[Event "Berliner Sommer 04th"]
[Site "Berlin West"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ballon, Guenther Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "URS-ch23 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.01.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bannik, Anatolij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 $2 (41. Rf4 $11 Ba4 (41... Qd8 42. Re4 $11) 42. Qxa4 Rd8 43. Re4
Be5 44. Nf1 d3 45. Qa5 Bc7 46. Rxe7 Bxa5 47. f6 c3 $11 {[#]}) 41... Rf8 $17 42.
Qd5+ Kh8 43. Nxf6 Qxf6 $2 (43... Rxf6 $17) 44. Qb7 $11 Qg7 45. Qxb4 Kg8 46. h5
{[#]} Qd7 $2 (46... Rf6 $11) (46... Qf6 $11) 47. f6 $18 Qg4 48. f7+ Kg7 49. Qc5
Qh4+ 50. Kg1 1-0
[Event "Capablanca Memorial-02"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1963.09.25"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Broderman, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1963.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "LAT-ch10 Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1953.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Darznieks, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1953.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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-ch40 Final"]
[Site "Baku (Azerbaijan)"]
[Date "1972.12.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C94"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "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 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 Qb6 42. e6 Re7 43. a7 Qb7 44. Qd4+ 1-0
[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1977.06.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "URS-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Baku (Azerbaijan)"]
[Date "1961.12.11"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1961.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "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 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 "Christmas Congress 1973/74-49 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1974.01.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Hartston, William R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "Riga International"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1959.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Johannessen, Svein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "Tal,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1959.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 {1) Tal in Shakhmaty 1960. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Mikhail Tal
1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.197-199.} Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 (5.
cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4) 5... Bg7 (5... dxc4 6. e3 Nd5 7. Be5 f6 8. Bxb8 {Geller,
E-Barcza,G Budapest 1952 (3) 1-0}) 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 (7. Rc1) 7... c5 $1 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. O-O (9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 11. Kf1 Bxb2) (9. Qa4 Qxc5 10. Qb5 Qxb5
11. Nxb5 Na6) 9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Ne5 (11. Bb3 Nc6 $11) 11... Nbd7 (
11... Nc6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Nxc6) 12. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Qb3+ Kf8 (
14... e6 15. Nb5) 15. Rac1 a6 (15... Qb6 16. Qc4 (16. Nb5 Ne8 {Keres})) 16.
Rfd1 Qa5 (16... Qb6 17. Qa3 (17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. Rd8+ Kf7)) 17. Qc4 $1 Qf5 (17...
Nc5 $2 18. b4 $18) (17... Nb6 18. Rd8+) (17... Ne5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rd8+) (
17... b5 18. Qc6) 18. h3 Ne8 19. Nd5 Qe6 (19... e5 20. Qb4+) 20. Qb4 b5 (20...
Be5 {Keres} 21. Rc4 (21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qh4 h5 23. Rc4)) 21. Rc6 $1 (21. Nc7
Nxc7 22. Rxc7 Kf7) 21... Qf7 22. Nc7 Nxc7 23. Rxc7 Qe6 24. Rdc1 Nb6 (24... Ne5
25. Qe4) 25. Rxe7 Nd5 26. Rxe6+ Nxb4 27. Bd6+ 1-0
[Event "LAT-ch10 Final"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kampenuss, Peteris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1953.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 (5... Nd6) 6. dxe5 (6. Qe2
) 6... O-O 7. Qe2 (7. Qd5 Nc5 8. Be3 Ne6 9. Nc3 $14 a6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bb3 Bb7
12. Rad1 d6 13. exd6 $14 {Rossetto,H-Maderna,C ARG-ch Buenos Aires 1947 1-0})
7... Nc5 (7... d5 $142) 8. Rd1 Qe8 9. Nc3 a6 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bd5 Rb8 12. a3 b4 (
12... Bb7) 13. Ne4 Ne6 $6 (13... bxa3) 14. Ng3 f6 15. Nh4 (15. Nf5) 15... Nxe5
16. f4 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 (17. Be3) 17... Nf7 18. f5 $1 Neg5 (18... Ned8 $2 19. Qg4)
19. Qc4 Rb5 20. Bxg5 (20. Ng6 $6 c6 $1) 20... fxg5 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Ng6 $1 $40
c6 23. Bxf7+ Rxf7 24. Nh8 $1 d5 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Qe2 Bd7 27. a4 (27. Qh5+ Kg8)
27... Rb6 28. Rad1 Qf6 $4 (28... Bd6) 29. Ne4 $18 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 "Sochi GM vs Young Masters"]
[Site "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Date "1970.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1970.10.15"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "GM"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
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 "Capablanca Memorial-02"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1963.09.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Letelier Martner, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1963.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1973.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1973.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "Central CC International-05 AlekhineMem"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1963.11.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "Belov,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "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 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. b3 g6 15. Bg5
Nh5 (15... Bc6 $5 16. Ng3 Kh8 17. d5 Bd7 18. a4 Ng8 $14) 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne3
Nf6 (17... Nf4 $2 18. g3 Nxh3+ 19. Kg2 $18) 18. Ng5 (18. Rc1 $5 Nb7 19. b4 c4
20. a4 Rae8 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 Bc6 23. Ra6 Qc8 24. d5 Bd7 25. Nh2 Kg7 26.
Qf3 Rf8 27. Rea1 $16 {Stein,L-Matanovic,A/Tel Aviv olm/1964/}) 18... cxd4 19.
cxd4 Rc8 (19... Nc6 $5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Nd4 $13) 20. Rc1 h6
$6 (20... Qb8 $14 21. d5 (21. Qd2 Nc6) 21... Kg7 $14) 21. dxe5 dxe5 (21... Rxe5
22. Nf3 Re7 23. Qd4 $16) 22. Nd5 $1 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nb7 $2 (23... Qb6 $142 24. d6
Ree8 25. Ne4 Kg7) (23... hxg5 24. d6 $18) 24. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 25. Bxg6 Qd6 26.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 28. Qc2 $18 Bd7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Re3 1-0
[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Meulders, Richard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "Los Angeles sim"]
[Site "Los Angeles"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Miller, J.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 a6 29. Rd7 Nb4 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rxf6 Nc6 32. Rf7 g6
33. e7 1-0
[Event "Goglidze Memorial"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Pekarek, Ales"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1986.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "URS Club Team-ch"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1974.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1974.08.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
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 "Interzonal-09a"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1973.06.27"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Radulov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1973.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "URS-ch23 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
[Date "1956.02.04"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 {[#] Ftacnik: Mit Qh7 kann
der Nachziehende nur große Probleme erwarten.} 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 $2 (42. Qd7 Qf6 $17) 42... Qf7 $2 $17 (42... Qe2 $19 43.
Qh5 Kh7) 43. Qd3 Rb2 44. Qe4 h5 $17 (44... Nf5 45. Ne5 Qe6 $19) 45. Ne3 Re2 46.
b5 Bh6 $15 (46... Qb3 $17) 47. Nf5 Rxe4 48. Nxh6+ Kg7 49. Nxf7 Kxf7 50. b6 Nc6
51. h3 Ke8 52. Rd1 Nb8 $11 (52... Re3) 53. Rd5 Re1+ 54. Kh2 Rb1 55. Rxh5 Rxb6
56. Rxh4 {[#]} Ke7 $2 (56... Nd7 $11) (56... Nc6 $11) 57. Rb4 $16 Rxb4 58. axb4
{[#]} Nc6 $2 (58... Nd7) 59. b5 $18 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 "Olympiad-13 Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Russell, A.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1958.10.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Ireland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IRL"]
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 "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 $1 (12. Bb5 Nbd7 13. exd5 a6 14.
Ba4 b5 15. Nc6 Qb6 16. Bb3 Bb7 $44 {Kortschnoj,V-Ghitescu/Bath/1973/}) 12...
dxe4 (12... Nc6 13. Bb5 Qb6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bxe8
Bb7 $14) 13. fxe4 Nbd7 14. Ndb5 Re5 $1 {best chance of counterplay.} 15. Bf4
Nxe4 $5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe4 Qh4 18. h3 (18. g3 Qxe4+ 19. Bf3 Qc4) 18... Qxe4
19. Qb3 (19. Nd6 $6 Bxd6 20. Qxd6 Qxe2 21. Rae1 {/\22.Re8, 23.Rf7+} Qc4 $1 {Tal
} 22. b3 Qc5 23. Re8+ Kg7 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Rc1 b6 26. b4 Nd3 27. Rcxc8 Rxc8
28. Rxc8 Nxb4 $13) 19... Nf6 (19... Qxe2 20. Rae1 Qxb2 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Nd6) (
19... Bf6 20. Bc4 $1) 20. Bc4 Qh4 $1 21. Bxf7+ $2 (21. Rae1 $1 Bg3 (21... Ne4
22. Rxf7 $18) 22. Re3 Bxh3 23. Bxf7+ $1 (23. Rxg3 $2 Be6+ 24. Rh3 Qxc4 $13)
23... Kg7 24. Rxg3 Be6+ 25. Rh3 $18) 21... Kh8 (21... Kg7 $5) 22. Rf3 (22. Rae1
Ne4 $1) (22. Qe3 Ng4 $1) 22... Bf5 (22... Bd7 $1) 23. Nc3 Ne4 $22 24. Nxe4 Bxe4
25. Qc4 $1 $16 Rd8 (25... g5 $1 26. Rb3) 26. Raf1 Kg7 27. Be6 Rd2 $2 28. Qc5 $1
Bxf3 29. Qxe5+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Kxf6 31. Bg4 (31. Bb3 $1) 31... Rxb2 32. Rxf3+ 1-0
[Event "Subotica Interzonal"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 $1 Nbd5 $6 12. c4 Nc7 13. Bc2 O-O $6 (
13... b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. c5 Ncd5 16. Ngf3 $16) 14. Ne5 $5 Qxd4 15. Bc3 (15.
O-O-O Bxa3 $1 $13) 15... Qd8 16. Ngf3 (16. Rd1 $1 Qe8 $8 17. Qd3 $14) 16...
Nce8 17. g4 b5 18. g5 $1 (18. Nxc6 $5 Qc7 19. cxb5 $16) 18... hxg5 19. Nxg5 Ra6
20. Qf3 b4 21. Qh3 $1 g6 22. Bxg6 bxc3 (22... fxg6 23. Nxg6 Kg7 24. Qh7#) 23.
Nexf7 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ $1 (25. Nxf7 $2 Kf8 $1 26. Qh8+ Ng8 27. Bh7
Nef6 28. Rg1 Bc5 $1 $13) 25... Kg7 26. Rg1 {/\Nf3+} Qxg5 (26... cxb2 27. Nf3+
Ng4 28. Qxg4+ Bg5 29. Rb1 Qd3+ 30. Kg2 $18) 27. Rxg5+ Kxf7 28. bxc3 $1 e5 1-0
[Event "Riga-ch Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1950.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Straicher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nd7 3. Bc4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. Ng5+ 1-0
[Event "Olympiad-21 Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1974.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sully, David John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "Tal,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1974.06.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Wales"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "WLS"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 (6. Qh4) 6... Nb6
(6... Bc6 $2 7. Ne5 $1 Bg7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. e3 $16) 7. d4 (7. Ng5 e6 8. d4 Bg7
9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be3 O-O $11) 7... Bg7 8. Bg5 $5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 $6 (9... g5 10.
Bg3 g4 (10... Be6 11. Qd1 $14) 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Qb5+ N8d7 13. O-O-O $14) (9...
Be6 $1 10. Qc2 O-O (10... Nc6 $5) 11. e4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxe7 Re8 14.
Bh4 Nc6 15. Bb5 Nb4 16. Qd2 c6 $11 {Gulko,B-Bagirov,V/URS 1973}) 10. Rd1 (10.
e3 $5 Be6 11. Qb5) 10... O-O 11. e3 a5 (11... Be6 $2 12. d5 $1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Bxd5 14. c4 Na5 15. Qc3 Naxc4 16. Bxc4 $18) 12. Be2 a4 13. Qa3 Re8 14. Ne4 Nd5
15. O-O b6 16. Bc4 Ncb4 17. Ned2 Nc2 $6 (17... c5 $1 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bxd5
Nxd5 20. Qxc5 $6 (20. Nc4 $36) 20... Ra5 21. Qc2 Qb8 22. Nc4 Rc5 $13) 18. Qd3
Ncb4 19. Qe2 a3 (19... Bg4 $2 20. a3 Nc6 21. Bb5 Qd6 22. Rc1 $18) 20. Nb1 (20.
e4 $6 Nf4 21. Qe3 Ne6 $14 (21... g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Nxg5 (23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24.
Nxg5+ Kg8 (24... Kg6 $1 25. Qxf4 Bf6 26. Ndf3 e5 $1 27. Nh4+ Kg7 $13) 25. Qxf4)
23... Ne6)) (20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 axb2 $13) 20... Ba4 (20... axb2 $2 21. a3
Ba4 22. axb4 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 $18) 21. b3 (21. bxa3 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Nc6 23. Bb5 Na5
24. Bxe8 Qxe8 $16) 21... Bd7 22. e4 Nf6 $2 (22... g5 $5 23. exd5 $5 (23. Bg3
Nf6 24. Ne5 (24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qc4+ Kg6 26. Qxb4 Nxe4 27. Ne5+ $36) 24... e6
25. f4 $36) 23... gxh4 24. Qd2 Na6 25. Nxh4 $16) (22... Nf4 23. Qd2 $18) 23.
Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. Qc4+ Nfd5 (24... Kf8 25. Ne5 $18) (24... e6 25. Bxf6 (25.
Qxb4 g5 26. Bg3 Nxe4 $16) 25... Bxf6 (25... Qxf6 26. Ne5+ Kg8 27. Qxb4 $18) 26.
Qxb4 $18) (24... Nbd5 $5) 25. exd5 $18 Nxa2 26. Ne5+ Bxe5 27. dxe5 b5 28. e6+
Kg8 (28... Kg8 29. Qe4 (29. Qg4)) 1-0
[Event "Chigorin Memorial-09"]
[Site "Sochi (Russia)"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1973.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "Lublin Festival-10"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "1974.07.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Szymczak, Zbigniew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1974.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "Interzonal-06"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1964.06.21"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tringov, Georgi Petrov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1964.05.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "Stockholms Schackforbund-03 1960/61"]
[Site "Stockholm"]
[Date "1960.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1960.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 {1) Shakhmatyi (Riga) 1961. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Mikhail Tal
1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.267-268.} 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 $1 Qc7
(12... dxc5 {Averbakh,Y-Furman,S URS-ch28 Moscow 1961 1-0}) (12... Bb7 $142)
13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. Bg5 $1 {[#]} c5 $6 (14... Bb7) (14... exd4 {was played later.
} 15. Bxf6 {During the game Tal valued this position as better for White.} gxf6
16. Nxd4 Nc5 $13) 15. dxc5 (15. dxe5 Bxe5) 15... Bxc5 (15... Nxc5 $5 16. Bxf6
Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Be6 18. Qe3 gxf6 19. Qh6 Qe7 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Re3 Kh8) 16. Nc3 {
'+/='} Bb7 17. Rc1 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Nb6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Nxe5 f6 21. Nd3
Bxf2+ 22. Nxf2 fxg5) 17... Qb6 18. Re2 $1 Rfe8 {'?'} (18... h6 $2 19. Bxf6 Nxf6
20. Nxe5) (18... Bd4 $142 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 {(+/- Unzicker)}
Rfe8) 19. Nd5 $1 {'+/-'} Bxd5 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5) 20. Bxd5 Rad8 (20... Nxd5
21. Qxd5 Ra7 22. Rec2) 21. Rec2 $1 (21. Qb3) 21... Be7 22. Rc6 Qa5 {[#]} (22...
Qb8 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 (23... Bxf6 24. Rxa6) 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qb3+ Kg6 (25... Kf8
26. Ng5) 26. Nh4+ Kh5 27. Qf3+ Kxh4 28. Qf5 g5 29. Qxh7+ $1) 23. Bd2 $1 b4 (
23... Qa4 24. Bb3 Qxe4 25. Bxf7+) 24. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 25. Qb3+ (25. Qb3+ Kf8 (
25... Kg6 26. Nh4+ Kh5 27. Qf3+ Kxh4 28. g3+ Kxh3 29. Qf5+ Ng4 30. Qh5+ $18)
26. Ng5 Nd5 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Nxd8 $18) 1-0
[Event "Moscow GM-Young M"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zaid, Leonid D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1972.10.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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