[Event "Soviet Team Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1953"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lev Aronin"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Qc7 7.O-O Bg4 8.d4 e6 9.Re1 Nd7 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Rxe6+ Kf7 13.Ng5+ fxg5 14.Qxh5+ Kxe6 15.Bxg5 Ne5 16.Re1 Qg7 17.Qg4+ Kd6 18.dxe5+ Kc7 19.e6 Rg8 20.Bf4+ Bd6 21.Bxd6+ Kxd6 22.Rd1+ Kc7 23.Qf4+ Kc8 24.g4 Rd8 0-1 [Event "Riga Championship"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1954"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Aivars Gipslis"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nc7 6.d3 e5 7.f4 exf4 8.Bxf4 Be7 9.Qa4+ Nd7 10.Nf3 O-O 11.O-O Nb6 12.Qc2 Ncd5 13.a3 Be6 14.e4 Nf6 15.Kh1 Qd7 16.Rad1 Rad8 17.d4 cxd4 18.Nxd4 Bg4 19.Rd2 Qc8 20.e5 Nfd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.Qe4 a6 23.Re1 h6 24.h3 Bxh3 25.Bxh3 Qxh3+ 26.Rh2 Qg4 27.Bxh6 Qxe4+ 28.Rxe4 gxh6 29.Rg4+ Bg5 30.Rxh6 f6 31.exf6 Kf7 32.Rxg5 Nxf6 33.Rgg6 Rxd4 34.Rxf6+ Kg7 35.Rxf8 Kxh6 36.Rf6+ Kg5 37.Rb6 Kg4 38.Kg2 Rd2+ 39.Kf1 Kxg3 40.Rxb7 Kf3 41.Ke1 Rd6 42.Re7 Rb6 43.Re2 Rb5 44.Kd1 Rb6 45.Rd2 Ke3 46.Kc1 Rc6+ 47.Rc2 Rh6 48.Kb1 Kd3 49.Rc7 a5 50.Rc3+ Kd4 51.a4 Ra6 52.Rb3 Kc4 53.Rb5 Ra8 54.Ka2 Ra7 55.Ka3 Ra8 56.b3+ Kc3 57.Rc5+ Kd4 58.Rh5 Kc3 59.Rh4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Riga Championship"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1954"] [White "Aivars Gipslis"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 e5 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.dxe5 Qxe5+ 8.Be3 Nf6 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.Na3 Nb6 12.Nc4 Qc7 13.Nxb6 axb6 14.Qg4 Qd7 15.Qg3 O-O-O 16.O-O Bd6 17.Bf4 Bxf4 18.Qxf4 f6 19.a4 Qc7 20.Qf3 Qc6 21.Qg4+ Qd7 22.Qc4 Qd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Soviet Junior Team Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1954"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "0-1"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bf4 d6 8.h3 O-O 9.e3 Ne8 10.Be2 Nd7 11.O-O Ne5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Nd2 f5 14.Qb3 Nd6 15.Nc4 e4 16.Nb5 Nxb5 17.Qxb5 b6 18.d6 Bd7 19.Qb3 b5 20.Nb6+ c4 21.Bxc4+ bxc4 22.Qxc4+ Rf7 23.Nxa8 Qxa8 24.Qb3 Be5 25.Rac1 Kg7 26.Rfd1 a5 27.Rc7 Qe8 28.Qd5 a4 29.b4 axb3 30.axb3 Bf6 31.Rb7 Qe5 32.Qc4 f4 33.exf4 Qxf4 34.g3 Qf3 35.Qd5 Bc3 36.Rf1 Kh6 37.Qc4 Qf6 38.Qe2 Bd4 39.Rb4 e3 40.Qd3 Qxf2+ 41.Rxf2 exf2+ 42.Kh2 f1=N+ 43.Qxf1 Rxf1 44.Rxd4 Rf2+ 45.Kg1 Rf3 0-1 [Event "Soviet Junior Team Championship"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1954"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Tigran Petrosian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 Nbd7 8.O-O-O Qc7 9.Rg1 b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.g4 h6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.h4 Be7 14.Qe2 Nb6 15.Rg3 Rc8 16.Kb1 Nc4 17.Bh3 Qb6 18.Nb3 a5 19.Nd2 Ba6 20.Nxc4 bxc4 21.Ka1 Rb8 22.Rb1 Qc5 23.f4 Rb7 24.Qd2 Rg8 25.Na4 Qc6 26.Nc3 Qc5 27.Na4 Qc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Soviet Junior Team Championship"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1954"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.d4 c6 7.a4 a5 8.Nc3 b6 9.Qb3 Na6 10.Ne5 Nb4 11.Rd1 Nd7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.e4 Nxe5 14.exd5 Ng4 15.d6 Ra7 16.dxe7 Qxe7 17.Bf4 Nf6 18.Re1 Bb7 19.Bxb7 Rxb7 20.Bg5 h6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.d5 exd5 23.Nxd5 Nxd5 24.Qxd5 Rc7 25.Qe5 Qxe5 26.Rxe5 Rc2 27.Rb5 Rd8 28.b4 Rdd2 29.Rf1 axb4 30.Rxb4 Ra2 31.Rxb6 Rxa4 32.Rb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Tallinn m"] [Site "Tallinn, Soviet Union"] [Date "1954"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.h3 Nd7 10.Nd2 f5 11.f3 fxe4 12.Ndxe4 Nf5 13.Bg5 Nf6 14.Bd3 Qe8 15.Ne2 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bf6 17.Bxf6 Rxf6 18.Qd2 c5 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.g4 Ne7 21.O-O Ba6 22.b3 d5 23.Qg5 Qf7 24.Bd3 dxc4 25.Bxc4 Bxc4 26.bxc4 Rf8 27.Qxe5 Re6 28.Qh2 Re3 29.Ng3 Qxc4 30.Ne4 Qd4 31.Rad1 Rd3+ 32.Nf2 Rfxf3 33.Rxd3 Rxd3 34.Qb8+ Kg7 35.Qc7 Qe3 36.Qb7 Kh6 37.Qb1 Rd2 38.Qb3 Nd5 39.g5+ Kh5 40.Qb7 Qg3+ 41.Kh1 Rxf2 42.Qxh7+ Kxg5 43.h4+ Kf6 0-1 [Event "Tallinn m"] [Site "Tallinn, Soviet Union"] [Date "1954"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bf4 Bg7 8.h3 O-O 9.e3 b6 10.Nd2 Ne8 11.Nc4 Ba6 12.a4 Bxc4 13.Bxc4 Nd7 14.O-O Ne5 15.Be2 f5 16.Qd2 Qf6 17.a5 Nc7 18.Ra4 Rfb8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Rfa1 Rxa4 21.Rxa4 b5 22.Ra7 Qd8 23.b3 b4 24.Na4 Ra8 25.Rb7 Ne8 26.Bb5 Rb8 27.Rxb8 Qxb8 28.Bc6 Kf8 29.Bxe5 Bxe5 30.Qd3 Nf6 31.Qa6 Qc7 32.Nb6 Qe7 33.Qb7 Qxb7 34.Bxb7 Ne4 35.Bc6 Nd2 36.Ba4 g5 37.f3 Bg3 38.Nc4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Soviet Championship Semifinal"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1955"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "0-1"] 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 Be7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.Qe2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Na5 13.Bc2 c5 14.Qd3 g6 15.Bh6 Re8 16.Qd2 Nc4 17.Qf4 Nxb2 18.Bg5 d4 19.cxd4 cxd4 20.Be4 Bd5 21.Bxd5 Qxd5 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.Qh4 Rae8 24.Ng5 h5 25.Ne4 Qxe5 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Nxe8+ Rxe8 28.f4 Qf6 29.Qf2 d3 30.Rfe1 Rd8 31.Qd2 Qd4+ 32.Kf1 Nc4 33.Qd1 d2 0-1 [Event "Soviet Championship Semifinal"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1955"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Aivars Gipslis"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "23rd Soviet Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1956"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.d5 Nh5 7.Be3 f5 8.Qd2 Na6 9.O-O-O Nf6 10.exf5 gxf5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Nge2 Qe7 13.Rde1 c5 14.Ng3 Ne8 15.Nh5 Nac7 16.g4 Kh8 17.Rhg1 Qf7 18.Nxg7 Nxg7 19.f4 e4 20.Bc2 b5 21.cxb5 Rb8 22.gxf5 Bxf5 23.Bxe4 Bxe4 24.Nxe4 Qxd5 25.Qxd5 Nxd5 26.Nxd6 Rbd8 27.Bxc5 Nxf4 28.Bd4 Ng6 29.Re7 Nxe7 30.Bxg7+ Kg8 31.Bxf8+ Kxf8 32.Rf1+ Kg8 33.Rd1 Rf8 34.a4 Rf2 35.Nc4 Rxh2 36.Rd7 Nf5 37.Rxa7 Nd4 38.Rc7 1-0 [Event "23rd Soviet Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1956"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Bf4 d6 9.Qd2 Ng6 10.Bg3 a6 11.O-O-O Nf6 12.Nb3 e5 13.c5 d5 14.Bc4 Be7 15.Nxd5 Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Qxd5 17.Bxd5 O-O 18.Kb1 a5 19.a4 Bf5+ 20.Ka2 Bc2 21.Rc1 Bxb3+ 22.Kxb3 Rac8 23.Bxb7 Rxc5 24.Rxc5 Bxc5 25.Rc1 Bd4 26.Rc7 Nf4 27.Bxf4 exf4 28.Kc4 Bxf2 29.b4 axb4 30.a5 b3 31.Kxb3 g5 32.a6 Rd8 33.Bf3 Rd3+ 34.Kb4 Rd4+ 35.Kb5 Rd2 36.a7 Bxa7 37.Rxa7 g4 38.Bxg4 Rxg2 39.h3 f5 40.Bf3 Rg3 41.Bd5+ Kh8 42.h4 Rh3 43.Kc5 f3 44.Kd4 f2 45.Ra1 Kg7 46.Rf1 Kf6 47.Rxf2 Rxh4+ 48.Kc5 Rh3 49.Be4 Ke5 50.Bxf5 Rc3+ 51.Kb4 Rc7 52.Bd3 h5 53.Rh2 Kd4 54.Bb5 Rh7 55.Rh4+ Ke5 56.Kc5 Kf6 57.Be2 Kg5 58.Rh3 h4 59.Kd4 Re7 60.Ba6 Rd7+ 61.Ke5 Re7+ 62.Kd6 Ra7 63.Bc8 Ra8 64.Bb7 Rd8+ 65.Ke5 Kg4 66.Rc3 Re8+ 67.Kd4 h3 68.Bf3+ Kf4 69.Bc6 Rd8+ 70.Kc5 Rh8 71.Rf3+ Kg4 72.Kd4 h2 73.Rf1 Rh6 74.Be4 Rd6+ 75.Ke5 Rd8 76.Bc6 Rh8 77.Ra1 Kg3 78.Ra3+ Kf2 79.Ra2+ Ke3 80.Bh1 Re8+ 81.Kf5 Rf8+ 82.Kg4 Rf2 83.Ra3+ Kd4 84.Kg3 Rd2 85.Ra5 Ke3 86.Re5+ Kd4 87.Rh5 Kc3 88.Bg2 Kd4 89.Rxh2 Ke3 90.Rh1 Kd4 91.Bf3 Ke3 92.Re1+ Kd4 93.Kf4 Rd3 94.Re8 Rd2 95.Ra8 Rd3 96.Ra4+ Kc5 97.Ke4 Rd7 98.Ra5+ Kd6 99.Kd4 Ke6+ 100.Bd5+ Kf6 101.Ra1 Rg7 102.Ra6+ Kg5 103.Ke5 Re7+ 104.Be6 Rg7 105.Ra1 Kg6 106.Rf1 Kg5 107.Bf7 Kh4 108.Kf6 Rg2 109.Bd5 Rd2 110.Ke5 Kg3 111.Be4 Re2 112.Rf8 Rd2 113.Rf3+ Kg4 114.Re3 Rf2 115.Re1 Kg3 116.Rg1+ Kh2 117.Rg8 Rf1 118.Rg2+ Kh3 119.Bd5 Rd1 120.Bf3 Rd8 121.Kf4 Rf8+ 122.Ke3 Rf6 123.Rg4 Rf7 124.Kf2 Rf5 125.Re4 Rf6 126.Re5 Rf4 127.Rg5 Rb4 128.Ke3 Kh4 129.Rg7 Rb6 130.Rg1 Re6+ 131.Be4 Rf6 132.Bg6 Kh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Soviet Championship Semifinal"] [Site "Tbilisi, Soviet Union"] [Date "1956"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Tigran Petrosian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 7.Be2 Bd7 8.Nbd2 Na5 9.O-O Ne7 10.Rb1 h6 11.Qc2 Qc7 12.b3 cxb3 13.Nxb3 Ba4 14.Nfd2 Nec6 15.Qb2 O-O-O 16.Nxa5 Nxa5 17.c4 Be7 18.cxd5 exd5 19.Bd1 Bd7 20.Bc2 Kb8 21.Bd3 Rc8 22.Nb3 Nc4 23.Qa2 Ba4 24.Bf5 Bd7 25.Bd3 Ba4 26.Bf5 Bd7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Soviet Championship Semifinal"] [Site "Tbilisi, Soviet Union"] [Date "1956"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 e5 6.Nge2 O-O 7.Bg5 c6 8.Qd2 Qa5 9.d5 Na6 10.Nc1 cxd5 11.cxd5 Bd7 12.a3 Rfc8 13.g4 Qc7 14.h4 Nc5 15.h5 Na4 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Nxa4 Bxa4 18.Na2 Qc2 19.Nc3 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Bd7 21.Nb5 Bxb5 22.Bxb5 a6 23.Be2 Rc7 24.Rac1 Rac8 25.Rxc7 Rxc7 26.Rc1 Rxc1 27.Kxc1 h5 28.gxh5 gxh5 29.Kd2 Kf7 30.b4 Kg6 31.Bh4 Bh6+ 32.Kd1 Bg5 33.Bf2 Kf7 34.Bf1 Ke7 35.Bh3 Nd7 36.a4 Kd8 37.a5 Kc7 38.Ke2 Bc1 39.Kd3 Bg5 40.Kc4 Bd2 41.Bh4 Bh6 42.Kd3 Bg7 43.Ke2 Bf6 44.Be1 Be7 45.Kf1 Nf6 46.Kg2 Nh7 47.Bf5 Nf6 48.Kh3 Kd8 49.Bh4 Kc7 50.Bf2 Ne8 51.Bg6 Nf6 52.Bb6+ Kb8 53.Bf7 Kc8 54.Bg6 Kb8 55.Kg2 Nd7 56.Bf2 Nf6 57.Kf1 Kc7 58.Ke2 Kb8 59.Kd3 Kc7 60.Be1 Kb8 61.Kc4 Kc7 62.b5 axb5+ 63.Kxb5 h4 64.Bxh4 Nxd5 65.Be1 Nf4 66.Bf5 d5 67.exd5 Nxd5 68.Be4 Nf6 69.Bc3 Bd6 70.Bc2 Nd5 71.Bd2 Nf4 72.Be4 Ne6 73.Kc4 Nf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "24th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1957"] [Round "2"] [White "Mark Taimanov"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "24th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1957"] [Round "3"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "24th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1957"] [Round "9"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.exf5 Nd4 6.Nxe5 Bc5 7.O-O O-O 8.Nf3 c6 9.Nxd4 Bxd4 10.Bd3 d5 11.Ne2 Be5 12.Ng3 Ne4 13.Bxe4 dxe4 14.d3 exd3 15.Qxd3 Qxd3 16.cxd3 Bxg3 17.hxg3 Bxf5 18.d4 Rad8 19.Be3 Rd5 20.Rfc1 Rb5 21.b3 Rd8 22.Rc4 Rbd5 23.Rac1 Kf7 24.Ra4 a6 25.Rc5 Bd3 26.Ra3 Rxc5 27.dxc5 Bb5 28.b4 Rd1+ 29.Kh2 Bc4 30.Bf4 Rf1 31.Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "24th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1957"] [Round "13"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Tigran Petrosian"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 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 "24th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1957"] [Round "16"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "25th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1958"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "25th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1958"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Efim Geller"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Portorož Interzonal"] [Site "Portorož, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "11"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Portorož Interzonal"] [Site "Portorož, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "12"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Nd7 10.d4 Nb6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qh5 Qd6 14.Nd2 Be6 15.Nf3 Bxb3 16.axb3 Nd7 17.b4 Rfd8 18.Bg5 f6 19.Be3 Qe6 20.Red1 c5 21.Nh4 Bf8 22.Nf5 g6 23.Qg4 Kf7 24.Nh6+ Bxh6 25.Qxe6+ Kxe6 26.Bxh6 cxb4 27.cxb4 Rdc8 28.Be3 Rc4 29.Rd2 Rxb4 30.Rad1 Nf8 31.Rd6+ Kf7 32.Rb6 Rxb2 33.Rdd6 a5 34.Rb7+ Kg8 35.Rxf6 Re8 36.Rff7 Ne6 37.Rxh7 a4 38.Ra7 Ra8 39.Rhg7+ Kh8 40.Rh7+ Kg8 41.Rhg7+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Portorož Interzonal"] [Site "Portorož, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "13"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Ne2 d5 6.a3 Bd6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.g3 Nc6 9.Bg2 Ne7 10.O-O a5 11.f3 c5 12.Nb5 Nf5 13.e4 dxe4 14.fxe4 Nxd4 15.Nexd4 cxd4 16.Qxd4 Bb8 17.Qxd8 Rxd8 18.Bf4 Bd7 19.Nc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Portorož Interzonal"] [Site "Portorož, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "15"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Portorož Interzonal"] [Site "Portorož, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1958"] [Round "20"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Tigran Petrosian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Nxd4 10.Bxd4 e5 11.fxe5 dxe5 12.Bc5 Re8 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Rd1 Rxd1+ 15.Kxd1 Be6 16.b3 Nd7 17.Be3 Nb8 18.Nb5 Nc6 19.Kc2 Nd4+ 20.Bxd4 exd4 21.Nc7 Rd8 22.Nxe6 fxe6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959"] [Round "6"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959"] [Round "8"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959"] [Round "13"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959"] [Round "17"] [White "Paul Keres"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959"] [Round "20"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959"] [Round "22"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"] [Date "1959"] [Round "27"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 Ba1 51.a4 b2 0-1 [Event "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1960"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1960"] [Round "6"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 0-1 [Event "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1960"] [Round "7"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1960"] [Round "8"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 Re8 9.Nd2 d6 10.Be2 a6 11.a4 Nbd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bf3 c4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.a5 Nd7 17.Nce4 Be5 18.Qxc4 Qd8 19.Qa2 f5 20.Nc3 g5 21.Nc4 g4 22.Be2 Qf6 23.Na4 Kh8 24.g3 h5 25.f4 Bd4 26.Qa3 Rb8 27.Nab6 h4 28.Rad1 Bxb6 29.axb6 Nc5 30.gxh4 Bd7 31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.bxc3 Bb5 33.Rfe1 Ne4 34.Rc1 Rbc8 35.Na5 Bxe2 36.Rxe2 Nxc3 37.Rxc3 Rxc3 38.Nxb7 Rexe3 39.Rxe3 Rxe3 40.Nxd6 Rd3 41.Nf7+ 1-0 [Event "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1960"] [Round "9"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "0-1"] 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 e6 10.O-O Bd6 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Bxe6 Qc7 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.Bg8+ Kf8 15.Bxh7 Rxh7 16.Nf5 g6 17.Bxh6+ Kg8 18.Nxd6 Qxd6 19.Bg5 Re7 20.Qd3 Kg7 21.Qg3 Rxe1+ 22.Rxe1 Qxg3 23.fxg3 Rf8 24.c4 Ng4 25.d5 cxd5 26.cxd5 Ndf6 27.d6 Rf7 28.Rc1 Rd7 29.Rc7 Kf7 30.Bxf6 Nxf6 31.Kf2 Ke6 32.Rxd7 Kxd7 33.Kf3 Kxd6 34.Kf4 Ke6 35.g4 Nd5+ 36.Ke4 Nf6+ 37.Kf4 Nd5+ 38.Ke4 Nb4 39.a3 Nc6 40.h5 g5 41.h6 Kf6 42.Kd5 Kg6 43.Ke6 Na5 44.a4 Nb3 45.Kd6 a5 46.Kd5 Kxh6 47.Kc4 Nc1 48.Kb5 Nd3 49.b3 Nc1 50.Kxa5 Nxb3+ 51.Kb4 Nc1 52.Kc3 Kg6 53.Kc2 Ne2 54.Kd3 Nc1+ 55.Kc2 Ne2 56.Kd3 Nf4+ 57.Kc4 Kf6 58.g3 Ne2 0-1 [Event "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1960"] [Round "11"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Ref7 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 Qe1+ 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+ Kf6 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 "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1960"] [Round "17"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1960"] [Round "19"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "29th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Baku, Soviet Union"] [Date "1961"] [Round "17"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 c5 5.c4 O-O 6.O-O d6 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.dxc5 dxc5 9.Be3 Be6 10.Bxc5 Qa5 11.Ba3 Bxc4 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 Rac8 14.Qf4 g5 15.Qe3 Rc7 16.Rad1 Re8 17.Rd4 b5 18.Qxg5 h6 19.Qd2 b4 20.Nb1 Nd5 21.Rg4 h5 22.Rg5 Rc5 23.b3 Nc3 24.Rxc5 Qxc5 25.Nxc3 bxc3 26.Bxc5 cxd2 27.bxc4 Rb8 28.Bxa7 Rb2 29.e3 Rxa2 30.Bc5 e5 31.Bf3 h4 32.Rd1 hxg3 33.hxg3 Rc2 34.Be2 Rb2 35.Bd3 1-0 [Event "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1961"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.a3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 Bd6 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.Nb5 e5 10.Nxd6 Qxd6 11.dxe5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Ng4 13.Ke2 Ncxe5 14.Bd5 c6 15.Be4 Be6 16.Nd2 Rad8 17.h3 Nf6 18.Bc2 Rd7 19.b3 Rfd8 20.Rd1 Nd3 21.Bxd3 Rxd3 22.Bb2 R3d7 23.Bxf6 gxf6 24.b4 Bf5 25.Nb3 Bd3+ 26.Ke1 b6 27.Rac1 Be4 28.f3 Rxd1+ 29.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30.Kxd1 Bd5 31.Nd4 c5 32.bxc5 bxc5 33.Nb5 a6 34.Nc7 Bc4 35.Ne8 f5 36.h4 Kf8 37.Nd6 Bf1 38.g3 Ke7 39.Nxf5+ Ke6 40.e4 Ke5 41.Kd2 1-0 [Event "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1961"] [Round "2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1961"] [Round "8"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 1-0 [Event "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1961"] [Round "12"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1961"] [Round "17"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "World Championship Match"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1961"] [Round "19"] [White "Mikhail Botvinnik"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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.Rhd1 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 "30th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Yerevan, Soviet Union"] [Date "1962"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Na6 10.h3 Nc7 11.e4 Nd7 12.Re1 Ne8 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Be3 Rb8 15.a4 a6 16.Bf1 Qe7 17.Nd2 Nc7 18.f4 b5 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nde4 Qd8 21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.d6 Ne6 23.fxe5 b4 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Bb7 26.Qd2 Qd7 27.Kh2 b3 28.Rac1 Qxa4 29.Bc4 Bc8 30.Rf1 Rb4 31.Bxe6 Bxe6 32.Bh6 Re8 33.Qg5 Re4 34.Rf2 f5 35.Qf6 Qd7 36.Rxc5 Rc4 37.Rxc4 Bxc4 38.Rd2 Be6 39.Rd1 Qa7 40.Rd2 Qd7 41.Rd1 Qa7 42.Rd4 Qd7 43.g4 a5 44.Kg3 Rb8 45.Kh4 Qf7 46.Kg5 fxg4 47.hxg4 Bd7 48.Rc4 a4 49.Rc7 a3 50.Rxd7 Qxd7 51.e6 Qa7 52.Qe5 axb2 53.e7 Kf7 54.d7 1-0 [Event "30th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Yerevan, Soviet Union"] [Date "1962"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Mark Taimanov"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Qd4+ 36.Ke2 Qc5 37.a4 Ra7 38.g6 Ra6 39.Rxg7 Rxg6 40.Rxg6 hxg6 41.Qf6+ Kh7 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles"] [Date "1962"] [Round "1"] [White "Tigran Petrosian"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.b3 Bf5 5.Ba3 g6 6.d3 Bg7 7.Nbd2 Qb6 8.Bg2 Ng4 9.d4 Na6 10.O-O Nb4 11.Bb2 O-O 12.a3 Na6 13.Rc1 Rad8 14.b4 Nb8 15.Qb3 Nf6 16.a4 Ne4 17.Rfd1 Nd7 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.a5 Qd6 20.b5 Nxd2 21.Rxd2 Rc8 22.Nh4 Rxc1+ 23.Bxc1 Qc7 24.Nxf5 gxf5 25.Ba3 Qxa5 26.Qb4 Qb6 27.Bxd5 e6 28.Bf3 Rc8 29.Qa4 Rc7 30.Kg2 a6 31.bxa6 Qxa6 32.Qxa6 bxa6 33.e3 a5 34.Ra2 Ra7 35.Bb4 a4 36.Bc6 Bf8 37.Bxf8 Kxf8 38.Rxa4 Rc7 39.Bxd7 Rxd7 40.Kf3 Kg7 41.Kf4 Kf6 42.h3 h5 43.Ra8 Rb7 44.Rg8 Rb2 45.Kf3 Rd2 46.h4 Ke7 47.Rg5 Kf8 48.Rxh5 Kg7 49.Rg5+ Kh7 50.h5 Ra2 51.g4 Kh6 52.Rg8 Kh7 53.Re8 fxg4+ 54.Kg3 Kh6 55.Re7 Kg7 56.Rc7 Rb2 57.Rc5 Kf6 58.d5 Kg5 59.h6 exd5 60.Rxd5+ Kg6 61.Rd6+ Kg5 62.h7 Rb8 63.Rd1 Rh8 64.Rh1 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles"] [Date "1962"] [Round "4"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Robert James Fischer"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.a4 Be7 10.f4 Qc7 11.Be3 O-O 12.a5 b5 13.axb6 Nxb6 14.f5 Bc4 15.Bxb6 Qxb6+ 16.Kh1 Bb5 17.Bxb5 axb5 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Qxd5 Ra4 20.c3 Qa6 21.Rad1 Rc8 22.Nc1 b4 23.Nd3 bxc3 24.bxc3 Ra5 25.Qb3 Ra3 26.Qb1 Raxc3 27.Nb4 Qa7 28.Nd5 R3c6 29.Qb3 Bf8 30.h3 Ra6 31.Rb1 Ra3 32.Qb5 Qd4 33.Rfe1 Rg3 34.Qe2 Qd3 35.Qh5 Qc2 36.Qe2 Qxe2 37.Rxe2 h5 38.Ra2 Rd3 39.Ra7 h4 40.f6 g6 41.Kh2 Rxd5 42.exd5 Bh6 43.Re7 Bg5 44.Rf1 Bf4+ 45.Kg1 g5 46.Rb1 e4 47.Rxe4 Kh7 48.Re7 Kg6 49.Rbb7 Kxf6 50.Rxf7+ Ke5 51.Rfc7 Ra8 52.Rb1 Kxd5 53.Rd1+ Ke6 54.Rc2 Ra3 55.Kf2 Rb3 56.Re2+ Kf5 57.Rd5+ Kf6 58.Re4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles"] [Date "1962"] [Round "8"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Tigran Petrosian"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.Qd3 Be7 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.Qb5+ Bd7 11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qxa7 Rxb2 13.Bd3 cxd4 14.O-O Bc6 15.Qa3 Qb6 16.Bc4 Rb4 17.Qd3 O-O 18.a3 Ra4 19.Rfd1 Qa7 20.Ra2 Rxc4 0-1 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles"] [Date "1962"] [Round "11"] [White "Robert James Fischer"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 a6 6.Nd6+ Bxd6 7.Qxd6 Qf6 8.Qd1 Qg6 9.Nc3 Nge7 10.h4 h5 11.Bg5 d5 12.Bxe7 d4 13.Bg5 dxc3 14.bxc3 Qxe4+ 15.Be2 f6 16.Be3 Bg4 17.Qd3 Qxd3 18.cxd3 Bxe2 19.Kxe2 O-O-O 20.Rad1 Ne7 21.d4 Nd5 22.Rc1 Rhe8 23.Rhd1 f5 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.dxe5 Rxe5+ 26.Kf3 Re4 27.Rd3 Rc4 28.Rcd1 Rxc3 29.Rxc3+ Nxc3 30.Rc1 Rc7 31.Bf4 Rc6 32.Be5 Nd5 33.Rd1 Nf6 34.Kf4 g6 35.f3 Nd7 36.Bd6 Rc2 37.g3 Re2 38.Kg5 Re6 39.Bf4 Nf8 40.Rd6 a5 41.Kh6 Re2 42.Rd2 Re7 43.Bd6 Rh7+ 44.Kg5 Rf7 45.Rb2 f4 46.Bxf4 Rf5+ 47.Kh6 b5 48.Bd6 b4 49.g4 Rxf3 50.g5 Ne6 51.Kxg6 Rd3 52.Be5 Re3 53.Kf5 Nf8 54.Rg2 Rf3+ 55.Bf4 Kd7 56.g6 Ne6 57.g7 Rxf4+ 58.Ke5 Rf8 59.gxf8=Q Nxf8 60.Kd5 a4 61.Rg7+ Ke8 62.Kd6 b3 63.a3 1-0 [Event "Candidates Tournament"] [Site "Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles"] [Date "1962"] [Round "14"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Amsterdam Interzonal"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "1"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Qxf6 8.Ne2 d6 9.Qd2 Be6 10.Bb5 Qg5 11.Ng3 O-O 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.c4 Rab8 14.Qxg5 hxg5 15.h3 Rb2 16.Kd2 Rfb8 17.Ne2 Kf8 18.f3 Ke7 19.Nc3 Rh8 20.Rhb1 Rb6 21.Rb3 g6 22.Ra3 Rb7 23.Rb1 Rxb1 24.Nxb1 Ra8 25.Nc3 f5 26.Nd1 Kd7 27.Ne3 f4 28.Nd1 c5 29.Nc3 c6 30.Rb3 Kc7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "4"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Nd7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nf1 Nxd4 15.Nxd4 exd4 16.Qxd4 Ne5 17.Qd1 Bf6 18.Ne3 Nc4 19.Rb1 Be6 20.b3 Nxe3 21.Bxe3 Qa5 22.Re2 Rac8 23.Bd3 Qb4 24.Rc1 Rxc1 25.Qxc1 Rc8 26.Rc2 Rxc2 27.Qxc2 Bd4 28.Bd2 Qc5 29.Qxc5 dxc5 30.Kf1 c4 31.Bc2 Kf8 32.Ke2 Ke7 33.Be3 Bc3 34.Bc5+ Kd7 35.Ke3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "5"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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 Qb6 13.dxc5 dxc5 14.Nf1 Be6 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.Qe2 c4 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Rfe8 19.Ng5 Bc5 20.Ne4 Nxe4 21.Bxe4 Ne7 22.Qf3 Rd6 23.b4 cxb3 24.axb3 b4 25.cxb4 Qxb4 26.Ba3 Qb6 27.Bxc5 Qxc5 28.Rec1 Qb6 29.Ra4 Rd4 30.Qc3 g6 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Qc7 Qxc7 33.Rxc7 Kf8 34.Rxd4 exd4 35.Bd3 a5 36.Bc4 Rd8 37.Kf1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Amsterdam Interzonal"] [Site "Amsterdam, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "11"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Pal Benko"] [Result "1-0"] 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, Netherlands"] [Date "1964"] [Round "20"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Ne7 8.c4 Nbc6 9.Nc3 dxc4 10.dxc4 Nf5 11.Qa4 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 13.Rf2 Bxe2 14.Nxe2 Qd3 15.f5 Be7 16.Nf4 Qe4 17.fxe6 fxe6 18.Bd2 O-O 19.Re1 Qf5 20.Qb3 Rad8 21.Nh3 Qg4 22.Qxb7 Bh4 23.Qxc6 Bxf2+ 24.Nxf2 Rxf2 25.Kxf2 Rxd2+ 26.Kg1 h6 27.h3 Qxc4 28.b3 Qd4+ 29.Kh1 Qd5 30.Qxd5 exd5 31.Rc1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1965"] [Round "1"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 O-O 5.Nf3 d6 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.f3 f5 11.g4 h5 12.g5 h4 13.Nd3 f4 14.Kh1 Kf7 15.c5 Rh8 16.Qb3 b6 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.Qa3 Nc5 19.Nxc5 bxc5 20.b4 cxb4 21.Qxb4 Bh3 22.Rg1 Rb8 23.Nb5 Nc8 24.Ba3 Bf8 25.Qc4 Be7 26.Qc7 Qxc7 27.Nxc7 Rh5 28.Bf1 Bxf1 29.Rgxf1 Rxg5 30.Ne6 Rh5 31.Rac1 Kf6 32.Rc7 Rh8 33.Rfc1 g5 34.h3 Rg8 35.R7c6 Kf7 36.Kg2 Kf6 37.Kf1 Rh8 38.Ke2 Rg8 39.Kd3 Rh8 40.Rc7 Nb6 41.R1c6 Rhg8 1-0 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1965"] [Round "2"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1965"] [Round "3"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.Bg2 d6 7.a3 a5 8.Nc3 Qb6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.O-O O-O 11.e4 Nbd7 12.Re1 Ba6 13.e5 dxe5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.Rxe5 Rfe8 16.Bg5 h6 17.Rxe7 Rxe7 18.d6 hxg5 19.dxe7 Re8 20.Qd2 Rxe7 21.Qxg5 Qd6 22.h4 b4 23.axb4 cxb4 24.Nd5 Re5 25.Nxf6+ Qxf6 26.Qxf6 gxf6 27.Bc6 Bc4 28.f4 Rc5 29.Ba4 Be6 30.Re1 Ba2 31.Re3 Bb1 32.Kf2 Bf5 33.Kf3 Rc1 34.g4 Be6 35.f5 Bd5+ 36.Kf2 Rb1 37.b3 Rd1 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Rd8 Bf3 40.Rxd1 Bxd1 41.Kg3 Bc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1965"] [Round "4"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 dxe5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qg4 h5 8.Qe2 Nxe5 9.dxe5 Bd7 10.O-O Bc6 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 g6 14.a4 a6 15.Rb1 Qc5 16.Be3 Qxe5 17.f4 Qf5 18.Bd3 Qg4 19.Qf2 Be7 20.Bd4 O-O 21.Be2 Qf5 22.Bd3 Qg4 23.Be2 Qh4 24.g3 Qh3 25.Bf3 Rad8 26.Bxc6 bxc6 27.Be5 Qf5 28.Qe2 Bd6 29.Rd3 Bxe5 30.fxe5 Rxd3 31.cxd3 Rd8 32.Rd1 c5 33.c4 Qg4 34.Qxg4 hxg4 35.Kf2 Rb8 36.Rd2 Kg7 37.Ke3 g5 38.d4 Rb3+ 39.Kf2 cxd4 40.Rxd4 Kg6 41.Rxg4 Rb2+ 42.Kg1 Kf5 43.Rd4 Kxe5 44.Rd7 f5 45.Rxc7 Ke4 46.Rd7 Rc2 47.Rd6 e5 48.h4 gxh4 49.gxh4 Rxc4 50.h5 Kf3 51.Rd3+ Kg4 52.h6 Rc7 53.Rd6 e4 54.Kf2 a5 55.Rg6+ Kh5 56.Ra6 f4 57.Re6 Rc2+ 58.Ke1 Rc1+ 59.Kd2 Rh1 60.Rxe4 Kg4 61.Re6 Kg3 62.Rf6 f3 63.Ke3 Re1+ 64.Kd3 Re7 65.Rg6+ Kf4 66.Rf6+ Kg3 67.Rg6+ Kf4 68.Rf6+ Kg4 69.Kd4 Kg3 70.Rg6+ Kh3 71.Rg7 Rxg7 72.hxg7 f2 73.g8=Q f1=Q 74.Qe6+ Kh4 75.Kc5 Qb1 76.Qc4+ Kg3 77.Qc3+ Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1965"] [Round "5"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.O-O Qxc5 11.Bb3 Qh5 12.h3 e5 13.Bh2 Rd8 14.Nd2 Qh6 15.Qe2 Bf5 16.Rfd1 Bd3 17.Qf3 Qh4 18.Bg3 Qh5 19.Qxh5 Nxh5 20.Bh2 Nf6 21.Nf3 e4 22.Ng5 Rf8 23.Bd6 h6 24.Bxf8 Rxf8 25.Nf3 Re8 26.Ne1 Ba6 27.Na4 Bb5 28.Nc5 Na5 29.Ba4 Bxa4 30.Nxa4 Re7 31.Rc8+ Kh7 32.Nc5 Nc4 33.b3 Nb6 34.Rb8 Rc7 35.b4 Nfd5 36.a3 Nc3 37.Rdd8 Nc4 38.Rxb7 Rxb7 39.Nxb7 Nxa3 40.Rd7 Bf8 41.Rxf7+ Kg8 42.Rf6 Kg7 43.Ra6 Bxb4 44.Kf1 Nab5 45.Nc2 Be7 46.Nd4 Nxd4 47.exd4 Nb5 48.Ra4 Kf6 49.Nc5 Kf5 50.Ra5 1-0 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1965"] [Round "6"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Bled, Yugoslavia"] [Date "1965"] [Round "10"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1-0"] 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 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 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 "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1968"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qc2 Nxc3 9.Qxc3 c5 10.Be3 Bf6 11.Rfd1 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nc6 13.Bxc6 dxc6 14.Qd3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 c5 16.Bc3 Qe7 17.Qd7 Rfd8 18.Qxe7 Bxe7 19.e4 h5 20.Kf1 Bf6 21.Bxf6 gxf6 22.Ke2 Kg7 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Rd1 Rxd1 25.Kxd1 Kg6 26.Ke2 Kg5 27.Kf3 f5 28.h3 Kf6 29.Kf4 e5+ 30.Ke3 a6 31.b3 Ke6 32.exf5+ Kxf5 33.f3 Ke6 34.g4 f5 35.gxf5+ Kxf5 36.h4 Kf6 37.Ke4 Ke6 38.a3 b5 39.cxb5 axb5 40.Kd3 Kd6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1968"] [Round "2"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 8.Qc3 Qxc5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Qxc5 Bxc5 11.O-O Nc6 12.a3 Bd7 13.Nbd2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 Bxd4 15.Nf3 Bb6 16.Bd2 Rac8 17.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18.Rxc1 Rc8 19.Rxc8+ Bxc8 20.Kf1 Bd7 21.Ke1 Ba4 22.e3 Kf8 23.Ng5 h6 24.Ne4 Bc6 25.Nc3 Ne7 26.Bxc6 Nxc6 27.Ke2 Ke7 28.Na4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1968"] [Round "4"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1-0"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.d4 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 d5 7.O-O Nbd7 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Qb3 Nb6 10.Ne2 a5 11.dxc5 Nbd7 12.Qc2 Nxc5 13.Bxh7+ Nxh7 14.a3 Na6 15.axb4 Nxb4 16.Qb3 Ng5 17.Nxg5 Qxg5 18.Bd2 Nc6 19.Bc3 Rd8 20.Qb5 Rd6 21.Bxa5 Rg6 22.Ng3 d4 23.Qxg5 Rxg5 24.Bb6 Rxa1 25.Rxa1 dxe3 26.Ra8 Ne7 27.fxe3 Rd5 28.b4 Rd1+ 29.Kf2 Rd2+ 30.Ke1 Rxg2 31.Bc5 Kh7 32.Bxe7 Bd7 33.Rd8 Bc6 34.Rd2 Rg1+ 35.Ke2 Rb1 36.Kd3 Kg6 37.Kd4 f6 38.Kc5 1-0 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1968"] [Round "5"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "0-1"] 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 Be6 15.Ne3 Rad8 16.Qe2 c4 17.Nf5 Bxf5 18.exf5 Rfe8 19.Bg5 h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.Nd2 Ne7 22.Ne4 Nd5 23.b3 Nxc3 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Qe3 cxb3 26.Bxb3 Kh7 27.Rec1 b4 28.a3 e4 29.axb4 Rd3 30.Qe1 e3 31.Bc2 Rd2 32.fxe3 Ne2+ 33.Kh1 Ng3+ 34.Kg1 Re2 35.Qd1 Qb7 36.e4 R8xe4 0-1 [Event "Candidates Semifinal"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1968"] [Round "6"] [White "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "39th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1971"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "39th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1971"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "David Bronstein"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "40th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Baku, Soviet Union"] [Date "1972"] [White "David Bronstein"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.h3 Bh5 4.Nf3 Nd7 5.e3 e6 6.Be2 Ngf6 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 "41st Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1973"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Paul Keres"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1973"] [Round "6"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Viktor Korchnoi"] [Result "0-1"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 b6 3.g3 c5 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nc3 Ne4 9.Na4 Bxb2 10.Nxb2 d5 11.cxd5 Bxd5 12.Qc1 Nc6 13.d3 Nd6 14.e3 e5 15.Nc4 f6 16.Rd1 Nf7 17.Qc3 Qd7 18.a3 Rac8 19.Qb2 Rfd8 20.Rac1 Qe7 21.Rb1 Rc7 22.Ncd2 Be6 23.Bf1 Bf5 24.Ne4 Bg4 25.Ned2 Ng5 26.Be2 Rcd7 27.Re1 Nxf3+ 28.Nxf3 Bf5 29.b4 Bxd3 30.Bxd3 Rxd3 31.Rec1 e4 32.Ne1 R3d5 33.bxc5 bxc5 34.Qb7 Qxb7 35.Rxb7 Ne5 36.Kf1 R8d7 37.Rxd7 Nxd7 38.Ke2 Kf7 39.f3 exf3+ 40.Nxf3 Ke6 41.Nd2 Ne5 42.Nc4 f5 43.Rc2 Kd7 44.Nd2 Kc6 45.h3 Nf7 46.Rc4 Re5 47.Rh4 Ng5 48.Ra4 Re7 49.g4 Ne4 50.Nxe4 fxe4 51.Ra6+ Kb5 52.Rd6 a5 53.Kd2 Kc4 54.Ra6 Rd7+ 55.Ke2 Kb3 56.Rxa5 c4 0-1 [Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1973"] [Round "8"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Anatoly Karpov"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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.Bb2 a5 15.Bd3 c6 16.a3 Nb6 17.Rc1 exd4 18.Nxd4 Nfd7 19.N2b3 Ne5 20.Nxa5 Rxa5 21.bxa5 Nbc4 22.Rc2 Qxa5 23.Bf1 Nxb2 24.Rxb2 Qxc3 25.Rb3 Qa5 26.Qb1 Qa7 27.Rd1 Nd7 28.Nf5 Re6 29.Nd4 Re8 30.Bxb5 cxb5 31.Nxb5 Qc5 32.Nxd6 Bxd6 33.Rxb7 Nf6 34.Qb3 Bc7 35.Qb5 Qc2 36.Qb1 Qxb1 37.Rdxb1 Bd6 38.a4 Rxe4 39.Rd1 Ne8 40.a5 Kf8 41.a6 Ra4 42.Ra7 g5 43.Ra8 Be5 44.g3 Ke7 45.Re1 f6 46.a7 Nc7 47.Rh8 Rxa7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Leningrad Interzonal"] [Site "Leningrad, Soviet Union"] [Date "1973"] [Round "12"] [White "Bent Larsen"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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, Soviet Union"] [Date "1973"] [Round "15"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Svetozar Gligoric"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "44th Soviet Championship"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1976"] [White "Tigran Petrosian"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 Bxd4 26.Bxa6 Bxd5 27.Re7 Bf7 28.R7e4 Qc5 0-1 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel, Switzerland"] [Date "1976"] [Round "2"] [White "Efim Geller"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.c4 d6 7.O-O g6 8.Nc3 Bg7 9.Be3 O-O 10.Re1 Nbd7 11.Bf1 d5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Ne6 fxe6 15.dxe6 Nbd5 16.e7 Nxe7 17.Qb3+ Kh8 18.Rad1 Bd7 19.Bb6 Qe8 20.Qa3 Nfg8 21.Nd5 Bg4 22.Nc7 Qc6 23.Rd6 Qc2 24.Nxa8 Rxa8 25.Bd4 Nf5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel, Switzerland"] [Date "1976"] [Round "3"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Vasily Smyslov"] [Result "0-1"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Qe2 Bg7 8.Be3 Nge7 9.Nbd2 a6 10.Bc4 Qc8 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 Nd8 13.a4 Ne6 14.Ng5 Nc6 15.Nxe6 Bxe6 16.Nb3 Nd8 17.Rad1 b6 18.Bd5 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Ne6 20.Rfd1 Qe8 21.a5 Qa4 22.Qc2 Nf4 23.R5d2 Qc6 24.g3 Nh3+ 25.Kg2 f5 26.axb6 f4 27.Bc5 f3+ 28.Kf1 cxb6 29.Bxf8 Rxf8 30.Qd3 Kh8 31.Qd5 Qxc3 32.b5 axb5 33.Qxb5 Qc8 34.Qd7 Qc4+ 35.Rd3 Ng5 36.Nd2 Qc2 37.Ke1 Nxe4 38.Ra1 Nc5 0-1 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel, Switzerland"] [Date "1976"] [Round "4"] [White "Tigran Petrosian"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d4 e6 6.c4 dxc4 7.Ne5 Nd5 8.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.dxc5 Qa5 11.Nxd5 exd5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Bxe4 O-O 14.Qc2 h6 15.Bxc6 Rb8 16.Bg2 Qxc5 17.Be3 Qa5 18.Bd4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel, Switzerland"] [Date "1976"] [Round "5"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 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.Nb3 a5 15.Be3 a4 16.Nc1 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Bf6 19.Ne2 Bb7 20.Qd2 Re8 21.Nc3 Bc6 22.Rad1 b4 23.Nb1 Qa5 24.Bxf6 Nxf6 25.Qd4 Qc5 26.Qxc5 dxc5 27.e5 Nd5 28.Be4 Ne7 29.Rc1 Bxe4 30.Rxe4 Rad8 31.a3 Nc6 32.axb4 Nxb4 33.Nc3 Nd3 34.Rc2 Rd4 35.Rd2 Rxe4 36.Nxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Biel Interzonal"] [Site "Biel, Switzerland"] [Date "1976"] [Round "8"] [White "Robert Hübner"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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, Switzerland"] [Date "1976"] [Round "14"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Montreal"] [Site "Montreal, Canada"] [Date "1979"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Boris Spassky"] [Result "1-0"] 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.Rxf3+ 1-0 [Event "Montreal"] [Site "Montreal, Canada"] [Date "1979"] [Round "10"] [White "Boris Spassky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Riga Interzonal"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1979"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Vitaly Tseshkovsky"] [Result "1-0"] 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 Kg7 40.Bc2 Kg6 41.Kf2 Kg5 42.Ke3 1-0 [Event "Riga Interzonal"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1979"] [Round "2"] [White "Lev Polugaevsky"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Riga Interzonal"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1979"] [Round "3"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Oleg M Romanishin"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Riga Interzonal"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1979"] [Round "7"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Bent Larsen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.Bf4 e6 8.Bc4 Na6 9.O-O Nc7 10.Bg3 Bd6 11.Re1 Qd7 12.Nh4 Bg6 13.c3 O-O-O 14.Qf3 f5 15.Be5 Bxe5 16.Rxe5 Rhe8 17.Rae1 Qd6 18.b4 Kb8 19.g3 Nd5 20.b5 Nb6 21.Bd3 Nd7 22.R5e2 Nf6 23.Nxg6 hxg6 24.bxc6 Qxc6 25.Qxc6 bxc6 26.Rb2+ Kc7 27.Reb1 Rb8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rxb8 Kxb8 30.f3 Kc7 31.Kf2 Kd6 32.Ke3 Nd5+ 33.Kd2 c5 34.Bc4 cxd4 35.cxd4 f4 36.Kd3 fxg3 37.hxg3 g5 38.Bb3 Nf6 39.Ke3 Nh5 40.g4 Nf4 41.Ke4 Ne2 42.Ke3 Nc3 43.Kd3 Nd5 44.Bxd5 Kxd5 45.Kc3 e5 46.dxe5 Kxe5 47.Kd3 Kf4 48.Ke2 Kg3 49.Ke3 f6 50.Ke2 Kg2 51.Ke3 Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Riga Interzonal"] [Site "Riga, Latvia"] [Date "1979"] [Round "9"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Moscow Interzonal"] [Site "Moscow, Soviet Union"] [Date "1982"] [Round "5"] [White "Garry Kasparov"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.h4 Qa5 12.Rc1 g4 13.Nd2 c5 14.Nce4 cxd4 15.O-O h5 16.a4 a6 17.b4 Qd8 18.Bxc4 bxc4 19.Nxc4 Nc3 20.Nxc3 dxc3 21.Nd6+ Bxd6 22.exd6 Qf6 23.Qd3 O-O 24.Rxc3 Bd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Cup"] [Site "Reykjavik, Iceland"] [Date "1988"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lajos Portisch"] [Result "1-0"] 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 "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila, Philippines"] [Date "1990"] [Round "1"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Lin Ta"] [Result "1-0"] 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, Philippines"] [Date "1990"] [Round "6"] [White "Johann Hjartarson"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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, Philippines"] [Date "1990"] [Round "10"] [White "Walter Arencibia"] [Black "Mikhail Tal"] [Result "0-1"] 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 "Manila Interzonal"] [Site "Manila, Philippines"] [Date "1990"] [Round "11"] [White "Mikhail Tal"] [Black "Ljubomir Ljubojevic"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 cxd4 7.exd4 dxc4 8.Bxc4 O-O 9.O-O Nc6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Re1 Bd7 12.a3 Rc8 13.Qd3 Nd5 14.Bxe7 Ndxe7 15.Rad1 Ng6 16.Ba2 Nce7 17.d5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Bxd5 Qf6 20.Bxb7 Rc7 21.Be4 Qxb2 22.Qd6 Qb6 23.Qg3 Bc8 24.Rd6 Qa5 25.Rd5 Rc5 26.Rxc5 Qxc5 27.Nd2 Rd8 28.Nb1 Be6 29.Qc3 Qb6 30.g3 Rc8 31.Qd3 Qa5 32.Rd1 Nf8 33.Qd2 Qa4 34.Re1 h6 35.Qb2 Nd7 36.Nc3 Qa5 37.Re3 Nf6 38.Bf3 Ng4 39.Bxg4 Bxg4 40.Qb4 Qf5 41.Qd4 Bh3 42.Qd2 Qa5 43.Qc1 Qc5 44.Qb2 a5 45.Qc1 Rd8 46.Qb2 Kh7 47.Qb1+ f5 48.Ne2 Qb5 49.Qa1 Qa4 50.Nc3 Qc6 51.f3 Rd2 52.Qe1 Rg2+ 53.Kh1 Qc4 54.g4 Qc7 55.Re5 Rc2 0-1
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