| ECO C40 in 1964 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's lutikov anatoly in 61 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Qe2 f5 5. d3 Nf6 6. dxe4 fxe4 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Qb5+ c6 9. Qxb4 exf3 10. Bg5 cxd5 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Qa3 Be6 13. Bc4 Qe7 14. Nxd5 Qxa3 15. Nc7+ Ke7 16. Rhe1 Qc5 17. Rxe6+ Kf8 18. Rxf6+ gxf6 19. Ne6+ Ke7 20. Nxc5 fxg5 21. Rd7+ Kf6 22. Rd6+ Ke7 23. Re6+ Kd8 24. Nxb7+ Kc7 25. Bd5 Nb4 26. Bxf3 Rae8 27. Nc5 Nxa2+ 28. Kb1 Rxe6 29. Nxe6+ Kd7 30. Nc5+ Kd6 31. Nd3 |
| ECO C92 in 1968 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's mosionzhik ilia in 63 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nb6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nbd2 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nh2 Nc6 17. Rxa8 Nxa8 18. Qe2 Nc7 19. Ndf3 h5 20. Nf1 Ba6 21. Rd1 b4 22. Qe1 Qa8 23. Ne3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rd8 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Ne7 27. Nxe5 Rxd5 28. Nd7 Bh4 29. g3 Rxd1 30. Qxd1 Ng6 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. gxh4 |
| ECO C99 in 1964 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's gudmundsson in 83 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. Nf1 d5 15. Nxe5 dxe4 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qb7 22. Re1 Nc4 23. Qg4 Rac8 24. Bg5 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Be7 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28. exf6 g6 29. Qf4 Qb6 30. Rc7 h5 31. g3 Qd6 32. Rc8 Kh7 33. Rxd8 Qxd8 34. Qe5 Qc8 35. Qe7 Kg8 36. Kh2 Qe6 37. Qxe6 fxe6 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 g5 40. Kg3 Kf7 41. Kf3 Kxf6 42. Ke4 |
| ECO C82 in 1950 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's miglan in 41 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Qd1 O-O 14. b3 Na5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Nxe6+ Rxe6 19. b4 Bxb4 20. cxb4 Rxe5 21. Bxh6 |
| ECO C90 in 1951 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's gradus in 47 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. h3 Qc7 11. d4 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Rd8 15. Qe2 Be6 16. Ne3 Nh5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 e4 21. gxf6 exf3 22. Qxf3 Re5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxc6 |
| ECO C84 in 1953 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's straume in 115 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Nb6 10. Qg4 Nxa4 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bh6 d5 13. Qxh7 Bd7 14. Nd2 Bb5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Ne4 Nxb2 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Rfe1 Qd4 20. Re4 Qc5 21. e6 Kd6 22. e7 Kc6 23. Qxf7 Bxe7 24. Rxe7 Kb6 25. Rxc7 Qd4 26. Rxb7+ Ka5 27. Qd5 Rd8 28. Qxd4 Rxd4 29. h3 c3 30. Rc1 Kb4 31. Re7 Bc4 32. Ne4 Rd1+ 33. Rxd1 Nxd1 34. Nxc3 Nxc3 35. h4 Bxa2 36. h5 a5 37. h6 Bb1 38. h7 Bxh7 39. Rxh7 a4 40. g4 a3 41. Ra7 Na4 42. Rb7+ Kc3 43. Rb1 Kc2 44. Re1 Nc3 45. g5 a2 46. g6 Nb1 47. g7 a1=Q 48. g8=Q Kd2 49. Qe6 Qg7+ 50. Kf1 Nc3 51. Qe3+ Kc2 52. Rc1+ Kb3 53. Qxc3+ Qxc3 54. Rxc3+ Kxc3 55. Ke2 Kd4 56. Kf3 Ke5 57. Kg4 Kf6 58. Kf4 |
| ECO C91 in 1968 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's gligoric svetoza in 131 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Na5 15. d5 Nd7 16. Nbd2 Bf6 17. Rb1 Ne5 18. h3 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Re8 21. Bf4 Be5 22. Bd2 Nb7 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. Rbd1 Bf4 25. Qf3 Bg5 26. Qd3 Bxd2 27. e5 Qh6 28. Rxd2 c4 29. bxc4 bxc4 30. Qc3 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 dxe5 32. Re2 Nd6 33. Qxe5 Qc1+ 34. Kh2 Qa3 35. Qf4 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Nxe8 37. Qxc4 g6 38. Bb3 Nd6 39. Qd4 Qc1 40. Qa4 a5 41. Qd4 Nf5 42. Qd1 Qb2 43. Kg1 Nd6 44. Qg4 Qe5 45. g3 h5 46. Qa4 Nf5 47. Qxa5 Nxg3 48. fxg3 Qxg3+ 49. Kf1 Qxh3+ 50. Ke2 Qg4+ 51. Kd3 Qg3+ 52. Kc4 h4 53. Kc5 Qe3+ 54. Kc6 Qe8+ 55. Kb7 h3 56. Qc7 Kg7 57. Qc3+ f6 58. Qxh3 Qb5+ 59. Kc7 Qc5+ 60. Kd7 Qa7+ 61. Ke8 Qb8+ 62. Ke7 Qe5+ 63. Qe6 Qc7+ 64. Qd7 Qe5+ 65. Kd8+ Kf8 66. Kc8 |
| ECO C94 in 1970 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's tukmakov vladimi in 59 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Nc5 13. Bc2 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 c5 18. Ng5 d5 19. exd5 Nb6 20. bxc5 Nbxd5 21. d4 h6 22. Nxf7 Kxf7 23. dxe5 Bxc5 24. exf6 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qxf6 26. Ne4 Qe7 27. Qe2 Rd8 28. Qxb5 Qxe4 29. Qxb7+ Kf8 30. Be3 |
| ECO C66 in 1961 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's book eero in 95 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. e5 Ng4 11. Nxc6 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. Qe2 f6 15. Be3 Be6 16. f3 a6 17. Ne4 Re8 18. Nf2 Qb7 19. b3 Qc6 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. Qf2 Bf5 22. Re1 e4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Rad1 Bg6 25. c4 Rad8 26. Nf4 Bb4 27. Rf1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qe4 29. Nd5 Bd6 30. Bf4 Bh5 31. Rf1 Bxf4 32. Qxf4 c5 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxf6 Re1+ 35. Rf1 Re5 36. Rf5 Rxf5 37. Ne7+ Kf8 38. Nxf5 Bg6 39. Nd6 Bb1 40. Nb7 Bxa2 41. Nxc5 Ke7 42. Kf2 a5 43. Ke3 a4 44. bxa4 Bxc4 45. Kd4 Bf1 46. g3 Kd6 47. Ne4+ Kc6 48. Ng5 |
| ECO C72 in 1977 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's tatai stefano in 57 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Re1 Be7 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bf6 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Re2 Nf8 15. f4 Ne6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rae1 Nf8 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Nxb2 Nd7 20. Nc4 Qb8 21. Kh1 Qa7 22. e5 d5 23. Na5 Qb6 24. b4 c5 25. Qxd5 cxb4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Kf8 28. Qxd7 Rxe6 29. Qxe6 |
| ECO C78 in 1955 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's neishtadt yakov in 73 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be7 8. a4 b4 9. a5 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. Be3 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Qc2 Na7 15. Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 Qd7 17. Ba4 c6 18. Nb3 Bf5 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 f6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Nc5 Nc8 25. Rfe1 Kf7 26. Re3 Ne7 27. Rb3 Rb8 28. Nxa6 Ra8 29. Nc5 Rxa5 30. Rxb4 Bc8 31. Re1 Nf5 32. Rb8 Be6 33. Rb7+ Kg6 34. Nxe6 Rxa4 35. g4 Nxd4 36. Rxg7+ Kh6 37. g5+ |
| ECO C89 in 1967 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's tigran petrosian in 75 moves | 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 Nc6 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Qd2 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Bb1 Re6 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Qg5 Rc5 24. Qe3 Rc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Nd4 Re5 28. Nf3 Rc5 29. Rc1 Qc6 30. Nd4 Qe8 31. Re1 Re5 32. Nf3 Re6 33. Qb6 Bxe4 34. Nd4 Nd5 35. Qxa6 Re7 36. Qc6 Nf6 37. Qxd6 Re6 38. Nxe6 |
| ECO C89 in 1967 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's petrosian tigran in 75 moves | 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 Nc6 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Qd2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 exd4 20. Rad1 Rc8 21. Bb1 Re6 22. Rxd4 Qe7 23. Qg5 Rc5 24. Qe3 Rc4 25. Rxc4 bxc4 26. Ne2 Qc7 27. Nd4 Re5 28. Nf3 Rc5 29. Rc1 Qc6 30. Nd4 Qe8 31. Re1 Re5 32. Nf3 Re6 33. Qb6 Bxe4 34. Nd4 Nd5 35. Qxa6 Re7 36. Qc6 Nf6 37. Qxd6 Re6 38. Nxe6 |
| ECO C87 in 1964 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's shamkovich leoni in 83 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bf6 13. Qd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd7 15. Kg2 Ne7 16. Rg1 g6 17. Kh1 d5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Rxg5 c6 20. Ne2 Rad8 21. Rd1 Na8 22. Qe3 Nc7 23. Rdg1 Kh8 24. R5g3 Ng8 25. Bc2 Ne6 26. Rd1 Qe7 27. a3 Rd7 28. b4 Nf6 29. Rh3 Ng8 30. Rg1 dxe4 31. fxe4 Rfd8 32. Rd1 Kg7 33. f4 Nc7 34. f5 f6 35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Rg1 Ne6 37. e5 Nf8 38. Bxg6 Nxg6 39. Nf4 Qf7 40. e6 Re7 41. exf7 Rxe3 42. fxg8=Q+ |
| ECO C89 in 1950 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's pliss in 73 moves | 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 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15. Bb1 Nc6 16. Ne3 exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Nxd4 Bf6 20. Be3 Nc4 21. b3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Rfe8 23. Rf1 Qc3 24. Rxf6 gxf6 25. Bf5 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Bxf5 27. Nxf5 Qe2 28. Qd4 Re5 29. Nxd6 Rc2 30. Rg1 Rxa2 31. Qa7 Qh5 32. Qa8+ Kg7 33. Ne8+ Kg6 34. d6 Rd5 35. Nc7 Rxd6 36. Qg8+ Kf5 37. g4+ |
| ECO C81 in 1967 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's geller efim in 47 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8 15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ne7 19. Rab1 Qa5 20. c4 Rfe8 21. Ng5 Ng6 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Qf3 |
| ECO C66 in 1990 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's meyer in 57 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Rxd8 11. Nxe5 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Rd7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Rxd7 Rxd7 16. Kf1 Ne8 17. Ke2 h6 18. f3 g5 19. Be3 a5 20. Rd1 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Nd6 22. a4 Nc8 23. Bd2 Ne7 24. b3 Bd4 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. Kxe3 c5 27. Kd3 Kf8 28. Kc4 c6 29. Bxa5 |
| ECO C94 in 1963 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's robatsch karl in 81 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d3 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bf8 15. Nf5 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Bg5 e4 18. dxe4 Nfxe4 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. N3d4 Nf6 22. Rxe8 Nxe8 23. Ne3 Bb7 24. Ng4 Na4 25. Rb1 Nd6 26. Ne5 Re8 27. Nd7 Be4 28. Rc1 Bxc2 29. Rxc2 Re4 30. g3 Ne8 31. Nc6 Bd6 32. Bxd6 Nxd6 33. b3 Nb6 34. Nc5 Re1+ 35. Kg2 a5 36. Nxa5 Re5 37. Na6 Ne8 38. Nc6 Re6 39. Nd4 Re5 40. f4 Rd5 41. Re2 |
| ECO C43 in 1963 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's darga klaus in 95 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Bb5 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d5 8. exd6 Nxd6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Nxd4 Nf5 11. Bg5 Qxd4 12. Rxe7+ Kf8 13. Re1 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nd6 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. Rd2 f6 17. Bf4 Rd8 18. f3 g5 19. Be3 a6 20. b3 Kf7 21. Ne2 Rhe8 22. Kf2 Re5 23. c4 Nb7 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Nc2 Be8 26. Nb4 Rxd2+ 27. Bxd2 a5 28. Na6 Re7 29. Be3 Rd7 30. Re1 c5 31. Bxc5 Rd2+ 32. Re2 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2 a4 34. b4 c6 35. a3 Bd7 36. Nc7 Bf5 37. Kd2 h5 38. Na8 Bb1 39. Nb6 Ba2 40. Kc3 Bb3 41. Nd7 h4 42. Nb8 Bd1 43. Kd2 Bb3 44. Kd3 Bd1 45. Nxc6 h3 46. Bf2 hxg2 47. Nd4 g4 48. fxg4 |
| ECO C87 in 1986 play it! tal mikhail defeats black's petrosian tigran in 81 moves | 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. Rb1 g6 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Bg5 Re8 15. e5 Ng4 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. exd6 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 cxd6 19. Nb3 d5 20. h3 Nf6 21. Qd4 Qd8 22. Re2 Bf5 23. Qe5 Nd7 24. Qf4 Nf8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Qd6 Qb6 27. Nb3 Qb4 28. Qxb4 Rxb4 29. a3 Rc4 30. Nd2 Rc5 31. Re7 Kg7 32. Nf3 Kf6 33. Re3 Bf5 34. g4 Bd7 35. Nd2 Kg7 36. Rd3 d4 37. Rxd4 Re5 38. Nf3 Re8 39. Re4 Rb8 40. b3 Rb6 41. Ne5 |