be7 12.Qf3 O-O
13.Qh3 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Ne2 Bc5 16.Nd4 Qc7 17.c3 Qe7 18.Rae1
Rae8 19.f5 exf5 20.Nxf5 Bxe3+ 21.Rxe3 Qxe5 22.Qh5 Bc8 23.Bxe4
dxe4 24.Rh3 h6 25.Nxh6+ gxh6 26.Rg3+ Kh7 27.Rxf7+ Rxf7
28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Rg6 Qc5+ 30.Kf1 Qf5+ 31.Qxf5 Bxf5 32.Rxh6+ Kg7
33.Rxa6 e3 34.Ke1 Bd3 35.Rd6 Bc4 36.Rd7+ Kg8 37.Rd4 Rf8
38.Rxc4 bxc4 39.Ke2 Re8 40.a4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1971.09.27"]
[EventDate "1971.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.e4
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Bg4 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Qc2 Qc7 13.b3
Nbd7 14.Rfe1 Rab8 15.a5 Rbc8 16.Bd2 c4 17.bxc4 Nc5 18.h3 Bd7
19.Be3 Nfxe4 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Nxd4 Qd8 22.Bg4 Nxc3 23.Qxc3 Qf6
24.Bxd7 Nxd7 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Rd1 Re4 27.Qd2 h5 28.f3 Re8
29.Nb3 Qe7 30.Rb1 Qe5 31.Qf2 Qf5 32.Nd2 Qc2 33.Re1 Rxe1+
34.Qxe1 Ne5 35.Qe2 Kg7 36.Qe3 Nxc4 37.Qd4+ Ne5 38.f4 Qd3
39.Qb2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1971.11.25"]
[EventDate "1971.11.24"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Levente Lengyel"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.a3 Ba5 7.Bg2
a6 8.O-O O-O 9.d3 d6 10.Rb1 Rb8 11.Qc2 b5 12.Bg5 Bxc3 13.Qxc3
e5 14.cxb5 Rxb5 15.b4 h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.bxc5 Rxc5 18.Qd2 Bg4
19.Ne1 Nd4 20.e3 Nb5 21.Rb4 Bd7 22.Qb2 Qe7 23.d4 Rc7 24.Nd3
Bf5 25.e4 Be6 26.dxe5 Bc4 27.Rd1 Bxd3 28.Rxd3 dxe5 29.Bf1 Nd4
30.Rc3 a5 31.Rb8 Rxc3 32.Rxf8+ Qxf8 33.Qxc3 Qa8 34.Bd3 Qa7
35.Kg2 g5 36.Bb1 Qb7 37.Bd3 a4 38.Qc4 Qb3 39.Qxb3 axb3 40.Kf1
Kf8 41.Ke1 Ke7 42.Kd2 Kd6 43.Kc3 Kc5 44.Bc4 f6 45.Bf7 Nb5+
46.Kxb3 Nd6 47.Bg6 Kb5 48.Bf5 Kc5 49.a4 Nc4 50.Kc3 Nd6 51.g4
Nc4 52.Be6 Nd6 53.Bd5 Nc8 54.a5 Na7 55.a6 Nb5+ 56.Kb3 Nd4+
57.Ka4 Nb5 58.Ka5 Na7 59.h3 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1971.11.28"]
[EventDate "1971.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 bxc6
7.e5 Ng6 8.b3 Be7 9.Ba3 O-O 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 f6 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.Nbd2 fxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Qxe5 d6 16.Qe4 Bd7 17.Rad1 Rad8
18.Qd3 Qf7 19.Qg3 Qf5 20.Nc4 d5 21.Ne3 Qf4 22.Ng4 Qxg3 23.hxg3
Kf7 24.c4 Be8 25.Rd4 c5 26.Rd2 d4 27.Rde2 Rd6 28.Ne5+ Ke7
29.Nd3 Rf5 30.g4 Rg5 31.Ne5 d3 32.Rd2 Rd4 33.g3 h5 34.f4 Rxg4
35.Nxg4 hxg4 36.f5 Bc6 37.Rxe6+ Kd7 38.Rg6 Be4 39.Rxg7+ Kd6
40.f6 Ke6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1971.11.30"]
[EventDate "1971.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Piarnu"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kalju Vark"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

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 O-O 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

[Event "Piarnu"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Udo Tarve"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 Rb8 6.f4 b5 7.a3 a5
8.Nf3 b4 9.axb4 axb4 10.Ne2 d6 11.O-O Nh6 12.h3 f5 13.Ng5 Qd7
14.Kh2 O-O 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.Bd5+ Kh8 17.g4 Nfd4 18.Nxd4 Nxd4
19.Be3 Bb7 20.Ra7 Nc6 21.Rxb7 Rxb7 22.Qf3 Nd8 23.Bxb7 Qxb7
24.Qxb7 Nxb7 25.Ne6 Ra8 26.Nxg7 Kxg7 27.b3 Ra2 28.Rf2 Na5
29.Kg3 Nc6 30.Kf3 Kf6 31.Ke4 e6 32.Kf3 Ra1 33.Re2 Rb1 34.Bf2
Rd1 35.Bh4+ Kf7 36.Bf2 h6 37.Kg2 Na7 38.Be3 Nb5 39.Kf2 Ra1
40.Kf3 Rb1 41.Rf2 Rb2 42.Ke4 Na3 43.f5 Rxc2 44.Rxc2 Nxc2
45.Bxh6 gxf5 46.gxf5 Nd4 47.fxe6 Kxe6 48.h4 d5 49.Kf4 Nxb3
50.Ke3 Nd4 51.Kd2 Nf3+ 52.Kc2 Ne1+ 53.Kd2 Nf3+ 54.Kc2 d4 55.h5
Ne1+ 56.Kb1 Nxd3 57.Bg7 b3 58.h6 Kf7 59.Ka1 Kg6 60.Kb1 c4
61.Bxd4 Kxh6 62.Bc3 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Piarnu"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Endel Kivioja"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nd7 3.Nf3 g6 4.Bc4 e6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Bg5 Ne7 7.Qd2
h6 8.Be3 a6 9.a4 b6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rfe1 Nf6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Be3
Nf6 14.Bd3 d5 15.Bf4 Nxe4 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Rxe4
Nd5 19.Be5 Nf6 20.Ree1 O-O 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.b3 Qe7 23.c4 a5
24.Bf4 Qb4 25.Qxb4 axb4 26.Ne5 g5 27.Be3 c5 28.dxc5 bxc5
29.Nd7 Nxd7 30.Rxd7 Bc3 31.Red1 Kg7 32.Kf1 Kf6 33.Ke2 Ke5
34.R1d6 f5 35.f3 f4 36.Bf2 h5 37.a5 Ra8 38.a6 Rf7 39.Rxf7 Kxd6
40.a7 Be5 41.Kd3 Kc6 42.Ke4 Bd6 43.h4 gxh4 44.Bxh4 Bc7 45.Bg5
Bb6 46.Bxf4 Bxa7 47.Rc7+ Kb6 48.Re7 Rg8 49.Rxe6+ Kb7 50.Re7+
Kb6 51.g3 Bb8 52.Bxb8 Rxb8 53.Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Piarnu"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Harry Pohla"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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.f5 Bc4 10.Bf3 a5 11.a4 Qb6 12.Be2 Qc6 13.Bg5
Nbd7 14.Nd2 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Rc8 16.Nb3 b6 17.O-O Qc4 18.Qf3 Be7
19.Rfd1 O-O 20.Nc1 d5 21.exd5 Bb4 22.N1e2 e4 23.Qg3 Kh8 24.Kh1
Rfe8 25.Rd4 Qc5 26.Rad1 h6 27.Qh3 Qd6 28.g4 Kg8 29.Bf4 Ne5
30.Qg3 e3 31.Ne4 Nxe4 32.Rxe4 f6 33.c3 Bc5 34.h3 Re7 35.h4
Rce8 36.g5 fxg5 37.hxg5 hxg5 38.Bxg5 Rf7 39.Qh3 g6 40.Rh4 Rg7
41.Rh8+ Kf7 42.fxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Piarnu"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tonu Oim"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 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.O-O 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

[Event "Piarnu"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andres Vooremaa"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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.O-O h6 10.Bh4 Ne5 11.Be2 g5 12.Bg3 Be7
13.f4 gxf4 14.Rxf4 Ng6 15.Rf2 Nh5 16.Nb3 Qg5 17.Bxh5 Qxh5
18.Bxd6 Qg5 19.Qd4 e5 20.Qb4 O-O 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Qb6 Be6
23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Rad8 25.Rd1 Rd6 26.Qe3 b6 27.c4 Qh4 28.c5
bxc5 29.Nxc5 Qh5 30.Rdf1 Nf4 31.Ne4 Rg6 32.Kh1 f5 33.Nc5 Rd6
34.Ne6 Qf7 35.Nxf8 Rxd5 36.Qb3 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly Shmit"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

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.O-O Nbd7 10.f5 Bc4 11.a4 h6 12.Kh1 Be7 13.Be3
O-O 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

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1971.08.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Shlomo Giterman"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O
7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.O-O e5 10.d5 Ne7 11.e4 Ng6 12.Re1 Nh5
13.Bf1 Nhf4 14.Nc4 Bg4 15.Qb3 Qf6 16.Nfd2 Qg5 17.Qg3 Qh5
18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.f3 Bc8 20.Nc4 Rd8 21.Bd2 Qh6 22.Rac1 Nh4
23.Qf2 Qf6 24.Re3 Nhg6 25.Ra3 h5 26.Nb6 Rb8 27.Nxc8 Rbxc8
28.g3 1-0

[Event "Rostov"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1971.08.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Aron G Reshko"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Tallin"]
[Site "Tallin"]
[Date "1971.02.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andres Vooremaa"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Bd3
Nf6 8.O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn 11/5"]
[Site "Tallinn 11/5"]
[Date "1971.02.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gedeon Barcza"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 d6 4.d3 e5 5.e4 Nc6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.Be3
O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1971.02.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Smejkal"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Bc2
Re8 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.b4 Ncd7 16.Bb3 a5 17.a3 axb4 18.cxb4 h6
19.d4 c5 20.bxc5 dxc5 21.dxe5 Nxe5 22.Nxe5 Rxe5 23.Bb2 Re8
24.Qf3 c4 25.Bc2 Nd7 26.Rad1 Qc7 27.Nf5 Ne5 28.Qg3 g6 29.Nd4
Qb6 30.Kh1 Bg7 31.f4 Nd3 32.Bxd3 Bxd4 33.Bxd4 Qxd4 34.Bb1 Qb2
35.Re3 Rad8 36.Rf1 Rd2 37.f5 Qe5 38.fxg6 f6 39.Qe1 Red8
40.Ref3 Qg5 41.Rg1 Bc8 42.e5 fxe5 43.Be4 Be6 44.Qb1 Re2 45.Bc6
Qh4 46.Qxb5 Rxg2 47.Rxg2 Bxh3 48.Kg1 Bxg2 49.Bd5+ Kh8 50.Qb7
Qd4+ 51.Kxg2 Qg4+ 52.Kf1 Qxg6 53.Qe7 Re8 54.Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1971.03.05"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Wade"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.cxd5 Bg7 7.Bc4
O-O 8.Nge2 Nbd7 9.Nf4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Qd6 11.O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1971.03.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iivo Nei"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.Bf4 a6
8.a4 Qa5 9.Bd2 e6 10.Be2 exd5 11.cxd5 Re8 12.O-O 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

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

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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1971.03.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgy Daskalov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 Nd7 5.Qd2 c6 6.h4 Qa5 7.Nh3 b5
8.Bd3 Rb8 9.Nf4 Ngf6 10.f3 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nh3 O-O 13.O-O
Nb6 14.Kh2 Qb4 15.a3 Qe7 16.Bg5 Rd8 17.Rad1 h6 18.Bxh6 Nc4
19.Qc1 Bxh6 20.Qxh6 Nxb2 21.Rd2 Bxh3 22.gxh3 Qf8 23.Qg5 Nh7
24.Qxe5 Nc4 25.Qf4 Nxd2 26.Qxd2 c5 27.Nd5 Qd6+ 28.f4 c4 29.Be2
Nf6 30.Bf3 Nxd5 31.exd5 Qf6 32.h5 c3 33.Qc1 Re8 34.Rg1 Kh7
35.Rg5 Qd4 36.hxg6 fxg6 37.f5 Qf2+ 38.Bg2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1971.02.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Heikki Westerinen"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 d6 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Nf3
c6 8.O-O Qc7 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Rfd1 e5 11.Rac1 Nf8 12.c5 exd4
13.cxd6 Qxd6 14.Nxd4 Qe7 15.Bh4 Ne6 16.Nf3 h6 17.Bc4 Nf8 18.e4
Be6 19.Be2 g5 20.Bg3 Rad8 21.Nd4 Bc8 22.Nf5 Bxf5 23.exf5 Rxd1+
24.Rxd1 Nd5 25.Bc4 Nxc3 26.bxc3 Qf6 27.a4 Kh8 28.Qb1 b6 29.h3
Qxc3 30.Bxf7 Re7 31.Be6 Bd4 32.Qe4 Bf6 33.Rd8 Kg7 34.Bd6 Qa1+
35.Kh2 Qb2 36.Rc8 c5 37.Bxe7 Be5+ 38.f4 Bxf4+ 39.Qxf4 gxf4
40.Rxf8 Qf2 41.f6 Kg6 42.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1971.08.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Felix Nikolaevich Ignatiev"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.e4 Nxd4
7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.f3 O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 a6 12.b3 Rc8
13.Be2 Qa5 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Rc2 Rc6 16.Bd4 Rdc8 17.Nd5 Qxd2
18.Rxd2 Bxd5 19.exd5 R6c7 20.Bb6 Rd7 21.g4 Ne8 22.Kg2 e6
23.dxe6 fxe6 24.f4 Bc3 25.Rd3 Bb4 26.Bd4 Rf7 27.Re3 Ng7
28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Rxe6 Rcf8 30.Kg3 Bd2 31.Re4 a5 32.g5 b6 33.h4
h5 34.Bd3 Kh8 35.Bc2 Kg7 36.Rf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow 5'"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.Nf3 a6 4.a4 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7 6.d3 Nf6 7.h3 O-O
8.O-O 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

[Event "Baltic Clubs Cup"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andres Vooremaa"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.b3
Nbd7 8.Qc2 b6 9.Nc3 Ba6 10.Rd1 Rc8 11.Bb2 b5 12.c5 b4 13.Na4
Bb5 14.a3 a5 15.Ne1 Qc7 16.axb4 axb4 17.Nd3 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 Ra8
19.Bc1 e5 20.dxe5 Nxe5 21.Qd4 Nfd7 22.Bf4 Bf6 23.Qxb4 Rab8
24.Qa3 Rb5 25.e4 dxe4 26.Nc3 Rxc5 27.Nxe4 Rc2 28.Bh3 Nf3+
29.Kg2 Nde5 30.Rd7 Qb8 31.Bf5 Re2 32.Nxf6 gxf6 33.Kf1 Qb5
34.Qxf8 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "1972.11.26"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Alburt"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bg5 Nbd7 4.f3 c6 5.e4 dxe4 6.fxe4 e5
7.dxe5 Qa5 8.exf6 Qxg5 9.fxg7 Bxg7 10.Qd2 Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 Nc5
12.Bd3 Be6 13.Nf3 O-O-O 14.Ke2 b5 15.a3 a5 16.h3 Rhe8 17.Rhd1
f5 18.e5 Nd7 19.Re1 Bxe5 20.Kf2 Bf6 21.Re3 Nc5 22.Rae1 Kd7
23.Nxb5 f4 24.Re5 Nxd3+ 25.cxd3 cxb5 26.Rxb5 Rb8 27.Ne5+ Kd6
28.Rxa5 Bh4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "1972.12.05"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Balashov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Nbd7 7.Qc2
c6 8.b3 b6 9.Bb2 Ba6 10.Nbd2 c5 11.e4 dxc4 12.bxc4 cxd4 13.e5
d3 14.Qxd3 Nxe5 15.Qc2 Qd3 16.Qa4 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 Qxd2 18.Bxf6
Bxf6 19.Qxa6 Bxa1 20.Bxa8 Bd4 21.Bf3 g6 22.Qxa7 Rd8 23.Kg2 Bc5
24.Qc7 Rd6 25.a4 Qa2 26.Qb7 Qxa4 27.Be2 Qc2 28.Qf3 Rd2 29.Re1
Kg7 30.Kf1 Bd4 31.h4 h5 32.Kg2 e5 33.Kf1 Bc5 34.Rd1 Rxd1+
35.Bxd1 Qxc4+ 36.Be2 Qd4 37.Kg2 e4 38.Qf4 Qd5 39.Kf1 Bd6
40.Qe3 Bc5 41.Qc3+ Bd4 42.Qc4 Qe5 43.Kg2 Bc5 44.Bd1 Qf6 45.Qe2
Qd4 46.Bc2 f5 47.Bb3 b5 48.Bc2 b4 49.Bb3 Qc3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "1972.12.12"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. h3 Bh5 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. e3 Ngf6 6. Be2 e6
7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 c6 10. c4 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4
Ne8 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. h4 b5 15. g5 bxc4 16. dxc4 e5 17. b4 a5
18. c5 Bb8 19. Qa4 Qe6 20. Rg1 Nc7 21. Bg4 Qf7 22. O-O-O axb4
23. Qxc6 bxa3 24. Qxd7 axb2+ 25. Kxb2 Ba7 26. Qxf7+ Rxf7
27. Rgf1 Bxc5 28. Nb3 Ba3+ 29. Kc2 Re7 30. Kd3 Rb8 31. Na5 e4+
32. Kd4 Rb4+ 33. Kc5 Rb5+ 34. Kc6 Rxa5 35. Ra1 Rc5+ 36. Kb6
Na8+ 37. Ka6 Rc6+ 38. Kb5 Rb6+ 39. Ka4 Ra7# 0-1

[Event "Sukhumi"]
[Site "Sukhumi URS"]
[Date "1972.09.01"]
[EventDate "1972.08.16"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vlastimil Jansa"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nb6
7.O-O Nc6 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3 h6 10.Qc1 Kh7 11.Rd1 e5 12.Bc5 Re8
13.e3 Nd7 14.Ba3 a5 15.Nb5 Nf6 16.d4 e4 17.Ne5 Ra6 18.Nxf7 Qd7
19.Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Qxb5 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Qxc7 Bg4 23.Rd2 Rc8
24.Qe7 Re6 25.Qf7 Rf6 26.Qd5 Qxd5 27.Rxd5 Bf5 28.Rxa5 Rb6
29.Rb1 Rc2 30.h3 Rf6 31.g4 Be6 32.Rf1 Bc4 33.Rc5 Bd3 34.Rxc2
Bxc2 35.Rc1 Rc6 36.Bf1 g5 37.Bb5 Rb6 38.Rxc2 Rxb5 39.Rc4 Bxb2
40.Bxb2 Rxb2 41.Rxe4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "1972.12.11"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.O-O-O
Qc7 13.Kb1 O-O 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

[Event "Sukhumi"]
[Site "Sukhumi URS"]
[Date "1972.08.24"]
[EventDate "1972.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Duncan Suttles"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 c6 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O
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

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

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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "1972.12.04"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail A Mukhin"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Bb3
b5 8.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

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

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

[Event "Latvia ch"]
[Site "Latvia ch"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly Shmit"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

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.O-O Bb7 11.a3 Nbd7 12.g4 g6 13.g5
Nh5 14.Rae1 O-O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.03.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Mukhin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1972.03.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Danov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 Nbd7 6.O-O c5 7.Na3
cxd4 8.Nxc4 Bc5 9.Nxd4 Nb6 10.Nxb6 Bxb6 11.Nb5 Bxf2+ 12.Kxf2
Qb6+ 13.Nd4 e5 14.e3 exd4 15.Qxd4 Qe6 16.Bd2 Bd7 17.Bb4 Bc6
18.Rad1 h5 19.Kg1 h4 20.e4 hxg3 21.hxg3 Nd7 22.Rf5 f6 23.Qc3
Nb6 24.Rd6 Qc4 25.Qd2 Nd7 26.b3 Qf7 27.e5 Qg6 28.Re6+ Kd8 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1972.03.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Albert Zinovievich Kapengut"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb2 e6 5.c4 dxc4 6.bxc4 Be7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Qc2 Nc6 9.a3 b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.O-O Rc8 12.Rad1 Qc7 13.Ng5
g6 14.f4 Na5 15.Nb5 Qb8 16.f5 exf5 17.Rxf5 Rc6 18.Rf4 Ne8
19.h4 Bf6 20.Nc3 Qd8 21.Bf3 Rc8 22.Bxb7 Nxb7 23.Nd5 Bxb2
24.Qxb2 Nbd6 25.Qe5 Rc7 26.Rdf1 Rd7 27.d3 f5 28.Ne6 Re7 29.d4
Rxe6 30.Qxe6+ Kh8 31.dxc5 bxc5 32.Rb1 Ng7 33.Qe5 Re8 34.Qc3 h5
35.Qf6 Qxf6 36.Nxf6 Rxe3 37.Rf3 Re6 38.Rb8+ Nge8 39.Nxe8 Nxe8
40.Rd3 Kg7 41.Rd7+ Kf6 42.Rc8 Ke5 43.Rxc5+ Kf4 44.Rcd5 Re1+
45.Kf2 Rc1 46.Rd4+ Ke5 47.Rd1 Rc2+ 48.R1d2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1972.03.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.O-O
Qc7 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.Re1 Na6 11.c3 Nc5 12.Bc2 b6 13.a3
a5 14.c4 Ba6 15.Nbd2 Nf4 16.Qe3 Nfe6 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Nd7
19.h4 h5 20.Bb2 Bb7 21.Ng5 Nxg5 22.Qxg5 Rxa1 23.Bxa1 e6 24.Ne4
Bxe5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Qxe5 Nxe5 27.Nd6 Rd8 28.Nxb7 Rd2 29.Rxe5
Rxc2 30.Nd6 Kf8 31.c5 b5 32.Re4 Ke7 33.Rd4 e5 34.Nc8+ Ke8
35.Rd6 Rc1+ 36.Kh2 Rc4 37.Na7 Rxh4+ 38.Kg1 Rxb4 39.Nxc6 Rb1+
40.Kh2 Kf8 41.Nxe5 Rc1 42.Rb6 1-0

[Event "Skopje"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1972.09.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans-Joachim Hecht"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bg2 d4 7.Ne2
Nf6 8.d3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.Nd2 Bg4 11.h3 Bd7 12.Nc4 Bc7 13.Bf4
Re8 14.Re1 Nh5 15.Bxc7 Qxc7 16.c3 Rad8 17.cxd4 cxd4 18.Rc1 Qb8
19.Qd2 Be6 20.Bf3 Bxc4 21.Bxc6 bxc6 22.Rxc4 Qe5 23.Rcc1 Qd6
24.Nf4 Nf6 25.Qa5 Nd7 26.Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.b4 Ne5 28.Qc5 Qf6 29.b5
g5 30.bxc6 gxf4 31.c7 fxg3 32.fxg3 Nf3+ 33.Kh1 Ne1 34.Kg1 Qf3
35.Qg5+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Skopje ol prel 04"]
[Site "Skopje ol prel 04"]
[Date "1972.09.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bernard Simon"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bc4 O-O 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.h3
Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nc6 9.Qd1 Nd7 10.Ne2 e5 11.dxe5 Ncxe5 12.O-O Nc5
13.Ng3 Qh4 14.Re1 a5 15.a3 Rae8 16.Bd2 Nxb3 17.cxb3 Nd3 18.Rf1
Bxb2 19.Ra2 Be5 0-1

[Event "Skopje olm"]
[Site "Skopje olm"]
[Date "1972.10.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sejer Holm Petersen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nf6 5.f3 b6 6.Be3 O-O 7.Bd3 a6
8.Nge2 c5 9.e5 Ne8 10.exd6 Nxd6 11.dxc5 bxc5 12.O-O Nd7 13.b3
Bb7 14.Rc1 Qa5 15.Bb1 Rfd8 16.Qe1 Qb6 17.Qf2 Rac8 18.Rfd1 Qa5
19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Nb7 21.Rcd1 Ne5 22.Nf4 e6 23.Rxd8+ Rxd8
24.Rxd8+ Qxd8 25.Be4 Nd6 26.Bc2 Nd7 27.Nd3 Nf5 28.Kf1 Qa5
29.Bd1 Nxe3+ 30.Qxe3 Qxa2 31.Qe4 Bd4 32.Qe2 Qa1 33.g3 Nb6
34.Kg2 a5 35.Nf4 Kf8 36.Bc2 Qg1+ 37.Kh3 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Skopje olm"]
[Site "Skopje olm"]
[Date "1972.09.30"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ivan Radulov"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]

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.Bd2 e5 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.Be2 a6 12.O-O Bc6
13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Bg5 Bxd5 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Qxd5 Rc7 17.Bc4 Be7
18.Qd3 O-O 19.Bd5 g6 20.a4 a5 21.Ra3 Bd8 22.Rb3 Qe7 23.Rd1 b6
24.Qd2 Kg7 25.Rd3 Qg5 26.Qe2 f5 27.exf5 Rxf5 28.Be4 Rf6
29.Rxd6 Rxd6 30.Rxd6 Be7 31.Rd1 Bc5 32.Kh1 Rf7 33.f3 Rf8 34.g3
Rd8 35.Bd3 Qe3 36.Qxe3 Bxe3 37.Re1 Bd4 38.b3 Bc3 39.Re2 Kf6
40.Kg2 Rd4 41.h4 h6 42.Kf1 Rd6 43.g4 Bb2 44.Rh2 Bc1 45.h5 g5
46.Re2 Bb2 47.Re3 Rd4 48.Kf2 Bc1 49.Re1 Bd2 50.Rd1 Bc3 51.Ke3
Bb4 52.Be2 Bc5 53.Rxd4 exd4 54.Ke4 Ke6 55.Bc4+ Kf6 56.Kd5 Kf7
57.Ke5 Kg7 58.Bd5 Kh7 59.Kf6 Bf8 60.Be4+ Kg8 61.Kg6 Bg7
62.Bd5+ Kh8 63.Be6 Bf8 64.Bc4 Bg7 65.Kf7 Kh7 66.Bd3+ Kh8
67.Be4 Be5 68.Ke6 Bg7 69.Kd5 Bf6 70.Kc6 Bd8 71.Kd7 Bf6 72.Kc7
Be7 73.Kxb6 Bb4 1-0

[Event "Skopje olm"]
[Site "Skopje olm"]
[Date "1972.10.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Toran Albero"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d6 4.d4 c6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.d5 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7
8.O-O O-O 9.Nd4 c5 10.Nc2 Nbd7 11.Rb1 a6 12.b3 Ne5 13.Bb2 Rb8
14.f4 Nf7 15.Qd3 b5 16.Ne3 Bd7 17.Ncd1 Qa5 18.Ra1 Rb7 19.Nf2
Qc7 20.Bc3 a5 21.Rab1 a4 22.h3 Rfb8 23.Qc2 Qc8 24.Rfe1 Qf8
25.Nf1 Nh5 26.cxb5 Rxb5 27.Kh2 e5 28.dxe6 Bxe6 29.Nd2 axb3
30.axb3 d5 31.e3 Nf6 32.Bf1 R5b6 33.Rbc1 Rc8 34.Ra1 Qd6 35.Ra7
Rcb8 36.Ra3 h5 37.Nd3 d4 38.Bb2 Ne4 39.Nc4 Bxc4 40.Qxc4 Nd2
41.Qd5 0-1

[Event "Skopje olm 14/151"]
[Site "Skopje olm 14/151"]
[Date "1972.09.19"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roland Beyen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Bd3 e6 7.Nge2
exd5 8.cxd5 d6 9.O-O 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

[Event "Skopje olm 14/183"]
[Site "Skopje olm 14/183"]
[Date "1972.09.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.Qe2 c6 7.Bb3
Bg4 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.O-O 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

[Event "Skopje olm 14/228"]
[Site "Skopje olm 14/228"]
[Date "1972.10.09"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Pal Benko"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.O-O Be7 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nb3 O-O 11.Nxc5 Bxc5
12.Bg5 Rc8 13.c3 Rc6 14.Ne5 Re6 15.Ng4 Be7 16.Ne3 Re5 17.Bh4
Re8 18.Bg3 Re6 19.Nf5 Bc5 20.Bh4 Re4 21.Qf3 g6 22.Nh6+ Kg7
23.Bg5 R8e5 24.Bxf6+ Qxf6 25.Ng4 Qxf3 26.gxf3 Rg5 27.fxe4
Rxg4+ 28.Kh1 dxe4 29.b4 Bb6 30.c4 e3 31.c5 Bc7 32.fxe3 Rxb4
33.Rad1 Be5 34.Rb1 Rc4 35.Rxb7 Bf6 36.Rc7 g5 37.Kg2 a5 38.Rf2
1-0

[Event "Skopje olm 14/438"]
[Site "Skopje olm 14/438"]
[Date "1972.09.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ole Jakobsen"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Bd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Qd2 Nf6 7.Nc3
g6 8.b3 Bg7 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Be2 Qa5 11.Rb1 a6 12.a3 Rfc8 13.O-O
Bg4 14.Rfe1 Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Rab8 16.Be2 Ne5 17.f4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1
Neg4 19.Bxg4 Nxg4 20.h3 Nf6 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Bxb2 23.Rxb2
Qc7 24.f5 b5 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Qg5 bxc4 27.Rxe7 Qc5 28.Qf6 Qxd5
29.bxc4 Qxc4 30.Rf2 Rf8 31.Rf4 Qc1+ 32.Kh2 Qb2 33.Rxf7 Qxf6
34.R7xf6 Rxf6 35.Rxf6 Kg7 36.Rxd6 a5 37.Rd5 Ra8 38.a4 Ra6
39.Kg3 Kf6 40.Kf4 Ke6 41.Rb5 Kf6 42.Rc5 Rb6 43.Rxa5 Rb4+
44.Kg3 Rb3+ 1-0

[Event "Skopje olm 14/633"]
[Site "Skopje olm 14/633"]
[Date "1972.10.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Heinz Liebert"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O 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

[Event "Skopje olm"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1972.09.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eliseo Gonzales"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "29"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Qe2 Qc7 6.O-O a6 7.Ba4
b5 8.Bc2 c4 9.a4 Rb8 10.axb5 axb5 11.d3 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5
13.dxc4 bxc4 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qf4 1-0

[Event "Skopje olm"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1972.10.04"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andre Lombard"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "154"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 b6 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Bd3
Be7 8.O-O d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qe2 O-O 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

[Event "Sukhumi"]
[Site "Sukhumi URS"]
[Date "1972.08.20"]
[EventDate "1972.08.16"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hans Ree"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2
O-O 8.O-O Qa5 9.Nb3 Qa6 10.c5 b6 11.e4 bxc5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Nxc5
Qa5 14.Nxd7 Bxd7 15.Qxd7 Nxe5 16.Qd5 Qxd5 17.Nxd5 Rd8 18.Nxe7+
Kh8 19.Rb1 Nf6 20.Nc6 Nxc6 21.Bxc6 Ng4 22.b3 Rd6 23.Bg2 Rc8
24.h3 Ne5 25.Be3 a6 26.Rfd1 Nd3 27.Bf1 Rcd8 28.b4 1-0

[Event "Sukhumi"]
[Site "Sukhumi URS"]
[Date "1972.08.30"]
[EventDate "1972.08.16"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mikhail A Mukhin"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Rb1 c6 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Nd7 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.d4 e5 12.Rd1 Re8
13.e4 b6 14.Qb3 c5 15.d5 c4 16.Qa4 Bb7 17.Be3 a6 18.Qb4 b5
19.a4 Bf8 20.Qb2 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Qxb5 Rab8
24.Qa4 Ra8 25.Qc2 Bc8 26.Nd2 Bd7 27.Ra1 Bg4 28.Re1 Rxa1
29.Rxa1 Be2 30.Bf1 Bxf1 31.Kxf1 Bb6 32.Qa4 Rc8 33.Qb5 Rb8
34.Qxc4 Qd7 35.Kg2 Rc8 36.Qd3 Qc7 37.Ra6 Qc5 38.Qe2 Bd8 39.c4
Kg7 40.Qd3 Rb8 41.Rc6 Qa7 42.Qf3 Qa1 43.Nb3 Qe1 44.Rd6 h5
45.h4 Be7 46.Rd7 Bf6 47.c5 Rb4 48.c6 Rc4 49.Qe3 1-0

[Event "Sukhumi"]
[Site "Sukhumi URS"]
[Date "1972.09.02"]
[EventDate "1972.08.16"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Karoly Honfi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

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.O-O-O Nxd4 11.Bxd4 e5 12.Be3 b5
13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 Bd6 16.g4 Bb7 17.Kb1 O-O
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

[Event "Sukhumi"]
[Site "Sukhumi URS"]
[Date "1972.09.04"]
[EventDate "1972.08.16"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nino Kirov Ivanov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.O-O c5 7.Nc3
O-O 8.Qa4 Nb6 9.Qh4 e5 10.Qxd8 Rxd8 11.d3 c4 12.dxc4 Nxc4
13.Bg5 f6 14.Rfd1 Rd7 15.Rxd7 Bxd7 16.Nd2 Nb6 17.Bxb7 fxg5
18.Nd5 Nc6 19.Bxc6 Rd8 20.Ne4 Bf5 21.Ndc3 Rc8 22.Bb7 Rc7
23.Ba6 Na4 24.Nd5 Rc2 25.Nxg5 Nc5 26.Ne3 Nxa6 27.Nxc2 Bxc2
28.Rc1 Bf5 29.Rd1 Nc5 30.Rd8+ Bf8 31.Ra8 h6 32.Nh7 Kxh7
33.Rxf8 Na4 34.Rf7+ Kg8 35.Rxa7 Nxb2 36.a4 Be4 37.a5 Na4
38.Rc7 Bd5 39.e4 1-0

[Event "Sukhumi"]
[Site "Sukhumi URS"]
[Date "1972.08.28"]
[EventDate "1972.08.16"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g4 a6 7.g5
Nfd7 8.Be3 b5 9.f4 Bb7 10.f5 b4 11.fxe6 bxc3 12.exf7+ Kxf7
13.Bc4+ Ke8 14.O-O Ne5 15.Qe2 Nbc6 16.Rf5 Qe7 17.Bd5 Nxd4
18.Bxd4 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nc6 20.Qf2 Nxd4 21.Qxd4 Qa7 22.bxc3 Qxd4+
23.cxd4 Be7 24.Rf3 Rc8 25.Rb1 Bxg5 26.Rb7 Rf8 27.Rg3 0-1

[Event "Viljandi"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Harry Pohla"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 Nf6 5.d4 cxd4 6.exd4 d5 7.cxd5
Nxd5 8.Qb3 Nxc3 9.Bc4 e6 10.bxc3 Bg7 11.Ba3 Bf8 12.O-O Bxa3
13.Qxa3 Qe7 14.Qc1 O-O 15.Qh6 Qf6 16.Ng5 Qg7 17.Qh4 b6 18.d5
exd5 19.Bxd5 Bb7 20.f4 Na5 21.Bxb7 Nxb7 22.f5 h6 23.f6 hxg5
24.fxg7 gxh4 25.gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 26.Rf4 g5 27.Ra4 Na5 28.Rd1 Rc8
29.Rd5 Rxc3 30.Rxg5+ Kf8 31.h3 Nc6 32.Rxh4 Rc1+ 33.Kh2 1-0

[Event "Viljandi"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valter Heuer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Nf3
Bg4 8.Be2 dxc4 9.Bxf6 exf6 10.d5 Bxf3 11.gxf3 O-O-O 12.O-O Bd6
13.Bxc4 Qb4 14.Qb3 Ne5 15.Nb5 Kb8 16.Rfc1 Qd2 17.Bf1 Qf4
18.Bg2 Ng6 19.Qe3 Qxh2+ 20.Kf1 b6 21.Rc6 Bc5 22.Rxc5 Nf4
23.Nxa7 Qxg2+ 24.Ke1 Rhe8 25.Nc6+ Ka8 26.Ne7 Nxd5 27.Rxd5 Rxd5
0-1

[Event "Viljandi"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aarne Hermlin"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.g3 c5 2.Bg2 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 e5 6.Nh4 d5 7.Nc3
Be6 8.e4 Nge7 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Ne4 Qe7 11.c4 Nc7 12.Be3 Nd4
13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qa3 Nce6 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Rae1 O-O 17.f4 Bc6
18.f5 Bxe4 19.fxe6 1-0

[Event "Viljandi"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hillar Karner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.Be2 Nc6 7.O-O
e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.a4 a5 11.Re1 b6 12.b3 Bb7 13.Ba3
Re8 14.Bb5 c6 15.Bf1 Qc7 16.Nc4 Ba6 17.Qf3 Re6 18.Rad1 Bf8
19.Bxf8 Rxf8 20.Qe3 Rb8 21.Rd2 Bxc4 22.Bxc4 Rd6 23.Red1 Rxd2
24.Rxd2 b5 25.axb5 cxb5 26.Bd5 Rc8 27.Rd3 a4 28.bxa4 bxa4
29.Ba2 Rb8 30.c4 Rb2 31.Ra3 Ng4 32.Qc1 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Viljandi"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tonu Oim"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.g3 Nc6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.h3 O-O 9.Bg2 Ne5 10.O-O a6 11.a4 Rb8 12.Re1 Re8 13.f4
Nc4 14.Bc1 c5 15.Nb3 Be6 16.Kh2 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.e5 b4
19.Nd5 Nxd5 20.Bxd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 Nb6 22.Qf3 dxe5 23.fxe5 Bxe5
24.Ra7 Qd5 25.Qf2 Nd7 26.Re2 Nf6 27.Bg5 Bxg3+ 28.Kxg3 Qxg5+
29.Kh2 Rxe2 30.Qxe2 Re8 31.Qf2 Re3 32.Nd2 Qh5 33.Nf1 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "1972.11.27"]
[EventDate "1972.11.17"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Valery I Zilberstein"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. h4 Be6
7. Nh3 dxc4 8. Nf4 Bd5 9. b3 cxb3 10. axb3 e6 11. Bd3 Nf5
12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rd1
Qe7 17. Rh3 Na6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nfxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Qxe5+
21. Re3 Qd6 22. Qc3 f6 23. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow 5'"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Antoshin"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 d5 7.e5
Ng4 8.e6 Nf6 9.exf7+ Kxf7 10.Bg2 c6 11.O-O Re8 12.b3 Na6
13.Bb2 Nc5 14.Re1 Bg4 15.Qd2 Qd7 16.f3 Bh5 17.Nce2 Bd6 18.Nf4
Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Bg6 20.Ba3 Ne6 21.Rxe6 Rxe6 22.Bh3 Rae8 23.Nxe6
Rxe6 24.Qb4 Bxc2 25.Bxe6+ Qxe6 26.Re1 Qc8 27.Re7+ Kg6 28.g4 b6
29.Qd2 Bb1 30.Qd1 1-0

[Event "Moscow 5'"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ratmir Kholmov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6
7.d3 e6 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.a4 O-O 10.Nc4 Rad8 11.Bd2 d5 12.Nce5 Nxe5
13.Nxe5 Qc7 14.exd5 Nxd5 15.Nc4 Bf6 16.Qf3 b6 17.Re4 a6 18.Rb1
Qb8 19.Ne3 b5 20.axb5 axb5 21.Nxd5 Rxd5 22.b3 Qa8 23.Rbe1 Qa2
24.Qd1 Rfd8 25.g4 Bd4 26.Kg2 R5d7 27.Be3 Bc3 28.Rf1 c4 29.bxc4
bxc4 30.Qb1 Qa8 31.f3 cxd3 32.cxd3 Rxd3 33.Bf4 g6 34.Bg3 Rd2+
35.Bf2 Rb2 36.Qc1 Bg7 37.Rd1 Rc8 38.Qg5 h6 39.Qf4 g5 40.Qg3
Rcc2 41.Rf1 Bf8 42.Kh3 Qd5 43.Bd4 Rxh2+ 44.Qxh2 Rxh2+ 45.Kxh2
Qc4 46.Rf2 Qd3 47.Kg2 f5 48.Rxe6 Qxd4 49.gxf5 Qd5 50.Rg6+ Kf7
51.Rc2 Qxf5 52.Rgc6 Be7 53.Rf2 h5 54.Ra6 h4 55.Rc6 Qf4 56.Rcc2
Qg3+ 57.Kf1 h3 58.Rcd2 Bc5 59.f4 Bxf2 60.Rxf2 h2 61.fxg5+
Qxf2+ 62.Kxf2 h1=Q 63.g6+ Kxg6 0-1

[Event "Moscow 5'"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Anatoly S Lutikov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bc4 e6 7.a3
Be7 8.Ba2 b5 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.f4 Nbd7 12.Kh1 Nc5 13.e5
dxe5 14.fxe5 Qxd4 15.exf6 Bxf6 16.Be3 Qe5 17.Rxf6 gxf6 18.Qg4+
Kh8 19.Bd4 Rg8 20.Qxg8+ Rxg8 21.Bxe5 fxe5 22.Rg1 Ne4 23.Nxe4
Bxe4 24.Bb1 Rd8 25.c3 Bb7 26.h4 Rd2 27.b4 e4 28.Kh2 f5 29.Re1
Kg7 30.Kg3 Kf6 31.Kf4 Rxg2 32.Ke3 Ke5 33.Rf1 f4+ 0-1

[Event "Memorial I.Raud"]
[Site "Viljandi (Estonia)"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jaan Ludolph"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qh4 Nxc3
7.dxc3 Nc6 8.e4 h6 9.Bc4 Bg7 10.Be3 e6 11.Qg3 b5 12.Bxb5 Qb8
13.a4 a6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Bd4 O-O 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.O-O Kh7
18.Ne5 Be8 19.b4 f6 20.Nd3 a5 21.Nc5 axb4 22.Rfb1 b3 23.Rxb3
Qc8 24.a5 Bc6 25.a6 e5 26.a7 Qe8 27.Qd3 Qf7 28.f3 Rfd8 29.Qa6
Qe8 30.Rab1 f5 31.Rb8 fxe4 32.fxe4 g5 33.h3 Qg6 34.Rxa8 Rxa8
35.Rb8 Qd6 36.Qc4 Qf6 37.Qg8# 1-0

[Event "Memorial I.Raud"]
[Site "Viljandi (Estonia)"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Brashinsky"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3
d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne2 O-O 10.O-O b6 11.f3 Bb7 12.Ra2 Na5 13.Ng3
Rc8 14.Re2 Rc7 15.Qe1 cxd4 16.cxd4 Nc4 17.Qf2 b5 18.h3 a5
19.e4 Ne8 20.e5 Bc8 21.Nh5 Rc6 22.Qg3 Rg6 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.Nf4
Nc7 25.h4 Bf5 26.h5 gxh5 27.Nxh5 Bg6 28.Nxg7 1-0

[Event "Memorial I.Raud"]
[Site "Viljandi (Estonia)"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexey Suetin"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "117"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O c6
8.Rb1 exd4 9.Nxd4 Re8 10.Bf3 Nbd7 11.Re1 a5 12.b3 Qb6 13.Be3
Nc5 14.h3 Nfd7 15.Qd2 Qc7 16.Rbd1 Bf8 17.Bf4 Ne5 18.Be2 a4
19.Bf1 axb3 20.axb3 Bg7 21.Be3 Ned7 22.Qc2 Nf6 23.Bf4 Nh5
24.Be3 Nf6 25.Bc1 Qb6 26.Bf4 Rd8 27.e5 dxe5 28.Bxe5 Bd7 29.Rb1
Ne6 30.Nf3 Ne8 31.Na4 Qb4 32.Qb2 Nc5 33.Nxc5 Qxc5 34.b4 Qf8
35.Nd4 Bxe5 36.Rxe5 Ng7 37.c5 Re8 38.Nb3 Bf5 39.Rbe1 Rxe5
40.Rxe5 Be6 41.Na5 Qb8 42.Bc4 Qc7 43.Bxe6 Nxe6 44.Nc4 Rd8
45.Re1 Nf4 46.Ne5 Re8 47.Re3 Rd8 48.g3 Nd5 49.Re2 Rf8 50.Ng4
h5 51.Nf6+ Nxf6 52.Qxf6 b6 53.Re7 Qd8 54.b5 cxb5 55.cxb6 h4
56.gxh4 Qd1+ 57.Kh2 Qd5 58.b7 Kh7 59.b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Memorial I.Raud"]
[Site "Viljandi (Estonia)"]
[Date "1972.07.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.h3 Bf5 9.c4 Nb4 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 O-O 12.Ne5 Nc6
13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Be3 Bf6 15.Nc3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Be4 17.Bf4 c5
18.Re1 Bd5 19.Bxd5 Qxd5 20.Be5 cxd4 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Qg4+ Kh8
23.Qh4 Qg5 24.Qxd4 Rg8 25.g3 c5 26.Qc4 Qh5 27.Qf4 Qxh3
28.Qxf6+ Rg7 29.Re4 Kg8 30.Rae1 Rf8 31.Re8 Rg6 32.Rxf8+ Kxf8
33.Qh8+ Rg8 34.Qe5 Rg6 35.Rb1 Rb6 36.Rd1 f6 37.Qc7 Re6 38.Rd8+
Re8 39.Qxc5+ Kf7 40.Rxe8 Kxe8 41.Qxa7 Qf5 42.Qe3+ Kf7 43.a4 h5
44.Qd4 Qb1+ 45.Kg2 1-0

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1973.04.25"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 Bg4
7. O-O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.06"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nge7 7.Bb3
h6 8.Nh4 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.dxc5 dxc5 11.Qf3 Ng6 12.Nf5 Qf6
13.Nd2 Ne7 14.O-O g6 15.Nxe7 Bxe7 16.Qe3 Rd8 17.b3 Qg5 18.Qe2
Bb5 19.c4 Bd7 20.Nb1 Qh5 21.Qxh5 gxh5 22.Nc3 Nc6 23.Nd5 Nd4
24.Bd1 h4 25.f4 Bd6 26.Bh5 Be6 27.fxe5 Bxe5 28.Bf4 Bg7 29.Nc7+
Kd7 30.Rad1 Rhg8 31.h3 Kc6 32.Nd5 Rgf8 33.Be3 Rd7 34.Bf2 f5
35.Bxh4 fxe4 36.Rxf8 Bxf8 37.Be8 b5 38.Re1 Kb7 39.Bxd7 Bxd7
40.Rxe4 Nf5 41.Bf2 Kc6 42.Nf6 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.03.08"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Paul Keres"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.c3 Nge7 7.d4
Ng6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Nf1 Bg5 11.Be3 Bxe3 12.Nxe3 O-O
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

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1973.01.31"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 c6 6.O-O Bg7 7.exd6
Qxd6 8.Re1 O-O 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

[Event "Dubna (Russia)"]
[Site "Dubna (Russia)"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Igor V Platonov"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

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.O-O Bd7
13.Bh5 Bg7 14.Rf3 O-O 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

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1973.06.17"]
[EventDate "1973.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Be2
e5 8.Nf5 Nc5 9.Ng3 Qb6 10.f5 Bd7 11.a4 Bc6 12.Bf3 a5 13.b3 Be7
14.Be3 Qb4 15.Qd2 Bd8 16.O-O Bb6 17.Kh1 Ncd7 18.Rad1 O-O
19.Nge2 Rfd8 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bh4 Bc5 22.Nc1 Qb6 23.Qe1 Bd4
24.N1e2 Re8 25.Nxd4 exd4 26.Bf2 d5 27.Bxd4 Qc7 28.e5 Nxe5
29.Qg3 Re7 30.Be2 Rae8 31.h3 Qd8 32.Qh4 Qd6 33.Qg3 Nc4 34.Qxd6
Nxd6 35.Bd3 Nfe4 36.Ne2 b5 37.f6 gxf6 38.Bxf6 Rb7 39.axb5 Bxb5
40.Bd4 Bxd3 41.cxd3 Ng5 42.Ng3 Rxb3 43.Nh5 Rd8 44.Nf6+ Kf8
45.Ng4 Ne6 46.Bf6 Ra8 47.Nxh6 a4 48.Rde1 a3 49.Be5 Ke7
50.Bxd6+ Kxd6 51.Nxf7+ Kc5 52.Rxe6 a2 53.Rc1+ Kd4 54.Ree1 Rab8
55.Ne5 Rb1 56.Nc6+ Kxd3 57.Nxb8 1-0

[Event "Dubna (03)"]
[Site "Dubna (03)"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonid Alexandrovich Shamkovich"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.03.10"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

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 O-O 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Bxf6 Rxf6
12. Qd2 a6 13. bxa6 Nc6 14. Be2 d4 15. exd4 Rxf3 16. Bxf3 cxd4
17. O-O 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

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexey Suetin"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 Bb4 9.Na4 O-O 10.Nxc6 dxc6 11.c4 Bd6 12.f4 Nxe4
13.Qc2 f5 14.c5 Be7 15.Nb6 Rb8 16.g4 Bd7 17.Bd3 Be8 18.Bxe4
fxe4 19.Qxe4 Rd8 20.Bd4 e5 21.fxe5 Bg6 22.Qe3 h6 23.Rxf8+ Rxf8
24.Rf1 Rd8 25.Qc3 Bg5 26.Be3 Qe7 27.Bxg5 Qxg5 28.Qc4+ Kh7
29.Qf4 Qe7 30.b4 Qe6 31.Rf2 Rd1+ 32.Rf1 Rd3 33.h4 Ra3 34.h5
Bd3 35.Rf2 Rxa2 36.Qd4 Bb1 37.Nc4 Rxf2 38.Kxf2 Qf7+ 39.Ke2 Ba2
40.Nd6 Qe7 41.Nf5 Qe6 42.Ne3 Qf7 43.Qd6 Bc4+ 44.Nxc4 Qxc4+
45.Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Laszlo Szabo"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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.O-O-O b4
13.Ne4 Nh6 14.Bxd4 O-O 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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.O-O
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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Bath 16/297"]
[Site "Bath 16/297"]
[Date "1973.07.06"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "George Steven Botterill"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nb3 b5 9.Bg5 Be7 10.Qe2 Bb7 11.Rae1 d6 12.a3 b4 13.axb4
Nxb4 14.Ra1 O-O 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

[Event "Bath 16/378"]
[Site "Bath 16/378"]
[Date "1973.07.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gheorghe Mititelu"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Be7 10.h4 Nxd4 11.Qxd4 Qa5 12.g4 Bc6
13.Be3 O-O-O 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bh3 Qc5 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.Qxc5+ Nxc5
18.exd5 a5 19.Bd4 Kc7 20.Bxg7 Rhg8 21.Bc3 b6 22.dxe6 fxe6
23.Rde1 Rde8 24.f4 Rgf8 25.Rhf1 Bd8 26.Bd4 h6 27.Bg7 1-0

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "23"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nc6 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nd7 6.Nb3 f6 7.Bb5
fxe5 8.dxe5 Nc5 9.Ng5 Bd7 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Qh5+ g6 12.Qf3 1-0

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josip Rukavina"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.b3 d5 3.c4 d4 4.g3 Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 6.Bg2 e5 7.O-O Be7
8.Nbd2 O-O 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.Ne3 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ladislav Mista"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 d6 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8 11.O-O-O 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

[Event "Hastings 1973/74"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1973.12.29"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Krzysztof Pytel"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3
h6 8.Nc3 g6 9.a4 b4 10.Nd5 Bg7 11.Bd2 a5 12.Qc1 Nd4 13.Nxd4
exd4 14.Nf4 g5 15.Ne2 O-O 16.f4 Ng4 17.fxg5 Ra6 18.Rf5 Rg6
19.h4 d5 20.Nf4 Qd6 21.Qd1 h5 22.Bxd5 c6 23.Bb3 Bc8 24.Qf3 Re6
25.Bxe6 Bxe6 26.Nxe6 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Qh1+ 28.Ke2 Qxa1 29.Nxf8 Qxb2
30.Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1973.06.08"]
[EventDate "1973.06.03"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3
g6 8.Nf3 Nbd7 9.O-O e5 10.Qe1 b5 11.Kh1 Bb7 12.fxe5 dxe5
13.Qh4 Be7 14.Qg3 Nh5 15.Qf2 O-O 16.Bh6 Rfe8 17.Nd2 Ndf6 18.a4
b4 19.Ne2 Bf8 20.Bg5 Bg7 21.h3 Re6 22.Rae1 Rc8 23.b3 h6 24.Be3
Nh7 25.g4 Rf6 26.Qh2 Rxf1+ 27.Rxf1 N5f6 28.Ng3 Ng5 29.Qg2 Ne6
30.Qf2 Rf8 31.Kh2 Nd7 32.Bc4 Kh7 33.Nf3 Ndc5 34.Bd5 Bxd5
35.exd5 Nd4 36.Nxd4 exd4 37.Bf4 Qd7 38.Qf3 a5 39.Re1 d3
40.cxd3 Nxb3 41.d6 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1973.06.16"]
[EventDate "1973.06.03"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel Cuellar Gacharna"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "158"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Bg4 7.Be3
Nfd7 8.O-O Bxf3 9.Bxf3 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 11.Be2 Bxc3 12.bxc3 e5
13.dxe6 fxe6 14.f4 Qe7 15.Qa4 b6 16.Rae1 Nb7 17.Bf3 Nbc5
18.Qc2 Rae8 19.g3 Rf7 20.Bg2 Ref8 21.Bh3 Kh8 22.Re2 e5 23.f5
g5 24.Bg2 Rg8 25.h3 h6 26.Qd1 Nf6 27.Bxc5 dxc5 28.Rd2 Ne8
29.Rd8 Rgf8 30.Ra8 a5 31.Bf3 Nd6 32.Qd5 Rxa8 33.Qxa8+ Rf8
34.Qc6 Rf6 35.Qd5 Kg7 36.Rd1 Rf8 37.Bh5 Rd8 38.Qc6 Kf6 39.Kg2
Qd7 40.Qd5 Qe7 41.Qc6 Qd7 42.Qd5 c6 43.Qd3 Qc7 44.Qe2 a4 45.a3
b5 46.cxb5 cxb5 47.Qd3 Qc6 48.h4 Nf7 49.hxg5+ hxg5 50.Qe3 Rxd1
51.Bxd1 Nd6 52.Bc2 b4 53.Kh3 b3 54.Bb1 c4 55.Kg4 Nf7 56.Kf3
Qd6 57.Qc1 Kg7 58.Ke2 Qh6 59.Qg1 Qh5+ 60.Ke3 Nd6 61.Kd2 Qf3
62.Qc5 Qg2+ 63.Kc1 b2 64.Kd1 Qf1+ 65.Kd2 Nf7 66.Ba2 Qd3+
67.Ke1 Qxc3+ 68.Kf1 Qf3+ 69.Kg1 Qxg3+ 70.Kh1 Qe1+ 71.Kh2 Qd2+
72.Kh3 g4 73.Kxg4 Qf4+ 74.Kh3 Ng5+ 75.Kg2 Qxe4+ 76.Kh2 Qc2+
77.Kh1 b1=Q+ 78.Bxb1 Qxb1+ 79.Kh2 Nf3+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1973.06.19"]
[EventDate "1973.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 e6 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3
O-O 8.Bd2 d5 9.Qc1 b6 10.Bh6 Bb7 11.Bxg7 Kxg7 12.cxd5 Nxd5
13.h4 Nd4 14.Re1 h6 15.Ne5 Nxc3 16.Qxc3 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qd5+
18.Nf3 Rad8 19.Kg1 e5 20.Nxd4 exd4 21.Qc4 Qh5 22.Qa4 Rfe8
23.Qxa7 Rd6 24.b4 Rf6 25.bxc5 Qf5 26.f3 Qh3 27.Qc7 Rf5 28.cxb6
Rfe5 29.e4 Qxg3+ 30.Kh1 Qxh4+ 31.Kg2 Rg5+ 32.Kf1 Qh3+ 33.Ke2
Rg2+ 34.Kd1 Qxf3+ 35.Kc1 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1973.06.23"]
[EventDate "1973.06.03"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1
Re8 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.d5 g6 16.b3 Nb6 17.Be3 Bc8 18.a4 bxa4
19.bxa4 Nc4 20.Bg5 Bg7 21.Qe2 Na5 22.Qd2 Rb8 23.Reb1 Rxb1+
24.Rxb1 Bd7 25.c4 Nxc4 26.Qd3 Na5 27.Qxa6 Bc8 28.Qa7 Re7
29.Qa8 Qc7 30.Nd2 c4 31.Be3 Nd7 32.Rb5 Nb7 33.a5 c3 34.Nb3 Re8
35.a6 Nbc5 36.a7 Nb7 37.Ne2 Rf8 38.Nec1 f5 39.f3 Bf6 40.exf5
Kg7 41.fxg6 hxg6 42.Nd3 Bh4 1-0

[Event "Leningrad Interzonal"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1973.06.27"]
[EventDate "1973.06.03"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ivan Radulov"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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.Bd2 e5 10.Qd3 Rc8 11.O-O-O a6 12.a3
Be6 13.f3 Qc7 14.Kb1 Nd7 15.Be3 Be7 16.h4 O-O 17.g3 b5 18.f4
Nc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.f5 Bc4 21.Qd2 d5 22.Bxc4 d4 23.Bxf7+ Rxf7
24.Nd5 Bf8 25.g4 Rd7 26.g5 a5 27.Qd3 a4 28.h5 Rxd5 29.exd5 b4
30.h6 gxh6 31.Rxh6 bxa3 32.Rc6 Rxc6 33.dxc6 Qxc6 34.bxa3 Qd5
35.f6 Bc5 36.g6 e4 37.Qb5 d3 38.Qe8+ Bf8 39.gxh7+ Kxh7 40.Rh1+
Bh6 41.Qe7+ Kg6 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Zaichik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bf4 Nbd7 6.Rc1 Ne4 7.d5
Qb6 8.Nd4 Ndf6 9.Be3 Qxb2 10.Nxf5 Nxc3 11.Qd4 Na4 12.Qd3 g6
13.Ng3 Bg7 14.Rb1 Qxa2 15.Bd4 c5 16.Ra1 Nb2 17.Bxb2 Qxb2
18.Rb1 Qa2 19.e3 Qa5+ 20.Qd2 Qc7 21.Bd3 O-O 22.O-O a5 23.Ne2
a4 24.Nc3 a3 25.Rb3 Qa5 26.Rb5 Qa6 27.Bb1 Ne8 28.Ba2 Nc7
29.Rbb1 Qa5 30.Rfc1 Rfb8 31.Qd3 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 b5 33.cxb5 Rxb5
34.Rxb5 Qxb5 35.Qxb5 Nxb5 36.Rb3 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonid D Zaid"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.16"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
e5 8.Nb3 Be7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Nb4 11.Kh1 Be6 12.f5 Bd7 13.Bg5
Bc6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Bc4 Rc8 16.Qe2 Qc7 17.Rfd1 Rfd8 18.Nd2
Nxc2 19.Rac1 Nd4 20.Qg4 Qe7 21.Nf3 b5 22.axb5 axb5 23.Nd5 Bxd5
24.Bxd5 Nc2 25.h4 Ne3 26.Qh5 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Nxd5 28.exd5 e4
29.Re1 Re8 30.Qg4 Bxb2 31.Re3 h6 32.Nd2 Qa7 33.Rxe4 Qa1+
34.Kh2 Rxe4 35.Nxe4 Be5+ 36.g3 Qa2+ 37.Kh3 Qxd5 38.Qf3 Kf8
39.Qe3 Bd4 40.Qf4 Qe5 41.Qf3 d5 42.Nd2 b4 43.Nb3 Bc3 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1973.10.26"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Orest Averkin"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "139"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Bc4 Nf6
7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.O-O e6 9.Ng5 h6 10.Nh3 Bd6 11.Nf4 Bxf4 12.Bxf4
O-O 13.Bb3 a5 14.c4 Re8 15.Re1 Qb6 16.c5 Qb5 17.Bc2 Bxc2
18.Qxc2 b6 19.Bd6 a4 20.Rac1 Qb4 21.Red1 bxc5 22.a3 Qb7
23.dxc5 Ra5 24.Rd4 Rb5 25.Rb1 Ra8 26.Rc4 Qa6 27.Ne2 Nd5 28.Nd4
Rb7 29.Rc1 N7f6 30.Qe2 Re8 31.Be5 Nd7 32.Bg3 N7f6 33.R4c2 Qxe2
34.Rxe2 Ne7 35.Bd6 Nfd5 36.Kf1 Ra8 37.Rc4 Ra6 38.Ke1 Nc8
39.Bg3 Na7 40.Kd1 Nb5 41.Nf3 Ndc7 42.Kc1 f6 43.Rce4 Rba7
44.Bxc7 Nxc7 45.Rd2 e5 46.Rd8+ Kh7 47.Rc4 Ne6 48.Rd6 Re7
49.Ne1 Nd4 50.Nc2 Nb3+ 51.Kd1 Ra5 52.Rxc6 Rd7+ 53.Ke1 Rd5
54.Nb4 Rdxc5 55.R4xc5 Nxc5 56.Kd2 Kg6 57.Ke3 Rb5 58.f3 Kf5
59.Rc7 Kg6 60.Re7 h5 61.h4 Rb8 62.Ra7 Rb5 63.Ra8 Kf5 64.Rh8 g6
65.Rc8 g5 66.g3 gxh4 67.gxh4 Ne6 68.Ra8 Rc5 69.Rxa4 Rc4 70.Nd5
1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Kozlov"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 dxc4 7.Qc2
a6 8.a4 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Nb6 10.a5 Nbd5 11.Nxc4 Bd7 12.Nfe5 Bb5
13.Rd1 Rc8 14.Qb3 Qe8 15.e4 Nb4 16.Bf4 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Ne3
Rfd8 19.d5 exd5 20.e5 Nh5 21.Nxd5 Qe6 22.Bh3 Qxh3 23.Nxe7+ Kf8
24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Qa3+ c5 26.Qe3 h6 27.e6 fxe6 28.Rd6 Kf7 29.Re1
Bc4 30.Bxh6 gxh6 31.Qe4 Bd5 32.Qh7+ Kf8 33.Rxd5 Nf6 34.Qh8+
Kf7 35.Qxc8 Nxd5 36.Qxb7+ Kf6 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Zilberstein"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Josip Rukavina"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.O-O-O Qa5 7.Kb1
a6 8.Nf3 Be6 9.d5 Bg4 10.dxc6 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Qxc3 12.bxc3 Nxc6
13.h3 Bxf3 14.gxf3 h6 15.Bc1 Nf6 16.c4 b4 17.Bb2 O-O-O 18.c5
dxc5 19.Bxa6+ Kc7 20.Bc4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rd8 22.Rxd8 Nxd8 23.c3
Nd7 24.cxb4 cxb4 25.Kc2 Nc5 26.Bc1 g5 27.Be3 Kb6 28.e5 Nc6
29.f4 f6 30.e6 gxf4 31.Bxf4 Nd4+ 32.Kd2 h5 33.Be3 Nf3+ 34.Ke2
Ng5 35.h4 Ne4 36.Kf3 Kc6 37.Bf4 Nd6 38.Bxd6 Kxd6 39.Kf4 Nxe6+
40.Bxe6 Kxe6 41.Ke4 f5 42.Kd4 f4 43.Kc4 Kf5 44.Kxb4 e5 45.Kc3
Kg4 46.Kd2 Kf3 47.Ke1 Ke4 48.a4 Kd4 49.f3 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikola Spiridonov"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 d5 6.Ne2 a5 7.c3 Bf5
8.a4 e6 9.O-O c5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Nd4 Bxd4 12.cxd4 Nc6 13.Nc3
O-O 14.Nb5 Nc4 15.Ba2 Nb4 16.b3 Bc2 17.Qf3 Nb6 18.Ba3 Qg5
19.Nd6 Qd2 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.fxe3 Bd3 22.Rfc1 Ba6 23.Rc7 Rab8
24.Bxb4 axb4 25.Rac1 f6 26.a5 Na8 27.Re7 fxe5 28.dxe5 b6
29.axb6 Nxb6 30.h3 Nc8 31.Rxe6 Rb6 32.Bb1 Bb5 33.Rc7 Be2
34.Bf5 Nxd6 35.exd6 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nukhim Rashkovsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7
7.Bc4 O-O 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.O-O b6 10.Be3 Bb7 11.Qd2 Na5 12.Bd3 e6
13.Bh6 c5 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Qf4 Nc6 16.Bb5 Qf6 17.Qxf6+ Kxf6
18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Nc1 Na5 20.Re1 Rab8 21.e5 Kg7 22.Nb3 Bxg2
23.c4 Nxb3 24.axb3 Bb7 25.Rxa7 Rfd8 26.Kf1 Bf3 27.Bd7 Rxb3
28.Bxe6 Rb7 29.Ra3 fxe6 30.Rxf3 Rd4 31.Rf6 Re7 32.Ra1 Re4
33.f4 Rxc4 34.Ke2 Rc2+ 35.Kd3 Rxh2 36.Rc1 Rh3+ 37.Ke4 Rd7
38.Rc4 Rdd3 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miroslav Filip"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Valeri S Korensky"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3
Be7 8.a4 d6 9.Nc3 b4 10.Ne2 Na5 11.Ba2 O-O 12.Ng3 c5 13.Nf5
Bc8 14.N3h4 Be6 15.Qf3 b3 16.Bd2 Ra7 17.cxb3 Nxb3 18.Bxb3 Bxb3
19.Bh6 Ne8 20.Nxg7 Nxg7 21.Qg3 Bg5 22.Bxg5 f6 23.Bh6 Kh8 24.f4
Rg8 25.Qf2 Rb7 26.a5 Be6 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.Qf6 Qxf6 29.Rxf6 Bc8
30.Rxd6 Rxb2 31.Rd5 Rb3 32.Rf1 Ne6 33.Nf5 Ra3 34.Ne7 Re8
35.Nxc8 Rxc8 36.Rxe5 Nd4 37.Rxc5 Rg8 38.Bg5 Ne2+ 39.Kf2 Rf8+
40.Kxe2 Ra2+ 41.Ke1 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.02.24"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hillar Karner"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 c6 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.O-O
Qc7 8.e5 dxe5 9.dxe5 Nd5 10.Re1 Na6 11.a3 Nc5 12.Ba2 Rd8
13.Qe2 b5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Bf5 16.Qh4 c5 17.Bh6 Bxc2
18.Rac1 Bd3 19.Red1 Bc4 20.Bxc4 bxc4 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qxc4 Nb6
23.Qc3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Re1 e6 26.h4 h5 27.Ng5 c4 28.Re4
Rd7 29.Qc2 Qc6 30.b3 c3 31.Re3 Nd5 32.Rg3 Nf4 33.Kh2 Rd2
34.Qxc3 Qxc3 35.Rxc3 Rxf2 36.Kg3 Rf1 37.Rc7 a5 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.02.25"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Luben S Popov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5 5.e4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Be6 7.Nd5
Nc6 8.Qe3 Be7 9.Bd3 Ne5 10.Ne2 Nfd7 11.b3 Bh4+ 12.Ng3 c6
13.Nc3 Bg5 14.Qxg5 Nxd3+ 15.Ke2 Nxc1+ 16.Qxc1 Qh4 17.Qd2 O-O-O
18.Kf2 Ne5 19.Rhd1 g6 20.Kg1 f5 21.Nce2 fxe4 22.Nxe4 d5 23.Qg5
Qxg5 24.Nxg5 Bg8 25.cxd5 Bxd5 26.Nc3 h6 27.Nxd5 Rxd5 28.Ne6
Nd3 29.Rd2 Re8 30.Rad1 Nb4 31.Rxd5 Nxd5 32.Nc5 Re2 33.Ra1 Ne3
34.g3 Rg2+ 35.Kh1 Rf2 36.f4 Ng4 37.h4 Re2 38.a4 b6 39.Nd3 Re3
40.Ne5 Nxe5 41.fxe5 Rxg3 42.Rf1 Rxb3 43.Rf6 Rh3+ 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.02.21"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anthony Saidy"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.b3 Bg7 6.Bb2 O-O 7.O-O
d6 8.d4 Bg4 9.d5 Na5 10.Nc3 a6 11.Nd2 Rb8 12.Qc2 Qc8 13.Rae1
b5 14.Nd1 Bh3 15.e4 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 e5 17.f4 Nd7 18.Bc3 Qc7
19.Ne3 Nb7 20.Nf3 f6 21.h4 Nd8 22.h5 Re8 23.Rh1 Nf7 24.hxg6
hxg6 25.Nh4 Nh8 26.f5 g5 27.Ng6 Nxg6 28.fxg6 Nf8 29.Qe2 Nxg6
30.Nf5 Ne7 31.Nh6+ Bxh6 32.Rxh6 Kg7 33.Qh5 Rh8 34.Rh1 Rxh6
35.Qxh6+ Kf7 36.Qh5+ Kg7 37.Qh7+ Kf8 38.Qh8+ Ng8 39.Rh7 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.02.22"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iivo Nei"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Re8 10.O-O-O h6 11.Be3 c6 12.Ne1 Be6
13.f3 Bf8 14.b3 Na6 15.Nc2 Kg7 16.Rd2 Nd7 17.Rhd1 Nb6 18.Kb2
Nc5 19.g3 a5 20.f4 Nbd7 21.Bf3 Kh7 22.f5 gxf5 23.exf5 Bxf5
24.g4 Be6 25.Ne4 Kg7 26.g5 Nxe4 27.gxh6+ Kh8 28.Bxe4 Nf6
29.Bf3 Ng8 30.Bh5 Bxh6 31.Rf2 Bxe3 32.Nxe3 Nh6 33.Kc3 Rad8
34.Re1 Rg8 35.Rf6 Kh7 36.Ref1 Rg5 37.Bd1 Kg7 38.Bc2 Rh5
39.R1f2 Rh3 40.R6f3 Rxf3 41.Rxf3 Rd4 42.c5 Rh4 43.Bf5 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.02.28"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Heikki Westerinen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bb2 Be7 6.c4 Nc7 7.Nc3 f6
8.Ne4 fxe5 9.Nxe5 O-O 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Bb4+ 12.Kd1 d6 13.Nd3
e5 14.Qe3 Ba5 15.Qg5 Qd7 16.Kc2 Qc6 17.f3 Bf5 18.Ng3 Bg6
19.Rc1 Nba6 20.Ba3 Nb5 21.Kb2 Nxa3 22.Qe3 Nb4 23.Kxa3 Bxd3
24.Bxd3 Qa6 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.03.01"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Josef Pribyl"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O
7.O-O c5 8.Nxd5 Qxd5 9.d3 Nc6 10.Be3 Bxb2 11.Rb1 Bf6 12.Qa4
Qd7 13.Bxc5 Nd4 14.Qd1 Nxf3+ 15.Bxf3 Rb8 16.Bxa7 Ra8 17.Be3
Rxa2 18.Qb3 Ra5 19.Rfc1 h5 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Bd2 Ra8 22.Be4 Qa4
23.Qd5 Qa2 24.Bf4 Qxd5 25.Bxd5 e5 26.Bd2 Re7 27.Rb6 Kg7 28.h4
Rd7 29.Be4 Be7 30.Rc4 Bd6 31.Bc3 f6 32.Bb2 Rb8 33.d4 exd4
34.Rxd4 Be7 35.Rd5 Rxd5 36.Bxd5 Bd8 37.Rb3 b5 38.Re3 Bb7
39.Bb3 Bc6 40.Re6 Bd7 41.Rd6 Rb7 42.e4 Be7 43.Ra6 Be8 44.e5 f5
45.Ra8 Bc6 46.Rc8 Bf3 47.Rc3 Be2 48.Bd5 Rd7 49.e6 Rxd5 50.Rc8
Bf6 51.Rc7+ Kg8 52.Bxf6 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn EST"]
[Date "1973.03.03"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 d6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2 e5
8.O-O 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

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1973.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Kick Langeweg"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be2 a6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Be3 d6 9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 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

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 15/488"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 15/488"]
[Date "1973.02.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Coenraad Zuidema"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1973.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Albin Planinc"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.g3 g6 2.Bg2 Bg7 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1973.02.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert G Hartoch"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.Be2 c5 5.c4 Nc6 6.d5 Nd4 7.Nxd4
cxd4 8.O-O Qb6 9.Nd2 Nf6 10.Rb1 a5 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 e5 13.Ba3
Bh6 14.c5 dxc5 15.Nc4 Qc7 16.d6 Qc6 17.Nxe5 Qxd6 18.Nc4 Qc7
19.Bf3 Be6 20.e5 Nd7 21.Re1 Bg7 22.Rc1 Rab8 23.Bg4 Bxg4
24.Qxg4 b5 25.e6 Nf6 26.exf7 Qxf7 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1973.01.23"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Hein Donner"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "simul"]
[Site "simul"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O 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

[Event "simul"]
[Site "simul"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.f4 dxe5 6.fxe5 Bf5 7.Nc3
e6 8.Nf3 Bb4 9.Bd3 Bg4 10.O-O c5 11.Ne4 cxd4 12.c5 N6d7
13.Nd6+ Ke7 14.Nxd4 Nxe5 15.Qxg4 Bxc5 16.Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "Dubna"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tudev Ujtumen"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "Dubna"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Heikki Westerinen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.dxc5 Qa5 5.Bd2 Qxc5 6.Nd5 Na6
7.Nf3 e6 8.Bc3 Kf8 9.Bxg7+ Kxg7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bxa6 bxa6 12.Qd4
Qxd4 13.Nxd4 Bb7 14.f3 e5 15.Nb3 d5 16.Nc5 Rab8 17.exd5 Nxd5
18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.O-O-O Bxa2 20.Rhe1 Rhc8 21.Nd7 Rb5 22.Rxe5 Bb3
23.Rd2 Be6 24.f4 Rc7 25.Rxb5 axb5 26.Ne5 b4 27.Rd6 a5 28.Kd2
a4 29.Ra6 Bf5 30.Nc6 Bc8 31.Rb6 Rd7+ 32.Kc1 Rd6 33.Rxb4 Rxc6
34.Rxa4 Bf5 35.c3 Rd6 36.Ra5 Kf6 37.b4 Ke6 38.Re5+ Kd7 39.Re2
Kc6 40.Kb2 Bg4 41.Rf2 Kb5 42.h3 Bf5 43.Re2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.12.10"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.d4 Qg4
7.d5 Nd4 8.Nbd2 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Nf6 10.Qxg4 Nxg4 11.Nf3 e5
12.dxe6 fxe6 13.h3 Nf6 14.e5 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Bd6 16.Bf4 Rf8
17.Bh2 O-O-O 18.Rd1 Bc7 19.Ke2 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Nh5 21.Ke3 g5
22.b3 a5 23.g4 Nf4 24.Bxf4 Rxf4 25.Nf3 h6 26.a4 b6 27.Nd2 Be5
28.f3 Rf8 29.Ne4 Kc7 30.Rh1 Bf4+ 31.Ke2 Kd7 32.h4 gxh4 33.Rxh4
Ke7 34.Nf2 Rd8 35.Nd3 Bg5 36.Rh1 e5 37.Rd1 Ke6 38.Nf2 Rd4
39.Ne4 Bf4 40.Rd3 Bg5 41.Rd1 Bf4 42.Nc3 Bg5 43.Nd5 Bd8 44.Rh1
Bg5 45.Rd1 Bd8 46.Rd3 Kf7 47.Nc3 Be7 48.Nb5 e4 49.Re3 Rd7
50.Rxe4 Bf6 51.f4 Bb2 52.f5 Kf6 53.Re6+ Kg5 54.Kf3 1-0

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

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. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bd2 b5
12. Nf3 Qd7 13. Ne1 Be7 14. Nd3 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.12.09"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris Gulko"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "141"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Nf6 7.d3
O-O 8.O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.12.19"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 7.f4
b5 8.Nxc6 Qxc6 9.Bf3 Bb7 10.e5 Qc7 11.O-O Nh6 12.Be3 Rd8
13.Ne4 Nf5 14.Nd6+ Bxd6 15.exd6 Qxd6 16.Bxb7 Qxd1 17.Rfxd1
Nxe3 18.Rd3 Rb8 19.Rc3 Kd8 20.Bxa6 Nd5 21.Ra3 Nc7 22.c4 Nxa6
23.Rxa6 bxc4 24.Ra7 Ke7 25.Rd1 Rhd8 26.Rd2 Ke8 27.f5 Rbc8
28.a4 e5 29.a5 d6 30.Rb7 Rc6 31.Rd5 Rd7 32.Rb8+ Ke7 33.Rdb5
Ra6 34.Kf2 Rda7 35.Ke3 Rxa5 36.Rxa5 Rxa5 37.Ke4 g6 38.g4 Kf6
39.Rb6 Kg5 40.fxg6 hxg6 41.Rxd6 Kxg4 42.Rf6 Rb5 43.Rxf7 Rxb2
44.Kxe5 Re2+ 45.Kd4 Rxh2 46.Kxc4 Rd2 47.Kc3 0-1

[Event "Nice olm prelim1"]
[Site "FRA"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nf3 d5 4.d4 Ne7 5.e3 c5 6.Bd3 Nbc6 7.O-O
dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Team Cup"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O 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

[Event "Lublin"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihai Suba"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Nbd2 e5 7.d5
Nce7 8.O-O Nh6 9.b4 O-O 10.c5 f5 11.cxd6 cxd6 12.Nc4 Rc8
13.Nfd2 b5 14.Na3 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 a6 16.f3 Qb6+ 17.Kh1 fxe4
18.fxe4 Rxf1+ 19.Nxf1 Qd4 20.Rb1 Rf8 21.Bxh6 Bxh6 22.Nc2 Qf2
23.Qd3 Rc8 24.Nfe3 Bf4 25.a3 Kh8 26.Rd1 Ng8 27.Ra1 Nf6 28.a4
Qh4 29.g3 Bxg3 30.Nf1 Bf4 31.axb5 Qf2 32.Ne1 Rc3 33.Ra2 Qxe1
0-1

[Event "Hastings 1973/74"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1974.01.05"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Duncan Suttles"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "124"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.d4 cxd4
7.Qxd4 Nc6 8.Qd1 d4 9.Nce2 Bc5 10.Nf3 Bf5 11.O-O O-O 12.Nf4
Re8 13.Nd3 Bb6 14.Bg5 h6 15.Bxf6 Qxf6 16.Nd2 Qg6 17.Nc4 Bc7
18.a4 Bg4 19.Bf3 Bh3 20.Re1 Qf5 21.Bh1 Re6 22.Qf3 Rae8 23.Qxf5
Bxf5 24.Bxc6 bxc6 25.Rxe6 Bxe6 26.Re1 Kf8 27.Nc5 Bf5 28.Rxe8+
Kxe8 29.Nd3 Kd7 30.Kf1 Ke6 31.Ke2 Kd5 32.b3 c5 33.f3 Bc8
34.Nd2 f5 35.f4 Ba6 36.Nf3 Bd6 37.Nh4 Bc8 38.Nf3 c4 39.Nb2
cxb3 40.cxb3 Ba6+ 41.Nd3 Ke4 42.Nd2+ Kd5 43.Nf3 Be7 44.h4 g6
45.Ne5 g5 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.fxg5 Bxg5 48.b4 Bxd3+ 49.Nxd3 Be7
50.b5 Bd6 51.a5 Bxg3 52.Nb4+ Kc5 53.Nc6 a6 54.Kd3 Bf2 55.Na7
axb5 56.a6 b4 57.Nb5 Kb6 58.a7 Kb7 59.Nd6+ Kxa7 60.Nxf5 b3
61.Nd6 Kb6 62.Nc4+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.12.13"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mark Taimanov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7 7.f4
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 b5 9.O-O Qc7 10.Kh1 Nc6 11.Qf2 Be7 12.Be3 O-O
13.Rad1 d6 14.Qg3 Kh8 15.Bd3 b4 16.Ne2 f5 17.Qh3 Bf6 18.exf5
exf5 19.Bxf5 Bxf5 20.Qxf5 Bxb2 21.Qd3 Rae8 22.Ng3 Na5 23.Ne4
Qc4 24.Nxd6 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Re6 26.f5 Re7 27.Bc5 Rd7 28.Rb1 Bc3
29.a3 Nc6 30.axb4 Be5 31.Rbd1 Kg8 32.g4 h5 33.g5 Bxd6 34.Rxd6
Rxd6 35.Rxd6 Ne5 36.Rxa6 Rxf5 37.g6 1-0

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rainer F A Knaak"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bxc6
Bxc6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nc3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Bd7 11.Qf3 Bg4 12.Qg3 Qd7
13.h3 Bh5 14.Nf5 O-O-O 15.Bg5 Ng8 16.Bxe7 Nxe7 17.Qg5 Nxf5
18.exf5 g6 19.g4 Qc6 20.f6 d5 21.Re7 h6 22.Qe5 d4 23.Ne2 Rd5
24.Nxd4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1973/74"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1974.01.06"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "William Hartston"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Hastings 1973/74"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1974.01.04"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ludwig Rellstab"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Re1 O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 h6 11.Ng3 Bf8 12.h3 g6 13.Bc2
Bg7 14.Be3 Kh7 15.Qd2 Qe7 16.b4 b6 17.a3 Rad8 18.d5 Nb8 19.a4
Nh5 20.Nxh5 gxh5 21.c4 Rg8 22.Kh2 Bf8 23.Nd4 Qf6 24.Nf5 Bxf5
25.exf5 Nd7 26.a5 bxa5 27.Rxa5 Qh4 28.g3 Qf6 29.Rxa6 Bg7
30.Ra7 Nb6 31.Rxc7 Rb8 32.Qd3 Kh8 33.c5 Nc8 34.Qe4 Bf8 35.c6
1-0

[Event "Hastings 1973/74"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1974.01.09"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Michael Francis Stean"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Uwe Boensch"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 O-O 10.f3 Bb7 11.O-O-O 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

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guenther Moehring"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.Bg5 h6
8.Bf4 e6 9.Qd2 exd5 10.exd5 Kh7 11.O-O-O 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

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Thomas Paehtz Sr"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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 O-O 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

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Klaus-Uwe Mueller"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.e5
dxe5 8.dxe5 Nd5 9.Bd2 Nc5 10.O-O Nxd3 11.cxd3 Bf5 12.d4 Nb4
13.Ne2 Bc2 14.Qc1 Bd3 15.Qd1 Nc2 16.Rc1 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Nxd4
18.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 19.Be3 Qd7 20.Rfd1 Qc8 21.Rd2 Rd8 22.Rcd1 Rxd2
23.Qxd2 e6 24.Qd7 Qxd7 25.Rxd7 Rc8 26.Kf2 b6 27.Bd2 a5 28.Ke2
Kf8 29.g4 Ke8 30.Rd3 Rd8 31.Rh3 h6 32.Bc3 Rd5 33.a4 Kd7 34.Re3
Bf8 35.Re4 Bc5 36.Rc4 Kc6 37.Re4 Rd8 38.h3 Rd7 39.f5 g5 40.b3
Rd8 41.Rc4 Kd5 42.Kd3 Rh8 43.Bd2 Rh7 44.Re4 h5 45.Re2 hxg4
46.hxg4 Rh3+ 47.Kc2 Bd4 48.fxe6+ fxe6 49.Bxg5 Rc3+ 0-1

[Event "Halle 18/203"]
[Site "Halle 18/203"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jiri Fichtl"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "Halle 18/450"]
[Site "Halle 18/450"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Victor Ciocaltea"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O
Be7 8.Be3 O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Nb3 b6 11.Bf3 Ba6 12.Rf2 Rfd8 13.Qe1
Rac8 14.Rd1 Bc4 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Bxd4 e5 17.Be3 d5 18.fxe5 Nxe4
19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Rd4 Rxd4 21.Bxd4 Rd8 22.Qxe4 Qd7 23.Rd2 Bc5
24.Bxc5 Qxd2 25.Bd6 Be6 26.h3 Qc1+ 27.Kh2 Qxb2 28.Nd5 Bxd5
29.Qxd5 Qxc2 30.e6 fxe6 31.Qxe6+ Kh8 32.Qe7 Qc8 33.Be5 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Halle"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Heinz Liebert"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "145"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O e4 7.Ng5
Bxc3 8.dxc3 Re8 9.Nh3 Ne5 10.b3 Ng6 11.Qd4 h6 12.c5 b6 13.Nf4
bxc5 14.Qxc5 d6 15.Qc6 Bd7 16.Qc4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Qc8 18.Qd4 Bh3
19.c4 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Re6 21.Rac1 c5 22.Qc3 Qc6 23.Kg1 Rae8
24.Rfd1 R8e7 25.Be3 Ng4 26.Rd5 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 Re5 28.Rcd1 Rxd5
29.Rxd5 Re6 30.h4 Qc7 31.Qc3 Qb6 32.Rf5 a5 33.a3 Qc7 34.Kf1
Qb6 35.Ke1 Re7 36.Rf4 Re5 37.g4 Qd8 38.Qg3 g5 39.hxg5 hxg5
40.Rf5 Rxf5 41.gxf5 Qf6 42.f4 exf3 43.Qxf3 Kg7 44.Qa8 Qc3+
45.Kf2 Qd4+ 46.Ke1 g4 47.Kf1 Qf4+ 48.Kg2 Qe3 49.Kf1 Kf6
50.Qxa5 Kg5 51.Qd8+ f6 52.Qg8+ Kh4 53.Qd5 Qh3+ 54.Kg1 Qxb3
55.Qd3 Qb2 56.Qe3 Kh5 57.Kg2 Qb1 58.Qe8+ Kg5 59.Qg6+ Kf4
60.Qh6+ Ke5 61.Qh2+ Kd4 62.Qxd6+ Kxc4 63.Qa6+ Kc3 64.Qxf6+ Kd2
65.Qe5 Qb7+ 66.Kg3 Qb3+ 67.Kxg4 c4 68.f6 c3 69.Qf4+ Kxe2 70.f7
c2 71.f8=Q Qe6+ 72.Kg3 Qg6+ 73.Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "Knotty Ash"]
[Site "Knotty Ash"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "W R Chandler"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.d4 Nf6 5.Bc4 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4
7.O-O Nbd7 8.Qe2 Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.12.05"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.Be3 c6
8.O-O exd4 9.Bxd4 Re8 10.Qc2 Nbd7 11.Rad1 Qe7 12.Rfe1 Ne5
13.h3 Bh6 14.b4 b6 15.c5 bxc5 16.Nxe5 dxe5 17.Bxc5 Qb7 18.Na4
Be6 19.Bd6 Nd7 20.Nc5 Nxc5 21.bxc5 Bf8 22.Rb1 Qd7 23.Red1 Bxd6
24.cxd6 Rab8 25.a4 Rxb1 26.Qxb1 Qd8 27.Qc2 Qd7 28.Qc5 f6 29.a5
Kg7 30.Rb1 Rd8 31.a6 Kh6 32.Qe3+ g5 33.Qf3 Qf7 34.Rb7 Rd7
35.Bc4 f5 36.exf5 Qxf5 37.Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Lublin"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mato Damjanovic"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Be7 7.Bc4
Nf6 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Bb3 a6 11.g4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 b5
13.g5 Nd7 14.Rg1 Nc5 15.Kb1 Bb7 16.f4 f5 17.exf5 Rxf5 18.Rdd1
Nxb3 19.axb3 b4 20.Na4 Be4 21.Nb6 Rb8 22.Qc4 Qxc4 23.Nxc4 Re8
24.Rge1 d5 25.Bc1 Rff8 26.Rxe4 dxe4 27.Re1 Bd8 28.Rxe4 Bc7
29.c3 bxc3 30.bxc3 Rf5 31.Ne3 Rf7 32.Ng4 Rd8 33.Kc2 Rf5 34.h4
Rdf8 35.Rxe6 Bxf4 36.Ba3 Rd8 37.c4 Kf7 38.Re2 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Lublin 18/156"]
[Site "Lublin 18/156"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Risto Nicevski"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.a4 b4
8.Nce2 Rb8 9.Nf3 Qc7 10.O-O Ngf6 11.Bh6 O-O 12.c4 e5 13.Ng3
Re8 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.b3 Nf8 16.h3 N6d7 17.Rfe1 Ne6 18.d5 Nf4
19.Ne2 Nxd3 20.Qxd3 cxd5 21.cxd5 Qb6 22.a5 Qa6 23.Qe3 Nc5
24.Ng3 f6 25.Rec1 Bd7 26.Nf1 Rec8 27.N3d2 Bb5 28.Nh2 Nd3
29.Ng4 Nxc1 30.Qh6+ Kh8 31.Nxf6 Qb7 32.Nf3 Qg7 33.Qh4 Ne2+
34.Kh2 Rf8 0-1

[Event "Lublin 18/296"]
[Site "Lublin 18/296"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Krzysztof Pytel"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Nf6 6.Re1 Bd7 7.Bxc6
bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.e5 dxe5 10.Nxe5 Be6 11.Nxc6 Qd5 12.Qf3 Qxf3
13.gxf3 Bc5 14.b4 Bb6 15.Bb2 Nd5 16.a3 O-O 17.Nxd4 Nf4 18.Nd2
Rad8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Nc4 Nh3+ 21.Kg2 Nf4+ 22.Kf1 Rd5 23.Rad1
Rh5 24.Rd7 Rf7 25.Rd8+ Rf8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Re4 g5 28.Bc1 Ke7
29.Nxb6 cxb6 30.Kg1 Rh4 31.c4 Kd6 32.Be3 b5 33.c5 Kd5 34.Rd4+
Ke5 35.c6 Nd5 36.Rxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Lublin 18/506"]
[Site "Lublin 18/506"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Romuald Grabczewski"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4
Qb6 8.Nb3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.O-O-O b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.g4 Rc8
13.Bh4 Nb6 14.g5 Nfd7 15.f5 e5 16.Bf2 Nc4 17.Rd3 Ndb6 18.Bh3
Na4 19.Nxa4 bxa4 20.Na1 Qc6 21.Rd5 Nxb2 22.f6 Qc3 23.Bxc8 Bxd5
24.Qxa6 Bxe4 25.Qb5+ Bc6 26.Qb8 Nd3+ 27.Kb1 Qb2+ 28.Qxb2 Nxb2
29.Rg1 Nc4 30.Rg4 d5 31.Ka2 gxf6 32.gxf6 Nd6 33.Ba6 Ne4 34.Bh4
h5 35.Rg1 0-1

[Event "Lublin 19/414"]
[Site "Lublin 19/414"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Adamski"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Lublin"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tamas Georgadze"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6
7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qd3 d5 10.Nb5 Nxg3 11.Qxg3 d4 12.O-O-O
O-O 13.Nd5 a6 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Nxb4 c5 16.Nd5 Qa5 17.e3 Nc6
18.h4 1-0

[Event "Lublin"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Heinz Liebert"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 g6 5.Bg2 Bg7 6.O-O Nge7 7.d3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Rb8 10.Nb3 e5 11.Nh4 Be6 12.f4 Qd7 13.Be3
Rbe8 14.Rad1 Kh8 15.Nd2 f5 16.a3 b6 17.Ndf3 exf4 18.gxf4 d5
19.e5 d4 20.Bc1 Bb3 21.Rde1 c4 22.dxc4 dxc3 23.bxc3 Na5 24.Nd2
Bc2 25.Rf3 Rc8 26.Rh3 Rfd8 27.Bd5 Qe8 28.Qg2 Ba4 29.Ndf3 Nxc4
30.Be6 Bd7 31.Bxd7 Rxd7 32.Ng5 Rcd8 33.Qe2 Rc8 34.Kf2 Rdc7
35.Rg1 h6 36.Ne6 Rc6 37.Nd4 Rc5 38.Rhg3 Kh7 39.Nxg6 Nxg6
40.Rxg6 Qxg6 41.Rxg6 Kxg6 42.Qd3 Nd6 43.exd6 1-0

[Event "Lublin"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Zbigniew Szymczak"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6
7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Rd1 Bg4 10.e3 a5 11.Be2 h6 12.Bh4 a4
13.Qa3 Re8 14.h3 Be6 15.d5 Bd7 16.O-O 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

[Event "Lublin"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrzej Sydor"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.Nc3 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bg5 e6 6.e3 Bb4
7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Be2 d5 11.O-O Bd7 12.Rad1 Rc8
13.Ndb5 O-O 14.b4 Bb6 15.Na4 Ne5 16.Nxb6 axb6 17.Nd4 Nc4
18.Bxc4 Rxc4 19.c3 Rfc8 20.Rc1 e5 21.Ne2 Qc6 22.Rfd1 Be6
23.Qe1 Kh7 24.Rd2 g5 25.Rcd1 b5 26.Kh1 Rg8 27.Qf1 f6 28.Rd3
Rg7 29.R3d2 h5 30.f3 Rf7 31.Rd3 Qb6 32.Qf2 Rg7 33.Kg1 Qa7
34.Ra1 h4 35.h3 Qa4 36.Rd2 Qa7 37.Rd3 Rc6 38.f4 gxf4 39.exf4
Qxf2+ 40.Kxf2 Rc4 41.Re3 Rf7 42.Kg1 Re4 43.Rxe4 dxe4 44.Kf2
Bc4 45.Re1 Rg7 46.g4 hxg3 47.Nxg3 e3 0-1

[Event "Nice"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1974.06.10"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Enrique F Bird Pico"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.f4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e4 d6 4.d4 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Bg4 7.Be2
Qb6 8.e5 Nh6 9.Nbd2 O-O 10.Nc4 Qc7 11.Ne3 dxe5 12.fxe5 Rd8
13.O-O Nc6 14.Nxg4 Nxg4 15.Qb3 e6 16.Bg5 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Rxd4
18.Rac1 Qxe5 19.Bxg4 Qxg5 20.Qxb7 Rf8 21.Bh3 Rd2 22.Qe4 Bxb2
23.Rc7 Bd4+ 24.Kh1 Bb6 25.Rb7 Rf2 26.Rd1 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Qxd8 0-1

[Event "Nice olm"]
[Site "Nice olm"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "M Hamam"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.h3 d6 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1
Rac8 14.Ne3 Rfe8 15.dxe5 dxe5 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bf6 18.Ng5
Bxg5 19.Bxg5 Qd6 20.b3 f5 21.Qd2 h6 22.Bh4 c4 23.b4 Nc6 24.a4
Ne7 25.axb5 axb5 26.Bxe7 Rxe7 27.Ra7 Rd8 28.Qe3 Qxd5 29.Bxf5
Rf7 30.Bg6 Rf6 31.Be4 Qd6 32.Bf3 Bf5 33.Qxe5 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 Rd3
35.Bd5+ Kh8 36.Re8+ Kh7 37.Bg8+ Kg6 38.Ree7 h5 39.Rxg7+ Kh6
40.Bh7 Rxc3 41.g4 hxg4 42.hxg4 Rg6 43.Bxg6 Bxg6 44.Rg8 Rc1+
45.Kg2 Bd3 46.f3 c3 47.g5 Kh5 48.Ra6 1-0

[Event "Nice olm"]
[Site "Nice olm"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David John Sully"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qb3 Nb6
7.d4 Bg7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Nc6 10.Rd1 O-O 11.e3 a5 12.Be2 a4
13.Qa3 Re8 14.Ne4 Nd5 15.O-O b6 16.Bc4 Ncb4 17.Ned2 Nc2 18.Qd3
Ncb4 19.Qe2 a3 20.Nb1 Ba4 21.b3 Bd7 22.e4 Nf6 23.Bxf7+ Kxf7
24.Qc4+ Nfd5 25.exd5 Nxa2 26.Ne5+ Bxe5 27.dxe5 b5 28.e6 Kg8
1-0

[Event "Nice olm 17/238"]
[Site "Nice olm 17/238"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hans-Joachim Hecht"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Ngf3 Nc6 7.Bd3
cxd4 8.cxd4 Nb6 9.a3 Bd7 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 a4 12.b4 Na7 13.Qe2
Be7 14.h4 h5 15.Rh3 g6 16.Rg3 Rc8 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.Rxg5 Qe7
19.Nf3 Kd8 20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 Kc7 22.Qc2+ Kb8 23.Qc5 Qxc5
24.dxc5 Nc4 25.Rg3 Nc6 26.Bxc4 dxc4 27.Ng5 Be8 28.Rc3 Ka7
29.Bf4 Ne7 30.Rxc4 Bc6 31.f3 Rf8 32.Bc1 Nf5 33.Rf4 Rd8 34.Nxf7
Rd3 35.Nd6 Rd5 36.Bb2 Ka6 37.g4 Nxd6 38.exd6 Rd3 39.Ke2 Rb3
40.Bc1 e5 41.Rf7 e4 42.gxh5 exf3 43.Kd2 f2 44.Rxf2 gxh5 45.Rf5
Kb5 46.Rd5 1-0

[Event "Nice olm 17/382"]
[Site "Nice olm 17/382"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Charles Partos"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 O-O 11.Bd3 d6 12.O-O 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

[Event "Nice olm"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Javier Sanz Alonso"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Bg5 h6
7.Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 O-O 9.e3 Ne5 10.Be2 Ng6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.O-O
d6 13.Rb1 Qe7 14.Bd3 c5 15.Ne2 b6 16.Ng3 Bb7 17.Qh5 Qe6
18.Rbd1 Rad8 19.Rfe1 Ne5 20.e4 Ba6 21.Nf5 g6 22.Nxh6+ Kg7
23.Qg5 f6 24.Qf4 Rh8 25.Nf5+ gxf5 26.Qg3+ Kf8 27.exf5 Qg8 0-1

[Event "Nice olm"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renato Naranja"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.O-O a6
7.Qxc4 c5 8.d4 b5 9.Qd3 Bb7 10.Be3 c4 11.Qc2 Be7 12.a3 O-O
13.Nc3 Nb6 14.Rae1 Nbd5 15.Bc1 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Be4 17.Qb2 Qd5
18.Nh4 Bxg2 19.Nxg2 e5 20.Ne3 Qe6 21.Nc2 Qh3 22.f3 e4 23.Ne3
Bd6 24.Rf2 Rae8 25.Ref1 Re6 26.f4 Nh5 27.Rg2 f5 28.a4 Rb8
29.axb5 axb5 30.Qa2 Rg6 31.Bd2 h6 32.Qa7 b4 33.cxb4 c3 34.Bc1
Rxb4 35.Qd7 Rxd4 36.Nxf5 Kh7 37.Qc8 Bb4 38.Be3 Rd5 39.Qb7 Rxf5
40.Qxb4 Nxg3 41.hxg3 Rxg3 42.Qxe4 Rxg2+ 43.Qxg2 Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Raicevic"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "112"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anton Deze"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Be7 11.g4 Bc6 12.Be3 O-O
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

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Krunoslav Hulak"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2
O-O 8.O-O a6 9.h3 Qc7 10.Bg5 Nbd7 11.Qd2 Nb6 12.b3 Bd7 13.Nd5
Nbxd5 14.exd5 Qc5 15.Be3 Qc7 16.c4 e6 17.dxe6 fxe6 18.Rad1
Rad8 19.Bg5 e5 20.Ne2 Bc6 21.Nc3 Rd7 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Bd5+ Kg7
24.Ne4 Rdd8 25.Kg2 Bd7 26.f4 exf4 27.Nxf6 Rxf6 28.Qb2 Rf8
29.Rxf4 Bc6 30.Re1 Qf7 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.Ref1 Qe6 33.b4 g5
34.Rxf6 Rxf6 35.a4 Kf7 36.Qxf6+ Qxf6 37.Rxf6+ Kxf6 38.a5 Ke6
39.b5 Kd7 40.b6 h6 41.Kf3 1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Milan Ilijc"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.O-O
c5 8.d5 Nc7 9.Qe1 a6 10.a4 b6 11.Qh4 e6 12.dxe6 fxe6 13.e5
dxe5 14.fxe5 Nfd5 15.Bg5 Qd7 16.Ne4 Ne8 17.Rad1 Ra7 18.c4 Nb4
19.Bb1 Qc6 20.Be7 Rf5 21.Nf6+ Bxf6 22.exf6 Rd7 23.Bxf5 Rxe7
24.Be4 1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rudolf Maric"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bd7
7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.c4 dxe4 10.Qa4 Qb6 11.Nxe4 Qb4+
12.Qxb4 Bxb4+ 13.Ke2 f5 14.Ng5 Ke7 15.Bf4 Nf6 16.a3 Bc5 17.b4
Bd4 18.Rad1 c5 19.Nf3 Nh5 20.Be5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 cxb4 22.Nc6+ Kf6
23.axb4 Nf4+ 24.Kf3 Rhc8 25.b5 Ng6 26.Rhe1 Rc7 27.Rd6 Nf8
28.Ke3 Rb7 29.Kd4 Rc8 30.Ra1 Ra8 31.Ra6 g6 32.f4 h6 33.Nd8 Re7
34.c5 g5 35.g3 gxf4 36.gxf4 Rd7 37.Rxd7 Nxd7 38.Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Novi Sad"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Petar Mejic"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1
O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O Be6 9.f4 Qc7 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Kh1 Rfc8 13.a5
Bc4 14.Bxc4 Qxc4 15.Ra4 Qc6 16.Qd3 Bd8 17.f5 b5 18.axb6 Nxb6
19.Rxa6 Rxa6 20.Qxa6 Nc4 21.Qxc6 Rxc6 22.Bc1 h6 23.g3 Na5
24.Bd2 Nxb3 25.cxb3 Rb6 26.Ra1 Be7 27.Ra3 Rb7 28.Kg2 Kh7
29.Ra4 Rxb3 30.Bc1 Rb7 31.Kf3 Bd8 32.b4 Rc7 33.Bd2 Rc4 34.Be1
Bb6 35.b5 Rc8 36.Ra3 Bd4 37.Nd5 Rc1 38.Nxf6+ gxf6 39.Ba5 Rc2
40.h3 Rb2 41.Bd8 h5 42.g4 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.g3 Nc6 7.Nde2
Bg7 8.Bg2 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.Nd5 Nxd5 11.exd5 Ne5 12.Nd4 Qb6
13.c3 Rac8 14.Qe2 Rfe8 15.Rd1 a5 16.a4 Rc4 17.Be3 Bxa4 18.b3
Bxb3 19.Rdb1 Rxc3 20.Nxb3 Qc7 21.Nxa5 Rc2 22.Qb5 Rc8 23.Be4
Ng4 24.Bb6 Nxf2 25.Bxf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Bxa1 27.Rxa1 Qc3 28.Qb1
f5 29.Bg2 Qd4+ 30.Kf1 Rc2 31.Qe1 Qd3+ 32.Kg1 Re2 33.Qf1 Qd4+
34.Kh1 Rf2 35.Qg1 Qb2 36.Nc4 1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1974.12.01"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Bc5 10.Nbd2 O-O 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

[Event "cr AUS tele sim"]
[Site "cr AUS tele sim"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Normand MacLaurin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.e3 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.g3 cxd4 7.exd4
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bg2 Nc6 10.O-O Bf5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Ne5 Qxd4
13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Bxc6 Rab8 15.Qxd4 Bxd4 16.Re1 Rfc8 17.Ba4 e5
18.Re2 Bd3 19.Rd2 e4 20.Kg2 Rc5 21.Bb3 Rbc8 22.Rd1 Rf5 23.Rd2
Rc6 24.g4 Rf4 25.Bc2 Rcf6 26.Bxd3 exd3 27.g5 Rxf2+ 28.Kh3
R6f3+ 29.Kh4 Rf1 {Adjudicated} 0-1

[Event "cr AUS tele sim"]
[Site "cr AUS tele sim"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Juan Kloostra"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Bg5 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.Nf3 h6
8.Bh4 Qa5 9.O-O cxd4 10.exd4 Bf5 11.Re1 Nc6 12.d5 Ne5 13.Nxe5
dxe5 14.Qd2 Qb6 15.Rad1 Rfe8 16.Bf3 Nd7 17.g4 e4 18.Be2 e3
19.fxe3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 Be4 21.Rd4 f5 22.b4 a5 23.a3 axb4 24.axb4
g5 25.Bg3 Rec8 26.gxf5 Nf6 27.c5 Bxf5 28.Bc4 Qd8 29.d6 1-0

[Event "cr AUS tele sim"]
[Site "cr AUS tele sim"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Douglas Gibson Hamilton"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 Bg7 5.f4 O-O 6.e5 Ng4 7.Qd2 f6
8.exf6 exf6 9.Bh4 Re8+ 10.Be2 c6 11.O-O-O d5 12.Bd3 Na6 13.h3
Nh6 14.g4 b5 15.Nf3 b4 16.Ne2 b3 17.axb3 Rb8 18.Nc3 Qa5 19.Na4
Nb4 20.f5 Nxd3+ 21.Qxd3 Ba6 22.Qd2 Qxd2+ 23.Rxd2 gxf5 24.Nc5
Bc8 25.g5 fxg5 26.Bxg5 Nf7 27.Bf4 Rb5 28.Rg1 Kh8 29.Rdg2 Bh6
30.Bxh6 Nxh6 31.Rg7 Ra5 32.Kd2 f4 33.Rc7 Bf5 34.Rxc6 Re3
35.Ne5 Rg3 {Adjudicated} 1-0

[Event "cr AUS tele sim"]
[Site "cr AUS tele sim"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "William Jordan"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 Be6 9.Nc4 Rc8 10.Nd5 Bxd5 11.exd5 Ne7 12.Qd3
Nexd5 13.O-O-O Be7 14.Bxf6 Nxf6 15.Nxd6+ Qxd6 16.Qxd6 Bxd6
17.Rxd6 Ke7 18.Rd2 Rhd8 19.Bd3 Rc5 20.Re1 Rd4 21.c3 Kd6 22.Kc2
Nd5 23.Kb1 Rh4 24.Be4 Ke6 25.c4 Nb4 26.a3 Nc6 27.g3 Rg4 28.h3
Rxe4 29.Rxe4 f5 30.Rh4 1-0

[Event "Belgrade-Moscow"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1974.11.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Borislav Ivkov"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bxc6
Bxc6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Qxd8 Raxd8 12.Nxe5
Bd7 13.Nxd7 Rxd7 14.Bg5 Rfd8 15.Rad1 h6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Rxd7
Rxd7 18.e5 Be7 19.Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.Nxd1 Bc5 21.Kf1 g5 22.Ne3 Bxe3
23.fxe3 Kg7 24.g4 h5 25.gxh5 Kh6 26.Kg2 Kxh5 27.Kg3 g4 28.Kf4
Kh4 29.b4 b6 30.a4 c6 31.c4 b5 32.axb5 axb5 33.c5 Kh3 34.Kg5
Kxh2 35.Kxg4 Kg2 36.Kf5 Kf3 37.e6 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Knotty Ash, Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "J M Ripley"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Rc8 11. g4 Qc7 12. Be3
Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Be3 Bc6 15. g5 Nd7 16. h5 b5 17. Bh3 b4
18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rb8 20. g6 fxg6 21. hxg6 h6 22. Kb1 a5
23. f4 Bf6 24. Rhf1 Rf8 25. Be6 Nb6 26. fxe5 Nc4 27. exf6
Nxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Rb7 29. Bxh6 gxh6 30. g7 Qc4 31. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8
32. Rg1 Rf7 33. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Knotty Ash, Liverpool"]
[Date "1974.01.18"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "P N Pierce"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2
Re8 13. b4 Bf8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa5 Rxa5 16. Rb1 Qa8 17. axb5
exd4 18. cxd4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Ng5 d5
22. Qh5 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Bd6+ 24. g3 Nf6 25. Bxh7+ Nxh7 26. Qxf7+
Kh8 27. Qh5 Kg8 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. b6 Qa6 30. Qh8+ Ke7
31. Qxg7+ Ke8 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Milan"]
[Site "Milan ITA"]
[Date "1975.08.24"]
[EventDate "1975.08.20"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.g3 a6 7.Bg2
d6 8.O-O Bd7 9.Re1 Be7 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.Qg4 h5 12.Qe2 b5 13.Bd2
Qb7 14.a3 Kf8 15.Na2 a5 16.b4 d5 17.exd5 Bxd5 18.Bxd5 Qxd5
19.bxa5 h4 20.Nb4 Qd7 21.Qf3 Rc8 22.Rad1 hxg3 23.hxg3 Nf6
24.Be3 Nd5 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rxd5 1-0

[Event "Milan"]
[Site "Milan ITA"]
[Date "1975.08.28"]
[EventDate "1975.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergio Mariotti"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

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 O-O 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

[Event "Exhibition"]
[Site "Exhibition"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "NN"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Qc7 7.Kh1
d6 8.f4 Nbd7 9.Nd2 Be7 10.N2f3 O-O 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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "V Gregory"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "35"]

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.O-O-O Bb7 12.Qg4 Qxe5
13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 15.Rhe1 h5 16.Nxe6 Be7 17.Bxb5+ axb5
18.Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be2 Nd7 7.O-O
b6 8.f4 Bb7 9.Bf3 Qc7 10.Kh1 Be7 11.e5 dxe5 12.fxe5 O-O-O
13.Bxb7+ Qxb7 14.Qe2 Nxe5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qxe5 Nf6 17.Qxe6+
Kb8 18.Bf4+ Ka8 19.Rad1 Rhe8 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 21.Qd6 Be7 22.Qd3
Rd8 23.Qe2 Bb4 24.Nd1 Re8 25.Qd3 Ka7 26.a3 Bf8 27.Nc3 Qd7
28.Qxd7+ Nxd7 29.Bg3 Nf6 30.h3 Bc5 31.Re1 Nh5 32.Bh4 Rxe1+
33.Bxe1 Bd4 34.b3 Kb7 35.Ne2 Be3 36.Bc3 g6 37.g3 Bh6 38.Kg2
Bg7 39.Kf3 Bxc3 40.Nxc3 Kc6 41.g4 Ng7 42.Kf4 Ne6+ 43.Ke3 Kd6
44.Ne4+ Ke5 45.Nf2 b5 46.Nd3+ Kd5 47.Nb4+ Ke5 48.Nxa6 Nf4
49.h4 h5 50.Nb4 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fernando Visier Segovia"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Nd7 5.Be3 c5 6.Nge2 a6 7.Nc1
Ngf6 8.Be2 O-O 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

[Event "Las Palmas 19/190"]
[Site "Las Palmas 19/190"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Amador Rodriguez Cespedes"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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 Nd5 12.Bd2 e6
13.c4 Nb4 14.Qb3 a5 15.a3 a4 16.Qd1 Na6 17.Qxa4 Bd6 18.Ne4 Bc7
19.Qc2 f5 20.Nc3 Nf6 21.Ne2 O-O 22.Bf4 Ba5+ 23.Kf1 Qe8 24.Bd6
1-0

[Event "Las Palmas 19/6"]
[Site "Las Palmas 19/6"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arturo Pomar-Salamanca"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 Nd7 5.O-O e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Nc3
Ngf6 8.Nd5 O-O 9.Nxf6+ Qxf6 10.Bg5 Qb6 11.Rb1 Qe6 12.a3 e4
13.Nd4 Qe5 14.Be3 Nf6 15.Bf4 Qh5 16.Bxc7 Bh3 17.Bf4 Ng4 18.f3
exf3 19.Nxf3 Rad8 20.Qc1 Rfe8 21.Bxh3 Qxh3 22.Rd1 Nxh2 23.Rxd8
Nxf3+ 24.exf3 Rxd8 25.c3 Bh6 26.Qf1 Qxf1+ 27.Rxf1 Bxf4 28.gxf4
Rd2 29.Rf2 Rxf2 30.Kxf2 b5 31.a4 bxa4 32.Ke3 h5 33.f5 g5 34.c4
f6 35.Kd4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Radolfo Tan Cardoso"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "175"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qe7 7.O-O
Bxd2 8.Qxd2 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Qf4 d5 12.cxd5 exd5
13.Rac1 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Qe3 Qb7 16.b3 Na6 17.Qf4 Rad8
18.Bh3 Qb5 19.Nd2 Bg6 20.Bg4 Nb4 21.Qc7 Na6 22.Qf4 Nb4 23.Qe3
d4 24.Qe7 Nxa2 25.Qxc5 Qxc5 26.Rxc5 Nc3 27.Ra1 Rfe8 28.Kf1 Re7
29.Ra6 h5 30.Bf3 f6 31.Rac6 Rdd7 32.Rc8+ Kh7 33.Rf8 Rc7
34.Rxc7 Rxc7 35.Rd8 Nb5 36.Rd5 Rc1+ 37.Kg2 Rc2 38.Ne4 a6 39.b4
Rc4 40.Rd7 Kh6 41.Rd8 Kh7 42.Nc5 Rxb4 43.Nxa6 Rc4 44.Nb8 Nc3
45.Nd7 Bf7 46.h4 Rb4 47.Nc5 g6 48.Rd6 Kg7 49.Nd7 f5 50.Ne5 Be8
51.Rd8 Bb5 52.Rd6 Be8 53.Nd3 Ra4 54.Nc5 Rb4 55.Ne6+ Kh7 56.Rd8
Bb5 57.Nxd4 Bc4 58.Rd7+ Kh8 59.Rc7 Ne4 60.Nc6 Rb6 61.Ne5 Bb3
62.Nd7 Rd6 63.Bxe4 fxe4 64.Nc5 Bc2 65.Re7 Rd4 66.Ne6 Rb4
67.Nf4 Rb6 68.Nd5 Rd6 69.Ne3 Ba4 70.Nc4 Rd7 71.Ne5 Rxe7
72.Nxg6+ Kg7 73.Nxe7 Kf6 74.Nd5+ Ke5 75.Nf4 Be8 76.Kf1 Bf7
77.Ke1 Kd4 78.Kd2 Be8 79.Ng2 Bd7 80.Ne3 Bc8 81.Nc2+ Ke5 82.Ke3
Bg4 83.Nd4 Bd7 84.Nb3 Bg4 85.Nd2 Bf5 86.Nc4+ Kd5 87.Kf4 Be6
88.Nd2 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Antonio Fernandez"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 Nge7 7.Bg2
Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qd1 Be7 10.O-O d6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Bd7
13.Qg4 Bf6 14.f4 Qa5 15.Na4 Bxb2 16.Nxb2 Qc3 17.Na4 Qe3+
18.Kh1 b5 19.Rae1 Qa7 20.Nb2 Qd4 21.Nd3 Rac8 22.Rd1 Rc7 23.Qh5
Ne7 24.c4 bxc4 25.Qa5 Qa7 26.Nb2 cxb3 27.axb3 Bb5 28.Rf2 Qxf2
29.Qxc7 Qxb2 30.Qxe7 Be2 31.Rg1 Qxb3 32.Qxd6 Rc8 33.f5 exf5
34.exf5 Bf3 35.Qf4 Bxg2+ 36.Kxg2 Rc2+ 37.Kh3 Qb2 38.Rh1 Qb7
39.Qa4 Qg2+ 40.Kh4 Re2 41.Qd1 Re4+ 42.g4 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Stefano Tatai"]
[ECO "A61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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 O-O 15.Nc4 Qe7 16.a4 Bd7 17.O-O 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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roberto Luis Debarnot"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.exd5 axb5
7.dxc6 bxc6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qe2 Nf6 10.Nb3 Bb4+ 11.c3 Bd6
12.Nbd4 Qc7 13.Nf5 Bf4 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 15.N5d4 Bd7 16.Ne5 Ra6
17.Rd1 O-O 18.g3 Qh6 19.O-O Be8 20.a3 Qh5 21.Qxh5 Nxh5 22.Nb3
f6 23.Nd7 Bxd7 24.Rxd7 Re8 25.Rc7 e5 26.Rd1 Raa8 27.Rxc6 Rad8
28.Rcd6 Rxd6 29.Rxd6 Rb8 30.Kf1 Kf7 31.Rd7+ Kg6 32.Ke2 f5
33.Rd5 Kf6 34.Nc5 Rc8 35.Nd3 e4 36.Nb4 1-0

[Event "Milan"]
[Site "Milan ITA"]
[Date "1975.08.26"]
[EventDate "1975.08.20"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.Re1 Nf6
7.d3 e6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.Nbd2 h6 10.Bh4 O-O 11.Nc4 Ng4 12.Bxe7 Qxe7
13.a4 Rfd8 14.Qd2 Nf6 15.Na5 Qc7 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.b3 b6 18.Qe2
a6 19.Nd2 e5 20.Nc4 Re8 21.Qf3 Rad8 22.h3 Re6 23.Re2 b5 24.Ne3
d5 25.exd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.axb5 axb5 28.Qe4 g6 29.Ra5
Red6 30.Re1 Kh7 31.Ra7 Rd7 32.Rea1 Rxa7 33.Rxa7 Qe6 34.Rb7 b4
35.Qc4 Kg7 36.Qb5 e4 37.dxe4 Rd1+ 38.Kh2 Qe5+ 39.g3 Qxe4 40.g4
Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans Bohm"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Michael Francis Stean"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Silvino Garcia Martinez"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 d5 7.d3 h6
8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Qxe5 Bb7 12.Qxg7 Bf6
13.Qg4 Qe7+ 14.Kd1 h5 15.Qf5 Qd6 16.Bxd5 Bxd5 17.Bf4 Qc6
18.Nd2 Bxg2 19.Re1+ Kf8 20.Ne4 Bg7 21.Kc2 b4 22.Qc5+ Qxc5
23.Nxc5 bxc3 24.bxc3 1-0

[Event "Moscow ,MCL 06"]
[Site "Moscow ,MCL 06"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Levente Lengyel"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.c3 O-O 7.O-O
Re8 8.b4 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Rxe5 11.Qc2 Bd7 12.Bb2 Re8
13.Bd3 d5 14.c4 dxe4 15.Nxe4 Nxe4 16.Bxg7 Ba4 17.Qxa4 Qxd3
18.Rad1 Qxc4 19.Rc1 Qd3 20.Ba1 a6 21.Rfd1 Qe2 22.Qc2 Qxc2
23.Rxc2 Rad8 24.Rdc1 c6 25.f3 Ng5 26.Bf6 Rd5 27.Rc5 Rxc5
28.bxc5 Ne6 29.Rc4 Nc7 30.Kf2 Nd5 31.Bg5 f6 32.Bd2 Kf7 33.Rc2
Ke6 34.Rc4 f5 35.Rc2 Ke5 36.Rc4 Re7 37.Bg5 Rd7 38.Bd2 Nc7
39.Bf4+ Kd5 40.Rc2 Nb5 41.Be3 Ke6 42.Bg5 Nc7 43.Rb2 Nb5
44.Re2+ Kf7 45.Rb2 a5 46.a4 Nc3 47.Rc2 Nxa4 48.Ke2 Rd4 49.Bd2
Ke6 50.Be3 Rb4 51.Bc1 Kd5 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iuri Chikovani"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Izvozchikov"]
[ECO "B64"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.f4 h6 10.Bh4 e5 11.Nf5 Bxf5 12.exf5 exf4
13.Kb1 d5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Nxd5 Bd4 16.Bc4 b5 17.Bxb5 Bxb2
18.Kxb2 Rb8 19.a4 a6 20.Qc3 Na7 21.Qc5 Qa5 22.Qb4 Qxb4+
23.Nxb4 axb5 24.a5 Rfc8 25.Rd6 Rc4 26.Kb3 Re8 27.Rhd1 Re3+
28.R1d3 Re1 29.c3 Rb1+ 30.Ka2 Rg1 31.Rd8+ Kh7 32.Rf8 Rxg2+
33.Kb3 Rc8 34.Rxf7 Nc6 35.Nxc6 Rxc6 36.Rd8 h5 37.Rff8 Kh6
38.h4 g5 39.Rf7 1-0

[Event "URS 20/164"]
[Site "URS 20/164"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander I Tuzovsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nc6 6.Nc3 Bg4 7.e5
Bxf3 8.Qxf3 Nxd4 9.Qxb7 dxe5 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.Bd3 Nd7 12.Na4 Qb8
13.Qa6 Qc8 14.Qa5 c5 15.O-O Rb8 16.Ba6 Qc6 17.c3 Nf5 18.Rd1
Bf6 19.c4 Nb6 20.Nxc5 Kg7 21.Qb5 Qa8 22.Be3 Nd6 23.Rxd6 exd6
24.Nb3 d5 0-1

[Event "URS 20/173"]
[Site "URS 20/173"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Algimantas Butnorius"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 Bg7 5.Bc4 O-O 6.Bb3 Nc6 7.O-O
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

[Event "URS blitz"]
[Site "URS blitz"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

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

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Doroshkievich"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be2 O-O 7.f4 e6
8.Nf3 exd5 9.cxd5 Bg4 10.O-O 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

[Event "Yerevan URS ch"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janis Klovans"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 Nf6 3.d3 e5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.c4 dxc4 7.Qa4
O-O 8.Qxc4 Be6 9.Qa4 Nd5 10.Nc3 Nb6 11.Qd1 Qd7 12.Be3 Bh3
13.Qb3 Be6 14.Qc2 f5 15.a4 Nd4 16.Bxd4 exd4 17.Nb5 c5 18.Ne5
Qc8 19.a5 Nd5 20.Rfc1 a6 21.Na3 Qc7 22.Nac4 Bf6 23.Bxd5 Bxd5
24.f4 Rad8 25.Nb6 Bxe5 26.Qxc5 Qf7 27.fxe5 Bc6 28.Qc4 f4
29.Rf1 Qxc4 30.Nxc4 fxg3 31.hxg3 Rfe8 32.Rf4 Re7 33.Raf1 h6
34.Nd6 Rdd7 35.Rf5 Kh7 36.R1f4 g6 37.Rf7+ Kg8 38.Rf8+ Kh7
39.Ne8 g5 40.R4f5 Kg6 41.g4 1-0

[Event "Yerevan URS ch"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Be6 10.f4 exf4 11.Bxf4 Nc6 12.Kh1 Rc8
13.Nd4 Ne5 14.Bg3 g6 15.Qd2 Qb6 16.Rab1 Qb4 17.Bf4 Nc4 18.Bxc4
Rxc4 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.Bh6 Rf7 21.Qf4 Rc8 22.Qh4 Qc4 23.Qh3 Nxe4
24.Rxf7 Kxf7 25.Qf3+ Nf6 26.Bg5 Rc5 27.h4 Rf5 28.Qxb7 d5
29.Qa7 h6 30.Bxf6 Kxf6 31.g3 Bc5 32.Qc7 Rf1+ 33.Kg2 Rxb1
34.Nxb1 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan URS ch"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Izrailovich Dvoretsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nc3 cxd4 6.Qxd4 e5
7.Qd3 h6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Nd2 O-O 10.f3 Qc7 11.O-O-O a6 12.Bc4 b5
13.Bb3 Nc5 14.Bxc5 dxc5 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 c4 17.Qe2 Rb8
18.c3 Bb7 19.Kb1 Rfd8 20.Nf1 Bxd5 21.Rxd5 Rxd5 22.exd5 Rd8
23.Ne3 Bg5 24.Rd1 Qc5 25.Ng4 Rxd5 26.Rxd5 Qxd5 27.g3 f6 28.Kc2
h5 29.Nf2 Kf8 30.Ne4 Bh6 31.g4 h4 32.h3 Ke7 33.b3 g6 34.bxc4
bxc4 35.Qd1 Qxd1+ 36.Kxd1 a5 37.Ke2 Ke6 38.a4 Bf8 39.g5 f5
40.Nd2 Kd5 41.f4 exf4 0-1

[Event "Yerevan URS ch"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semyon Abramovich Furman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.e3
Be7 8.Be2 Qa5 9.Bf4 Ne4 10.Qc2 Nxc3 11.bxc3 e5 12.Nb3 Qc7
13.Bg3 d6 14.O-O O-O 15.Rab1 Be6 16.Rb2 Rac8 17.Rfb1 Kh8 18.f3
b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Nd2 Na7 21.a4 Qa5 22.axb5 Rxc3 23.Qd1 Qb6
24.Nf1 Ra3 25.Ra1 Rxa1 26.Qxa1 Rb8 27.Be1 Bd8 28.Kh1 f5 29.Bd3
e4 30.fxe4 fxe4 31.Rf2 Bh4 32.g3 exd3 33.gxh4 Nxb5 34.Qa4 Qc6+
35.Kg1 Qc4 36.Qxc4 Bxc4 37.Nd2 d5 38.Rf4 Nc3 39.Kf2 Rc8 40.Kf3
Ne2 41.Rf7 Kg8 42.Rf5 Re8 43.Rg5 Bb5 44.Bg3 Nc3 45.Re5 Rxe5
46.Bxe5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Site "Stockholm (Sweden)"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 a6 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.Rd1 Bb7 13.Bf3
Qc7 14.e5 dxe5 15.fxe5 Nd7 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Ne4 Rad8 18.Rd3 Qc6
19.Rg3 Qxc2 20.Qe3 Qc4 21.b3 Qd5 22.Nf6+ Bxf6 23.exf6 g6
24.Rg4 Kh8 25.Bb6 Rc8 26.Qh6 Rg8 27.Rd4 Nxb6 28.Rxd5 Nxd5
29.Rf3 Rc3 30.Rxc3 Nxc3 31.Qe3 b4 32.Qa7 Rf8 33.Qc5 Rb8 34.Qd6
1-0

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.28"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nc6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Bf1
Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 g6 10.Rd1 d5 11.exd5 Qxd5 12.Qxd5 Nxd5
13.d4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bg7 15.Nc3 Rd8 16.Be3 Nxe3 17.fxe3 e6
18.Ne4 Ke7 19.Nc5 Bh6 20.Kf2 Nb4 21.Nxb7 Rb8 22.Na5 Rhc8
23.Nc4 f5 24.Kf3 a5 25.b3 Nd5 26.Rdc1 Ra8 27.Rab1 Rc7 28.Nb6
Rxc1 29.Nxd5+ exd5 30.Rxc1 Ra7 31.Bb5 Kd8 32.Rc5 Re7 33.Rxd5+
Kc7 34.Re5 Kd6 35.Rxe7 Kxe7 36.g4 Bg7 37.Kf4 Bh6+ 38.g5 Bg7
39.Bc4 h6 40.h4 Ke8 41.Be6 Bf8 42.Bxf5 Bd6+ 43.Ke4 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1976.07.31"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andre Lombard"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O 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 c1=Q
56.Rxc1 Kxc1 57.Kf4 Bf6 0-1

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.11.27"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 e6 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4
7. exd4 d5 8. Bd3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 Rc8 11. Nbd2 O-O
12. Rc1 Re8 13. a3 dxc4 14. bxc4 Qd6 15. Nb3 Red8 16. Rc2 Bf8
17. Rce2 g6 18. Ng5 Bg7 19. h3 Rc7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Qf8
22. d5 Nb8 23. Bc3 Na6 24. Nd4 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Rxc3 26. Bxa6
Bxd5 27. Re7 Bf7 28. R7e4 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1976.07.30"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1976.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gennady Sosonko"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3
Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Nc6
12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Bd3 Qf6 15. Be4 O-O 16. O-O Rd8
17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 e5 19. Nxe5 Rxd4 20. Rbd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Bb7 22. Qa5 h6 23. h3 Re8 24. Ng4 Qb2 25. Qxa7 Bc8 26. Ne3 Be6
27. a4 Qb3 28. Qa6 Bxc4 29. Qxc6 Rxe3 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. fxe3
Qxe3+ 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. g3 Bd3 34. Qd5 Qe2+ 35. Qg2 Qe3 36. Rd7
f6 37. a5 h5 38. h4 Kh6 39. Rd6 Be2 40. a6 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1976.07.29"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Nd4
Rac8 13.Kb1 Kh8 14.f4 h6 15.h4 hxg5 16.hxg5 Nxe4 17.Qd3 Bxg5
18.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Rxe4 Bh6 20.g4 f5 21.Rxe6 Bxf4 22.Nxf5 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1976.08.04"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[Round "18"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Oscar Humberto Castro Rojas"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Bb5 a6 5.Ba4 b5 6.Bb3 Nf6 7.c3 d5
8.e5 Ne4 9.a4 e6 10.Bc2 Na5 11.axb5 axb5 12.Qe2 c6 13.O-O Bf5
14.b4 Nc4 15.Rxa8 Qxa8 16.Nh4 Qa1 17.Nxf5 exf5 18.Qd3 Qa7
19.f3 Nxe5 20.Qe2 Bd6 21.fxe4 fxe4 22.Nd2 O-O 23.Nxe4 dxe4
24.Qxe4 Ng6 25.Qxc6 Qb8 26.h3 Ne7 27.Qe4 g6 28.Qf3 1-0

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1976.07.21"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.g3 Nc6 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
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

[Event "Biel Interzonal"]
[Site "Biel SUI"]
[Date "1976.07.22"]
[EventDate "1976.07.11"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Joaquin Carlos Diaz Diaz"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.Nf3 bxc4 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 Nbd7 7.Bxc4
g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Re1 O-O 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

[Event "Tallin"]
[Site "Tallin"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Rytov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.e5 Ne8 7.Nf3 d6
8.exd6 Nxd6 9.Be2 Bg4 10.Nd2 Bf5 11.O-O 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 exf1=Q+
30.Nxf1 Kxg7 31.Qd2 Qh4 32.Qc3+ Qf6 33.Qxf6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Tallin"]
[Site "Tallin"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hillar Karner"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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.O-O-O Be7 10.g4 O-O 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

[Event "USSR Championship"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.e4 Nxc3
7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 e6 9.Bc4 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 Qa5 11.d5 Bxd2+
12.Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Na5 14.Bd3 Ke7 15.Rac1 Bd7 16.Ne5 Rhc8
17.d6 Kxd6 18.Nxf7+ Ke7 19.Ne5 Be8 20.f4 b5 21.Nf3 a6 22.g4
Nc6 23.Ke3 Nb4 24.Bb1 a5 25.Nd4 Rab8 26.f5 exf5 27.Nxf5+ Kf6
28.g5+ Ke5 29.Rhd1 g6 30.Rxc8 Rxc8 31.Nd6 Rc3+ 32.Kd2 Rh3
33.Nxe8 Rxh2+ 34.Ke3 h6 35.gxh6 Rxh6 36.Nd6 Rh3+ 37.Kf2 Nxa2
38.Bxa2 Rh2+ 39.Kf3 Rxa2 40.Nxb5 a4 41.Rd5+ Kf6 42.Nd4 Ra1 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1976.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hans Bohm"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 d4 4.Nce2 Ng4 5.f4 Nc6 6.Nf3 f6 7.h3
Nh6 8.c3 fxe5 9.fxe5 d3 10.Ned4 Qd5 11.Bxd3 Nxe5 12.Be2 Bd7
13.O-O Ng6 14.Qb3 Qxb3 15.axb3 e5 16.Nb5 Bc5+ 17.d4 Bb6 18.Kh2
exd4 19.Nfxd4 Nf7 20.Bc4 O-O 21.Ne6 Bxe6 22.Bxe6 Rae8 23.Bd5
a6 24.Nd4 Bxd4 25.cxd4 c6 26.Bc4 b5 27.Bd3 Ra8 28.Bf5 Rfd8
29.Be6 Nh8 30.Bf4 Rxd4 31.Rac1 g5 32.Bc7 Kg7 33.Rxc6 Re8
34.Rxa6 Re7 35.Ba5 b4 36.Bc4 Rb7 37.Rb6 Rxb6 38.Bxb6 Rd7
39.Bc5 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1976.01.22"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kick Langeweg"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.e4 Bg7 3.d4 d6 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nbd2
Re8 8.Nc4 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nfxe5 dxe5 11.Qc2 Qe7 12.b4 Nh5
13.Re1 Be6 14.a4 Rad8 15.Na5 Bc8 16.Be3 Qf6 17.Bb5 c6 18.Bf1
b6 19.Nb3 Qe7 20.a5 Qc7 21.axb6 axb6 22.Nd2 Be6 23.Ra6 Rb8
24.Nc4 Bxc4 25.Bxc4 Red8 26.Rea1 Nf6 27.f3 Rd7 28.Qf2 c5
29.bxc5 bxc5 30.h3 h5 31.Qh4 Rb6 32.R6a2 Kh7 33.Bg5 Rbd6
34.Kh2 Qb6 35.Qe1 Qd8 36.Be3 Rd1 37.Rxd1 Rxd1 38.Qf2 Qc7
39.Qc2 Rd7 40.Qf2 Bf8 41.Ra6 Rd6 42.Ra8 Bh6 43.Bxh6 Kxh6
44.Qa2 Qe7 45.Bxf7 h4 46.Bc4 Nh7 47.Qf2 Qg5 48.Qxc5 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Gulko"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Bc4
Nb6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Nc3 e6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Ne4 dxe5 12.Nd6+ Kf8
13.Bxe7+ Qxe7 14.dxe5 a6 15.Be2 Nd5 16.Qc2 Rd8 17.O-O Nxe5
18.Nxb7 Nxf3+ 19.Bxf3 Rc8 20.Qd2 Bb5 21.Bxd5 exd5 22.Na5 Bxf1
23.Rxf1 Qe4 24.Nb7 Rc2 25.Qa5 g6 26.Nc5 Qd4 27.b4 Kg7 28.Qc7
Re2 29.a3 Rhe8 30.g3 Re1 31.Kg2 Rxf1 32.Kxf1 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 Re1
34.h4 Qe2 35.Qd6 Qf1+ 36.Kf3 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 60th Anniversary"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.07.17"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Sergio Mariotti"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6
7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 9.O-O-O Be7 10.Rhe1 O-O 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Nd4
Rfd8 13.f4 Rac8 14.g4 b5 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.Qd3 b4 17.Nb5 Qc5
18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.g5 Be7 20.Nd4 a5 21.h4 Bf8 22.Kb1 a4 23.Qb5 d5
24.Qxc5 Bxc5 25.e5 Bb6 26.Rd3 Rd7 27.Red1 g6 28.h5 Kf8 29.hxg6
hxg6 30.b3 Rdc7 31.Rh1 Ke7 32.Rh7 a3 33.Rh2 Rc3 34.Rd1 Re3
35.Ne2 Rf3 36.c3 bxc3 37.Kc2 Be3 38.Rd3 Bxf4 39.Nxf4 Rxf4
40.Rxc3 Rxc3+ 41.Kxc3 Re4 42.Rg2 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Sochi 24/28"]
[Site "Sochi 24/28"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihai Suba"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 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.O-O-O 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

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[ECO "E19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.d4 e6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Qc2
Nxc3 8.Qxc3 O-O 9.O-O Bf6 10.Qc2 d5 11.cxd5 exd5 12.Bf4 Na6
13.Rfd1 Qe7 14.h4 c5 15.dxc5 Rac8 16.Nd4 Nb4 17.Qd2 Bxd4
18.Qxd4 bxc5 19.Qe5 Qxe5 20.Bxe5 Rfe8 21.Bc3 Rxe2 22.a3 Nc2
23.Rac1 Nd4 24.Bxd4 cxd4 25.Bxd5 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Ba6 27.Rc7 h5
28.Rxa7 Bb5 29.Rxf7 Kh7 30.Rb7 Re1+ 31.Kg2 Bf1+ 32.Kf3 d3
33.Be4+ Kg8 34.Bg6 Be2+ 35.Ke3 Bf1 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roberto Luis Debarnot"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.Qe2 Nf6 6.Bg2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.e5 Ne8 9.c4 Nc7 10.Bf4 b5 11.b3 Rb8 12.h4 Nd4 13.Nxd4
cxd4 14.Rd1 Bb7 15.Nd2 dxc4 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.dxc4 bxc4 18.Qe4
Qc8 19.bxc4 Na6 20.Nf3 Rd8 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Bxg5 Rdd7 23.Rxd4
Nc5 24.Qg4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 Rd7 26.Qg4 Kh8 27.Rb1 Rb7 28.Rb5 Rxb5
29.cxb5 Nd7 30.Qd4 h6 31.Be3 Nb6 32.a4 Qb7 33.Qd8+ Kh7 34.Bxb6
axb6 35.a5 bxa5 36.Qxa5 Qd5 37.Qb4 Qd1+ 38.Kh2 Qe2 39.Kg2 Qxe5
40.b6 Qd5+ 41.f3 Qa2+ 42.Kg1 e5 43.b7 Qa7+ 44.Kf1 Qa6+ 45.Ke1
Qa1+ 46.Kd2 Qa2+ 47.Kc3 Qa1+ 48.Kc4 Qa2+ 49.Kb5 Qd5+ 50.Kb6
Qd8+ 51.Kc6 Qe8+ 52.Kc7 Qe7+ 53.Qxe7 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Stefano Tatai"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bxc6
Bxc6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nc3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nd7 11.b3 O-O 12.Bb2 Bf6
13.Qd2 Re8 14.Re2 Nf8 15.f4 Ne6 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Rae1 Nf8
18.Na4 Bxb2 19.Nxb2 Nd7 20.Nc4 Qb8 21.Kh1 Qa7 22.e5 d5 23.Na5
Qb6 24.b4 c5 25.Qxd5 cxb4 26.e6 fxe6 27.Rxe6 Kf8 28.Qxd7 Rxe6
29.Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas 23/203"]
[Site "Las Palmas 23/203"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Bf5
7.Bf4 Qb6 8.Bb3 a5 9.a4 Nd7 10.Nf3 Qa6 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Qg4 e6
13.Bc7 f5 14.Qf4 Bg7 15.h3 O-O 16.O-O-O Rac8 17.g4 c5 18.gxf5
c4 19.Ba2 exf5 20.c3 Rfe8 21.Rhe1 Qc6 22.d5 Qxa4 23.Qxc4 Qxc4
24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Bxc4 Re4 26.Nxg6 Rxc4 27.Ne7+ Kh8 28.Bxa5
Bh6+ 29.Kb1 Rf4 30.Nc8 Rxf2 31.Nb6 Ne5 32.c4 Be3 33.d6 Nc6
34.d7 Bg5 35.Bc3+ Kg8 36.Rg1 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60th Anniversary"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.07.07"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Nf3 b5 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.f5 Qb6
13.Kb1 O-O-O 14.g3 Kb8 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bh3 Bc8 17.Qh6 Qc5
18.Rhf1 a5 19.Ne2 d5 20.exd5 Nb4 21.Ned4 Qxd5 22.b3 e5 23.Ne6
Qc6 0-1

[Event "October Revolution 60th Anniversary"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.07.02"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Kochyev"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 b5 10.f4 Nc4 11.Bxc4 Qxc4 12.Qd3 Bb7 13.a4
Qxd3 14.cxd3 b4 15.Nce2 Bc5 16.Kf2 d6 17.Nb3 Bxe3+ 18.Kxe3 a5
19.Ned4 Kd7 20.Rfc1 Rhc8 21.Nd2 Ra6 22.Rxc8 Kxc8 23.N4b3 d5
24.Nc5 Ra7 25.Rc1 dxe4 26.dxe4 Kb8 27.Nxb7 Kxb7 28.Rc5 Nd7
29.Rb5+ Kc8 30.Nc4 Rc7 31.Kd4 f6 32.Rxa5 e5 33.fxe5 fxe5
34.Nxe5 Rc2 35.Nxd7 Kxd7 36.Ra7+ Ke6 37.Rxg7 Rxb2 38.g4 h5
39.gxh5 b3 40.h6 1-0

[Event "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2
a6 8.O-O Qc7 9.a4 Nc6 10.Be3 O-O 11.h3 Bd7 12.Qe2 Rab8 13.Rfd1
Rfc8 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Qxa6 Rxb2 16.Rdb1 Rcb8 17.Rxb2 Rxb2 18.a5
c5 19.Qd3 Qa7 20.a6 Ne8 21.Ra5 Bc6 22.Qc4 Qb6 23.Ra3 Qb4
24.Qxb4 cxb4 25.Ra4 Bxa4 0-1

[Event "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nf3 Bb4 7.cxd5
exd5 8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Qe2+ Ne4 10.O-O Bxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 12.Bd3 Bf5
13.Bxe4 Bxe4 14.Ne5 f6 15.Ng4 Nc6 16.Ne3 Qa5 17.Bb2 Rae8
18.Rfe1 Re6 19.c4 Rfe8 20.Rec1 dxc4 21.Rxc4 Qa6 22.Qf1 Qb5
23.Bc3 Rd6 24.a4 Qa6 25.Qd1 Bg6 26.Rc5 Red8 27.d5 b6 28.Rb5
Qb7 29.Qb3 Nb8 30.Bb4 R6d7 31.d6 Bf7 32.Qb2 Nc6 33.Ba3 Re8
34.Rc1 Ne5 35.Qd4 Rc8 36.Rbb1 Re8 37.Nf5 Bg6 38.Ne3 Bxb1
39.Rxb1 Rc8 40.f4 Nf7 41.Rd1 Re8 42.Nd5 Re6 43.Qc4 Kh8 44.Ne7
Rexe7 45.dxe7 Rxd1+ 46.Kf2 Qd7 47.Qxf7 Qd4+ 48.Kg3 Rd3+ 49.Kg4
Qd7+ 0-1

[Event "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bb5+ N8c6
7.O-O 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

[Event "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.d4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nbd7 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 a5 10.Rb1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Bf4 Nc5
13.f3 d5 14.exd5 Rxe1 15.Qxe1 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Bxd4+ 17.Be3 Bxe3+
18.Qxe3 Qf8 19.a3 Bf5 20.Re1 a4 21.Bc4 Rd8 22.h4 h5 23.Qe5 Nd7
24.Qe3 Nc5 25.Kh1 b5 26.Ba2 Nd3 27.Re2 b4 28.axb4 Nxb4 29.dxc6
Nxa2 30.Nxa2 Qd6 31.Qe7 Qd4 32.Nc3 Rc8 33.Nb5 Qd5 34.Re5 Qxc6
35.Na7 Qc1+ 36.Re1 Qd2 37.Nxc8 Bxc8 38.Qe3 Qb4 39.Qe8+ Kg7
40.Re4 Qb7 41.Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60th Anniversary"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.07.14"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Milorad Knezevic"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.O-O O-O 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

[Event "October Revolution 60th Anniversary"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.07.16"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ivan Radulov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O 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

[Event "October Revolution 60th Anniversary"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.07.19"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4
Nc6 14.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nbd2 Nb4 17.Bb1 Bd7 18.a3 Nc6
19.Bd3 Na5 20.Rc1 Qb8 21.Qe2 Re8 22.Rc2 Bd8 23.dxe5 dxe5
24.Bc5 Nh5 25.g3 Ra6 26.Nh2 Rh6 27.Ng4 Rg6 28.Kh2 Bg5 29.Qf3
Qd8 30.Rd1 Nf4 31.Nxe5 Rxe5 32.gxf4 Nc6 33.Be3 Bh6 34.Rxc6
Bxc6 35.fxe5 Qxd3 36.Nf1 Bf4+ 37.Bxf4 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 60th Anniversary"]
[Site "Leningrad URS"]
[Date "1977.06.27"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Guillermo Garcia Gonzales"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.Qe2 c6 6.Bb3 O-O 7.O-O
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

[Event "Moscow ETC"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Augustin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 d6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Nd4 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 c6 12.b5 Bg4 13.Nxd4
exd4 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Re8 16.Rb2 d5 17.cxd5 cxd5 18.Bg2 Ra1
19.h3 Be6 20.Qb3 Qd7 21.Kh2 Rea8 22.Bf4 R1a3 23.Qc2 Rc3 24.Qd2
b6 25.Bh6 Be5 26.Bf4 Bh8 27.Ra2 Rac8 28.Rb1 Bf6 29.Bg5 Qe7
30.Bxf6 Qxf6 31.Qf4 Qxf4 32.gxf4 Rc2 33.Rbb2 Rxb2 34.Rxb2 Rc5
35.Kg3 Kf8 36.Rb4 Ke7 37.Rxd4 Rxb5 38.f5 gxf5 39.Ra4 Kd6 40.d4
Rb2 41.Bf1 Rb1 42.Bg2 b5 43.Ra6+ Kc7 44.Kf4 Rb4 45.Ke5 Ra4
46.Rd6 b4 47.Bxd5 Ra5 48.Rc6+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Moscow ETC"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dragoljub Velimirovic"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.e4 O-O 7.Bf4 Nh5
8.Bg5 h6 9.Bd2 e5 10.dxe6 Bxe6 11.Be2 Nc6 12.O-O Re8 13.Be3
Qb6 14.Qd2 Nd4 15.Bxd4 cxd4 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Nf6 18.Rad1
Ne4 19.Qc2 a5 20.Ne1 a4 21.Nd3 Qc7 22.Rc1 a3 23.b3 Nc3 24.Rfe1
h5 25.Bf3 b5 26.cxb5 Qa5 27.g3 Qxb5 28.Kg2 h4 29.Nf4 Re5
30.gxh4 Rae8 31.Nd3 Nxa2 32.Qxa2 Qxd3 33.Red1 Qa6 34.Rxd4 Re1
35.Rdc4 Bb2 36.Rxe1 Rxe1 37.b4 Be5 38.h5 Ra1 39.Qc2 a2 40.hxg6
Rg1+ 41.Kxg1 a1=Q+ 42.Kg2 Bf6 1-0

[Event "Moscow ETC"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Istvan Csom"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.f3 Qc7 11.g4 b5 12.Rg1 Ne5 13.a3
Rb8 14.h4 g6 15.g5 hxg5 16.hxg5 Nh5 17.f4 Nc4 18.Bxc4 bxc4
19.Qf2 Bg7 20.f5 Be5 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.Rdf1 Bc8 23.Nde2 Bg7
24.Bd4 Rf8 25.Qe3 Be5 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rd1 Bd7 28.Rf1+ Kg8
29.Qf2 Bc6 30.Bxe5 dxe5 31.Qc5 Qb7 32.Qxe5 Qxb2+ 33.Kd2 Rd8+
34.Nd4 Qxa3 35.Qxe6+ Kh8 36.Qe5+ Kg8 37.Rb1 Bb5 38.Nd5 Qh3
39.Re1 Re8 40.Qd6 Qg2+ 41.Kc3 Qxg5 42.e5 Qg3+ 43.Re3 Qg1
44.Kb2 Qg4 45.Nc7 Rc8 46.Ndxb5 axb5 47.e6 Qg1 48.Rf3 Qg4
49.Qd5 c3 50.Rxc3 Qb4+ 51.Rb3 Qe7 52.Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Quick Quad"]
[Site "Quick Quad"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ken Panzel"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.c4 g6 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.e3 c6
8.O-O Qc7 9.d3 e5 10.d4 e4 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nh3 Be6 13.b3 Qa5
14.Bb2 Ng4 15.Qc1 c5 16.d5 Bd7 17.Nf2 Nf6 18.Kh1 b5 19.Rd1 Na6
20.Bf1 Nc7 21.Qc2 Rab8 22.Be2 Rfe8 23.Kg2 bxc4 24.Bxc4 Na8
25.Nb1 Qc7 26.Nd2 Nb6 27.Rab1 a5 28.Ba1 a4 29.Bxf6 Bxf6 30.h3
Ra8 31.Rbc1 Kh7 32.Rh1 Qb7 33.bxa4 Bxa4 34.Bb3 Nxd5 35.Rhe1
Qc6 36.Qc4 Bxb3 37.axb3 Ra2 38.Nf1 Rb8 39.Red1 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Joaquim Manuel Durao"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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 Rb8 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.Rf1
Bg7 20.Nh2 Bc8 21.axb5 axb5 22.Kh1 Rf8 23.f3 Qc7 24.f4 exf4
25.Qxf4 Ne8 26.Qd2 b4 27.cxb4 Na6 28.Ng4 Bxg4 29.Rxa6 Bd7
30.Ba4 c3 31.bxc3 Bxc3 32.Qd3 Be5 33.Bxd7 Qxd7 34.Rb1 Nc7
35.Rc6 Nb5 36.Rbc1 Qa7 37.Ne2 Qa4 38.Bd2 Qa7 39.Ng1 Nd4 40.Be3
Rxb4 41.R6c4 Rfb8 42.Rxb4 Rxb4 43.Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Liuben D Spassov"]
[ECO "B68"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O Bd7 9.f4 Be7 10.Be2 O-O 11.Nf3 Ne8 12.Bxe7 Nxe7
13.e5 d5 14.Bd3 Qc7 15.g4 f6 16.Rhe1 fxe5 17.Nxe5 Rd8 18.Qf2
Bc8 19.Qh4 g6 20.Qg3 Nc6 21.f5 d4 22.Nxc6 Qxc6 23.Ne2 exf5
24.gxf5 Qd6 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Qxg6 27.Bxg6 Rf2 28.Nxd4 Nf6
29.Re2 Rf4 30.Ne6 Rxd1+ 31.Kxd1 Rb4 32.Kc1 Nd5 33.Bf5 Nf4
34.Nxf4 Bxf5 35.Nd5 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Igor Arkadievich Zaitsev"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Bc4 Nc6 7.Qe4
f5 8.Qe2 Nde7 9.Nc3 a6 10.h4 b5 11.Bb3 Qc7 12.Bd2 Bb7 13.O-O-O
Na5 14.Kb1 Nxb3 15.cxb3 b4 16.Na4 Be4+ 17.Ka1 Nc6 18.Bg5 h6
19.Bf4 g6 20.Qe3 Rb8 21.Nd2 Bxg2 22.Qg3 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nikolay Zhuravlev"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nxc3
7.Qxc3 Nc6 8.e4 Qa5 9.Qxa5 Nxa5 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Bxd7+ Kxd7
12.O-O Nc6 13.Bf4 e6 14.Rac1 Rd8 15.Rfd1+ Ke8 16.Rxd8+ Kxd8
17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.Bxe5 h5 19.Bb8 a6 20.e5 Be7 21.Rc7 Re8 22.Kf1
b6 23.Ke2 Bc5 24.Rxf7 Re7 25.Rxe7 Kxe7 26.f4 Kd7 27.Kd3 b5
28.Ke4 g6 29.h3 Ke8 30.g4 hxg4 31.hxg4 Bb6 32.Bd6 Bf2 33.Bb4
Bb6 34.Bc3 Bf2 35.f5 gxf5 36.gxf5 Kf7 37.f6 Bb6 38.Bd4 Ba5
39.Bc5 Be1 40.Kd3 Bg3 41.Bd4 Be1 42.Kc2 Bb4 43.Kb3 Bf8 44.Be3
Ke8 45.Kc3 a5 46.Kb3 a4 47.Kc3 Kf7 48.Kd4 Ke8 49.Bd2 Kf7 50.a3
1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Axel Otto Ornstein"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O Ng6 6.d4 cxd4
7.Nxd4 Be7 8.Be3 O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hillar Karner"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.e5
dxe5 8.dxe5 Qxd1+ 9.Rxd1 Nd7 10.Be2 f6 11.exf6 exf6 12.h3 Bf5
13.Nb5 O-O-O 14.Nfd4 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 Be4 16.Ne6 Bxg2 17.Rh2 Rde8
18.Nxg7 Rxe3 19.Rxg2 Re7 20.Nf5 gxf5 21.Rd5 Nb6 22.Rxf5 Rd8
23.Rf2 Nd5 24.c4 Ne3 25.Rxf6 Nxc4 26.Kf1 Ne3+ 27.Kg1 Rg7+
28.Kh2 c6 29.Re6 Nd5 30.f5 Rf8 31.Bc4 Rgf7 32.Re5 Rd7 33.Kg3
Kc7 34.Rd2 Rfd8 35.Kf3 Kd6 36.Ke4 Kc5 37.Bb3 b5 38.f6 a5 39.a3
a4 40.Ba2 Rd6 41.f7 Rf8 42.Bxd5 Kb6 43.Re6 cxd5 44.Ke5 Rc6
45.Rc2 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Wolfgang Uhlmann"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 Nc6 5.Bb5 dxe4 6.Nxe4 Bd7
7.O-O Nxd4 8.Bg5 f6 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Bh4 Be7 11.c3 Bxb5 12.Qh5+
Kf8 13.Qxb5 Qd5 14.Qd3 dxc3 15.Qxd5 exd5 16.Nxc3 Rd8 17.Rfd1
d4 18.Nb5 Bc5 19.Rac1 Bb6 20.Bg3 Ne7 21.Bc7 Rd5 22.Bxb6 axb6
23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Nxd4 Kf7 25.Kf1 Rd8 26.Rc4 Rd5 27.Rb4 g5 28.g3
Ke8 29.Nc2 Rc5 30.Ne3 b5 31.a4 bxa4 32.Rxb7 h5 33.Rb4 Ra5
34.Nc4 Ra7 35.Ke2 Kf7 36.Kd3 Kg6 37.Rb6 Rd7+ 38.Rd6 Rb7 39.Ra6
Rb3+ 40.Ke4 Rb4 41.Kd4 Nf5+ 42.Kc5 Rb3 43.Rb6 h4 44.Rxb3 axb3
45.g4 Nh6 46.f3 f5 47.Ne5+ Kf6 48.Kd5 Ke7 49.h3 fxg4 50.fxg4
Ng8 51.Nc6+ Kf6 52.Ke4 Kg6 53.Ne5+ Kf6 54.Nd7+ Kg6 55.Nc5 Kf6
56.Nxb3 Ne7 57.Nc5 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valter Heuer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Be2 Nf6 6.Nc3 Qc7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Be3 d6 9.f4 Be7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.Bf3
Bb7 14.Rae1 Rad8 15.Kh1 b4 16.e5 Ne8 17.Bxb7 dxe5 18.Bxa6 exd4
19.Ne4 Qxc2 20.Re2 Qc7 21.Bd3 Nd6 22.Nxd6 Bxd6 23.Qf3 Rfe8
24.Qe4 g6 25.Rc2 Qa7 26.b3 Rc8 27.Rfc1 Rc3 28.g3 Rec8 29.Qe2
R8c5 30.Rxc3 dxc3 31.Bc4 Ra5 32.Rc2 Bc5 33.h4 Be3 34.a4 bxa3
35.b4 Ra4 36.Rxc3 a2 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Wolfgang Unzicker"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O Be6 9.f4 Qc7 10.a4 Nbd7 11.Be3 O-O 12.Kh1 exf4
13.Rxf4 Ne5 14.a5 Rac8 15.Nd4 Rfe8 16.Rf1 Nc4 17.Nxe6 fxe6
18.Bxc4 Qxc4 19.Bd4 Rf8 20.Ra4 Qc6 21.Qd3 Ng4 22.Raa1 Ne5
23.Qh3 Rxf1+ 24.Rxf1 Qc4 25.Rd1 Rf8 26.Bg1 Rf6 27.Rd4 Qc5
28.Ra4 Rf1 29.Qxe6+ Kh8 30.Ne2 Qf2 31.Qxe7 h6 32.Qxd6 Qxe2
33.Qc5 Ng4 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Pertti Poutiainen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nb4 6.Bb5+ N8c6
7.a3 Nd3+ 8.Ke2 Nf4+ 9.Kf1 Ne6 10.b4 g6 11.bxc5 Bg7 12.e5 Nd4
13.Nxd4 Qxd4 14.Bb2 O-O 15.Na4 Qh4 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Kg1 Rd8
18.Bc3 Rd5 19.Rb1 Bxe5 20.Rb4 Qf6 21.Bxe5 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Harry Pohla"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nc3 e5 7.e4
fxe4 8.dxe4 O-O 9.Be3 Nc6 10.Qd2 Kh8 11.h3 Be6 12.Rad1 Qd7
13.Ng5 Bc4 14.Rfe1 h6 15.Nf3 g5 16.h4 g4 17.Nh2 Ng8 18.Nd5 Nd4
19.Bxd4 exd4 20.Nf4 Bf7 21.Qa5 c5 22.Nxg4 b6 23.Qa3 Be5
24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Nd3 Rae8 26.c3 Bh5 27.Rd2 Qg7 28.cxd4 cxd4
29.Rc2 Bf3 30.Bh3 Nf6 31.Bf5 Nh5 32.Kh2 Rxf5 33.exf5 e4 34.Qd6
Nf6 35.Rc7 exd3 36.Rxg7 Kxg7 37.Rxe8 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Josef Pribyl"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dragoljub Velimirovic"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 a6 5.d4 b5 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.cxb5
axb5 8.Nxb5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 cxd4 10.Qxd4 Nc6 11.Qd1 Ne4 12.O-O Nxc3
13.bxc3 Be7 14.Rb1 Ba6 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.Nxc6 dxc6 17.Qc2 O-O
18.Be3 Bc5 19.Bxc5 Qxc5 20.Bf3 Bc4 21.a4 Bd5 22.Rfd1 f5 23.Rb7
Rf7 24.Rdb1 Bxf3 25.exf3 Rd8 26.Qe2 Rxb7 27.Rxb7 Qd6 28.Qe3 h6
29.a5 Ra8 30.Qb6 Qd3 31.Rb8+ Rxb8 32.Qxb8+ Kh7 33.Kg2 Qd5
34.a6 e5 35.a7 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O Be7 7.e3 O-O
8.Bb2 b6 9.Na3 Ba6 10.d3 Re8 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.Rfd1 Rad8 13.Nb5
Bb7 14.Rab1 a6 15.Nc3 Qc7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Rbc1 Bf8 18.d4 Ne4
19.dxc5 Nxc3 20.Bxc3 bxc5 21.Qb2 Qb6 22.Ng5 h6 23.Nh3 d4
24.exd4 cxd4 25.Bd2 Ne5 26.Ba5 Qxa5 27.Bxb7 Ba3 28.Qb1 Bxc1
29.Rxc1 d3 30.Nf4 d2 31.Rd1 Qc3 32.Kg2 a5 33.h4 Nd3 34.Nxd3
Rxd3 35.Ba6 Rd6 36.Bb7 Re1 37.Bf3 Qc1 38.Qf5 Rxd1 39.Bxd1 Rf6
40.Qg4 Re6 41.Bf3 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "Yurmala URS"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard Gufeld"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nb3 O-O 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.d8=Q Rxd8 52.Rxd8 1-0

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Spain"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Angel Martin Gonzalez"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "40"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7
7.Be3 b5 8.f4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bb7 10.O-O-O Nc6 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Bf3
Na5 13.Qf2 Nc4 14.Bd4 O-O 15.Qg3 f6 16.Qe1 Qc7 17.Kb1 Qxf4
18.Rf1 Qc7 19.g4 Rac8 20.Rc1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Las Palmas"]
[Site "Las Palmas, Spain"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gabriel Cabrera"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 a5 10.Rb1 Re8 11.d5 Nc5 12.b3 Rf8 13.a3 cxd5
14.cxd5 Bd7 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Na4 17.Qb3 Qc7 18.Bd2 Nxc3
19.Bxc3 Qb6 20.Qb2 Rfc8 21.Rbc1 Bb5 22.Nd2 Bh6 23.Rc2 Rc7
24.Nb1 Bxf1 25.Kxf1 Qb5+ 26.Kg1 Qd3 27.f3 Rac8 28.Kf2 b5
29.Ree2 Nd7 30.Qa3 Nb6 31.Ba1 Qxc2 32.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 33.Kg3 Nc4
34.Qa6 Ne3 35.Qxd6 Rxg2+ 36.Kh3 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1978.03.10"]
[EventDate "1978.02.26"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "125"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.d5 Na5 11.Bc2 c6 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3
cxd5 14.exd5 Nc4 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Nf1 Ne8 17.a4 g6 18.axb5 axb5
19.Bh6 Ng7 20.Bd3 b4 21.cxb4 Rxa1 22.Rxa1 Bg5 23.Bxg5 Qxg5
24.Ra7 Qf4 25.Be4 Qxf3 26.Bxf3 Rb8 27.Ne3 Ne8 28.g4 Nc8 29.Ra3
Nc7 30.Be2 Nb6 31.Ra5 Nc8 32.Ba6 Ne7 33.Bc4 Nc8 34.b5 h6
35.Kg2 Kg7 36.Kf3 Kf6 37.Ke4 Kg5 38.h4+ Kf6 39.g5+ hxg5
40.Ng4+ Ke7 41.hxg5 Ne8 42.Ra6 Rb7 43.Rc6 Na7 44.Ra6 Nc8
45.Ra3 Nb6 46.Kd3 Nc7 47.Nf6 Nd7 48.Nxd7 Kxd7 49.Ra5 Kc8
50.Kc3 Rb8 51.Kb4 Kb7 52.Ra3 Rh8 53.Rf3 Rh7 54.Ka5 Rh4 55.b3
Rf4 56.Rxf4 exf4 57.b6 Ne8 58.Bb5 Ng7 59.Bd7 f3 60.Bg4 Nh5
61.Bxf3 Nf4 62.Bg4 Nd3 63.f3 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1978.02.28"]
[EventDate "1978.02.26"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Eugene Byrne"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 g6 7.Be2
Bg7 8.Be3 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Nb3 Rc8 12.Bf3 Be6 13.Nd5
Nd7 14.c3 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Nd4 e6 17.Nxc6 bxc6 18.Nb4 c5
19.Nc6 Rxc6 20.Bxc6 Nf6 21.Bf3 h5 22.Qe2 Qa5 23.Bf2 d5 24.h3
Re8 25.Rfe1 Kf7 26.g4 hxg4 27.hxg4 Be4 28.Bh4 c4 29.Qe3 Bxf3
30.Qxf3 Ne4 31.f5 Qb6+ 32.Bf2 Qxb2 33.fxe6 Kg8 34.Qf7+ Kh7
35.Bd4 Rg8 36.e7 Qb8 37.Re3 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Qxd4
7.Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8.Be2 Na6 9.Bd6 e5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.O-O O-O-O 12.Bd3
Qf4 13.Bxe5 Qxe5 14.Nxe5 Bxd1 15.Bf5+ Kc7 16.Nxf7 Ne7 17.Bxh7
Bg4 18.Nxh8 Rxh8 19.Rfe1 Nc8 20.Bc2 Nb4 21.Be4 a5 22.f3 Bd7
23.Rad1 Nd6 24.c5 Nxe4 25.Rxe4 Nd5 26.g4 Rf8 27.Kg2 a4 28.a3
Ra8 29.h4 Ra5 30.Rc1 Rb5 31.Rc2 Rb3 32.Kf2 Kd8 33.Rxa4 Ke7
34.Re2+ Kf7 35.h5 Be6 36.Rae4 Bd7 37.Rd2 Kf6 38.Kg3 Bc8 39.Rf2
Rd3 40.Re8 Bd7 41.Rb8 Ne3 42.Kf4 Nd5+ 43.Kg3 Ne3 44.Re2 Rb3
45.Rf8+ Ke7 46.Rf4 Kd8 47.Rf7 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 d5 7.O-O
dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.a4 cxd4 10.exd4 b6 11.Bg5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 Qc7
13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Rc1 Ne4 15.Nxe4 Qxc4 16.Nd6 Qd5 17.Nxb7 Qxg5
18.Nd6 Qf4 19.Nc4 Rfd8 20.Qe2 Rac8 21.Rfd1 Nf6 22.Ne3 Qe4
23.Qa6 Qf4 24.Qe2 h6 25.h3 Rc7 26.Rc2 Qe4 27.d5 exd5 28.Rd4
Qe5 29.Qd3 Rc5 30.Re2 Re8 31.Rd2 Qc7 32.Rc2 Qc6 33.c4 Qxa4
34.Nxd5 Nxd5 35.Rxd5 Rxd5 36.cxd5 Qf4 37.g3 Qd6 38.Kh2 Rd8
39.Re2 g6 40.Qd4 Kh7 41.Ra2 Rd7 42.h4 h5 43.Ra1 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nc3 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Rc1
a6 8.a3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.O-O 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

[Event "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Adrian Mikhalchishin"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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

[Event "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Sergey Makarichev"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 Nxd5 6.cxd5 Nd4
7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qc2 Qe7 9.Bg2 Ba5 10.O-O Bb6 11.b3 d6 12.Bb2 O-O
13.e3 dxe3 14.dxe3 a5 15.a3 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Rac8 17.Bd4 c5 18.dxc6
Bxc6 19.Bxc6 Rxc6 20.Qf5 Bc5 21.b4 axb4 22.axb4 Bxd4 23.Rxd4
g6 24.Qg4 Qe6 25.Qf3 Rfc8 26.Rad1 Kg7 27.Kg2 Rb6 28.Re4 Qf6
29.Rf4 Qe6 30.Rd5 Rc1 31.Rfd4 Rb1 32.e4 R1xb4 33.Rxb4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Kochyev"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c6 7.Qd2 a6
8.Bd3 b5 9.Nge2 e5 10.d5 bxc4 11.Bxc4 h6 12.Bxh6 Nxe4 13.Nxe4
Qh4+ 14.g3 Qxh6 15.Qxh6 Bxh6 16.Kf2 Rd8 17.g4 Bb7 18.Rad1 cxd5
19.Bxd5 Bxd5 20.Rxd5 Nc6 21.a3 Ne7 22.Rxd6 Rxd6 23.Nxd6 Rd8
24.Nc4 Nc6 25.h4 Rd3 26.g5 Bg7 27.Rc1 Nd4 28.Rc3 Rd1 29.Ng3 f5
30.h5 Nb5 31.Rb3 Rd4 32.a4 Nc7 33.Rb8+ Kh7 34.b3 Rd7 35.Rb6
1-0

[Event "It (cat.11)"]
[Site "Tallinn (Estonia)"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Larry M Christiansen"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "34"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.e4 Ndb4 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.a3 Nd3 12.Qe2 e5 13.Be3
Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Nxb2 15.Qe2 Bg4 16.Qxb2 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nd4 1-0

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.16"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.27"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "16"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6
7.b3 Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.d4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Qc7 11.c4 a6 12.Nc3 Rfe8
13.f4 Qc5 14.Na4 Qh5 15.Qxh5 Nxh5 16.f5 Bf6 17.fxe6 fxe6
18.Rad1 Nc5 19.g4 Nxa4 20.bxa4 Bxd4+ 21.Bxd4 e5 22.gxh5 exd4
23.Rxd4 Rac8 24.Rb1 Rc5 25.Rxb7 Rxh5 26.Rxd6 Rf8 27.Rb3 Rh4
28.Rd4 Rg4+ 29.Rg3 Rgf4 30.h3 g6 31.Rc3 Rf1+ 32.Kg2 R1f2+
33.Kg3 h5 34.c5 R8f4 35.h4 Rf1 36.Kg2 R4f2+ 37.Kg3 Rf4 38.Kg2
R4f2+ 39.Kh3 Rh1+ 40.Kg3 Rhh2 41.Rf3 Rhg2+ 42.Kf4 Rc2 43.Rd5
Rc4 44.Ke5 Rgc2 45.Kf6 Kh7 46.e5 Rxh4 47.e6 Re4 48.Re5 Rxe5
49.Kxe5 g5 50.e7 Re2+ 51.Kf6 g4 52.Rf5 h4 53.Re5 Rf2+ 54.Kg5
1-0

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.06"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Polugaevsky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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 O-O-O 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

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.05.01"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5+ Bd7 6.Qe2+ Be7
7.dxc5 Nf6 8.Nb3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.Be3 a6 11.Bd3 Ba4 12.Nfd4
Nbd7 13.O-O-O Nxc5 14.Nf5 Bf8 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.Qf3 Bxe3+
17.Nxe3 Rc8 18.Bf5 Rc5 19.Rd4 Bc6 20.b4 Rb5 21.a4 Rb6 22.a5
Rb5 23.Qf4 b6 24.Bd3 bxa5 25.Bxb5 axb5 26.Rhd1 axb4 27.Kb2 Qc8
28.Rxb4 Ne4 29.Rd3 Nc5 30.Ra3 Na4+ 31.Kc1 Bd7 32.Qd6 Bc6
33.Rd3 h6 34.Rf4 Qe6 35.Qxe6 fxe6 36.Ng4 e5 37.Rf5 Nc5 38.Rc3
Bd7 39.Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.07"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3
h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Bb2 c5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. dxe5
Nh5 18. c4 Nf4 19. cxb5 axb5 20. a4 Qb6 21. axb5 Rad8 22. Bc3
Qg6 23. Nh4 Qg5 24. Qg4 Qxg4 25. hxg4 Nxe5 26. Ra7 Bc8 27. Bb3
Rd7 28. b6 Rb7 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Nc4 Ree7 31. Nd6 Rxa7
32. bxa7 Rxa7 33. Nxc8 Rc7 34. Nb6 Rb7 35. Rb1 c4 36. Nxc4
Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nc3 38. Rb2 1-0

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.04.11"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5
7. O-O 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

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.04.24"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Spassky"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6
7. O-O O-O 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

[Event "Jugoslavien"]
[Site "Jugoslavien"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dragoljub Velimirovic"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.d4 d6 5.h3 Be7 6.Be3 O-O 7.d5 Nb8
8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.c4 Nc5 10.Bxc5 dxc5 11.Nc3 Bd6 12.g4 c6 13.Qc2
Bd7 14.O-O-O Qe7 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.Be2 Bc7 17.Nh4 g6 18.Rhg1
Rfd8 19.g5 Ne8 20.Nf5 gxf5 21.exf5 Kh8 22.f6 Nxf6 23.gxf6 Qxf6
24.Bg4 Qg5+ 25.Kb1 f5 26.h4 Qf6 27.Ne4 Qe7 28.Rxd7 Qxd7 29.Bh3
Qd3 30.Ng5 Qxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Rf8 32.Ne6 Rf7 33.Rg5 Rg8 34.Rh5 Bd8
35.Bxf5 Bxh4 36.Kd3 Rg1 37.Nxc5 Bxf2 38.Ne4 Bd4 39.b4 Rf1
40.Nd6 Rf3+ 41.Ke2 Re3+ 42.Kd2 Rg7 43.Ne8 Rg2+ 44.Kd1 Rg1+ 0-1

[Event "Minsk URS ch"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "D12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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

[Event "Minsk URS ch"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri N Anikaev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d3 g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
d6 8.Rb1 a5 9.a3 Nd4 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 c6 12.b5 Bg4 13.bxc6
bxc6 14.Nxd4 exd4 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Qd7 17.Rb6 d5 18.cxd5
cxd5 19.Bg2 Rfe8 20.Re1 Ra1 21.Qb3 Qc7 22.Bd2 Rxe1+ 23.Bxe1
Rxe2 24.Rb8+ Bf8 25.Rxf8+ Kxf8 26.Bb4+ Kg8 27.h3 Be6 28.Qa4 h5
29.Qa1 Qe5 30.Qc1 Qf5 31.Be1 Qxd3 0-1

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.04.28"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Huebner"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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.O-O-O e6 14.Ne4 O-O-O 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

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.04.16"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O 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

[Event "Montreal"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "1979.04.20"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lubomir Kavalek"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bc5 5.Bg2 d6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3
h6 8.a3 a6 9.b4 Ba7 10.Bb2 Bf5 11.Nh4 Bd7 12.Rc1 Ne8 13.Nd5 g5
14.Nf3 f5 15.Nd2 Nd4 16.c5 c6 17.Nb6 Bxb6 18.cxb6 Qxb6 19.Nc4
Qa7 20.e3 Ne6 21.d4 exd4 22.exd4 d5 23.Ne5 Nf6 24.Re1 Ng7
25.a4 Qb6 26.Ba3 Rfe8 27.Qd3 Qd8 28.Re2 Ng4 29.b5 axb5 30.axb5
Nxe5 31.dxe5 f4 32.bxc6 bxc6 33.Bd6 Ra4 34.Rb2 Qa8 35.Bf1 Ra2
36.Rxa2 Qxa2 37.Qc3 fxg3 38.hxg3 Qa7 39.Bd3 Ne6 40.Bg6 Ra8
41.Qf3 Be8 42.Qf6 Bxg6 43.Qxg6+ Ng7 44.e6 Qd4 45.Qf7+ Kh7
46.Bf8 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Iivo Nei"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O 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

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.05"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6
7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.c4 a6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Be2 O-O 12.O-O f5
13.f4 Bf6 14.Qc2 Nd7 15.Kh1 g6 16.g3 Re8 17.Bd2 b6 18.Rae1 Bg7
19.b3 Ra7 20.a4 Rc7 21.Bd1 Bb7 22.g4 e4 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Be3
Nc5 25.Rg1 Nd3 26.Ref1 Qh4 27.Rg3 Kh8 28.Bxb6 Rf7 29.Be3 Rf6
30.Qg2 Rg6 31.Rxg6 hxg6 32.Qxg6 Rg8 33.Rg1 Nxf4 34.Qg5 Qxg5
35.Rxg5 Bxc3 36.Rxg8+ Kxg8 37.Bxf4 Be5 38.Bxe5 dxe5 39.Kg2 Kf7
40.Bc2 Kf6 41.Kf2 Kg5 42.Ke3 1-0

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.19"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Edmar J Mednis"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5
Qa5 8.Bd3 Ng4 9.Bd2 Qxc5 10.Qe2 Nf6 11.O-O-O Na6 12.e5 dxe5
13.fxe5 Ng4 14.Rde1 Nh6 15.Bf4 Nb4 16.Be4 Be6 17.a3 Nc6 18.Rd1
Rfd8 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Rd1 Rxd1+ 21.Qxd1 f6 22.Bxc6 Qxc6
23.exf6 exf6 24.Nd4 Qd7 25.Nxe6 Qxe6 26.Qd8+ Kf7 27.Qc7+ Qe7
28.Nb5 Qxc7 29.Bxc7 Ng4 30.Kd2 f5 31.b3 Ke6 32.Nxa7 Bd4 33.Nb5
Bg1 34.h3 Ne3 35.g3 Nd5 36.Bb8 Nf6 37.Nc3 g5 38.Kd3 Bf2 39.Nb5
Ne4 40.Nd4+ Bxd4 41.Kxd4 Nf6 42.c4 Nd7 43.Bc7 Nf8 44.b4 Ng6
45.b5 h5 46.a4 h4 47.gxh4 Nxh4 48.Kc5 Kd7 49.Kb6 Kc8 50.a5 Ng6
51.a6 bxa6 52.bxa6 1-0

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.23"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Florin Gheorghiu"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "127"]

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.O-O-O Bxc2 11.Nd4 Bxd1 12.Nxc6
Qc8 13.Nxe7 Bxe7 14.Bxd6 O-O 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

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.24"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "14"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Francisco Trois"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 Bg4 4.Nc3 g6 5.e3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O
c5 8.h3 cxd4 9.exd4 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Nc6 11.Be3 Rc8 12.Qd2 a6
13.Rfd1 Qa5 14.Rac1 Qf5 15.b3 Qa5 16.Nd5 Qxd2 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6
18.Rxd2 Rfd8 19.Rcd1 Kf8 20.Bg4 Ra8 21.d5 Ne5 22.Bb6 Re8 23.f4
Nxg4 24.hxg4 Bc3 25.Rd3 Bb4 26.Rh3 Kg8 27.Kf2 e6 28.Rdh1 exd5
29.Rxh7 Bc3 30.R7h3 Bg7 31.Bc7 dxc4 32.Bxd6 Bd4+ 33.Kf1 Rad8
34.Be5 Bxe5 35.fxe5 Rd1+ 36.Kf2 Rxh1 37.Rxh1 cxb3 38.axb3 Rxe5
39.Rd1 Re4 40.Kf3 Rb4 41.Rd3 f6 42.Kg3 Kg7 43.Kh3 Kh6 44.Kg3
Kg5 0-1

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.29"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "17"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ruben Rodriguez"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "138"]

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.O-O b6 10.Na3 Ba6 11.c4 Qd7 12.b3 Rd8 13.Bb2 O-O
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

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.09"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Kuzmin"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.Bg2
Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O 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

[Event "Riga Interzonal"]
[Site "Riga LAT"]
[Date "1979.09.11"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "James Tarjan"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.g3 Be7 7.Bg2
O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.b3 Bd7 10.Bb2 Rc8 11.Nde2 Qa5 12.h3 Rfd8
13.Kh1 Be8 14.Qe1 b5 15.a3 Qb6 16.Rd1 b4 17.axb4 Nxb4 18.Rd2
a5 19.Nd4 Rc5 20.Nd1 d5 21.exd5 Nbxd5 22.Ba3 Rcc8 23.Bxe7 Nxe7
24.Nf3 Bb5 25.c4 Bc6 26.Ne3 Ne4 27.Ra2 Rd3 28.Qxa5 Nxg3+
29.fxg3 Qxe3 30.Ne5 Bxg2+ 31.Rxg2 Rxb3 32.Kh2 f6 33.Nd7 Qd4
34.Rd2 Rb2 35.Rff2 Rxd2 36.Rxd2 Qxc4 37.Nb6 Qc5 38.Rd8+ Kf7
39.Rf8+ Kg6 40.Qxc5 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Valery I Zilberstein"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 e6 2.g3 c5 3.Nf3 Qa5+ 4.Nbd2 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Nxc6 dxc6
7.c3 Nf6 8.Bg2 e5 9.O-O Bf5 10.e4 Bg4 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.Nc4 Be6
13.Ne3 a5 14.h3 g6 15.Rd1 Bc5 16.b3 Qc8 17.Kh2 h5 18.Qe2 h4
19.g4 Qc7 20.Kg1 Kf8 21.Nf1 Kg7 22.Bg5 Be7 23.Be3 Nh7 24.Nh2
Ng5 25.Qf1 Rad8 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Rd1 a4 28.Rxd8 Qxd8 29.Qb1 Qa5
30.b4 Qb5 31.a3 Bc4 32.Qc1 Ne6 33.Nf1 Bd3 34.Nd2 Nf4 35.Bxf4
exf4 36.Bf1 Bxf1 37.Qxf1 Bf6 38.Qxb5 cxb5 39.Nb1 f3 40.Kf1 Kh6
41.Ke1 Kg5 42.Kd2 Kf4 43.Kc2 Bd8 44.c4 bxc4 45.Nc3 Bf6 46.Nd5+
Kg5 47.Kd2 Bd4 48.Ke1 c3 49.b5 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yrjo A Rantanen"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andres Vooremaa"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Boris Rytov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4
O-O 8.Be2 d6 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Nbd7 11.f4 c4 12.Kh1 Nc5 13.e5
dxe5 14.fxe5 Rxe5 15.Nxc4 Rf5 16.Bf3 Ng4 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3
b6 19.Qc2 Ba6 20.Rfd1 Be5 21.Bd4 Qh4 22.Bxe5 Rxe5 23.g3 Qf6
24.Bg2 Rae8 25.Qd2 Rf5 26.Re1 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Nd3 28.Re8+ Kg7
29.Kg1 Nxb2 30.h3 Nc4 31.Qe1 Qd4+ 32.Kh2 Ne5 33.Ne2 Qb2 34.Ng1
Bf1 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rainer F A Knaak"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

1.c4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 g6 5.e4 e5 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 a5 10.Rb1 exd4 11.Nxd4 Re8 12.Bg5 h6 13.Bf4
Nc5 14.f3 d5 15.exd5 Rxe1 16.Qxe1 cxd5 17.Rd1 dxc4 18.Nc6 Qb6
19.Ne7+ Kh7 20.Qf2 Ncd7 21.Bxc4 Qb4 22.Qe2 Ne5 23.Bxe5 Qxe7
24.Bd6 Qxe2 25.Nxe2 Kg8 26.Nf4 Bf5 27.g4 Bc2 28.Rc1 Rd8
29.Rxc2 Rxd6 30.Nxg6 Nxg4 31.Ne7+ Kf8 32.Nf5 Rd1+ 33.Kg2 Ne5
34.Bd5 Nc6 35.Bxc6 bxc6 36.Rxc6 Kg8 37.Rc2 Bf8 38.f4 Rd3 39.h4
Kh7 40.h5 Rd5 41.Ng3 Rb5 42.Kf3 Bg7 43.b3 a4 44.bxa4 Rb4
45.Rc7 Rxa4 46.Rxf7 Kg8 47.Rd7 Rxa2 48.Nf5 Bf8 49.Ne3 Ra6
50.Kg4 Rf6 51.Nd5 Rf7 52.Rxf7 Kxf7 53.Kf5 Ba3 54.Nf6 Bc1
55.Ng4 Kg7 56.Ke5 Bd2 57.f5 Kf7 58.f6 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jiri Lechtynsky"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.g3 c5
7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Qxc5 11.Qe2+ Be6
12.Bh3 O-O 13.Bxe6 Re8 14.O-O-O fxe6 15.Nd4 Na6 16.Rhe1 Nc7
17.Rd3 Rac8 18.Red1 Qc4 19.Rb3 Qxe2 20.Nxe2 b6 21.Rd7 Red8
22.Rbd3 Nd5 23.Rxa7 Rxc2+ 24.Kxc2 Nb4+ 25.Kc3 Nxd3 26.Nd4 Nc5
27.Kc4 Rd6 28.f3 g6 29.b4 Nd3 30.Kxd3 e5 31.Ra6 Rxd4+ 32.Kc3
b5 33.Rxf6 Rc4+ 34.Kb3 e4 35.a4 e3 36.Re6 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gyula Sax"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O 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 bxc1=Q 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

[Event "URS-YUG 27/64"]
[Site "URS-YUG 27/64"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dragoljub Velimirovic"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "URS-ch"]
[Site "URS-ch"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7
7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O Bg4 10.d4 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nxd4 12.Bxb7
Rb8 13.Bg2 Ne8 14.Rd1 Nd6 15.Qc5 Ne6 16.Qxa7 c5 17.Qa4 Nd4
18.Rd3 N6b5 19.Kf1 Qc8 20.Nxb5 Nxb5 21.Rb3 Nd4 22.Rxb8 Qxb8
23.e3 Nf5 24.Qb3 Qa7 25.a4 Rb8 26.Qc2 Nd6 27.Kg1 c4 28.Ra2 h5
29.a5 c3 30.bxc3 Rc8 31.Bd2 Nc4 32.Be1 Nd6 33.a6 h4 34.Qd3
hxg3 35.hxg3 Rb8 36.Bc6 Rb6 37.Bd2 e6 38.Bf3 Nb5 39.c4 Nc7
40.Qd8+ Bf8 41.Bc3 e5 42.Bxe5 Ne6 43.Qc8 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1980.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bojan Kurajica"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O d6 7.c4
g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 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

[Event "MLT"]
[Site "MLT"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ivan Radulov"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f4 b4 12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.Ne2 Rb8 14.Nd4 Rb6 15.Bc4 g6 16.Bb3 Bd7 17.Nf3 a5 18.Ne5
Bb5 19.Ng4 Qg7 20.e5 Be7 21.Qd4 Bd8 22.Nf6+ Kf8 23.Bc4 Be8
24.g4 g5 25.Nh5 Qg8 26.exd6 Rb7 27.f5 exf5 28.Rhe1 1-0

[Event "MLT olm 30/40"]
[Site "MLT olm 30/40"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Franz Hoelzl"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.e3 Be7 5.a3 O-O 6.b4 d6 7.Be2
Re8 8.d3 Bf8 9.Bb2 g6 10.O-O Bg7 11.Qc2 Ng4 12.Nd2 h5 13.Nd5
Ne7 14.Bf3 c6 15.Nxe7+ Qxe7 16.Ne4 f5 17.Nc3 Qh4 18.h3 Nf6
19.b5 Bd7 20.a4 Nh7 21.g3 Qxh3 22.a5 a6 23.bxa6 bxa6 24.d4 e4
25.Bg2 Qg4 26.Ba3 Ng5 27.Qd1 Nf3+ 28.Bxf3 exf3 29.Bxd6 f4
30.Bxf4 g5 31.Bxg5 Rf8 32.Bf4 Bxd4 33.Nd5 Bxa1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1980.09.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 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

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Evgeny V Mochalov"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.e4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.h3 b5 7.cxb5 a6
8.a4 O-O 9.Nf3 axb5 10.Bxb5 Ba6 11.Bg5 h6 12.Be3 Nbd7 13.O-O
Ne8 14.Qd2 Kh7 15.Rfb1 Bxb5 16.axb5 Nb6 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.b4 Qa3
19.bxc5 dxc5 20.e5 Nc7 21.Qc2 Nc4 22.Bf4 Rd8 23.b6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lars Karlsson"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd2 Bf8 7.Be2
Ba6 8.O-O c6 9.Bxa6 Nxa6 10.Ne2 Ne7 11.Nf4 g6 12.Rc1 b5 13.Re1
h6 14.Qe2 Nc8 15.a4 Nc7 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Ra1 Be7 18.Nd3 Kf8
19.h4 Kg7 20.h5 Nb6 21.Nh2 Nc4 22.Bc1 a5 23.Ng4 Ne8 24.b3 Nb6
25.Be3 gxh5 26.Nh2 Kf8 27.Qd2 Ng7 28.Bxh6 a4 29.Qf4 Kg8
30.Bxg7 Kxg7 31.Re3 Rh7 32.bxa4 bxa4 33.Nc5 Qc6 34.Rg3+ Kh8
35.Nf3 Qe8 36.Ng5 Bxg5 37.Qxg5 Qd8 38.Qf4 Rg7 39.Rxg7 Kxg7
40.Ra3 h4 41.Qg4+ Kf8 42.Nxe6+ fxe6 43.Rf3+ Ke8 44.Qxe6+ Qe7
45.Qxb6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Henryk Dobosz"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "137"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb4+ 5.Nc3 Ne4 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Be2
f5 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Ne1 d6 11.Nd3 c5 12.Nf4 Qe7 13.d5
Bc8 14.dxe6 Bxe6 15.Bd3 Nc6 16.f3 Nf6 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Bxf5
Qxc4 19.Bd3 Qe6 20.e4 Ne5 21.Be2 Rae8 22.c4 Nc6 23.Be3 Nh5
24.Qd2 Qe5 25.Qd5+ Qxd5 26.cxd5 Nd8 27.Ba6 Re7 28.a4 Nf7 29.a5
Nf6 30.Bf4 Rb8 31.Rfb1 Ne8 32.axb6 axb6 33.Bb5 Nc7 34.Rb2 Kf8
35.Rab1 Nxb5 36.Rxb5 Reb7 37.Bd2 Ne5 38.Ra1 Nd7 39.Bc3 Kf7
40.Kf2 Re8 41.Ke3 Rbb8 42.Ra7 Re7 43.Kd2 Nf6 44.Ra6 Reb7
45.Bxf6 Kxf6 46.f4 g5 47.g3 gxf4 48.gxf4 Re8 49.Ke3 Reb8
50.Kd3 Kg6 51.h4 Kf6 52.h5 Ke7 53.e5 dxe5 54.fxe5 Rd8 55.Ke4
Rbd7 56.d6 Ke6 57.Raxb6 Ra8 58.Rxc5 Rda7 59.Rd5 Rd7 60.Rdb5
Ra4+ 61.Kd3 Rda7 62.Rb8 Ra3+ 63.Kc4 R3a4+ 64.Kc5 Kxe5 65.Kc6
Ke6 66.Re8+ Kf7 67.Ree5 Rd4 68.Rf5+ Kg7 69.Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Smbat Gariginovich Lputian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 d5 5.a3 a6 6.Nc3 dxc4 7.dxc5
Qc7 8.Bxc4 Bxc5 9.Qe2 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Bd2 Nbd7 12.Rc1 Qd6
13.O-O O-O 14.Ng5 Ne5 15.Be4 Bd5 16.Nxd5 exd5 17.Bb1 Rfe8
18.Rfd1 Nc4 19.b4 Bb6 20.Qf3 h6 21.Nh3 Rac8 22.Be1 Nb2 23.Rxc8
Rxc8 24.Bf5 Rc7 25.Ra1 g6 26.Qe2 Qe5 27.Bc2 d4 28.Rb1 dxe3
29.f4 Qd4 30.Bb3 Nd3 31.Kh1 Nc1 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard A Mnatsakanian"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

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

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c5 7.e3 Nc6
8.Bb2 b6 9.Qe2 Bb7 10.d3 dxc4 11.bxc4 Qc7 12.Nc3 a6 13.Rab1
Rab8 14.Ba1 Na7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.e4 Nd7 17.Qe3 Bf6 18.d4 cxd4
19.Nxd4 Ne5 20.Na4 Nxc4 21.Qe1 b5 22.Bf1 Ba8 23.Nf3 Bxa1
24.Rxa1 Ne5 25.Bg2 Nxf3+ 26.Bxf3 Qe7 27.Rxc8+ Nxc8 28.Rb1 Qa3
29.Qd2 Nd6 30.Rb3 Nc4 31.Rxa3 Nxd2 32.Nc5 Rc8 33.Bd1 Nxe4
34.Nxe4 Bxe4 35.Rxa6 Rc1 36.Rd6 Kf8 37.Kf1 Ke7 38.Rd4 Bf3
39.Ke1 e5 40.Rd3 e4 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "93"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. a4 e6
7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. f4 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6 15. Qg3 Nd7 16. Bh6 Qc5+
17. Kh1 Qe5 18. Bf4 Qc5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bh6 Qd4 21. exd5 Kh8
22. c3 Qe5 23. Qxe5 Nxe5 24. Be3 Rac8 25. a5 f5 26. Ra4 g6
27. Rb4 Rc7 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Bxa6 bxa6 30. Rb8+ Bf8 31. Rxf8+
Rxf8 32. Bxf8 Nc4 33. b4 Kg8 34. Bh6 Re7 35. h3 Kf7 36. Bg5
Re5 37. Rf4 Nd2 38. Rh4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Ne4 40. Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Re7
Rd1 42. Bh6 Nxc3 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Ra7 Nxd5 45. Rxa6 Nxb4
46. Rb6 Nc2 47. Rb7 1-0

[Event "It (cat.10)"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aivars Gipslis"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Be3
a6 8.Qe2 Qc7 9.O-O-O Na5 10.Bb3 b5 11.f3 Be7 12.g4 O-O 13.g5
Nh5 14.f4 g6 15.f5 b4 16.Nb1 Nxb3+ 17.axb3 e5 18.f6 exd4
19.fxe7 Qxe7 20.Rxd4 a5 21.Rhd1 Re8 22.Nd2 Bb7 23.Nc4 Bxe4
24.Rxd6 Bf5 25.Qd2 a4 26.bxa4 Rxa4 27.Qd4 Qb7 28.Qd5 Qc8
29.Qc6 Qxc6 30.Rxc6 Bg4 31.Re1 Nf4 32.Kd2 Ng2 33.Rc1 Bf3
34.Rd6 Ra2 35.b3 Nxe3 36.Nxe3 Ra5 37.Rf1 Be4 38.Ng4 Kg7 39.Nf6
Re7 40.Rf4 Bh1 41.Rh4 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.a4 Bb7 9.c3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 cxd4 12.cxd4 O-O 13.Bd2
Nc4 14.Bc3 b4 15.Bxb4 Nxb2 16.Qc1 Nc4 17.d5 a5 18.Bc3 Qc7
19.Nbd2 Rfc8 20.Bd3 Ba6 21.Nb3 Rab8 22.Qd1 Qa7 23.Bf1 Ng4
24.Ra2 Nce3 25.Bd4 exd4 26.fxe3 dxe3 27.Qd4 Qa8 28.Bb5 Bf6
29.Qd1 Bc3 30.Nfd4 Nf2 31.Qe2 Bxb5 32.axb5 Nxe4 33.Nc6 Bxe1
34.Qxe1 Rxb5 35.Qxe3 Re8 36.h3 Rxd5 37.Nbxa5 Rc5 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Kupreichik"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O 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 O-O 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

[Event "ESP"]
[Site "ESP"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Drazen Marovic"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Bd2
dxc4 8.Bxc4 e6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Nxe7 Nxe7 12.O-O Bd7
13.Bg5 Bc6 14.Re1 h6 15.Bh4 Bd5 16.Bb5+ Kf8 17.Bg3 Ne4 18.Be5
f6 19.Bf4 g5 20.Be3 Nf5 21.Bd3 Ned6 22.Nd2 h5 23.Nb1 Kg7
24.Nc3 Ne7 25.Be2 Kg6 26.Qd3+ Kf7 27.Nxd5 Nxd5 28.Bd2 Qd7
29.Rac1 Nf5 30.Bd1 a6 31.Bb3 Rac8 32.Rc5 Nfe7 33.Qe4 b6
34.Rxc8 Nxc8 35.h3 Nce7 36.Qf3 Kg7 37.Qe2 Kf7 38.Qxa6 g4
39.Qd3 Nf5 40.Re4 Rg8 1-0

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Goran Cabrilo"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "129"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O 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
O-O-O 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

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Arshak B Petrosian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "90"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.e4
d6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.Be2 Na6 10.O-O Nc7 11.a4 Qe7 12.Re1 b6 13.h3
Re8 14.Nc4 Ba6 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bh4 Qd7 17.Bf1 Bxc4 18.Bxc4 a6
19.Qf3 Nh7 20.Qd3 Be5 21.Bg3 Bxg3 22.Qxg3 b5 23.Bf1 Nf6 24.e5
dxe5 25.Rad1 b4 26.Ne4 Nxe4 27.Rxe4 Qd6 28.Rde1 a5 29.Rxe5
Rxe5 30.Qxe5 Ne8 31.Qe3 Kg7 32.Bc4 Rc8 33.b3 Qf6 34.Bb5 Nd6
35.Bc6 c4 36.bxc4 Nxc4 37.Qc5 Ne5 38.Qxa5 Qg5 39.Qa6 Nf3+
40.Kf1 Nxe1 41.Qxc8 Qc1 42.Qb7 Nf3 43.Ke2 Nd4+ 44.Kd3 Qc3+
45.Ke4 Nf5 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard Meduna"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rico Mascarinas"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

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.O-O-O 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 O-O 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

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Janos Flesch"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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.O-O Bxd4 11.cxd4 O-O 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

[Event "Malaga"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nb3 e6 7.f4
a6 8.Be3 b5 9.Qf3 Bb7 10.O-O-O Na5 11.Nc5 Bc6 12.Nd3 Nc4
13.Ne5 Nxe3 14.Nxc6 Qb6 15.Rd3 Nxc2 16.Kxc2 Qxc6 17.a3 Nd7
18.Kb1 Be7 19.Be2 O-O 20.Rc1 Rfc8 21.Na2 Qb7 22.Rxc8+ Rxc8
23.Rc3 Rxc3 24.Nxc3 Qb6 25.Nd1 Bf6 26.Ka2 Qd4 27.Qe3 Nc5
28.Qxd4 Bxd4 29.b4 Nxe4 30.a4 Nf6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Kb3 Nd5
33.Bxb5 Nxf4 34.Bc6 d5 35.g3 Nd3 36.Nc3 Kf8 37.Ne2 Bf2 38.Nf4
Nxf4 39.gxf4 f5 0-1

[Event "Malaga"]
[Site "Malaga"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Angel Martin Gonzalez"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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 O-O 10.Qb3 Na6 11.N1c3 Nf5 12.O-O 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

[Event "Malaga"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ricardo Calvo"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Kochyev"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Nd4 5.Bg2 Nxf3+ 6.Bxf3 Bb4
7.Qc2 O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.d3 c6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Rfd1 d6 12.b4 a6
13.d4 exd4 14.Rxd4 Nd7 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.Ne4 c5 17.Rdd1 cxb4
18.Nxd6 Rd8 19.Nxc8 Raxc8 20.Bxb7 Rb8 21.Bxa6 Nc5 22.Bb5 Qf6
23.Rab1 h5 24.Rxd8+ Rxd8 25.Rxb4 h4 26.Rb1 h3 27.a4 g6 28.a5
Rd4 29.Rf1 Qd6 30.a6 Rd2 31.Qc3 Ra2 32.Qf3 Nxa6 33.Qa8+ Kg7
34.Bxa6 Rxa6 35.Qd5 Qf6 36.Qd7 Re6 37.Qd3 Qe5 38.e3 Rd6 39.Qc2
Rc6 40.Rc1 Qe6 41.c5 1-0

[Event "Moscow tt"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Kochyev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nb3
d4 8.e3 a5 9.exd4 a4 10.N3d2 exd4 11.O-O Be7 12.Na3 Nc6 13.Nf3
Be6 14.Bf4 O-O 15.Ng5 Bg4 16.Bf3 Bf5 17.Re1 Nd7 18.h4 h6
19.Ne4 Nde5 20.Bg2 Bb4 21.Rf1 d3 22.Rc1 Ng6 23.Bd2 Re8 24.Bxb4
Nxb4 25.Re1 d2 26.Qxd2 Nd3 27.Re3 Nxc1 28.Qxc1 Ne5 29.Nb5 Ng4
30.Re2 Bxe4 31.Bxe4 Nf6 32.Rd2 Qe7 33.Bf3 Rad8 34.Kg2 b6
35.Rxd8 Rxd8 36.Nc3 Rd4 37.b3 axb3 38.axb3 Qe5 39.Qc2 Qe1
40.Nb1 Nd7 41.Qb2 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Porz"]
[Site "Porz"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Helmut Reefschlaeger"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.Nf3 Na6 7.O-O 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

[Event "Porz 33/263"]
[Site "Porz 33/263"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Ostermeyer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2
Be7 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nf1 d5 10.Ng3 Bg6 11.Qe2 Qc7 12.a3 O-O 13.O-O
Bd6 14.Nh4 Bxg3 15.fxg3 Qxg3 16.Nxg6 Qxg6 17.e5 Nh5 18.Rf3 Ng3
19.Qf2 Nf5 20.Bf4 d4 21.Kh2 f6 22.exf6 Qxf6 23.Bd2 Ne5 24.Rf4
Ng6 25.Re4 Qe7 26.Bb3 Nd6 27.Rxe6 Rxf2 28.Rxe7 c4 29.Bd1 0-1

[Event "Porz/Cologne"]
[Site "Porz/Cologne"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bodo Schmidt"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "115"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Janis Klovans"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
a6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Be3 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 b5 11.f3 Bb7 12.Kb1 Be7
13.Bxf6 gxf6 14.Bd3 Qb6 15.f4 O-O-O 16.f5 Kb8 17.fxe6 fxe6
18.Ne2 f5 19.exf5 e5 20.Ng3 h5 21.Be4 d5 22.Bf3 h4 23.Nh5 e4
24.Be2 d4 25.Qf4+ Bd6 26.Qxh4 Be5 27.Rhf1 Qc5 28.Rc1 d3
29.cxd3 Qd4 30.Rc3 b4 31.Rb3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jacek Bielczyk"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Re1 c6 9.Bf1 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ng4 11.h3 Qb6 12.hxg4 Qxd4
13.g5 Qe5 14.Be3 f6 15.Qd2 fxg5 16.Bxg5 Nb6 17.Rac1 Bg4 18.Nd1
Rae8 19.Bh4 Qh5 20.Bg3 Bh6 21.f4 Qe5 22.c5 dxc5 23.Nf2 Bc8
24.Nd3 Qe6 25.Rxc5 Qxa2 26.Bf2 Qf7 27.g3 Bg7 28.Qc2 Rd8 29.Ne5
Qe8 30.Nf3 Bg4 31.Ne5 Be6 32.Ra5 Nd7 33.Nf3 a6 34.Ng5 Kh8
35.e5 Bd5 36.e6 Nf6 37.e7 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgenij Ermenkov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "106"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.O-O Ngf6 6.Qe2 e6
7.c3 Be7 8.d4 O-O 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

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alvis Vitolinsh"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.c4 e6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.O-O b6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
Bb7 8.Nc3 Bc5 9.Ndb5 O-O 10.Bg5 Na5 11.b3 a6 12.Nd6 Bxg2
13.Kxg2 Qc7 14.Bxf6 Bxd6 15.Ne4 Bc5 16.Qd2 h6 17.Rfd1 Qc6
18.f3 d5 19.cxd5 exd5 20.Nxc5 Qxc5 21.b4 Qb5 22.a4 Qc6 23.Bxg7
Nb3 24.Qxh6 Qxh6 25.Bxh6 Nxa1 26.Bxf8 Nc2 27.Bh6 d4 28.Bd2 b5
29.Rc1 Rc8 30.axb5 axb5 31.g4 Rc4 32.f4 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Ambroz"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb2 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1
Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Nxc6 Rxc6
13.Nb5 a6 14.Nd4 Rc5 15.c4 Qb6 16.Qf3 Nd7 17.Qh3 Bf6 18.Rad1
Re8 19.Bc3 Rcc8 20.Qe3 Qc7 21.Qd2 b5 22.Ba5 Qb7 23.cxb5 axb5
24.Bb4 Nc5 25.Qe2 Rb8 26.Nf3 Be7 27.Qe3 Rbc8 28.Rc1 Na6 29.Bc3
Bf8 30.Nd4 Nc5 31.Bb2 b4 32.Rcd1 Ra8 33.Ra1 Ra5 34.a4 bxa3
35.Rxa3 Rxa3 36.Bxa3 Nxe4 37.f3 Nf6 38.Bb2 d5 39.Rc1 Rb8
40.Nc6 Qxb3 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lothar Vogt"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d6 4.g3 Nc6 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O Bd7 7.d3
Be7 8.Bf4 O-O 9.h3 Rc8 10.g4 Qc7 11.Nd2 Nd4 12.Be3 e5 13.g5
Ne8 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.f4 exf4 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Bxf4 Ne6 18.Qh5 b5
19.Be3 c4 20.dxc4 bxc4 21.c3 Bc6 22.Rf2 Qb7 23.b3 cxb3 24.axb3
a6 25.b4 g6 26.Qe2 Qb5 27.Qxb5 axb5 28.Ra7 Rc7 29.Rxc7 N8xc7
30.Nb3 Re8 31.Rd2 Ng7 32.Bb6 Na8 33.Rxd6 Bxe4 34.Bxe4 Rxe4
35.Bd8 Ne6 36.Nc5 Re3 37.Nxe6 Rxe6 38.Rxe6 fxe6 39.Kf2 Kf7
40.Ke3 Ke8 41.Ba5 Kd7 42.Kd4 Kd6 1-0

[Event "Tallinn 31/368"]
[Site "Tallinn 31/368"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Veingold"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
Bf5 8.c4 dxc4 9.Bxc4 O-O 10.Re1 Nc6 11.Nc3 Nd6 12.Bd3 Bf6
13.d5 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nb4 15.Qd1 Nf5 16.g4 Ne7 17.g5 Bxc3 18.bxc3
Na6 19.c4 Ng6 20.Ba3 Re8 21.Qd4 c5 22.Qc3 Qd6 23.Bb2 f6
24.gxf6 Qxf6 25.Nd2 Qg5+ 26.Kh1 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Nf4 28.Qf3 Ng6
29.Ne4 Qh6 30.Nd6 Rf8 31.Re8 Qf4 32.Qxf4 Nxf4 33.Re7 Nh5
34.Rxb7 Nb4 35.Ne4 Nd3 36.d6 Rd8 37.Bc3 Nhf4 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lothar Vogt"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.f4 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.Nb3 exf4 11.Rxf4 Be6 12.Qe1 Nd7
13.Rf1 Nde5 14.Nd5 Bg5 15.Qd2 Bxe3+ 16.Nxe3 Qh4 17.Nf5 Bxf5
18.exf5 Qf6 19.Rad1 Rad8 20.c4 Rfe8 21.Rf2 h6 22.Qf4 Qg5 23.g3
f6 24.h4 Qxf4 25.gxf4 Nf7 26.Bf3 Re3 27.Kg2 Kf8 28.Rfd2 Rde8
29.Kf2 h5 30.c5 d5 31.Rxd5 Ne7 32.Kxe3 Nxd5+ 33.Kf2 Nxf4
34.Rd4 Nh3+ 35.Kg2 Re3 36.Bxb7 Nh6 37.c6 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andres Vooremaa"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Bb4 5.e5 h6 6.Bd2 Bxc3 7.bxc3
Ne4 8.Qg4 g6 9.Bc1 c5 10.Bd3 Nxc3 11.dxc5 Qa5 12.Bd2 Qa4 13.h3
Ne4 14.Ne2 Nxc5 15.Qf3 Qh4 16.O-O Nc6 17.g3 Qe7 18.Qe3 Bd7
19.Rab1 Rc8 20.Bb5 Kf8 21.c4 dxc4 22.Rfc1 b6 23.Rxc4 Nb8
24.Nd4 a6 25.Bxd7 Nbxd7 26.a4 Kg7 27.a5 bxa5 28.Rbc1 g5
29.Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gunnar Andreyevich Uusi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.g3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d5 6.Bg2 e5 7.Nc2
d4 8.O-O Nc6 9.e3 d3 10.Ne1 e4 11.Nc3 Bb4 12.Bd2 Bg4 13.f3
exf3 14.Nxf3 O-O 15.Qb3 Qe7 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Rfd8 18.Nd4 Ne5
19.b4 Be2 20.Nf5 Qe6 21.Bxb7 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Rab8 23.Bg2 Nxc4
24.Bh3 Nxd2 25.Nh6+ gxh6 26.Bxe6 Nde4 27.Qe5 fxe6 28.Qxe6+ Kg7
29.Qe7+ Kg6 30.h4 Rd5 31.g4 Rg8 32.Kg2 d2 33.h5+ Kg5 34.Kh3
d1=Q 35.Rxd1 Nf2+ 36.Kg3 Nxd1 37.e4 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Georgadze"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.O-O
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

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

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

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

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

[Event "URS tt Championsh"]
[Site "URS tt Championsh"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgy Tadzhikanovich Agzamov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.O-O
Be7 8.d4 O-O 9.Nxd5 exd5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Qc2 Bb6 12.Ng5 g6
13.Qd2 d4 14.Nf3 Qe7 15.Qh6 f6 16.e3 d3 17.Bd2 Bf5 18.Bc3 Be4
19.Rad1 Rad8 20.Rfe1 Nb4 21.Ng5 fxg5 22.Bxe4 d2 23.Re2 Nxa2
24.Bd4 Nc1 25.Rexd2 Nb3 26.Re2 Bxd4 27.exd4 Qf6 28.d5 Nd4
29.Red2 Rde8 30.Bg2 Nb3 31.h4 Nxd2 32.Rxd2 gxh4 33.Qxh4 Qe5
34.Qd4 Qxd4 35.Rxd4 Re2 36.d6 Rxb2 37.d7 Rd8 38.Bh3 Rb6 39.Rc4
Kf7 40.Kg2 a5 41.Rf4+ Ke7 42.Rh4 h5 43.Re4+ Kd6 44.f4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "David Bronstein"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

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. O-O O-O 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

[Event "Match"]
[Site "Tbilisi (Georgia)"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5
7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 c5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Re8
12. O-O a6 13. Qh3 Nf8 14. Bg5 cxd4 15. exd4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4
17. Bc4 Bd5 18. Qb3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Ne6 20. Nc6 b5 21. Qa2 Qd7
22. Nxe7+ Kh8 23. Bh4 g5 24. Nd5 gxh4 25. Nb6 Qb7 26. Nxa8 Nf4
27. b4 Rg8 28. d5 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Qd7 30. Qb2+ Kg8 31. Qb3 Nd3
32. Rg1 Rg4 33. Qc2 Kf8 34. f3 Rxg1+ 35. Rxg1 Qf5 36. Rf1 e3
37. Nb6 h3 38. d6 Nf2+ 39. Rxf2 exf2 40. Qxf2 Qd3 41. Nd7+ Ke8
42. Ne5 Qxd6 43. Qe2 Qe6 44. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. O-O 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

[Event "Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1982.01.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Larry M Christiansen"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.d5 Ne5 7.f4
Ned7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.Be2 e6 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Ng5 Qe7 12.O-O b6
13.Bf3 Rb8 14.Qd2 Bb7 15.Rae1 h6 16.Nh3 Nc5 17.e5 Nfe4 18.Nxe4
Nxe4 19.Qc2 d5 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.Nf2 Qf7 22.Nxe4 Qf5 23.Bd2 Rbd8
24.Bc3 Rf7 25.Qe2 Bxe4 26.Qxe4 Bf8 27.Rf3 Bc5+ 28.Kf1 a5
29.Qxf5 gxf5 30.Rg3+ Kh7 31.Ke2 Rfd7 32.a3 a4 33.Rf1 c6
34.Rff3 Bg1 35.Rf1 Bc5 36.Rc1 h5 37.Rc2 Rg8 38.Rxg8 Kxg8
39.Rd2 Rxd2+ 40.Kxd2 Kf7 41.Kd3 Be7 42.Bd4 b5 43.Ba7 Ke8
44.Kd4 Kd7 45.Bb6 Bh4 46.g3 Be7 47.h3 b4 48.Bc5 bxa3 49.Bxa3
Bd8 50.Bb4 Kc8 51.Be1 Kb7 52.c5 Ka6 53.Kc4 Ba5 54.Bxa5 Kxa5
55.h4 a3 56.bxa3 Ka4 57.Kd3 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial So"]
[Site "Chigorin Memorial So"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Murray Chandler"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3
Nd7 8.Bd3 Qd8 9.O-O Be7 10.e4 dxc4 11.Bxc4 b5 12.Bb3 b4 13.Na4
Ba6 14.d5 exd5 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.exd5 cxd5 17.Re1 O-O 18.Bxd5 Bd6
19.Ne6 fxe6 20.Bxe6+ Kh8 21.Qxd6 Bb5 22.Qxb4 Bxa4 23.Qxa4 Nc5
24.Qxa7 Nxe6 25.Rxe6 Qd2 26.Ree1 Rc2 27.Rf1 Rxb2 28.a4 Qd5
29.Rad1 Qe5 30.Qe3 Qf6 31.Rd2 Rb4 32.Ra2 Qa6 33.a5 Rb5 34.Qe7
Rff5 35.Qd8+ Kh7 36.Qd3 Kh8 37.Re1 Rf8 38.Re5 Rfb8 39.Rxb5
Rxb5 40.Rb2 1-0

[Event "Moscow cf (Wch)"]
[Site "Moscow cf (Wch)"]
[Date "1982.09.07"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yacov Murey"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f4 Nc6
7. Be3 e5 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Be7 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Bxd8
12. a3 Bb6 13. Kd2 Ke7 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Ke3 h5 16. b4 Ng4+
17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. a4 Be6 19. a5 b5 20. Nd1 g3 21. h3 c5
22. Nb2 cxb4 23. Nd3 Rhc8 24. Nxb4 Rc3+ 25. Kd2 Rc4 26. Rhb1
Rxe4 27. Ra3 Kd6 28. Rxg3 Rxa5 29. Rxg7 Bc4 30. Re1 Rd4+
31. Kc3 Be6 32. Nd3 b4+ 33. Kb2 b3 34. Nc1 bxc2 35. Rg3 Bf5
36. Rge3 Rd1 37. g4 Bg6 38. Nb3 Rb5 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5
7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 b5
12. Bxd5 exd5 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Bf4 Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 d4
17. Ne4 Bf5 18. Rac1 Na5 19. e6 Ra7 20. Qg3 fxe6 21. Bc7 Qa8
22. Bb6 Re7 23. Bxa5 Bxe4 24. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2
Nge7 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne5
12. Qd2 Qd6 13. Qc1 Qc5 14. Kh1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be7 16. f4 O-O
17. e5 b5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Qd1 Rac8 21. Qe2 Bd5
22. b3 Qc6 23. Rae1 Bb4 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Nd2 Qc3 26. Be1 Qb2
27. Ne4 Qa3 28. Qh5 Rc6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Qb2 31. f5 exf5
32. Bxf5 Rxf6 33. Rxd5 Ne7 34. Rc5 Nxf5 35. Rcxf5 g6 36. Qg4
Rxf5 37. Rxf5 Re8 38. Rf1 Qc1 39. Qg3 Qxc2 40. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.24"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gennady Sosonko"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. O-O-O 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 O-O 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

[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Semko Semkov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.d4 g6 2.e4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nge2 Nc6 5.h3 e5 6.Be3 Nf6 7.g3
Bd7 8.Bg2 Qc8 9.Qd2 O-O 10.g4 a6 11.f4 exd4 12.Nxd4 Re8
13.O-O-O Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Bc6 15.Rde1 Qe6 16.Nd5 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qd7
18.Qc3 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Re8 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Bxg7 Nxg7 22.b4 Ne8
23.Qe3 Nf6 24.f5 Qd8 25.g5 Nd7 26.h4 Ne5 27.h5 gxh5 28.f6 Ng6
29.Bh3 h6 30.Be6 Qe8 31.Qe4 Kh7 32.gxh6 Qf8 33.Bf5 Qxh6+
34.Kb1 Qg5 35.Bxg6+ Qxg6 36.Qf4 Qg4 37.Qd2 Kg6 38.Qf2 h4 39.c3
0-1

[Event "Lucerne olm"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Heinz Wirthensohn"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Be2
Be7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Qd6 12.Rc1 Ba7
13.Re1 Re8 14.a3 Bg4 15.Rc2 Rad8 16.Rd2 d4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4
18.exd4 Bxd4 19.Bxg4 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Nxg4 21.Ne4 Qxh2+ 22.Kf1
Qh1+ 23.Ke2 Qxg2 24.Kd1 Qf3+ 25.Qe2 Qh1+ 26.Qe1 Qf3+ 27.Qe2
Qxb3+ 28.Ke1 Ne5 29.Ng5 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Lucerne olm"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jorge Alberto Rubinetti"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "185"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.a4 h6 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.Bc2 Rb8
14.axb5 axb5 15.Bd3 b4 16.Bb5 bxc3 17.bxc3 Nd7 18.Ba3 Ra8
19.Qc2 Ncb8 20.dxe5 dxe5 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.Rxa8 Bxa8 23.Qa2 Bc6
24.Rb1 Qf6 25.Bxc6 Qxc6 26.Qa5 Re8 27.Rb5 Qa6 28.Nc4 Qxa5
29.Rxa5 f6 30.Nh4 Re6 31.Ne3 Ra6 32.Rd5 Ra1+ 33.Kh2 Rc1 34.c4
Kf7 35.Rb5 g6 36.Nf3 h5 37.g4 hxg4 38.hxg4 Na6 39.Rb7 Ndc5
40.Ra7 Ra1 41.Nd5 Ra2 42.Nxc7 Nb4 43.Rxa2 Nxa2 44.Nd2 f5
45.Nb5 fxg4 46.Kg3 Nc1 47.Kxg4 N1d3 48.f3 Kf6 49.Nc3 Nf2+
50.Kh4 Kg7 51.Nf1 Kh6 52.Ne3 g5 53.Kg3 Nfd3 54.Ncd5 Kg6
55.Ne7+ Kf7 56.Nc6 Kf6 57.Nd5+ Kg6 58.Ndb4 Kf6 59.Nxd3 Nxd3
60.Na5 Nc5 61.Kg4 Kg6 62.Nc6 Nd3 63.Ne7+ Kf6 64.Nd5+ Kg6
65.Ne3 Nf2+ 66.Kg3 Nd3 67.Ng4 Kf7 68.Nf2 Nc5 69.Kh3 Kf6 70.Kg2
Ke6 71.Kg3 Kf7 72.Nd1 Nd3 73.Nc3 Nc5 74.Nb5 Kg6 75.Nc7 Kh5
76.Nd5 Kg6 77.Kf2 g4 78.fxg4 Nxe4+ 79.Ke3 Nc5 80.Nc3 Kf7
81.Ne4 Ne6 82.Kd3 Nf4+ 83.Kc3 Ng2 84.c5 Ne3 85.g5 Ke6 86.c6
Nd5+ 87.Kc4 Ne7 88.Kc5 Nc8 89.g6 Ne7 90.c7 Kd7 91.Kb6 Ke8
92.Nf6+ Kf8 93.Kb7 1-0

[Event "Lucerne olm"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1982.11.13"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "13"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lars Aake Schneider"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Bd3
g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.Kh1 e5 11.Qe1 b5 12.fxe5 dxe5
13.Qh4 h6 14.a4 b4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.exd5 Bb7 17.Bd2 Bxd5 18.Bxb4
Nc5 19.Rad1 Be6 20.Be4 Rc8 21.Bd5 O-O 22.Bxe6 fxe6 23.Bxc5
Qxc5 24.Qg4 Kh7 25.Qxe6 Rc6 26.Qh3 Qxc2 27.Rd7 e4 28.Ng5+ Kh8
29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.g3 h5 31.Ng5 Qxb2 32.Ne6 Rxf1+ 33.Qxf1 Bf6
34.Rd8+ Kf7 35.Ng5+ Ke7 36.Nxe4 Kxd8 0-1

[Event "Lucerne olm"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roberto Cifuentes Parada"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nb5 d5 7.Bf4
O-O 8.e3 a6 9.a3 Ba5 10.Nd6 Nc6 11.Nxc8 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Rxc8
13.Bg5 dxc4 14.Qxd8 Rfxd8 15.Bxc4 Ne5 16.Be2 Rxc3 17.O-O Rc2
18.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19.Rxd1 Nd5 20.Bf1 f5 21.Bf4 Nc4 22.a4 Nd2
23.Bd3 Ra2 24.Be5 Nb4 25.Bf1 Nc6 26.Bc3 Ne4 27.Be1 Rxa4 28.f3
Nf6 29.Rb1 b5 30.Rc1 Ne7 31.Rc7 Ned5 0-1

[Event "Lucerne olm"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Andrew Jonathan Mestel"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2
Bd7 8.O-O Be7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Nxc6 Bxc6 11.a4 Nd7 12.Nd5 Bxd5
13.exd5 e5 14.a5 Bg5 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Bf6 17.c3 Qc7 18.Be3
Rfe8 19.Bf2 Rxe1+ 20.Qxe1 Nc5 21.Qe2 g6 22.Qc4 Qd7 23.Bxc5 Rc8
24.b4 dxc5 25.bxc5 Qe7 26.c6 bxc6 27.dxc6 Qe3+ 28.Kh1 Bxc3
29.Rd1 Bxa5 30.Qd4 Qxd4 31.Rxd4 Rd8 32.Rd7 Rxd7 33.cxd7 Kf8
34.Bc6 Ke7 35.Kg2 Kd6 36.Ba4 Bd8 37.Kf3 Kc5 38.Bb3 f6 39.Bg8
h6 40.Ke4 a5 41.Bf7 g5 42.Bb3 Kd6 43.Ba4 Ke6 44.h3 Bc7 45.Bb5
Kd6 46.Ba4 Kc5 47.Bb3 gxf4 48.h4 Kb4 49.Bf7 a4 50.d8=Q Bxd8
51.Kxf4 Kc3 52.Kf5 a3 53.h5 Kb2 54.Kg6 a2 55.Bxa2 Kxa2 56.Kxh6
f5 57.Kg6 f4 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.09.11"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "John van der Wiel"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e4 Bb7 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O 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

[Event "Moscow INT"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri N Anikaev"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.a4 Bd7 11.Nb3 Na5 12.e5 Ne8 13.Nxa5
Qxa5 14.Ne4 Qc7 15.Bd4 Bc6 16.Qd3 dxe5 17.fxe5 Rd8 18.Kh1 Qd7
19.Rad1 f5 20.Nc3 Nc7 21.Bf3 Bxf3 22.Qxf3 Qc6 23.Bg1 g6 24.a5
Nd5 25.Bb6 Rd7 26.Nxd5 Rxd5 27.Rxd5 Qxd5 28.Rd1 Qxe5 29.Qxb7
Qe2 30.Qd7 Bf6 31.b4 Qxc2 32.Qxe6+ Kh8 33.Re1 Bc3 34.Bc5 Rd8
35.Be7 Rd1 36.Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow INT"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Heikki Westerinen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 Qc7 7.Be2
e6 8.O-O b5 9.f3 Bb7 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 d5 13.Nxb4
dxe4 14.f4 Bc5 15.c4 Rd8 16.Nbc2 e5 17.fxe5 Nxe5 18.Qc3 Nfg4
19.Bxg4 Nxg4 20.Bf4 Qd7 21.Rad1 O-O 22.b4 Bxd4+ 23.Qxd4 Qe7
24.Bd6 Qe6 25.c5 e3 26.Rf4 Nf2 27.Rf1 Qg6 28.R4xf2 exf2
29.Qxf2 Rfe8 30.Nd4 Re4 31.Nf3 Bd5 32.Qd2 Bc6 33.Qc3 Re2
34.Bg3 Rd3 35.Qc4 Rdd2 36.Qxa6 Rxg2+ 37.Kh1 Rxh2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow INT"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bosko Abramovic"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

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

[Event "Moscow INT"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Yuri Razuvaev"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "68"]

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 Bd7 11.O-O-O a6 12.f4 O-O-O
13.Bg2 Be7 14.Kb1 Ng4 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.Qxd6 Qxd6 17.Rxd6 Ng6
18.f5 exf5 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Nd5 Be6 22.c4 Nh4
23.Rg1 Nxg2 24.Rxg2 g6 25.Nd4 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Ne3 27.Re2 Rxd5
28.Rxe3 Rxd4 29.Rf3 Rd7 30.Kc2 Kd8 31.h4 Ke7 32.h5 gxh5 33.Rf5
Ke6 34.Rxh5 f5 0-1

[Event "Moscow INT"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rainer F A Knaak"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.Be3
e5 8.O-O c6 9.d5 Ng4 10.Bg5 f6 11.Bc1 c5 12.Ne1 Nh6 13.Nd3 f5
14.f4 a6 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.fxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Bf4 Bd4+
19.Kh1 Ne3 20.Bxe3 Bxe3 21.Ne4 Rxf1+ 22.Bxf1 Bd4 23.Qd2 Bf5
24.Ng3 Bd7 25.Re1 Qf8 26.Bd3 Re8 27.Rxe8 Qxe8 28.Ne4 Qe7 29.b3
Bf5 30.Qf4 Be5 31.Qf3 Qh4 32.g3 Qh6 33.Nf2 Qc1+ 34.Kg2 Bd7
35.Qe2 Qa1 36.h4 Qc1 37.Be4 Bd4 38.Bd3 Be5 39.Be4 Qh6 40.Bf3
Qg7 41.Bg4 Bf5 42.Bxf5 gxf5 43.Qf3 f4 44.g4 Qc7 45.g5 Qa5
46.a4 Qd2 47.Kh3 Kg7 48.Kg4 Qc2 49.Nd3 h6 50.gxh6+ Kxh6 51.Kf5
Qc3 52.Ke6 Qd4 53.Qg4 Qe4 54.Qg5+ Kh7 55.Kf7 1-0

[Event "Moscow izt"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1982.09.08"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ruben Rodriguez"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O Be6 9.Be3 O-O 10.Qd2 Nbd7 11.a4 Nb6 12.a5 Nc4
13.Bxc4 Bxc4 14.Rfd1 Rc8 15.Nc1 Qc7 16.N1e2 Bxe2 17.Qxe2 Qc4
18.Qf3 h6 19.Ra4 Qe6 20.Rb4 Rc7 21.Qe2 Rfc8 22.Qd3 Rd7 23.Nd5
Bd8 24.Qb3 Bxa5 25.Rxb7 Rxb7 26.Qxb7 Rxc2 27.Nxf6+ gxf6 28.b4
Rc7 29.Qb8+ Rc8 30.Qb7 Rc7 31.Qxa6 Bxb4 32.Rb1 Qc4 33.Qa4 Qxe4
34.Qxb4 Qxb4 35.Rxb4 f5 36.g3 Kg7 37.Rh4 d5 38.Bxh6+ Kg6
39.Bf8 Rc8 40.Rh6+ Kg5 41.h4+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow izt"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1982.09.17"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dragoljub Velimirovic"]
[ECO "A67"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.c4 e6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7
8.Bb5+ Nfd7 9.a4 Qh4+ 10.g3 Qe7 11.Nf3 O-O 12.O-O Na6 13.Re1
Nb4 14.e5 a6 15.Bf1 dxe5 16.d6 Qe8 17.fxe5 b6 18.e6 fxe6
19.Bc4 Bb7 20.Rxe6 Kh8 21.Rxe8 Raxe8 22.Bf4 g5 23.Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Porz"]
[Site "Porz"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Mathias Gerusel"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 e4 6.Nh4 O-O 7.Bg2
Re8 8.O-O Bc5 9.d3 exd3 10.Qxd3 Ne5 11.Qc2 c6 12.Be3 Bf8
13.Nxf6+ Qxf6 14.Rad1 d6 15.Bd4 Qe6 16.b3 Be7 17.f4 Ng4 18.e4
c5 19.Ba1 Qh6 20.Qc3 Bf6 21.Qf3 Bxh4 22.gxh4 Qxh4 23.h3 Nf6
24.e5 Nh5 25.exd6 Bd7 26.Rd5 Ng3 27.Rg5 Ne2+ 28.Kh2 g6 29.Rxc5
h5 30.Re5 Bg4 31.Qe3 Red8 32.Re7 Kf8 33.Bd5 Rd7 34.f5 gxf5
35.Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Porz"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Paul Troeger"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nbd2 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Bd3 d6 6.h3 Nc6 7.c3
e5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Nxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Bc4 b6 12.g4 a6 13.f3
b5 14.Bb3 c5 15.Nf1 c4 16.Bc2 Nd7 17.Be3 Nc5 18.Qf2 Ne6 19.Ng3
Rd8 20.O-O Nf4 21.Qh2 Qh4 22.Rad1 Be6 23.Ne2 Nxe2+ 24.Qxe2
Qxh3 25.Qh2 Bxg4 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bb6 Qxh2+ 28.Kxh2 Rd2+
29.Kg3 Bxf3 30.Kxf3 Rxc2 31.Rd1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Qe2 Qe7
7.Nxf6+ gxf6 8.O-O a6 9.Ba4 b5 10.Bb3 Na5 11.d4 Nxb3 12.axb3
Bg7 13.dxe5 fxe5 14.Bg5 Qe6 15.Nxe5 O-O 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

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "David Bronstein"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "38"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.c3 Bf5
7.Nf3 Qc7 8.g3 Nd7 9.Bg2 O-O-O 10.O-O e6 11.Qe2 Bd6 12.c4 c5
13.b4 cxb4 14.c5 Be7 15.Nh4 Bg6 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.Rb1 Nb8 18.Bf4
Qd7 19.Bxb8 Kxb8 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "27"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4
7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Nc4 O-O
12.Ncxe5 Bh5 13.Bf4 Bxf3 14.Rb1 0-1

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1982.01.29"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jaime Sunye Neto"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 d6 6.O-O Nf6 7.c4
Be7 8.Nc3 O-O 9.Be3 Nbd7 10.f4 g6 11.Kh1 Re8 12.Nf3 Qc7 13.Qe2
b6 14.e5 Ng4 15.Bd4 Bb7 16.Rae1 Rad8 17.Bc2 dxe5 18.fxe5 Bxf3
19.gxf3 Nh6 20.Rd1 Rf8 21.Be3 Kg7 22.Bf4 Nf5 23.a3 Rfe8 24.b4
Kh8 25.Ne4 Nb8 26.Nd6 Rf8 27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.Bh6 f6 29.Rg1 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1982.01.27"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "John van der Wiel"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.e4 c5 4.Nb5 Nc6 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 cxb4 7.Bb2
Kf8 8.e5 Nge7 9.Nf3 a6 10.Nd6 Nf5 11.Be2 Nxd6 12.exd6 bxa3
13.Rxa3 Bb4 14.Rd3 Bc5 15.O-O a5 16.Qa1 f6 17.Ng5 e5 18.Kh1
Bd4 19.f4 Qb6 20.Bc3 Bxc3 21.Qxc3 Kg8 22.fxe5 Nxe5 23.Ne4 h5
24.Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lutz Espig"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 Nc6 4.exd4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 Qxd4 6.Nc3 e5
7.d3 Ne7 8.Qe2 Bd7 9.Be3 Qd6 10.O-O-O O-O-O 11.d4 exd4 12.Bxd4
Qa6 13.Bc5 Nf5 14.Bxf8 Rhxf8 15.Kb1 Ba4 16.Rxd8+ Rxd8 17.Qg4
Qe6 18.Be2 Rd2 19.Rc1 g6 20.Bf3 Bc6 21.Bxc6 Qxc6 22.Nd5 Qc5
23.Qe4 b6 24.Nf6 c6 25.Qe8+ Rd8 26.Qxf7 Qd6 27.Ne8 Qd3+ 28.Ka1
Rd7 29.Qe6 Kb7 30.a3 Re7 31.Qg8 Nd4 32.Nd6+ Ka6 33.Qc8+ Ka5
34.b4+ Ka4 35.Qa6+ Kb3 36.Rb1+ Qxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Smbat Gariginovich Lputian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D28"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.Qe2
b5 8.Bd3 cxd4 9.exd4 Bb7 10.a4 bxa4 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Bg5 Be7
13.Rxa4 O-O 14.Rd1 a5 15.d5 Nxd5 16.Rh4 g6 17.Ne4 Nd4 18.Nxd4
Bxg5 19.Nxg5 Qxg5 20.Nf3 Qf6 21.Rd4 Rfd8 22.Qe5 Qxe5 23.Nxe5
f6 24.Nc4 e5 25.Rxd5 Bxd5 26.Nb6 Bb3 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Pribyl"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Be3 Be7 7.Be2
cxd4 8.cxd4 O-O 9.Nc3 Qd6 10.O-O Nc6 11.Rc1 b6 12.Nb5 Qd7
13.Ne5 Nxe5 14.Rc7 Qd8 15.dxe5 Nd5 16.Rxa7 Rxa7 17.Nxa7 Bb7
18.Bf3 Qb8 19.Qa4 Qxe5 20.Bd4 Qf4 21.Qd7 Ba6 22.Rd1 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 Bb4 5.Nd5 a5 6.Bg2 d6 7.O-O
O-O 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

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Zurab Sturua"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3
d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.Rd1 O-O 11.c4 bxc4 12.Bxc4 Bc5
13.Be3 Bxe3 14.Qxe3 Qb8 15.Bb3 Na5 16.Nbd2 Qa7 17.Nxe4 Qxe3
18.fxe3 Nxb3 19.axb3 dxe4 20.Nd4 Rfb8 21.Rdc1 Bxb3 22.Rxc7 Be6
23.Rd1 Rb6 24.b4 h6 25.Nc6 Re8 26.Kf2 Kh7 27.Rd6 Bb3 28.Rd4
Ba4 29.Ne7 Re6 30.Nd5 Rxe5 31.Rxf7 Rxd5 32.Rxd5 Bb3 33.Rff5
Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Re6 35.h4 Kg6 36.Kg3 Rb6 37.Ra5 Rxb4 38.Rxa6+ Kh5
39.Kh3 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard A Mnatsakanian"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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

[Event "Porz GER"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6
7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qe2 O-O 9.O-O b6 10.c4 Bb7 11.Bf4 Re8 12.Rad1 c5
13.dxc5 bxc5 14.Ne5 Qb6 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16.Rxd7 g6 17.b4 Bc8
18.bxc5 Qxc5 19.Ne4 Qb6 20.Qf3 Qb2 21.Nxf7 Qg7 22.Nh6+ Kh8
23.Rc7 Rf8 24.Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Malmö Candidates Reserve Playoff"]
[Site "Malmö SWE"]
[Date "1983.01.02"]
[EventDate "1983.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ulf Andersson"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 O-O 6.Bf4 Na6 7.Bd6
Re8 8.a3 Qa5 9.Rc1 Bxc3+ 10.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11.Rxc3 Ne4 12.Rc1
Naxc5 13.Bxc5 Nxc5 14.b4 Ne4 15.e3 b6 16.Bd3 Nf6 17.Ne2 Ba6
18.Nd4 Rac8 19.O-O Rc7 20.Rc2 Kf8 21.Rfc1 Ke7 22.e4 Rec8 23.e5
Ne8 24.f4 Rd8 25.Be4 Rdc8 26.c5 bxc5 27.bxc5 f5 28.Bf3 g6
29.Kf2 Rb8 30.c6 d6 31.exd6 Nxd6 32.Re1 Bc8 33.Bd5 Ne4+
34.Bxe4 fxe4 35.Rxe4 Kf6 36.Re5 a6 37.Rec5 Rb1 38.Nf3 Rb3
39.R5c3 Rxc3 40.Rxc3 Ke7 41.Ne5 1-0

[Event "Tallinn Keres mem"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vlastimil Jansa"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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.O-O-O Rxe2 30.Bxd4 Rxc2+ 31.Kxc2 Bxd4 32.Qf3 1-0

[Event "Niksic"]
[Site "Niksic YUG"]
[Date "1983.08.31"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anthony Miles"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "120"]

1.c4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.a3 f5 5.d5 Nf6 6.g3 a5 7.Bg2 Na6
8.Nh3 Bd6 9.O-O O-O 10.e4 Be5 11.exf5 Bxc3 12.bxc3 exf5 13.Qc2
Ne4 14.Bxe4 fxe4 15.Qxe4 Nc5 16.Qg4 Qe7 17.Be3 Qe4 18.Qxe4
Nxe4 19.Rfe1 Rae8 20.Ng5 Nd6 21.c5 Nc4 22.c6 dxc6 23.Bf4 cxd5
24.Ne6 Rf7 25.Nxc7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rd7 27.Nb5 Ba6 28.Nc7 g5
29.Ne8 Kf7 30.Bxg5 Nxa3 31.Nf6 Rd6 32.Ng4 Nc4 33.Re7+ Kg6
34.Bf4 Rc6 35.Nh6 Rf6 36.Bc1 Bc8 37.Re8 Be6 38.g4 Bf7 39.Rb8
Re6 40.Kg2 Re1 41.Bf4 Re4 42.Bc1 Re1 43.Bf4 d4 44.Nxf7 Kxf7
45.Rc8 b5 46.cxd4 a4 47.d5 a3 48.d6 Rd1 49.Rc7+ Ke8 50.Re7+
Kd8 51.Rxh7 Nxd6 52.Ra7 Nc4 53.h4 Rd7 54.Ra8+ Ke7 55.h5 b4
56.h6 Ke6 57.g5 Kf5 58.Rf8+ Ke4 59.g6 a2 60.g7 a1=Q 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lev Psakhis"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O
7. O-O d5 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4
12. exd4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Ng5 16. Nd2
Nh3+ 17. gxh3 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 Qg5+ 19. Kf1 Qg2+ 20. Ke2 e5
21. Nf1 exd4 22. cxd4 Nc5 23. dxc5 Qf3+ 24. Kd2 Qa3 25. Qb3
1-0

[Event "Tallinn Keres mem"]
[Site "Tallinn Keres mem"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mihai Suba"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "170"]

1.c4 d6 2.d4 e5 3.Nc3 Nd7 4.Nf3 Ngf6 5.g3 g6 6.Bg2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 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

[Event "USSR"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mark Taimanov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2
O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn Keres mem"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Peter Szekely"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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 Nbd7 11.O-O Be7 12.e5 dxe5
13.fxe5 Nxe5 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne4 f5 16.Rb3 Qa4 17.Qc3 Bd7
18.Nc5 Bxc5 19.Qxc5 Nc6 20.Rd1 Rg8 21.Bf3 Qa5 22.Qd6 Nxd4
23.Qxd4 Bb5 24.c4 Ba4 25.Rxb7 Kf8 26.Qd6+ Kg7 27.Qxe6 Rgf8
28.Bd5 Qc3 29.Rxf7+ Rxf7 30.Qxf7+ Kh6 31.Qe6+ Kg7 32.Qe7+ Kh6
33.Re1 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Ra7 35.Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Tallinn Keres mem"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lembit Oll"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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.O-O h6 11.Bxf6 Qxf6 12.a4 Qd8
13.a5 Be7 14.Na4 Qc7 15.Nb6 Rd8 16.c4 O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn Keres mem"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jon Loftur Arnason"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 d6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O Ne7 7.Nc3
O-O 8.e4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Ne5 10.b3 N7c6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Bb2 Rb8
13.Qd2 Bh3 14.f4 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd7 16.Rad1 Nf6 17.Rfe1 Qc8
18.Na4 c5 19.e5 Qb7+ 20.Kg1 Ne4 21.Qd3 f5 22.exf6 Nxf6 23.Re7
Rf7 24.Rde1 Rbf8 25.f5 Rxe7 26.Rxe7 Rf7 27.Qe2 Rxe7 28.Qxe7
Qe4 29.Qxe4 Nxe4 30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Bc1 Kf7 32.Kg2 c6 33.Kf3 d5
34.Be3 Bd4 35.Bxd4 cxd4 36.cxd5 cxd5 37.Nb2 Kf6 38.h4 Nd2+
39.Kf4 a5 40.Nd3 Ne4 41.a4 Ke6 42.g4 Kf6 43.b4 axb4 44.Nxb4
Nc5 45.a5 d3 46.Nxd5+ Ke6 47.Ne3 d2 48.Kg5 Kf7 49.Kh6 Ne4 1-0

[Event "Yurmala"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Krzysztof Pytel"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e3 d6 5.d4 Bg7 6.d5 Ne5 7.Nd2 f5
8.Be2 Nf6 9.h3 e6 10.f4 Nf7 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Bf3 O-O 13.O-O Rb8
14.a4 d5 15.cxd5 Nxd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.e4 Be6 18.Qc2 Qh4 19.Nb3
fxe4 20.Bxe4 Ng5 21.fxg5 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 Rf8+ 23.Bf3 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Yurmala"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Guillermo Garcia Gonzales"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Re1 Bf5 9.c4 Nb4 10.Bf1 O-O 11.a3 Nc6 12.cxd5 Qxd5
13.Nc3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Bf6 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Re3 Na5 17.Ne5 c5 18.g4
Bg6 19.Bg2 Qd8 20.dxc5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 Qf6 22.Bg3 Nc4 23.g5 Qa6
24.Re7 Rxc5 25.Qd4 Rxg5 26.h4 Ra5 27.Rae1 h6 28.Bf1 b5 29.Re8
1-0

[Event "Albena"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Zurab Azmaiparashvili"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.Nf3 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.e4 Nc6 7.Be3
Nge7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O f5 10.exf5 Bxd4 11.Bxd4 Nxf5 12.Be3 Nxe3
13.fxe3 Rxf1+ 14.Qxf1 Be6 15.Qf4 Qe7 16.Rf1 Re8 17.Bg4 Nd8
18.Bxe6+ Nxe6 19.Qf3 c6 20.Ne4 Rf8 21.Qg3 Rxf1+ 22.Kxf1 d5
23.cxd5 cxd5 24.Qb8+ Nf8 25.Nc3 Qxe3 26.Qxb7 d4 27.Ne4 d3
28.Qd5+ {!} Kg7 {28...Kh8? 29.Qe5+ Kg8 30.Nf6+ +-} 29.Qe5+ Kh6
30.Nd6 {!!} Qc1+ 31.Kf2 g5 {31...Qd2+ 32.Kf3 Qd1+ 33.Kg3 Qf1
34.h4! +-} 32.Qf6+ Ng6 33.Nf7+ {Azmaiparashvili resigned in
light of 33...Kh5 34.Qf3+ g4 35.Qf5+ Kh4 36.g3+ Kh3 37.Qh5+
Nh4 38.Qxh4# } 1-0

[Event "USSR vs. Rest of the World"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "1984.06.27"]
[EventDate "1984.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "John Nunn"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.Nf3 g6 2.d4 d6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O
e5 8.Be3 c6 9.d5 c5 10.Ne1 Ne8 11.Nd3 f5 12.f4 g5 13.fxe5 Nxe5
14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.g4 Bg6 17.Rxf8+ Kxf8 18.Qd2 h6
19.h4 gxh4 20.Bxh6+ Kg8 21.Rf1 Ng7 22.Bg5 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Qd7
24.Bf6 Re8 25.Bxd4 cxd4 26.Qxd4 Nh5 27.Kh2 Ng3 28.Rf2 Re5
29.Bf3 Qe7 30.Bg2 h3 31.Kxg3 hxg2 32.Kxg2 Be4+ 33.Kg1 Bg6
34.Qf4 Re1+ 35.Rf1 Re3 36.Rf3 Re1+ 37.Rf1 Re3 38.Rf3 Re1+
39.Kg2 Bc2 40.Rf1 Be4+ 41.Kg3 Bd3 42.Rf3 Bxc4 43.Qxc4 Rg1+
44.Kh2 Rc1 45.Qe2 1-0

[Event "Albena"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jiri Lechtynsky"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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

[Event "Albena"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tihomir Toshkov"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bg5
Qb8 8.Nxc6 Bxc6 9.Qe2 h6 10.Bd2 e5 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.cxd5 Bc5
13.O-O-O a5 14.Kb1 a4 15.Rc1 d6 16.Qb5+ Ke7 17.f3 Ne8 18.g3
Nc7 19.Qc6 Rc8 20.Bh3 Rd8 21.Rc4 Kf8 22.Rxa4 Rxa4 23.Qxa4 b5
24.Qb3 b4 25.Bf1 Nb5 26.Bxb5 Qxb5 27.Rc1 Rb8 28.Rc4 Ke7 29.a3
bxa3 30.Qxb5 Rxb5 31.b4 Kd7 32.Ka2 Bg1 33.h3 f5 34.Kxa3 fxe4
35.fxe4 Rb8 36.Rc1 Bd4 37.Rf1 Ke7 38.Kb3 Rc8 39.g4 Rc7 40.h4
Ke8 41.g5 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1984.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bent Larsen"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O
Nc6 8.Nf4 b6 9.b3 Ba6 10.Bb2 d5 11.Re1 Rc8 12.d3 d4 13.exd4
Nxd4 14.a4 Qd7 15.Nb5 Rfd8 16.Nxd4 cxd4 17.b4 Bb7 18.Bc1 Re8
19.Nh3 e5 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.f3 Nd7 22.g4 f5 23.gxf5 gxf5 24.Ra2
e4 25.fxe4 fxe4 26.Rg2 e3 27.Bb2 Ne5 28.Bxd4 e2 0-1

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

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Nxe7
7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Nc3 Nbc6 9.e3 Qxc5 10.Be2 O-O 11.O-O Be6 12.Rc1
Rad8 13.Na4 Qd6 14.Nc5 Bc8 15.Qd2 b6 16.Nb3 Bg4 17.Rfd1 Qh6
18.Nbd4 Rd6 19.b4 Qh5 20.b5 Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Bxe2 22.Nxe2 Rfd8
23.Rc7 Nf5 24.Rc6 Qg5 25.Nd4 Nh4 26.f4 Qg6 27.Qf2 Nf5 28.Nxf5
Qxf5 29.e4 Qg4 30.Rd4 f6 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Qd2 Re6 33.h3 Qh4
34.Rxd5 g5 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Qd7+ Re7 37.Qd5+ Kg6 38.Rg8+ Rg7
39.Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Lvov INT"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Tamas Horvath"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e6 7.Bg2
Be7 8.O-O Qc7 9.Re1 O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Na4 Rb8
13.c4 c5 14.b3 Bb7 15.Nc3 Rbd8 16.Rc1 Rfe8 17.h3 Nd7 18.f4 Nb8
19.g4 Nc6 20.g5 g6 21.Qd2 Bf8 22.Nd1 Bg7 23.Nf2 d5 24.cxd5
exd5 25.Bxc5 dxe4 26.Qe3 Qb8 27.Red1 Ne7 28.Bxe7 Rxe7 29.Ng4
Re6 30.Nh6+ Kf8 31.Qc5+ Ke8 32.f5 Rc6 33.Qb4 Rd4 34.Rxd4 Rxc1+
35.Kf2 Bxd4+ 36.Qxd4 Qf4+ 37.Ke2 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Attila Groszpeter"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4
O-O 8.Be2 c5 9.O-O d6 10.Rc1 Nbd7 11.a3 Rc8 12.Bg3 a6 13.b3
cxd4 14.Nxd4 Qc7 15.Bf3 Nc5 16.Qe2 Nce4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4
Bxe4 19.Rcd1 e5 20.Nf3 Qb7 21.Ne1 b5 22.cxb5 axb5 23.f3 Bc6
24.Nd3 e4 25.Nb4 exf3 26.gxf3 d5 27.Nxc6 Rxc6 28.Kh1 Re6
29.Rf2 Bc5 30.Rd3 d4 31.e4 f5 32.Rg2 fxe4 33.fxe4 Rxe4 34.Qh5
Qe7 35.Rf3 Rxf3 36.Qxf3 Bd6 37.a4 Bxg3 38.Qxg3 bxa4 39.bxa4
Re3 40.Qb8+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Pribyl"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.h3 h6 5.g4 Bh7 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.g5
Ne4 8.h4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 e5 10.Rb1 Be4 11.Kf1 Qe7 12.a4 O-O-O
13.a5 Qe6 14.a6 b6 15.Bd2 Be7 16.Ra1 hxg5 17.hxg5 Rxh1+
18.Bxh1 Rh8 19.Bg2 Qg4 20.Kg1 Bxg5 21.Bxg5 Bxf3 22.exf3 Qxg5
23.Ra4 Rh4 24.Qf1 Nc5 25.dxc5 Rxa4 26.Qb5 Ra1+ 27.Kh2 Qf4+
28.Kh3 Kd8 29.cxb6 axb6 0-1

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Harold James Plaskett"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 f5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nge2 O-O 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.Nxc3 f4 9.exf4 exf4 10.d4 fxg3 11.fxg3 d6 12.Nd5 h6
13.Qd3 Be6 14.Bxh6 Bxd5 15.cxd5 Nb4 16.Qg6 Qe7 17.a3 Nc2
18.Bxg7 Qxg7 19.Qxc2 Rae8 20.Rae1 Ng4 21.Rxf8+ Rxf8 22.Qd2 Qg6
23.h3 Rf2 24.Qd1 1-0

[Event "Titograd"]
[Site "Titograd"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Petar Popovic"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7
7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 Nc6 9.O-O e5 10.d3 h6 11.Qh4 Nh7 12.Qxd8 Rfxd8
13.Bd2 Nf8 14.Rfc1 Ne6 15.b4 a6 16.Rab1 Be8 17.Ne1 Bf8 18.Nd5
Kg7 19.Kf1 f6 20.Nc2 Na7 21.Nce3 c6 22.Nc3 Nb5 23.Ne4 Be7
24.Nc4 Rac8 25.Bh3 Bf7 26.Nc5 Nxc5 27.bxc5 Rb8 28.Ba5 Rd5
29.Nb6 Rd4 30.a4 Na7 31.Nd7 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Titograd"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Stefan Djuric"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4 4.Bg2 O-O 5.e4 Bxc3 6.dxc3 d6 7.Qe2
b6 8.Nf3 Bb7 9.Nh4 Nbd7 10.O-O Nc5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.f4 exf4 14.Rxf4 Qe5 15.Re1 Rae8 16.Qd2 g5 17.Rf5 Qg7
18.Rxc5 bxc5 19.Nf5 Qf6 20.Qc2 Re5 21.Qa4 Rfe8 22.g4 Qe6
23.Ng3 Qxg4 24.Qxa7 Qc8 25.Qa4 f5 26.Qd1 f4 27.Qh5 Qe6 28.Bh3
Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.Nf5 h5 31.a4 g4 32.Bf1 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Titograd"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alonso Zapata"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Nge7
7.O-O Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Nc6 9.Qd3 Qc7 10.Bg5 Bd6 11.Qh3 O-O 12.Rad1
f6 13.Bc1 Bf4 14.Bxf4 Qxf4 15.Na4 Qc7 16.Qg3 Ne5 17.f4 b5
18.fxe5 bxa4 19.exf6 Qxg3 20.hxg3 Rxf6 21.Rf4 Rb8 22.b3 axb3
23.axb3 e5 24.Rf3 Rbb6 25.Rxf6 gxf6 26.Bg4 Bb7 27.Bf5 d6
28.Kf2 h6 29.Ke3 Kg7 30.g4 Kf7 31.Rd3 Ke7 32.Kd2 Rb4 33.c4 Bc6
34.Rh3 Rb8 35.Rxh6 Rxb3 36.g5 fxg5 37.c5 Bb5 38.cxd6 Kf8 39.d7
Rd3+ 40.Kc2 Kg7 41.Rb6 Rd4 42.Rb8 Bd3+ 43.Kc1 Bxe4 44.Bg4 1-0

[Event "URS 37/17"]
[Site "URS 37/17"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Semeniuk"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Ndb4
7.a3 Bg7 8.axb4 Bxe5 9.b5 Nb8 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.bxc6 Nxc6
13.d4 Bg7 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qb3 b6 16.Bd2 Na5 17.Qc2 e5 18.d5 Qe7
19.Rfd1 Nb7 20.Nb5 Rac8 21.Qb1 Bxb5 22.Bxb5 Nd6 23.Ba6 Rcd8
24.Bb4 e4 25.Qc2 Be5 26.Rdc1 f5 27.g3 Rf7 28.Bc8 Kh8 29.Be6
Rg7 30.Qe2 h5 31.h4 Qf6 32.Rc6 Nb7 33.Rac1 Nc5 34.Bxc5 bxc5
35.R1xc5 Bd6 36.Rc2 Rb7 37.Qa6 Qe7 38.Rc8 Rb8 39.R2c6 Kg7
40.Qa5 Rbxc8 41.Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Naestved"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lubomir Ftacnik"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6
7. O-O Be7 8. f4 O-O 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

[Event "Taxco Interzonal"]
[Site "Taxco de Alarcón MEX"]
[Date "1985.06.30"]
[EventDate "1985.06.10"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jozsef Pinter"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "142"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.e4 e5 5.Nf3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 c6 9.Qc2 Qe7 10.Rfe1 exd4 11.Bxd4 Nc5 12.Nd2 Re8
13.Rad1 h5 14.h3 Bh6 15.Bf1 Bf4 16.Nf3 Nfd7 17.Be3 Bxe3
18.Rxe3 Ne5 19.Qd2 Be6 20.b3 Nxf3+ 21.Rxf3 Rad8 22.Qh6 Bc8
23.Rd5 Qf8 24.Qxf8+ Kxf8 25.Rd4 Ne6 26.Rd2 Ng5 27.Re3 f5
28.Red3 Nxe4 29.Nxe4 Rxe4 30.Rxd6 Rxd6 31.Rxd6 Re6 32.Rd8+ Re8
33.Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.c5 f4 35.g3 f3 36.h4 Ke7 37.Bd3 Bf5 38.Bc4
Kf6 39.Kf1 Ke5 40.Ke1 Kd4 41.Kd2 a5 42.Bf7 Kxc5 43.Kc3 b5
44.a3 b4+ 45.axb4+ axb4+ 46.Kd2 Kd4 47.Be8 c5 48.Bb5 Be4
49.Ba6 Bd5 50.Kc2 Ke5 51.Bb5 Kf5 52.Bd7+ Be6 53.Bb5 Kg4 54.Bf1
Bd5 55.Kb2 Kf5 56.Kc2 Be4+ 57.Kd2 Ke5 58.Ba6 Kd5 59.Bc4+ Kd4
60.Bb5 Bf5 61.Ba6 Be6 62.Kc2 c4 63.bxc4 b3+ 64.Kb2 Kd3 65.c5+
Kd2 66.c6 Ke1 67.c7 Kxf2 68.Bc4 Bg4 69.Bd3 Kg1 70.Bxg6 f2
71.Bxh5 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "Montpellier Candidates"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "1985.10.22"]
[EventDate "1985.10.12"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6
7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn 09"]
[Site "Tallinn 09"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "103"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qa4+ Bd7 6.Qc2 Nb6
7.d4 Bg7 8.Bf4 O-O 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.e3 Bf5 11.Qb3 a5 12.d5 Nb4
13.e4 Bg4 14.Nb5 Rc8 15.a3 Na6 16.Be2 a4 17.Qc2 c6 18.dxc6
Rxc6 19.Qb1 Qa8 20.O-O e5 21.Be3 Nc4 22.Na7 Rc7 23.Nb5 Rc6
24.Na7 Rc7 25.Bxc4 Rxc4 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Rxc1 Qe8 28.Qd3 Qd7
29.Qxd7 Bxd7 30.Rd1 Be6 31.Rd6 Bc4 32.Nd2 Be6 33.Nf3 Bc4
34.Nd2 Be6 35.Rb6 Rb8 36.Nb5 Bf8 37.Nf3 Nc5 38.Nc3 Nd7 39.Rb5
Bc4 40.Ra5 b5 41.Ra7 Rd8 42.Nd2 Nc5 43.h4 h6 44.Nxc4 bxc4
45.Rc7 Nd3 46.Nxa4 Rb8 47.Rxc4 Kg7 48.b4 Ra8 49.b5 Bxa3 50.b6
Bd6 51.b7 Rb8 52.Rc6 1-0

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Shabalov"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

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.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Montpellier Candidates"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "1985.10.16"]
[EventDate "1985.10.12"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3
Bb4 8.Nxc4 O-O 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 Na6 11.e4 Bh7 12.Be2 c5 13.Bf2
Bxe4 14.fxe4 Nxe4 15.O-O Nxf2 16.Rxf2 cxd4 17.Na2 d3 18.Nxb4
dxe2 19.Qb3 Nc5 20.Qf3 Rc8 21.Qxe2 Nb3 22.Ra3 Nd4 23.Qd3 Qh4
24.g3 Qe7 25.Nc2 Nf5 26.N4e3 Nxe3 27.Qxe3 b6 28.Rd3 Rc7 29.Nd4
Rfc8 30.b3 Rc5 31.Qe4 R5c7 32.Kg2 a6 33.Rdf3 Qd6 34.Rd3 Qb4
35.Qf3 Kh8 36.Qe3 Kg8 37.Nf3 Rc2 38.Rd8+ Rxd8 39.Rxc2 Rd5
40.Ne5 Qf8 41.Rf2 Qc5 42.Qxc5 Rxc5 43.Nd7 Rc3 44.Rf3 Rc2+
45.Rf2 Rc3 46.b4 Rb3 47.Rf4 Rb2+ 48.Kg1 Rb1+ 49.Kf2 Rb2+
50.Ke3 b5 51.a5 Rb3+ 52.Kd4 g5 53.Rf2 1-0

[Event "Montpellier ct po"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.12.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2
cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Bd6 11.Bf4 Bxf4 12.Nxf4 Qa5+
13.Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.Kxd2 O-O 15.Rhe1 Ne4+ 16.Bxe4 Rxf4 17.Bd3 Nxd4
18.Ke3 Nxf3 19.Kxf4 Nxe1 20.Rxe1 Bd7 21.Ke5 a6 22.Kd6 Bb5
23.Bxb5 axb5 24.Rxe6 d4 25.Re2 d3 26.Rd2 Rc8 27.b4 Rc2 28.Rxd3
Rxa2 29.Rf3 Rc2 30.Rf5 b6 31.h4 Rc4 32.Rxb5 Rxh4 33.g3 Rd4+
34.Kc7 Kf7 35.Kxb6 Kf6 36.f4 h6 37.Ka5 Rd3 38.g4 Ra3+ 39.Kb6
Rf3 40.Rf5+ Ke6 41.b5 g6 42.Rc5 Rxf4 43.Rc6+ Kf7 44.Kc7 1-0

[Event "Montpellier Candidates"]
[Site "Montpellier FRA"]
[Date "1985.10.23"]
[EventDate "1985.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.b3 Nd7 5.Bb2 Ngf6 6.O-O e6 7.d3
Bc5 8.Nbd2 O-O 9.e4 dxe4 10.dxe4 e5 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qe7
13.Rad1 b5 14.h4 a5 15.c3 Nb6 16.Rfe1 Qe6 17.Qf5 Ng4 18.Re2
Rad8 19.Bf3 Rd3 20.Kg2 Nxf2 21.Rxf2 Bxf2 22.Kxf2 Qd6 23.Bc1 g6
24.Qg5 f6 25.Qh6 f5 26.Kg2 Rxf3 27.Nxf3 Qxd1 28.Ng5 0-1

[Event "Naestved"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Curt Hansen"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4
e5 8.Nf3 Ng4 9.Bd2 Be7 10.Qe2 exf4 11.O-O-O Bf6 12.Nd5 Ne3
13.Bxe3 fxe3 14.Qxe3 O-O 15.Bc4 Be6 16.Rhf1 Bxd5 17.Rxd5 Qc7
18.Bb3 Na5 19.Qd3 Rad8 20.Rd1 Nxb3+ 21.axb3 Rfe8 22.g4 g6
23.g5 Be7 24.h4 Rc8 25.Nh2 Bf8 26.Ng4 Re6 27.c3 Qe7 28.e5 Bg7
29.Nf6+ Bxf6 30.exf6 Qe8 31.Rxd6 Rxd6 32.Qxd6 h5 33.Qe7 Qc6
34.b4 b5 35.Rd7 Qc4 36.Kc2 a6 37.Qe5 Rf8 38.Qd4 Qe2+ 39.Kb1
Qe1+ 40.Ka2 Qe6+ 41.Qd5 1-0

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

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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hillar Karner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d6 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.Nh4 Bd7 5.g3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5
7.Bg2 c6 8.e4 Na6 9.Qe2 Bc5 10.Nd1 O-O 11.Ne3 Nc7 12.c3 a5
13.Nhf5 Re8 14.h4 Ne6 15.Nc4 Nf8 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Ncxe3 g6
18.Nd6 Re6 19.Ndc4 b5 20.Nd2 Re8 21.a4 Ne6 22.axb5 cxb5 23.O-O
Nc5 24.Rad1 Bc6 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Rb8 27.c4 b4 28.Ne4 Nfxe4
29.Bxe4 Qd6 30.h5 a4 31.hxg6 hxg6 32.Bc2 Kg7 33.Kg2 Rh8 34.Qe3
Rh5 35.Rh1 Rbh8 36.Rxh5 Rxh5 37.Re1 Rh8 38.f4 exf4 39.gxf4 Rh4
40.Qd4+ Qf6 41.Qxf6+ Kxf6 42.Kg3 Rh8 43.d6 a3 44.bxa3 bxa3
45.Ra1 Ra8 46.Ra2 Ke6 47.f5+ gxf5 48.Kf4 Kxd6 49.Kxf5 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Tallinn tt"]
[Site "Tallinn tt"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Josef Pribyl"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.Be2 b6 6.O-O Bb7 7.c3
Nc6 8.Nbd2 O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Kalle Kiik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.a4
Nc6 8.Be3 e5 9.Nf3 exf4 10.Bxf4 Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Be6
13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nb4 15.c4 Qb6+ 16.Kh1 Ng4 17.Nd4 Nxd3
18.Qxd3 Bf6 19.Rad1 Qxb2 20.Bxd6 Rfe8 21.Nc2 Rad8 22.Bg3 Qa2
23.h3 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Bxe5 25.Rb1 Re7 26.Ne3 Qxa4 27.c5 Qd7 28.Nf5
Ree8 29.d6 Qc6 30.Qc4 Rd7 31.Rb6 Qc8 32.c6 bxc6 33.Ne7+ Rdxe7
34.dxe7 Rxe7 35.Rxc6 Qd7 36.Rxf7 Qxc6 37.Rxg7+ Kxg7 38.Qxc6
Rc7 0-1

[Event "Taxco Interzonal"]
[Site "Taxco de Alarcón MEX"]
[Date "1985.06.24"]
[EventDate "1985.06.10"]
[Round "11"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduard Prandstetter"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3
Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.a4 Nc6 10.f4 Nb4 11.Be3 Bd7 12.a5 Bc6 13.Bd3
Re8 14.Kh1 Qc8 15.Nd2 Ng4 16.Bg1 exf4 17.Nc4 Qe6 18.Nb6 Rad8
19.Bc4 Qg6 20.Rxf4 Ne5 21.Bd5 Bg5 22.Rf1 Bxd5 23.Nbxd5 Nxd5
24.Qxd5 Nc6 25.Rf3 Rd7 26.Rg3 Re5 27.Qd3 Qe6 28.Bd4 Nxd4
29.Qxd4 Bd8 30.b4 Bf6 31.Nd5 Bh4 32.Nf4 Qf6 33.Rf3 Rxe4
34.Qxf6 Bxf6 35.Rb1 Be5 36.Nd5 Rd8 37.g3 Re2 38.c4 Rc2 39.Nb6
Bd4 40.Rf4 Be5 41.Rff1 h5 42.Rfc1 Ra2 43.Rg1 f6 44.Rg2 Ra3
45.Rd2 Re8 46.Nd5 Kh7 47.Kg2 Kg6 48.Rf1 Kf7 49.Rf3 Ra1 50.Rf1
Rxf1 51.Kxf1 Rc8 52.Nb6 Rc6 53.Rd3 Ke6 54.Kg2 g5 55.h3 Kf5
56.Kf3 g4 57.hxg4+ hxg4 58.Ke2 Rc7 59.Nd5 Rh7 60.Ne3+ Kg5
61.Nf1 f5 62.Kf2 f4 63.gxf4 Kxf4 64.Kg2 Ke4 65.Rd5 Rh3 66.b5
Rd3 67.bxa6 bxa6 0-1

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

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

[Event "Taxco Interzonal"]
[Site "Taxco de Alarcón MEX"]
[Date "1985.06.20"]
[EventDate "1985.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Marcel Sisniega"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 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

[Event "Volgograd"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Leonid Yurtaev"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bf1 g6 7.c3
Bg7 8.d4 e5 9.h3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Bf4 Be6
13.Nd2 Ne7 14.Nf3 Nc6 15.Qd2 O-O 16.Bh6 Rc8 17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.Nxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4+ Qf6 20.Qd2 Rc6 21.Rac1 Rfc8 22.Rxc6 Rxc6
23.b3 Qc3 24.Rd1 Qxd2 25.Rxd2 g5 26.g3 Rc1 27.Kg2 Bxh3+
28.Kxh3 Rxf1 29.Kg4 Kg6 30.Rxd6+ f6 31.Kf3 g4 32.Ke2 Rc1 33.e5
Rc6 34.Kd3 Kf5 35.Rxc6 bxc6 36.exf6 Kxf6 37.Kd4 h5 38.b4 Kg5
39.Ke5 h4 40.gxh4+ Kxh4 41.Kf5 Kh5 42.a4 Kh4 43.Kg6 1-0

[Event "Yurmala"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Carsten Hoi"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 O-O 6.O-O 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

[Event "Yurmala"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ventzislav V Inkiov"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nc3 c5 7.cxd5
exd5 8.d4 Nc6 9.Be2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bd6 11.O-O Re8 12.Rc1 Nxd4
13.Qxd4 Be5 14.Qd2 Bf5 15.Rfd1 Rc8 16.Bb5 Bd7 17.Bd3 Qa5
18.Rc2 h6 19.Ne2 Qxd2 20.Rcxd2 Bxb2 21.Rxb2 Bg4 22.f3 Bd7
23.Kf2 g6 24.g4 Re5 25.Nd4 Rce8 26.Re2 Rc8 27.h3 Kg7 28.Rc2
Rxc2+ 29.Bxc2 Re8 30.b4 Rc8 31.Bb3 b6 32.Ke2 a5 33.a3 Kf8
34.bxa5 bxa5 35.Rb1 Ke7 36.Bc2 Rc3 37.Rb3 Rc7 38.Rb6 Rc3 39.a4
Ne8 40.Ra6 Nd6 41.Rxa5 Rxe3+ 42.Kxe3 Nc4+ 43.Kd3 Nxa5 44.Kc3
Kd6 45.Kb4 Nc6+ 46.Nxc6 Bxc6 47.Bd3 d4 48.Be2 Ke5 49.Bd1 Kf4
50.Kc5 Bxa4 51.Bxa4 Kxf3 52.Kxd4 Kg3 53.Bd7 f5 54.Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Yurmala"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel John King"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Nc6 7.Be2
g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.f4 Bg4 11.Nxc6 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 bxc6
13.a5 Qb8 14.Ra3 c5 15.Kh1 Qb7 16.Bg1 Rab8 17.Rb3 Qc6 18.Rxb8
Rxb8 19.b3 e6 20.e5 Nd7 21.Na4 d5 22.Ra1 Rb4 23.Nb6 Nb8 24.Qe3
Bf8 25.h3 Nd7 26.Qd3 Nb8 27.Be3 Be7 28.c4 dxc4 29.Nxc4 Qd5
30.Rd1 Qxd3 31.Rxd3 Nc6 32.Bd2 Rb8 33.Rd7 Kf8 34.Nb6 Ke8
35.Rc7 Nd4 36.Ra7 Nxb3 37.Bc3 Rd8 38.Rxa6 Rd3 39.Ra8+ Bd8
40.Bb2 Nxa5 41.Nc8 Nc4 42.Nd6+ Rxd6 43.exd6 Nxb2 44.Kg1 0-1

[Event "Yurmala"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Mikhail Gurevich"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nge2 e6 7.Ng3
exd5 8.cxd5 d6 9.Be2 a6 10.a4 Nbd7 11.O-O Qc7 12.Be3 Re8 13.f3
Rb8 14.Qd2 Qa5 15.Qc2 Ne5 16.h3 Qb4 17.Na2 Qa5 18.b4 cxb4
19.Rab1 Bd7 20.Rxb4 b5 21.Qb1 h5 22.Rd1 Qc7 23.axb5 axb5
24.Bxb5 Bxb5 25.Rxb5 Rxb5 26.Qxb5 Rb8 27.Qa4 h4 28.Ne2 Rb2
29.Rc1 Qb8 30.Nac3 Nh5 31.Rc2 Ng3 32.Ba7 Qb7 33.Bd4 Kh7
34.Rxb2 Qxb2 35.Qd1 Nxf3+ 36.gxf3 Bxd4+ 37.Nxd4 Qxc3 38.Kf2
Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik open"]
[Site "Reykjavik open"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Utut Adianto"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Qc2
Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.Nf3 Re8 10.O-O 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

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "Reykjavik (Iceland)"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "John Fedorowicz"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nb3
Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.O-O 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

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ovidiu-Doru Foisor"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.e5 Nfd7 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ne2
cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.Nc3 a6
13.Bh4 O-O 14.Bg3 e5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.O-O Bxg3
18.hxg3 Bd7 19.Rc1 Qd6 20.Bc4 Bc6 21.Qd4 Rad8 22.Bb3 Kh8
23.Rcd1 Rfe8 24.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 Re8 26.Rxe8+ Bxe8 27.Nd1
Bf7 28.Ne3 Be6 29.Bc2 Kg8 30.g4 h6 31.b4 b6 32.a3 Qc7 33.f3 a5
34.Bb3 Kh8 35.Kf2 axb4 36.axb4 Qd6 37.g3 Kg8 38.Ng2 Bf7 39.Nf4
Kf8 40.Nd3 Be8 41.Ne5 Bd7 42.Nxd7+ Qxd7 43.Qxb6 Kg8 44.b5 Qe8
45.Qc5 Qf7 46.Qc8+ Kh7 47.Bc2+ g6 48.b6 1-0

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Imre Varasdy"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2
d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Bxc3 10.bxc3 e5 11.Nc2 Nc6 12.O-O 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

[Event "Berlin"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Petar Velikov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 b6 6.Nbd2 Bb7 7.Bd3
O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.exd4 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Ncxe7 12.Be4 Nf4
13.Qd1 Qc7 14.Re1 f5 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Nc4 Rf6 17.Nce5 g5 18.Nd3
Neg6 19.Nxf4 Nxf4 20.Re3 g4 21.Ne1 Rc8 22.Qd2 Rg6 23.Re5 d6
24.Re3 h5 25.Rc1 b5 26.b3 Qd5 27.c4 bxc4 28.Rec3 Qxd4 29.Qxd4
Ne2+ 30.Kf1 Nxd4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Rxc4 e5 33.Nc2 Nxc2 34.Rxc2
Rg7 35.Rc8+ Kf7 36.Rh8 Ke6 37.Rh6+ Kd5 38.Rxh5 Ke4 39.Ke2 f4
40.Rh4 d5 41.b4 Kd4 42.h3 gxh3 43.g3 Rc7 44.gxf4 e4 45.Rxh3
Rc2+ 46.Kf1 Rxa2 47.Rh7 Kc3 48.f5 d4 49.f6 Ra1+ 50.Kg2 Ra6
51.Rc7+ Kd2 52.f7 Rf6 53.Re7 d3 54.b5 e3 55.Rxe3 Rxf7 56.Re6
Kd1 57.Kf1 d2 58.Rc6 Rf5 59.b6 axb6 60.Rxb6 Rc5 61.Rd6 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Bremen"]
[Site "Bremen"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Walter Henke"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 Na6 7.Qe2
c5 8.e5 Nh5 9.Be3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nf4 12.Bxf4 Qxd4
13.g3 Nb4 14.O-O-O Qb6 15.Be4 Be6 16.a3 Nc6 17.Nd5 Bxd5
18.Bxd5 e6 19.Bxc6 Qxc6 20.h4 Rad8 21.h5 Rxd1+ 22.Rxd1 gxh5
23.Qxh5 Qe4 24.Kb1 Rc8 25.Rd2 Qe1+ 26.Ka2 Qe4 27.Qd1 Bxe5
28.Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Kiev tt"]
[Site "Kiev tt"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Semeniuk"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Nf3 g6 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.Ne5 Ndb4
7.a3 Bg7 8.axb4 Bxe5 9.b5 Nb8 10.e3 O-O 11.Be2 c6 12.bxc6 Nxc6
13.d4 Bg7 14.O-O Bd7 15.Qb3 b6 16.Bd2 Na5 17.Qc2 e5 18.d5 Qe7
19.Rfd1 Nb7 20.Nb5 Rac8 21.Qb1 Bxb5 22.Bxb5 Nd6 23.Ba6 Rcd8
24.Qc2 e4 25.Rac1 Be5 26.Bb4 f5 27.g3 Rf7 28.Bc8 Kh8 29.Be6
Rg7 30.Qe2 h5 31.h4 Qf6 32.Rc6 Nb7 33.Rdc1 Nc5 34.Bxc5 bxc5
35.R1xc5 Bd6 36.Rc2 Rb7 37.Qa6 Qe7 38.Rc8 Rb8 39.R2c6 Kg7
40.Qa5 Rbxc8 41.Bxc8 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Curt Hansen"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.h3 Nc6 9.Be3 Bd7 10.Re1 Rc8 11.Bb3 Qa5 12.Qd2 Rfe8
13.Rad1 a6 14.Nf3 b5 15.Bh6 Nd8 16.Nd4 Rc5 17.a3 Bxh6 18.Qxh6
Rh5 19.Qf4 Ne6 20.Bxe6 Bxe6 21.g4 Rxh3 22.f3 b4 23.axb4 Qxb4
24.Kg2 Qxb2 25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.exd5 Nxd5 27.Qd2 Rh4 28.Kg3 Nc3
29.Ra1 Ne2+ 30.Nxe2 Qf6 31.g5 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik op"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fridrik Olafsson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B62"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nc6 7.Qd2
e6 8.O-O-O h6 9.Bh4 Nxe4 10.Qf4 Ng5 11.Qg3 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Qb6
13.Rd2 Nh7 14.Bd3 g5 15.Bxh7 gxh4 16.Qg4 Rxh7 17.Ne4 Qd8
18.Rxd6 Bxd6 19.Rd1 Kf8 20.Rxd6 Qe7 21.Qd1 f5 22.Rd8+ Kg7
23.Nd6 Rh8 24.Nxf5+ exf5 25.Qd4+ Qf6 26.Qxf6+ Kxf6 27.Rxh8 Kg7
28.Rd8 b5 29.Kd2 Kf6 30.Rf8+ Ke5 31.Rh8 Bb7 32.Rxh6 Bxg2
33.Rxh4 f4 34.Rg4 Rd8+ 35.Ke2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Riga rapid"]
[Site "Riga rapid"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lembit Oll"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "Rockaden-Trud 42/769"]
[Site "Rockaden-Trud 42/769"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Wiedenkeller"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Bd3 d6 7.Nge2 e6
8.O-O exd5 9.exd5 Ng4 10.Bf4 Ne5 11.Qd2 Nbd7 12.b3 f5 13.Bg5
Nf6 14.f4 Nxd3 15.Qxd3 Bd7 16.Bh4 Re8 17.h3 Qe7 18.Rae1 Qe3+
19.Qxe3 Rxe3 20.Nd1 Ree8 21.Nec3 Nh5 22.Re7 Rxe7 23.Bxe7 Ng3
24.Rf3 Bd4+ 25.Kh2 Ne4 26.Ne2 Bg7 27.Re3 Re8 28.Bh4 b5 29.cxb5
Bxb5 30.a4 Ba6 31.Nec3 Bd4 32.Re1 Bd3 33.Ne2 Bf6 34.Bxf6 Nxf6
35.Ndc3 Re3 36.Kg1 Bxe2 37.Nxe2 Rxb3 38.Nc1 Rb1 39.Kf2 Nxd5
40.Nd3 Rxe1 41.Kxe1 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Sochi 42/142"]
[Site "Sochi 42/142"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Guillermo Garcia Gonzales"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "31"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.Qd4 d5 7.cxd5
Qa5 8.Qxe4 Bxc3+ 9.Kd1 cxd5 10.Qc2 d4 11.bxc3 dxc3 12.Ne2 O-O
13.Qxc3 Qa4+ 14.Ke1 Be6 15.Nd4 Rc8 16.Bb5 1-0

[Event "Sochi 42/150"]
[Site "Sochi 42/150"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Julian Michael Hodgson"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

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 O-O-O 11.Bd2 Nb4 12.Nxe4 Bf5
13.Qb1 Qb6 14.Ne2 e6 15.Be3 Qa6 16.O-O 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

[Event "Sochi"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eduard Meduna"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "76"]

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Nbd2 b6 6.e4 O-O 7.Bd3
Nh5 8.Bxe7 Qxe7 9.g3 d6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Qe2 Nd7 12.Ba6 Bxa6
13.Qxa6 Nhf6 14.Rad1 Rfc8 15.e5 Ne8 16.exd6 Nxd6 17.Qe2 Nf6
18.Nc4 Nxc4 19.Qxc4 Qb7 20.Qe2 c4 21.Rfe1 b5 22.Nd2 Rd8 23.Ne4
Nxe4 24.Qxe4 Rd5 25.b3 Qc7 26.b4 a5 27.a3 h6 28.Rd2 axb4
29.axb4 Ra3 30.Re3 Qa7 31.Rde2 Rxc3 32.Rxc3 Qa1+ 33.Kg2 Qxc3
34.Ra2 g6 35.Qf4 Qxd4 36.Qxh6 Rd8 37.h4 c3 38.Re2 c2 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Svend Hamann"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 e6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Rd1 Nb4 11.Nc3 Qh5 12.Bc4 Bd6
13.h3 b6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Rb8 16.a3 Bb7 17.Qg4 Qxg4 18.hxg4
Nd5 19.Ne5 Rbc8 20.Bb3 Ba6 21.g5 Rfd8 22.Bd2 Ne7 23.Bc3 Bb7
24.Re1 Rc7 25.a4 Nd5 26.Bxd5 Bxd5 27.Re3 a6 28.Nd3 Rc4 29.Ne5
Bxe5 30.dxe5 Bc6 31.a5 b5 32.f3 b4 33.Be1 Rdd4 34.Kf2 Rc2+
35.Re2 b3 36.Bc3 Rd5 37.Ke1 Bb5 38.Rf2 Rd3 39.Rd2 Re3+ 40.Kd1
Be2+ 41.Ke1 Bxf3 42.Kf1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "09"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tibor Karolyi Jr."]
[ECO "D21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c5 3.c4 dxc4 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.e4 Nxe4 7.Nxe4
exd5 8.Bg5 Qa5+ 9.Nc3 Be6 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Ng5 Nc6 12.Be2 Be7
13.Nxe6 fxe6 14.Bh5+ g6 15.Bg4 Kf7 16.O-O Bf6 17.Re1 Re8
18.Qf3 Nd4 19.Qd1 b5 20.Ne2 a5 21.Nxd4 cxd4 22.Qf3 Qd6 23.Bg5
Qd8 24.Rxe6 Rxe6 25.Bxe6+ Kg7 26.Bxd5 Ra6 27.Bxf6+ Qxf6
28.Qxf6+ Kxf6 29.b3 c3 30.Be4 b4 31.Bc2 Ke5 32.Re1+ Kd6 33.Kf1
Ra7 34.Re4 Kd5 35.Ke2 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi 42/146"]
[Site "Tbilisi 42/146"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gennadi Zaichik"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.c3 e6 5.Be3 Nd7 6.Nd2 Ne7 7.f4 f6
8.Ngf3 fxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.fxe5 Ng6 11.Qh5 Qb6 12.b4 Be7
13.Kd1 O-O 14.g4 Nf4 15.Bxf4 Bg6 16.Qh3 Rxf4 17.Bd3 Bxd3
18.Qxd3 Rxg4 19.Kc2 Rf4 20.Rhf1 Raf8 21.Rxf4 Rxf4 22.Rf1 Rxf1
23.Qxf1 Qd8 24.Nb3 Qe8 25.a4 g5 26.Kb2 h5 27.Qg2 g4 28.Nd2 Qg6
29.Nf1 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Neil McDonald"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.c4 dxc4 5.Na3 Nc6 6.Nxc4 e6 7.b3
Be7 8.Bb2 O-O 9.O-O Nd5 10.d4 b5 11.e4 Ndb4 12.a3 bxc4 13.axb4
cxd4 14.Nxd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.Bxd4 cxb3 17.Rfb1 e5 18.Bxe5
Be6 19.Bf3 Bxb4 20.Bd1 Rfe8 21.Bxb3 Bxb3 22.Rxb3 Bc5 23.Bb2
Rxe4 24.Rb5 Rc4 25.Ba3 Bb6 26.Bc1 Rd8 27.Be3 Bxe3 28.fxe3 Rc2
29.Rab1 g6 30.R5b2 Rxb2 31.Rxb2 a5 32.Ra2 Ra8 33.Ra4 Kf8
34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke2 Kd6 36.Kd3 Kc5 37.Rc4+ Kb6 38.Rf4 f5 39.e4
fxe4 40.Rxe4 Rc8 41.Re7 Rc7 42.Re8 a4 43.Ke4 a3 44.Kf4 a2 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ovidiu-Doru Foisor"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.e4 Bb7 6.Qe2 Nc6 7.Bg2 d6
8.O-O Be7 9.Rd1 a6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Nxd4 Nxd4 12.Rxd4 Qc7 13.b3
O-O 14.Ba3 b5 15.Qd2 bxc4 16.Rxc4 Qa5 17.Bb4 Qd8 18.e5 Nd5
19.Bxd5 exd5 20.Nxd5 Bg5 21.f4 dxe5 22.Bxf8 exf4 23.Be7+ Bxe7
24.Nxe7+ Qxe7 25.Re1 Qf6 26.Qxf4 Qb6+ 27.Qe3 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ales Pekarek"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Be3 Nc6 9.h3 Nxe4 10.Bxf7+ Rxf7 11.Nxe4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 e5
13.Bc5 d5 14.Nd6 Be6 15.Nxf7 Bxf7 16.c3 Qc7 17.Be3 d4 18.cxd4
exd4 19.Bd2 Qb6 20.Qc1 Be6 21.Bh6 Rc8 22.Qd2 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Rc2
24.Rad1 Rxb2 25.Qf4 Rb5 26.Rxd4 Rf5 27.Qd2 Qa5 28.Rd8+ Kg7
29.Qd4+ Qe5 30.Qxa7 Bd5 31.Qc5 Bc6 32.Qxe5+ Rxe5 33.Rfd1 Ra5
34.R1d2 Kf6 35.Rh8 1-0

[Event "Trud-Rockaden 42/341"]
[Site "Trud-Rockaden 42/341"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Michael Wiedenkeller"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

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.O-O Bd6 12.Nc3 O-O
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

[Event "West Berlin 42/403"]
[Site "West Berlin 42/403"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Guenther Jan Ballon"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7
7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.O-O Ne7 9.f4 f5 10.exf5 Nxf5 11.Re1+ Kf7 12.Nc3
Re8 13.Ne4 Kg8 14.c3 Rb8 15.g4 Nd6 16.Bb3+ Nf7 17.Qe2 Bb7
18.Bxf7+ Kxf7 19.f5 d5 20.Ng5+ Kg8 21.Ne6 Qe7 22.Bf4 Bc8
23.Bxc7 Rb7 24.Qf2 Qf7 25.Nxg7 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Rxc7 27.f6 h6
28.h4 Bxg4 29.Qf4 h5 30.Re8+ 1-0

[Event "West Berlin 42/45"]
[Site "West Berlin 42/45"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eliahu Shvidler"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bd3
g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.Bg5 Nbd7 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rad1 a6 12.Bb1 Qb8
13.Rd2 Ra7 14.Nd5 Re8 15.Bc2 e6 16.Nxf6+ Nxf6 17.Rfd1 d5 18.e5
Ne4 19.Bxe4 Qxe5 20.cxd5 Qxg5 21.dxe6 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Rae7
23.exf7 Kxf7 24.Nf3 Qb5 25.Qh4 Kg8 26.Rd8 Rxd8 27.Rxd8+ Re8
28.a4 Qc6 29.Rxe8+ Qxe8 30.Qc4+ Kh8 31.Qxa6 Qc6 32.a5 Qc1+
33.Qf1 Qxb2 34.a6 Bf8 35.h4 Bc5 36.Qe1 Qa2 37.Ng5 Kg7 38.Qe5+
Kh6 39.Qf4 Kg7 40.Qc7+ Kf6 41.Ne4+ 1-0

[Event "West Berlin 42/590"]
[Site "West Berlin 42/590"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jeno Doery"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.O-O c6 6.b3 Ne4 7.d4 d5
8.Bb2 a5 9.Nc3 Bf5 10.Nh4 Nxc3 11.Bxc3 Be6 12.Qd3 Na6 13.e4
Nb4 14.Qd2 dxc4 15.bxc4 Bxc4 16.Rfd1 c5 17.d5 Bxc3 18.Qxc3
Bxa2 19.Rd2 b5 20.Qxc5 Qd7 21.Bf1 Rab8 22.Nf3 Qd6 23.Qxd6 exd6
24.Nd4 Bc4 25.Rxa5 Ra8 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Rd1 Ra2 28.Nxb5 Bxb5
29.Bxb5 Ra5 30.Bf1 Kf8 31.Rc1 Ke7 32.Rc7+ Kf6 33.Rd7 Ke5
34.Rxf7 Kxe4 35.Rf4+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lexy Ortega"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 e5 7.Nb3
d4 8.Nd5 Be7 9.Nxe7 Qxe7 10.e3 Nc6 11.Be2 h6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6
13.exd4 exd4 14.O-O O-O 15.Nc5 Bf5 16.Nd3 Rfe8 17.Re1 Qg6
18.Nf4 Qg5 19.Nd5 d3 20.Bf1 Nd4 21.h4 Qxh4 22.Rxe8+ Rxe8
23.Ne3 Qg5 24.Nxf5 Ne2+ 25.Bxe2 dxe2 26.Nxh6+ Qxh6 27.Qc1 Re5
0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Karen Ashotovich Grigorian"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "128"]

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxf6 7.e3
O-O 8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4
13.exd4 Nb6 14.Bb3 Re8 15.Re1 Bf5 16.Rxe8+ Qxe8 17.Qd2 Qd7
18.Re1 Rd8 19.Qf4 Nd5 20.Nxd5 cxd5 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 Be6
23.Re3 Kf8 24.Rc3 Rc8 25.Rxc8+ Qxc8 26.Kh2 Qc1 27.Qb8+ Ke7
28.Qxb7+ Kf6 29.Qb8 Qxb2 30.Qe5+ Kg6 31.f3 Qc1 32.Bxd5 Bxd5
33.Qxd5 Qf4+ 34.Kg1 Qe3+ 35.Kf1 f5 36.Qc4 Kf6 37.h4 a5 38.d5
g5 39.Qc6+ Kg7 40.Qc7+ Kf6 41.hxg5+ hxg5 42.Qxa5 g4 43.Qd8+
Kg6 44.Qg8+ Kh5 45.Qe6 Qd3+ 46.Kf2 Qd2+ 47.Kg3 f4 48.Kh2 gxf3
49.Qh3+ Kg5 50.Qxf3 Qxa2 51.Qe4 Qb2 52.Qe7+ Kg4 53.Qe6+ Kg5
54.Qg8+ Kf5 55.Qh7+ Kg5 56.d6 Qb8 57.d7 f3 58.Kh3 fxg2 59.Qg7+
Kh5 60.Qh7+ Kg5+ 61.Qe7+ Kf5 62.Qf7+ Kg5 63.Qd5+ Kf4 64.Kxg2
Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard A Mnatsakanian"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "45"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Nd4 5.e5 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 Nd5
7.Ng5 f6 8.Ne4 f5 9.c4 Nc7 10.Nxc5 Nxb5 11.cxb5 Qb6 12.d4 Qxb5
13.Nd3 e6 14.O-O Be7 15.a4 Qc4 16.Be3 O-O 17.Rc1 Qa6 18.d5 b6
19.dxe6 dxe6 20.Qb3 b5 21.axb5 Rb8 22.Rc7 Rxb5 23.Qc2 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Arshak B Petrosian"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 O-O 11.Bf4 Rb8 12.Rb1
g6 13.Qd3 Qc8 14.Bg5 Re8 15.e5 Ng4 16.Bxe7 Rxe7 17.exd6 Rxe1+
18.Rxe1 cxd6 19.Nb3 d5 20.h3 Nf6 21.Qd4 Qd8 22.Re2 Bf5 23.Qe5
Nd7 24.Qf4 Nf8 25.Nd4 Bd7 26.Qd6 Qb6 27.Nb3 Qb4 28.Qxb4 Rxb4
29.a3 Rc4 30.Nd2 Rc5 31.Re7 Kg7 32.Nf3 Kf6 33.Re3 Bf5 34.g4
Bd7 35.Nd2 Kg7 36.Rd3 d4 37.Rxd4 Re5 38.Nf3 Re8 39.Re4 Rb8
40.b3 Rb6 41.Ne5 1-0

[Event "Yerevan 41/14"]
[Site "Yerevan 41/14"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dimitar I Donchev"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Qa4+ Bd7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 Bg7
7.g3 O-O 8.Bg2 Qc8 9.O-O 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

[Event "Rio de Janeiro"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 b6 6.Ne2 Ba6 7.Bxa6
Nxa6 8.O-O c5 9.c4 Nc7 10.Nf4 cxd4 11.cxd5 Nxe5 12.dxe6 f6
13.Nf3 Nc6 14.Qa4 b5 15.Qc2 Qd6 16.Bd2 O-O-O 17.Rac1 Kb7
18.Qe4 Nd5 19.Rxc6 Kxc6 20.Nxd4+ Kb6 21.Rc1 Be7 22.Rc6+ 1-0

[Event "Blitz (Belgium)"]
[Site "It Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly Karpov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

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 O-O 10. O-O 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

[Event "Brussels 5' ,CBM 02"]
[Site "Brussels 5' ,CBM 02"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "102"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6
7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. Nd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxc3 11. Rc1 Bb2
12. Bxc7 Qe7 13. Rc2 Bxd4 14. Bxb8 Rxb8 15. e3 Bf5 16. Rc1 O-O
17. Be2 Bb2 18. O-O Bxc1 19. Qxc1 Rbc8 20. Qa1 Rc2 21. Rd1
Rfc8 22. Bf3 Qb4 23. Nb3 Qc3 24. g4 Be4 25. Qxc3 R8xc3
26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Rd7 Rxa2 28. Nd4 Rb2 29. Nf5 Rc1+ 30. Kg2
Rcc2 31. Nxh6+ Kh7 32. Nxf7 Rxf2+ 33. Kg1 Rfd2 34. Nxg5+ Kg6
35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Nxe4 Re2 37. Nd6 b6 38. h4 a5 39. h5+ Kg5
40. Ne4+ Kh6 41. Ng3 Rc2 42. Nf5+ Kg5 43. Nd4 Rb2 44. Ne6+ Kh6
45. Nd4 a4 46. Nf5+ Kg5 47. h6 Kg6 48. g5 a3 49. Ne7+ Kh7
50. Nd5 a2 51. Nf6+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Reykjavik 43/419 Tal,M"]
[Site "Reykjavik 43/419 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.02.26"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "7"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O 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 O-O 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

[Event "Subotica (Yugoslavia)"]
[Site "Subotica (Yugoslavia)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "104"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Slavoljub Marjanovic"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 e5 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.Nd2 h6 10.Bh4 Be7 11.Nc4 b6 12.Ne3 Bb7 13.Bc4
Qc5 14.O-O Rc8 15.Qe2 g5 16.Bg3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Bxa6 Rc7
19.Ra3 d5 20.f3 Bg6 21.Rc3 Qd6 22.Nxd5 Rc5 23.Nxe7 Kxe7 24.Rd1
Qc7 25.Bb5 Rd8 26.Be1 f6 27.Rd5 Rxc3 28.Bxc3 Nc5 29.Rxd8 Qxd8
30.b3 Qd6 31.Be1 Ne6 32.c3 Nc5 33.b4 Nd3 34.Qd2 h5 35.Bf2 Ke6
36.Qe3 Nxf2 37.Kxf2 h4 38.a5 bxa5 39.bxa5 Qa3 40.a6 Ke7 41.a7
Bf7 42.a8=Q 1-0

[Event "9 Reykjavik"]
[Site "9 Reykjavik"]
[Date "1987.03.01"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Margeir Petursson"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.Nc2 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2
O-O 8.Nc3 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.b3 a6 11.Bb2 Rb8 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxg7
Ne3 14.Nxe3 Kxg7 15.Qc1 Be6 16.Rd1 Qb6 17.h4 Ne5 18.Qc3 f6
19.Rd4 Qc7 20.f4 Nc6 21.Re4 Bg8 22.Rd1 e5 23.Nd5 Bxd5 24.cxd5
Qb6+ 25.e3 Ne7 26.Bh3 Nf5 27.Bxf5 gxf5 28.Rb4 Qa7 29.Rc4 Rbc8
30.Kf2 Rxc4 31.Qxc4 Qc5 32.Qxc5 dxc5 33.Rc1 b6 34.fxe5 fxe5
35.e4 Kf6 36.exf5 Rd8 37.Rd1 Kxf5 38.Ke3 e4 39.d6 Ke5 40.g4 b5
41.g5 Rxd6 42.Rxd6 Kxd6 43.Kxe4 Ke6 44.a4 bxa4 45.bxa4 a5
46.h5 1-0

[Event "Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)"]
[Site "It"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 c6 7.a4
Nbd7 8.a5 e5 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qd6 Ne8 11.Qd2 Qe7 12.Bc4 Nc5
13.b4 Ne6 14.Bxe6 Bxe6 15.Bc5 Qc7 16.O-O Rd8 17.Qe3 Nd6
18.Bxa7 Nc4 19.Qe2 b6 20.Ng5 Bc8 21.Qxc4 Qxa7 22.Qxc6 bxa5
23.Nd5 Bd7 24.Nf6+ Bxf6 25.Qxf6 a4 26.Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Sant. del Esterol m (06)"]
[Site "Sant. del Esterol m (06)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "42"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Be7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O
c6 8.Qc2 Nbd7 9.Bf4 b6 10.Nbd2 Bb7 11.e4 c5 12.exd5 exd5
13.Rfe1 Rc8 14.Qa4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Nc5 16.Qa3 dxc4 17.Bxb7 Nxb7
18.Qxa7 Qd5 19.Nf1 Bc5 20.Qa4 Bxd4 21.Be3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Sant. del Esterol m (09)"]
[Site "Sant. del Esterol m (09)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "43"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 c5 7.d5 Na6
8.O-O 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

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Oleg Romanishin"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5
7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 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

[Event "Brussels 5'"]
[Site "Brussels 5'"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Nigel Short"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "144"]

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 O-O 10.O-O Nc6 11.Re1 b6 12.Bg5 Bb7
13.Qa4 Qd6 14.Bh4 Rac8 15.Rad1 e6 16.Bg3 Qd7 17.Be4 Rfd8 18.c4
Na5 19.Qxd7 Rxd7 20.Bxb7 Rxb7 21.d5 Nxc4 22.dxe6 fxe6 23.Rxe6
Nb2 24.Rb1 Nd3 25.h4 Nc5 26.Re2 Na4 27.Rbe1 Nc3 28.Rd2 Nb5
29.Re4 Nc3 30.Re3 Nb5 31.Ng5 Bf6 32.Ne4 Be7 33.h5 Na3 34.hxg6
hxg6 35.Bf4 Rc1+ 36.Kh2 Nc4 37.Rg3 Nxd2 38.Bxd2 Rc6 39.f4 Kf7
40.Bc3 Rd7 41.Be5 Rc4 42.Nf2 Rc2 43.Ne4 Rxa2 44.Rh3 Ke6 45.Rh6
Ra4 46.Ng3 Kd5 47.Rxg6 Bd6 48.Bxd6 Rxd6 49.Rg7 Rxf4 50.Kg1 a5
51.Nh5 Rb4 52.g4 Rb2 53.Nf4+ Ke4 54.Ng2 Rd1+ 55.Kh2 Rdd2
56.Re7+ Kf3 57.Re3+ Kxg4 58.Rg3+ Kf5 59.Kh3 Rxg2 60.Rxg2 Rxg2
61.Kxg2 a4 62.Kf3 a3 63.Ke3 a2 64.Kd3 a1=Q 65.Kc4 Qa5 66.Kb3
Qc5 67.Kb2 Ke4 68.Kb3 Kd3 69.Ka4 Qc6+ 70.Kb4 Kc2 71.Ka3 Qb5
72.Ka2 Qa4# 0-1

[Event "Brussels 5'"]
[Site "Brussels 5'"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Nigel Short"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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.O-O Ne7 10.h3 O-O 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

[Event "Brussels 5'"]
[Site "Brussels 5'"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gennady Sosonko"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "105"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+
7. bxc3 d6 8. Ne2 e5 9. e4 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. cxd4 cxd4
12. Bb2 Re8 13. f3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qc5 15. Kh1 Be6 16. Rc1 Nd7
17. Bb1 Qb6 18. Ba1 Nde5 19. Nxd4 Bxc4 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Re1
Rad8 22. f4 Bb3 23. Qe2 Ng6 24. Qg4 Qf2 25. Rf1 Qh4 26. Qxh4
Nxh4 27. f5 d5 28. g3 dxe4 29. gxh4 e3 30. Rfe1 Rd2 31. Kg1
Bd5 32. Rc2 Rb8 33. Bc3 Be4 34. Bxd2 exd2 35. Rxd2 Bxb1
36. Rd7 Bxf5 37. Rxa7 h5 38. Rc7 Rb2 39. Rxc6 Ra2 40. Rc3 Be6
41. Re5 g6 42. Ra5 Kg7 43. a4 Bd7 44. Rc4 Be6 45. Rd4 Kf6
46. Rc5 Ke7 47. a5 Kf6 48. Rb4 Ke7 49. Rb6 Bf5 50. a6 Kd7
51. Rc3 Be4 52. Re3 Bc6 53. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Subotica (izt) 43/173 (Bagirov,D)"]
[Site "Subotica (izt) 43/173 (Bagirov,D)"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

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 O-O 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

[Event "Brussel"]
[Site "Brussel"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bent Larsen"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.d4 Bg4 10.Be3 Bh5 11.h3 Re8 12.Nbd2 Bf8 13.d5
Na5 14.Bc2 Qd7 15.Nf1 c6 16.dxc6 Qxc6 17.Ng3 Bg6 18.Bg5 Nd7
19.Nf5 Nb6 20.N3h4 Nac4 21.Rb1 a5 22.Bd3 Rac8 23.b3 Na3 24.Rc1
d5 25.Qe2 f6 26.Bd2 Red8 27.Qg4 Qe8 28.Be3 Bc5 29.Bxc5 Rxc5
30.exd5 Nxd5 31.Nxg6 hxg6 32.Nh4 Nf4 33.Bxg6 Nxg6 34.Nxg6 Rd2
35.Re3 b4 36.Rg3 Rxc3 37.Rcxc3 bxc3 38.Rxc3 Rxa2 39.Rc8 1-0

[Event "Brussel"]
[Site "Brussel"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John van der Wiel"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 Bg4
7.dxe5 Qxd1 8.Rxd1 fxe5 9.Rd3 Bd6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.b3 Ne7 12.Bb2
Ng6 13.g3 O-O-O 14.Kg2 h6 15.Rc1 Kb7 16.c4 Bb4 17.Rxd8 Rxd8
18.Nf1 Bxf3+ 19.Kxf3 Bc5 20.Ke2 Bd4 21.Rd1 c5 22.Ne3 Re8
23.Bc1 Ne7 24.h4 h5 25.Ng2 Nc6 26.Bg5 Na5 27.Ne3 g6 28.Nd5 Nc6
29.Bf6 Re6 30.Bg7 Kc8 31.a4 bxc4 32.bxc4 Na5 33.Rc1 Kd7 34.f3
Rd6 35.Kd3 c6 36.Nb6+ Kc7 37.Rb1 Bf2 38.Ke2 Bxg3 39.Na8+ Kd7
40.Rb6 Nxc4 41.Rb7+ Kc8 42.Rf7 Rd2+ 43.Kf1 Ne3+ 44.Kg1 Rd1#
0-1

[Event "Brussels 43/118 Tal,M"]
[Site "Brussels 43/118 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.04.14"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Richard Meulders"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.b3 c6 7.Bb2
Qe8 8.Nbd2 h6 9.Ne5 d6 10.Nd3 Qf7 11.e4 fxe4 12.Nxe4 Bf5
13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.g4 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 Nd7 16.f4 Qg7 17.Rae1 e5
18.dxe5 dxe5 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bh3 exf4 21.Be6+ Kh8 22.Rf3 g4
23.Bxg4 Bxb2 24.Rh3+ Kg8 25.Be6+ Rf7 26.Qxd7 Qd4+ 27.Qxd4
Bxd4+ 28.Kg2 Be3 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Bxf7+ Kxf7 31.Rh7+ Kf6 32.Rxb7
Bb6 33.Rd6+ Kg5 34.h4+ Kh6 35.Kf3 Re3+ 36.Kxf4 Rc3 37.Rdd7 1-0

[Event "Brussels 43/39 Bagirov,V"]
[Site "Brussels 43/39 Bagirov,V"]
[Date "1987.04.16"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Luc Winants"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

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 O-O 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.b3
Nb4 14.Nd4 Na6 15.f3 Nc5 16.O-O 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

[Event "Brussels 5'"]
[Site "Brussels 5'"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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.O-O O-O
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

[Event "Jurmala 44/288 Tal,M"]
[Site "Jurmala 44/288 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jon Loftur Arnason"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 e6 7.Be2
Be7 8.O-O O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik 43/449 Tal,M"]
[Site "Reykjavik 43/449 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.02.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Johann Hjartarson"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "Subotica izt"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Xu Jun"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "80"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.h3 a6
8.a4 e6 9.Bd3 exd5 10.exd5 Re8+ 11.Be3 Nh5 12.O-O Nd7 13.Qd2
Ne5 14.Nxe5 Rxe5 15.Rfe1 Qh4 16.Bf1 Bd7 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6
Rae8 19.Rxe5 Rxe5 20.g3 Qe7 21.Qd2 Ng7 22.g4 g5 23.f4 gxf4
24.Qxf4 h5 25.Bg2 hxg4 26.hxg4 f5 27.gxf5 Rxf5 28.Qe4 Re5
29.Qf3 Re3 30.Qf4 Nh5 31.Qh6 Re1+ 32.Rxe1 Qxe1+ 33.Bf1 Qg3+
34.Kh1 Qh4+ 35.Kg1 Qd4+ 36.Kg2 Qg4+ 37.Kh2 Qg3+ 38.Kh1 Bg4
39.Qg5+ Kf7 40.Qd2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "Subotica izt 43/138 Tal,M"]
[Site "Subotica izt 43/138 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alonso Zapata"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.f4 dxe5 5.fxe5 c5 6.c4 Nb4 7.d5
Bf5 8.Na3 e6 9.Qa4+ Qd7 10.Qxd7+ Nxd7 11.Nf3 exd5 12.cxd5 Nxd5
13.Bc4 N7b6 14.Bb5+ Bd7 15.O-O Bxb5 16.Nxb5 a6 17.Nc3 h6
18.Ne4 Be7 19.b3 O-O 20.Ba3 Nb4 21.Bxb4 cxb4 22.Rad1 Rad8
23.Nd6 Rd7 24.Rd4 Nc8 25.Ne4 Rfd8 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Rc1 Na7
28.Kf2 Nc6 29.Nc5 Bxc5+ 30.Rxc5 Kf8 31.Ke3 Ke7 32.Ke4 Ke6
33.h4 g6 34.Rc2 Rd5 35.Rf2 Ra5 36.g4 Nxe5 37.Nd4+ Ke7 38.g5
hxg5 39.hxg5 Nd7 40.Nf3 Nc5+ 41.Ke3 Ne6 42.Rg2 Rc5 43.Ke4 Rf5
44.Rg4 a5 45.Ke3 b5 46.Rg2 Rc5 47.Ke4 Rf5 48.Rg4 Kd6 49.Rg2 a4
50.Rd2+ Ke7 51.Rg2 Rc5 52.Ne5 Rc3 53.Rg4 axb3 54.axb3 Rxb3
55.Kd5 Rb1 56.Nc6+ Kf8 57.Nxb4 Nxg5 0-1

[Event "Subotica izt 43/92 Tal,M"]
[Site "Subotica izt 43/92 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Thomas Ernst"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.f3 O-O 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 h6
8.Be3 e6 9.Qd2 exd5 10.cxd5 h5 11.Nge2 Nbd7 12.Nc1 Ne5 13.Be2
Nh7 14.O-O f5 15.f4 Nf7 16.e5 dxe5 17.Bxc5 Re8 18.Nd3 e4
19.Nf2 Nf6 20.Nfd1 b6 21.Bd4 Bb7 22.Ne3 Nd6 23.Nc4 Nxc4
24.Bxc4 Rc8 25.b3 Kh7 26.Rac1 a6 27.a4 Qd6 28.g3 Rcd8 29.Rcd1
Re7 30.Rfe1 Ne8 31.Bxg7 Rxg7 32.Qd4 Re7 33.h4 Nf6 34.Re2 Ng4
35.Ree1 Rc8 36.Rd2 Rd7 37.Rdd1 Qf6 38.Qxf6 Nxf6 39.Rd4 Ne8
40.Nd1 Nd6 41.Ne3 b5 42.axb5 axb5 43.Bf1 Rc5 44.Kf2 Rdc7
45.Rb4 Kg7 46.Rd1 Kf6 47.Rbd4 Rc3 48.Rb4 Bc8 49.Ra1 Bd7 50.Be2
Ke7 51.Bf1 Rc1 52.Rxc1 Rxc1 53.Ke2 Ra1 54.Kd2 Ra2+ 55.Nc2 e3
56.Kd1 Ne4 57.Nxe3 Kd6 58.Rd4 Kc5 59.Nc2 Nc3+ 0-1

[Event "Subotica izt"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ahmed Ibrahim Hamed"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "91"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.O-O Bd7 6.d4 Nf6 7.Bxc6
Bxc6 8.Re1 Be7 9.Nc3 exd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Nf5 Qd7 12.Qf3 Bd8
13.Bh6 Ne8 14.Qg3 f6 15.Rad1 Kh8 16.Bc1 Qf7 17.b3 g6 18.Nh6
Qd7 19.Bb2 Ng7 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Be7 22.Ng4 Rae8 23.Qf3 Qf5
24.Qxf5 Nxf5 25.Nxf6 Bxf6 26.Bxf6+ Kg8 27.Bb2 Kf7 28.f4 h5
29.Kf2 c6 30.dxc6 bxc6 31.g3 Re6 32.Rxe6 Kxe6 33.Re1+ Kd7
34.Kf3 c5 35.h3 Ne7 36.Re4 g5 37.g4 d5 38.Ra4 d4 39.f5 hxg4
40.hxg4 Rh8 41.Rc4 Nd5 42.Rxc5 Rh3+ 43.Ke4 Nf6+ 44.Kxd4 Nxg4
45.f6 Nxf6 46.Rxg5 1-0

[Event "Termas de Rio Hondo 44/17 Tal,M"]
[Site "Termas de Rio Hondo 44/17 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Pablo Ricardi"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 exd4 5.Qxd4 d5 6.Nf3 Bb4+ 7.Nc3
O-O 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Be6 10.Ng5 Na6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Qc4 Kh8
13.Rd1 Qf6 14.O-O Nxc3 15.Bxc3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Rad8 17.Rd3 Qe7
18.Rfd1 Rxd3 19.exd3 Qc5 20.Qxc5 Nxc5 21.d4 Na4 22.Rb1 Nxc3
23.Rxb7 Nxa2 24.Bxc6 Nc3 25.Kf1 a5 26.Ra7 Nd1 27.Bf3 Nb2
28.Be2 a4 29.Rb7 a3 30.Ra7 g6 31.Rxa3 Rc8 32.Ra6 Rd8 33.Ra2
Rb8 34.Bg4 Nd3 35.Ra3 Rb1+ 36.Ke2 Nb4 37.Ra8+ Kg7 38.Rb8 Rb2+
39.Kf3 Kf6 40.Rb6 Nd3 41.Rxe6+ Kg7 42.Re2 Rb4 43.Ke3 Nc1
44.Rc2 Nb3 45.Rc7+ Kf6 46.Rd7 h5 47.Bf3 Ke6 48.Rb7 Nxd4
49.Rxb4 Nc2+ 50.Kf4 Nxb4 51.Kg5 Nd3 52.Be4 Nxf2 1-0

[Event "Termas de Rio Hondo 44/333 Tal,M"]
[Site "Termas de Rio Hondo 44/333 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Luis Marcos Bronstein"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Ne2
cxd4 8.cxd4 f6 9.exf6 Nxf6 10.Nf3 Qc7 11.Bg5 Bd6 12.Bh4 O-O
13.O-O e5 14.dxe5 Nxe5 15.Nxe5 Bxe5 16.Bg3 Bxg3 17.Nxg3 Qf4
18.Qb3 Bd7 19.Rae1 Bc6 20.Nf5 Rae8 21.Qc3 Bd7 22.g3 Qf3
23.Rxe8 Nxe8 24.Nd4 Qf6 25.f3 Qb6 26.Kg2 Nf6 27.Re1 Rc8 28.Qd2
Kf8 29.Bf5 Bxf5 30.Nxf5 Qc5 31.Qg5 Qc7 32.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Termas de Rio Hondo 44/586 Tal,M"]
[Site "Termas de Rio Hondo 44/586 Tal,M"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jorge Horacio Gomez-Baillo"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Qb3 O-O 7.Bd2 e6
8.Bd3 b6 9.O-O Nbd7 10.cxd5 exd5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 c5 13.Nd6
cxd4 14.Nxf7 Nc5 15.Nxd8 Nxb3 16.Bc4+ Kh8 17.Bxb3 Rxd8 18.Ne5
Rd5 19.Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Yurmala"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Artur Sygulski"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nc3 Na5 11.Ba2 b4 12.Ne2 b3 13.cxb3 c5
14.b4 cxb4 15.Ng3 Rb8 16.Bd2 Nd7 17.Bxb4 Nc5 18.Nf5 Nc6 19.Bc3
Bc8 20.Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.d4 exd4 22.Nxd4 Bd7 23.Nf5 Bxf5 24.exf5
Ne5 25.f4 Qa7 26.Qd4 1-0

[Event "St del Esterol m 5'"]
[Site "St del Esterol"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6
7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3 Rc8 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6
12. g5 Nd7 13. Bh3 Qa5 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Nd5 Qb7
17. f5 Bxd5 18. exd5 e5 19. f6 gxf6 20. gxf6 h5 21. Be3 Rc4
22. Bg5 Kd8 23. Re3 Nb6 24. Rc3 Qc7 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Qf5 Bh6
27. Bxh6 Rxh6 28. Rg1 Rh8 29. Qxh5 Rf8 30. Qf5 Ne3 31. Qf3
Qxc2+ 32. Ka1 Nc4 33. Qb3 Qxb3 34. axb3 Ne3 35. Rc1 1-0

[Event "St del Esterol m 5'"]
[Site "St del Esterol"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "88"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. e4 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. Re1
Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 a6 15. Bf4 Nfe8 16. a5 Qe7 17. Na4
Nb5 18. Bg2 Be5 19. Bh6 Ng7 20. Ra2 Rbe8 21. Nb6 Kh8 22. Nc4
Bd4 23. Qd2 f5 24. Raa1 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxf2
27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Kxf2 Rxe4 29. g4 Ne8 30. Kf3 Re7 31. Bf4 Nf6
32. Nb6 Ne4 33. Rd1 g5 34. Re1 gxf4 35. Rxe4 Rc7 36. Rxf4 Rc2
37. Rf8+ Kg7 38. Rb8 Rxb2 39. Rxb7+ Kg6 40. Ke4 Rb4 41. Nc8
Nc3+ 42. Kd3 Rxb7 43. Nxd6 Rd7 44. Nc4 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "St del Esterol m 5'"]
[Site "St del Esterol"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "69"]

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. f5 Nc6 11. fxe6 fxe6
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be2 Be7 14. O-O Qa5 15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. Bh5+ Ke7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Ne4 Bd7 20. Rb7 Qxb7
21. Qd6+ Kd8 22. Nc5 Qa7 23. Rd1 Kc8 24. Nxd7 Qc7 25. Qxe6 Rd8
26. Nxf6+ Kb7 27. Rb1+ Ka7 28. Ne4 Rab8 29. Re1 Rd4 30. Bf3
Rb2 31. h3 Rxc2 32. Rb1 h5 33. Qb3 Rcc4 34. Qe3 Qd7 35. Nd2
1-0

[Event "St del Esterol m 5'"]
[Site "St del Esterol"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miguel A Quinteros"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A64"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "54"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6
7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. h3
Rb8 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 Bd7 15. e4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 b5 17. Nc3 b4
18. Nab1 bxc3 19. Nxc3 Qc8 20. Kh2 Rb4 21. Re1 h5 22. f4 h4
23. gxh4 Rd4 24. Qe2 c4 25. Qf2 Rd3 26. e5 Bxh3 27. e6 Ng4+
0-1

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Ne2
c6 8.a3 Bd6 9.b4 Re8 10.Rb1 Nbd7 11.f3 Qc7 12.Kf2 Nf8 13.h3
Ng6 14.g3 Nh5 15.f4 f5 16.Qc2 Qf7 17.Kg2 Ne7 18.Bd2 Nf6 19.b5
Ne4 20.Bxe4 fxe4 21.bxc6 bxc6 22.Na4 Ba6 23.Bb4 Bd3 24.Qc3
Bxb4 25.Rxb4 Bxe2 26.Rc1 Bf3+ 27.Kh2 Qh5 28.Qc2 Rab8 29.Nc5
Rxb4 30.axb4 Nf5 31.Qf2 Nh6 32.Qf1 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Dimitri Gurevich"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 b6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bb7 7.Bd3
e6 8.O-O Be7 9.Bc2 O-O 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.e8=Q Rg4 43.Qg8+ Kh6 44.f8=Q+ Nxf8 45.Qxg4
Bd3+ 46.Ke1 Ng6 47.Nf5+ Kh7 48.Qh5+ Kg8 49.Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Lajos Portisch"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Be7 5.Re1 d6 6.d4 exd4
7.Bxc6+ bxc6 8.Qxd4 O-O 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Qd3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nd7
12.b3 Bf6 13.Ba3 Re8 14.Rad1 Re6 15.Ne2 Be5 16.Qd3 c5 17.f4
Bf6 18.e5 Bh4 19.Rf1 Be7 20.Bb2 Bf8 21.Ng3 Qb8 22.Ne4 Qb6
23.c4 Be7 24.Rf3 Rd8 25.exd6 Bxd6 26.Ng5 Rg6 27.Qf5 Nf6
28.Bxf6 gxf6 29.Ne4 Kg7 30.Rg3 Be7 31.Rxd8 Bxd8 32.Rd3 Qa5
33.Rd2 Be7 34.h4 h5 35.Qxh5 f5 36.Qxf5 Bxh4 37.Qe5+ Bf6
38.Nxf6 Rxf6 39.Rd3 Qb6 40.f5 1-0

[Event "Glenrothes"]
[Site "Glenrothes"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

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. O-O-O 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. b8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik WCup"]
[Site "Reykjavik WCup"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jonathan Speelman"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.Nc3 O-O 6.O-O 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

[Event "Brussels World Cup"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "1988.04.02"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Gyula Sax"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 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

[Event "Brussels World Cup"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "1988.04.07"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesus Nogueiras"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 c5
7.Nf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 O-O 11.Bc4 Nc6
12.O-O b6 13.Rad1 Bb7 14.Rfe1 Rc8 15.d5 exd5 16.Bxd5 Qc7 17.e5
Ne7 18.Bxb7 Qxb7 19.e6 fxe6 20.Ng5 Ng6 21.Nxe6 Rfe8 22.f4 Qf7
23.Qd5 Nf8 24.f5 Rc5 25.Qd3 Rxf5 26.Nd8 Rd5 0-1

[Event "Brussels World Cup"]
[Site "Brussels BEL"]
[Date "1988.04.15"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andrei Sokolov"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 dxc4 5.Nf3 c5 6.O-O Nc6 7.Ne5
Bd7 8.Na3 cxd4 9.Naxc4 Bc5 10.Qb3 O-O 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

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "William I Maddex"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "92"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.Bb2 Bb7 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxd5
Bxd5 8.c4 Bb7 9.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Qc7 11.Re1 d6 12.d4 cxd4
13.Nxd4 dxe5 14.Nb5 Qd8 15.Bf3 Bb4 16.Re3 O-O 17.Rd3 Qh4
18.Qe2 Rfd8 19.Rad1 Bc5 20.g3 Qe7 21.Bxc6 Rxd3 22.Rxd3 Bxc6
23.Qxe5 f6 24.Qc7 Bxb5 25.Qxe7 Bxe7 26.cxb5 Rd8 27.Rxd8+ Bxd8
28.a4 e5 29.Kf1 Kf7 30.Bc3 Ke6 31.Ke2 Kd5 32.f3 f5 33.h3 h5
34.Bb2 Be7 35.Bc3 g6 36.Bd2 Kd4 37.a5 Kc5 38.axb6 axb6 39.Ke3
Bd6 40.Bc3 Kxb5 41.f4 Bc5+ 42.Ke2 Bd4 43.Bd2 Kc5 44.fxe5 Bxe5
45.Kf3 b5 46.g4 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aquiles Chihu Amparan"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 Bg7 5.d4 cxd4 6.cxd4 Qb6 7.Nc3
Nxd4 8.Nd5 Nxf3+ 9.Qxf3 Qd8 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 Ne7 12.Bg5 f6
13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qxf6 Rf8 15.Qxe5 Qa5+ 16.Kf1 Qd8 17.Bh6 Rg8
18.Bc4 d6 19.Qf6 d5 20.exd5 Nf5 21.Re1+ Kd7 22.Bb5+ Kc7
23.Rc1+ Kb8 24.Bf4+ 1-0

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Joe Eversole"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3 d5 5.Ba3 Bf5 6.Nf3 Nd7
7.Nd4 e6 8.Bxf8 Nxf8 9.Rb1 Qc8 10.c4 Be4 11.Qg4 Rg8 12.cxd5
Bxd5 13.Bb5+ c6 14.c4 h5 15.Qh3 Be4 16.d3 Qd7 17.Qe3 O-O-O
18.Qxe4 Qxd4 19.Bxc6 Qc3+ 20.Ke2 Rd4 21.Bxb7+ Kd8 22.Qe3 Ng6
23.Rhc1 Nf4+ 24.Kf3 g5 25.Rxc3 g4+ 26.Kg3 h4+ 27.Kh4 1-0

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Robert Forbis"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "59"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3
Nc6 8.Qd2 O-O 9.Bc4 Nd7 10.h4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Na5 12.h5 Nbc4 13.Qe2
Nxe3 14.Qxe3 Nxb3 15.axb3 Bd7 16.O-O-O 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

[Event "Chicago"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Cornford Meyer"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nc3 Be6 6.e3 Nd7
7.Nf3 f6 8.Be2 c6 9.O-O Kc7 10.b3 Nh6 11.Bb2 Rd8 12.Rfd1 Bb4
13.a3 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Nc5 15.b4 Na4 16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Rc1 Nxc3
18.Rxc3 Nf5 19.Kf1 a5 20.Ke1 axb4 21.axb4 Ra8 22.Bd1 Ra1
23.Nd2 Nh4 24.Nb3 Nxg2+ 25.Kd2 Ra2+ 0-1

[Event "m/4"]
[Site "Hilversum  46/306 Tal,M"]
[Date "1988.12.20"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Timman"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.f4 a6 7.Qf3
Qb6 8.Nb3 Qc7 9.g4 b5 10.g5 b4 11.Nb5 axb5 12.gxf6 gxf6 13.Nd4
Bd7 14.f5 Nc6 15.Nxb5 Qa5 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.Qe2 Rc8
19.Nd4 Nc4 20.Nb3 Qe5 21.Bxb4 Nxb2 22.c3 Na4 23.c4 Rb8 24.a3
Bc6 25.Rg1 Nc5 26.Rb1 Bxe4 27.Nd2 Bxb1 28.Qxe5 dxe5 29.Nxb1
Na6 0-1

[Event "m/5"]
[Site "Hilversum  46/60 Tal,M"]
[Date "1988.12.21"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 dxc4 6.d5 Na5 7.e4 b5
8.Nxb5 Nxe4 9.Ne5 Bd7 10.Nxd7 Qxd7 11.Qa4 Rb8 12.Nc7+ Kd8
13.Ne6+ fxe6 14.Qxa5+ Qc7 15.Qxc7+ Kxc7 16.Bf4+ Nd6 17.O-O-O
g6 18.Be5 Rg8 19.dxe6 Bg7 20.f4 g5 21.Rd2 gxf4 22.Bxf4 Rb4
23.a3 Ra4 24.Rc2 c3 25.bxc3 Rxa3 26.Kd2 Kc8 27.Bg2 Bf6 28.Ke2
Bg5 29.Bxd6 exd6 30.Rb1 Re8 31.Bd5 Bd8 32.Kd3 Bb6 33.Rf1 Re7
34.Ke4 c4 35.Rf8+ Kc7 36.Kf5 1-0

[Event "Long Beach"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Andreopoulas"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "37"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.f4 Nc6 7.Be3
Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O a6 10.g4 Qc7 11.g5 Nd7 12.Nf5 b5 13.Nd5
exd5 14.exd5 Re8 15.dxc6 Nc5 16.Nxg7 Kxg7 17.f5 Bxf5 18.Qxf5
Ne6 19.Bd3 1-0

[Event "Long Beach"]
[Site "Long Beach"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Adam Lief"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d3 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Nf1 Nc5 13.Bc2
Re8 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.b4 Ne6 16.d4 exd4 17.cxd4 d5 18.e5 Ne4 19.a3
a5 20.Rb1 axb4 21.axb4 g6 22.Qd3 Qd7 23.Nd2 Red8 24.Ne2 Qc6
25.Nf1 Qc4 26.f3 Ra2 27.Qxc4 bxc4 28.Ne3 Bh6 29.Nxd5 Rxc2
30.fxe4 Bxd5 31.exd5 Bxc1 32.Rbxc1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Rxd5 34.Rxc4
f6 35.exf6 Kf7 36.Kf2 Kxf6 37.Ke3 Rg5 38.g4 Rb5 39.Nc3 Rb7
40.Ne4+ Ke7 41.d5 Ng7 42.Rxc7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow 30' Speed Tou"]
[Site "Moscow 30' Speed Tou"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yuri Balashov"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.Nxc6 bxc6
7.Bd3 d6 8.O-O Nf6 9.f4 Be7 10.Qe2 Nd7 11.e5 Nc5 12.exd6 Qxd6
13.Bc4 O-O 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

[Event "Moscow 30' Speed Tou"]
[Site "Moscow 30' Speed Tou"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jaan Ehlvest"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3
O-O 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

[Event "Reykjavik 46/521 Tal,M"]
[Site "Reykjavik 46/521 Tal,M"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jan Timman"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.e3 e6 5.d4 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Be2
cxd4 8.exd4 Ne4 9.O-O Bb4 10.Nxe4 dxe4 11.d5 exf3 12.Bxf3 Ne5
13.Qa4+ Qd7 14.Qxb4 Nxf3+ 15.gxf3 Qxd5 16.Bf4 Be6 17.Rfe1 a5
18.Qa3 Rc8 19.Rad1 Qc5 20.Rc1 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik 46/55 Tal,M"]
[Site "Reykjavik 46/55 Tal,M"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Zoltan Ribli"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6
7.e3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 Rd8 11.Rb1 b6 12.Rd1 Bb7
13.e4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Nc6 15.d5 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Bxd4 17.Bc4 Be5 18.h3
e6 19.Bg5 exd5 20.Bxd5 Rd6 21.Rbc1 Qd7 22.f4 Bg7 23.Bb3 Rc8
24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Bxf7+ Kxf7 26.Qc4+ Qe6 27.Qc7+ Rd7 28.Rxd7+
Qxd7 29.Qc4+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jesus Nogueiras"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6
7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Qa4+ Nc6 9.e3 O-O 10.Be2 Be6 11.Rc1 a6 12.O-O
Bd6 13.Qd1 Rad8 14.Ne1 Ne7 15.Nd3 Ng6 16.g3 c6 17.Bg4 Rfe8
18.Bxe6 Qxe6 19.Re1 Qf5 20.Re2 Re7 21.Rd2 h5 22.Qf1 h4 23.b4
Rde8 24.a4 hxg3 25.hxg3 Re6 26.Ne1 Bxb4 27.Rb2 a5 28.Ng2 Ba3
29.Rcb1 Bxb2 30.Rxb2 R6e7 31.Ne2 Qd3 32.Ne1 Qc4 33.Nf3 Qxa4
34.Rb1 b5 35.Qh3 Qc2 36.Re1 a4 37.Ng5 a3 38.Qh7+ Kf8 39.Nf4
Ra7 40.e4 Nxf4 41.Qh8+ Ke7 42.exd5 Ne2+ 43.Rxe2+ Qxe2 44.Qxg7
Kd8 45.Qf6+ Qe7 46.Nxf7+ Kc8 47.Qxc6+ Kb8 48.Nd6 a2 49.Qxb5+
Rb7 50.Qa4 Qe1+ 51.Kg2 a1=Q 52.Qxa1 Qxa1 53.Nxe8 Qxd4 54.Nd6
Rb2 0-1

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bd7 5.Nf3 Bc6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.c4
Ngf6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.O-O Bxf3 10.Qxf3 c6 11.b3 O-O 12.Bf4 Re8
13.Rad1 Qa5 14.Bb1 Rac8 15.h3 Bf8 16.Bg3 g6 17.Rfe1 Bg7 18.Bd6
Qd8 19.g4 h6 20.Kg2 Nh7 21.Ne4 Ng5 22.Nxg5 Qxg5 23.Qg3 Qf6
24.h4 Rcd8 25.g5 hxg5 26.hxg5 Qxd4 27.Rxd4 Bxd4 28.Qh4 Bg7
29.Rh1 1-0

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Chernin"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 c5 6.Bb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+
Nfxd7 8.d5 b5 9.O-O b4 10.Ne2 O-O 11.Ng3 a5 12.Qe2 Na6 13.Rb1
Qc7 14.f5 c4 15.Bg5 Nf6 16.Rbd1 Rac8 17.Nd4 Nb8 18.Kh1 a4
19.fxg6 hxg6 20.Ngf5 Qd7 21.Rf3 b3 22.axb3 cxb3 23.c3 a3
24.bxa3 b2 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Bxf6+ exf6 27.Qxb2 Qe7 28.Re3 Qe5
29.Nf3 Qf4 30.Re2 Nd7 31.Rf1 Ne5 32.Qc2 Rc4 33.Nd2 Qg5 34.Nxc4
Nxc4 35.Qd3 Ne5 36.Qe3 Qh5 37.Ree1 Rh8 38.h3 1-0

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jesus Nogueiras"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.bxc3 c5 9.Nd2 d6 10.e4 Nc6 11.f4 cxd4 12.cxd4 Nxd4
13.Bb2 e5 14.Nf3 Bxe4 15.Bxe4 Nxe4 16.Nxd4 exd4 17.Qxd4 Qf6
18.Qxf6 Nxf6 19.Rad1 Rfd8 20.Rd4 Rac8 21.Rfd1 Ne8 22.Kf2 f6
23.Ke3 Kf7 24.Kd3 Rc6 25.a4 Nc7 26.Ba3 d5 27.Ke3 Rc8 28.cxd5
Rc3+ 29.R1d3 Re8+ 30.Kf3 Rxd3+ 31.Rxd3 Rd8 32.Ke4 Re8+ 33.Kf3
Rd8 34.d6 Ne6 35.f5 Ng5+ 36.Kf4 h5 37.h4 Nh7 38.Rc3 Rd7 39.Rc7
Nf8 40.Ke4 Ke8 41.Rc8+ Kf7 42.Kd5 b5 43.axb5 Rb7 44.Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bf8 6.Nh3 b6 7.Nf4 Ne7
8.Bb5 c6 9.Ba4 Ba6 10.Nce2 Ng6 11.O-O Nxf4 12.Bxf4 Be7 13.Re1
Bb5 14.Bb3 Bc4 15.Bxc4 dxc4 16.Nc3 O-O 17.Qg4 f5 18.exf6 Rxf6
19.Rad1 Rg6 20.Qh3 Bf8 21.Re3 Na6 22.d5 Qf7 23.dxe6 Qxf4 24.e7
Bxe7 25.Rxe7 Nc5 26.Re3 a5 27.Rf3 Qe5 28.Re3 Qf4 29.Rde1 Rf8
30.f3 b5 31.Qh5 Rg5 32.Qh3 Rg6 33.Ne4 Ne6 34.Ng3 Nd4 35.Re8
Nxc2 36.Rxf8+ Qxf8 37.Re4 Rd6 38.Nf5 Rd1+ 39.Kf2 Rd2+ 40.Kg3
g6 41.Ne7+ Kg7 42.Qe6 Nd4 43.Qe5+ Qf6 44.Qc7 Qg5+ 45.Rg4 Ne2+
46.Kf2 Nc3 47.Kg3 Ne2+ 48.Kf2 1-0

[Event "St John Blitz"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Rafael Vaganian"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 O-O 12.O-O 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

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "77"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 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

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "126"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 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

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Rafael Vaganian"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "78"]

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.Be2 Nc6 10.O-O Be6 11.Nb5 O-O 12.a3 Ba5
13.dxc5 Qxb2 14.Rb1 Qf6 15.Qa4 Bd7 16.Rfd1 Qg6 17.Bd3 Qh5
18.Nbd4 Bc7 19.Rxb7 Nxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxh2+ 21.Kf1 Bc6 22.Re7 Rae8
23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Rb1 Bc7 25.Kg1 a6 26.Qh4 Qxh4 27.Nxh4 d4
28.exd4 Rd8 29.Nf5 Kf8 30.Re1 g6 31.Re7 Bd7 32.c6 Bxf5 33.Rxc7
Bxd3 34.Rb7 Rc8 35.d5 Be4 36.Rd7 Ke8 37.g4 Rd8 38.f3 Bxd5
39.c7 Kxd7 0-1

[Event "St John"]
[Site "St John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Artur Yusupov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 b6 5.Nbd2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.b3
O-O 8.Bb2 d6 9.c4 Nbd7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Rad1 a6 12.a4 Rfe8 13.Ng5
h6 14.f4 Bf8 15.Bb1 e5 16.dxe5 dxe5 17.Nge4 Nxe4 18.Nxe4 exf4
19.Rxf4 Ne5 20.Rdf1 Rad8 21.Qh5 Re7 22.Ng3 g6 23.Qe2 Bg7
24.Ne4 f5 25.Nc3 Ng4 26.Rxg4 fxg4 27.Qxg4 Rd2 28.Ne4 Rxb2
29.Nf6+ Kh8 30.Be4 Bxe4 31.Nxe4 Qe5 32.Nf2 Qxe3 33.Qxg6 Rxf2
34.Rxf2 Qe1+ 35.Rf1 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "St John op II"]
[Site "St John op II"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Daniel Mauricio Rodriguez"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 a6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Qd2
e6 8.Be2 Be7 9.h3 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.Rd1 Qc7 12.Bf4 Ne5 13.Qe3
O-O 14.O-O Rfd8 15.Nd2 Ng6 16.Bh2 e5 17.Ndb1 Rac8 18.Bf3 Nh4
19.Bg4 Rb8 20.Bg3 Ng6 21.Bf3 Bc8 22.Rfe1 Be6 23.Re2 Rbc8
24.Red2 h6 25.Re2 Nf8 26.Kh1 N8d7 27.Nd5 Bxd5 28.exd5 Re8
29.Qd2 Bf8 30.Qe1 g6 31.Bg4 h5 32.Bxd7 Qxd7 33.Nc3 Rc4 34.f3
Rec8 35.Rd3 Bh6 36.Qd1 h4 37.Be1 Nh5 38.b3 Rxc3 39.Rxc3 Rxc3
40.Bxc3 Ng3+ 41.Kg1 Qa7+ 42.Rf2 Be3 43.Be1 e4 44.fxe4 Nxe4
45.Qf3 f5 46.Kf1 Ng3+ 47.Kg1 Qd4 48.c3 Qe5 49.Qd1 Bb6 50.Qd2
Kg7 51.a4 bxa4 52.bxa4 Kf6 53.c4 Ne4 54.Qc1 Bc5 55.Qh6 Nxf2
56.Qf8+ Kg5 57.Bd2+ f4 58.Qd8+ Kh5 59.Qd7 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "St John op II 45/706 Tal,M"]
[Site "St John op II 45/706 Tal,M"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ventzislav V Inkiov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "94"]

1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 d6 7.O-O
Bf5 8.b3 Nc6 9.Bb2 d5 10.Rc1 cxd4 11.exd4 Rc8 12.Re1 Bh6
13.Ra1 Nb4 14.Bf1 Nc2 15.Nh4 Nxe1 16.Nxf5 gxf5 17.Qxe1 e6
18.Rd1 Bg7 19.Ba3 Re8 20.Nb5 Bf8 21.Bxf8 Rxf8 22.c5 Ne8
23.Nxa7 Ra8 24.Nb5 Rxa2 25.Rd3 Qf6 26.Qb4 Qe7 27.h3 Kh8 28.Nd6
Nxd6 29.cxd6 Qd7 30.Rc3 Rd8 31.Rc7 Qxd6 32.Qxb7 Qf4 33.Rxf7
Qxf2+ 34.Kh2 Qf4+ 35.Kg1 Qxd4+ 36.Kh1 Kg8 37.Qe7 Ra1 38.Rxf5
exf5 39.Qxd8+ Kf7 40.Qd7+ Kg6 41.Qe8+ Kg5 42.Qe7+ Kf4 43.Qh4+
Ke3 44.Qg3+ Kd2 45.Qf3 f4 46.Kh2 Qe3 47.Qxd5+ Ke1 0-1

[Event "St John op II Tal,M"]
[Site "St John op II Tal,M"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Bozidar Ivanovic"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nc7
7.O-O e5 8.d3 Be7 9.Nd2 Bd7 10.Nc4 f6 11.f4 O-O 12.fxe5 fxe5
13.Rxf8+ Bxf8 14.Be3 Kh8 15.Qb3 b5 16.Nxb5 Rb8 17.Ncd6 Bxd6
18.Nxd6 Qe7 19.Nf7+ Kg8 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Bg5 Qf8 22.Qf7 Qxf7
23.Nxf7+ Kg8 24.Bxc6 Bxc6 25.Nxe5 Bd5 26.e4 Be6 27.b3 Bh3
28.Rc1 Re8 29.Nc6 Ne6 30.Be7 Rc8 31.Ne5 a5 32.Kf2 1-0

[Event "Tallin"]
[Site "Tallin"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Arshak B Petrosian"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3
Bg4 8.d3 O-O 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Nf1 Bf8 11.Ng3 g6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Bb3
Be6 14.Bc2 Bg7 15.d4 Bd7 16.Bg5 Qe7 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Rad1 Qf8
19.b4 h6 20.Be3 Bc8 21.d5 Nb8 22.c4 Bd7 23.c5 Rc8 24.Qd3 Nh7
25.Nd2 h5 26.Nc4 h4 27.Ne2 f5 28.cxd6 cxd6 29.f3 Bb5 30.Bb3
Nd7 31.a4 Bxc4 32.Bxc4 Bh6 33.Bf2 Qe7 34.Bb3 Rf8 35.exf5 gxf5
36.Nd4 Qf6 37.Ne6 Rf7 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "41"]

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 O-O 10.O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "V Tsarev"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Nbd7 7.Nf3
Qc7 8.Bd3 g6 9.O-O Bg7 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Qh4 b5 12.f5 Bb7 13.Bh6
Ne5 14.Rae1 b4 15.Nd1 Rac8 16.Ne3 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Neg4 18.Nxg4
Nxg4 19.Qh4 Nf6 20.Ng5 Qc5+ 21.Kh1 h5 22.e5 dxe5 23.fxg6 fxg6
24.Bxg6 Qd6 25.Qh3 Rc4 26.Bf5 Bc8 27.Ne6 Rg4 28.Nxf8 Bxf5
29.Rxf5 Qd2 30.Rfxe5 Ne4 31.R1xe4 1-0

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "08"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir A Muratov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c6 3.e4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6
7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 a5 10.c3 a4 11.Bc2 c5 12.a3 Be7
13.Be3 Nbd5 14.Ne5 Qa5 15.Bd2 cxd4 16.c4 Qc5 17.Ngf3 Nb6
18.O-O O-O 19.Bb4 Qc7 20.Nxd4 Bxb4 21.axb4 Qd6 22.Rfd1 Qxb4
23.Nb5 Nbd7 24.Ra3 Nxe5 25.Qxe5 Qxc4 26.Rc3 Qh4 27.Rg3 Ng4
28.Qe4 Qxh2+ 29.Kf1 f5 30.Qf4 Ra5 31.Qc4 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Evgeny Vladimirov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e4 O-O 6.Nf3 d6 7.h3 a6
8.a4 e6 9.Bd3 exd5 10.exd5 Re8+ 11.Be3 Nh5 12.O-O 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

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Iossif Davidovich Dorfman"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.O-O Nge7 5.Re1 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 d6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qg4 e5 11.Qg3 g6 12.b3 Be7
13.Bh6 f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nd2 Bf8 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Nc4 Qf6
18.Rad1 Rd8 19.Qf3 e4 20.Rxe4 d5 21.Red4 Kg7 22.Ne3 Be6
23.Qxf6+ Kxf6 24.c4 Rd6 25.f4 Rhd8 26.Kf2 g5 27.g3 R6d7
28.cxd5 cxd5 29.Rc1 Rd6 30.Rc5 h5 31.fxg5+ Kxg5 32.Nc4 Rf8+
33.Rf4 Rdd8 34.h4+ 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Aleksander Sznapik"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "55"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.exd5 exd5 5.Ngf3 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd6
7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.O-O Ne7 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Bxc6+ bxc6 11.Qd4 O-O
12.Bf4 Nf5 13.Qa4 Qb6 14.Bxd6 Nxd6 15.Ne5 c5 16.Qc6 Ba6
17.Rfd1 c4 18.Nc5 Rfc8 19.Qxb6 axb6 20.Ncd7 f6 21.Rxd5 Ne4
22.Nxb6 fxe5 23.Nxa8 c3 24.b4 Rxa8 25.Rxe5 Bb7 26.a4 Kf7 27.f3
Nd2 28.Rc5 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi 46/305 Tal,M; Gufeld,E"]
[Site "Tbilisi 46/305 Tal,M; Gufeld,E"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Gennadi Zaichik"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "109"]

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 O-O 12.O-O 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

[Event "3/3"]
[Site "Wch-blitz St John  ,EXT 88ch"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Artur Yusupov"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "111"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6
7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc7 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Qg4 Qe5 11.f4 Qf6 12.f5 h6
13.Be3 e5 14.Na4 Be7 15.c4 O-O 16.Rad1 d6 17.Rd3 Rb8 18.b3 Bb7
19.Rfd1 Rfd8 20.Bb6 Rdc8 21.Ba7 Ra8 22.Be3 Rab8 23.Ba7 Ra8
24.Be3 Re8 25.Bc1 d5 26.cxd5 cxd5 27.exd5 e4 28.Rg3 Bd6 29.Bb2
Be5 30.Bxe5 Rxe5 31.Nc5 Qg5 32.Qxg5 hxg5 33.Nxb7 Rb8 34.Nc5 e3
35.Re1 Rd8 36.Rgxe3 Rexd5 37.Re8+ Rxe8 38.Rxe8+ Kh7 39.b4 Rxf5
40.Nxa6 g4 41.a4 Rd5 42.b5 f5 43.b6 Rd1+ 44.Kf2 Rb1 45.a5 Rb5
46.Nc7 Rb2+ 47.Ke3 g5 48.a6 Rxb6 49.a7 Rb3+ 50.Kd4 Ra3 51.a8=Q
Rxa8 52.Rxa8 f4 53.Ke4 Kg6 54.Ne6 Kf6 55.Nxg5 Kxg5 56.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Wijk aan Zee 45/276 Tal,M"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee 45/276 Tal,M"]
[Date "1988.01.12"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O
Be7 8.a4 O-O 9.f4 Qc7 10.Be3 b6 11.Bf3 Bb7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Bxb7
Qxb7 14.fxe5 Nfd7 15.Qh5 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.Rf3 g6 18.Qh6 f5
19.exf6 Bxf6 20.Bf2 Ne5 21.Rh3 Ra7 22.Qe3 Ng4 23.Qf3 Qc4
24.Qe4 Qxe4 25.Nxe4 Bxb2 26.Rd1 Nxf2 27.Nxf2 Raf7 28.Rb3 Bg7
29.Ng4 Bd4+ 30.Ne3 Rf4 31.h3 Re4 32.Rdd3 Bc5 33.a5 bxa5 34.Kh2
a4 35.Rbc3 Bd4 36.Rc4 e5 0-1

[Event "Simul"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Miller"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "65"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "simultaneous exhibition"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "1988.03.16"]
[EventDate "1988.03.16"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Frederick Rhine"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7
7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. a3 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd7
16. Bf4 Bc6 17. Qg3 Qf6 18. Re5 Kg8 19. Rg5 Qh6 20. Be5 f6
21. Rg6 Qh7 22. Bxf6 Qxg6 23. Qxg6 Rxf6 24. Qd3 Raf8 25. f3
R6f7 26. Rd1 Bd5 27. Rc1 a6 28. Qe3 Rf6 29. Rc7 Rg6 30. Kf2
Rgf6 31. Qc3 Rg6 32. Rc8 Rgf6 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34. Qc5 Rf7
35. h4 Rf4 36. Qe7 Rf7 37. Qd6 Rf6 38. Ke3 Rf5 39. Qe7 Rf7
40. Qc5 Rf5 41. a4 Bc6 42. Qe7 Bd5 43. h5 Rf7 44. Qh4 Rf6
45. a5 Kh7 46. Qg4 Bc6 47. f4 Be8 48. Qh4 Bc6 49. g4 Bd5
50. Qg5 Bc6 51. Qe5 Bd5 52. Qc7 Kg8 53. g5 Rf7 54. Qd6 Rf5
55. g6 Rf8 56. Qd7 Bc6 57. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Aker Brygge"]
[Site "Oslo Norway"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Beliavsky"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nf3
Be7 8.Bc4 O-O 9.O-O 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

[Event "Aker Brygge"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Simen Agdestein"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "146"]

1.d4 g6 2.g3 Bg7 3.Bg2 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O b5 7.c4 bxc4
8.Nfd2 Ba6 9.Nxc4 Bxc4 10.Qa4+ Nbd7 11.Qxc4 O-O 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
c1=Q 62.Rxc1 Kxc1 63.a8=Q Rxa8 64.Bxa8 g5 65.Kc7 g4 66.Kxd6 g3
67.Kc7 g2 68.d6 g1=Q 69.d7 Qg3+ 70.Kc8 Qc3+ 71.Kb7 Qb4+ 72.Kc7
Qa5+ 73.Kb7 Qd8 0-1

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Miodrag Todorcevic"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.e4 Nf6 2.d3 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Be2 d5 5.Nbd2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.c3
a5 8.a4 O-O 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

[Event "Marseille"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Olivier Renet"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 Qc7
7.Qe2 h6 8.N5f3 e6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.dxe5 Nd7 11.Nf3 g5 12.Be3 Bg7
13.O-O-O g4 14.Nd4 Nxe5 15.Kb1 Nxd3 16.Rxd3 e5 17.Bf4 O-O
18.Bg3 f5 19.Nb3 Be6 20.Rdd1 c5 21.f4 c4 22.Nd4 exd4 23.Qxe6+
Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.b3 c3 26.Bf2 Rad8 27.Rhe1 Rfe8 28.Rxe8
Rxe8 29.a4 Re2 0-1

[Event "Sevilla"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Guerra"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "134"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Be2 d6 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
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 f1=Q 0-1

[Event "Sevilla"]
[Site "Sevilla"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Jesus Maria De La Villa Garcia"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "143"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 Bg7 4.g3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Bg2 Nb6 7.O-O
Nc6 8.e3 e5 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.d5 e4 11.dxc6 Qxd1 12.Rxd1 exf3
13.cxb7 Rb8 14.Bf1 Rxb7 15.Ba6 Rb8 16.e4 Nd7 17.Bb5 Bxc3
18.Bxd7+ Bxd7 19.bxc3 Bh3 20.Be3 Ke7 21.Bxa7 Rb5 22.Rdb1 Ra5
23.Be3 Rha8 24.Rb2 f6 25.Bf4 R8a7 26.Be3 R7a6 27.c4 g5 28.Bd2
Ra4 29.Bb4+ Kf7 30.c5 Re6 31.Re1 Ra8 32.a3 Kg6 33.Rb3 g4
34.Rd3 Rae8 35.Rd7 Rc6 36.Re3 h5 37.Rd5 Rce6 38.Rd7 Rc6 39.Rd5
Re7 40.Re1 Rce6 41.Rd4 Kh6 42.Bd2+ Kh7 43.Bf4 Ra6 44.a4 Kg6
45.Bd2 Re5 46.Rc4 Kf7 47.a5 Ke8 48.Bc3 Re7 49.Rd1 Kf7 50.Bb4
Kg6 51.Rcd4 Re5 52.Ra1 Ree6 53.Bd2 Rec6 54.Rd5 Re6 55.Ra4 Re8
56.Bc3 Rb8 57.Rb4 Re8 58.Rbd4 Rae6 59.Rf5 Rb8 60.Rd1 Rb3
61.Be1 Rxe4 62.Rfd5 Ra3 63.Rc1 Ra2 64.Rdd1 Rea4 65.Bc3 Rc4
66.Ra1 Re2 67.Bd4 Re4 68.a6 Re8 69.a7 Ra8 70.c6 Rxc6 71.Rdb1
Rd6 72.Rb8 1-0

[Event "New York rapid (01)"]
[Site "New York rapid (01)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 e5 5.dxe5 d4 6.Ne4 Qa5+
7.Nd2 Nc6 8.Ngf3 Nge7 9.g3 Ng6 10.Bg2 Ngxe5 11.Nxe5 Qxe5
12.O-O Bc5 13.Nb3 Bb6 14.Bf4 Qf6 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Qd2 Re8 17.Nc5
Bg4 18.Ne4 Qg6 19.h3 Bxh3 20.Bxh3 Qxe4 21.Rc2 Rad8 22.Bg2 Qe6
23.Bxc6 bxc6 24.Qd3 h6 25.b4 Qd5 26.a4 g5 27.Bc1 Re6 28.Rd1 a5
29.b5 c5 30.e3 Qf3 31.exd4 Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Michael Karp"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 b5 6. O-O Nd7
7. e5 e6 8. Bf4 d5 9. Qd2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Rad1 Ne7
12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Nd4 Nxe5
17. f4 Ned7 18. Nc6 Qb6 19. Qd4+ e5 20. Nxe5 Ne6 21. Nxd7+
Nxd4 22. Nxb6 Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 Rxb6 24. Nd4 Rd8 25. Re5 Rbd6
26. Rd3 Be6 27. Rc3 Kf6 28. Kf2 Rb8 29. Rc7 a5 30. Ra7 a4
31. c3 Rdd8 32. Nxe6 fxe6 33. Rxh7 Rg8 34. g4 g5 35. Rh6+ Kf7
36. fxg5 Rb6 37. Rxd5 exd5 38. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "It (open)"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Georgy Orlov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Qc2 b6
8.Nbd2 Bb7 9.e4 Nbd7 10.e5 Ne8 11.b3 Rc8 12.Bb2 c5 13.dxc5
Nxc5 14.Rfd1 Nc7 15.Rac1 Qe8 16.Qb1 dxc4 17.Nxc4 Be4 18.Qa1
Nd5 19.Nd6 Bxd6 20.exd6 f6 21.Rd4 e5 22.Rxe4 Nxe4 23.Nd2 Nxd2
24.Bxd5+ Kh8 25.Rd1 Rc2 26.Rc1 Qg6 27.Bb7 Rd8 28.Ba3 Rxc1+
29.Qxc1 Qb1 30.Qxb1 Nxb1 31.Bb4 a5 32.Be1 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "BL 8990 ;BL"]
[Site "1989"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eduard Meduna"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "39"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 c5
7.N1f3 cxd4 8.O-O 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

[Event "GER 49/181 Tal,M"]
[Site "GER 49/181 Tal,M"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Stefan Mohr"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Be3 Nf6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Qd2
Ng4 8.Bg1 e5 9.d5 Nb8 10.h3 Nf6 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bc5 Re8
13.O-O-O 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

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.06.29"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ta Lin"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.d4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 g6
7.e3 Bg7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Qc7 10.Qe2 b6 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.e4 Nc6
13.Be3 Rad8 14.Rac1 Na5 15.d5 Bc8 16.Bg5 f6 17.Bd2 e5 18.Rb1
Bd7 19.Ba6 Nb7 20.Bxb7 Qxb7 21.Be3 Ba4 22.Re1 Qe7 23.Nd2 f5
24.f3 f4 25.Bf2 g5 26.g4 fxg3 27.hxg3 Rf7 28.Be3 h6 29.Kg2
Rdf8 30.Rh1 Qd6 31.Rbf1 Qg6 32.g4 Bd7 33.Rf2 Rf6 34.Kg1 R6f7
35.Nf1 Qd6 36.Ng3 Re8 37.Nf5 Bxf5 38.gxf5 Rf6 39.Qb5 Re7 40.a4
Bf8 41.Rg2 Rg7 42.Kf2 Qe7 43.Ke2 Qd8 44.Kd3 Qc8 45.Qc4 Qd7
46.Rgh2 Qd6 47.Qb5 Rd7 48.a5 Bg7 49.axb6 axb6 50.Ra1 Rd8
51.Rha2 Rxf5 52.exf5 Qxd5+ 53.Ke2 g4 54.fxg4 Qg2+ 55.Ke1 Qg3+
56.Bf2 Qxc3+ 57.Ke2 e4 58.Be3 Bd4 59.Bxd4 cxd4 60.Ra3 d3
61.Kf1 Qc7 62.Qb3+ 1-0

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.05"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Johann Hjartarson"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "70"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2
Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 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

[Event "Manila Interzonal"]
[Site "Manila PHI"]
[Date "1990.07.10"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Walter Arencibia"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 Nf6 5.f4 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 b5
8.cxb5 a6 9.Bd2 Qb6 10.a4 axb5 11.axb5 Rxa1 12.Qxa1 e6 13.dxe6
Bxe6 14.Ng5 Bb3 15.Be2 Re8 16.e5 dxe5 17.O-O exf4 18.Rxf4 h6
19.Nge4 Nd5 20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bf3 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Rxe4 23.Bxe4 Qxb5
24.Bc3 Bxc3 25.bxc3 Qe2 26.Bd5 Qe3+ 27.Kh1 Nd7 28.h3 Ne5 29.c4
h5 30.Qg1 Qxg1+ 31.Kxg1 h4 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.Ke3 f5 34.Kf4 Kf6
35.Ke3 g5 36.Bg8 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Anatoly M Kremenietsky"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "74"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Nc3
Qd7 8.Re1 Re8 9.Bf4 Nh5 10.Be3 Na6 11.Ng5 Qc8 12.Qb3 Rb8 13.c5
Rf8 14.cxd6 exd6 15.Nb5 h6 16.Nf3 Ra8 17.Rac1 Qd7 18.d5 c5
19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Nc3 Rfe8 21.Qc4 Nc7 22.Bd4 d5 23.Qa4 Bxf3
24.Bxf3 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Ne6 26.Qh4 Neg7 27.Red1 Rab8 28.b3 Qd6
29.Qa4 Re7 30.e4 Rb4 31.Qa6 Rb6 32.Qd3 Nf6 33.exd5 cxd5
34.Nxd5 Nxd5 35.Qxd5 Qf6 36.Rc8+ Kh7 37.Kg2 Nf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Meyer"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Nc3 g6 7.Re1
Bg7 8.Bxc6 Bxc6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qxd8+ Rxd8 11.Nxe5 O-O 12.Nxc6
bxc6 13.Bf4 Rd7 14.Rad1 Rfd8 15.Rxd7 Rxd7 16.Kf1 Ne8 17.Ke2 h6
18.f3 g5 19.Be3 a5 20.Rd1 Rxd1 21.Nxd1 Nd6 22.a4 Nc8 23.Bd2
Ne7 24.b3 Bd4 25.Ne3 Bxe3 26.Kxe3 c5 27.Kd3 Kf8 28.Kc4 c6
29.Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Hans Rudolf Jung"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "104"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nf3 b6 6.Bd3 Bb7 7.c3
Qd8 8.Nbd2 Be7 9.Qe2 d6 10.e5 Nd7 11.Be4 Qc8 12.O-O O-O
13.Rfe1 Rd8 14.Rad1 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Qxe5 b5
18.Nf3 Rd5 19.Qe4 Qa6 20.a3 Rad8 21.Qe2 c5 22.h3 Qb6 23.Rd3
cxd4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Nxd4 Rd5 26.Kh1 Bc5 27.Qxb5 Qxb5 28.Nxb5
Bxf2 29.Rf1 Bb6 30.c4 Rd3 31.Rc1 Be3 32.Rc2 a6 33.Nc3 Bd4
34.Ne4 Re3 35.Nf2 Re1+ 36.Kh2 Be5+ 37.g3 Re3 38.Nh1 Rb3 39.c5
Rxb2 40.Rxb2 Bxb2 41.c6 Be5 42.Nf2 Kf8 43.Nd3 Bd6 44.Nc5 a5
45.Nb7 Bc7 46.Kg2 f5 47.g4 g6 48.Kf3 Ke7 49.h4 h5 50.g5 e5
51.Ke3 Bb6+ 52.Kf3 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Moscow 50/147 Sveshnikov,E"]
[Site "Moscow 50/147 Sveshnikov,E"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qb3 Bg7 7.g3
b6 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.Nge2 e6 10.Nf4 e5 11.Nfe2 O-O 12.O-O Na6 13.d4
exd4 14.Nxd4 Nc5 15.Qc4 Rc8 16.Nc6 Qd7 17.Qh4 Kh8 18.Bh3 Qe8
19.Bxc8 Qxc8 20.Bh6 Nxd5 21.Nxd5 Qxc6 22.Bxg7+ Kxg7 23.Rad1 f6
24.Rfe1 Rf7 25.b4 Ne6 26.Qg4 Nc7 27.b5 Nxb5 28.Re6 Qc5 29.Nf4
Bc8 30.Rd5 Qc1+ 31.Rd1 Qc5 32.Rd8 Qc7 33.Nh5+ Kh6 34.Nxf6 Qc1+
35.Kg2 Bxe6 36.Qh4+ Kg7 37.Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "New Jersey"]
[Site "New Jersey"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Barry Spiro"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "98"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.cxd5 Bg7 7.Bc4
O-O 8.Nf3 Na6 9.O-O 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.c8=Q Qd6 46.Qb7+ Re7 47.Qd5+ Qxd5 48.Rxd5 Re3 49.Rxa5 h5
1-0

[Event "New York"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Michael Rohde"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O
O-O 8.Qc2 b6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Qc7 11.Bg5 c5 12.d5 exd5
13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Bc4 N7f6 15.Rfe1 Bg4 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.Nfg5 Nxe4
18.Nxf7 Nf6 19.Qb3 b5 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Nf7+ Rxf7 22.Bxf7 Rf8
23.h3 c4 24.Qxb5 Rxf7 25.hxg4 Nxg4 26.Qh5 Qf4 27.Re2 g6 28.Qh3
Bc5 29.Rf1 Nxf2 30.Re8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "New York op 49/577 Tal,M"]
[Site "New York op 49/577 Tal,M"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Tom Wedberg"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.O-O O-O 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 a5 15.bxa5 bxc5 16.Ne5 Bxg2 17.Kxg2 Qc7 18.Nxc4 Ne5
19.Nxe5 Qxe5 20.Bf4 Qe6 21.Rab1 Qa6 22.Rb5 Rfd8 23.Re1 Bf8
24.a4 c4 25.Rd1 Qc6+ 26.Kg1 Qf3 27.Rxd8 Rxd8 28.a6 Qa8 29.Qe2
Rc8 30.Be3 Qxa6 31.Qf3 Qd6 32.Kg2 Nd7 33.a5 Ne5 34.Qd5 Qxd5+
35.Nxd5 1-0

[Event "Podolsk URS tt"]
[Site "Podolsk URS tt"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Vladimir Utemov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.e3 Nxf3+ 5.Qxf3 g6 6.b3 Bg7
7.Bb2 d6 8.g3 Nh6 9.Bg2 Rb8 10.Qe2 a6 11.O-O O-O 12.d4 cxd4
13.exd4 Nf5 14.d5 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 16.b4 Qb6 17.Qd2 Qd4 18.Qxd4
Nxd4 19.Be4 Bh3 20.Rfe1 f5 21.Bg2 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Nc2 23.Rxe7
Nxa1 24.Bxa1 Be5 25.f4 Bd4 26.Re1 Rfc8 27.Ne2 Bxa1 28.Rxa1 Rc2
0-1

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Yacov Murey"]
[ECO "E98"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 O-O 6.Nf3 e5 7.O-O
Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 c6 10.Be3 cxd5 11.cxd5 Bd7 12.a4 Nc8 13.a5
Ne8 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Nd3 f5 16.f4 Bh6 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Nb4 Nc7
19.Nd1 Bxf4 20.Bxf4 exf4 21.Rxf4 Ne7 22.Qe3 a6 23.Nc3 g5
24.Rf2 Ng6 25.g3 Qe7 26.Qxe7 Nxe7 27.Rc1 Kg7 28.Ne4 Ncxd5
29.Nxd5 Nxd5 30.Nxg5 h6 31.Nf3 Be4 32.Nd2 Rxf2 33.Kxf2 Rf8+
34.Kg1 Nf6 35.Rc7+ Rf7 36.Rxf7+ Kxf7 37.Nxe4 Nxe4 38.Bf3 Nc5
39.b4 Nd3 40.b5 axb5 41.Bxb7 Nc5 42.a6 Nxa6 43.Bxa6 b4 44.Bc4+
Kf6 45.Kf2 Ke5 46.Ba2 Kf5 47.g4+ Ke5 48.h4 d5 49.Bb3 d4 50.Bc4
1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ehud Lahav"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4
a6 8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Nc6 10.Bd3 Qxc5 11.Qd2 b5 12.Ne2 Nb6 13.b3
Bd7 14.a3 f6 15.Ned4 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 fxe5 17.fxe5 O-O 18.Qb4 Rac8
19.Qxc5 Rxc5 20.Ke2 Nc4 21.bxc4 bxc4 22.Rhb1 cxd3 23.cxd3 Rfc8
24.Rb7 R8c7 25.Rab1 Kf7 26.Rxc7 Rxc7 27.Rb6 Bc8 28.Kd2 Kg6
29.Ke3 Kg5 30.Rxe6 Rc3 31.Re7 Bf5 32.Nxf5 Kxf5 33.Kd4 Rxa3
34.Rxg7 h5 35.Rf7+ Ke6 36.Rf6+ Ke7 37.Rh6 h4 38.Rd6 Ra2
39.Kxd5 Rxg2 40.Rxa6 Rxh2 41.d4 1-0

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "06"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ram Soffer"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "79"]

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.O-O 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

[Event "URS 49/730 Tal,M"]
[Site "URS 49/730 Tal,M"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ilya Smirin"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5
dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 c6 10.Nxe5 Re8 11.O-O-O Na6 12.Rd6 Rxe5
13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Rxf6 Nc5 15.Rd6 Nxe4 16.Rd8+ Kg7 17.Nxe4 Rxe4
18.Bf3 Rxc4+ 19.Kd2 c5 20.Rc1 Rxc1 21.Kxc1 h5 22.h4 Rb8 23.Re8
f6 24.Bd5 g5 25.g3 gxh4 26.gxh4 Kg6 27.Kd2 b5 28.Ke3 b4 29.a3
bxa3 30.bxa3 a5 31.Kf4 a4 32.f3 Kg7 33.Be6 Bxe6 34.Rxb8 Bb3
35.Rb5 1-0

[Event "Simul Match"]
[Site "KL, Malaysia"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Collin Madhavan"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "63"]

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. exf6 Qe5 11. Be2 Qxg5
12. Qd3 Qxf6 13. Rd1 Ra7 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Nxb5 Rd7 16. Nd4 Bb7
17. Ng3 Bxg2 18. Rg1 Bb7 19. Rf1 Bc5 20. c3 g6 21. b4 Be7
22. Kf2 h5 23. Nf3 Qf4 24. Qe3 Bg5 25. Qxf4 Bxf4 26. h4 Ke7
27. c4 Rhd8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. a4 Bd2 30. Rb1 Nc6 31. b5 Nd4
32. Nxd2 1-0

[Event "Blitz"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

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.O-O Be7 10.Re1 O-O 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

[Event "Active"]
[Site "New York (USA)"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Roman Dzindzichashvili"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 O-O 7.h3
d6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bd7 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bf1 e5 12.d5 Ne7 13.a4
Nh5 14.Qb3 Rb8 15.Be3 Nc8 16.Bxa6 Nf4 17.Bf1 f5 18.Bxf4 exf4
19.Bb5 Bxb5 20.Qxb5 Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qf6 22.exf5 Qxf5 23.Nd4 Qh5
24.Re8 Na7 25.Rxf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxb7 Nc8 27.Ne6 1-0

[Event "Buenos"]
[Site "Buenos"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "82"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 b6 7.a3
Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Ba6 9.cxd5 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Qxd5 11.c4 Qb7 12.Bb2
Nbd7 13.Rd1 Rfd8 14.O-O Rac8 15.Rfe1 Qe4 16.Qc3 c5 17.d5 exd5
18.Rxd5 Nf8 19.Re5 Qd3 20.Re7 Qxc3 21.Bxc3 N6d7 22.Rd1 Ne5
23.Rxd8 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxd8 25.Rxa7 Rd1+ 26.Kg2 f6 27.Rb7 Rd3
28.Bb2 Rb3 29.Bc1 Ng6 30.Rb8+ Kf7 31.Rb7+ Kg8 32.Rb8+ Kf7
33.Rb7+ Ke6 34.a4 Rb1 35.Ba3 Nh4+ 36.Kh3 Nxf3 37.Kg2 Nh4+
38.Kh3 Nf3 39.Kg2 Ne1+ 40.Kh3 Nd3 41.Kh4 Rh1 0-1

[Event "8 San Francisco"]
[Site "8 San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Ian Rogers"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "51"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Qe2 O-O 10.Bg5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Be7 12.Ne5 b6
13.Bb5 a6 14.Bc6 Ra7 15.b4 Qa3 16.Qc2 Nd5 17.Bxd5 exd5 18.Bc1
Bf5 19.Bxa3 Bxc2 20.Nc6 Bf6 21.Nxa7 Bxc3+ 22.Ke2 Re8+ 23.Kf3
Re6 24.Rhc1 Be4+ 25.Ke2 d4 26.f3 1-0

[Event "BL 9091"]
[Site "70"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Sascha Lorenz"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

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

[Event "Buenos Aires"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Carlos P Boissonet"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.d5
Nb4 8.c4 c5 9.O-O b5 10.Nc3 bxc4 11.bxc4 Rb8 12.Qd2 e6 13.Rab1
exd5 14.Nxd5 Nfxd5 15.cxd5 Bf5 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rb3 Qf6 18.Nh4
Rfe8 19.Nxf5+ Qxf5 20.e4 Qf6 21.Rfb1 Na6 22.Bf1 Rxb3 23.Rxb3
c4 24.Re3 Rc8 25.Rc3 Nc5 26.Rxc4 Rb8 27.Rb4 Rxb4 28.Qxb4 Qf3
29.Qb8 Nxe4 30.Qxa7 Nc5 31.a4 Qxd5 32.a5 Nb3 33.a6 Nd4 34.Qb7
Qxb7 35.axb7 Nc6 36.f4 Kf8 37.Kf2 Ke7 38.Bg2 Nb8 39.Bd5 f6
40.h4 Kd8 41.f5 Ke7 42.Bg8 gxf5 43.Bxh7 Ke6 44.h5 1-0

[Event "Buenos Aires NAJ"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Oscar Panno"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "69"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Be3
Nf6 8.O-O Ne5 9.h3 Bc5 10.Na4 Ba7 11.c4 d6 12.Rc1 Nxd3 13.Qxd3
Bd7 14.Nc3 O-O 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

[Event "Buenos Aires NAJ"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Claudia Noemi Amura"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "86"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nc3 Be6 6.b3 c6
7.g3 Nd7 8.Bh3 Bxh3 9.Nxh3 f6 10.Bb2 Kc7 11.O-O-O Nh6 12.f3
Nf5 13.Nf2 Bb4 14.Nd3 a5 15.Kb1 Ne3 16.Rd2 Be7 17.Ne1 Nc5
18.Nc2 Nxc2 19.Kxc2 a4 20.Rhd1 axb3 21.axb3 Rhd8 22.Rxd8 Bxd8
23.b4 Na6 24.Kb3 Be7 25.Ba3 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Kxd8 27.Ka4 Kd7 28.g4
Nc7 29.Bc1 g6 30.b5 Ne6 31.bxc6 Kxc6 32.Nd5 b5 33.Kb3 Nd4+
34.Kb2 Bd8 35.Ne3 Nxe2 36.cxb5 Kxb5 37.Bd2 Nd4 38.f4 exf4
39.Nf1 Ne2 40.Kc2 Kc4 41.Be1 Nd4+ 42.Kd1 Kd3 43.Bb4 Nc2 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Alexander Dukhov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "62"]

1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ Kxd8 5.Nc3 Na6 6.Bg5+ f6
7.O-O-O Ke8 8.Bd2 Be6 9.e3 Nh6 10.Nf3 Nf7 11.Rg1 Nd6 12.b3 Nc5
13.Kb2 c6 14.g4 a5 15.Be1 Be7 16.g5 Kf7 17.Be2 Rhd8 18.h4 a4
19.h5 Nde4 20.g6+ hxg6 21.hxg6+ Kg8 22.Nxe4 Nxe4 23.Nd2 Nc5
24.Nb1 Rxd1 25.Bxd1 Nd3+ 26.Ka1 axb3 27.Bxb3 b5 28.Nd2 Bb4
29.Nf3 bxc4 30.Bc2 Nxe1 31.Nxe1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Leningrad"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Eldar Mukhametov"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 e5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Nxe5 O-O 6.Nd3 Bxc3
7.dxc3 Nxe4 8.Be2 d5 9.cxd5 Qxd5 10.O-O Bf5 11.Be3 Qe6 12.Re1
Nd7 13.Bf1 Qd5 14.Nf4 Qxd1 15.Raxd1 Nef6 16.f3 Rfe8 17.g4 Be6
18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.c4 Nf8 20.Rd6 Re7 21.Red1 Rd7 22.Rxd7 N6xd7
23.f4 Kf7 24.Bg2 a6 25.Rd3 Rc8 26.Rb3 Rc7 27.f5 Nf6 28.g5 Ne8
29.Bb6 Rd7 30.Rf3 Rd1+ 31.Kf2 Rd2+ 32.Kg3 exf5 33.Rxf5+ Kg8
34.Rf2 Rxf2 35.Bxf2 Kf7 36.Kg4 Nd7 37.Kf4 Nc7 38.h4 Ne6+
39.Ke4 Ndc5+ 40.Bxc5 Nxc5+ 41.Kd4 Ne6+ 42.Ke5 Ke7 43.Bh3 Nd8
44.c5 Nf7+ 45.Kd4 Nd8 46.b4 Nf7 47.Bf5 g6 48.Bc8 Nd8 49.Kc4
Ke8 50.Kb3 Ke7 51.Ka4 Ne6 52.Bxb7 Nd4 53.Ka5 Kd7 54.Kb6 1-0

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad op"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Fred Feibert"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.c3 e6 4.Bf4 b6 5.e3 Be7 6.Nbd2 O-O 7.h3 d6
8.Be2 Bb7 9.O-O 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

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Ilena Krasenkova"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "E00"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 c5 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bxb4 Qxb4+
7.Qd2 Qxc4 8.Na3 Qa4 9.Rc1 Ne4 10.Qc2 Qb4+ 11.Nd2 d5 12.dxc5
Nd7 13.Nb1 Qxc5 14.Nxe4 Qxc2 15.Rxc2 dxe4 16.Bg2 f5 17.O-O Nf6
18.Rc7 Nd5 19.Rc5 b6 20.Rcc1 Ba6 21.Rfe1 Ke7 22.e3 Rac8 23.Bf1
Bxf1 24.Kxf1 Nb4 25.Rc3 Nd3 26.Re2 Rxc3 27.Nxc3 Rc8 28.Nb5
Rc1+ 29.Kg2 Ne1+ 30.Kh3 Nf3 31.Kg2 Rg1+ 32.Kh3 g5 0-1

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Efim Narodizki"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.Nge2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nf4
dxe4 8.Nxe4 Qc7 9.d3 Nc6 10.Be3 b6 11.Nh5 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 f5
13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Nf4 e5 15.Ng2 f4 16.gxf4 Bh3 17.f3 exf4 18.Bd2
Qg6 19.Rf2 Bd6 20.Kh1 Qh5 21.Bc3 Rae8 22.Qg1 g5 23.Re1 Kf7
24.Re4 Rg8 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Qf1 Be6 27.Bd2 Bd5 28.Kg1 Re6
29.Ne1 g4 30.fxg4 Qxg4+ 31.Ng2 Ke8 32.Bxf4 Bxg2 33.Rxg2 Qxf4
34.Qd1 0-1

[Event "Moscow URS ch"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Peter Korzubov"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nd4 4.b3 Nxf3+ 5.gxf3 e6 6.Bb2 d5
7.cxd5 exd5 8.d4 Nf6 9.e3 Bd7 10.Rg1 Qb6 11.Qd2 cxd4 12.exd4
O-O-O 13.O-O-O g6 14.Kb1 Bd6 15.Rc1 Kb8 16.f4 Bf5+ 17.Ka1 Bb4
18.f3 Rc8 19.Bd3 Qxd4 20.Rgd1 Bxd3 21.Qxd3 Qxd3 22.Rxd3 Rhe8
23.Rcd1 a6 24.Nxd5 Nxd5 25.Rxd5 Re2 26.Kb1 Bc3 27.Bc1 Rxh2
28.f5 g5 29.Rd7 f6 30.Rf7 Ka8 31.Rdd7 Rh1 32.Rxh7 Rf1 33.Rxb7
Bd4 34.Rbc7 Rxc7 35.Rxc7 Rxf3 36.Kc2 Rxf5 37.Kd3 Bb6 38.Rg7
Rf3+ 39.Ke2 Rf2+ 40.Kd3 Rf3+ 41.Ke4 Rf1 42.Ba3 Rd1 43.Kf5 Kb8
44.Rg8+ Rd8 45.Rxd8+ Bxd8 46.b4 Kc7 47.Bc1 Kc6 48.a4 Kd5
49.Be3 Kc4 50.b5 axb5 51.axb5 Kxb5 52.Kg4 Kc4 53.Kf5 Kd3
54.Bc5 Bc7 55.Ba3 Ke2 56.Kg4 Bb6 57.Kf5 Bd8 58.Ke4 Bc7 59.Kf5
Kf3 60.Kxf6 g4 61.Bc5 g3 0-1

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "John Alan Grefe"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "71"]

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 O-O-O 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

[Event "Tyskland"]
[Site "Tyskland"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Eric Lobron"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "81"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 Bb4 7.O-O
O-O 8.a3 Bd6 9.e4 dxc4 10.Bxc4 e5 11.Ba2 exd4 12.Nxd4 Nc5
13.Nf5 Be5 14.Qf3 Bxc3 15.Rd1 Qa5 16.bxc3 Ncxe4 17.Ne7+ Kh8
18.Nxc8 Raxc8 19.Bb2 Qb6 20.Bc1 Qa5 21.Bb2 Rcd8 22.h3 Rde8
23.c4 Rd8 24.Rac1 Rd2 25.Rxd2 Qxd2 26.Rb1 c5 27.Bb3 b6 28.Be5
Re8 29.Bf4 Qa5 30.Rd1 Qxa3 31.g4 Qb2 32.Rd3 h6 33.Kg2 Ng5
34.Qd1 Qe2 35.Qxe2 Rxe2 36.Bd1 Ra2 37.Be5 Ne6 38.Kg3 Rd2
39.Rxd2 Ne4+ 40.Kg2 Nxd2 41.Be2 0-1

[Event "Tyskland"]
[Site "Tyskland"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Soenke Maus"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "56"]

1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nc3 Bg7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.O-O
d6 8.d4 Bd7 9.b3 a6 10.Bb2 Rb8 11.Qd2 Qa5 12.Rfd1 cxd4 13.exd4
Rfd8 14.d5 Ne5 15.Nd4 b5 16.cxb5 axb5 17.Nce2 Qb6 18.h3 e6
19.dxe6 fxe6 20.Nf4 Re8 21.Nc2 Nf7 22.Nb4 d5 23.Bxf6 Bxf6
24.Nbxd5 exd5 25.Nxd5 Qd6 26.Nxf6+ Qxf6 27.Qxd7 Re2 28.Qd4
Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Tyskland"]
[Site "Tyskland"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Domingo Ramos"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.a4 Qc7 7.Be2
Nc6 8.O-O 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

[Event "Tyskland"]
[Site "Tyskland"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Hubert Seibold"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6
7.Bc4 Qa5 8.O-O O-O 9.Bb3 d6 10.h3 Bd7 11.Re1 Rfe8 12.Qd3 Nxd4
13.Bxd4 Bc6 14.Rad1 Rad8 15.Qe3 b6 16.Nd5 Nxd5 17.exd5 Bb7
18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Rd4 Qc5 20.Qd2 h6 21.Re3 Qc7 22.Ba4 Rh8 23.Rc3
Qb8 24.Qe3 a6 25.Qxe7 Rc8 26.Rg3 h5 27.Rf4 Bxd5 28.Qf6+ Kh7
29.Rf5 1-0

[Event "URS"]
[Site "URS"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Neibult"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "47"]

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 e6 7.O-O
Nf6 8.Qe2 a6 9.Rd1 Qc7 10.Bf4 Ne5 11.Bb3 Be7 12.Rac1 Qb8
13.Nd4 O-O 14.Bg3 Ned7 15.f4 e5 16.Nf5 Re8 17.Qc4 d5 18.Nxd5
Bc5+ 19.Kh1 Re6 20.Qxc5 Nxd5 21.Rxd5 exf4 22.Ne7+ Kf8 23.Rxd7
Bxd7 24.Bxe6 1-0

[Event "it"]
[Site "it"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Joel Lautier"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "123"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 b5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O 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 O-O-O 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.f8=Q+ Rxf8 59.Nxf8 h6 60.Nd7 h5
61.Ne5 h4 62.Nf3 1-0

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Manuel Rivas Pastor"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "122"]

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.f4 Qa5 5.Bd2 e5 6.Nf3 exd4 7.Nxd4
Qb6 8.Nb3 a5 9.Rb1 a4 10.Nc1 g6 11.Qf3 Bg7 12.Bd3 O-O 13.N1e2
Bg4 14.Qg3 Bxe2 15.Nxe2 Nbd7 16.Qf3 Nc5 17.Be3 Nfxe4 18.Qxe4
Rfe8 19.Bxc5 dxc5 20.Qc4 Qa7 21.b4 axb3 22.Qxb3 b5 23.c4 Qa5+
24.Kf1 Rad8 25.Rd1 Rb8 26.Qc2 bxc4 27.Bxc4 Rb2 28.Qc1 Qb4
29.h4 Re4 30.a3 Qb8 31.Rh3 Qe8 32.Nc3 Rxc4 33.Qxb2 Rxf4+
34.Rf3 Rxh4 35.Qe2 Rh1+ 36.Kf2 Bd4+ 37.Rxd4 Qxe2+ 38.Nxe2 cxd4
39.Nxd4 c5 40.Nc6 Ra1 41.Rc3 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 f5 43.Na7 Kg7 44.Nb5
h5 45.g3 g5 46.Rxc5 Kf6 47.Rc3 g4 48.Kf4 Rf2+ 49.Ke3 Rg2
50.Kd4 f4 51.Rc6+ Kg5 52.Rc5+ Kh6 53.gxf4 h4 54.Ke5 h3 55.Nd6
h2 56.Nf5+ Kg6 57.Rc6+ Kf7 58.Rc7+ Kg8 59.Nh6+ Kf8 60.Kf6 Ke8
61.Nf5 Kd8 1-0

[Event "Barcelona 54/190 Akopian,V"]
[Site "Barcelona 54/190 Akopian,V"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O 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 O-O 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

[Event "Cologne"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Lev Lukovski"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nf3 c5 6.c3 Be7 7.Nbd2
Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Rc8 10.a3 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Qc2 cxd4
13.Bxh7+ Kh8 14.exd4 f5 15.c4 Kxh7 16.cxd5 Nxd4 17.Qd3 Nc2
18.Ne5 Bxd5 19.Qh3+ Kg8 20.Ng6 Qg5 21.Qh8+ Kf7 22.Ne5+ Ke7
23.Qh3 Nxe1 24.Rxe1 Qxd2 25.Qh4+ Kd6 26.f3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Cologne"]
[Site "01"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Carsten Saenger"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4
O-O 8.Nc3 a6 9.b3 Qc7 10.Bb2 Re8 11.Rc1 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.Qxd5 Qc5 15.Rfd1 Qxd5 16.Rxd5 f6 17.Rcd1 Rd8 18.Bc3
Rb8 19.c5 Kf7 20.Ba5 Re8 21.Bc7 Ra8 22.b4 Bd8 23.Bd6 g6 24.a4
h5 25.a5 Rh8 26.h4 Re8 27.e4 Rg8 28.f4 exf4 29.gxf4 Re8 30.Kf2
f5 31.exf5 Bxh4+ 32.Kf1 g5 33.Re5 Rxe5 34.fxe5 1-0

[Event "Cologne"]
[Site "03"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Frank Reinemer"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5 Ne4 4.h4 Nxg5 5.hxg5 g6 6.Nc3 d5 7.Qd2
Bg7 8.Qf4 c6 9.O-O-O Qd6 10.g3 Be6 11.e3 Nd7 12.Bd3 Bf7
13.Qxd6 exd6 14.Rh4 Be6 15.Ne2 Kf7 16.Nf4 Rae8 17.Rdh1 Nf8
18.Ng1 Bc8 19.Nge2 Kg8 20.Kd2 Be5 21.g4 Bxf4 22.Nxf4 Re7
23.gxf5 Bxf5 24.Bxf5 gxf5 25.Rh6 Rg7 26.Rxd6 Rxg5 27.Rd8 Kf7
28.Rb8 Rg7 29.Rh6 Kg8 30.Ne6 Rf7 31.f4 a6 32.a3 1-0

[Event "Cologne"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Matthias Niesel"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "84"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e5 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 d6 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8
7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.Ng5 Ke8 9.Nc3 Nc5 10.b3 a5 11.Nge4 Nfxe4 12.Nxe4
a4 13.Nxc5 Bxc5 14.Bb2 Bb4+ 15.Kd1 Bg4 16.f3 Bf5 17.e4 Be6
18.Kc2 f6 19.Rhd1 Ke7 20.Rd3 b5 21.cxb5 cxb5 22.Rad1 Rhc8+
23.Kb1 a3 24.Bc1 Bc3 25.Bd2 Bxd2 26.R3xd2 Rc3 27.Rd3 Rac8
28.Bf1 b4 29.Rxc3 Rxc3 30.Rd3 Rxd3 31.Bxd3 Kd6 32.Bc2 Kc5
33.Kc1 Kd4 34.Kd2 Bh3 35.g4 Bg2 36.Bd1 Bf1 37.h4 Bd3 38.Be2
Bb1 39.Bc4 Bxa2 40.Kc2 Ke3 41.Be6 Kxf3 42.Bf5 g5 0-1

[Event "Cologne"]
[Site "07"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Martin Auer"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.O-O 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

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "02"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Vicente Landero Luna"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "49"]

1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bb5+ Bd7
7.Bc4 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Na6 10.d4 Nc7 11.Bf4 Bf5 12.Qb3 b6
13.Ne5 Nfe8 14.Rfe1 e6 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.d5 Bd7 17.d6 Bxe5
18.Bxe5 Ne6 19.Nd5 N8g7 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.Qh3 h5 22.Qe3 Nf5
23.Nxd7 f6 24.Bxf6+ Rxf6 25.Qc3 1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "04"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "M Romero"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.e3 d5 7.Na4 b6
8.Rb1 b5 9.cxb5 c4 10.b3 cxb3 11.Rxb3 O-O 12.Bb2 Ne4 13.Be2
Nd7 14.O-O Bb7 15.Ba1 Rc8 16.Qb2 Ndf6 17.d3 Nc5 18.Nxc5 Rxc5
19.Qb1 Bb6 20.Bd4 Rc8 21.Rc1 Qd6 22.Rbc3 Nd7 23.Rxc8 Rxc8
24.Rxc8+ Bxc8 25.Qc2 Bb7 26.Bxb6 axb6 27.d4 e5 28.Qc3 exd4
29.Nxd4 Nf6 30.Nf5 Qd7 31.Qe5 Bc8 32.Bd3 Kf8 33.Qb8 g6 34.Nd6
1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "05"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "M Gomez"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qb3
a5 8.a3 a4 9.Qa2 Nd7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Qf4 12.Bd3 e5 13.O-O
exd4 14.Nxd4 Be7 15.Nf5 Ne5 16.Nfd6+ Bxd6 17.Nxd6+ Ke7
18.Nxc8+ Rhxc8 19.Rae1 Kf8 20.Re4 Qf6 21.Be2 Nd7 22.Qb1 Re8
23.Rd1 Nc5 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Qc2 h5 26.g3 h4 27.Bf1 Qf3 28.Rd4
Ne4 29.Bg2 Ng5 30.Rxh4 Re2 31.Rh8+ Ke7 32.Bxf3 Rxc2 33.Kg2
Rxb2 34.Rb8 Kd6 35.Bd1 Ne4 36.Bxa4 Nc3 37.Ra8 Ne4 38.Kf3 0-1

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Renier Gonzalez"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6
7.Be3 Qc7 8.a3 a6 9.Be2 b5 10.O-O Be7 11.Bd3 O-O 12.f4 d6
13.Nd2 Bb7 14.Nf3 Rad8 15.Ng5 h6 16.Nh3 d5 17.e5 Ne4 18.Bxe4
dxe4 19.Qg4 Nd4 20.Bxd4 Rxd4 21.Rad1 Rxd1 22.Rxd1 Bxa3 23.Nxe4
Bxe4 24.bxa3 Qxc2 25.Nf2 Bd5 26.Nd3 h5 0-1

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Francisco Jimenez Morales"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e6 4.g3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O b6 7.Nc3
Bb7 8.Ne5 Nbd7 9.cxd5 Nxe5 10.d6 Nc6 11.dxe7 Qxe7 12.Qa4 Nd8
13.e4 Qe8 14.Qxe8 Rxe8 15.Bf4 Re7 16.Rfd1 Rd7 17.d5 exd5
18.Nxd5 Ne8 19.e5 Kf8 20.Be3 c6 21.Nc3 Re7 22.Bg5 f6 23.exf6
gxf6 24.Bh6+ Kg8 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Nf7 27.Re7 Ned6 28.Ne4
Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Ba6 30.Bxc6 Rd8 31.Bd5 1-0

[Event "Sevilla op"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jaan Eslon"]
[Black "Mikhail Tal"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "96"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.e4 c5
7.Bxc4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bc5 9.Nb3 Bd6 10.Be2 O-O 11.Be3 Qe7 12.O-O
Ne5 13.h3 Bd7 14.Qd4 Nc6 15.Qd1 Rfd8 16.f4 e5 17.f5 Nd4
18.Nxd4 exd4 19.Bxd4 Bc6 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Qe1 Ne3
23.f6 Qe4 24.Bxe3 Qxe3+ 25.Kh1 Qe5 26.g3 Re8 27.Bf3 Qxf6
28.Qf2 Re7 29.Rae1 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Rd8 31.Kg2 b6 32.Re2 Bc5
33.Qe1 g6 34.Re8+ Rxe8 35.Qxe8+ Kg7 36.b3 Qd4 37.Qe1 f5 38.h4
h6 39.Kh2 g5 40.hxg5 hxg5 41.Qd1 Qf2+ 42.Bg2 Kg6 43.b4 Bd4
44.Qf1 Qe3 45.g4 fxg4 46.Qb1+ Kg7 47.Qf1 Be5+ 48.Kh1 Bg3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Blitz Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1992.05.28"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "33"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 Nf6 5.O-O a6 6.Bxd7+ Nxd7
7.Nc3 e6 8.Bg5 Qc7 9.Re1 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.f4 h6 12.Bh4 g5
13.fxe5 gxh4 14.exd6 Bxd6 15.Nd5 exd5 16.exd5+ Kf8 17.Qf3 1-0

