[Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Be2 Bf6 10. Qd3 Re8 11. d6 cxd6 12. O-O d5 13. Bf3 d4 14. b3 d5 15. Bb2 Be6 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa5 18. Rfe1 Rec8 19. Re2 Rc7 20. Rd1 h6 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qxa2 23. Rde1 Qa6 24. Re8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kh7 26. h4 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. Qd3+ g6 29. h5 Qxf2 30. Qd6 Rc5 31. hxg6+ Kg7 32. Qf8+ Kxg6 33. Re6+ f6 34. Qg8+ Kh5 35. Qf7+ Kg5 36. Qg7+ Kh5 37. Qf7+ Kg5 38. Re4 f5 39. Qe7+ Kh5 40. Re3 Qf4+ 41. Rg3 Qe5 42. Qh7 Rc6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "3"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B93"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qe1 Be6 13. f5 Bd7 14. g4 d5 15. g5 dxe4 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxe4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 1-0 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "6"] [White "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E66"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O c5 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. a3 Qc7 12. b3 b5 13. Bb2 e6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. e4 Bc8 16. Nd1 exd5 17. cxd5 Bd7 18. Ne3 Rfc8 19. Rbc1 Qa7 20. e5 Ne8 21. exd6 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nxd6 23. h4 h5 24. Qe5 Qb6 25. Bf3 c4 26. bxc4 Naxc4 27. Ndxc4 Nxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 bxc4 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. d6 Be6 32. Rc3 Rd8 33. Bxh5 Rxd6 34. Bf3 Rd2 35. Re3 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qb2 37. Qxb2 Rxb2 38. Kf1 Rb3 39. Bd1 Rb1 40. Ke1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "7"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D42"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Bg7 20. Red1 Na5 21. Ba2 Ba4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bb3 25. Bxb3 Nxb3 26. Be3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E01"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Re1 O-O 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rad8 15. a3 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 b6 18. Nf3 Bc5 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Ree1 d3 21. Rf1 Qd6 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rad1 Rfe8 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Ng5 Ne3 26. fxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Re2 29. Qc3 Rxg2 30. Kxg2 d2 31. Rd1 Bg4 32. Nf3 Qd3 0-1 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "9"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C47"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Nxd4 Nxd5 7. exd5 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. c3 d6 11. Be3 Bg5 12. f4 Bh4+ 13. g3 Bf6 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. Bb5 c6 16. Bc4 Be4 17. O-O b5 18. Bb3 c5 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Bc2 Qf5 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Bf2 Rae8 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Re1 h5 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Qe1 Qxd5 27. Qe8+ Kh7 28. Qxb5 Qxa2 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Qxd6 Qb1+ 31. Kg2 Qe4+ 32. Kg1 c4 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qxa7 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "10"] [White "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A61"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rb8 13. Qc2 Re8 14. e4 Nb6 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Bf4 Nc8 17. h3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bg3 b4 20. Nd1 b3 21. Qb1 Rb4 22. Nc3 Nb6 23. Bd1 Bc8 24. Be2 c4 25. Qa1 Qc5 26. Bf4 Nfd7 27. Be3 Qc7 28. Qa5 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Ra4 30. Qb5 Re7 31. Ra1 Ba6 32. Qc6 Qxc6 33. dxc6 Nc5 34. Rxa4 Nbxa4 35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. Nxc4 Nxc3 37. Ra1 N5a4 38. Bd4 Ne2+ 39. Kf1 Nxd4 40. Rxa4 Nxc6 41. Ra6 Rc7 42. Nxd6 b2 43. Rb6 Nb4 44. Rxb4 Rc1+ 45. Ke2 b1=Q 46. Rxb1 Rxb1 47. Nc4 Kg7 48. h4 Kf6 49. Nd2 Ra1 50. Ke3 Re1+ 51. Kd3 h6 52. Nf3 Ra1 53. Ke3 Ra2 54. Ne1 Ra3+ 55. Nd3 Ke6 56. g3 Kd6 57. Kd4 Ra4+ 58. Ke3 g5 59. hxg5 hxg5 60. f4 g4 61. Ne5 Ra3+ 62. Kf2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "11"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nbd4 Rac8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Bd3 Rb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne2 Bd6 21. Qd4 f5 22. Ng3 c5 23. Qc4+ Rf7 24. Rfd1 Be6 25. Qc3 Ra6 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Nh5 Qb4 28. Qc2 c4 29. Bc3 Qb8 30. bxc4 Bxh2+ 31. Kh1 Bc7 32. Rab1 Qf8 33. Bb4 Qe8 34. Nf4 Rf6 35. Kg1 Rh6 36. Qe2 Bf7 37. Qc2 Bh5 38. Rd5 Qc8 39. Qd2 g5 40. Rd7 gxf4 41. Qd5+ Rae6 42. Qc5 Reg6 43. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Qd8 45. Qd5+ Qxd5 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Ke8 0-1 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "12"] [White "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A32"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. e3 d5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rc1 Bd7 12. b3 Rb8 13. Qc2 e5 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qe7 17. Qc2 f5 18. c5 Bc7 19. Rce1 Rbd8 20. b4 Be6 21. Bc4 Bd5 22. Bxd5+ Rxd5 23. Bc3 Qh4 24. Qb2 e4 25. g3 Qh3 26. f4 Rfd8 27. Re2 Qg4 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qe2 30. Rf2 Qd1+ 31. Kg2 Rd3 32. Qc1 Qxc1 33. Bxc1 Kf7 34. Rc2 Ke6 35. Kf2 Kd5 36. Ke2 Bd8 37. Bb2 g6 38. a3 Be7 39. Rd2 Rxd2+ 40. Kxd2 Kc4 41. Kc2 a5 42. Bc3 axb4 43. axb4 g5 44. fxg5 Bxg5 45. Be1 Be3 0-1 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "13"] [White "Tal, Mihail"] [Black "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D32"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nbd4 Rac8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne2 Ra6 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxd7 Rxa2 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. b4 Qxb4 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qf4 c5 27. Bc3 Rxe2 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Qxe4 Rb8 30. Qe5 Rc8 31. h4 Rec2 32. Qb5 a5 33. Rd1 R2c5 34. Qb6 Kg7 35. Rd7 Rf5 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. g4 Rb5 40. Qd7 Rb8 41. Qa7 Rb5 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Qc4 Rb8 44. Qc7 Rb5 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qa6 Rc5 47. Kg2 b3 48. Qb6 Rc4 49. Qxb3 Rxg4+ 50. Kh3 Rb4 51. Qc3+ Kg8 52. Qc5 Ra4 53. h5 gxh5 54. Qxh5 Ra2 55. f4 Kf8 56. Qe5 1-0 [Event "Master Classification m"] [Site "Riga"] [Date "1954.??.??"] [Round "14"] [White "Saigin, Vladimir"] [Black "Tal, Mihail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E56"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "1954.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "14"] [EventCountry "URS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2015"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. Be2 Ne4 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Ba1 Nxc5 16. Rb2 b6 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nc4 20. Rb4 Qe6 21. Qa2 Ne4 22. Bd3 Ned6 23. Re1 1/2-1/2