| ECO C07 in 1977 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's kjarner in 55 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bd7 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O Nb4 11. Bc4 Bc6 12. d5 Bxd5 13. Qe2 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qd3 15. Qh4 Rg8 16. Qxf6 Be7 17. Qf4 Bd6 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. Qxb4 Qd5 20. g3 Rc8 21. Be3 a5 22. Qa4+ b5 23. Qxa5 Ra8 24. Qb6 Rb8 25. Rad1 Qf3 26. Qa7 Rg6 27. Rd7 Kf8 28. Qc5+ |
| ECO C04 in 1974 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's vaganian in 29 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Nb3 f6 7. Bb5 fxe5 8. dxe5 Nc5 9. Ng5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qf3 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qf7+ Kd8 15. Qf6+ |
| ECO C07 in 1971 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's uhlmann wolfgang in 37 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Bd7 7. Bg5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb4 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qxc3 12. Nf5 exf5 13. Re1+ Be6 14. Qd6 a6 15. Bd2 Qxc2 16. Bb4 axb5 17. Qf8+ Kd7 18. Red1+ Kc7 19. Qxa8 |
| ECO C18 in 1954 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's koblents alexand in 81 moves | 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Ne7 9. Nf3 Nbc6 10. Bd3 Bb8 11. Nbxd4 a6 12. Be3 Ba7 13. c3 h6 14. O-O Bd7 15. Qe1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Kh1 h5 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Nf5 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Rd1 h4 23. h3 Qe7 24. Be2 Bc6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rxf3 Rd8 27. Rfd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Qc7 29. Rc3 Qd7 30. Qc1 O-O 31. Rc7 Qd5 32. Qe1 Qd8 33. Rxb7 Qa8 34. Re7 Re8 35. Qxh4 Rxe7 36. Qxe7 Qe4 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. h4 Qa8 39. h5 Qh8 40. a4 Qf8 41. h6 |
| ECO B13 in 1949 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's leonov in 49 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 h6 6. Bf4 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. c3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nh7 15. Qh5 Re7 16. Na3 a6 17. Nc2 Qd7 18. Ne3 Qe8 19. Rf6 Qf8 20. Rf4 Bd7 21. Ng4 Be8 22. Nf6+ Nxf6 23. exf6 Rc7 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Qe5+ |
| ECO B12 in 1958 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's golombek harry in 69 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. O-O Nb6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. a4 a5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Ned5 14. Nce4 Nb4 15. Qe2 N6d5 16. f4 g6 17. Ra3 Be7 18. Bd2 Nc2 19. Rd3 Ndb4 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21. Rdd1 Rd8 22. Kh1 h5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Kf8 25. Ne4 h4 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. f5 gxf5 28. Qe3 b6 29. Qg5 Rh7 30. Rf4 bxc5 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+ Kd7 34. Qxf7+ Kd6 35. Qe7+ |
| ECO B11 in 1955 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's putjudrova in 81 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 Nd7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 Bd6 13. c4 h5 14. O-O Bf4 15. Bc3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Kf8 17. Rfe1 h4 18. Bc2 Rh6 19. Rd3 Qb8 20. Rf3 Nh5 21. Qe4 Qc7 22. d5 exd5 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. Bb4+ Bd6 25. Qxd5 Nf6 26. Qe5 Qxc2 27. Bxd6+ Kg8 28. Be7 Rd1 29. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 30. Kh2 Qa4 31. Rf4 Qc6 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Rg4 Rg6 35. Rxh4+ Rh6 36. Rxh6+ Kxh6 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. Qg8+ Kf5 39. Qxf7 Qd6+ 40. g3 Qd2 41. g4+ |
| ECO B12 in 1986 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's oll lembit in 43 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 h6 7. Ne6 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nf3 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. O-O c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. c5 Nxc5 15. Ba5 exd4 16. Qxd4+ Ncd7 17. Bxb6+ axb6 18. Rac1 e5 19. Qc4 Bc5 20. Rfd1 Rf8 21. b4 Bd4 22. Rxd4 |
| ECO B12 in 1981 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's miles a in 45 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. c4 Bb7 11. Bf4 Re8 12. Rad1 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Ne5 Qb6 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Rxd7 g6 17. b4 Bc8 18. bxc5 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Qf3 Qb2 21. Nxf7 Qg7 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Rxe7 |
| ECO B13 in 1972 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's pohla harry in 65 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qb3 Nxc3 8. Bc4 e6 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. O-O Bxa3 13. Qxa3 Qe7 14. Qc1 O-O 15. Qh6 Qf6 16. Ng5 Qg7 17. Qh4 b6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bb7 20. f4 Na5 21. Bxb7 Nxb7 22. f5 h6 23. f6 hxg5 24. fxg7 gxh4 25. gxf8=Q+ Rxf8 26. Rf4 g5 27. Ra4 Na5 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Rd5 Rxc3 30. Rxg5+ Kf8 31. h3 Nc6 32. Rxh4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 |
| ECO B11 in 1965 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's portisch lajos in 53 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nd7 7. d4 Ngf6 8. Bd3 Nxe4 9. Qxe4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. c3 Nf6 12. Qh4 Nd5 13. Qg4 Bf6 14. Re1 Qb6 15. c4 Nb4 16. Rxe6+ fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kf8 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. c5 Nxd3 20. cxb6 Nxf4 21. Qg4 Nd5 22. bxa7 Ke7 23. b4 Ra8 24. Re1+ Kd6 25. b5 Rxa7 26. Re6+ Kc7 27. Rxf6 |
| ECO B15 in 1963 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's broderman j in 41 moves | 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 |
| ECO B17 in 1986 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's oll lembit in 45 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Ng5 h6 7. Ne6 Qa5+ 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Nf3 fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. O-O c5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. c5 Nxc5 15. Ba5 exd4 16. Qxd4+ Ncd7 17. Bxb6+ axb6 18. Rac1 e5 19. Qc4 Bc5 20. Rfd1 Rf8 21. b4 Bd4 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qc7+ |
| ECO B16 in 1982 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's bronstein david in 38 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. O-O e6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. c4 c5 13. b4 cxb4 14. c5 Be7 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Rb1 Nb8 18. Bf4 Qd7 19. Bxb8 Kxb8 |
| ECO B12 in 1961 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's pachman ludek in 81 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bd7 6. h5 c5 7. c3 e6 8. f4 Qb6 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Na3 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O-O 12. Nc2 Kb8 13. Bd3 Nge7 14. Rb1 Na5 15. Bd2 Rc8 16. b4 Nc4 17. b5 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 g6 19. Nb3 Bxb5 20. Nc5 Rxc5 21. dxc5 Qa5+ 22. Qd2 Qxd2+ 23. Kxd2 Bxd3 24. Kxd3 Nc6 25. hxg6 fxg6 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Kxd4 Kc7 28. f5 gxf5 29. gxf5 Kc6 30. fxe6 Bxc5+ 31. Kd3 b6 32. Rbf1 h5 33. Rf7 a5 34. Rh4 Rh6 35. Rf6 Rh8 36. Rf5 Rg8 37. Rhxh5 Rg3+ 38. Ke2 d4 39. Rf3 Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Rxa2 41. Rf7 |
| ECO B12 in 1971 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's balashov yuri s in 61 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Qf3 e6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Ne2 Bg6 8. Bf4 Ndf6 9. Ng5 Nd5 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. Bd2 Nh6 12. O-O-O Bb4 13. c3 Be7 14. h4 Qd7 15. g3 O-O-O 16. c4 Nb6 17. Ba5 Nxc4 18. Bxd8 Rxd8 19. Nc3 Bxg5+ 20. hxg5 Nf5 21. Qe2 Nb6 22. g4 Nxd4 23. Qe5 Nf3 24. Qxg7 Qe7 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Qf6 Nxg5 27. Qh8+ Kd7 28. f4 Nf3 29. Rh3 Qc5 30. Rxf3 Qg1+ 31. Nd1 |
| ECO B10 in 1959 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's smyslov vasily in 51 moves | 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 |
| ECO B12 in 1974 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's bronstein david in 87 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bc4 Qe7+ 7. Qe2 Be6 8. Bb3 Nd7 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. O-O-O Nd5 11. Bd2 b5 12. Nf3 Qd7 13. Ne1 Be7 14. Nd3 O-O 15. Ba5 Rfe8 16. Qd2 Nb6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. b3 Bd5 22. f3 h5 23. Rhd1 h4 24. h3 Rac8 25. Rd4 Re2 26. R1d2 Rxd2 27. Kxd2 g5 28. Kd3 Kf8 29. a4 a6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Rxd5 cxd5 32. Kd4 Ke7 33. Kxd5 Kd7 34. b4 Re8 35. c6+ Kc8 36. c4 Re5+ 37. Kd4 bxc4 38. Kxc4 Re2 39. b5 Rc2+ 40. Kd5 Ra2 41. Bc3 Rxg2 42. b6 Rf2 43. b7+ Kb8 44. Bxf6 |
| ECO B14 in 1967 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's chistiakov alexa in 123 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bb5+ Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nb6 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Bc2 Qd6 18. Bb3 Rcd8 19. Bf4 Qb4 20. Ba4 N8d7 21. a3 Qb6 22. h3 Rf8 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nf6 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. Bxb3 Rfe8 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Ba5 Bd6 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Nxe8 32. Ke2 b6 33. Bd2 Be7 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Nd6 36. Kd3 Ke8 37. Bf4 Kd7 38. Be5 f6 39. Bf4 f5 40. Be5 Bf8 41. Bg8 h6 42. d5 g5 43. Be6+ Ke8 44. Bd4 b5 45. g3 Ke7 46. f3 Kd8 47. Bf6+ Ke8 48. h4 Be7 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Bxe7 Kxe7 51. Kd4 f4 52. gxf4 gxf4 53. Kc5 Nc4 54. Bc8 Nxb2 55. Bxa6 Nd3+ 56. Kd4 Ne1 57. Ke4 b4 58. axb4 Nc2 59. b5 Nb4 60. Bb7 Kd6 61. Bc6 Kc5 62. Kxf4 |
| ECO B15 in 1960 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's campomanes flore in 53 moves | 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. e6 fxe6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. h4 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. O-O-O e5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. h5 gxh5 16. Nfd4 Bg4 17. f3 e4 18. fxg4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd3 20. Rxd3 Ne4 21. Nf5 Qe5 22. Nxg7+ Qxg7 23. Rxd5 Nxg5 24. Qb5+ Kf7 25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. Qd3+ Kh6 27. Rh1 |