| ECO A25 in 1975 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's hort vlastimil in 65 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 d6 6. a3 Be6 7. b4 Bb6 8. d3 Qd7 9. h3 O-O 10. Nge2 Nd8 11. Na4 c6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bb2 Ne8 14. f4 f6 15. g4 Kh8 16. O-O Qe7 17. Qe1 Bf7 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Rd1 Nc7 20. Qf2 b5 21. c5 exf4 22. exf4 h6 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. cxd6 Qxd6 25. dxe4 Qe6 26. e5 fxe5 27. Bxe5 Nd5 28. Qb2 Qf7 29. Nh5 Rg8 30. f5 b6 31. Rfe1 Nb7 32. Qc1 Kh7 33. Qxc6 |
| ECO A16 in 1986 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's konopka michael in 85 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 e5 9. Bh6 Qe7 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Qe3 Re8 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. O-O Qb4 15. Ng5 Bd7 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Nc3 Qb4 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. a3 Qe7 20. Nb5 h6 21. Ne4 Bc8 22. b4 a6 23. Nbc3 Nd4 24. Qb2 c6 25. Nc5 h5 26. e3 Ne6 27. N3e4 Nxc5 28. bxc5 Nd5 29. Nd6 Rh8 30. Bxd5 cxd5 31. f4 Bh3 32. Rf2 f5 33. Qxe5+ Qxe5 34. fxe5 Rd7 35. Rb2 h4 36. Rxb7 Rxb7 37. Nxb7 hxg3 38. hxg3 Bg4 39. c6 d4 40. exd4 Bf3 41. Kf2 Bd5 42. Rc5 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 |
| ECO A30 in 1965 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's kovacs laszlo m in 59 moves | 1. c4 c5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3 Be7 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nc2 a5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. b3 f6 15. Bc1 Bb4 16. Re2 e5 17. a3 Bc3 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nc5 20. Ba3 Na4 21. b5 Ne7 22. Nxe5 Ba5 23. Bxe7 Nc3 24. Bd5+ Be6 25. Nd7 Bxd5 26. Nxb6 Bf3 27. Nxa8 Nxe2+ 28. Kf1 Rxe7 29. c5 Bg4 30. Kg2 |
| ECO A10 in 1955 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's lutikov anatoly by checkmate in 71 moves | 1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nh3 d6 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O Nc5 9. Nf4 e5 10. dxe6 c6 11. Qc2 Nxe6 12. Rd1 Ng4 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. c5 d5 15. e3 Qe7 16. Ne2 Rae8 17. Bd2 f4 18. Nxf4 Nxf2 19. Kxf2 g5 20. Re1 Bf5 21. Qb3 gxf4 22. gxf4 Rf6 23. e4 Bc8 24. exd5 Qxc5+ 25. Kf1 Ref8 26. Be3 Qa5 27. dxc6+ Be6 28. Qxb7 Bc4+ 29. Kg1 Rg6 30. Rad1 Bd5 31. Re2 Bxc6 32. Qb3+ Kh8 33. Rdd2 Rg8 34. Kh1 Rxg2 35. Rxg2 Bh6 36. Qxg8# |
| ECO A34 in 1955 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's mukhitdinov mama in 61 moves | 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bb5 e6 7. Ne5 Qc7 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Na4 Rd8 12. b3 Bf6 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qc1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Nxc5 Qe2 18. d4 Qh5 19. Qd1 Qh6 20. Qf3 Kh8 21. Rac1 Rg8 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nd6 Qf8 24. Nc4 Qh6 25. Ne5 Rg7 26. Rxc6 Qh4 27. Rfc1 h6 28. g3 Rag8 29. Rc8 Qh3 30. e4 fxe4 31. Nxf7+ |
| ECO A20 in 2004 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's brynell stellan in 79 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nge2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Nxc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 c5 9. Be2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 Qd6 11. O-O Nc6 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Bb2 Re8 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bf3 f6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. fxe5 Rxe5 19. Rfc1 Bd7 20. Ra6 Rh5 21. g3 Rd5 22. Qc4 Kh8 23. Bd4 Qe6 24. Bc3 Qh3 25. Qf1 Qh5 26. e4 Rb5 27. e5 Bh3 28. Qf2 fxe5 29. Rxa7 Rab8 30. Re1 h6 31. Re7 Re8 32. Qe2 Qg6 33. Qe4 Qh5 34. g4 Bxg4 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Qxg4 Qe7 37. Qf5 e4 38. Qxe4 Rg5+ 39. Kh1 Qc5 40. Ra1 |
| ECO A16 in 1954 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's barden leonard in 109 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. Qd2 f5 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Bd3 Nc5 11. Bc2 a5 12. Nge2 Bd7 13. exf5 gxf5 14. h3 f4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Ne4 b6 17. N2c3 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Rhe1 Rh6 20. Re2 Qf8 21. Rde1 Re8 22. Ba4 Rd6 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Qc2 Rd6 25. Nb5 Rd7 26. Qe4 Qf6 27. d6 cxd6 28. Rd1 Qd8 29. Rd3 Kh8 30. Nc3 Rf8 31. Red2 Rff7 32. Qc6 Bf8 33. Ne4 Qc7 34. Qxc7 Rxc7 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Rxd6 Rb7 37. Re2 Rfe7 38. Rd5 Rbd7 39. Rexe5 Rxd5 40. Rxe7 Rg5 41. Re2 Kg7 42. Kd2 Kf6 43. Ke1 Re5 44. b3 h5 45. h4 Rxe2+ 46. Kxe2 Ke5 47. a4 Kd4 48. Kd2 Ke5 49. Kd3 Kf5 50. Ke2 Ke5 51. Kf2 Kd4 52. g4 fxg3+ 53. Kxg3 Ke5 54. Kg2 Kd4 55. f4 |
| ECO A16 in 1955 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's geller efim in 87 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4 Bb4 9. Qe2 a5 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 b6 14. f4 Ng6 15. Bg2 Ba6 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. h4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qxc4 19. h5 Qxe2+ 20. Kxe2 Ne7 21. h6 d5 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. g4 Rfe8+ 26. Kf3 h6 27. Rac1 Kg6 28. f5+ Kg7 29. Bd4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Re4 31. Rd1 b5 32. b3 a4 33. b4 Re8 34. Bb2 Rb8 35. Rxd5 Rb6 36. Bd4 Kh7 37. Bxf6 Rxf6 38. Rxb5 Rd6 39. Ke4 Kg7 40. Ra5 Kf6 41. Rxa4 Rb6 42. Kf4 Rb7 43. Ra6+ Kg7 44. Ke5 |
| ECO A16 in 1955 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's kashdan isaac in 41 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Be3 Nh5 9. Qd2 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. O-O-O Qf6 12. Bd3 Na6 13. Nge2 Nc5 14. Bc2 f4 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. Ne4 Qa6 17. d6 Qxc4 18. N2c3 Qd4 19. Qe2 Qe3+ 20. Qxe3 fxe3 21. d7 |
| ECO A13 in 2001 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's semasev kim in 85 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. d4 Ne4 7. Nc3 f5 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 exd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Qc2 g6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Ba5 Nb6 15. a4 Be6 16. Rfc1 Bd6 17. f4 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. b4 Nf6 21. b5 Ne4 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Rab1 a6 24. bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxb7 Rxa4 26. Nc6 Qe8 27. Bb4 Bd7 28. Bxd6 Bxc6 29. Rxc7 Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Qa8 31. Be5 Ra1 32. h3 h5 33. Kh2 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Qc8 35. Qc5 Qd7 36. Qb6 Qc8 37. Kg3 Qe6 38. Qd8+ Be8 39. Qg5 Kf7 40. Qh6 Ke7 41. Kh4 Bd7 42. Qg7+ Ke8 43. Kg5 |
| ECO A13 in 1961 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's kholmov ratmir in 111 moves | 1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Nf6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Rac8 18. a3 Be8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd6 22. Be4 b6 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qa6 Ne7 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. Rxc8 Nxc8 27. Nd2 Nd6 28. Bd5 Qc7 29. Bc4 Bd7 30. Bf1 Be6 31. Qd3 g6 32. g3 Kf8 33. Kh2 Ke7 34. Bg2 Qc1 35. b4 f5 36. e4 Qb2 37. Qe3 g5 38. exf5 Nxf5 39. Qd3 Qd4 40. Qc2 Qd7 41. Nf3 Kf6 42. Qe4 Qd6 43. Qa8 Qc7 44. Qh8+ Qg7 45. Qb8 e4 46. Qe5+ Kf7 47. Qxe4 Qb2 48. g4 Ne7 49. Qh7+ Ke8 50. Qxh6 Bd5 51. Qxg5 Qxa3 52. Qf4 a5 53. Qb8+ Kd7 54. Qa7+ Ke8 55. Ne5 Be6 56. Qxb6 |
| ECO A25 in 1959 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's basilev in 75 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. O-O O-O 7. Rb1 a5 8. a3 d6 9. b4 axb4 10. axb4 Nd4 11. Ne1 c6 12. e3 Ne6 13. Qb3 Nc7 14. b5 Be6 15. b6 Na6 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. d3 Bxe4 20. dxe4 Ra6 21. Bh3 Qa8 22. Rd1 Nc8 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd3 Ra3 25. Qb2 Ra2 26. Qb1 Ra5 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Rfd1 f6 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Nb2 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Ra6 32. Qd1 Qe8 33. Rd8 Qe6 34. Rb8 Qe7 35. Na4 h5 36. Rc8 Qe6 37. Qd8 Qf7 38. Nxc5 |
| ECO A17 in 1956 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's gromek e in 61 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O Qe7 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd3 g6 14. Bh6 Re8 15. c5 Bc7 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Rhe1 a5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Qe3 Be6 21. Bg5 Qf7 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qb3 Qf5 24. h4 a4 25. Qxb7 a3 26. Re2 axb2+ 27. Rxb2 Ra4 28. Rc2 Bd8 29. Bh6 Qf6 30. Rd7 Be7 31. Bg5 |
| ECO A22 in 1955 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's penrose jonathan in 82 moves | 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Be6 6. Qb3 Nb4 7. Qa4+ N4c6 8. Qb5 Qc8 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Ng5 Bf5 11. Nge4 O-O 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. O-O Na6 14. d3 Nc7 15. Qb3 Ne6 16. Be3 Ned4 17. Bxd4 Nxd4 18. Qd5 Rd8 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. e3 Nc6 21. Ne4 Rac8 22. a3 Qe7 23. b4 a6 24. Qb3 Be6 25. Qb2 Na7 26. Nc3 d5 27. Na4 d4 28. exd4 exd4 29. Nc5 Bd5 30. Re1 Qf6 31. Nxb7 Bxb7 32. Bxb7 Rc3 33. Qe2 h6 34. Qe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Rxd3 36. Bxa6 Nc6 37. Bxd3 Nxe7 38. b5 Nd5 39. Rb1 Nb6 40. Rc1 Ra8 41. Rc6 Rxa3 |
| ECO A15 in 1972 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's kholmov ratmir in 83 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. d3 b6 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. d4 Rfd8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Qb1 Rac8 16. e4 Nf6 17. e5 Nd7 18. Ne4 Qb8 19. Rfe1 Bb4 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 Qxd6 22. Rc4 e5 23. Nh4 g6 24. Rd1 Qf6 25. Bd5 g5 26. Rd3 Nd4 27. Rxc8 Bxd5 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Bxd4 Be4 30. Bxe5 Qe8 31. Bb2 Bxd3 32. Qxd3 gxh4 33. Qd4 f6 34. Qxh4 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. h3 Kg7 37. Qf4 Qd1 38. Qe4 Qd3 39. Qb7+ Kg6 40. Qa8 Kf5 41. Bxe5 Kxe5 42. f4+ |
| ECO A16 in 1953 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's suetin alexei s in 99 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Qa4 Qd7 9. Nf3 f6 10. Be3 e5 11. Ne4 Ne6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Qc2 Be7 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Rxb2 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Qxc6+ Qxc6 19. Nxc6 Bh3 20. f3 O-O 21. Kf2 Re8 22. Nd4 Rxa2 23. Ra1 Rb2 24. Rxa7 Rb4 25. Nc2 Rb2 26. Rc7 Bf5 27. Ra1 h5 28. Raa7 Kh8 29. e4 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Rc7 Ba6 32. Ke3 Kg8 33. h4 Rb3 34. Rd7 Bb5 35. Rd4 Kf7 36. f4 g6 37. Ne1 Rb2 38. Rd6 Ba4 39. e5 fxe5 40. fxe5 Bd1 41. Nf3 Re2+ 42. Kd4 Rg2 43. Ng5+ Ke7 44. Ne4 Kf7 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. e6 g5 47. e7 Ba4 48. hxg5 Rb2 49. Rf8 Rb4+ 50. Ke3 |
| ECO A36 in 2002 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's ljubisavljevic z in 91 moves | 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 e5 6. Rb1 a5 7. e4 Nge7 8. Nge2 d6 9. d3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nb5 Qb6 13. b4 a4 14. f4 Bd7 15. f5 gxf5 16. Qh5 f4 17. gxf4 f5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bg5 Rae8 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. exf5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Be4 Qb6 24. Kh1 Qh6 25. Qf3 Rc7 26. Bxb7 Rc2 27. Qg3 Qe3 28. Rf3 Rc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Qg1 Qxg1+ 31. Kxg1 Kf7 32. Be4 Bh6 33. f6 Bf4 34. Rf1 Rc8 35. b5 Rb8 36. Rb1 Rb6 37. Bxh7 e4 38. Bxe4 Kxf6 39. Bc6 Bd6 40. Kf2 Rb8 41. b6 Bxa3 42. Bxa4 Kf7 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. b7 Rh8 45. Bd7 Bb8 46. Bc8 |
| ECO A16 in 2003 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's schuler georg in 60 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. a3 Nc6 6. Rb1 Rb8 7. b4 cxb4 8. axb4 O-O 9. e3 d6 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. d3 Bf5 12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bf3 14. O-O Qc8 15. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 16. Kg2 Ne5 17. Be3 b6 18. f4 Ned7 19. g4 Qb7 20. Qd2 Rbc8 21. Ng3 e6 22. Kg1 d5 23. e5 Ne8 24. c5 Nb8 25. d4 Nc6 26. f5 Qc7 27. Nb5 Qd7 28. f6 Bh8 29. Ra1 a5 30. bxa5 Nxa5 |
| ECO A16 in 1975 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's vaganian rafael in 83 moves | 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 Nc6 9. Be3 h6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. Nd2 Nd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nb5 c6 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 Rb8 16. Nb3 Qa4 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. Nc5 Qd4 19. e3 Qd8 20. h4 Nd7 21. h5 g5 22. f4 Nxc5 23. fxg5 Ne6 24. Rxf7+ Kg8 25. gxh6 Kxf7 26. Qf2+ Kg8 27. Qf5 Rf8 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Be4 Rf7 30. Qxf7 Qg8 31. Qxe7 Qxg3+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Kf2 Qh2+ 34. Ke1 Qg1+ 35. Ke2 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kf2 Qh2+ 38. Bg2 Bd7 39. Qf6+ Kh7 40. Qf5+ Kg8 41. Rh1 Qc7 42. Qg6+ |
| ECO A10 in 2001 play it! taimanov mark e defeats black's skjoldborg jespe by checkmate in 63 moves | 1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. O-O a5 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. Qc1 e4 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. c5 Qf6 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Bd7 19. Rfe1 c6 20. f4 Rac8 21. d6 e6 22. Re5 g5 23. Bf1 gxf4 24. Qxf4 b6 25. cxb6 Qd8 26. Qd4 Kg8 27. Rxa5 Rb8 28. Ra7 Rf7 29. Bc4 Rxb6 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Bxe6+ Kf8 32. Qh8# |