[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. a4 Be6 11. a5 Qc6 12. Bf3 Nbd7 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qb5 15.
Qd3 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 Qxd3 17. cxd3 g6 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Rc8 20. c4 e4 21. dxe4
Rxc4 22. Nd2 Rc2 23. Bd1 Rc3 24. Kf1 Nc5 25. Bd4 Rd3 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27. Ke2
Rxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Nxe4+ 29. Kc2 Nd6 30. Be2 Bf6 31. Rb1 Kf8 32. Kb3 Ke7 33. Bd3
Kd7 34. f4 Bd4 35. Rf1 Be3 36. f5 Bd2 37. fxg6 hxg6 38. Ra1 Ke7 39. Ra2 Bb4 40.
h4 Kf6 41. g4 Be1 42. h5 Kg5 43. Ra1 Bd2 44. Rh1 gxh5 45. gxh5 c4+ 46. Bxc4 Kh6
47. Rf1 Kxh5 48. Rf6 Ne4 49. Be2+ Kg5 50. Rxf7 Be3 51. Re7 Kf4 52. Bd3 Nd6 53.
Kb4 b6 54. axb6 Bxb6 55. Bxa6 Bd4 56. Re6 Be5 57. Kc5 Nf7 58. Bd3 Bb2 59. Bg6
Ng5 60. Re8 Ba3+ 61. Kc6 Nf3 62. Re4+ Kg5 63. Bh7 Kh6 64. Bf5 Kg5 65. Bg4 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h5 12. h3 Nh7 13. h4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nhf6 15.
Bh3 Nb6 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. b3 Na3 19. Rc1 Bxg4 20. Bxf6 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
Bxf6 22. Nb1 Qa5 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Nxa3 Bxh4 25. Nc4 b5 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. Bf5 Bg5
28. Rcg1 Qb2+ 29. Kf3 Bf4 30. Rg2 Qb4 31. Nd7 Rc8 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kg8 34.
Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Qa3+ 37. Qb3 Qxb3+ 38. axb3 gxh5 39. Ra1 h4 40.
Kg4 Be3 41. Rxa6 Bc5 42. Kxh4 f5 43. exf5 e4 44. b4 Bxb4 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Ra7+
Ke8 47. f6 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Nc7 9. b3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Na4 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 b6 13. Nc4 Bb7 14. e3 Nd5 15.
a3 e6 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. g4 b5 18. Nce5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Rbc8 20. a4 b4 21. Rf2 a5
22. h4 Qc7 23. Qb2 c4 24. bxc4 Qxc4 25. Nd4 Ba8 26. Bf1 Qc5 27. Nb3 Qc7 28. Ba6
Nxe3 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. dxe3 Qxh4 31. Kf1 Qh3+ 32. Ke2 Qxg4+ 33. Kd2 Rfd8+ 34. Nd4
Qg3 35. Rf4 Rxc1 36. Qxc1 Qg2+ 37. Be2 Qd5 38. Qc7 Rd7 39. Qc4 Kg7 40. Qxd5
Bxd5 41. Bb5 Rc7 42. e4 Ba8 43. Ke3 Rc3+ 44. Bd3 b3 45. Rf1 Rc5 46. Nxb3 Rxe5
47. Rc1 Rh5 48. Rc7 Kf6 49. Nc5 Ke5 50. Nd7+ Kd6 51. Ra7 e5 52. Rxa8 Kxd7 53.
Rxa5 Rh3+ 54. Kd2 Rh2+ 55. Kc3 h5 56. Ra7+ Kc6 57. Rxf7 g5 58. a5 g4 59. a6 Ra2
60. Bc4 Ra1 61. Rf1 Rxf1 62. Bxf1 h4 63. Be2 g3 64. Bf1 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. a3 Nc6 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Be7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. g4 g5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
fxg5 hxg5 16. Bd4 Rh6 17. h4 Nd7 18. h5 Qa5 19. Be2 b5 20. Rhf1 f6 21. Na2 Qc7
22. Qb3 Kf7 23. Qe3 Rg8 24. Kb1 Ne5 25. Nc3 Kg7 26. Rd2 Rb8 27. Rfd1 Be8 28.
Na2 a5 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Ra8 31. b4 Bc6 32. bxa5 Bxe4 33. Bb4 Kf7 34. Nc3
Bc6 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. Bxb5 d5 37. c4 Rb8 38. a6 Rhh8 39. Ka2 Bxb4 40. axb4 dxc4
41. Rd7+ Nxd7 42. Rxd7+ Kf8 43. a7 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Qxd4 Qb5 9. e3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Qxb4 Bxb4 12. Bg2 Bd7 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "1959.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. Ng5 a6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. b3 b5 14. a3 Ng4 15. Nf3
bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb3 17. Rxb3 Nxb3 18. Rb1 Nd4 19. e3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Qe2
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 e5 23. Qd1 e4 24. Qa4 Qe7 25. Qc6 f4 26. Rb8 Bh3 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8
28. exf4 Qb8 29. Ne2 Qb1+ 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "1959.09.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[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 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. a4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bg5 Be6
21. Ne3 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bb3 Rd8 24. Nd5 Qa5 25. Kh2 Bg5 26. Qe2 Rc8
1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5
Bc5 9. Bg5 a5 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. Qe2 h6 13. Bd2 c6 14. Na4 Bd4 15.
Nxd4 exd4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Nb6 Bg4 18. Qc2 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Ra6 20. O-O Rxb6 21.
Bd6 Qxd6 22. e5 Qe7 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. e6 fxe6 25. c5 Nxc5 26. Qg6+ Kd8 27. b4
axb4 28. Qxg4 cxd5 29. Qg3 Nd7 30. axb4 Rf8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. b5 e5 33. Ra1
Kc7 34. Rc1+ Kb8 35. Qb3 Nf6 36. Qc2 Qd8 37. Qa4 Ne4 38. Rf1 Nd6 39. Qa3 Rxb5
40. Ra1 Qb6 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nde2 Qc7 9. O-O Ne5 10. f4 Nxc4 11. Kh1 Be7 12. b3 Nb6 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Ne4 f5
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. N2g3 Nbd5 17. Bb2 O-O 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Qh5 g6 22. Bxg6 Qe7 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qf3 Rb8 25. Bd3 Bb7 26. Qe2 Kh8 27.
Rce1 Rbe8 28. Nf5 Qb4 29. Qb2 Rc8 30. Ng3 Qc3 31. Qe2 Rg8 32. Ne4 Qd4 33. Ng5
Rg7 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Rc3 36. Rh3 b4 37. Kg1 e5 38. Rg3 e4 39. Bc4 d5 40.
Be2 d4 41. Bc4 e3 42. Rd1 Bd5 43. Bf1 Re7 44. Be2 d3 45. Bxd3 Rxd3 46. Rxd3 e2
47. Rge3 e1=Q+ 48. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 49. Kf2 Ra1 50. Rd2 h6 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Re7
53. Kf1 hxg5 54. fxg5 Ng4 55. h3 Ne3+ 56. Kf2 Bxg2 57. Rd4 a5 58. h4 Kg7 59. h5
Nf5 60. Rc4 Rd7 61. Rc5 Be4 62. Re5 Re7 63. Rxa5 Rc7 64. Ra6 Rc2+ 65. Ke1 Nd4
66. Ra7+ Kf8 67. g6 Nf3+ 68. Kd1 Rd2+ 69. Kc1 Rh2 70. Rf7+ Ke8 71. Kd1 Bd3 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[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 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. b3 Nc6 14. Nbd2 exd4 15.
Bb2 Nd7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bf6 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Rad1 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qxd6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "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 "1959.09.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Be2 Rb8 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Bf1 b5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. e5 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxa4 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Rde1 f6 21. e6 f5
22. Rh4 Bxb2 23. Bf8 Rxf8 24. Qh6 Rf7 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Bg7 27. Rh6 Qg8
28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Ng5 Qxd5 30. Rh8+ 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d5 8.
Nd2 Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 a4 13. a3 axb3 14. cxb3 Qb6
15. exd5 cxd5 16. b4 Nd7 17. Nb3 e5 18. Bf5 e4 19. Rec1 Qd6 20. Nd4 Bf6 21. Rc6
Qe7 22. Rac1 h6 23. Rc7 Be5 24. Nc6 Qg5 25. h4 Qxh4 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxc8 Nf3+
28. gxf3 Qg5+ 29. Kf1 Qxf5 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Qe3 Rd8 33. Qg3 g5
34. Rc5 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qe6 36. b5 Kh7 37. Rc6 Qd5 38. Qe5 Rg1+ 39. Kh2 Rh1+ 40.
Kg2 Rg1+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.04"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. a4 a5 14. Rb1 g4 15.
Nh4 Nf6 16. d5 Qe7 17. O-O Nd7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf5 Qxc4 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Rd4
Qc6 22. Be6 Rg8 23. Bc4 Kf8 24. Bb5 Qc5 25. Rc4 Qe5 26. Rxc7 Be4 27. Bd3 d5 28.
Rc6 Rb8 29. c4 Rg5 30. c5 d4 31. exd4 Qxd4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. cxb6 Qxc2 34. Rxc2
Nd7 35. b7 Nc5 36. Rb5 Nxb7 37. Rcb2 Rxb5 38. Rxb5 Ke7 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40. Nxh6
Kc7 41. Nxf7 Rf8 42. Nh6 Rd8 43. Rg5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Ra1 45. Rxg4 Nc5 46. Rc4 Kc6
47. Nf5 Rxa4 48. Nd4+ Kb6 49. Rxa4 Nxa4 50. g4 Nc3 51. Kg3 a4 52. Kf4 a3 53.
Nc2 a2 54. g5 Kc5 55. g6 Nd5+ 56. Kg5 Kc4 57. g7 Ne7 58. f4 Kc3 59. Na1 Kb2 60.
f5 Kxa1 61. f6 Kb1 62. fxe7 a1=Q 63. e8=Q Qa5+ 64. Kh6 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.06"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "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 "1959.10.07"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[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 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. e5 Qd7 15.
Nb3 Na4 16. Bg5 Nb4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb1 h6 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Nc5
g6 22. Bxg6 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 fxg6 24. Qxg6 Rf7 25. Qxh6+ Rh7 26. Qf6+ Qxf6 27.
exf6 Nd3 28. Rc6 Bd7 29. Rxa6 Rg8 30. h4 Nf4 31. g3 Nh3+ 32. Kg2 Bg4 33. Ne5
Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Re1 Bf5 36. f7 Rf8 37. gxf4 Rxh4+ 38. Kg3 Rh3+ 39. Kg2 Kg7
40. Re3 Rh5 41. Rg3+ Kh7 42. Rg5 1-0
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. Bd2 Nxc5 8.
e3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Bxd2 14. Qxd2
d5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.11"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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
Ndf6 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 "1959.10.13"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
a4 Ne5 16. O-O bxa4 17. Nb4 Qb7 18. Rxa4 Bd7 19. Ra3 Be7 20. Qd4 Rfc8 21. Bd2
Bb5 22. Rf2 a5 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qe3 Rxc2 26. Bc3 Rxf2 27. Nxf2 Qc7
28. Ra1 Qc4 29. h4 a4 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Qa7 Bf8 32. Rc1 Qb3 33. Qb7 Bf1+ 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.18"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
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 "1959.10.19"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Rb1 Bd7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. b3 b5 14. Bb2 Nc7 15.
Qc2 Qe7 16. Nd1 Bh6 17. f3 Nh5 18. Nf1 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Qc3 Bg7 21. Qc1
Bxb1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxb1 Nf4 24. Nfe3 Qe5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Nf5+ gxf5 27.
Rxe5 Rxe5 28. g3 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Kg8 30. Ne3 Nd4 31. f4 Re4 32. g4 Rxf4+ 33. Kg2
fxg4 34. Nc4 Nf3 35. Qc1 Rf6 36. Qe3 Kf8 37. Qe4 Rb8 38. Qxh7 Re8 39. Qh8+ Ke7
40. Qg7 Nh4+ 41. Kg1 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Rg6 43. Qc3 Nd4 44. b4 Kf8 45. Ne3 g3 46. h3
Rf6 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.21"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd4 h6 14. Bf4 Qd7
15. a3 Bh3 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re4 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Bd2 d4 21.
e3 Qd5 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe2 Nd6 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Kg1 Nc4 27. Ne1
Rb3 28. Rc1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qe5 30. Ng2 Rxb2 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Nf4 Rb3 33. Rc3 Rxc3
34. Qxc3 Qe4 35. Qb3 b5 36. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 g5 40.
Ne2 Ne5 41. Qxb7 Nd3 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qf5 Qd2 44. Nd4 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe3 46. Qd5
Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 Nf2+ 49. Kf5 Qd3+ 50. Ke5 Ng4+ 51. Kd6 Qxa3+ 52. Kc7
Qe7+ 53. Kc8 Ne3 54. Qb5 Qe4 55. Qb2 Kg6 56. Qb6+ f6 57. Ne6 Nc4 58. Qa6 Ne5
59. Nc7 Qc2 60. Qd6 Qxh2 61. Nd5 Qf2 62. Kb7 Qxg3 63. Qxf6+ Kh5 64. Qe6 Ng4 65.
Ne7 Qf3+ 66. Kc8 Kh4 67. Nf5+ Kh3 68. Kd8 h5 69. Qg6 Ne5 70. Qe6 Ng4 71. Qg6
Ne5 72. Qe6 Qd3+ 73. Nd4+ Ng4 74. Qd5 Nf2 75. Kc8 h4 76. Qe5 Qe4 77. Qf6 Qf4
78. Nf5 Ne4 79. Qe6 Qg4 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.22"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. a3
Bg4 9. Be3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 Be6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Kh2 Re8 14. Ng5 Bd7 15.
Qb3 Na5 16. Qb4 Nc6 17. Qb3 Na5 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.25"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bc4 a6 7. Bg5 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nxe6 Nxg3 14. fxg3
Ne5 15. Rxf8+ Rxf8 16. Qxd6 Rf6 17. Nc7+ Kf7 18. Rf1 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 Nc4 20.
Qxh6 Qc5 21. Nxa8 Nd2+ 22. Ke2 Bg4+ 23. Kd3 Qc4+ 24. Ke3 Qc5+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.26"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "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 Kc7 51. Rb5 Ba1 52. a4
b2 0-1
[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.29"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Na5 10. Qd2 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bd7 12. g4 Bc6 13. h4 h5 14. Bh6 Qb6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. gxh5 e5 17. Nf5+ gxf5 18. Qg5+ Kh7 19. Qxf5+ Kg8 20. Qxf6 Qe3+
21. Ne2 Kh7 22. Qf5+ Kh8 23. Qf6+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2
