[Event "Aker Brygge"]
[Site "Aker Brygge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O b5 7. c4 bxc4 8. Nfd2
Ba6 9. Nxc4 Bxc4 10. Qa4+ Nbd7 11. Qxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Ne5
15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Nc4 17. Be1 Nd7 18. b3 Na3 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Bh3 Rc7 21.
Ba5 Rcb7 22. Rfd1 Nb5 23. Rd2 Nd4 24. Kg2 Nf6 25. e3 Nb5 26. f3 Na3 27. Rdd1
Nd7 28. Kf2 Nb6 29. Nc3 Nbc4 30. Nb1 Nxa5 31. Nxa3 Bb2 32. Nc4 Nxb3 33. Rb1 Nd4
34. Rd2 Bc3 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Rd3 Ba1 37. exd4 Bxd4+ 38. Ke2 Rb4 39. Nd2 Rb2
40. a3 Ra2 41. Kd1 Ra1+ 42. Kc2 Ra2+ 43. Kb3 Rb2+ 44. Ka4 Bg1 45. Bd7 Bxh2 46.
f4 f5 47. Ka5 Bxg3 48. Rxg3 Rxd2 49. Bxf5 Kf7 50. Be6+ Kf6 51. Ka6 c4 52. a4
Rd3 53. Rg1 Ra3 54. Bd7 e5 55. fxe5+ Kxe5 56. Bc6 c3 57. Kxa7 c2 58. Kb6 Kd4
59. a5 Kc3 60. a6 Kb2 61. a7 c1=Q 62. Rxc1 Kxc1 63. a8=Q Rxa8 64. Bxa8 g5 65.
Kc7 g4 66. Kxd6 g3 67. Kc7 g2 68. d6 g1=Q 69. d7 Qg3+ 70. Kc8 Qc3+ 71. Kb7 Qb4+
72. Kc7 Qa5+ 73. Kb7 Qd8 0-1
[Event "Riga Junior-ch Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga (Latvia)"]
[Date "1949.03.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Apsitis"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. a3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. b4 Nce4 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxd1+
15. Bxd1 Ne4 16. Rc1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd6 18. O-O O-O 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Rc2 Be4 21.
Rd2 Be7 22. f3 Bg6 23. Rff2 Rc3 24. e4 Rxa3 25. Ra2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Bxb4 27. Nc6
Bc5+ 28. Kf1 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Rxa6 b4 31. Ra5 Bd6 32. Bb3 Kh8 33. Ke1 h6
34. Rb5 Bxh2 35. Rxb4 Bg3+ 36. Ke2 Ra8 37. Nd4 Ra1 {[#]} 38. Rb8+ $2 (38. Nxf5
Re1+ 39. Kd2 exf5 $15) 38... Kh7 $2 (38... Bxb8 $19) 39. Nxe6 $2 (39. Rb5 $15)
39... Bxe6 $19 (39... Bxb8 $19) 40. Bc2+ g6 41. Rb7+ Kg8 0-1
[Event "Capablanca Memorial-02"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1963.08.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Barcza, Gedeon"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[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. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. Nd5 O-O 8.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 9. c3 f5 10. exf5 e4 11. Ne1 Bxf5 12. d4 Qd7 13. f3 d5 14. fxe4 Bxe4
15. Rxf8+ Rxf8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qe2 Qe6 18. Nc2 Ne7 19. Ne3 Rf3 20. Qc4 Qxc4
21. Nxc4 Nd5 22. Kg2 Rd3 23. Bf4 b5 24. Ne5 Nxf4+ 25. gxf4 Rd2+ 26. Kg3 Rxb2
27. a4 b4 28. cxb4 Rb3+ 29. Kf2 Bh6 30. Re1 Bxf4 31. Rxe4 Bxh2 32. Nc6 a6 33.
Re8+ Kg7 34. Ra8 h5 35. Rxa6 Bg3+ 36. Kg2 h4 37. Kh3 Be1+ 38. Kh2 h3 39. Na5
Rxb4 40. Re6 Rb2+ 41. Kxh3 Bxa5 42. Ra6 Bb6 43. d5 Rd2 44. a5 Bc5 45. Rc6 Bd6
0-1
[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1961.04.28"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "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 "URS-ch35 Final"]
[Site "Kharkov (Ukraine)"]
[Date "1967.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lein, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1967.12.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nc4
O-O 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Re1 Rad8 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nfxe5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Bxe5 Bc6
15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qe2 Rd4 18. c3 Rd5 19. Ne3 Rdd8 20. Ng4 Be7 21.
Ne5 Qd5 22. Red1 g6 23. Qe4 Bf6 24. Nc4 Rd7 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Nd2 Re8 27. Re1
Re6 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. f4 Rd6 32. Kd1 e5 33. fxe5 Bxe5
34. Kc2 Re6 35. Re1 Bxh2 36. Rh1 Bf4 37. Rxh7+ Kd6 38. g3 Bxg3 39. Rxb7 Re2 40.
Kd1 Re1+ 41. Kc2 Re2 42. Kd1 Re1+ 43. Kc2 Bf4 44. Nf3 Rf1 45. Nh4 g5 46. Nf5+
Ke5 47. Nh6 c4 48. dxc4 dxc4 49. b4 Rf2+ 50. Kb1 Ke4 51. Rd7 Rd2 52. Rxd2 Bxd2
53. Kc2 Bf4 54. b5 Kf3 55. a5 g4 56. b6 a6 0-1
[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. 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 (9. Nc3 a6 (9... c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13.
Rfd1 Ne4 14. Ba6 Ba8 15. Bb5 Ndf6 $10 {Petrosian,T-Polugaevsky,L/URS-ch/1970/})
10. Rc1 Qe7 11. Na4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Ne4 13. Qe2 f5 $10 {Portisch,L-Nikolic,Pr/
Tunis izt/1985/}) 9... Qe7 (9... Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Ne5 $14) 10. Rc1 Rad8 11.
Qc2 (11. Qe2 Ne4 $13) 11... c5 12. cxd5 (12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8) (12. Ne5
$5) 12... exd5 13. dxc5 bxc5 {/\d5-d4} 14. Qc3 Rfe8 $13 15. Rfd1 (15. Rfe1 c4
$5 16. bxc4 Bb4 17. Qc2 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Bxd2 $17)
15... d4 16. exd4 cxd4 17. Qa5 $6 (17. Qxd4 Nc5 $17) (17. Nxd4 $1 Qe5 (17...
Bxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Ng4+ 19. Kg3 (19. Kg1 Qh4 20. N4f3 Qxf2+ 21. Kh1 Re5 $1 22. Bf5
Ne3 $19) 19... Qe5+ 20. f4 (20. Kxg4 $2 Nf6+ 21. Kh3 Qh5+ 22. Kg3 Qg4+ 23. Kh2
Qxg2#) 20... Qe3+ 21. N4f3 Ndf6 $13 22. Bxh7+ $5) 18. N4f3 Qh5 $44) 17... Ne5
18. Nxe5 (18. Re1 Bxf3 (18... Nxd3 $5)) 18... Bxe5 19. Nc4 (19. Nf1 $5 Nd5 20.
Ng3 Nf4 21. Bf1 h5 $40) (19. Ba3 $1 Qe6 20. Nf1 $13) (19. Re1) 19... Rd5 20.
Qd2 (20. Ba3 Qe6 $1 21. Qxa7 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Rh5+ 23. Kg1 Rh1+ 24. Kxh1 Qh3+ 25.
Kg1 Qxg2#) 20... Bxh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rh5+ $1 (21... Ng4+ 22. Kg3 $14) 22. Kg1 (22.
Kg3 Ne4+ 23. Bxe4 Qh4+ 24. Kf3 Qxe4+ 25. Kg3 Qh4#) 22... Ng4 (22... Ng4 23. Re1
Rh1+ 24. Kxh1 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Qh2+ 26. Kf1 Qxg2#) 0-1
[Event "URS-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Baku (Azerbaijan)"]
[Date "1961.12.15"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
O-O 9. cxd5 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qc7 11. Bb2 Bxh2+ 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Rc1 Qb8 14. Qh4 Be5
15. Nc3 exd5 16. f4 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qd6 18. Be5 Qe6 19. Rc7 Bd7 20. Rxb7 Ne4 21.
Rc1 g5 22. Qh2 Rac8 23. Rbc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Qb6 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Bd4 Qc6 27.
Bf1 Qc1 28. Kg1 Qe1 29. Qh6 f6 30. Qh3 Re7 31. Qc8+ Kf7 32. Qc2 g4 33. Qe2 Qh4
34. g3 Qxg3+ 35. Qg2 Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 Rc7 37. Bd3 h5 38. b4 h4 39. b5 h3+ 40. Kh2
g3+ 0-1
[Event "Wch blitz"]
[Site "Saint John"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Nb5 O-O 12. a3 Ba5 13. dxc5 Qxb2 14. Rb1 Qf6
15. Qa4 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Qg6 17. Bd3 Qh5 18. Nbd4 Bc7 19. Rxb7 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxh2+
21. Kf1 Bc6 22. Re7 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rb1 Bc7 25. Kg1 a6 26. Qh4 Qxh4 27.
Nxh4 d4 28. exd4 Rd8 29. Nf5 Kf8 30. Re1 g6 31. Re7 Bd7 32. c6 Bxf5 33. Rxc7
Bxd3 34. Rb7 Rc8 35. d5 Be4 36. Rd7 Ke8 37. g4 Rd8 38. f3 Bxd5 39. c7 Kxd7 0-1
[Event "URS-ch23 Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Vilnius (Lithuania)"]
[Date "1955.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zdanovs, Igors"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1955.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 d5 9. a3 Bd6 10. Qc2 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf3 Bg4 14. Qd1
Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Re8 16. O-O Qb8 17. b4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Re5 19. g3 Rh5 20. Qxh5 Nxh5
21. Kxh2 Qe5 22. Kg2 Re8 23. Rh1 Nf6 24. Rac1 h5 25. Be1 Ng4 26. Rd1 Qf5 27.
Rd4 Ne5 28. Rf4 Qc2 0-1