| ECO B52 in 1974 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's balashov yury in 107 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 Qg4 7. d5 Nd4 8. Nbd2 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Nf6 10. Qxg4 Nxg4 11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. h3 Nf6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Bf4 Rf8 17. Bh2 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Bc7 19. Ke2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nh5 21. Ke3 g5 22. b3 a5 23. g4 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Rxf4 25. Nf3 h6 26. a4 b6 27. Nd2 Be5 28. f3 Rf8 29. Ne4 Kc7 30. Rh1 Bf4+ 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rxh4 Ke7 34. Nf2 Rd8 35. Nd3 Bg5 36. Rh1 e5 37. Rd1 Ke6 38. Nf2 Rd4 39. Ne4 Bf4 40. Rd3 Bg5 41. Rd1 Bf4 42. Nc3 Bg5 43. Nd5 Bd8 44. Rh1 Bg5 45. Rd1 Bd8 46. Rd3 Kf7 47. Nc3 Be7 48. Nb5 e4 49. Re3 Rd7 50. Rxe4 Bf6 51. f4 Bb2 52. f5 Kf6 53. Re6+ Kg5 54. Kf3 |
| ECO B96 in 1973 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's nn in 35 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Qg4 Qxe5 13. Bd3 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Rhe1 h5 16. Nxe6 Be7 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Nc7+ |
| ECO B94 in 1956 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's yukhtman yakov in 85 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Qe2 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rad1 Qh5 14. Qe1 g5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Bd5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 dxe5 21. Rxe5 O-O 22. Rxe7 Rac8 23. Qe4 b5 24. Re1 Rcd8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qg6 27. Ra7 Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. g3 Re6 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Rd8 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qf6+ 34. Ke3 Qxd8 35. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kg6 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. g4 Ke6 39. b4 h5 40. gxh5 f5+ 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. a4 g4 43. b5 |
| ECO B94 in 1964 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's kalton n in 45 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rhe1 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e5 b4 14. Nxe6 bxc3 15. Nxg7+ Kd7 16. Qf4 cxb2+ 17. Kb1 Bd5 18. Qxf6 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Rc1+ 20. Rxc1 bxc1=Q+ 21. Rxc1 Qxe5 22. Qxf7+ Be7 23. Qf5+ |
| ECO B40 in 1982 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's romanishin oleg in 79 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Ne5 12. Qd2 Qd6 13. Qc1 Qc5 14. Kh1 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. e5 b5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Qd1 Rac8 21. Qe2 Bd5 22. b3 Qc6 23. Rae1 Bb4 24. Rd1 Be7 25. Nd2 Qc3 26. Be1 Qb2 27. Ne4 Qa3 28. Qh5 Rc6 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Qb2 31. f5 exf5 32. Bxf5 Rxf6 33. Rxd5 Ne7 34. Rc5 Nxf5 35. Rcxf5 g6 36. Qg4 Rxf5 37. Rxf5 Re8 38. Rf1 Qc1 39. Qg3 Qxc2 40. Qf3 |
| ECO B41 in 1963 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's vladimirov boris in 133 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nf3 d5 8. Nbd2 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be4 Qc5 14. h3 Bd7 15. Re1 O-O 16. c3 Rad8 17. Qc2 g6 18. b4 Qd6 19. Nb3 b6 20. a4 Qc7 21. Qe2 Be6 22. Nbd2 a5 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. b5 Nb8 25. c4 Be7 26. Bd5 Bb4 27. Ne4 Bxe1 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe1 Nd7 31. Bc6 Re7 32. Qb2 f6 33. g4 h6 34. Qc2 Nc5 35. Nh4 Bf7 36. Bd5 Ne6 37. Re3 Qc5 38. Rg3 Nf4 39. Bxf7 Rxf7 40. Rf3 Qd4 41. Rxf4 Qxf4 42. Qxg6+ Kf8 43. Qd3 Qd4 44. Qa3+ Qc5 45. Qd3 Qd4 46. Qa3+ Kg8 47. Nf5 Qd2 48. Qf3 h5 49. Qc6 Kh7 50. Nd6 Rf8 51. Qd7+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kh8 53. Qe7 Kg8 54. Nf5 Qg5 55. Qd7 Kh8 56. Qd6 Rg8 57. Ne3 hxg4 58. hxg4 Qf4 59. Kf1 Rg6 60. Qxb6 Rh6 61. Qd8+ Kh7 62. Qd7+ Kh8 63. Qc8+ Kh7 64. Qf5+ Kg8 65. b6 Rh1+ 66. Ke2 Qd4 67. Qc8+ |
| ECO B94 in 1971 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's vooremaa andres in 71 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8. Qd2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Ne5 11. Be2 g5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. f4 gxf4 14. Rxf4 Ng6 15. Rf2 Nh5 16. Nb3 Qg5 17. Bxh5 Qxh5 18. Bxd6 Qg5 19. Qd4 e5 20. Qb4 O-O 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Qb6 Be6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Rad8 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. Qe3 b6 27. c4 Qh4 28. c5 bxc5 29. Nxc5 Qh5 30. Rdf1 Nf4 31. Ne4 Rg6 32. Kh1 f5 33. Nc5 Rd6 34. Ne6 Qf7 35. Nxf8 Rxd5 36. Qb3 |
| ECO B97 in 1973 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's zilberstein davi in 65 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Nb3 Qa3 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nb1 Qa4 14. c4 Qb4 15. Qe3 Bg7 16. a3 Qa4 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. Nc3 Qxb3 19. Rfb1 Qc2 20. Ra2 h4 21. Qe1 Qxa2 22. Nxa2 f5 23. exf5 exf5 24. Bf3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Nd8 26. Nc3 Bd7 27. Nd5 Ne6 28. Qb4 Bc6 29. Qxd6+ Kg7 30. Nc7 Nxc7 31. Qxd4+ Kg6 32. Rg1 Rad8 33. Qe5 |
| ECO B99 in 1961 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's koblenz in 63 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. e5 Bb7 13. exf6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 d5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bh5+ g6 17. Bxg6+ Kf8 18. fxe7+ Kg7 19. Bg3 Nf6 20. Rhe1 b4 21. Rxe6 bxc3 22. f5 Qb7 23. b3 Qd7 24. Be5 Qxe6 25. fxe6 Kxg6 26. Rf1 Nh7 27. Bxh8 Rxh8 28. Rf8 Rxf8 29. exf8=Q Nxf8 30. e7 Kf7 31. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 32. Kd1 |
| ECO B94 in 1963 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's bobotsov milko in 83 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. O-O-O h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Bc4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxd4 12. Nf6+ exf6 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Qa7 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qc7 18. Qxa6 Rxb7 19. Qxd6 Qa5 20. Kb1 Ra8 21. Qd5 Rba7 22. Bg3 Bf8 23. c3 Qxa2+ 24. Qxa2 Rxa2 25. Kc2 Ba3 26. Rb1 Bc5 27. Red1 b4 28. Rd5 Bf8 29. c4 Rc8 30. Bd6 Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Ra5 32. Kb3 Rf5 33. Rd2 Rf4 34. Rc1 Rb8 35. c5 Rc8 36. c6 Re4 37. c7 Kf8 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. Kxb4 Ke7 41. Kb5 Kd7 42. Kb6 |
| ECO B33 in 1958 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's malich burkhard in 53 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bh6+ 13. Kb1 Bf4 14. Ne2 Be5 15. Qd2 Qc7 16. g3 Rc8 17. Bh3 Qc4 18. Nf4 Ke7 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc5 22. Rhe1 a5 23. Bf5 Qb4 24. Rxe5+ fxe5 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Qf6 Rg8 27. Be6 |
| ECO B75 in 1958 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's nn in 39 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Bd7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. Kb1 Qa5 11. g4 h6 12. h4 a6 13. Be2 Ne5 14. g5 hxg5 15. hxg5 Rxh1 16. gxf6 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Qxd2 18. fxg7 e6 19. g8=Q+ Ke7 20. Qxc8 |
| ECO B83 in 1963 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's ustinov georgy in 65 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qg3 Qa5 13. a3 a6 14. Rae1 Rae8 15. Kh1 g6 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Qe3 Qd8 18. Be2 Ng7 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. Qh3 b5 21. Qh6 f6 22. Rd3 Qa8 23. Rh3 Kf7 24. Bf3 Rh8 25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Bxf3 27. Rhxf3 g5 28. Re3 Bd8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. Re1 Qc6 31. Re6 Rf8 32. Qxh7+ Ng7 33. Ne4 |
| ECO B97 in 1983 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's szekely peter hu in 69 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Ne4 f5 16. Rb3 Qa4 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Nc6 20. Rd1 Rg8 21. Bf3 Qa5 22. Qd6 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bb5 24. c4 Ba4 25. Rxb7 Kf8 26. Qd6+ Kg7 27. Qxe6 Rgf8 28. Bd5 Qc3 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Re1 Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Ra7 35. Re6+ |
| ECO B96 in 1963 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's nn in 37 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nfd7 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qg4 Qb6 14. Rd6 Bxd6 15. Qxe6+ Kf8 16. Bc4 bxc4 17. Rf1+ Nf6 18. Rxf6+ gxf6 19. Bh6+ |
| ECO B33 in 1962 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's mohrlok d in 61 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. g6 fxg6 16. h5 gxh5 17. Rxh5 Nf6 18. Rg5 Ne5 19. Qg2 Bf8 20. Be2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nd4 Rb8 23. Rh1 Rb7 24. Rh6 Kf7 25. Rh4 Qb6 26. Nd1 Qc7 27. f4 h6 28. Rg6 Re8 29. f5 e5 30. Nc3 Qd8 31. Nc6 |
| ECO B54 in 1973 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's langeweg kick in 59 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 e6 9. f4 Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Rae1 Bc6 15. Bd3 Rad8 16. Kh1 Qb7 17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Rfe8 20. Bg5 Nh5 21. f6 Bf8 22. Qh4 h6 23. Bc1 a5 24. Nd5 Rd7 25. Rf3 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Qg4 Re6 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qxg6+ Ng7 30. Bxh6 |
| ECO B46 in 1984 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's zapata alonso in 87 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Qh3 O-O 12. Rad1 f6 13. Bc1 Bf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Qg3 Ne5 17. f4 b5 18. fxe5 bxa4 19. exf6 Qxg3 20. hxg3 Rxf6 21. Rf4 Rb8 22. b3 axb3 23. axb3 e5 24. Rf3 Rbb6 25. Rxf6 gxf6 26. Bg4 Bb7 27. Bf5 d6 28. Kf2 h6 29. Ke3 Kg7 30. g4 Kf7 31. Rd3 Ke7 32. Kd2 Rb4 33. c4 Bc6 34. Rh3 Rb8 35. Rxh6 Rxb3 36. g5 fxg5 37. c5 Bb5 38. cxd6+ Kf8 39. d7 Rd3+ 40. Kc2 Kg7 41. Rb6 Rd4 42. Rb8 Bd3+ 43. Kc1 Bxe4 44. Bg4 |
| ECO B33 in 1973 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's n n in 51 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 Nd7 11. e5 d5 12. f5 Bc5 13. Qf4 h6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Bd3 Nf8 16. Rhf1 Qc7 17. Nb5 Be3+ 18. Qxe3 axb5 19. Qf4 hxg5 20. Bxb5+ Kd8 21. Qxf8+ Rxf8 22. Rxf8+ Ke7 23. Re8+ Kf7 24. Rf1+ Kg6 25. Bd3+ Kh5 26. Rh8+ |
| ECO B92 in 1961 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's najdorf miguel in 97 moves | 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Bg5 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Bg5 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. c3 f5 15. Bf3 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe7 18. Qd5 Rf6 19. Nd2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qc7 21. Re1 Raf8 22. Re3 g6 23. Be4 Kg7 24. Rf3 Rxf3 25. Bxf3 Rf6 26. Be4 Qf7 27. Qb3 Qxb3 28. axb3 Nd8 29. b4 Kf7 30. Rd5 Ke8 31. b5 axb5 32. Rxb5 Rf7 33. Rb6 Kd7 34. Bd5 Rf4 35. g3 Ra4 36. Bxb7 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Kc7 38. Ra6 Rb1 39. Bd5 Rxb2 40. Ra7+ Nb7 41. Kf3 Kb8 42. Ra6 Kc7 43. Ra8 Nc5 44. Ra7+ Nb7 45. h4 Kb8 46. Ra6 Kc7 47. Ra8 Rb5 48. c4 Rb3+ 49. Kg4 |