[Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Gurevich, Dmitry"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "64"] [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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c6 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 Re8 10. Rb1 Nbd7 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kf2 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. g3 Nh5 15. f4 f5 16. Qc2 Qf7 17. Kg2 Ne7 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. b5 Ne4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. bxc6 bxc6 22. Na4 Ba6 23. Bb4 Bd3 24. Qc3 Bxb4 25. Rxb4 Bxe2 26. Rc1 Bf3+ 27. Kh2 Qh5 28. Qc2 Rab8 29. Nc5 Rxb4 30. axb4 Nf5 31. Qf2 Nh6 32. Qf1 Ng4+ 0-1 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Gurevich, Dmitry"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E48"] [WhiteElo "2475"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "92"] [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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. O-O Nc6 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxc3 Bg4 13. f3 Bh5 14. Be2 a6 15. bxa6 bxa6 16. Rxa6 Rxa6 17. Bxa6 Qb6 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Qd4 Qe6 20. Rd1 h6 21. b3 Bg6 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Qc5 d4 24. exd4 Qe3+ 25. Kf1 Ne7 26. Rd1 Qe6 27. Qc4 Qd7 28. b4 Rc8 29. Qb3 Ned5 30. Nxd5 Nxd5 31. Bc4 Nb6 32. Bd3 Bxd3+ 33. Qxd3 Qd6 34. d5 Qxh2 35. d6 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Qxc1 38. Qd4 Qc6 39. Qc5 Qb7 40. Qb5 g6 41. d7 Qxd7 42. Qxb6 Qd2+ 43. Kg3 Qg5+ 44. Kh3 Qh5+ 45. Kg3 Qg5+ 46. Kh2 Qh4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "97"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e4 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. Bc2 O-O 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. b3 Rfe8 13. Bb2 g6 14. Nf3 a6 15. Kh1 Bf8 16. Rae1 Bg7 17. Ba1 Rac8 18. a4 d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Ng5 dxc4 21. b4 f6 22. Nxh7 f5 23. Ng5 Bh6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qxh5 Rf8 27. Re3 Kh7 28. Rg3 Qc6 29. Ne2 Rg8 30. Qxf5+ Reg6 31. Rg1 Nf8 32. Nd4 Qe4 33. Rxg6 Rxg6 34. Qxe4 Bxe4 35. f5 Rg5 36. e6 Rg8 37. f6 Be3 38. f7 Rg5 39. e7 Bxg1 40. Kxg1 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Ng6 42. e8=Q Rg4 43. Qg8+ Kh6 44. f8=Q+ Nxf8 45. Qxg4 Bd3+ 46. Ke1 Ng6 47. Nf5+ Kh7 48. Qh5+ Kg8 49. Qxg6+ 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B63"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2475"] [PlyCount "72"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Bc4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. f3 b5 14. g4 a5 15. a4 bxa4 16. Bxa4 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd7 18. g5 Rab8 19. Na2 Nc5 20. Qc4 Qb7 21. Bc3 Bxg5+ 22. Kb1 Be7 23. Rhg1 f6 24. Rg2 Qb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26. Rdg1 Rf7 27. Bd4 Bf8 28. Nc3 Rb8 29. f4 Rb4 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. f5 exf5 32. exf5 Rf4 33. Re2 Rxf5 34. Rge1 h5 35. Re8 Rf2 36. h3 Rf3 0-1 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "88"] [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. g3 e5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 d5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 Be6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. d4 e4 14. Na4 h6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bd2 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Qb8 18. Qb1 Rc8 19. Rc1 Rc4 20. Nac5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qc7 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Nd4 Bd5 24. Bxe4 Qxc5 25. Nf5 Bf8 26. Bc3 g6 27. Ne3 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 b5 29. a3 Qd6 30. Nd5 f5 31. Qf3 Bg7 32. e4 Bxc3 33. bxc3 fxe4 34. Qxe4 Kf7 35. Qf3+ Nf6 36. Nf4 g5 37. Nh5 Kg6 38. Nxf6 Qxf6 39. Qe4+ Qf5 40. Qc6+ Qf6 41. Qe4+ Kg7 42. Qb7+ Kg6 43. Qe4+ Kg7 44. Qb7+ Kg6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "108"] [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. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qa4+ Nc6 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Be6 11. Rc1 a6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Qd1 Rad8 14. Ne1 Ne7 15. Nd3 Ng6 16. g3 c6 17. Bg4 Rfe8 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Re1 Qf5 20. Re2 Re7 21. Rd2 h5 22. Qf1 h4 23. b4 Rde8 24. a4 hxg3 25. hxg3 Re6 26. Ne1 Bxb4 27. Rb2 a5 28. Ng2 Ba3 29. Rcb1 Bxb2 30. Rxb2 R6e7 31. Ne2 Qd3 32. Ne1 Qc4 33. Nf3 Qxa4 34. Rb1 b5 35. Qh3 Qc2 36. Re1 a4 37. Ng5 a3 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Nf4 Ra7 40. e4 Nxf4 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. exd5+ Ne2+ 43. Rxe2+ Qxe2 44. Qxg7 Kd8 45. Qf6+ Qe7 46. Nxf7+ Kc8 47. Qxc6+ Kb8 48. Nd6 a2 49. Qxb5+ Rb7 50. Qa4 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 a1=Q 52. Qxa1 Qxa1 53. Nxe8 Qxd4 54. Nd6 Rb2 0-1 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "87"] [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. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Nd2 d6 10. e4 Nc6 11. f4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Bb2 e5 14. Nf3 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd4 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Ne8 22. Kf2 f6 23. Ke3 Kf7 24. Kd3 Rc6 25. a4 Nc7 26. Ba3 d5 27. Ke3 Rc8 28. cxd5 Rc3+ 29. R1d3 Re8+ 30. Kf3 Rxd3+ 31. Rxd3 Rd8 32. Ke4 Re8+ 33. Kf3 Rd8 34. d6 Ne6 35. f5 Ng5+ 36. Kf4 h5 37. h4 Nh7 38. Rc3 Rd7 39. Rc7 Nf8 40. Ke4 Ke8 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Kd5 b5 43. axb5 Rb7 44. Rc7+ 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Jussupow, Artur"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2620"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "70"] [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. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 d6 9. c4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rad1 a6 12. a4 Rfe8 13. Ng5 h6 14. f4 Bf8 15. Bb1 e5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nge4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 exf4 19. Rxf4 Ne5 20. Rdf1 Rad8 21. Qh5 Re7 22. Ng3 g6 23. Qe2 Bg7 24. Ne4 f5 25. Nc3 Ng4 26. Rxg4 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Rd2 28. Ne4 Rxb2 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Be4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Qe5 32. Nf2 Qxe3 33. Qxg6 Rxf2 34. Rxf2 Qe1+ 35. Rf1 Bd4+ 0-1 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "111"] [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. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qc7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qg4 Qe5 11. f4 Qf6 12. f5 h6 13. Be3 e5 14. Na4 Be7 15. c4 O-O 16. Rad1 d6 17. Rd3 Rb8 18. b3 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Bb6 Rdc8 21. Ba7 Ra8 22. Be3 Rab8 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Be3 Re8 25. Bc1 d5 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. exd5 e4 28. Rg3 Bd6 29. Bb2 Be5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Nc5 Qg5 32. Qxg5 hxg5 33. Nxb7 Rb8 34. Nc5 e3 35. Re1 Rd8 36. Rgxe3 Rexd5 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kh7 39. b4 Rxf5 40. Nxa6 g4 41. a4 Rd5 42. b5 f5 43. b6 Rd1+ 44. Kf2 Rb1 45. a5 Rb5 46. Nc7 Rb2+ 47. Ke3 g5 48. a6 Rxb6 49. a7 Rb3+ 50. Kd4 Ra3 51. a8=Q Rxa8 52. Rxa8 f4 53. Ke4 Kg6 54. Ne6 Kf6 55. Nxg5 Kxg5 56. Rg8+ 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Jussupow, Artur"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C43"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2620"] [PlyCount "77"] [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. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Bxe5 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nb4 11. Bxe4 Nxc2 12. Bxd5 Bf5 13. g4 Bxg4 14. Na3 Nxa1 15. Bf4 Rad8 16. Bxb7 Rd1 17. Rxd1 Bxd1 18. Be4 Rd8 19. f3 Be2 20. Bg5 Rd1+ 21. Kf2 Bd3 22. Bxd3 Rxd3 23. Nb5 Rd5 24. Nxc7 Rxe5 25. Be3 Nc2 26. Bxa7 Ra5 27. Bb6 Rxa2 28. Nd5 Rxb2 29. Kg3 Ne1 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Bf2 Nd3 32. Bd4 Rb5 33. f4 f6 34. Kf3 Nb4 35. Nc8 Kg8 36. Be3 Rh5 37. Kg3 Nd5 38. Bd2 g6 39. Nd6 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Chernin, Alexander"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E92"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "168"] [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. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 c6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ndb5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bb3 Bd7 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Rad1 Ne8 19. Nde4 h6 20. h3 Nd3 21. Rd2 Nf6 22. Rfd1 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Bb5 24. a4 Ba6 25. Nc5 Re8 26. Nxa6 Rxe3 27. Nc7 Rf8 28. Nd5 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 Nxe1 30. Kf1 Re8 31. Rd1 Nxf3 32. gxf3 Bxb2 33. Rb1 Bd4 34. Rd1 Bb2 35. Rd2 Bg7 36. Re2 Rxe2 37. Kxe2 Kf8 38. Kd3 Ke8 39. Nc7+ Ke7 40. Nb5 a6 41. Nc3 Kd6 42. Bxf7 g5 43. Ne4+ Ke5 44. Be8 Kf4 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. Bf7 b5 47. axb5 axb5 48. Nd6 b4 49. Bb3 Bc3 50. Ne4 Be5 51. Be6 h5 52. Nf2 Kg3 53. Nd3 Bd6 54. Nf2 Be5 55. Ne4+ Kf4 56. Kf2 Bd4+ 57. Kg2 Bb2 58. Ng3 h4 59. Ne4 Bd4 60. Bb3 Bb2 61. Kf2 Bd4+ 62. Ke2 Be5 63. Nf2 Kg3 64. Be6 Bd4 65. Ne4+ Kf4 66. Nd6 Be5 67. Nc4 Bc3 68. Ne3 Ke5 69. Bb3 Bd4 70. Ng2 Bc3 71. Kd3 Bb2 72. Kc4 Bc3 73. Kb5 Kd4 74. f4 gxf4 75. Nxf4 Ke3 76. Ng6 Kf2 77. Be6 Kg3 78. Kc4 Bd2 79. Ne5 Bc3 80. Nd3 Bd2 81. Nc5 Be3 82. Ne4+ Kf4 83. Kd3 Bb6 84. Nd2 Kg3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Chernin, Alexander"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "134"] [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 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. Nbd2 d5 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Re1 Nc5 16. Bc4+ Be6 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. Nd4 Qd7 19. Qc2 Nd3 20. Re3 c5 21. Ne2 Rad8 22. Ng3 Qd5 23. Qe2 Nf4 24. Qg4 Rf8 25. Nxe4 h5 26. Qg3 Qf5 27. Rae1 b6 28. h4 c4 29. Qg5 Qxg5 30. hxg5 Nd3 31. R1e2 Nc1 32. Re1 Nd3 33. Rb1 Rf5 34. b3 cxb3 35. axb3 Nf4 36. Rbe1 Nd3 37. Rd1 Rf4 38. Nf6+ Kf7 39. Rdxd3 Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Ke6 41. f3 Rf5 42. Ne4 Ra5 43. c4 Ke5 44. Kf2 Kf4 45. g3+ Ke5 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Kf4 Ra1 48. Rd6+ Kf7 49. Rc6 Rb1 50. Ke5 Rxb3 51. Rc7+ Ke8 52. Rh7 Rxf3 53. Ke6 Kd8 54. Nd6 Re3+ 55. Kd5 Re7 56. Rh8+ Kd7 57. Ra8 Kc7 58. Rxa7+ Kd8 59. Rxe7 Kxe7 60. Kc6 Ke6 61. Kxb6 Kxd6 62. c5+ Ke5 63. c6 Kf5 64. c7 Kg4 65. c8=Q+ Kxg3 66. Qe6 h4 67. Qxg6 h3 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Chernin, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "57"] [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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. c4 Ngf6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rad1 Qa5 14. Bb1 Rac8 15. h3 Bf8 16. Bg3 g6 17. Rfe1 Bg7 18. Bd6 Qd8 19. g4 h6 20. Kg2 Nh7 21. Ne4 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. Qg3 Qf6 24. h4 Rcd8 25. g5 hxg5 26. hxg5 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxd4 28. Qh4 Bg7 29. Rh1 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "4"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Chernin, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B09"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "75"] [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. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8. d5 b5 9. O-O b4 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 a5 12. Qe2 Na6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. f5 c4 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Rbd1 Rac8 17. Nd4 Nb8 18. Kh1 a4 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Ngf5 Qd7 21. Rf3 b3 22. axb3 cxb3 23. c3 a3 24. bxa3 b2 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxf6+ exf6 27. Qxb2 Qe7 28. Re3 Qe5 29. Nf3 Qf4 30. Re2 Nd7 31. Rf1 Ne5 32. Qc2 Rc4 33. Nd2 Qg5 34. Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Qd3 Ne5 36. Qe3 Qh5 37. Ree1 Rh8 38. h3 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "95"] [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. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bf8 6. Nh3 b6 7. Nf4 Ne7 8. Bb5 c6 9. Ba4 Ba6 10. Nce2 Ng6 11. O-O Nxf4 12. Bxf4 Be7 13. Re1 Bb5 14. Bb3 Bc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Nc3 O-O 17. Qg4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Rad1 Rg6 20. Qh3 Bf8 21. Re3 Na6 22. d5 Qf7 23. dxe6 Qxf4 24. e7 Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Nc5 26. Re3 a5 27. Rf3 Qe5 28. Re3 Qf4 29. Rde1 Rf8 30. f3 b5 31. Qh5 Rg5 32. Qh3 Rg6 33. Ne4 Ne6 34. Ng3 Nd4 35. Re8 Nxc2 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Re4 Rd6 38. Nf5 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd2+ 40. Kg3 g6 41. Ne7+ Kg7 42. Qe6 Nd4 43. Qe5+ Qf6 44. Qc7 Qg5+ 45. Rg4 Ne2+ 46. Kf2 Nc3+ 47. Kg3 Ne2+ 48. Kf2 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "71"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Qb3 Bd6 8. d3 Rb8 9. a4 b6 10. Na3 a6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Nac4 Bc7 15. Na5 Rb8 16. Nc6 Qe8 17. Nxb8 Nxb8 18. Nc4 Nc6 19. Be3 Nd5 20. Rfd1 f5 21. d4 f4 22. gxf4 Qh5 23. dxc5 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Nb6 Rxf4 26. Nxd5 Rg4+ 27. Kf1 Qxh2 28. Ke1 Ba5+ 29. Rxa5 Nxa5 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Rd7+ Kxf6 32. Qc3+ Qe5 33. Bd4 Rxd4 34. Qxd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Nb3 36. c6 1-0 [Event "Wch blitz"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Vaganian, Rafael A"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2625"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "126"] [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. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nc2 Rb8 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Bd7 12. Qd2 b5 13. Ne3 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Na5 15. Ne3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Rc2 Rfc8 18. Rfc1 Bxb3 19. axb3 Nxb3 20. Ncd5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Qd8 23. Rb1 Nc5 24. Bxg7 Rxb1+ 25. Qxb1 Kxg7 26. Qb2+ f6 27. Qb6 Qxb6 28. Nxb6 Kf7 29. Bd5+ e6 30. Bc6 Ke7 31. Kf1 d5 32. Na4 Nb3 33. e3 Kd6 34. Bb7 a5 35. Ba6 d4 36. Ke2 dxe3 37. Kxe3 e5 38. h4 Nd4 39. Bc4 Nf5+ 40. Kd3 Ne7 41. Nc3 f5 42. Bf7 Kc5 43. h5 gxh5 44. Bxh5 Nc6 45. Bf7 Nb4+ 46. Ke3 Nc2+ 47. Kd2 Nd4 48. f4 exf4 49. gxf4 Kd6 50. Bh5 Nb3+ 51. Kd3 Nc5+ 52. Ke3 Ne6 53. Bf7 Nc5 54. Nb5+ Ke7 55. Bc4 h5 56. Kd4 Nd7 57. Bf1 Kf6 58. Nc3 Nf8 59. Ke3 Ne6 60. Nd5+ Kg6 61. Bh3 a4 62. Ne7+ Kf6 63. Nxf5 a3 0-1 [Event "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 "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Damljanovic, Branko"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D29"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 b5 7. Bb3 c5 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. d5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ehlvest, Jaan"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2585"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 Qc7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O e6 11. Be2 Bd6 12. Nd2 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Inkiov, Ventzislav"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E61"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. O-O Bf5 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 d5 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. exd4 Rc8 12. Re1 Bh6 13. Ra1 Nb4 14. Bf1 Nc2 15. Nh4 Nxe1 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Qxe1 e6 18. Rd1 Bg7 19. Ba3 Re8 20. Nb5 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. c5 Ne8 23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Nb5 Rxa2 25. Rd3 Qf6 26. Qb4 Qe7 27. h3 Kh8 28. Nd6 Nxd6 29. cxd6 Qd7 30. Rc3 Rd8 31. Rc7 Qxd6 32. Qxb7 Qf4 33. Rxf7 Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qxd4+ 36. Kh1 Kg8 37. Qe7 Ra1 38. Rxf5 exf5 39. Qxd8+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg5 42. Qe7+ Kf4 43. Qh4+ Ke3 44. Qg3+ Kd2 45. Qf3 f4 46. Kh2 Qe3 47. Qxd5+ Ke1 0-1 [Event "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A64"] [WhiteElo "2525"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. a5 b5 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Ra4 Nb6 16. Ra2 Nc4 17. Ra4 Nb6 18. Ra2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Rodriguez, Daniel Mauricio"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B53"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2630"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8. Be2 Be7 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Qe3 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Nd2 Ng6 16. Bh2 e5 17. Ndb1 Rac8 18. Bf3 Nh4 19. Bg4 Rb8 20. Bg3 Ng6 21. Bf3 Bc8 22. Rfe1 Be6 23. Re2 Rbc8 24. Red2 h6 25. Re2 Nf8 26. Kh1 N8d7 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. exd5 Re8 29. Qd2 Bf8 30. Qe1 g6 31. Bg4 h5 32. Bxd7 Qxd7 33. Nc3 Rc4 34. f3 Rec8 35. Rd3 Bh6 36. Qd1 h4 37. Be1 Nh5 38. b3 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc3 40. Bxc3 Ng3+ 41. Kg1 Qa7+ 42. Rf2 Be3 43. Be1 e4 44. fxe4 Nxe4 45. Qf3 f5 46. Kf1 Ng3+ 47. Kg1 Qd4 48. c3 Qe5 49. Qd1 Bb6 50. Qd2 Kg7 51. a4 bxa4 52. bxa4 Kf6 53. c4 Ne4 54. Qc1 Bc5 55. Qh6 Nxf2 56. Qf8+ Kg5 57. Bd2+ f4 58. Qd8+ Kh5 59. Qd7 Qa1+ 0-1 [Event "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Gipslis, Aivars"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2505"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Qc7 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. Be3 e5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. a4 Re8 12. Rad1 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nhf6 14. f3 a6 15. Nb3 d5 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2530"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. f4 O-O 12. fxe5 fxe5 13. Rxf8+ Bxf8 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Qb3 b5 16. Nxb5 Rb8 17. Ncd6 Bxd6 18. Nxd6 Qe7 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Bg5 Qf8 22. Qf7 Qxf7 23. Nxf7+ Kg8 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Nxe5 Bd5 26. e4 Be6 27. b3 Bh3 28. Rc1 Re8 29. Nc6 Ne6 30. Be7 Rc8 31. Ne5 a5 32. Kf2 1-0 [Event "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Lputian, Smbat G"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2555"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. Qxc4 b6 8. Nd4 Ne5 9. Nc6 Nxc4 10. Nxd8 Nd5 11. Nc3 Kxd8 12. Nxd5 Bb7 1/2-1/2 [Event "Saint John op-2"] [Site "Saint John"] [Date "1988.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Sahl, Bjarke"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2630"] [BlackElo "2300"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "1988.01.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CAN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 006"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1988.10.01"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Nf5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Kh1 g6 13. Nc3 Qb6 14. Rb1 Qd4 15. Ne4 b5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Qe2 Qb6 18. Bb2 Nd4 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. c5 f5 21. Nxd6 Qxc5 22. Nxb5 e4 23. Rfc1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Qd4 25. Rc6 Bc5 26. f4 Rad8 27. Rd1 Qb4 28. Qc4 Bd6 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. d6 Rf6 31. d7 Rxc6 32. Bxc6 e3 33. Bb5 Bd2 34. g3 Rxd7 35. Bxd7 e2 36. Rb1 e1=Q+ 37. Rxe1 Bxe1 38. Kg2 Bb4 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. g4 fxg4+ 41. Bxg4 Kf6 42. Ke4 Bd6 43. h3 h6 44. Bc8 a5 45. f5 gxf5+ 46. Bxf5 h5 1/2-1/2