[Event "Riga Category 1"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1951.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 d5 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. a3 ({RR} 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O-O Bxc3 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. e3 Re8 10. Bd3 c5 11. Nf3 c4 12. Bb1 b5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. f3 b4 15. Qc2 b3 16. axb3 Nxe5 17. Bxf6 Nd3+ 18. Rxd3 Bf5 {0-1 (18) Bohm,H (2385)-Cifuentes Parada,R (2490) Dieren 1987}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 h6 8. Bh4 $146 ({RR} 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rc2 Ba4 19. b3 Rxc2+ 20. Bxc2 Bd7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Be4 Rxc1 {Ivashentseva,D (1948)-Verbovsky,M (2208) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (65)}) ({RR} 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 c5 11. cxd5 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Bd3 Qa5+ 15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Rac8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rc2 Ba4 19. b3 Rxc2+ 20. Bxc2 Bd7 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Be4 Rxc1 {Ivashentseva,D (1948)-Verbovsky,M (2208) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (65)}) 8... O-O 9. Nf3 b6 10. e3 Bb7 11. Ne5 Qc8 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Rc1 c5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rd1 Qb7 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qd4 Rac8 19. f3 Nc3 20. Ra1 g5 21. Bg3 {[#]} Bxf3 $2 (21... f6 $15) 22. Qf6 $1 $16 (22. gxf3 $2 Qxf3 23. Rg1 Rfd8 $19) 22... Qe4 $2 23. Qxf3 $18 Qc2 24. Ba6 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch09"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Annotator "Primel,Dominique"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1952.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Bulletin Tal was the only one to beat Pasman, the winner.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 (5... c5 {la ligne principale} 6. e3 (6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5) 6... O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8) (5... b6 6. f3) ({RR} 5... c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5) 6. f3 O-O (6... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Gd8h4]} 7. Nh3 e5 (7... f5)) 7. e4 e5 8. Be3 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. Qf2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Rb1 b6 14. h4 Ba6 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. g5 Qd8 18. Nxf4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qa2 Na5 21. Kf2 c6 22. Rbg1 d5 {Ipatov,A (2472)-Oleksienko,M (2585) Lvov 2008 1-0}) ({RR} 8. Bg5 Re8 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. Bd3 exd4 10. cxd4 Nxe4 11. Bxd8 Nc3+) 9... h6 ({RR} 9... Nc6) 10. Be3 c5 11. d5 Nh5 12. g4 Nf4 ({RR} 12... Qf6 13. gxh5 ({RR} 13. Ng3 Nf4) 13... Qxf3 14. Rg1 Qxe3 15. Qc2 Qf3 16. O-O-O) 13. Qd2 ({RR} 13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qf6 15. Qd2 Bxg4 16. Bg2 ({RR} 16. fxg4 Rxe4+ 17. Be3 Qf3)) 13... g5 ({RR} 13... Qf6) 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. h4 Na6 16. Ra2 Kf8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qc1 Ke7 19. Nh5 Qg6 20. Rah2 Rg8 ({RR} 20... Kd8 21. Nxf4 gxf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qxf4) 21. Ng3 Nc7 22. Rh7 Qf6 {Tal,M-Matanovic,A Bled 1961 MCL [Bulletin] 1-0 (41)} {RR} 23. R1h6 Rg6 24. Nh5 Nxh5 25. gxh5 Rxh6 26. Rxh6 Qxf3 27. Bxg5+ Kd7 28. Qe3) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Ne2) 8... Qe7 (8... Nh5 $142 9. Bd3 (9. g3 Nc6 $132) 9... Qh4+) ({RR} 8... b6 9. d5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Ne2 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. Bd3 Rb8 15. O-O Qg5 16. g3 Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Rb2 18. Nc1 Nxg3+ 19. hxg3 Qh6+ {0-1 (19) Blokhin,S (2059)-Mazzilli,P (2303) chess.com INT 2024}) 9. Bd3 Nh5 10. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 10. Qd2 f5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. O-O-O f4 13. Bh4 c5 14. g4 Nf6 15. Bf2 b6 16. d5 Na6 17. Qa2 Nc7 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Kd2 Ba4 20. Bc2 Qd7 21. Rb1 Rab8 22. Rb2 Rb7 23. Nc1 Bxc2 24. Kxc2 Qa4+ {Brazdzionis,A (2195)-Steponavicius,S (2164) Vilnius 2015 ½-½ (34)}) 10... f5 11. O-O f4 12. Bf2 c5 13. a4 Qg5 $1 $36 {[%csl Rg2,Rh2][%cal Gf8f6]} 14. Kh1 Rf6 15. Qd2 Rg6 16. Rg1 Rh6 (16... Nc6) 17. g4 $2 Ng3+ 18. Kg2 Qh4 $1 19. Bxg3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Rf6 22. f4 Bxg4 23. f5 Nd7 24. d5 Rf7 (24... Raf8) 25. Ra2 Nf6 26. Qe3 Qh3+ (26... g6 $1 {[%cal Gf7f1]}) 27. Ke1 Bh5 28. Nc1 g6 $1 29. Qg5 Kh8 30. g4 $2 Nxg4 31. Rag2 Nh2 32. Be2 Bxe2 33. Kxe2 Nf3 34. Qe3 Nxg1+ 35. Qxg1 gxf5 0-1

[Event "LAT U20-ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.06.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zvaigzne, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1952.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Ne8 7. e4 b6 ({RR} 7... Nc6 8. Bd3 b6 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Na5 11. Qe2 c5 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c4 15. Qc2 f5 16. e5 d6 17. Nd4 Nc7 18. Nxf5 Nxd5 19. O-O dxe5 20. fxe5 Qe8 21. Qe4 Nxc3 22. Qe3 {Erigaisi,A (2778)-Antipov,M (2602) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 7... c5 8. h4 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 f6 11. f4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qa5+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 fxe5 16. fxe5 Nc7 17. Bd3 Bf5 18. Nf3 Ne6 19. Rab1 b6 20. Rhc1 Na5 21. Rb5 h6 22. Bxf5 {Pipiras,F (2200)-Lu,M (2432) Petrovac MNE 2025 0-1 (44)}) 8. a4 Ba6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 10. Ba3 d6 11. f4 Na5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Bb4 Nb7 14. Nf3 c5 15. Ba3 Na5 16. O-O Rc8 17. e5 g6 18. d5 Ng7 19. Ng5 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Qg4 Rcf8 22. Qh3 h5 23. Ne4 R6f7 24. Rae1 Bxc4 {Gutman,L (2445)-Unzicker,W (2470) Germany 1986 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 10. Ba3 d6 11. f4 Na5 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. e5 f5 15. Nf3 Qd7 16. O-O Rd8 17. Rfd1 Qc6 18. h3 Rf7 19. g4 Rxd3 20. Rxd3 Bxc4 21. Rad1 fxg4 22. hxg4 Rxf4 {0-1 (22) Ronka,E (2084)-Agopov,M (2431) Finland 2012}) 10... Na5 11. Rb1 d6 12. Nh3 Qd7 13. e5 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Rae8 16. Ra1 Qc6 17. Bg5 Bxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxf6 20. f4 e5 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Qe7 26. Ng5 c6 27. Qf2 Rf8 28. Qa2+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Ne5+ Kh8 31. Rf7 Qd8 32. h3 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qd6 34. Qe6 Qd8 35. Rd7 Qf6 36. Nf7+ Kg8 37. Nh6+ Kh8 38. Rf7 Qd8 39. Qe5 Qb8 40. Rc7 Rf6 41. Qe7 Rg6 42. Qd7 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch10 Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mileika, Janis"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E40"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1953.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Nge2 exd4 7. exd4 d5 8. c5 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne7 11. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 11. Ng3 Ng6 12. h3 Re8 13. Qf3 Nh4 14. Qf4 Ng6 15. Qf3 Nh4 16. Qf4 Ng6 {½-½ (16) Lapienis,D-Mukhitdinov,M Novosibirsk 1962}) 11... Ng6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bd2 Nh4 14. Ng3 Qd7 15. f3 b6 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Re5 c4 19. Bf5 Qa4 20. Qc1 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Qd7 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Bxh6 Rfe8 25. Qf4 Kh7 26. Qh4 Kg6 27. g4 Rh8 28. Qh5+ Kh7 29. Kh1 Kg8 30. Rg1 Qc6 31. g5 f5 32. g6 f6 33. Qh4 Rxa2 34. g7 Rh7 35. Qg3 Re2 36. Ra1 Qe8 37. Qh4 Re6 38. Qf4 b5 39. Rg1 Qh5 40. Ra1 Rxh6 41. Ra8+ Kxg7 42. Qg3+ Qg6 43. Ra7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "LAT-ch10 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klavins, Janis"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1953.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 (4... d5) (4... Nc6 5. e4 d5) (4... O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nh5 (6... d5) 7. Nh3 f5 8. e4 {1-0 Bronstein,D-Szabo,L Candidates Tournament 1950 (1)}) 5. a3 (5. d5 b5 (5... Nh5 {[%cal Gd8h4,Gh5g3]})) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d5 7. cxd5 (7. e3) 7... Nxd5 8. dxc5 f5 $5 {[%csl Ge4][%cal Gd8h4]} (8... Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 (9... Nf6) (9... Nc7)) 9. c4 (9. Nh3 $142 {[%cal Gh3f2]} Qa5 (9... Bd7 $143 {½-½ Polugaevsky,L-Petrosian,T URS-ch25 Riga 1958}) 10. Nf4 Nc6 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qd3 O-O $1 $32) (9. Qc2 Qa5 $132 {1-0 Portisch,L (2640)-Pachman,L Tel Aviv ol (Men) fin-A 1964 (8)}) 9... Qh4+ $1 10. g3 Qxc4 11. e4 Qc3+ $13 12. Bd2 Qe5 13. Bg2 fxe4 (13... O-O $2 14. f4) 14. f4 Qf6 (14... Qf5) 15. Bxe4 $146 (15. Ne2 {0-1 Kuzminykh,E-Kondratiev,P URS-ch sf Leningrad 1952}) 15... Nc3 (15... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 16. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf2 Qxc5+ 18. Kg2 O-O (18... Nd7 $5 {[%cal Gd7f6,Gf6e4]}) 19. Nf3 $44 {[%csl Rc8,Ge5,Re6]} Nd7 $146 (19... Nc6) ({RR} 19... Nc6 20. Qd3 Qh5 21. Ng5 e5 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bg6 Qh6 24. Nf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7 Qh3+ 26. Kf2 Bf5 27. Qf3 Bg4 28. Qg2 Qh7 29. h3 Bf5 30. Rae1 Rf8 31. Bd5 exf4 32. gxf4 Qh6 33. Qg3 Qd6 34. Bg2 {Berkes,F (2596)-Romanov,E (2479) Istanbul 2005 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 19... Nc6 20. Qd3 h6 21. Rhc1 Qa5 22. Qe3 Ne7 23. Rc5 Qd8 24. Qb3 Nd5 25. Re1 Kh8 26. Ne5 Rf6 27. Ng6+ Rxg6 28. Bxg6 b6 29. Rcc1 Bb7 30. Kg1 Qf6 31. Qd3 Rf8 32. Be4 Ba8 33. Rc2 Rd8 34. Rd1 {Hernandez Noa,R (2100)-Borges del Pino,O (2145) Matanzas 2007 1-0 (36)}) 20. Rc1 Qe7 {[%cal Ge6e5]} 21. Rc7 Qd8 (21... Qxa3 {[%csl Ga7][%cal Ga7a1]}) 22. Qc2 $32 {[%cal Ge4h7]} Nf6 23. Rd1 $36 Nd5 24. Rc3 (24. Rxd5 $142 $1 exd5 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Ne5 $40 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Ge5g6]}) 24... g6 25. Ng5 Bd7 26. Bxg6 h6 $1 27. Bf7+ (27. Rxd5 exd5 28. Nh7 $13 {[%csl Rg8]}) 27... Rxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qg6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT-ch11"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. c4 b6 13. Bb2 cxd4 14. exd4 Qf4 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Rfd1 h6 $146 ({RR} 16... Rac8 17. Bc1 Qe4 18. Bd3 Qg4 19. h3 Qh5 20. Be3 Na5 21. Ne5 Qh4 22. Qb2 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. Rac1 Qh5 25. Qb1 Rdd8 26. Bf1 Ba6 27. c5 Bxf1 28. Rxf1 Rc6 29. d5 Rxd5 30. cxb6 axb6 31. Qxb6 {Istratescu,A (2639)-Bauer,C (2637) Switzerland 2015 1-0 (31)}) 17. Rd3 {[%cal Ga1d1,Gd4d5]} Rac8 18. Re3 (18. Rad1 Na5 19. Nd2 Qf5 $11 {[%csl Rc2,Rd3][%cal Gf5c2]}) 18... Na5 19. Ne5 Be4 20. Qd1 Nd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Qe1 Nc6 23. d5 $1 exd5 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Rc1 (25. Rd1 Kf8 (25... Be6 26. Rxe6) (25... Rdd8 26. Ba6 {[%csl Rc6,Rc8]})) 25... Kf8 26. Bb5 f6 27. Rd1 Rcd8 28. h3 Rd6 29. Qd2 $4 Be4 (29... Bc4) 30. Rxe4 Qxe4 31. Qxd6+ Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Qb1+ 33. Kh2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "LAT-ch11"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Larichev, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1954.02.12"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bb7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 c5 13. Ra2 $1 {[%cal Ga2e2,Ge3e4]} ({RR} 13. Nf5 Nf8 14. Bb5 Re6 15. c4 a6 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bb3 c4 19. Bc2 Ne7 20. Ng3 a5 21. e4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. d5 Ra6 25. Be3 b3 26. Bb1 Nc8 27. Ne2 Nd6 {LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3634)-Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab (3662) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (72)}) 13... Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. Re2 a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qb6 18. Kh1 b4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ref2 Rf8 21. Qg4 Qc6 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Bh6 Rfe8 26. Nd6 Ne7 27. Rf7 Nf8 28. Rg7+ {Aravindakshan,S (1921)-Zlotchevsky,N (1771) New York USA 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 13... c4 14. Bb1 b5 15. Re2 a5 16. e4 dxe4 17. fxe4 Qb6 18. Kh1 b4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ref2 Rf8 21. Qg4 Qc6 22. Nf5 g6 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Nxf7+ Kg8 25. Bh6 Rfe8 26. Nd6 Ne7 27. Rf7 Nf8 28. Rg7+ {Aravindakshan,S (1921)-Zlotchevsky,N (1771) New York USA 2023 1-0}) 14. Re2 Rad8 15. e4 $36 Kh8 (15... dxe4 16. fxe4 a6 17. Bf4) 16. e5 $40 Ng8 17. Nf5 Nf8 18. f4 Bc8 19. Ne3 f6 20. Ref2 g6 21. f5 fxe5 22. fxg6 Nxg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Ng4 exd4 25. Rf7 Qc6 26. Qf3 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 1-0

[Event "Match/MasterTitel Tal-Saigin +4-2=8"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.05.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Saigin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1954.05.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1 ({RR} 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Ba3 Ned7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Bb2 Qe7 22. Qf5 Rc6 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Bb5 Rcd6 25. Rg1 g6 26. Bc4 Ne8 {Korotylev,A (2600)-Landa,K (2678) Serpukhov 2007 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Ba1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 dxc4 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Qc3 f6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rd6 Ne5 23. Qe6 Qc5 24. Rd5 Rc6 25. Rxc5 Rxe6 26. Rc7 Rb6 {Kalogridis,A (2080)-Andriasian,S (2298) Tornelo INT 2021 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. c4 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Rxd1 22. Raxd1 Qxc5 23. Rd5 Qf8 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxb7 Re7 26. Rb4 Re5 {Beliavsky,A (2500)-Tal,M (2645) Riga 1975 ½-½ (35)}) 12... Qc8 13. Be2 Ne4 $146 ({RR} 13... Rd8 14. Qb3 Rb8 {½-½ (14) Pantaleoni,C (2220)-Brunello,S (2258) Riva del Garda 2004}) 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Ba1 Nxc5 16. Rb2 b6 17. Qc2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Nc4 20. Rb4 Qe6 21. Qa2 Ne4 22. Bd3 Ned6 23. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS U20 Team-ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1954.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Etruk, Rein T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1954.08.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nxc3 (9... Ne7 $1 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Na6 12. Rd1 Nc6 13. Kf2 Nxc5 14. Qb5 Na4 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rd4 Nxc3 17. Ne2 Nb5 18. Rd3 b6 19. a4 Nc7 20. Rc3 Na6 21. Nc1 Bb7 {½-½ (35) Bondarevsky,I-Smyslov,V Leningrad/Moscow 1941}) 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Bb2 Na4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Bxg7 Rg8 14. Be5 Nxc5 15. Rd1 $146 (15. Nh3 Bd7 16. Nf4 Ba4 17. Kf2 O-O-O (17... Ke7 $11) 18. Rc1 $16 Nab3 19. Rc3 Rd2+ 20. Ke3 $18 {½-½ (34) Castillo,M-Donner,J Venice 1950}) (15. Rc1) ({RR} 15. Nh3 Bd7 16. Nf4 Ba4 17. Kf2 O-O-O 18. Rc1 Nab3 19. Rc3 Rd2+ 20. Ke3 Ra2 21. Bc4 Rxa3 22. Nxe6 Na5 23. Rxa3 Nxc4+ 24. Kd4 Nxa3 25. Nxc5 Bc6 26. g4 Rd8+ 27. Kc3 a5 28. Ra1 b5 29. Rc1 Nc4 {Castillo Bermudez,M-Donner,J Venice 1950 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 15. Nh3 b6 16. Nf4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Kf2 O-O-O 19. Rac1+ Nc5 20. Ke3 Kb7 21. g4 Kc6 22. Bf6 Rd7 23. Rc2 b5 24. Ke2 Nc4 25. Ra1 Nb3 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 Nc5 28. Rc3 a5 29. Ke2 Nd7 {Kondratiev,P-Unzicker,W Leningrad 1960 EXT 2001 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (39)}) 15... Bd7 16. Nh3 b6 17. Nf4 Ba4 18. Rd4 (18. Rc1) 18... Nc6 $17 19. Rxa4 Nxe5 20. Rd4 Ke7 21. Be2 Rad8 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Rb2 Rd4 24. Kf2 f5 25. Bb5 Ne5 26. Ke3 Rgd8 $2 (26... Ra4 $15 {[%csl Ra3]}) (26... Rc4 $17) 27. Nd5+ $11 R4xd5 28. exd5 f4+ 29. Ke2 exd5 30. Kd1 Nc4 (30... Kd6) 31. Bxc4 $14 dxc4+ 32. Rd2 Nd3 33. Kc2 b5 34. Rb1 Rb8 (34... a6) 35. Kc3 Kd6 36. Rxb5 Rxb5 37. Kxc4 Kc6 38. Kxd3 Rb3+ (38... Rd5+ 39. Kc3 Rh5 40. h3 Rc5+ 41. Kb4 Rb5+ 42. Kc4 Rc5+ $11) 39. Ke4 $16 Rxa3 40. Kxf4 $16 {time} 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch12"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1955.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klasups, Karlis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "196"]
[EventDate "1955.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d5 $6 (6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O e5) 6... Ne7 ({RR} 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Bd3 b6 9. e4 d6 10. O-O e5 11. h3 Ba6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nd2 O-O-O 15. Nb3 g6 16. Rab1 Kc7 17. Qb2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Qa3 Ra8 20. Qa4 Bxb3 21. Qc6+ {Bilovil,B (2348)-Levchuk,D (1929) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (34)}) 7. dxe6 (7. d6 Nf5 $132) ({RR} 7. d6 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nc6 9. Bd3 e5 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nh4 Re6 13. Nf5 Ne8 {½-½ (13) Gligoric,S (2530)-Seirawan,Y (2555) Lone Pine 1981}) 7... Bxc3+ $146 ({RR} 7... fxe6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Kh8 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Ne4 16. Be1 Qd6 17. Nd2 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Rae8 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Qc2 Rc4 21. Qd1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 {Sanchis Calabuig,J-Bixquert Jimenez,F Aragon 1996 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 7... fxe6 8. Bd2 O-O 9. Bd3 d5 10. Ne2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. Ng3 Rad8 15. Qc2 Qc6 16. Rfe1 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Ned5 18. a3 h6 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Ng6 Rfe8 21. Bb1 Qc6 22. e4 {Skaslien,I (2024)-Tryggestad,A (2363) Oslo 2020 1-0}) 8. bxc3 dxe6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O e5 $11 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. f4 O-O-O $1 16. f5 e4 17. Be2 Bxf5 $6 18. g4 g6 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Qxe4 $2 (20. Kh1 {[%cal Gc1a3,Ga1b1]}) 20... Qg7+ 21. Qg2 Qxc3 $19 22. Bb2 Qxb2 23. Qf3 Rhg8+ 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. Rab1 Qe5 26. Qxf5 Qxf5 27. Rxf5 b6 28. Bf3 Nb4 29. a4 Kc7 30. a5 Re8 31. Rb3 Nc2 32. Rf6 Re6 33. axb6+ axb6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. Bg4 Rg7 36. h3 e5 37. Rc3 Nb4 38. Ra3 Kd6 39. Ra8 Nc2 40. Rd8+ Kc7 41. Rd3 e4 42. Rc3 Ne1 43. Ra3 Kb7 44. Bf5 Re7 45. Kh2 Re5 46. Bh7 Nd3 47. Rb3 Nb4 48. Kg3 Re7 49. Bf5 b5 50. cxb5 Kb6 51. Rb1 Nd3 52. Bg4 c4 53. Bd1 Rg7+ 54. Kh2 Rg5 55. Ba4 Rf5 56. Rg1 Ka5 57. Ra1 c3 58. Kg1 Kb6 59. Ra3 Rc5 60. Ra2 Nb4 61. Ra1 c2 62. Rc1 Ka5 63. Bxc2 Nxc2 64. Kf2 Kxb5 65. Rg1 Kc4 66. Ke2 Nb4 67. Rg4 Re5 68. Rg8 Kd5 69. Rb8 Nd3 70. Rd8+ Ke6 71. Rh8 h5 72. Rh6+ Kd5 73. h4 Nc5 74. Rf6 Nb7 75. Rh6 Nd6 76. Kf2 Rf5+ 77. Ke2 Nf7 78. Ra6 Ne5 79. Ra5+ Ke6 80. Ra6+ Kf7 81. Ra4 Ng4 82. Rxe4 Rf2+ 83. Ke1 Rh2 84. Kf1 Rxh4 85. Kg2 Rh2+ 86. Kg3 Ra2 87. Kf4 Rf2+ 88. Kg5 Nf6 89. Ra4 Rg2+ 90. Kf5 Nd5 91. e4 Ne7+ 92. Kf4 Rg1 93. Ra5 h4 94. Rh5 Ng6+ 95. Kf5 Kg7 96. e5 Re1 97. Kg4 Re4+ 98. Kh3 Nf4+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch23 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Borisenko, Georgy Konstantinov"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1956.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nb5 Be7 11. Nbxd4 a6 $146 ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. e4 Nc5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. b4 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ncd7 19. Bb2 Bc7 20. h3 Nb6 21. Nxe5 Qe8 22. Ng4 Nbxd5 23. Nxf6+ Nxf6 24. Qxe8 Rfxe8 25. Rfe1 Bb6 26. Bxf6 {Dittmann,W-Karaklajic,N Krynica 1955 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 11... e5 12. Nf5 ({RR} 12. Nf5 Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 Rd8 15. Bd2 Bg4 16. Qe1 Rac8 17. h3 Bh5) 12... Nb6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Be2 Bg4 15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Qe1 Nbd5 17. h3 Bh5 18. Rc1 Ne4 19. Bb4 Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Nd2 {½-½ (21) Bluebaum,M (2670)-Harikrishna,P (2711) Lublin POL 2023}) ({RR} 11... e5 12. Nb5 e4 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Nd6 Nb6 14. Nxc8 Nxc4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Qe1 Nd6 18. Bb2 e4 19. Nd4 Ng4 20. Qe2 Ne5 21. Rad1 Nd3 22. Ba1 Rac8 23. f3 Nc5 24. b4 exf3 25. gxf3 Ne6 26. Kh1 Nxd4 27. Rxd4) 13. Nfd4 Ne5 14. Be2 a6 15. Nc3 Bc5 16. b4 Ba7 17. Bb2 Qe7 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. Rae1 Nh4 20. Kh1 Re8 21. Qd1 Qc7 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 Bb8 24. g3 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Bh3 26. Rf2 {Borisenko,G-Bagirov,V Kharkov 1967 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 11... Nc5 12. b4 Nce4 13. Bb2 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Ne2 axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Bxa1 Qb6 18. Bd4 {½-½ (18) Ilivitzki,G-Pachman,L Prague 1956}) 12. Ba2 Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Bb2 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxe6 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rc2 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Bb1 Nxf2 21. Bxc2 fxe6 22. Bb3 Nxd1 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Rxd1 Re8 25. Rd6 h6 26. Kf2 Bb2 27. a4 Ba3 28. Rb6 Bxb4 29. Rxb4 Rxe6 30. e4 b6 31. Ke3 Kh7 32. Kd4 Kg6 33. e5 Kf5 34. Rb2 Re8 35. g4+ Kxg4 36. Kd5 b5 37. a5 Kh3 38. e6 g5 39. Kd6 g4 40. Kd7 Ra8 41. e7 h5 42. Rc2 h4 43. Rc8 Ra7+ 44. Rc7 Ra8 45. Rc8 Ra7+ 46. Rc7 Ra8 47. Rc8 Ra7+ 48. Kd6 Rxe7 49. Kxe7 Kxh2 50. Ra8 g3 51. Rxa6 g2 52. Rg6 g1=Q 53. Rxg1 Kxg1 54. a6 h3 55. a7 h2 56. a8=Q h1=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/City Tartu-Riga 7,5-8,5"]
[Site "Tartu"]
[Date "1956.11.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Uusi, Gunnar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1956.11.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Ba2 ({RR} 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Re1 h6 15. Qe2 e4 16. Nd2 b6 17. Bb5 Na5 18. c4 Qe7 19. d5 Nb7 20. f4 Nd6 21. Ba4 Bh7 22. Bc6 Nd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. g4 f6 25. f5 Rb8 26. Bc3 a6 27. a4 Rfc8 {So,W (2772)-Sjugirov,S (2680) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 13. Rc1 Bg6 14. a4 Rad8 15. Bb5 e4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Ne5 Rfe8 18. Nxg6 hxg6 19. Ba3 Nd7 20. Qb3 Qa5 21. Rfd1 cxd4 22. cxd4 Rb8 23. Qc2 Re6 24. Rb1 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Nb6 26. Rb4 Kh7 27. Kh2 Qa6 {Pultinevicius,P (2525)-Agdestein,S (2593) Riga LAT 2023 1-0 (50)}) 13... Rad8 14. Qe2 h6 15. d5 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 15... Rxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. c4 Nb6 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Rac1 f6 20. Nd2 Na5 21. Rc2 Qf7 22. Rdc1 Bf5 23. e4 Be6 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. f4 Naxc4 26. Nxc4 Nxc4 27. Rxc4 Bxc4 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Bxe5 b6 30. Qg3 {Winiwarter,F (2285)-Unzicker,W (2460) Bad Woerishofen 1992 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 15... Rxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. c4 f6 19. Rac1 Na5 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Bc3 Bd3 22. Qg4 Naxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Ba5 Bb5 26. Rxc5 Bc6 27. Rc1 Qe7 28. Bxb6 axb6 29. Qb4 Qe8 30. Rd1 {Lombard,A (2356)-Rindlisbacher,L (2315) Switzerland 2013 1-0 (48)}) 16. c4 Ng6 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Bb1 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 Rd6 20. Qf3 Ra6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd7 23. Qc2 Nh4 24. Qe4 Nf5 25. Rbc1 Rg6 26. Kh2 Nd6 27. Qc2 e4 28. f4 exf3 29. Rxf3 Re4 30. Qd3 Qe7 31. Rc2 Rg5 32. Bc1 Rf5 33. Rxf5 Nxf5 34. Rf2 Nd6 35. Rf4 g5 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qc3 Nxc4 38. d6 Qe5+ 39. Qxe5 Nxe5 40. Bb2 Nd7 41. Kg3 f5 42. Kf3 Kf7 43. g4 Kg6 44. gxf5+ Kxf5 45. e4+ Ke6 46. Kg4 c4 47. Bd4 b5 48. Kh5 Nf6+ 49. Bxf6 Kxf6 50. e5+ Ke6 51. Kg6 c3 52. d7 Kxd7 53. Kf7 c2 54. e6+ Kc7 55. e7 c1=Q 56. e8=Q Qc6 57. Qe5+ Kb7 58. Qe1 h5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.11.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Furman, Semen Abramovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1956.11.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. e4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Bd3 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. c4 Qg5 20. e4 Bc6 21. Bb1 e5 22. b5 Bd7 23. Ba3 Nh5 24. Qf3 Nf4 25. Kh2 Be6 26. bxa6 bxa6 {Kaidanov,G (2556)-Broca Jimenez,F (2075) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (67)}) 12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.01.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 ({RR} 4... O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 {½-½ (14) Furman,S-Tal,M Tbilisi 1956}) 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. e4 ({RR} 12. Bb2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. Bd3 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. c4 Qg5 20. e4 Bc6 21. Bb1 e5 22. b5 Bd7 23. Ba3 Nh5 24. Qf3 Nf4 25. Kh2 Be6 26. bxa6 bxa6 {Kaidanov,G (2556)-Broca Jimenez,F (2075) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (67)}) 12... dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 f6 $146 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 e5 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qd6 Qc8 19. b5 Bh3 20. Qa3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qg4 22. Ne1 Qxd1 23. gxh3 Qxe1+ 24. Kg2 Nd4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bf4 Qe4+ 27. Kg3 h5 28. Qd6 Kh7 29. Qd7 Re8 30. h4 Qg6+ 31. Kf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal/Koblencs"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Tal and Koblencs in the tournament bulletin. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov: Mikhail Tal 1949-1981. Riga. 1996. p.127-128.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7) (7... cxd4 8. exd4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6) 8. a3 cxd4 (8... dxc4 9. axb4 $1 cxd4 10. Bxh7+ Nxh7 11. Qxd4 {Koblencs-Barsauskas, Tallinn 1956}) (8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qe2 e5 12. e4 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. d5) 9. Nxd5 $1 exd5 10. axb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Nbd5 (13... Nfd5 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Re1 Be6 16. Nd4 {1-0 Furman,S-Gipslis,A URS-ch sf Moscow 1955}) (13... Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rxa7 Rxa7 17. Bxb6 Rda8 18. Bxa7 Rxa7 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V-Darga,K Hastings 5556 1955 (8)}) 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 b6 17. Bd4 Bb7 (17... Bf5 $142 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Gf5g6]}) 18. Rd1 Qe8 $146 ({RR} 18... Qc7 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Rd4 Rd8 21. Qd2 Rd7 22. g4 Qe6 23. h3 Qc6 24. b5 Qe6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Nh4 f5 27. Nxf5 Qe5 28. Bxd5 {1-0 (28) Gligoric,S-Padevsky,N Moscow 1956}) 19. Be5 Qb5 (19... Nxb4 20. Qxb4 Bxf3 21. Re1 Bb7 22. Bxf6 Qc6 23. Bxf7+ Kh8 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Bd5 Qxd5 26. Re7+ $18) (19... Rd8 20. Qd2 Rd7 (20... Qe7 $1 $11 {Fritz}) 21. Ba4 $18) 20. Bxf6 {[#]} gxf6 $2 (20... Nxf6 $142 21. Ne5 (21. Qe7 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qb7 Rd8 24. h4 {[%csl Yd5]} Qd7 $11 {Fritz}) 21... Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Rc8 24. Nxf7 Re8 25. Ne5 Nxb4 26. f4 $14) 21. Qe4 Qxb4 (21... Re8 22. Rxd5) 22. Nd4 f5 23. Qe5 $1 Ne7 24. Qf6 Bd5 {[#]} (24... Rf8 25. h3 (25. Ne6 Qg4 26. Nf4 $18 {[%csl Yd1][%cal Rb3f7,Gd1d8] Fritz}) 25... Bd5 26. Rd3 Bxb3 27. Rg3+ Ng6 28. Nxf5 $18) 25. Nc6 $1 Qxb3 (25... Bxc6 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6#) 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Re1 Be6 28. Nxf5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.02.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl,Igor} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 ({RR} 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. gxf3 fxe6 15. bxc3 Qc7 16. Bxe6+ Kh8 17. Qc4 Qb7 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Qd5 Qxd5) 5... d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 7... Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nd7 9. g3 b6 ({RR} 9... N5f6 10. Bg2 e5) 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 Bb7 ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bd6 16. Bb4 Qf6 17. Nc3 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 c6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. b4 Rc7 21. a4 Bc8 22. a5 Ba6 23. Ra1 Bb5 24. Rdc1 Re8 25. axb6 axb6 26. Bf1) 12. Bb4 Nf6 13. O-O Re8 14. Rc1 c6 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Re1 Qd6 17. Nf4 Bc8 18. Qa4 Rc7 19. f3 Be6 20. e4 dxe4 21. fxe4 Qd7 22. d5) 8. Nf4 c6 ({RR} 8... Re8 9. Bd3 Bd6 10. O-O Bxf4 11. exf4 Nc6 12. Ne2 Ne4 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Bb5 Nd6 16. Qa4 Nxb5 17. Qxb5 Rab8 18. Ng3 a6 19. Qa4 Rbc8 20. Nxf5 Qxf5 21. Rc5 Red8 22. Rfc1 h5 23. h3) ({RR} 8... b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Bf3 c6 11. O-O Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd7 15. g3 Nf6 16. Bg2 Qd7 17. Nh5 Nxh5 18. Qxh5 c5 19. dxc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc5 21. Rd1 Qc6+ 22. Qf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kxf3) 9. Bd3 a5 ({RR} 9... Na6 10. b4 Nc7 11. Bd2 a6 12. O-O Nb5 13. a4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bd6 15. b5 Ne4 16. Be1 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Re8 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Bxf4 21. exf4 Nd6 22. g4 f5 23. h3 Nc4 24. Qc1) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. O-O Bd6 ({RR} 10... Nbd7)) 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 Nc7 12. Qe1 ({RR} 12. Bd2 c5 ({RR} 12... Bd6) ({RR} 12... Re8) ({RR} 12... Ne6) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Kh1 Ne6 ({RR} 14... Re8 15. e4) ({RR} 14... Bd6 15. Rc1 ({RR} 15. Qb3) 15... Bd7 16. Na4 ({RR} 16. Nce2 Re8)) 15. e4 dxe4 ({RR} 15... d4 16. Nce2 ({RR} 16. Nb5)) 16. Nxe4 Bd4 17. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 17... Nxf4 18. Bxf4 Nd5 19. Bg5 Qb6 ({RR} 19... f6 20. Rad1) 20. Nc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 h6 22. Rfb1 Qc6 23. Bd2 Be6 24. c4 Nf6) 18. Rad1 ({RR} 18. Ne2 Be5 19. Rad1) 18... Bd7 ({RR} 18... Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Qb6 20. Nd6 Qxb2 21. Qa4 Bc5 22. Qc4 ({RR} 22. Ne4 Bd7 23. Nxf6+ Qxf6 24. Qe4 g6 25. Bxh6 Rfc8) 22... Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Be6 24. Qf4 Rfd8 25. Rd2 Nd5 26. Qe4 Nf6) 19. Ne2 Rc8 20. Qb1 Be5 21. Bc3 ({RR} 21. f4 Bc7 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. Rf3 ({RR} 24. f5 Qh4) 24... Rfd8 25. Re1 ({RR} 25. Rg3)) 21... Bxc3 22. N2xc3 Bc6 ({RR} 22... Nxe4 23. Bxe4 ({RR} 23. Nxe4 Qc7 24. Nd6 Rcd8) 23... Nc5 24. Bh7+ ({RR} 24. Bf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qg5) 24... Kh8 25. Bc2 Qb6 26. b4 ({RR} 26. Nd5 Qb5) 26... axb4 27. axb4 Ne6) 23. Nd6 Rc7 ({RR} 23... Qxd6 24. Bh7+) 24. Rfe1 ({RR} 24. Bc4 Rd7 ({RR} 24... Qe7 25. Qf5) 25. Nxf7 Kxf7 26. Bxe6+ ({RR} 26. Rfe1 Re8 27. Qf5 g6 28. Bxe6+ Kg7 29. Qb1) 26... Kxe6 27. Qg6 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qc8 29. b4 Be8 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Qd3+ Kc7 32. Rd1 Kb8 ({RR} 32... Nd7 33. Qe3 Rf5 34. g4) 33. Qd6+ Ka7 34. Qxf8 Qxc3 35. Qxg7) 24... Nd4 ({RR} 24... Nf4) 25. Nc4 Qa8 ({RR} 25... Re7 26. Rxe7 Qxe7 27. Nxa5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxf3 29. Be4 Ng4 30. Bxf3 Nf2+ 31. Kg2 Nxd1 32. Qxd1 Qg5+) ({RR} 25... Rd7 26. Ne5 Re7) ({RR} 25... Nxf3 26. Bh7+ Nxh7 27. Rxd8 Rxd8) 26. Ne5 Rd8 {So,W (2706)-Van Wely,L (2693) Hoogeveen 2013 CBM 157 [Stohl,Igor] 1-0 (42)} ({RR} 26... Re7 27. Bc4 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Nxf3 29. Re2 ({RR} 29. gxf3 Bxf3+ 30. Kg1 Qa7+ 31. Kf1 Ng4) 29... Qb8 30. gxf3 Bxf3+ 31. Kg1) ({RR} 26... Re8 27. Bc4 Nxf3 28. Nxf3 ({RR} 28. gxf3 Rxe5) 28... Bxf3 29. Bxf7+ Rxf7)) ({RR} 12. g4 Ne6 13. Nfe2 h5 14. h3 Bd6 15. Qe1 g6 16. Kg2 c5 17. Qf2 Bd7 18. a4 Bc6 19. Bd2 Qd7 20. f4 hxg4 21. f5 gxh3+ 22. Kh1 Ng7 23. Qh4 Be7 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Qh6 Qg4) ({RR} 12. Kh1 Ne6 13. Nce2 c5 14. b3 b6 15. Bb2 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bb7 17. a4 Bd6 18. Bb5 Qe7 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Qd3 Ne8 21. Qc3 Qg5 22. Rac1 Qh6 23. Qd2 Nc7 24. Bf1 Ne6) ({RR} 12. Bc2 c5 ({RR} 12... Ne6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. Qd3 Bh5 17. Kh1 Bg6 18. Be3 b5 19. Qe2 b4 20. e5 bxc3 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. bxc3 Re8) 13. Na4 ({RR} 13. Qe2 b5 ({RR} 13... Ne6) ({RR} 13... b6) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rd1 Ba6 16. Qf2 Bb7 17. Bd2 Re8 18. Nce2 Ne6 19. Nd3 ({RR} 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Bd6 21. Bd3) 19... Bb6 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. Bc3 Ba6 22. Kh1 Rc4 23. Bb3 Rc7 24. Rac1 b4 25. Nxe6 Rxe6) 13... Na6 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. exd4 Rb8 ({RR} 14... Nb5 15. Qd3 Na7 16. Nc3 g6 17. Bb3 Bf5 18. Qd2) ({RR} 14... Ne6) 15. Be3 Re8 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bb5 19. Bf2 b6 20. Ncd3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Nce8 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Bf5 Rc7 24. g4) 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Nb5 Bd7 ({RR} 16... Qb6 17. Nd4 Nfd7 18. Rb1 Rfc8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Na6 21. Ndxe6 fxe6 22. Nxd5) 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Nfe2 Qc7 19. Nf5 Bc5 20. Bd2 Nf4 21. Ned4 Ng6 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Ne5 26. Bb3 Rfe8) ({RR} 12. Bd2 Ne6 13. Nfe2 b6 14. Be1 c5 15. Bf2 Bb7 16. Kh1 Qd7 17. a4 g6 18. Rc1 Rfe8 19. Bh4 c4 20. Bc2 Ng4 21. Bf2 Nxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Bg5 23. f4 Bh4 24. Rf3 Ng7 25. Qg1 Rad8 26. Rcf1 f5 {Markus,R (2578)-Donchenko,A (2676) Baden Baden GER 2024 0-1 (43)}) 12... c5 13. Qf2 $146 ({RR} 13. g4 h6 14. Nce2 Re8 15. Kh1 Bd6 16. Qh4 Bf8 17. Qf2 b5 18. h4 Nh7 19. Rg1 Be7 20. g5 hxg5 21. hxg5 Bxg5 22. Qh2 Nf8 23. Nh5 c4 24. Bc2 Nce6 25. e4 Bxc1 26. Raxc1 Ng6 27. e5 Ng5 {Zujev,O (2270)-Chylewski,P (2036) Warsaw 2015 1-0 (42)}) 13... Ne6 14. Nfe2 Bd7 15. g4 Qb6 16. h4 Bc6 17. g5 Ne8 18. Rb1 a4 19. Bc2 Qa7 20. Rd1 Nd6 21. e4 cxd4 22. Nxd5 Bd8 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. Bd3 f5 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Bd2 Nc5 27. Nxf6+ Rxf6 28. Qxd4 Rcf8 29. Bf4 Nb5 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Qe3 b6 32. Ng3 Qa8 33. Bxb5 Bxb5 34. Bg5 Rxf3 35. Qxf3 Rxf3 36. Rd8+ Rf8 37. Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Rd1 Nd3 39. Rd2 Rf8 40. Nf5 Bc6 41. Nd6 Ne1+ 42. Kg3 Rf3+ 43. Kh2 h6 44. Bd8 Rb3 45. Nf7+ Kh7 46. Ne5 Bxe4 47. Re2 Nf3+ 48. Nxf3 Bxf3 49. Rf2 Bg4 50. Rg2 Bf3 51. Rf2 Ba8 52. Bc7 Kg6 53. Be5 Re3 54. Bc3 Re4 55. Kg3 h5 56. Rf4 Re2 57. Rxa4 Bd5 58. Rb4 Rg2+ 59. Kh3 Rg4 60. Rxb6+ Kf7 61. Rb4 Rxb4 62. Bxb4 Bb3 63. Kg3 Ke6 64. Kf4 Kd5 65. Bf8 g6 66. Be7 Kc4 67. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch25 Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.02.13"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1958.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%mdl 2] 1) Tal in Shakhmatyi v SSSR 1958. Reprinted in 2)Kirillov: Mikhail Tal 1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.134-138. Tal plays for the first place, winning his first championship of Sovet Union. Spassky plays for a qualifikation place in the Interzonal in Portoroz 1958. The first four are qualified. With a win Spassky will share 3.-4. place with Bronsten. With a draw he will become 4.-6. with Averbakh and Gurgenidze. So Spassky plays 66 moves for a win. After getting a clear winning position after move 55..h5? he first did not realize his advantage and later blundered (67.g3?) with the result of loosing the game and the qualifiaktion for the interzonal.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 (4. Bg5) (4. e3) 4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 (7... O-O 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8) 8. Ne2 (8. d5 e4 9. Bc2 (9. dxc6 exd3 10. cxd7+ Qxd7) 9... Ne5) 8... e4 9. Bb1 b6 10. Ng3 ({RR} 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 exf3 12. Rxf3 Bxc4 13. Ng3 d5 14. e4 cxd4 15. Bg5 dxc3 16. Nh5 dxe4 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Bxe4 Qd4+ 19. Re3 O-O-O 20. Qxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxf6 b5 22. Rae1 c2 23. Bxh8 Rxh8 24. Rc3 Kd7 {Yu,Y (2675)-Wei,Y (2530) Xinghua 2013 ½-½ (98)}) ({RR} 10. O-O Ba6 11. f3 exf3 12. Rxf3 Bxc4 13. Ng3 O-O 14. e4 cxd4 15. cxd4 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Be3 f6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bd5 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qg4+ Kf7 24. Qf3 Qxf3 {Sharavdorj,D (2375)-Munkhgal,G (2473) Ulaanbaatar 2020 0-1 (40)}) 10... Ba6 11. f3 (11. Qa4 Na5 12. Nxe4 {Keres} Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rc8) (11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxc4 13. f3 $13) 11... Bxc4 (11... exf3 12. Qxf3 Bxc4 13. Nf5 O-O 14. e4) 12. Nf5 $146 (12. fxe4 d6 13. Qf3 O-O (13... Rc8 $143 14. Nf5 O-O 15. Qg3 Ne8 16. e5) 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxc6 exd4) ({RR} 12. fxe4 d6 13. Qf3 O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxc6 exd4 16. cxd4 Re8 17. Nf5 g6 18. Ba2 gxf5 19. Bxc4 Qxd4 20. O-O Qxa1 21. g4 Nxg4 22. h3 Qc3 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. hxg4 Rad8 25. Qh6 Kg8 26. gxf5 Qg7+ {Psakhis,L (2555)-Plaskett,H (2495) Bor 1985 0-1}) ({RR} 12. fxe4 Na5 13. Ba2 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 d5 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qg4 Qd5 18. Qxg7 O-O-O 19. Qg4+ Kb8 20. Qe2 Rhg8 21. O-O Rg7 22. Rc2 Nc4 23. Rf4 Rdg8 24. Qf1 Rc8 25. g3 Rc7 26. Qg2 cxd4 {Adams,N (2212)-Fodor,T (2302) Budapest 2006 1-0 (32)}) 12... O-O (12... d5 13. Nxg7+ Kf8 14. Nf5 Rg8 15. Ng3) 13. Nd6 Bd3 14. Bxd3 exd3 15. Qxd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne8 $1 17. Nf5 d5 18. a4 (18. Qb5 Rc8 19. a4 Nd6 20. Nxd6 (20. Qxd5 Nxf5 21. Qxf5 Nxd4 $19) 20... Qxd6 21. Ba3 Qe6 $17) 18... Nd6 19. Nxd6 (19. Ba3 Nxf5 20. Bxf8 $2 Qg5) 19... Qxd6 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Qb3 a5 22. O-O Rfc8 23. Rac1 $11 {Draw offer by Tal. That time You offered a draw before you moved. Remisangebot (Tal)} Qe6 24. Bxb4 $6 (24. e4 Qh6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Rd1 Qg5 $11) 24... axb4 $15 25. Kf2 Qd6 26. h3 (26. Kg1 Qe6 $11) 26... Kf8 $2 {Tal} (26... h5) 27. Rc2 $1 $11 Rxc2+ 28. Qxc2 g6 29. Rc1 (29. Rb1 Kg7 30. Qb3 Qc6 31. Qxb4 Rxa4 32. Qxb6 Ra2+ 33. Kg3 Qc2 34. Rg1 Qf2+ 35. Kh2 Qxe3) 29... Qd7 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra6 (31... Rxa4 $142 32. Rxb6 Ke7 $11) 32. a5 b3 33. axb6 (33. Rc3 b2 34. Rb3 bxa5 35. Rxb2 a4 36. Ra2 a3 $11) 33... b2 34. b7 b1=Q 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. b8=Q Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 (38. Kf4 Rxg2 $1) 38... Qxe3 39. Rg8+ Kf6 $6 (39... Kh6 $142 40. Qf8+ Kh5 41. Qxf7 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Qd2+ $11) 40. Qd6+ $14 (40. Re8 Qxd4 41. Re2 Rd2 $1 42. Qh8+ Kf5 43. Qc8+ Kg5 44. Qc1 Qf4+ 45. Kh1 Rd4 $1 $17 (45... Rxe2 $2 46. h4+ Kf5 47. g4+ Ke5 48. Qc7+ $18)) 40... Qe6 41. Qf4+ Qf5 42. Qd6+ (42. Qg3 $14) 42... Qe6 $11 43. Qg3 Qe3 44. h4 Re2 $1 (44... Ra1 $143 45. Qd6+ Qe6 46. Qf4+ (46. Qd8+ Qe7 47. Qxd5 Rh1+ $11) 46... Qf5 47. Qh6) 45. Qd6+ Qe6 $11 {[#] In dieser Stellung wurde die Partie vertagt.} 46. Qf4+ {Sealed move.} (46. Qd8+ Qe7 47. Re8 (47. Qxd5 Rxg2+ 48. Kxg2 Qe2+ {Dauerschach}) 47... Qxd8 48. Rxd8 Rd2 49. Rxd5 Ke6 50. Re5+ Kd7 51. Re4 f5 $11) 46... Qf5 (46... Ke7 47. h5 $1 {[%cal Rf4h4]}) 47. Qh6 Ke7 48. Qf8+ Kf6 49. Qg7+ Ke7 50. Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra8a7]} Qd7 51. Qf8+ Kf6 52. Ra6+ Re6 53. Qh8+ Ke7 54. Ra8 Re1 55. Kg3 {[#]} h5 $1 {RR: ?} (55... Qc7+ 56. Kf2 Qc2+ {?RR} (56... Re6 $145 $11) 57. Kxe1 Qc1+ 58. Kf2 Qd2+ 59. Kg3 Qe1+ 60. Kg4 f5+ 61. Kg5 Qe3+ 62. f4 Qg3+ 63. Kh6 Qxh4+ 64. Kg7 Qf6+ 65. Kxh7 Qh4+ 66. Kg8 $18) 56. Kf2 {RR: +-} Re6 {[#]} 57. Rc8 $16 {Tal:! RR:?} (57. Qb8 $145 $18 Kf6 58. g4 hxg4 59. fxg4 {[#]} Qd6 (59... Re4 60. Qh8+ Ke7 61. Qf8+ Kf6 62. Ra6+ Re6 63. g5+ Kf5 64. Qa3 $18) 60. Qh8+ Ke7 61. Re8+ Kd7 62. Rd8+ $18) 57... Rd6 {RR:?} (57... Qd6 $4 58. Re8+ Kd7 59. Rd8+ $18) (57... Rc6 $2 58. Qf8+ Kf6 59. Rd8 Qc7 60. Qh8+ Ke7 61. Re8+ Kd7 62. Re5 $18) (57... Rb6 $145 $1 58. Qf8+ Kf6 59. g4 $16 Rb2+ 60. Kg3 hxg4 61. fxg4 Rd2) 58. Qf8+ {RR: +-} Kf6 59. Re8 $145 $2 $16 (59. g4 $145 $18) 59... Re6 60. Qh8+ Kf5 61. Qh6 Kf6 (61... Rxe8 $2 62. Qg5+ Ke6 63. Qe5#) (61... Qxe8 $2 62. Qg5#) 62. Qh8+ $11 (62. Rd8 Qc6 63. Qg5+ Kg7 64. Qxd5 (64. Rxd5 $2 f6) 64... Qc2+ (64... Qc3 $1 $19 {Fritz}) 65. Kg3 Qc7+ 66. Kf2 Qf4 $36) (62. Rg8 $1 $16 {Fritz}) 62... Kf5 63. Rd8 (63. Qh6 Kf6 64. Rg8 $16) 63... Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rc6c2]} (63... Qb5 {RR:!} 64. Kg3 Re2 (64... Qa5 $145 $11) 65. Kh3 {[%cal Rg2g4]}) 64. Rc8 $11 (64. Kg3 $11) 64... Qa6 65. Kg3 (65. Qd8 $11) 65... Qd6+ {Now Black has no problems anymore.} 66. Kh3 (66. Kf2 Qf4 (66... Qh2) (66... Qb4 $1 $19 {Fritz})) 66... Re1 {[#]} 67. g3 $2 {Suddenly White is loosing the game.} (67. g4+ {RR: !=} hxg4+ 68. fxg4+ Kf4 69. Qh6+ (69. Rc3 $145 $11) 69... Ke4 $1 70. Re8+ Kf3 $19) 67... Rg1 $17 (67... Qa6 $19 68. g4+ hxg4+ 69. fxg4+ Kf4 70. Qh6+ Kf3 71. Rc3+ Ke4 72. Qd2 $13 Rh1+ {Fritz} 73. Kg3 Qd6+ 74. Kg2 Qh2#) 68. f4 Re1 {[#]} (68... Ke4 $17) 69. Rc2 $2 (69. Re8 $142 Rxe8 70. Qxe8 Qe6 $17) 69... Qe6 $19 70. Rf2 (70. Qc8 Qxc8 71. Rxc8 Re4) 70... Rh1+ 71. Kg2 Qe4+ 72. Rf3 Kg4 73. Qc8+ f5 (73... f5 74. Qc3 Rf1) 0-1

[Event "LAT-ch15"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1958.04.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vilup, Arvid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1958.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O (4... c5) 5. Bd3 Re8 6. Nge2 d5 7. a3 (7. O-O Nc6) 7... Be7 (7... Bf8 $142) 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. b4 Bf8 13. Nd4 Qc7 14. Nce2 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. f4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Bb2 Rxe3 21. Qd4 Be5 22. fxe5 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Ng3 Rd8 25. Bd4 Rd3 {Stensholt,S (1137)-Lie,T (906) Sotra 2003 1-0 (69)}) 11... Bb6 12. Nd4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ne2 a5 15. Bb2 Qd6 16. Nf4 Bd7 17. b5 $5 d4 (17... Rab8 {[%cal Gb8b2]}) 18. bxc6 Bxc6 19. Bc4 (19. Rc1) 19... Re4 20. Qb3 $2 Rb8 (20... dxe3 21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Qxb6 Rb8 $19) 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Rfd1 Bc7 23. Qc2 Rxf4 24. exf4 Be4 25. Qd2 Rxb2 26. Qxb2 Qxf4 27. Qxd4 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Qxg2+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 Qg5+ 31. Qe3 Bf4 32. Kc3 h5 33. Qb6 Be5+ 34. Kb3 Bxa1 35. Rxa1 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT Students 05th Group1"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1958.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mititelu, Gheorghe"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1958.07.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 c5 12. Kh1 Nc7 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rd1 Rc8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. e4 Re8 17. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 17. Bf4) 17... Ng4 18. fxg4 (18. Bxd8 Nf2+ 19. Kg1 Nxd1+ 20. Kh1 Nf2+ 21. Kg1 Rexd8 $40) 18... Qxg5 19. exd5 Bxg4 20. d6 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Nb5 23. Qd2 Qg4 24. Nc3 Nxd6 25. Qxd6 Rcd8 26. Qc7 h5 27. Rf1 Rd7 28. Qxa5 h4 29. gxh4 Rd2 30. Bd5 Kh8 (30... Qh3 31. Bxf7+ $18) 31. Qb4 Qh3 32. Qf4 Rxh2+ 33. Kg1 Rc2 34. Nd1 Re6 35. h5 Rf6 36. Qb8+ Rc8 37. Bg2 Rxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-04"]
[Site "Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.08.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David Ionovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1958.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 Nc6 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. f3 c5 12. g4 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. f4 Nc7 15. a4 b6 16. Ng3 Ba6 17. Rf2 Qd7 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. Qf3 Bd3 20. g5 hxg5 21. dxc5 Bxc5 22. fxg5 Ne4 23. Ngxe4 {Nakamura,H (2741)-Grischuk,A (2771) Moscow 2010 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. f3 Nf8 12. Qd3 g6 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nh5 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 Bc5 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. dxc5 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxc5 20. Rdd1 Bg4 21. Rd2 Nb3 22. Rc2 Nd4 23. Rcf2 {Vifleemskaia,S (1943)-Navrotescu,A (2284) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (59)}) 9. Bg2 Ne7 10. O-O $146 ({RR} 10. Nb5 Nf5 11. Nxd6 Nxd6 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 c6 14. f3 h5 15. Nc3 Nf5 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Bd2 Bd7 18. Rad1 c5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Bc1 Qb6 21. Kh1 Rad8 22. Qd2 Bc6 23. Qf2 a5 24. Kg1 Nd6 {Milanovic,D (2546)-Lekic,D (2387) Zadar 2009 ½-½ (49)}) 10... a5 11. f3 c5 12. Nb5 Nf5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4 Nxd4 15. Nexd4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bb8 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bf4 Bd7 19. Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Lutikov, Anatoly S"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1959.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Nf4 Nc7 12. f3 c5 13. Na4 Na6 14. g4 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 14... cxd4 15. exd4 Bd6 16. Nc3 Nc7 17. Qb3 Ne6 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. h3 Bd7 20. a4 Qb8 21. f4 Kh8 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. axb5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Qe8 26. Qxe4 Qxb5 27. Be3 Qd5 28. Qd3 Rad8 29. Rf2 {Nakhbayeva,G (2209)-Sachdev,T (2385) Guangzhou 2010 0-1 (73)}) 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Nce2 Qb6 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfe8 19. Bc3 Bd6 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Nxc6 Bxf4 22. Bd4 Qxc6 23. exf4 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Re8 27. Qd2 Qc5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. b4 axb4 30. Qxb4 b6 31. g5 Nh5 32. Bf1 Rd8 33. Bc4 Qxb4 34. axb4 Nxf4 35. Rxf4 dxc4 36. Rxc4 Rd5 37. h4 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 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 ({RR} 9. Nf3) 9... a5 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. h3) 12... Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. O-O-O Bd4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 cxd5 20. exf6 dxc4 21. fxg7 Rfc8 22. Bf5 c3 23. Qf2 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Rc3 25. Rd3) ({RR} 10... a5 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Be3 ({RR} 12. O-O-O) 12... Na6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rae1 Ng4) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 ({RR} 12... Bd4 13. Ne2 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5) 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 c5 ({RR} 14... Nc5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exf6) ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Nxd4 ({RR} 15. Kb1 c6) 15... exd4 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Qe3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6) 15. g4 a5 ({RR} 15... a6) 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 g6 ({RR} 17... Rb6 18. Rh2 a4 19. h4 Rb3 20. Rd3) ({RR} 17... a4 18. Nf5 Qa5 19. Rh2 Rb6 20. Bc1 Ne8) 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 ({RR} 19. Bh6 Ne8 ({RR} 19... Re8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Bh3) 20. Bxf8 Rf6 21. Qd3 Kxf8) 19... Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. g5 Ne8 22. h5 Rb6 23. Bc1 Rb3 24. Qg4 {Nakamura,H (2789)-Carlsen,M (2872) Zuerich 2014 CBM 159 [Krasenkow,Michal] 0-1 (61)}) ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Bd4 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nfd7 18. Bg3 Bxf3) ({RR} 9... Bd4 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. Bd3 Nc5 12. Nge2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nb5 O-O 16. Bc2 d3 17. Bxd3 Nb3 18. Qd1 Nxa1 19. Qxa1 c6 20. Nc3 Qd4 21. Qd1 Bg4 22. Be2 Qe3 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 {Kornyukov,A (2452)-Filgueira,H (2283) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (70)}) ({RR} 9... Bd4 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 c6 12. Nge2 Bg4 13. Qc2 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 Be3 15. Ng3 g6 16. Nf1 Bd4 17. O-O-O Nbd7 18. Nd2 g5 19. Bg3 Ng4 20. Nf3 Be3+ 21. Kb1 Qb6 22. h3 Nf2 23. Nxe5 Nxd1 24. Rxd1 {Gheorghiu,F-Keres,P Hastings 1964 ½-½}) 10. Nf3 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 10... Nbd7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bd3 c6 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Rhf1 Ne8 15. Nh4 Nd6 16. Be7 Re8 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Nf5 f6 19. Rf3 Bf8 20. g4 Nc5 21. Bc2 b5 22. g5 b4 23. Na4 b3 24. d6 Qa7 25. Nxc5 {Piceu,T-Lepelletier,B (2385) Scotland 1995 0-1 (64)}) ({RR} 10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. O-O-O c6 14. g4 h6 15. Bd2 a4 16. h4 h5 17. g5 Ng4 18. Bh3 Qe7 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Qxg4 Bxa3 21. bxa3 Qxa3+ 22. Kc2 Qb3+ 23. Kd3 Nc5+ 24. Ke3 Qxc4 25. Qe2 {Gopal,G (2526)-Bakre,T (2488) Pune 2013 1-0 (54)}) 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 "1959.10.10"]
[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 "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. e4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 17. Ra2 Re6 18. e5 Nb6 19. Rae2 Nh7 20. f4 Rc6 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. f5 a5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. fxe6 b5 26. Bc1 Qc6 27. Qg4 Qe8 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. h4 Rd6 30. e7 Rd7 31. h5 gxh5 {Tal,M-Sevcak,F Prague 1960 1-0 (35)}) 17... Qc2 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Nxf6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Ne2 Rc2 22. Kf1 g5 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. g3 f6 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Rb1 b6 27. Rb5 fxe5 28. dxe5 Rc5 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. Ke2 g6 31. Kd3 Ng7 32. Rb1 Ra5 33. Nc2 Ne6 34. Rb4 Rc5 35. h4 gxh4 36. Rxh4 d4 37. Nxd4 Rxe5 38. Nxe6 Kxe6 39. a4 Rg5 40. Re4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.19"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. Nh3 c5 ({RR} 6... f5 7. f3 Nf6 8. e3 b6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O Ba6 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bg5 Qc8 14. Qe2 d6 15. Rfe1 dxe5 16. dxe5 Na5 17. c5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb3 19. Qc4 Nxa1 20. c6 Nc2 21. Rd1 {Smirnova,P (1894)-Sriram,S (2146) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (36)}) 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Qc2 Qa5 8. Bb2 d5 9. e3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. f3 Nf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Kb1 Bd7 14. Nf4 Rfc8 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. g3 Na5 18. Rde1 Qd6 19. Re5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. g4 Rac8 {Semcesen,D (2486)-Rozentalis,E (2607) Gothenburg 2013 0-1 (48)}) 7... Qa5 8. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O b6 12. a4 Nc6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rb1 Qh5 15. f3 Ba6 16. Re1 e5 17. Be2 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. c5 Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Rxe2 21. Qxe2 Nxd4 22. Qd3 bxc5 {Aleksandrov,A (2580)-Matviishen,V (2423) Suwalki 2018 ½-½ (40)}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 b6 12. Bd3 Ba6 13. Rhc1 Nc6 14. Rab1 Ke7 15. c5 Bxd3 16. Kxd3 Rab8 17. Rb5 bxc5 18. Rcxc5 a6 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Kc2 Rc8 21. Nf4 d6 22. Rc3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.23"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 f5 7. Nh3 d6 8. f3 Nf6 9. e4 fxe4 10. fxe4 e5 11. Nf2 O-O 12. Be2 c5 13. dxe5 $146 ({RR} 13. d5 Qe8 14. g4 Nbd7 15. h4 Nb6 16. h5 h6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bd7 19. Rb1 Nh7 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rf6 22. Nh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Raf8 24. h6 Rg6 25. Bh5 Rgf6 26. Be2 g6 27. Qd3 Qd7 {Corbu,G (2080)-Gavrilescu,D (2543) Craiova ROU 2025 0-1 (55)}) 13... dxe5 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Nd1 Qg6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Ne3 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Be6 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. Nd5 Rf8 22. Nc7 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Qf7 24. Qd6 Bc8 25. Na6 Qf4 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. Qxc5 Be6 28. Nc7 Bg8 29. Qf2 Qxe4 30. Ne8 Qg6 31. Qf8 e4 32. Nd6 Ne5 33. c5 Nd3 34. Nf5 Ne5 35. Ne7 Qf7 36. Qxf7 Bxf7 37. Kf2 Bc4 38. Bxc4 Nxc4 39. c6 bxc6 40. Nxc6 a5 41. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.28"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 f5 7. Nh3 O-O 8. f3 Nf6 9. c5 ({RR} 9. e4 fxe4 10. fxe4 e5 11. Nf2 d6 12. Be2 c5 13. d5 Qe8 14. g4 Nbd7 15. h4 Nb6 16. h5 h6 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bd7 19. Rb1 Nh7 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rf6 22. Nh3 Bxh3 23. Rxh3 Raf8 {Corbu,G (2080)-Gavrilescu,D (2543) Craiova ROU 2025 0-1 (55)}) 9... b6 10. cxb6 cxb6 $146 ({RR} 10... axb6 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 d5 13. Nf2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 c5 17. dxc5 e5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nh4 Be4 20. Ng6+ Bxg6 21. Qxg6 Ra4 22. Bd3 Qc8 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Be2 {0-1 (24) Czerw,D (2306)-Stamatiou,R (2023) Belgrade 2021}) ({RR} 10... axb6 11. e4 fxe4 12. fxe4 d5 13. Nf2 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Bb7 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 c5 17. dxc5 e5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Nh4 Be4 20. Ng6+ Bxg6 21. Qxg6 Ra4 22. Bd3 Qc8 23. Be3 Qd8 24. Be2 {0-1 (24) Czerw,D (2306)-Stamatiou,R (2023) Belgrade 2021}) 11. e3 Qc7 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. c4 Ba6 14. Rc1 Nd6 15. Qa4 Qc6 16. Qxc6 Nxc6 17. Bb4 Nxb4 18. axb4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rfc8 20. Bxe6+ dxe6 21. Kd2 Kf7 22. Nf4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 24. Kd3 a4 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Ra1 Nc4 27. Rb1 a3 28. Rb7+ Kf6 29. Ra7 g5 30. Nh5+ Kg6 31. g4 Nb2+ 32. Kd2 Nc4+ 33. Kd3 Nb2+ 34. Kd2 Nc4+ 35. Ke2 Rc6 36. h3 e5 37. dxe5 fxg4 38. hxg4 Nxe5 39. Rxa3 Rc2+ 40. Kf1 Kf7 41. e4 Rd2 42. Ke1 Rg2 43. Rb3 Ke7 44. Ng7 Nxf3+ 45. Rxf3 Rxg4 46. Nf5+ Ke6 47. Ng3 h5 48. Nxh5 Rxe4+ 49. Kf2 Ke5 50. Kg3 Rh4 51. Ng7 Rf4 52. Ra3 Rd4 53. Ra6 Rd6 54. Ra7 Rd4 55. Rf7 Rf4 56. Re7+ Kf6 57. Ra7 Re4 58. Nh5+ Kg6 59. Kf3 Rb4 60. Ng3 Rf4+ 61. Ke3 Rf7 62. Ra5 Rf6 63. Ne4 Rf5 64. Ra6+ Kg7 65. Ng3 Re5+ 66. Kd4 Rb5 67. Ke4 Kf7 68. Nf5 Rb4+ 69. Nd4 Rb1 70. Nf3 Rb4+ 71. Nd4 Rb1 72. Nc6 Kg6 73. Ne5+ Kh5 74. Ra5 Re1+ 75. Kf3 Rf1+ 76. Kg3 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.05.05"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Ne4 6. e3 f5 ({RR} 6... d5 7. Qc2 c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. exd4 Qa5 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. O-O O-O 13. c4 Qc6 14. Bb2 Nbd7 15. Ng3 b6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Rae1 Rfe8 18. Kh1 h5 19. f5 h4 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Ne4 {Berkes,F (2676)-Palac,M (2543) Schwarzach 2018 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 6... d5 7. Qc2 Nd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qc2 Qd5 13. f3 Bf5 14. Qb2 Rfe8 15. Ne2 Qc4 16. Kf2 Bd3 17. Nf4 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Rd1 Qc4 20. e4 Qa6 21. Bf4 {Krasteva,B (2243)-Donghvani,N (1902) Iasi 2021 1-0 (34)}) 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qh6 d6 $146 ({RR} 8... Qf6 9. h4 Nc6 10. Ne2 b6 11. f3 Nd6 12. Qg5 Qxg5 13. hxg5 Na5 14. Nf4 Kf7 15. c5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Nb3 17. cxd6 Nxa1 18. dxc7 e5 19. Bc4+ Kg7 20. Nd5 Bb7 21. Bb2 Rac8 22. Bxa1 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 {Schelter,T-Hemmann,A Germany 1995 1-0 (67)}) 9. f3 Nf6 10. e4 e5 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Bd3 Rf8 13. Ne2 Qf7 14. Qh4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Ng4 16. h3 Qf2+ 17. Kd2 Qxh4 18. Bxh4 Nf2 19. Rhf1 Nxd3 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Kxd3 Be6 22. Ng3 Nd7 23. Nf1 a6 24. Bf2 Kg7 25. Nd2 Rf8 26. Be3 b6 27. Rb1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-14 Preliminaries B"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1960.10.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Argentina"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Nf3 Na6 7. e3 Nxc5 8. Bd2 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nce4 ({RR} 10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nce4 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Qa4 Qc7 15. Rd4 a6 16. Rad1 h6 17. Qb4 d5 18. h3 Qc5 {½-½ (18) Gajewski,G (2654)-Wojtaszek,R (2734) Berlin 2015}) 11. Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 11. Rfd1 Nxd2 12. Nxd2 Qe7 13. Rac1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 d5 15. c5 Rfc8 16. b4 a5 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Qe5 axb4 19. cxb6 Nc3 20. Rd2 f6 21. Qd4 e5 22. Qg4 Qd6 23. Bd3 Qxb6 24. h4 Rf8 25. h5 Bc8 {Hasenohr,B (2284)-Luciani,V (2143) Wil 2020 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 11. Rfd1 Nxd2 12. Rxd2 Rc8 13. Rad1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qa3 Nxd2 16. Rxd2 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rc5 18. Qxa7 Qh4 19. f4 d5 20. Qxb6 Rfc8 21. b3 dxc4 22. bxc4 g5 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Qd6 gxf4 25. Qf8+ Kf6 {Korol,D (2287)-Hernandez,A (2026) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 11... Nxe4 12. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-14 Final A"]
[Site "Leipzig"]
[Date "1960.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Padevsky, Nikola Bochev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1960.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. g4 Nxg4 11. fxg4 Qh4+ 12. Kd2 Be4 13. Rg1 cxd4 14. exd4 $146 ({RR} 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Nc3 Qxh2+ 16. Be2 Rxc3 17. Kxc3 Nd7 18. Kd2 Rc8 19. Ra2 Nb6 20. Rf1 Bb1 21. Qb3 Bxa2 22. Qxa2 Na4 23. Qxd5 Qxe2+ 24. Kxe2 Nc3+ 25. Kd3 Nxd5 26. e4 Nb6 27. d5 Nd7 28. Bf4 f6 {Piatrenka,I (1861)-Mutovin,E (2176) St Petersburg RUS 2022 0-1 (69)}) ({RR} 14. Nxd4 Qxh2+ 15. Be2 Nd7 16. Qe1 Qc7 17. a4 Rfc8 18. Bb2 Ne5 19. Ra3 a6 20. Qf1 Re8 {½-½ (20) Srdanovic,J (2150)-Ilincic,Z (2301) Pozarevac SRB 2023}) 14... Qg5+ 15. Ke1 Qh4+ 16. Rg3 Nc6 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Qg5 Qxh2 19. Bf4 f6 20. Qh5 Qxh5 21. gxh5 g5 22. hxg6 hxg6 23. Re3 Kg7 24. Ng3 g5 25. Bd6 Rh8 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 dxe4 28. d5 Nd8 29. Rb1 b6 30. Bg2 Nf7 31. Be7 f5 32. d6 Re8 33. Rb5 f4 34. Rxg5+ Nxg5 35. Bxg5 f3 36. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Tal clock sim"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1960.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Thal, Olaf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1960.11.13"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DDR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Nh5 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. Qc2 Re8 10. g4 Nf4 11. h4 c5 12. Kf2 Ne6 13. Bd3 Nf8 14. Ne2 c4 15. Bf5 Nc6 16. a4 g6 17. Bxc8 Rxc8 18. Ba3 Ne6 19. Ng3 a6 20. Rab1 Rb8 21. h5 Qf6 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Qf2 b5 {Timofeev,A (2621)-Almasi,Z (2695) Legnica 2013 0-1 (35)}) 9... f5 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Kf2 b6 11. g4 Nf6 12. Nf4 c6 13. h4 Ba6 14. Bh3 Nfd7 15. g5 Nf8 16. a4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. a5 c5 19. dxc5 Nc6 20. e4 Bc4 21. axb6 axb6 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. Bd7 Rd8 24. Bxc6 {Eljanov,P (2667)-Stocek,J (2484) Germany GER 2025 1-0 (39)}) 10. g3 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... b6 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 Nc6 14. Nf4 Qe8 15. h3 Rd8 16. g4 g5 17. Ne2 fxg4 18. hxg4 Qg6 19. Ng3 h5 20. e4 dxe4 21. gxh5 Nxh5 22. Nxh5 Qxh5 23. fxe4 Qh4 24. Qd2 Rf4 25. Qa2+ {Taimanov,M-Averbakh,Y Tbilisi 1959 1-0 (54)}) ({RR} 10... b6 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. O-O Nc6 13. Re1 Qf6 14. e4 fxe4 15. fxe4 Qf2+ 16. Kh1 Rae8 17. Nf4 Nxg3+ 18. hxg3 Qxg3 19. e5 Re6 20. Bxd5 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxe1+ 22. Kh2 Bc8 23. Bb2 Qh4+ 24. Nh3 Qh5 25. Rg1 {Guilleux,F (2358)-David,A (2616) Malakoff 2010 ½-½ (33)}) 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Re1 Rae8 15. Kf2 a6 16. Qb3 Kh8 17. Qb4 Qe6 18. a4 Bxa4 19. c4 dxc4 20. d5 Qxd5 21. Nc3 Qd7 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. Ba3 c5 24. Qxb7 Qd2+ 25. Kg1 Rxe3 26. Red1 Qc3 27. Qxa6 Qxa3 28. Ra1 Qb4 29. Rxa4 Re1+ 30. Bf1 Rxd1 31. Rxb4 cxb4 32. Qxc4 Rb8 33. Qc7 Rdd8 34. Bc4 Rdc8 35. Qf7 Nf6 36. Bb3 Rc3 37. Kg2 Re3 38. Qc4 Rc3 39. Qe6 Re8 40. Qf7 Re2+ 41. Kf1 Re8 42. Kf2 h6 43. h4 Ree3 44. Bd5 b3 45. h5 b2 46. Ba2 Rxf3+ 47. Ke1 Rfe3+ 48. Kd1 Rxg3 49. Ke2 Rg2+ 50. Kf1 Rd2 51. Qf8+ Kh7 52. Ke1 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Tal-CSR School Students sim radio"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "1960.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sevcak, Frantisek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1960.12.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "CSR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 c5 12. O-O Re8 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. Re1 Qc7 ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. Bd2 c4 16. e4 b5 17. e5 Nh7 18. f4 Nhf8 19. Qf3 Nb6 20. f5 gxf5 21. Nxf5 Ne6 22. Rf1 Rad8 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Rf6 Ng7 26. Rxh6# {1-0 (26) Tabakovski,D (1833)-Bojkovski,M (1697) Skopje MKD 2024}) 15. e4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rac8 17. Ra2 $146 ({RR} 17. Bg5 Qc2 18. Bxf6 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 Nxf6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Ne2 Rc2 22. Kf1 g5 23. Rdc1 Rec8 24. g3 f6 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Rb1 b6 27. Rb5 fxe5 28. dxe5 Rc5 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. Ke2 g6 31. Kd3 Ng7 {Botvinnik,M-Tal,M Moscow 1960 ½-½ (40)}) 17... Re6 18. e5 Nb6 19. Rae2 Nh7 20. f4 Rc6 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. f5 a5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. fxe6 b5 26. Bc1 Qc6 27. Qg4 Qe8 28. Qf3 Rd8 29. h4 Rd6 30. e7 Rd7 31. h5 gxh5 32. Nf5 Nf6 33. Re6 Ng4 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Bh6+ 1-0

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 ({RR} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 {½-½ (13) Khodos,G-Polugaevsky,L Rostov on Don 1961}) 1... Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nb5 e5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Ke2 Ncxe5 14. Bd5 $146 c6 15. Be4 Be6 16. Nd2 Rad8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Bc2 Rd7 19. b3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Nd3 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Bb2 R3d7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. b4 Bf5 25. Nb3 Bd3+ 26. Ke1 b6 27. Rac1 Be4 28. f3 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Bd5 31. Nd4 c5 32. bxc5 bxc5 33. Nb5 a6 34. Nc7 Bc4 35. Ne8 f5 36. h4 Kf8 37. Nd6 Bf1 38. g3 Ke7 39. Nxf5+ Ke6 40. e4 Ke5 41. Kd2 1-0

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. b4 e5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Ng5 $146 ({RR} 13. O-O a6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Ng6 17. Qh5 Qh4 18. Qxh4 Nxh4 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. bxc5 Ng6 22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Bxc6 24. Bxa6 Rb8 25. Rxc6 Rxb2 26. Bc4 Ne7 27. Rxc7 Nc8 {Akhsharumova,A (2170)-Kulikova,L Tallinn 1982 1-0 (40)}) 13... Ng6 14. Ne6 fxe6 15. dxe6 Kh8 16. exd7 Qxd7 17. O-O Qf5 18. Nd5 Ng8 19. Qg4 Qc2 20. Qe2 Qf5 21. Qg4 Qc2 22. Qe2 Qf5 23. e4 Qd7 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Qg4 Qe8 26. g3 Nh6 27. Qh5 Ng8 28. Qe2 N6e7 29. Ne3 Nh6 30. Ng4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Nc6 32. Kg2 Be7 33. Bd5 Nd4 34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Bc4 c5 36. b5 Bf6 37. f4 d3 38. Rxd3 Rxd3 39. Bxd3 Bd4 40. e5 g6 41. Rh1 Kg7 42. Qe4 b6 43. Bc4 1-0

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. b4 e5 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bb2 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. e4 c5 15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. O-O Ng6 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Bb1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Ne8 20. Ne2 Nd6 21. a4 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Qd3 {Laurent,J (2199)-Bonte,A (2340) Paris FRA 2023 0-1}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Bb2 e5 11. Be2 Re8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. h3 Bd7 15. Nd4 c5 16. bxc5 Bxc5 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Qb3 Nc6 20. Bf1 Na5 21. Nd5 Nxb3 22. Nxe7+ Bxe7 23. Nxb3 Red8 24. Bd3 {Botvinnik,M-Hecht,H Belgrade 1969 ½-½ (41)}) 10. Bb2 ({RR} 10. d5 e4 11. dxc6 exf3 12. gxf3 bxc6 13. Bb2 a5 14. Rg1 Bf5 15. Ne4 Ne8 16. Qd4 Bg6 17. f4 Be7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Ng3 Nd6 20. Bb3 axb4 21. axb4 Rb8 22. Bc3 Nb5 23. Bd2 Bd3 24. f3 c5 {Gulko,B (2565)-Rohde,M (2550) Estes Park 1987 0-1 (34)}) 10... Bg4 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $146 ({RR} 11... Bxe5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxe2 16. Kxe2 Ng6 17. g3 Rad8 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qc3 f6 20. a4 Ne5 21. Qb3+ Nc4 22. Rhd1 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Kf1 Kh8 25. Bd4 Qe4 26. Kg1 {Enklaar,B (2395)-Farago,I (2495) Amsterdam 1985 0-1 (58)}) 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Nb5 Rfd8 14. Qc2 a6 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Qd1 Rac8 17. O-O Ne4 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nc4 20. Rac1 d5 21. Qg4 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Rc2 Ned6 24. Rd1 Rdd8 25. Nb3 Nxb2 26. Rxb2 Nc4 27. Ra2 b6 28. Kf1 f6 29. a4 Ne5 30. b5 Rc3 31. Nd4 Ra8 32. Rda1 a5 33. Rd1 Rac8 34. Nf5 R8c7 35. Rxd5 Kf7 36. Rd1 Ke6 37. Nd4+ Kf7 38. Ke2 R7c4 39. h3 Rb4 40. Nc2 Rbc4 41. Rd2 Ke7 42. Nd4 g6 43. Rd1 Nd7 44. Nc6+ Ke8 45. Rd6 Rc2+ 46. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 47. Kf3 Ra2 48. Re6+ Kf8 49. Rd6 Ke8 50. Re6+ Kf8 51. Kg3 Rxa4 52. Re7 Nc5 53. Rxh7 Ne4+ 54. Kh2 Nd6 55. Rh8+ Kf7 56. Rb8 Nc4 57. Rc8 Nd2 58. g4 Ra2 59. Rb8 Ne4 60. Rxb6 Rxf2+ 61. Kg1 Rb2 62. Nxa5 Nd2 63. Nc6 Nc4 64. Rb7+ Ke6 65. h4 Kd5 66. Rd7+ Kc5 67. Rd3 Kxb5 68. Nd4+ Kc5 69. Nf3 Re2 70. h5 gxh5 71. gxh5 Nxe3 72. h6 Rg2+ 73. Kh1 Rg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch23 Botvinnik-Tal +10-5=6"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1961.03.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1961.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MainBase"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Ba6 7. e4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 exd5 10. Bg5 ({RR} 10. e5 Ng8 11. Ne2 Nc6 12. a4 Qd7 13. Kf2 Nge7 14. Nf4 O-O 15. Nh5 Kh8 16. g4 Ng8 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Kg1 Nce7 19. a5 f5 20. e6 Qb5 21. Ba3 h6 22. g5 hxg5 23. f4 g4 24. h3 g3 {Stockfish dev-20241208-cf1064 (3683)-LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-6 (3652) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (57)}) 10... h6 11. Qa4+ $146 ({RR} 11. Bh4 dxe4 12. Qc2 exf3 13. Re1+ Kf8 14. Nxf3 Nbd7 15. Kf2 c5 16. Rhf1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Qb3 g5 19. Bg3 Kg7 20. Kg1 Re8 21. Ne5 Re7 22. Qf3 Qe8 23. h4 Ng8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Qh5 f6 {Khodos,G-Mukhitdinov,M Novosibirsk 1962 1-0}) 11... c6 12. Bh4 dxe4 13. Re1 g5 14. Bf2 Qe7 15. Ne2 b5 16. Qc2 Qxa3 17. h4 gxh4 18. Bxh4 Nbd7 19. Ng3 O-O-O 20. Nxe4 Rhe8 21. Kf2 Nxe4+ 22. fxe4 f6 23. Ra1 Qe7 24. Rxa7 Qxe4 25. Qxe4 Rxe4 26. Ra8+ Nb8 27. Bg3 Kb7 28. Rha1 Rc8 29. R8a7+ Kb6 30. Bxb8 b4 31. Bd6 bxc3 32. Bc5+ Kb5 33. R1a4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT 02nd Final"]
[Site "Oberhausen"]
[Date "1961.06.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.06.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 ({RR} 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qg4 Qe7 16. Rcd1 Rad8 17. a3 Qe6 18. Qg5 Rd3 19. Rxd3 exd3 20. f4 h6 21. Qg3 Qf5 22. h3 c5 23. Kh2 Rd8 24. Qh4 Rd7 25. Qf2 b5 26. g4 Qe4 27. f5 {Sarana,A (2706)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (52)}) 13. a3 ({RR} 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bc2 d4 15. Na4 Bxd2 16. Qxd2 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Nxa4 18. Bxa4 Qe7 19. f5 Qh4 20. Bb3 Qg4 21. Rf2 c5 22. Rc4 Qh5 23. Qg3 g5 24. Rg4 h6 25. h4 {1-0 (25) Bluebaum,M (2662)-Pulpan,J (2401) chess.com INT 2025}) ({RR} 13. e6 Nf6 14. Ne2 Bxd2 15. exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qxd2 Qd6 17. Ng3 Re8 18. b4 Kh8 19. Nf5 Qe5 20. f4 Ne4 21. fxe5 Nxd2 22. Rf2 Nc4 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxe5 25. Nd4 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 c5 27. Nf3 Bxf3 {Gligoric,S-Filip,M Zagreb 1955 ½-½ (43)}) 13... Be7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. axb4 Kg8 16. Ne2 Nd3 17. Rc2 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Bc3 c4 20. Ng3 Qg5 21. f4 Qg6 22. Bd4 f6 23. Rf3 Kf7 24. Nh1 Bc8 25. Rg3 Qh7 26. Nf2 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Rh8 28. h3 {Stefanou,K (1930)-Dimakis,S (1544) Patras 2021 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 13... Nxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. axb4 Kg8 16. Ne2 Nd3 17. Rc2 c5 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Bc3 c4 20. Ng3 Qg5 21. f4 Qg6 22. Bd4 f6 23. Rf3 Kf7 24. Nh1 Bc8 25. Rg3 Qh7 26. Nf2 Nxf2 27. Rxf2 Rh8 28. h3 {Stefanou,K (1930)-Dimakis,S (1544) Patras 2021 1-0 (50)}) 14. Qc2 Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bf5 Nh6 18. Ne2 c5 19. Ng3 d4 20. Be4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qd3 b6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Rac1 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Bg5 h6 16. Be3 Ng6 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h4 Bc5 24. Bxc5 {Peralta,F (2608)-Pogorelov,R (2436) Montcada 2011 ½-½ (37)}) 10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11... Ba5 12. exd7 Qxd7 13. Qxd7 Bxd7 14. Ne5 Rad8 15. f3 Ba4 16. a3 Nd7 17. Nxf7 b5 18. Nxd8+ bxc4 19. Nb7 Bc7 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Na5 Bxa5 22. Bxa5 Rxb2 23. Rfc1 Bb3 24. Kf1 Bc2 25. e4 Bd3+ 26. Kg1 {Peralta,F (2570)-Stromboli,C (2285) Collado Villalba 2010 1-0 (46)}) 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. Qxc3 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 b5 15. Bxb5 Bh3 16. Re1 Qb6 17. Bf1 Ne4 18. fxe4 Qg6+ 19. Kh1 Qxe4+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bled 30th Anniversary"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1961.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E27"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1961.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 (5... c5 $1 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 $13) 6. f3 e5 7. e4 O-O 8. Bg5 $6 (8. Bd3 $1 Nh5 9. Ne2) ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nh5 9. Qc2 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qf6 11. Qf2 Nc6 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Rb1 b6 14. h4 Ba6 15. g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. g5 Qd8 18. Nxf4 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qa2 Na5 21. Kf2 c6 22. Rbg1 d5 {Ipatov,A (2472)-Oleksienko,M (2585) Lvov 2008 1-0}) ({RR} 8. Ne2 Nbd7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Be3 Nf8 11. Qd2 Qe7 12. Kf2 c5 13. Be2 Ng6 14. a4 Qc7 15. a5 Ne7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Nf5 Re8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Rhd1 Nf8 21. Nd6 Re7 22. Nb5 Qc6 {Donner,J-Matanovic,A Beverwijk 1963 1-0 (44)}) 8... Re8 9. Ne2 (9. Bd3 $2 exd4 10. cxd4 Nxe4 $1 11. Bxd8 Nc3+) ({RR} 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 d5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. cxd4 c6 13. Ne2 cxd5 14. e5 Qa5+ 15. Kf2 Nh7 16. f4 Nc6 17. Rf1 Nf8 18. Kg1 Bg4 19. h3 Bxe2 20. Bxe2 Ne6 21. Bf2 Nxf4 22. Bf3 Qc3 23. Rb1 Re7 {Ambartsumova,K (2418)-Afanasieva,A (1914) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (72)}) 9... h6 $6 {Weakening} (9... Nc6 $1) 10. Be3 $146 ({RR} 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. g4 Nf8 12. Bf2 Bxg4 13. fxg4 Nxe4 14. d5 Qf6 15. Bg3 Qf3 16. Rg1 Ng6 17. Bg2 Qxg4 18. h3 Qf5 19. Qd3 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 Qf4 21. Qxf4 Nxf4 22. Nxf4 exf4+ 23. Kd2 Re3 24. Raf1 Rae8 {Hempson,P-De Veauce,L Rhyl/ Denbighshire 1969 1-0 (61)}) 10... c5 $2 11. d5 {Now it's not easy to attack Whites weak pawn at c4.} Nh5 12. g4 {With the closede center White is ready to attack on the wing.} Nf4 (12... Qf6 $1 13. gxh5 (13. Ng3 Nf4) 13... Qxf3 14. Rg1 Qxe3 15. Qc2 Qf3 16. O-O-O $13) 13. Qd2 (13. Nxf4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qf6 15. Qd2 Bxg4 16. Bg2 $14 (16. fxg4 Rxe4+ 17. Be3 Qf3)) 13... g5 $2 (13... Qf6 $1) 14. Ng3 Qf6 15. h4 Na6 16. Ra2 Kf8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Qc1 Ke7 19. Nh5 Qg6 20. Rah2 Rg8 (20... Kd8 $2 21. Nxf4 $1 gxf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qxf4 $18) 21. Ng3 Nc7 22. Rh7 Qf6 23. Qd2 $5 (23. R1h6 $6 Rg6 24. Nh5 Nxh5 25. gxh5 Rxh6 26. Rxh6 Qxf3 27. Bxg5+ Kd7 28. Qe3 $16) 23... Bd7 24. R1h6 Rg6 25. Nh5 $1 Rxh6 (25... Nxh5 $2 26. gxh5 Rxh6 27. Rxh6 Qxf3 28. Bxg5+ Kf8 29. Bf6 Qxe4+ 30. Kf2 Qf5+ 31. Kg1 $18) 26. Nxf6 Rxf6 27. Rg7 Rh8 28. Rxg5 Ne8 (28... Rh1 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Rh5 $1) 29. Qf2 (29. Bxc5 $2 {Tal} dxc5 30. Rxe5+ Kd6 31. Rxe8 (31. Rf5 Ng6) 31... Bxe8 32. g5 Ke5 33. gxf6 Rh1 $15) 29... Rh1 30. Bxf4 Rxf4 31. Rh5 Rxh5 (31... Rxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Bxg4 33. Rh8 Bxf3 34. Qh3 $18) 32. gxh5 Nf6 33. Qh2 (33. h6 $6 Nxe4 34. Qh2 Ng5) 33... Rxf3 34. h6 Nh7 35. Qg2 Rf4 36. Qg7 Rxe4+ 37. Kd2 Bf5 38. Bd3 Nf6 $2 (38... Rg4 $1 39. Bxf5 Rxg7 40. hxg7 Nf6 41. Bh7 Ng8 $1 42. Bxg8 Kf6 43. Bh7 Kxg7 44. Bf5 Kf6 45. Bc8 b6 {An interesting ending. Is there a winning way for White?}) 39. Bxe4 Nxe4+ 40. Ke1 Nf6 41. Qh8 a5 {This move was sealed by Matanovic, but he resigned without resuming.} 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 03rd sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1961.10.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Barstatis, Reinhardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1961.10.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Zalgiris"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal TAL est arrivé en cours de championnat directement en provenance du tournoi de Bled.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 (4. f3 c5 5. d5) 4... Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 (6. e3 {La grande ligne de la Saemisch}) 6... d5 (6... Nc6 7. e4 O-O (7... d6) 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 d6 10. Bd3 e5 $11) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qd2 (8. dxc5 {La ligne moderne} Qa5 9. e4 Ne7 (9... Nf6)) 8... Qa5 (8... f5 9. e3 O-O) (8... Nc6 9. e4 Nb6 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. Bb5 O-O $32 {[%csl Re1]}) ({RR} 8... f5) ({RR} 8... Nc6) 9. Bb2 (9. c4 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Nb6 11. e3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Na4 13. Ne2 Nxc5) (9. e4 Qxc3 ({RR} 9... Nb6 10. Rb1 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ba4 ({RR} 11... Nc6 12. Rb5 Qa4 13. Rxc5 O-O 14. Bc2 Qa6 15. Bd3 Qa4 16. Ne2 Rad8 17. Bc2 Qa6 18. Bd3 Qa4 19. O-O) 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Qb2 Rd7 15. Bd2 c4 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Na4 18. Ng3 g6 19. e5 b5 20. Ne4) ({RR} 9... Ne7 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 O-O) 10. Bb2 ({RR} 10. Bb2 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Ne7 ({RR} 11... Nf6 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Rxc5 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Ke3 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Ne2 Ne8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1) 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Nh3 ({RR} 13. Rc1 Nec6 14. Ke3 Bd7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Ne2 Be8 17. f4 Nd7 18. Rc3 Rc7 19. Rhc1 Rac8 20. Bb5 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. Rd3 Na5) ({RR} 13. Ke3 Nec6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bc3 Rc8) 13... Rd8+ ({RR} 13... Nbc6) 14. Ke3 Nbc6 15. Bc4 e5 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Rhf1 Ng6 18. Rad1 h6 19. Rd6 Nf4 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. g3 Nh5 22. f4 exf4+ 23. gxf4 Kf8 24. Bxf7 Kxf7) 10... Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Ne7 12. dxc5 O-O $14 {[%csl Gb2,Gf1] ;½-½ Taimanov,M-Milic,B URS-YUG Kiev 1959 (3)}) ({RR} 9. e4 Qxc3 10. Qxc3 Nxc3 11. dxc5 Na4 12. Be3 Bd7 ({RR} 12... Ke7 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Nc3 f6 16. Be2 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Rc7 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. f4 Be8) 13. Rb1 ({RR} 13. Nh3 Ke7 14. Nf4 Rc8 15. Rc1 a5 16. Kf2 Na6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Rhd1 Rac6 19. Nd3 f6 20. Rd2 R6c7 21. Rb1 e5) 13... b6 ({RR} 13... Bc6 14. Ne2 e5) 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Bb5 ({RR} 15. Nh3) 15... Bxb5 16. Rxb5 Nd7 17. Ne2 Nac5 18. Bc1 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxc1 ({RR} 19... N7e5 20. f4 Nf2 21. fxe5 Nxh1 22. Ke3 O-O) 20. Rxc1 Ke7 21. Rc3 Rhc8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. h4 Ra8 {Aronian,L (2781)-Grischuk,A (2736) Linares 2010 CBM 135 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½}) ({RR} 9. c4 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Nb6 11. e3 Nc6 12. dxc5 Na4 13. Ne2 Nxc5) ({RR} 9. e4 Nf6 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Ne2 Rd8 15. Be3 Bd7 16. Kf2 a6 17. Bd3 b5 18. Rhc1 Rac8 19. Rc5 Na5 20. Bd2 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rb6 Rc6 {Nilsen,J (2412)-Rego,V (2238) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (42)}) 9... Nc6 (9... Nb6 10. e3 Na4 11. Rb1 Nxb2 12. Qxb2 Nc6 (12... O-O 13. Kf2 b6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. Be4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Nb5) ({RR} 12... O-O 13. Kf2 b6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. Ne2 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. Be4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rac8 20. Nb5) 13. Kf2 O-O 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. Ne2 Na5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Rhd1 b6) ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e4 Ne3 12. Bc3 Nxf1 13. Kxf1 Qa6+ 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Kf2) ({RR} 9... Nb6 10. e3 Na4 11. Rb1 Nxb2 12. Qxb2 Nc6 13. Kf2 O-O 14. Bb5 Qc7 15. Ne2 Na5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb4 Qc7 18. Rhd1 b6) ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e4 Ne3 12. Bc3 Nxf1 13. Kxf1 Qa6+ 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Kf2) 10. e4 Nb6 $146 (10... Nf6 11. Bd3 (11. d5 $5) 11... b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Ng3 cxd4 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. cxd4 Qa5 18. Qf2 Ne8 19. f4 Ne7 20. f5 exf5 21. d5 Qc5 22. Rd4 Rd6 23. Rc1 Qb5 24. Rb4 Qd3 25. Nxf5 {Portisch,L-Drimer,D/Ploiesti 1957/EXT 2012/½-½ (36)}) 11. a4 $146 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gb2a3]} ({RR} 11. Bd3 Na4 12. dxc5 O-O 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Ba1 Ne5 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Ne2 Nxc5 17. Qb1 Ncxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 19. Qxd3 Ba4 20. Qe3 Rd1+ {0-1 (20) Mauser,A-Hartmann,G Ebersberg 1974}) ({RR} 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bb1 Qb5 14. Qc2 e5 15. d5 Na5 16. Ne2 {½-½ (16) Wiewiora,E (2042)-Reza,W (1940) Rewal 2010}) 11... O-O 12. Bd3 Rd8 $11 {[%cal Gd8d2]} (12... f5 $5 {[%csl Re1]}) 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. dxc5 Nxa4 $5 (14... Qxc5 {Semblait moins risqué mais les Noirs ont bien calculé les conséquences du clouage sur la colonne "a"} 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. O-O Be8 $15 {[%cal Gd8d2,Gc6e5]}) 15. Bc2 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Ga1a5]} Ne5 $1 {[%cal Gd7a4,Ge5d3,Gd7b5]} 16. Qd4 {[%cal Gd4e5,Gd4a4]} (16. O-O $4 Qxc5+ {[%cal Gc5g1,Ga4b2]}) 16... Qb5 $1 17. Ba3 Nc4 $36 {[%csl Ga4,Gc4] L'activité des  Noirs est impressionnante} 18. Bb4 Nab2 (18... e5 $5 19. Bxa4 (19. Qd3 $4 Nab2 $19 {[%csl Rd3]}) 19... Qxa4) 19. e5 a5 $6 (19... Bc6 20. Qh4 h6 21. Nd4 (21. O-O Ne3 $19) 21... Ne3 $1 22. Nxb5 Nxg2+) 20. Qe4 axb4 $1 {Sacrifiant la qualité} (20... g6 21. Nd4 Qa6 {[%csl Ra6]} 22. Kf2 $13 (22. O-O Nd2)) 21. Rxa8 $6 (21. Qxh7+ {Il fallait peut-être se contenter de la nulle} Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ {[%csl Re7]}) 21... Rxa8 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. Qh8+ Ke7 24. Qxa8 Ne3 (24... Qxc5 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 25. Be4 Qxc5 26. Rg1 $2 {[%csl Rg1] Il est difficile de soutenir longtemps la tension dans une position aussi compliquée sans faire de faute} Ned1 {[%csl Rc3,Rg1]} 27. Rf1 bxc3 {[%csl Gc3]} 28. Qb8 b5 $2 (28... Nc4 $3 29. Kxd1 Ne3+ 30. Ke1 Nxg2+ 31. Kd1 Ba4+) 29. f4 Ne3 (29... f5) 30. Qd6+ $1 Qxd6 31. exd6+ Kxd6 32. Rf3 Nbc4 33. Nxc3 f5 34. Ba8 b4 35. Nd1 Nc2+ 36. Kf2 Nd4 (36... e5 37. Rd3+ Nd4 $15) 37. Rd3 Kc5 38. Rg3 (38. Ne3 b3 $1 {[%csl Gb3]}) 38... Ba4 39. Ke1 Bxd1 40. Kxd1 b3 41. Rg5 Nb5 42. Rg3 Kb4 43. Rxb3+ Kxb3 44. Ke1 Kc3 45. Bb7 Ncd6 46. Bc6 Kd3 47. Kf1 Ke3 48. g3 Nd4 49. Bd7 Kf3 50. Ba4 Nc4 51. Bd1+ Ke4 52. Bh5 Ne3+ 53. Kf2 Nd5 {[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "URS-ch30 Final"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1962.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas Ivanovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E23"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1962.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {TFS} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O ({RR} 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. O-O g5 14. Ne1 Rf7 15. Nb5 Bb7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Rc8 18. Qd1 Ne5 19. b3 f4 20. exf4 gxf4 21. f3 Rg7 22. Rf2 Rf8 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. Qb2 Qe7 {Christiansen,L (2595)-Speelman,J (2630) Munich 1992 0-1 (51)}) 11... Ba6 $146 ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Nde4 Be7 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Qg5 16. Bf1 Ne5 17. Kh1 Ng4 18. Rxd7 Qh4 19. h3 Qxh3+ 20. Kg1 Qh2# {0-1 (20) Papasimakopoulos,A (2403)-Grandelius,N (2684) chess.com INT 2023}) ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Nde4 Rab8 14. a3 f5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Rab1 Rb3 21. Rbc1 Rfb8 22. Rc2 h5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qf2 h4 25. Ree2 a5 26. Red2 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2387)-Megalios,K (2379) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (65)}) ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. a3 f5 13. Nf3 Qf6 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Qc3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 a6 18. f4 Qg6+ 19. Kf1 Ng4 20. Bxg4 fxg4 21. Nd4 Qh5 22. Ne2 Qxh2 23. Ke1 d5 24. b4 Qh1+ 25. Kd2 dxc4+ 26. Kc2 {Mikenas,V (2410)-Kuzmin,G (2520) Moscow 1972 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bd6 ({RR} 13... f5) 14. Rfd1 Bb8 15. Rd2 Qe7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Nb5 d5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Rc5 21. Qa3 Qc7 22. g3 Rc8 23. Qd3 g6 24. Qb3 Rc1 25. Ne1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 {Stahlberg,G-Danielsson,G Stockholm 1939 EXT 2020 [TFS] 1-0 (41)}) 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Nde4 Ne5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. f4 Bc6 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. Qd2 Nh4 19. Qd6 Qf6 20. g3 Rab8 21. Rd2 Rfc8 22. Qxc5 Bf3 23. Qxa7 d5 24. Rf1 Ra8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 Bxe2 27. Rxe2 Nf5 28. cxd5 exd5 29. Rd1 Rc4 30. Nxd5 Nxd4 31. Re3 Nc2 32. Red3 Re8 33. Ne3 Nxe3 34. Rxe3 Ra8 35. Red3 Rcc8 36. a3 h5 37. b4 Kh7 38. Kf2 Rc2+ 39. R1d2 Rc1 40. Rb3 h4 41. gxh4 Kg6 42. b5 Kf5 43. b6 Kxf4 44. b7 Rb8 45. Rd7 Rc2+ 46. Kf1 f5 47. Rxg7 Ke4 48. Re7+ Kf4 1-0

[Event "Asztalos Memorial-06"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Barczay, Laszlo"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E23"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1963.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Nxd2 Bxc5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O ({RR} 11. Rd1 f5 12. Nf3 Qf6 13. O-O g5 14. Ne1 Rf7 15. Nb5 Bb7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Rc8 18. Qd1 Ne5 19. b3 f4 20. exf4 gxf4 21. f3 Rg7 22. Rf2 Rf8 23. Qd4 Qg5 24. Nd3 Nc6 25. Qb2 Qe7 {Christiansen,L (2595)-Speelman,J (2630) Munich 1992 0-1 (51)}) 11... Bb7 ({RR} 11... Ba6 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Nde4 Ne5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. f4 Bc6 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. Qd2 Nh4 19. Qd6 Qf6 20. g3 Rab8 21. Rd2 Rfc8 22. Qxc5 Bf3 23. Qxa7 d5 24. Rf1 Ra8 25. Qd4 Qxd4 26. exd4 {Mikenas,V-Tal,M Yerevan 1962 1-0 (48)}) 12. Nde4 ({RR} 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Nde4 Rab8 14. a3 f5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 fxg4 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Rab1 Rb3 21. Rbc1 Rfb8 22. Rc2 h5 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Qf2 h4 25. Ree2 a5 26. Red2 a4 {Papasimakopoulos,A (2387)-Megalios,K (2379) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (65)}) 12... Rb8 $146 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Rfd1 f5 14. Nd6 Bxd6 15. Rxd6 Ne5 16. f4 Nf7 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Rad1 Bc6 19. Nb5 Kh8 20. Nd6 Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Rf6 22. Bf3 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rg6+ 24. Kh1 h6 25. Rxd7 Qh4 26. Qc2 Rc8 27. b3 {Smith,M-Pimenta,J Mexico City 1978 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Rfd1 Na5 14. Qa4 Bc6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. Qd2 Rad8 17. Nd6 Qb8 18. Bf1 Nb7 19. Ncb5 Nxd6 20. Nxd6 f5 21. a4 Rf6 22. b4 Qa8 23. g3 a5 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. c5 h5 26. Qd4 Rg6 27. Rab1 {Giannoulakis,L (2362)-Donchenko,A (2636) Terme Catez 2022 0-1 (42)}) 13. Rad1 f5 14. Nxc5 bxc5 15. Qa3 Qe7 16. Nb5 f4 17. Nd6 Ba8 18. Bf3 fxe3 19. fxe3 Ne5 20. Bxa8 Rxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Rxa8 22. Kg1 Rf8 23. Qxc5 Qg5 24. Ne4 Qg4 25. Nf2 Rxf2 26. Kxf2 Qf5+ 27. Ke2 Qh5+ 28. g4 Qxh2+ 29. Kf1 Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Nxg4+ 31. Kg3 Qxd1 32. Qc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Antoshin, Vladimir S"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. Qe4 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f3 Rac8 19. Bb3 Nb8 20. Rac1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Bxc6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 27. Ke3 f6 28. h4 Kf7 29. Kf4 {½-½ (29) Szukszta,J-Filipowicz,A Moscow 1964}) 27... f6 28. Bb8 a6 29. Ba7 b5 30. Ke3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E51"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1963.10.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Nb5 e5 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Ng4 13. Ke1 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Bd2 Nd3+ 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 18. f3 c5 19. Kf2 Rfe8 20. h4 h5 21. Rhg1 Bf5 22. e4 Be6 23. Be3 b6 24. Rad1 Red8 25. Bf4 Bb3 26. Rc1 Be6 27. Be5 Rd2+ 28. Ke3 Rad8 29. Bc3 R2d3+ 30. Kf4 f6 31. Rce1 Kf7 32. g4 hxg4 {Van den Doel,E-Helgason,R (2335) Netherlands 1994 ½-½ (79)}) 18... Rac8 19. f3 c5 20. Kf2 f5 21. Rhg1 Rc6 22. Bc3 h5 23. h3 Rg6 24. a4 c4 25. Rgd1 Rd8 26. Rd2 Rd5 27. Rcd1 Rb6 28. a5 Rb3 29. Rg1 b5 30. axb6 axb6 31. g4 fxg4 32. hxg4 Rg5 33. gxh5 Rbb5 34. Rdd1 Kf7 35. e4 Kg8 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Ra1 Rxg1 38. Rxg1 Rxh5 39. Rxg7 Bc2 40. Rb7 b5 41. e5 Bf5 42. Rxb5 Rh3 43. Rb8+ Ke7 44. Rb7+ Kd8 45. Ba5+ Ke8 46. Kf4 Bd3 47. Bb4 Kd8 48. Rg7 Ke8 49. Bd6 Be2 50. Kf5 Rh1 51. f4 Rh5+ 52. Kg6 Rh1 53. e6 Bd3+ 54. Kf6 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch22"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.03.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mileika, Janis"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "181"]
[EventDate "1965.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 18. Rd1 Rc3 19. Bb2 Rb3 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 b5 23. Bc2 Rc3 24. Bb2 Rc7 25. f3 a6 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Be4 Nb6 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rd7 30. Rc2 Rxd5 31. Ke3 h6 32. Rc6 a5 {Geller,A-Antoshin,V/Leningrad 1955/EXT 1999/0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 18. Rd1 Rc3 19. Bb2 Rb3 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 b5 23. Bc2 Rc3 24. Bb2 Rc7 25. f3 a6 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Be4 Nb6 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rd7 30. Rc2 Rxd5 31. Ke3 h6 32. Rc6 a5 {Geller,A-Antoshin,V Leningrad 1955 0-1 (54)}) 18... Rc3 19. Bxf6 Rxd3 20. Bg5 Rxd4 21. Be3 Ra4 22. Rfc1 Bd5 23. h3 Bc6 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. Rb1 h5 26. Kh2 Rd5 27. Rb4 Rda5 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Bc5 Kh7 30. Bb4 a5 31. Bc5 Re4 32. Bb6 a4 33. Be3 f6 34. f3 Re6 35. Kg3 Bd5 36. Kf2 Kg6 37. Rc5 Rd6 38. h4 Be6 39. Rc7 b5 40. Rc3 Bc4 41. Rc2 Rd3 42. Bc5 Kf5 43. Bb4 g5 44. hxg5 fxg5 45. Rd2 Rb3 46. Rd8 h4 47. Rf8+ Ke5 48. Re8+ Be6 49. Bf8 Rb2+ 50. Kg1 Ra2 51. Bb4 Kd5 52. Rd8+ Kc4 53. Rd2 Ra1+ 54. Kf2 Bf5 55. Rb2 Bd3 56. Bf8 Rf1+ 57. Ke3 Re1+ 58. Kf2 Re8 59. Bb4 Kd4 60. Rd2 Rc8 61. Rb2 Rc1 62. g4 Rc7 63. Bd2 Rg7 64. Rb4+ Bc4 65. Rb2 Rg8 66. Be1 Rf8 67. Bb4 Rf7 68. Rd2+ Bd3 69. Rd1 Rf6 70. Rd2 Kc4 71. Kg2 Rf7 72. Rb2 Kd4 73. Rf2 Bc4 74. Bd2 Bd5 75. Bxg5 b4 76. axb4 a3 77. Bc1 a2 $40 78. Bb2+ Ke3 79. Ba1 Kd3 $4 (79... Bxf3+ 80. Kg1 Rd7 $19) 80. Bb2 Rf4 81. Kh3 Ke3 82. Rc2 Rxb4 83. Be5 Kxf3 84. Kxh4 Rxg4+ 85. Kh5 Bf7+ 86. Kh6 Rg6+ 87. Kh7 Rg5 88. Bf6 Rg6 89. Rxa2 Rxf6 90. Kg7 Rf5 91. Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT-ch22"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.03.23"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1965.03.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. Rd1 (10. d5 Bxc3 11. dxe6 Ne5 12. exf7+ Kh8 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. e4 $13) 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 {[#]} 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 (14. exf7+ Kh8 15. Qxf3 Be5 $17) 14... Ne5 $1 $11 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Raxd8 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Re1 $36 {[%csl Gf7]} h6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Re8 Rxg5+ 23. Kf1 Rf5 24. Rxf8+ Kh7 25. Ke2 g5 $146 ({RR} 25... h5 26. Rd8 Rxf7 {½-½ (26) Lukacs,P (2470)-Suba,M (2525) Belgrade 1984}) ({RR} 25... Kg6 26. a4 Re5+ 27. Kd3 Rd5+ 28. Ke3 Re5+ 29. Kd3 Rd5+ 30. Ke2 Re5+ 31. Kf1 Ra5 32. Rc8 Kxf7 33. Rc4 Kg6 34. Ke2 Rh5 35. Rc6+ Kh7 36. Rc7 Ra5 37. Rc4 Rh5 38. Ke3 Rxh2 39. Rc7 a5 40. Rc6 {Sarana,A (2706)-So,W (2757) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (70)}) 26. Ke3 Kg7 27. Rd8 Rxf7 28. Rd4 Rc7 29. c4 Rc5 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. Kxf4 Ra5 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. f3 Rf5+ 34. Ke4 Re5+ 35. Kd4 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Tal-Portisch +4-1=3"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1965.06.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1965.06.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[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. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd2 Nbd7 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 c5 12. Be1 cxd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14. Nb5 Be7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Rc7 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Bc8 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rb7 f5 20. Qb3 Bg5 21. Rxb6 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Rb8 23. Rxb8 Qxb8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 {Esipenko,A (2564)-Yu,Y (2751) Riadh 2017 0-1 (43)}) 10... c5 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1 Qe8 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe6 17. Qd2 Bc6 18. Qd4 h5 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kh7 22. Bd4 h4 23. h3 g5 24. Kh2 a5 25. b4 {Taspinar,Y (2311)-Karaoglan,K (2274) Cesme TUR 2024 1-0 (48)}) 11. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Bc1 Rc8 14. Bb2 f5 15. c4 Kh8 16. Rac1 Qe8 17. Be2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Qe2 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Nd2 23. Qa2 Qe4 24. f3 Qxe3+ 25. Rf2 Qe1+ {Werner,J-Engel,K Wuerzburg 1995 0-1}) ({RR} 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qe7 16. Bf5 Nf6 17. Rac1 g6 18. Bh3 Ne4 19. Qe5 Qd8 20. b4 Re8 21. Qa1 c4 22. Nd2 Ng5 23. Bg4 h5 24. Bf3 Qe7 25. h4 Ne6 {Travadon,L (2413)-Potpara,N (2378) Belgrade 2021 1-0 (42)}) 11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15. a3 Ba5 16. Nxe4 Bxd2 17. Rxd2 Qxe5 18. Nd6 Bc6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qb3 Rd7 21. e4 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. e5 Ba4 24. Rc1 Rf5 25. Re2 Rf4 26. f3 Rd4 27. Kf2 Rd3 28. Rc3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 g5 30. Ne4 Rd3 31. Nxg5 Bd7 32. Re3 Rd2+ 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. Ne4 Ra2 35. c4 Kg6 36. h4 h6 37. h5+ Kf7 38. Kh3 Bc6 39. Nd6+ Kg7 40. g3 a6 41. f4 b5 42. cxb5 axb5 43. f5 Bd7 44. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Tal-Portisch +4-1=3"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "1965.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1965.06.27"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[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. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. c4 Ne5 13. Bb2 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kh1 Rad8 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Be2 Qxd1 $146 ({RR} 19... Rg8 20. Qa4 Qe5 21. Rae1 Rxg1+ 22. Rxg1 Rg8 23. Rg3 Qc3 24. Qd1 Be6 25. Qd4 Qe1+ 26. Kg2 Rxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qxe2 28. Qxf6+ Kg8 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ {½-½ (30) Zaiatz,E (2426)-Gaponenko,I (2435) Olginka 2011}) 20. Raxd1 Rxd1 21. Bxd1 Rc8 22. Bb3 Rxc5 23. Bxf7 h6 24. f4 Rc3 25. Ra1 Rc2 26. Kg1 b5 27. Bd5 a5 28. Bg2 Bf5 29. Bf1 Rb2 30. Rd1 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Kg2 b3 34. Rb8 Be4+ 35. Kg3 Rb1 36. f3 Bd5 37. Bd3 Rg1+ 38. Kf2 Rh1 39. Kg2 Re1 40. Kf2 Rh1 41. e4 Rxh2+ 42. Ke3 Bf7 43. Rb6 Rh5 44. f5 Rh1 45. f4 Rh3+ 46. Kd2 Rf3 47. e5 Rxf4 48. Rxf6 Bc4 49. Rg6+ Kf8 50. Rf6+ Ke7 51. Bxc4 Rxc4 52. Rb6 Re4 53. f6+ Kf7 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rb8+ Kf7 56. Rb7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates f Spassky-Tal +4-1=6"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1965.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1965.11.01"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Primel,Dominique ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 ({RR} 7... Nc6) 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qd3 e5 13. Nxe5 ({RR} 13. Ng5) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Qg3 $146 ({RR} 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Rd1 ({RR} 18. Rd1 Rc3 19. Bb2 Rb3 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 b5 23. Bc2 Rc3 24. Bb2 Rc7 25. f3 a6 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Be4 Nb6 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rd7 30. Rc2 Rxd5 31. Ke3 h6 32. Rc6 a5) 18... Rc3 19. Bb2 Rb3 20. Rd2 Rc8 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 b5 23. Bc2 Rc3 24. Bb2 Rc7 25. f3 a6 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Be4 Nb6 28. d5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rd7 {Geller,A-Antoshin,V Leningrad 1955 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Qf4 Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Bf5 18. Be5 Rac8 19. Ba2 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 a6 21. a4 Be6 22. Bb1 Bd7 23. Bd3 Nd5 24. Bd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bxa4 26. Bf5 Rd8 27. h4 h5 28. Kh2 Bc6 29. f3 Re8 {Kassebaum,R (2360)-Lobron,E (2620) Germany 1993 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. h3 Nf6 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Bd4 Ne4 21. Rfb1 b6 22. Rb3 Nc5 23. Rb4 Ne6 24. a4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 h6 26. a5 bxa5 27. Rxa5 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Rc7 29. Kg3 Rd8 {Michalski,F (1942)-Pilzak,M (1974) Poland 2015 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. cxd4 Be6 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Bg5 Rc3 19. Bxf6 Rxd3 20. Bg5 Rxd4 21. Be3 Ra4 22. Rfc1 Bd5 23. h3 Bc6 24. Rc3 Rd8 25. Rb1 h5 26. Kh2 Rd5 27. Rb4 Rda5 28. Rxa4 Rxa4 29. Bc5 Kh7 {Mileika,J-Tal,M Riga 1965 EXT 2000 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (91)}) ({RR} 15. f4 Qa5 16. Be3 Bf5 17. Qd2 Rfc8 ({RR} 17... Rac8) 18. Qa2 Rc7 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Rac1 Rac8 21. Bd5 {½-½ (21) Catozzi,H-Djurasevic,B Vichy 1956 EXT 2017 [Primel,Dominique]}) 15... Qxg3 16. hxg3 Be6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Re1 Kf7 19. Rb1 b6 20. a4 Rfc8 21. a5 Nd5 22. axb6 axb6 23. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sarajevo-09"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.04.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E35"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1966.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Nf3 c6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O ({RR} 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rfc1 Re6 16. Qc2 Qh5 17. b4 Rae8 18. Qd1 Nb6 19. Ne5 Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 f6 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. a4 Nd6 23. Rdc1 a6 24. Rab1 g5 25. h3 Kf7 26. g3 R6e7 27. Kg2 Ra8 {Bensdorp,M (2208)-Gatineau,Y (2374) Belfort FRA 2025 0-1 (58)}) 13... Rfe8 ({RR} 13... Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qd6 {½-½ (14) Gagunashvili,M (2596)-Rozentalis,E (2631) Toronto 2010}) 14. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 14. a4 Rac8 15. a5 a6 16. Rac1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd6 18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Qb4 Nf6 20. Ne5 Ne4 21. Rfe1 Nd6 22. Nd3 Re7 23. Rc3 Rce8 24. Rec1 h5 25. h3 h4 26. Ne5 Ne4 27. R3c2 Re6 28. Qe1 Qd8 {Borsuk,K (2425)-Niemann,H (2659) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 14. Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Rac1 Nf6 16. Nd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 {½-½ (17) Kotov,A-Taimanov,M Saltsjobaden 1952}) ({RR} 14. Qc2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qe7 16. Rfc1 Nb6 17. h3 Nc4 18. Rc2 Nd6 19. Rb1 a5 20. a4 Nc4 21. Rbc1 Nd6 22. Nd2 g5 23. b3 Qd7 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Nh2 Qd8 26. Nf1 Ne4 27. f3 Nd6 28. g4 b5 {Nguyen Thi Thanh An (2252)-Sihite,C (2266) Jakarta INA 2023 ½-½}) 14... Bg4 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kislovodsk International"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1966.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1966.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Be2 ({RR} 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Ba3 Ned7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Bb2 Qe7 22. Qf5 Rc6 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Bb5 Rcd6 25. Rg1 g6 26. Bc4 Ne8 {Korotylev,A (2600)-Landa,K (2678) Serpukhov 2007 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Ba1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 dxc4 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Qc3 f6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rd6 Ne5 23. Qe6 Qc5 24. Rd5 Rc6 25. Rxc5 Rxe6 26. Rc7 Rb6 {Kalogridis,A (2080)-Andriasian,S (2298) Tornelo INT 2021 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Ne5 13. c4 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Rxd1 22. Raxd1 Qxc5 23. Rd5 Qf8 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxb7 Re7 26. Rb4 Re5 {Beliavsky,A (2500)-Tal,M (2645) Riga 1975 ½-½ (35)}) 12... Qe7 13. Rb1 Ne4 14. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 14. Qb3 Qxc5 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Na5 17. Qa4 a6 18. Rd1 Rfc8 19. Rb4 Rc7 20. Rbd4 Nf6 21. Nf4 Nc6 22. R4d2 b5 23. Qc2 Ne7 24. Bb2 h6 25. Rd4 Rac8 26. Qb3 Nc6 27. R4d3 Ne5 28. Rd4 Nc6 {Salomon,J (2319)-Turova,I (2424) Norway 2015 ½-½}) 14... Rac8 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Bd3 Rxc5 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. a4 Nc4 19. Bc1 Re8 20. Rb5 b6 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Qb3 Ne4 24. Re1 a6 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Bc2 Qxc3 27. Qxc3 Nxc3 28. Bb2 Rc8 29. f4 Ng6 30. Bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rb1 Bc8 32. Kf2 Rc4 33. Rxb6 Ne7 34. Rb8 g6 35. Bd3 Rc7 36. Bxa6 Kg7 37. Bd3 Bd7 38. a5 Rc3 39. a6 Nc6 40. Rb3 Rxb3 41. Nxb3 Na7 42. Ke2 Kf6 43. Kd2 Ke7 44. Na5 Kd6 45. Kc3 f6 46. Kb4 Be8 47. g3 Bd7 48. h4 Be8 49. Nb3 Nc6+ 50. Kc3 Na7 51. Nd4 Ba4 52. Kb4 Bd7 53. Be2 h6 54. Bb5 1-0

[Event "October Revolution 50years"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,Sergey"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1967.05.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Ba5 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 Qe7 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 $10) ({RR} 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. c4 Ng4 16. Bb2 Nxc5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rd4 Rab8 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Rd8 25. Rb4 {Kortschnoj,V-Tal,M Budva 1967 ½-½}) 11. Bd2 Bc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. e4 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf5 Nb6 14. Bxc8 Raxc8 15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. Na2 Rfe8 17. Bc3 Ne4 18. Bd4 Qd6 19. Nb4 Nd7 20. g3 Ndf6 21. Nd2 Rcd8 22. Rac1 Ba5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bc3 Qe6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nd5 Qe5 27. Nf4 g6 {Govbinder,M-Cesnauskas,A Moscow 1967 ½-½ (38)}) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Nf6 17. Nxd4 Rd8 18. Bf3 (18. Rac1 Be5 $1 19. Bc3) 18... Bg4 (18... Nxd5 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Nb3 Be6 21. Nc5 $14) 19. Bg5 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Rxd5 21. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 gxf6 23. Rd7 $6 (23. Nh4 $5 Re8 24. Kf1 (24. Nf5 Re5 25. g4 $14) 24... Re5 25. Rc1 $14) 23... Rc8 $1 (23... Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd4 $16) 24. g3 Kf8 25. Kg2 Ke8 26. Rd4 $10 Bd8 27. Rd2 (27. Rh4 Rc2 28. Rxh7 Bb6 $15) 27... Rc5 28. Nd4 f5 29. Kf3 Bg5 30. Rd3 Rd5 31. a4 Be7 32. Rd2 Bg5 33. Rd3 Bf6 34. Ke3 Bd8 35. Kd2 Bb6 36. Kc3 Rc5+ 37. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 32-34"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "1967.06.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1967.06.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Ba5 9. Qe2 a6 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. dxc5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. c4 Ng4 16. Bb2 $146 ({RR} 16. e4 Nxc5 17. h3 Ne5 18. Bb2 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Na4 20. cxb5 Nxb2 21. Qxb2 axb5 22. Rd3 Qf4 23. Qc1 Qf6 24. Rb1 Rfc8 25. Qe3 h6 26. Kg2 Rc6 27. e5 Qg6+ 28. Kh2 Rc2 29. Rg1 Rxf2+ 30. Qxf2 Qxd3 {Ivkov,B-Pirc,V Opatija 1953 0-1 (36)}) 16... Nxc5 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Ne5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21. Rd4 Rab8 22. cxb5 Rxb5 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Rxf4 Rd8 25. Rb4 Ra5 26. Bb1 g6 27. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 10th final B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.07.31"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1967.07.29"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd7 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Ncb5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Rc8 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Bd3 h6 17. h3 Rfd8 $146 ({RR} 17... Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rd8 {½-½ (18) Ciocaltea,V-Troianescu,O Nathanya 1968}) 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch35 Final"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1967.12.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bukhman, Eduard"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1967.12.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "50/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. c4 {Atlas,Valeri} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 c6 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Qd3 $146 (11. Nf4 Nc7 12. f3 c5 13. Na4 Na6 14. g4 Bd7 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Nce2 Qb6 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfe8 19. Bc3 Bd6 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Nxc6 Bxf4 22. Bd4 Qxc6 23. exf4 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Re8 27. Qd2 Qc5 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. b4 axb4 30. Qxb4 b6 31. g5 Nh5 32. Bf1 Rd8 33. Bc4 Qxb4 34. axb4 Nxf4 35. Rxf4 dxc4 36. Rxc4 Rd5 37. h4 {½-½ (37) Lutikov,A-Tal,M Tbilisi 1959}) ({RR} 11. b3 Re8 12. Kh1 Bf8 13. Nf4 Bf5 14. f3 h6 15. Ra2 b5 16. Nce2 Bh7 17. g4 Ra7 18. Ng3 Bd6 19. Nd3 c5 20. f4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Ne5 Rc7 23. Qe2 Bxg2+ 24. Qxg2 Bxe5 25. fxe5 c4 {Sasikiran,K (2670)-Landa,K (2597) Moscow 2006 CBM 112 [Atlas,Valeri] 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 11. Nf4 Nc7 12. f3 c5 13. Na4 Na6 14. g4 Bd7 15. Nc3 Bc6 16. Nce2 Qb6 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Rfe8 19. Bc3 Bd6 20. Re1 Nc5 21. Nxc6 Bxf4 22. Bd4 Qxc6 23. exf4 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nxd4 {Lutikov,A-Tal,M Tbilisi 1959 ½-½ (37)}) 11... Nc7 12. f3 c5 $146 ({RR} 12... Ne6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Rad1 b6 15. dxc5 Ba6 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qh3 bxc5 18. Bc1 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bg5 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Nxe2+ 23. Kf2 Nd4 24. f4 Rb8 25. Rd2 h5 26. Bf3 Qb6 27. Bd1 {Freile Martin,J (2329)-Djordjevic,V (2375) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) ({RR} 12... Ne6 13. Bd2 c5 14. Rad1 b6 15. dxc5 Ba6 16. Qf5 g6 17. Qh3 bxc5 18. Bc1 d4 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Bg5 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Nxe2+ 23. Kf2 Nd4 24. f4 Rb8 25. Rd2 h5 26. Bf3 Qb6 27. Bd1 {Freile Martin,J (2329)-Djordjevic,V (2375) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) 13. Rd1 Ne6 14. Kh1 (14. b3 {[%csl Ga4]}) (14. Qc2 $11 {[%csl Ga4]}) 14... a4 15. Qc2 Bd7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Qb6 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Qd1 Be6 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Rd4 Nb3 23. Rb1 Nxd4 24. exd4 Rfd8 25. Bh3 Bf6 26. Qxa4 Rc6 27. Be3 Bxd4 28. Bg5 Rd5 29. Be7 Kf7 30. Bb4 Bf6 31. Qb3 Rd2 32. Re1 Rxb2 33. Qd3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1968.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1968.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 d5 7. a3 cxd4 8. axb4 dxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. Qb3 Bd7 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Be6 14. Nd4 Nbd7 15. Ra5 a6 16. Rfa1 Rab8 17. Qd1 Ne5 18. Rc5 Qb6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. c4 Nxc4 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Qg4+ Kh8 24. Qd4 Qd8 $146 ({RR} 24... e5 25. Rxc8+ {1-0 (25) Kaliberda,V (2319)-Spirlin,M (2019) Ekaterinburg 2008}) 25. Qxc4 Rxc5 26. bxc5 Qd7 27. Qf4 Rf8 28. h4 Qd5 29. Rb1 e5 30. Qf5 a5 31. Rb6 a4 32. Rd6 Qf7 33. Rd7 Qg6 34. Qe6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Qe4 36. g3 Qc2 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kf1 Qb1+ 39. Ke2 Qc2+ 40. Kf3 Qxc5 41. Rxb7 Qc8 42. Rd7 Qe8 43. Qxe8 Rxe8 44. Ra7 Rb8 45. h5 Kg8 46. Rxa4 Rb7 47. Kg4 Kg7 48. Ra2 Kh6 49. Kf5 Rb6 50. e4 Rc6 51. f4 exf4 52. gxf4 Rc5+ 53. Kxf6 Kxh5 54. e5 Kg4 55. f5 h5 56. Ra4+ Kg3 57. e6 h4 58. e7 Rc8 59. Kf7 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Tal-Gligoric 3-1=5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1968.04.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1968.04.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[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. e3 d5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Ba5 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 ({RR} 12. Qxc3 b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Ng5 Ndf6 16. Be5 h6 17. Nh3 Ng4 {½-½ (17) Gligoric,S-Tal,M Belgrade 1968}) 12... b6 13. Re1 $146 ({RR} 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. c4 Rac8 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. Bf5 exd4 19. Bg5 Rce8 20. Rad1 h6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Rh4 Ng8 25. Qh3 Qd6 26. f4 Ng6 27. Qc3+ Kh7 {Cvetkovic,S-Gipslis,A Kapfenberg 1970 0-1}) 13... Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Qc7 17. c4 Qc6 18. Rg5 Ba6 19. Qd2 Ne8 20. d5 Qd6 21. Bb2 f6 22. Rh5 f5 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Be5 Qc5 25. Rh4 exd5 26. Bd4 Qd6 27. Bxf5 Rce8 28. Qc2 h6 29. c5 Qe7 30. h3 Ne4 31. Bxe4 Qxh4 32. Bxd5+ Kh8 33. Qc3 Qg5 34. Bc6 Re6 35. Bf3 Be2 36. Bxe2 Rxe2 37. cxb6 axb6 38. Bxb6 Re6 39. Be3 Qf5 40. Qc5 Re5 41. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Tal-Gligoric 3-1=5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1968.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1968.04.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[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. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3 Ba5 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 $146 ({RR} 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd3 e5 14. Bg5 exd4 15. cxd4 Qxc2 16. Bxc2 Nd5 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bh4 N7f6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Bb3 Re8 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Re1 Kf8 23. Ne5 Be6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nd7+ Kf7 26. Nc5 Nc7 {Pomar Salamanca,A-O'Kelly de Galway,A Malaga 1967 ½-½ (74)}) ({RR} 12. bxc3 b6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. c4 Rac8 16. Bd2 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 e5 18. Bf5 exd4 19. Bg5 Rce8 20. Rad1 h6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Rh4 Ng8 25. Qh3 Qd6 26. f4 Ng6 {Cvetkovic,S-Gipslis,A Kapfenberg 1970 0-1}) ({RR} 12. bxc3 b6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Qc7 17. c4 Qc6 18. Rg5 Ba6 19. Qd2 Ne8 20. d5 Qd6 21. Bb2 f6 22. Rh5 f5 23. Qe2 Nf6 24. Be5 Qc5 25. Rh4 exd5 26. Bd4 Qd6 {Gligoric,S-Tal,M Belgrade 1968 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Bd3 b6 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. c4 Nf8 17. Qd2 Ne8 18. Bb2 f6 19. Ng4 Qf7 20. Qf4 Qc7 21. Qd2 Qf7 22. Ne3 Nd6 23. Qb4 Be4 24. Bf1 Nb7 25. f3 Bg6 26. Rac1 Qc7 {Gligoric,S-Barcza,G Havana 1967 1-0 (51)}) 12... b6 13. Bf4 Bb7 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. Ng5 Ndf6 16. Be5 h6 17. Nh3 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Tal-Gligoric 3-1=5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1968.05.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1968.04.22"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[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. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. Rd1 b5 12. Ba2 c4 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Bb1 ({RR} 14. e4 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Rxd4 Qe5 18. Be3 Ng4 19. f4 Qb8 20. Rad1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Bb6 22. Bb1 a5 23. Nxb5 Bc5 24. a4 Bd7 25. e5 Bxb5 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Kh1 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Rab8 {Gligoric,S-Gheorghiu,F Skopje 1968 ½-½ (59)}) 14... e5 15. d5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 $146 ({RR} 16... e4 17. dxc6 exf3 18. gxf3 Qxc6 19. e4 Nh5 20. f4 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 f5 22. Rg1 Qh6 23. Rg5 Nf6 24. e5 Bb7+ 25. f3 Ng4 26. Kg1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 Rad8 29. Ra2 Rd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 {Villegas,P (2374)-Santos Ruiz,M (2484) Sitges 2016 0-1 (31)}) 17. e4 Nb3 18. Ra2 Nxc1 19. Rxc1 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qe7 22. a4 Rfb8 23. Bc2 b4 24. cxb4 Rxb4 25. Ra3 a5 26. Rc3 Ne8 27. Qh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates sf Kortschnoj-Tal +2-1=7"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1968.07.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1968.06.26"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Ne2 a5 11. dxc5 Nbd7 12. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Nxc5 13. Qc2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Bd6 15. Bc3 Ra6 16. Be5 Bg4 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Nfd4 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Rc8 20. Rac1 Raa8 21. Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Ng4 23. Nf3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Rd1 g6 26. g3 Qe6 {O'Kelly de Galway,A-Rossolimo,N Tarragona 1957 1-0 (46)}) 12... Nxc5 13. Bxh7+ Nxh7 14. a3 Na6 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qb3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Qxg5 18. Bd2 Nc6 19. Bc3 Rd8 20. Qb5 Rd6 21. Bxa5 Rg6 22. Ng3 d4 23. Qxg5 Rxg5 24. Bb6 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 dxe3 26. Ra8 Ne7 27. fxe3 Rd5 28. b4 Rd1+ 29. Kf2 Rd2+ 30. Ke1 Rxg2 31. Bc5 Kh7 32. Bxe7 Bd7 33. Rd8 Bc6 34. Rd2 Rg1+ 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. Kd3 Kg6 37. Kd4 f6 38. Kc5 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Cup 06th"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1968.12.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1968.12.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armed Forces"]
[BlackTeam "Daugava"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} ({RR} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. cxd4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. Qd3 ({RR} 9. Bd3 h6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4) ({RR} 9... Qe7 10. Ne4 cxd4 ({RR} 10... Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Rd8 ({RR} 11... f5 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bd2 Ba6 14. Re1 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Bc4 17. Ne5) 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rxd4 16. Be3 Rd8 ({RR} 16... Rh4 17. Bd3) 17. Rad1 Bd7 18. Be4 Bb5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 b6) 12... Ba5 13. Qc2 ({RR} 13. Qa4 Bb6 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Bc3 Rac8 17. Bc2 Qh5) 13... f5 ({RR} 13... cxd4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Be3) 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 ({RR} 15. e4) 15... Bb6 16. Bd2 Ba6 17. dxc5 Qxc5) 11. exd4 ({RR} 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. exd4 h6 13. Be4 Rd8 14. Be3 Bd7 15. Qe2 Bd6 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. a3 Be8 18. Rac1 Ne7 19. Ne5 Nf5) 11... h6 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Be4 Bd6 18. g3 Be5) 12... Ba5 ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. b4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qf6 16. Bb2 Ne7 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Qh5 Bf8 19. Rac1) 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Nc5 ({RR} 15. Ng3 Qd6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. b5 Ne7 18. a4 Qb8 19. Ne5 Ned5 20. Qd2 Bc7) 15... Bxc5 16. bxc5 b6 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Rab1 Nb8) 10. a3 ({RR} 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd6) 10... Ba5 11. dxc5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qd5 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. a4 e5) 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Rd1 Qxc5 15. a4 e5 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Bb5 ({RR} 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. f3 Be6) 17... Be6 18. h3 Qc7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 a6 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Nxe5 Qxc3 {Tomashevsky,E (2706)-Dominguez Perez,L (2757) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 9. a3) 9... a6 ({RR} 9... Na5 10. dxc5 Qe7 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. Qe2 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bxc5 14. e4 e5 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rac8 18. Qb3 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rae1 Qb6 21. Rxe5 f6 22. Qxb6 Bxb6 23. Re2 Rxd5 24. g3 {Nagy,G (2433)-Volokitin,A (2667) Hungary HUN 2024 ½-½ (37)}) 10. a4 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. exd4 Be7 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rfd1 Bc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Bb3 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qf5 19. d5 Nbxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Bc3 Qc4 23. Qe3 Rfc8 24. Qg3 Bf8 25. h4 {Mochalov,E-Shakarov,A Riga 1975 ½-½ (42)}) 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Na5 13. Ba2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxa4 15. Re1 Bb3 16. Bb1 Bc4 17. Qc2 Bb3 18. Qd3 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 06th"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1968.12.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1968.12.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Kalev"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 {Marin,Mihail} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. d4 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Qe2 Nc6 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Rad1 N7f6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bb1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qd5 17. f3 Rc7 18. Qf2 b5 19. Qg3 Rfc8 20. Qh3 g6 21. Bg5 Nh5 22. Bd2 b4 23. c4 Qxd4+ 24. Kh1 Qh4 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. fxg4 {Kramnik,V (2788)-Tiviakov,S (2662) Wijk aan Zee 2010 CBM 135 [Marin,Mihail] ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. Rad1 N7f6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Bb1 Rc8 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Qd3 Bb4 19. Re3 Kf8 20. Rg3 Nh5 21. Nxf7 Qh4 22. Ne5 Nf4 23. Qh7 Bxc3 24. Qxg7# {1-0 (24) Fernandez Siles,L (2218)-Slovineanu,V (2412) chess.com INT 2024}) 12. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 12. Rad1 Be7 13. a3 Bf6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Bc3 Rfe8 18. Rc1 Rac8 {½-½ (18) Donner,J-Bobotsov,M Skopje 1972}) ({RR} 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. a3 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Nb8 16. Be4 Bd5 17. Ne5 Nc6 18. Qf3 f6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Re1 Rf7 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 23. Bd2 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bd6 25. Rc8+ Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 {Gligoric,S-Keres,P Moscow 1963 ½-½}) ({RR} 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Qe4 Nf6 15. Qf4 Nb4 16. Bb1 Nbd5 17. Qg3 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Ne4 19. Qh3 g6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Rc4 23. g3 Qd7 24. h4 Rd8 25. Re5 Qc6 26. Qe2 Bf6 {Kluger,G-Keres,P Hastings 1957 0-1 (36)}) 12... Qxd5 13. Be4 Qa5 14. Bxb4 Qxb4 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1970.08.01"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[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 Ba6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nce4 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 15... Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Nd4 a6 18. h3 h6 19. b4 d6 20. Qb3 Ne4 21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Qd3 f5 23. Qe2 Qf6 24. Qe1 Rc7 25. Be2 Rdc8 26. f3 Ng5 27. Qd2 Nf7 28. f4 e5 29. Nb3 Qe6 30. Rc3 {Kuzubov,Y (2626)-Prathamesh,S (2389) Gurgon 2009 1-0 (57)}) 16. Nd4 a6 17. Qb4 Ne4 18. f3 Nf6 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Nb3 a5 21. Qd6 a4 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nd4 Ba6 24. Nb5 Rc5 25. Nd6 Kf8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Rc3 Ne8 28. Nxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi GM vs Young Masters"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1970.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1970.10.15"]
[EventType "team-schev"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[BlackTeam "GM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Ba5 10. b4 ({RR} 10. Bd2 a6 11. Ne2 Bc7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb4 b6 14. Rc1 Bg4 15. Ned4 Nfe4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Be2 Re8 18. a4 Qd6 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qd4 Bxf5 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. gxf5 Be5 24. a5 Nb3 {Gonzalez Garcia,J (2458)-Cu Hor,W (2318) Barcelona ESP 2023 ½-½ (46)}) 10... cxb4 11. Nb5 Nb8 $146 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Qb3 bxa3 13. Nd6 Bc7 14. Bxa3 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Rfc1 Re6 17. Bc7 Qe7 18. h3 Rc6 19. Bf4 h6 20. Rxc6 bxc6 21. Rc1 Qe6 22. Qc2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nd2 a5 25. Nxe4 Ba6 26. Nd6 {Gligoric,S-Damjanovic,M Yugoslavia 1968 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Qb3 bxa3 13. Nd6 Bc7 14. Bxa3 Bxd6 15. Bxd6 Re8 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Qa3 Ne4 18. Bf4 Nf8 19. Rab1 Qd8 20. Bc7 Qe7 21. Qb3 Ne6 22. Be5 Qd8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Nd2 Nf8 25. Nc4 b5 26. Nd6 {Pinter,J (2520)-Gheorghiu,F (2550) Baile Herculane 1982 1-0 (67)}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Qb3 Qe7 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Qxb4 Qxb4 16. axb4 Ndf6 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxe4 Be6 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Ne5 Rfd8 22. Rfc1 f6 23. Nd3 Rbc8 24. Nc5 Rd6 25. e4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 {Gligoric,S-Yanofsky,D Lugano 1968 1-0 (47)}) 12. axb4 Bxb4 13. Rxa7 Rxa7 14. Nxa7 Be6 15. Qa4 Qb6 16. Ba3 Bxa3 17. Qxa3 Na6 18. Nb5 Ne4 19. Rc1 Bf5 20. Ne1 Bg6 21. f3 Nd2 22. Qd6 Qa5 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxd5 Rd8 25. Qe5 Nc4 26. Qe7 Rc8 27. Qd7 Rd8 28. Qe7 Rc8 29. Qd7 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Viljandi Raud Memorial"]
[Site "Viljandi"]
[Date "1973.07.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Braschinsky, Leo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[source: Kirillov (ed.): Mikhail Tal. Tvorchestvo 1968-1973, p. 178]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 O-O 10. O-O b6 ({RR} 10... Qa5 11. f3 Re8 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Rf2 Rac8 15. a4 b6 16. Bc1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Bb5 Bd7 19. Bd2 a5 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Nf1 Rc4 23. Rb2 Ra8 24. Nd2 Rc3 25. Rxb4 {Potkin,V (2583)-Lautier,J (2658) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (58)}) 11. f3 ({RR} 11. Ng3 a5 12. f3 Ba6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qd2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 h5 16. Rae1 g6 17. e4 h4 18. Nh1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qd7 20. Nf2 Rad8 21. e5 Nh5 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Bc1 Qf5 24. Bh6+ Kh7 25. Qd2 f6 {Wagner,D (2404)-Saduakassova,D (2435) London ENG 2025 1-0 (68)}) 11... Bb7 12. Ra2 Na5 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. g4 Qe7 14. Ng3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bc8 16. Rg2 Na5 17. h4 Nc4 18. g5 Nd7 19. e4 b5 20. e5 Nf8 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 Qb6 23. Qg4 Nxe5 24. Qh5 Nxd3 25. g6 hxg6 26. Qf3 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 {Manukyan,S (2158)-Nikologorsky,M (2182) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 12... Re8 13. g4 Qe7 14. Ng3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bc8 16. Rg2 Na5 17. h4 Nc4 18. g5 Nd7 19. e4 b5 20. e5 Nf8 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 Qb6 23. Qg4 Nxe5 24. Qh5 Nxd3 25. g6 hxg6 26. Qf3 Qxd4+ 27. Kh1 {Manukyan,S (2158)-Nikologorsky,M (2182) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (42)}) 13. Ng3 Rc8 14. Re2 Rc7 15. Qe1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc4 17. Qf2 b5 18. h3 a5 19. e4 Ne8 20. e5 Bc8 21. Nh5 Rc6 22. Qg3 Rg6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Nf4 Nc7 25. h4 Bf5 26. h5 gxh5 27. Nxh5 Bg6 28. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 12th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.03.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1972.03.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. Ba2) ({RR} 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. e4 e5 14. h3 Qxc5 15. a4 Na5 16. Ba2 Kh8 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Bd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. d6 Qf6 21. Nf3 Nb3 22. Ra2 e4 23. Nd2 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Qg6 {Zelbova,L (1994)-Nurgaliyeva,Z (2265) Petrovac MNE 2025 1-0 (47)}) 10... Nbd7 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb6 $146 ({RR} 12... Nf6 13. Bc2 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd7 15. Bg5 Bb5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Rfe1 Kh8 21. Qe3 Rg8 22. Qf4 Rg6 23. Red1 Rd8 24. g3 Kg7 25. Rd2 Qh5 26. Qe4 Rd5 27. Kg2 {Donner,J-Kortschnoj,V Leipzig 1960 ½-½}) ({RR} 12... Nf6 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qd5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. b4 Bd8 17. Re1 Bc6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Rc5 Qd6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Qh5 f5 22. Bc4 Bxg5 23. Nxc6 Rce8 24. Ne5 Nxc5 25. bxc5 Qd8 26. Nf3 Bf6 27. Rxe6 {Gligoric,S-Polugaevsky,L Vrnjacka Banja 1965 0-1 (38)}) 13. Qc2 h6 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 12th Group2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.03.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mukhin, Mikhail A"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1972.03.02"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Nd3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxd8 $146 ({RR} 13. b4 Be7 14. Bb2 Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 b6 {½-½ (15) Gerber,R (2408)-Spraggett,K (2595) Geneve 2012}) 13... Rxd8 14. b4 Be7 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Ke2 Rac8 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. f3 Nd7 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Bd4 e5 22. Bc5 Rxd3 23. Kxd3 Bb5+ 24. Kc2 Na4 25. Kb3 b6 26. Nc4 bxc5 27. Nxe5 cxb4 28. Rac1 Nc5+ 29. Kxb4 a6 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1973.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,Valery A"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1973.02.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 b5 $5 (6... d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Ne4 $1 $36 {Bareev,E-Chandler,M/Hastings/1991/1:0 (37) Inf 53/528/}) 7. dxe6 (7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 Nxe4 9. Be5 $13 {Levenfish,G-Estrin,J/URS/1951/}) 7... fxe6 8. cxb5 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. Nf3 $6 (10. a3 $5) 10... Qa5 $1 11. Bxf6 Rxf6 12. Qd2 (12. Qc1 $5 {a3/}) 12... a6 13. bxa6 Nc6 14. Be2 (14. Qc1 $5 d4 15. a3) 14... d4 $1 $17 15. exd4 Rxf3 $146 ({RR} 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qa4 Bxf2+ 19. Kd1 Qb6 20. Kc2 Bxa6 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Qb5 Qa7 23. Rad1 Qa8 24. Rhf1 Rb6 25. Qe2 Qxg2 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27. Rd2 Qg6+ 28. Qe4 Bh4 29. Rg1 Qxe4+ 30. Nxe4 {Tolk,P (2295)-Wiersma,J Eindhoven 1988 ½-½ (64)}) 16. Bxf3 cxd4 17. O-O (17. Rc1 Bxa6 18. Bxc6 Rd8 19. Qc2 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qe5+ 21. Be4 Bd3 $19) 17... dxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qd6 Rxa6 20. Bxc6 (20. Rad1 Nd4) 20... Bb4 21. Qb8 Rxc6 22. Rac1 Bc5 23. Rc2 Qa4 24. Qb3 (24. Rfc1 Bxf2+ $1 $19) 24... Qf4 (24... Qe4 $5) 25. Qg3 (25. Qf3 $5 Qc7) 25... Qf5 26. Rfc1 Bb7 27. Qf3 (27. Qb8+ $2 Kh7 28. Qxb7 Bxf2+ $19) 27... Qg5 28. Qb3 (28. Qg3 Bxf2+ $1 29. Qxf2 Qxc1+ $1 $19) 28... Rc7 (28... Bxf2+ $6 29. Kxf2 Rxc2+ 30. Rxc2 Qxg2+ 31. Ke3 Qf3+ 32. Kd2) 29. g3 Bxf2+ $1 $19 30. Kxf2 Qf6+ (30... Qf5+ $5 31. Kg1 Qe4 $19) 31. Ke1 (31. Kg1 Qd4+ $19) (31. Ke2 Ba6+) 31... Qe5+ 32. Kf1 Ba6+ 33. Kg1 Qd4+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg1 (35. Kh3 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Bf1+ $19) 35... Bb7 36. h4 Qh1+ 37. Kf2 Rf7+ 38. Ke2 Qe4+ (38... Qe4+ 39. Qe3 Ba6+ 40. Kd2 Rd7+ $19) (38... Qe4+ 39. Kd1 Rd7+ 40. Rd2 Qh1+ 41. Kc2 Be4+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Christmas Congress 1973/74-49 Premier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1974.01.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1973.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Ba5 10. Qd3 a6 11. Ne4 b5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qe4 Bb7 14. Bd3 g6 15. dxc5 Nb4 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxd3 18. Nxd3 Rfd8 19. Ne5 Bc7 20. Nf3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 a5 22. Rb1 b4 23. e4 $146 ({RR} 23. axb4 axb4 24. e4 Be5 25. Be3 f5 26. f4 Bg7 27. e5 g5 28. Rfd1 gxf4 29. Bxf4 Rdc8 30. Rbc1 Ra5 31. c6 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Rxe5 33. c7 Rd5 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Kd3 Ke5 {Donner,J-Wade,R Vlissingen 1970 1-0 (45)}) 23... Rd3 24. axb4 axb4 25. Be3 Be5 26. Rfc1 f5 27. f4 Bd4 28. Rc4 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rxe3 30. Rxb4 Re2 31. exf5 Rd8 32. Rb3 Rdd2 33. Rg3 exf5 34. b4 Rc2 35. b5 Rxc5 36. b6 Rc8 37. b7 Rb8 38. Rc3 Kf7 39. Rc8 Re8 40. Rxb8 Rxb8 41. Kf2 Ke6 42. Kg3 Kd5 43. Kh4 h6 44. Rb6 Ke4 45. Kg3 Kd5 46. h4 Kc5 47. Rxg6 Rxb7 48. h5 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lublin Festival-10"]
[Site "Lublin"]
[Date "1974.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Estrin, Yakov Borisovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1974.07.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 c5 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 ({RR} 10. axb4 dxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nb6 13. Be2 e5 14. Ra5 Be6 15. Qc2 Nbd7 16. c4 b6 17. Ra6) 10... Nb6 ({RR} 10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qc7 12. Qb3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Ndf6 14. Bd3 Qxc2 15. Bxc2 Bd7 16. Rd1 Rfd8 17. Ne1 Nc5 18. b3 Bc6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. f3 a5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Na6 23. Rb1 Bb5 24. e4 Rd4 25. Ba3 {Miles,A (2565)-Ribli,Z (2610) Tilburg 1984 ½-½}) ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Rd1 a6 12. b4 b5 13. Bb3 Qb6 14. Bb2 Qxd4 15. Nxd4 Nb8 16. Rac1 Rd8 17. f4 Ra7 18. Ndxb5 Rad7 ({RR} 18... axb5 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Nxb5) 19. Rxd7 Bxd7 20. Nd4 Rc8 21. h3 Kf8 22. Nf3 {1-0 (22) Khasin,A-Estrin,Y Moscow 1956 EXT 2009 [ChessBase II]}) 11. Qxd8 $146 ({RR} 11. axb4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxc4 13. b3 Nd6 14. Rd1 Nde4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bb2 a6 17. Rac1 b5 18. h4 Nf6 19. f3 Bb7 20. Rc7 Rfb8 21. e4 Ne8 22. Rc5 Rd8 23. Kf2 Rd7 24. Ke3 Rad8 25. Rd2 Kf8 {Pomar Salamanca,A (2450)-O'Kelly de Galway,A (2445) Alicante 1975 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 11. Be2 Qxd4 12. exd4 Bd6 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14. Bxf6 Nxc3 15. bxc3 gxf6 16. a4 Bd7 17. a5 Rac8 18. c4 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Rxc4 21. Bxb7 Rd8 22. d5 Bc5 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bd4 25. dxe6 fxe6 {Ludvik,T (2158)-Sikora,J (2176) Czech Republic 2018 ½-½}) ({RR} 11. axb4 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxc4 13. e4 Bd7 14. b3 Ne5 15. Rd1 Rfc8 16. Bb2 Nc6 17. b5 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 a6 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. f3 {½-½ (20) Braun,A (2469)-Ruck,R (2551) Steinbrunn 2005}) 11... Rxd8 12. axb4 Nxc4 13. e4 Rd3 14. Ne1 Rd7 15. Nf3 Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 16,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1974.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1974.11.04"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 e5 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Rfd8 15. Ncb5 Qd7 16. Rc1 a6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f3 Nd5 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qc2 Rac8 21. Bd4 c5 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Ba1 Nf6 24. e4 Rd7 25. Qc3 Ng6 26. Bc4 {Tahay,R (2089)-Pankova,J (1826) St Petersburg 2018 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. h3 e5 13. Nb5 e4 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. b5 N7f6 17. a4 Rac8 18. Qb3 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Be2 Qd7 21. Rxc7 Nxc7 22. a5 Bd5 23. Qb4 Be6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra7 h6 26. Qa4 {Lupulescu,C (2584)-Caruana,F (2782) Zagreb CRO 2023 0-1 (74)}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 c6 22. Rd3 {½-½ (22) Lupulescu,C (2588)-Pichot,A (2635) Chartres FRA 2024}) ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. b5 d5 15. Bd3 axb5 16. Qb3 Ba6 17. Bc3 Rfc8 18. Bb4 Qd8 19. Rac1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Qb1 Nb8 22. Ne5 g6 23. h3 Ne8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qf1 Nc6 26. Bxb5 {Gligoric,S-Donner,J Eersel 1968 ½-½ (32)}) 12. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch42 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.11.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1974.11.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qd3 a6 10. a4 cxd4 ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Rd1 Rd8 ({RR} 11... b6 12. d5 Bxc3 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Qxc3 Kh8 15. Ng5 Nb8 16. Qb3 Ng4 17. e4 h6 18. Nxe6 Re8 19. Nf4 Qxe4 20. Bd3 Qd4 21. Ng6+ Kh7 22. Ne5+ Kh8 23. Nf7+ Kg8 24. Nxh6+ Kh8 25. Qg8+ Rxg8 26. Nf7#) 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. exd4 b6 14. d5 Bxc3 15. d6 Qf8 16. Qxc3 Bb7 17. Bf4 Rac8 18. Qb4 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Ne5 Nc5 21. Rac1 f6 22. Nc4 Nb7 ({RR} 22... a5 23. Qxb6 Nxa4 24. Qxa5 Rxc4) ({RR} 22... Nd7) 23. Ne3 Bc6 24. Qc4 Qf7 25. Qxa6 {Zhou,J (2612)-Wen,Y (2508) China 2008 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 10... b6 11. d5 exd5 12. Nxd5 Bb7 13. Nxb4) 11. exd4 b6 12. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. Rfd1 Bd6 15. d5 Nc5 16. Qd4 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Bf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. a5 Qb4 22. axb6 Ne6 23. Ne5 Qxb6 24. Nd7 Qxb2 25. Nxf8 Rxf8 26. Qd7 Qb8 {Pachman,L-Rabar,B Marianske Lazne 1960 1-0 (67)}) 12... Bb7 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Rfd1 Nf8 15. Ne5 Ng6 16. Bg5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxd3 18. Bxd3 Ng4 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Rc2 Rad8 21. h3 Rd4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. hxg4 Rc8 25. Rd2 Rc4 26. b3 Bxf2+ 27. Rxf2 Rxc3 28. Bd2 Rxb3 29. Rxf7 Bd5 30. Rf4 Rg3 31. Kf1 Rxg2 32. Rd4 Rh2 33. Be3 Rb2 34. Bd2 a5 35. Ke1 Ra2 36. Be3 Bb3 37. Rd6 Rxa4 38. Rxb6 Bd5 39. g5 Ra1+ 40. Kd2 a4 41. Ra6 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Kg6 43. Ra7 Be4 44. Kd1 Bf3+ 45. Kc1 Be4 46. Kd1 Bc2+ 47. Kd2 Bb3+ 48. Kc3 Rg2 49. Kb4 Rg3 50. Bc1 Rf3 51. Rc7 Rf7 52. Rxf7 Kxf7 53. Kc5 Bc2 54. Kd6 Bf5 55. Ba3 Kg6 56. Bc1 Kh5 57. Ke7 g6 58. Kd7 Kg4 59. Kd6 Kg3 60. Kc5 Kf3 61. Kd4 Kg4 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 13th final A"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E56"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1975.07.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3 Ba5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Bb2 ({RR} 12. a4 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Be2 Rfc8 16. Ba3 Ned7 17. Rfb1 Qc7 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc5 20. Rc1 b6 21. Bb2 Qe7 22. Qf5 Rc6 23. Kh1 Rd8 24. Bb5 Rcd6 25. Rg1 g6 26. Bc4 Ne8 {Korotylev,A (2600)-Landa,K (2678) Serpukhov 2007 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Rb1 Ne4 14. Qc2 Rac8 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Bd3 Rxc5 17. Nd4 Nf6 18. a4 Nc4 19. Bc1 Re8 20. Rb5 b6 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Nb5 Ra8 23. Qb3 Ne4 24. Re1 a6 25. Nd4 Ne5 26. Bc2 Qxc3 {Stein,L-Tal,M Kislovodsk 1966 1-0 (54)}) 12... Ne5 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rad8 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Rac1 Rd5 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. f3 Rxc5 21. Qe2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Nc5 23. Bc4 Na4 24. Bd4 c5 25. Ba1 Nb6 26. e4 Rd8 27. Qb2 {Bosiocic,M (2570)-Dorfanis,I (2239) Kavala 2012 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. c4 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Ba1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 dxc4 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qxc4 Rac8 20. Qc3 f6 21. Qc4+ Kh8 22. Rd6 Ne5 23. Qe6 Qc5 24. Rd5 Rc6 25. Rxc5 Rxe6 26. Rc7 Rb6 27. Rd1 {Kalogridis,A (2080)-Andriasian,S (2298) Tornelo INT 2021 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ne4 15. Qc2 Nxc5 16. Qc3 Ne6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 f6 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qxe6+ Qxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Bb3 Re7 24. Rc5 Rd8 25. Rfc1 Red7 26. Rc8 h6 27. Rxd8+ {Chung,M (2051)-Retailleau,E (1654) Dieppe 2015 1-0}) 13. c4 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Kh1 Rfd8 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Be4 Bg2+ 20. Kxg2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Rxd1 22. Raxd1 Qxc5 23. Rd5 Qf8 24. Rd7 Re8 25. Rxb7 Re7 26. Rb4 Re5 27. Bxh7 Rg5 28. Be4 Rxg1+ 29. Kxg1 Qc5 30. Rd4 Qxa3 31. Rd7 Qa2 32. h4 a5 33. h5 Qe6 34. Rd5 a4 35. Ra5 Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1975.10.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 ({RR} 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. a4 c5 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfa8 19. Bb3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. Bxc7 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Bxb6 Bf6 25. g3 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Bxa1 {Gulko,B-Tal,M Yerevan 1975 ½-½}) 12... e5 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. e4 e5 17. f4 exd4 18. e5 Bc5 19. Nf3 Kh8 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qb3 f6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. Qh3+ Kg7 25. Qxd7+ Kh8 26. Re3 dxe3 27. Bxf6+ {Korchmar,V (2409)-Mikaelyan,A (2442) Moscow 2017 ½-½ (46)}) 13. a4 $146 ({RR} 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd2 Re8 15. a4 Nf8 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Qb3 Ne6 18. Nf1 h5 19. Rec1 h4 20. h3 Ng5 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne2 Nd5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Qa3 Qd7 25. Nf4 Bb7 26. Rc4 Nh7 27. Rac1 g5 {Averbakh,Y-Taimanov,M Baku 1961 ½-½}) ({RR} 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Be2 Rad8 16. f4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 f5 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Kh1 h6 21. Rg1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. g4 g6 25. Rg3 Bb7 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Bc4 Bd5 {Portisch,L (2655)-Huebner,R (2600) Abano Therme 1980 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd2 Re8 15. Bf1 h5 16. h3 Nf8 17. Nc4 h4 18. Qb3 Qe7 19. a4 Qe6 20. Red1 Rad8 21. Qa2 Qf5 22. Ba3 Bxa3 23. Qxa3 Ng6 24. Rd2 Qg5 25. Rad1 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Qc3 Ne7 {Portisch,L-Bolbochan,J Stockholm 1962 ½-½ (59)}) 13... Qe7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 exd4 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. bxc6 Nc5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Be5 24. Ba3 Bd6 25. Bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch43 Final"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1975.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O d5 8. a3 Bd6 9. b4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 a5 12. bxa5 ({RR} 12. b5 e5 13. Re1 e4 14. Nd2 Qe7 15. Be2 Rad8 16. f4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Nc4 f5 19. Ne5 Qe6 20. Kh1 h6 21. Rg1 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc5 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. g4 g6 25. Rg3 Bb7 26. gxf5 gxf5 {Portisch,L (2655)-Huebner,R (2600) Abano Therme 1980 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 12. b5 Qe7 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. e4 e5 17. f4 exd4 18. e5 Bc5 19. Nf3 Kh8 20. Ng5 g6 21. Qb3 f6 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Nxh7 Kxh7 24. Qh3+ Kg7 25. Qxd7+ Kh8 26. Re3 dxe3 {Korchmar,V (2409)-Mikaelyan,A (2442) Moscow 2017 ½-½ (46)}) ({RR} 12. b5 e5 13. a4 Qe7 14. h3 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rfe8 16. Rad1 exd4 17. Nxd4 g6 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. bxc6 Nc5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 Be5 24. Ba3 Bd6 25. Bxc5 {½-½ (25) Spassky,B-Tal,M Moscow 1975}) 12... Rxa5 13. Nb5 Be7 14. a4 c5 $146 ({RR} 14... Ne4 15. Bd3 Nd6 16. Qe2 Nf6 17. Rfc1 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 c5 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. f3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Bc5 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Qb2 {1-0 (23) Gligoric,S-Van den Berg,C Wijk aan Zee 1971}) 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfa8 19. Bb3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Nc7 Nxc7 22. Bxc7 Rxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. Bxb6 Bf6 25. g3 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Bxa1 27. Kf1 Bc3 28. Bc5 f5 29. h3 g6 30. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1976.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. g3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bg2 Nc6 ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. O-O d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. b4 Rac8 15. bxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (15) Braun,V (2309)-Bilovil,B (2474) Werther GER 2025}) 11. O-O Qb6 ({RR} 11... d6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. b4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. Ne4 cxb4 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Nh5+ Kf8 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Rxa7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rbc8 24. Nf6 Rxc4 25. Nd7+ Kg7 26. Rxd6 {Kortschnoj,V (2634)-Tiviakov,S (2631) Warsaw 2002 1-0 (59)}) 12. Rd1 d5 13. cxd5 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf4 Na5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Qc2 Nxf4 16. gxf4 Rab8 {1-0 (16) Valli,F (2257)-Lehto,V (2169) Helsinki 2012}) 13... exd5 14. Bf4 Rfe8 15. e3 Ne4 16. Qc2 Rad8 17. Rac1 h6 18. h4 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rxd4 21. Re1 Qf6 22. Re2 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Be3 Rd5 25. Rce1 Rde5 26. Bc1 Nd6 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Qc3 Rxe2 29. Rxe2 Qd8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Bxg5 Qe4 32. Qf6 c4 33. Be3 a5 34. Bd4 Kf8 35. Bc3 Ke8 36. Qb6 Kd7 37. Qb5+ Kc8 38. Qb6 Kd7 39. Qb5+ Kc8 40. Qa6 Qb1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kh3 f5 43. Kh2 f4 44. Qf6 fxg3+ 45. fxg3 Nd8 46. Bxa5 Qe2+ 47. Kg1 Qd1+ 48. Kf2 Qc2+ 49. Kg1 Qd1+ 50. Kf2 Qc2+ 51. Ke3 Qc1+ 52. Bd2 Qg1+ 53. Qf2 Qb1 54. Bc3 Ne6 55. Qe1 Qd3+ 56. Kf2 Qf5+ 57. Kg2 Ng5 58. Qe3 Qc2+ 59. Kf1 Qf5+ 60. Ke1 Qb1+ 61. Kd2 Ne4+ 62. Ke2 Qc2+ 63. Kf3 Nd6 64. g4 Kd7 65. Qd4 Qb3 66. Kf4 Kc6 67. Bb4 Nb7 68. g5 Qh3 69. Qxc4+ Kb6 70. Qd4+ Ka6 71. Qe3 Qh4+ 72. Kf5 Qh5 73. Be7 Qf7+ 74. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-01"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1977.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1977.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Qd3 Qa5 7. Qxe4 Bxc3+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 Nc6 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Qd3 exd5 13. Bxd5 d6 14. O-O Be6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Qb4 17. e3 Ne6 18. Nc3 Rab8 19. Rab1 Rfd8 20. Nd5 Qa5 21. a3 Qa4 22. b3 Qd7 23. a4 Nc7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Rfd1 a6 26. Rb2 Qc6 27. Rbd2 Rd7 28. Qf5 Re8 29. Rd5 {Kazhgaleyev,M (2602)-Zhou,W (2416) Hyderabad 2005 1-0 (74)}) ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rae8 17. e3 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 Ne5 19. Qd5 Re6 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21. b3 Rfe8 22. Ng5 Rg6 23. Nh3 Rh6 24. Rd2 Ng4 25. Qf3 Ne5 26. Qd5 Ng4 27. Qf3 Ne5 28. Qd5 {½-½ (28) Vachier Lagrave,M (2722)-Van Wely,L (2701) Linares 2013}) ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Ne4 Bg6 16. f4 h6 17. e3 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc6 19. f5 Ne5 20. Qxd6 Nxc4 21. Qf4 Nd2 22. f6 g5 23. Qf5 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rae8 25. Qf3 Qd2 26. Rae1 Qxb2 27. h4 Qe5 28. Qg4 Kh7 29. Rf5 {Pecurica,M (2199)-Petijevic,V (2277) Niksic 2017 0-1 (48)}) 15. Be4 h6 16. Nf3 Qb4 17. b3 f5 18. Nxd4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Bh3 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Nb5 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Rf6 23. e4 Rf3 24. Nxd6 Raf8 25. Nf5 Kh7 26. Qd6 Rf7 27. Qe6 Rf8 28. Qe7 Rg8 29. Nxh6 Rb8 30. Nf5 Qc3 31. Qh4+ Kg8 32. Qh5 Rd8 33. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch45 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.11.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1977.11.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. d4 dxc4 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Rb8 9. a3 ({RR} 9. e4 b5 10. Bf4 Be7 11. a3 a6 12. Qd2 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxd4 14. Rad1 c5 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxb8 Bg4 17. Bf4 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Nh5 19. Be3 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Rxf3 22. Rd7 Kf8 23. e5 Ke8 {Radjabov,T (2747)-Giri,A (2764) chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (57)}) 9... Be7 10. Qa4 b5 ({RR} 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qg4 13. h3 Qh5 14. Qxc4 c6 15. Bxa7 Ra8 16. g4 Qg6 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 h5 19. gxh5 Nxh5 20. Kh2 Nf4 21. Rg1 Qh6 22. Bf1 e5 23. Rg3 Nh5 24. Rf3 f6 25. Rd1 {Tarigan,G (2415)-Bharath,S (2556) Al Ain UAE 2025 ½-½ (71)}) 11. Nxb5 a6 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Nxa7 Nb4 13. Qd1 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Qe8 15. e4 Ba4 16. Qd2 Nb4 17. axb4 Bxb4 18. Qe2 Bxe1 19. Qxe1 Bb5 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Bb4 c5 22. Nxd7 cxb4 {1-0 (22) Diesen,M (2220)-Knezevic,M (2505) Polanica Zdroj 1978}) 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be3 Qe5 15. Qxc4 Rxb2 16. Bd4 Qf5 17. Qxc7 Rd2 18. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1978.02.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. a3 Bd6 (10... Be7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b6 14. Ng3 Bb7 15. Qe2 Na5 $10 {Steiner-Evans, USA 1952}) 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Qc2 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 12... e5 13. N4g3 Nf6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bf4 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Bd3 Ng4 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Be1 Be6 22. Bc4 Qc5 {½-½ (22) Portisch,L (2539)-Hansen,S (2595) Copenhagen 2010}) ({RR} 12... Qb6 13. Rd1 h6 14. b4 f5 15. Nd2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Bb2 Qg4 18. Nf3 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. Ne5 Qg5 21. Be2 Ne3 22. fxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Qxe5 24. Rd8+ Rf8 25. Rad1 b6 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rd8+ {Seresin,F (2337)-Csontos,A (2111) Bozen ITA 2024 ½-½ (32)}) 13. Nc5 h6 14. b4 (14. Nxb7 Qb6 $6 (14... Nxd4) (14... Qc7) 15. Nc5 Nxd4 16. Nxd7 $14) 14... Bf6 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. Rcd1 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nce7 19. b5 Rfd8 20. a4 Be8 21. g3 b6 22. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:23] 22..Notation fehlt. de1} 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1978.12.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Sumets,Andrey} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. a4 $146 ({RR} 9. Bb3 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. Ne2 Be7 12. exd4 Bb7 13. Nc3 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Re1 Bb7 16. Bf4 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Qd3 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rc8 21. Rad1 Rc7 22. Bc2 Nf6 23. Bb1 Qd5 {Bronstein,D-Smyslov,V Amsterdam/Leeuwarden 1956 ½-½}) ({RR} 9. Bd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 ({RR} 10. exd4 b6 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Qe2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7) 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Rad1 Bxc3 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. a3 Bd6) 14. bxc3 Qc7 15. Rfe1 Rac8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qc6 18. f4 Nd5 19. f5 exf5 20. Bxf5 Rcd8 21. e6 Nf6 22. exf7+ ({RR} 22. Kh1 Kh8) 22... Kxf7 23. Qf2 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxg2+) 10... Ne5 ({RR} 10... Nb6 11. Be2 ({RR} 11. Bb3 Bd7 ({RR} 11... e5 12. Nc2 Bc5 13. e4 Qe7 14. Be3 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. Bxe6 ({RR} 16. Qe2 Bxb3 17. axb3 a6 ({RR} 17... Rfd8 18. Ra5 Bxe3+ 19. Nxe3) 18. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Rfd8) 16... fxe6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rf2 Nc4 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Na4 Qa5) 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. e4 e5 ({RR} 13... Be8 14. Nf3 Bc6 15. Rad1 Qc7) 14. Nc2 Bc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 ({RR} 17... Qxc5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Ne3 Rfd8) 18. Ne3 Rcc8 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Rd3) 11... e5 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. a3 Bc5 14. Nb5 ({RR} 14. Qc2 e4 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Rac1 Rac8) 14... Nbd5 15. Rc1 e4 16. Nfd4 a6 17. Qc2 Bb6 18. Nc3 Bxd4 19. exd4 e3 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Ba5 Be6 ({RR} 21... Qg5 22. Bf3 Bf5 23. h4 Qg6) 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Qe2 exf2+ 24. Qxf2 Qd7 25. Rc5 {RR} b6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxb6 Rc6) 11. Be2 ({RR} 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Nf3 Rc8 14. a3 Ba5 15. Rfd1 Qb6 ({RR} 15... Bc7 16. Be1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rfd8) 16. Bc4 Qd8 17. e4 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qe8 19. Nb5 Bc7 20. Nxc7 Rxc7 21. h3 ({RR} 21. Bf4 e5 22. Bg3) 21... Nge5) 11... Bc5 ({RR} 11... Bd7 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Rfd1 ({RR} 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qa6 Rxb2) 13... Qb8 14. Be1 Neg4) 12. Rc1 ({RR} 12. Nf3 Ng6 13. Rc1 b6 14. Qa4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Qb3 Bd6) 12... b6 ({RR} 12... Bxd4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Nb5 Qh4 ({RR} 14... Qb6 15. Be3 Qa5 16. b4 Qd8 17. Nc7 Rb8 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Bxa7) ({RR} 14... Qd8 15. Bb4) 15. Bc3 Nc6 16. Bf3) 13. b4 ({RR} 13. Ncb5 Bb7 14. b4 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Qd7 16. f3 Rac8 17. Be1 ({RR} 17. Qb3 Bd5 18. Qb1 Bc4) 17... Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Rc8 19. Qa3 a6) 13... Bxd4 ({RR} 13... Bxb4 14. f4 Bxc3 ({RR} 14... Ng6 15. Nc6 Qd6 16. Nxb4 Qxb4 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bc3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 e5 21. Bf3 Rb8 22. Bb4) 15. Bxc3 Ng6 ({RR} 15... Ned7 16. Bf3 Ba6 17. Re1 Nd5 ({RR} 17... Rc8 18. Nc6 Qe8 ({RR} 18... Qc7 19. Ne7+) 19. Bb4 Nc5 20. Qd6) 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nf5 Nf6 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qg5) 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Nc6) 14. exd4 Ng6 ({RR} 14... Qxd4 15. Nb5 Qd7 ({RR} 15... Qh4 16. f4 Ned7 ({RR} 16... Ng6 17. Rc4 a6 18. f5 axb5 19. Rxh4 Nxh4 20. g4 exf5 21. Bg5 Ng6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. gxf5) 17. g3 Qh6 18. f5 Qh3 19. Bf3 Ba6 20. Bg2 Qg4 21. Qxg4 Nxg4 22. Bxa8 Bxb5 23. fxe6 Rxa8 24. exd7 Bxd7 25. Rc7) 16. Rc7 Qd8 17. Bc3 Ned7 18. Bf3 Ba6 19. Bxa8 Bxb5 20. Rxa7 Bxf1 21. Qxf1 Qb8 22. Ra3) 15. Bf3 ({RR} 15. Be3 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rc8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5) 15... Rb8 16. Re1 ({RR} 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qa4 ({RR} 18. d5 Bb7 19. dxe6 Rbd8 20. Qe2 Bxf3 21. exf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Rd4 24. a3 Rxf3) 18... Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. d5 Nf4) 16... h6 ({RR} 16... Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. d5 Rd8 ({RR} 20... Rd7 21. Qa4 Rfd8 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Ne4 Qe7) 21. Qb3 Nf4 22. Rcd1 Qg5 23. g3 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. f4 Qf5 26. Re5 Qc8 27. Rexd5) 17. Nb5 a6 18. Na7 Bb7 19. b5 ({RR} 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Qxd4 21. Bc3 Qxd1 22. Rexd1 Ne7) ({RR} 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc6 Qd5 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 Nd5) 19... Bxf3 ({RR} 19... axb5 20. Bb4 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Re8 22. Nc6 Qd5 23. Nxb8 ({RR} 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxb8 Nxb4 25. Rb1 ({RR} 25. Nc6 Nd3) 25... Nc2 26. Re2 Nxd4 27. Rd2 e5 28. Na6) 23... Qxf3 24. gxf3 Rxb8 25. Bd6 Ra8) 20. Qxf3 Ra8 21. Nc6 ({RR} 21. Qb7 axb5 22. Nc6 Qd5) 21... Qd5 22. Qxd5 Nxd5 23. Nb4 Nxb4 {Kamsky,G (2762)-Leko,P (2732) Tashkent 2012 CBM 152 [Sumets,Andrey] 0-1 (48)}) ({RR} 9. Qe2) ({RR} 9. a3) ({RR} 9. Qb3) ({RR} 9. Bd3) ({RR} 9. Qd3) ({RR} 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 b6 11. Ba3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4 h6 14. e5 Nd5 15. c4 Nf4 16. Be4 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Ng6 19. Rfe1 cxd4 20. Bd6 Qc6 21. Qxd4 Nc5 22. Red1 Rd8 23. Qg4 Qe4 {Samarth,R (1240)-Zhou,Y (1670) Tornelo INT 2021 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. exd4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rc1 Rxc1 15. Bxc1 Ba4 16. b3 Be8 17. Ng3 Nbd5 18. Be3 Nb4 19. Bb1 Bb5 20. Re1 Nbd5 21. Nh5 Qa5 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Nc4 Qc7 {Prokhorovich,T-Bronstein,D Moscow 1957 0-1 (44)}) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. Bg5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxc4 16. Nd6 Qd5 17. Nxb7 Qxg5 18. Nd6 Qf4 19. Nc4 Rfd8 20. Qe2 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Nf6 22. Ne3 Qe4 23. Qa6 Qf4 24. Qe2 h6 25. h3 Rc7 26. Rc2 Qe4 27. d5 exd5 28. Rd4 Qe5 29. Qd3 Rc5 30. Re2 Re8 31. Rd2 Qc7 32. Rc2 Qc6 33. c4 Qxa4 34. Nxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Qf4 37. g3 Qd6 38. Kh2 Rd8 39. Re2 g6 40. Qd4 Kh7 41. Ra2 Rd7 42. h4 h5 43. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Match/Training Kasparov-Tal +1-0=1"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Winants,Luc} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. g3 ({RR} 8. Qc2) 8... Nxc3 9. Nxc3 ({RR} 9. bxc3 Qd5 10. Rg1 c5) 9... c5 10. dxc5 ({RR} 10. d5 Bf6 ({RR} 10... exd5 11. Nxd5 Be6 12. Bg2 Nc6 ({RR} 12... Qd7 13. O-O Rd8 14. e4 Nc6 15. Be3) 13. O-O Qd7 14. e4 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. b4) 11. Bg2 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Qxd5 ({RR} 13. Bxd5 Bh3 ({RR} 13... Qe7) 14. Bxb7 ({RR} 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxh3 Qd3) 14... Nd7 15. Qh5 ({RR} 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. f3 Ne5 17. Kf2 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ng4+ ({RR} 18... Bg4 19. Rd1 Bxf3 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8) 19. Ke1 Ne5 20. Kf2 Ng4+) 15... Rb8 ({RR} 15... Qf6 16. Bd2 Rab8 17. Be4) 16. Qxh3 ({RR} 16. Be4 Nf6 17. Bxh7+ Nxh7 18. Qxh3 Qd3) ({RR} 16. Bf3 Qf6 17. Bd2) 16... Rxb7 17. O-O Qf6) 13... Qe7 14. Rb1 ({RR} 14. O-O Nc6) 14... Nc6 ({RR} 14... Rd8 15. Qh5 ({RR} 15. Rxb7 Bxb7 16. Qxb7 Nd7)) 15. O-O Be6 16. Qh5 Rad8 17. e4 Ba2 18. Ra1 ({RR} 18. Rb2 Bc4 19. Re1 Ne5) 18... Bc4 19. Re1 Ne5 20. Be3 g6 21. Qh4 ({RR} 21. Qh6 Ng4 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. Bxg5 f6 24. Bf4 g5 25. Bc1 Ne5) 21... Qxh4 22. gxh4 b6 23. Bh6 Rfe8 24. h3 ({RR} 24. Bg5 Rd3 25. Re3 ({RR} 25. Bf6 Ng4 26. Bg5 f6) 25... Kg7 26. Rxd3 Nxd3 27. Be3) 24... f6 {Shaked,T (2500)-Kramnik,V (2770) Tilburg 1997 CBM 061 [Winants,Luc] 0-1 (35)} {RR} 25. f4 Nf7) ({RR} 10. Bg2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bf6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. d5 exd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. bxc3 a5 19. Rfd1 a4 20. Bc5 Bb3 21. Rd4 Re8 22. Kf1 Ra5 23. Bd6 c5 24. Rf4 h6 {Mattenberger,M (1839)-Romanishin,O (2419) Arco 2021 0-1}) 10... Bxc5 ({RR} 10... Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5 12. Bg2 ({RR} 12. b4 Be7 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. Bg2 Bc6 15. Rg1 Bxg2 16. Rxg2 Rc8) 12... Be7 13. Bd2 ({RR} 13. b4 a5 14. b5) 13... Nd7 14. b4 Rb8 15. Nb2 b6 16. O-O Bf6 17. Rab1 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Rbc8 19. Nd1 Bd3 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rc1 Rc2 22. Rxc2 Bxc2 23. Nc3 Ne5 24. Nb5 Nc4 25. Bc1) 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bg2 Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Nd7 13. Bd2 Ne5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bc3 Nc4 16. Rc1 Rd8+ 17. Ke2 Bd7 18. Rhd1 Bb5 19. Ke1 Bc6 20. Bd4 Na5 21. Rc3 Bd5 22. f3 Nc6 23. Rcd3 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 Rac8 25. Nc3 Bc6 {Tologontegin,S (2331)-Delorme,A (2492) Moscow 2011 ½-½ (52)}) 11... Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Be7 13. Bb2 Nc6 14. Kc2 b6 15. Rd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Bg2 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Kb3 Nd6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. a4 a6 22. b5 axb5 23. Nxb5 Rxc1 24. Bxc1 Ne4 25. Ba3 Kf8 26. Na7 Nd2+ 27. Kc2 {RR} Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1980.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1980.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. O-O Nb6 13. Be3 Qc7 ({RR} 13... Nc4 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 Be6 18. Bf2 N4e5 19. Nc5 Ng6 20. Ra4 Rad8 21. Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Rd6 24. Qc2 Qd7 25. h3 Rd2 26. Qe4 h6 27. Kh2 a6 28. Ra3 {Mamedyarov,S (2767)-So,W (2767) Chess.com INT 2019 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 13... Nc4 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxa7 Na3 20. Bc5 Nb5 21. Rc1 Ra8 22. Rc2 Bf5 23. Rd2 Nxc3 24. a3 f6 25. f3 Nb5 26. Nc1 Be6 27. Rd3 Bc4 28. Re3 {Poltorak,S (2354)-Papasimakopoulos,A (2401) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (59)}) 14. Qd3 Rd8 $146 ({RR} 14... Be6 15. Qb5 Rfe8 16. Nc5 Bc4 17. Qb2 Rab8 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. Bh3 Rbd8 20. f3 Qc6 21. Bf2 Qh6 22. Bf1 Nf5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nxb7 Rd5 25. Qb4 Rd2 26. Na5 Bxe2 27. Bxe2 Ne3 28. Qb5 Nd7 29. Re1 {Karasev,V (2330)-Piesina,G (2390) Blagoveshchensk 1988 1-0 (56)}) 15. Qe4 Be6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bc5 Qf6 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qc2 Nc4 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Nd2 Nxd2 22. Rxd2 Qa5 23. Be3 Rc8 24. Qb2 Qa6 25. Rd6 Qxa2 26. Qxa2 Bxa2 27. Rd7 Rb8 28. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Dobosz, Henryk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1980.06.04"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Almasi,Zoltan} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Be2 f5 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne1 ({RR} 10. Ne5 Qh4 11. f3 Ng5 12. g3 Qh5 13. h4 d6 14. f4 Qe8 15. hxg5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Qg6 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 c5 19. e4 Nc6 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Rxf5 exf5 22. Be3 Rd8 23. Rd1 Qh5 24. e6 cxd4) ({RR} 10. Nd2 Qg5 11. Bf3 Qg6) 10... d6 ({RR} 10... c5 11. f3 Nd6 ({RR} 11... Nf6) 12. Ba3 Qc7 13. Rd1 ({RR} 13. Qa4 Re8 14. Nd3 cxd4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. cxd4 Qe7 17. Rac1 Na6 18. c5 Nc7 19. Ne5 Red8 20. Qb3 Bd5 21. Qc3 bxc5 22. dxc5 Ne8 23. Rfd1 Rac8 24. Bb5 Rc7 25. a4 Nf6 26. Nd3 Re8 27. Qe5 Rcc8) 13... Ba6 14. Qa4 Qc6 15. Qb3 ({RR} 15. Qxc6 Nxc6 16. dxc5 Nxc4 ({RR} 16... Bxc4 17. Rxd6 Bxe2 18. Rf2 Bc4 19. Rxd7 Rfd8) 17. Bxc4 ({RR} 17. cxb6 Nxa3 18. Bxa6 axb6 19. Bb7 Ra7 20. Rxd7 Ne5 21. Re7 Nac4) 17... Bxc4 18. Rf2 Rfc8) 15... Nb7 16. d5 Qc7 ({RR} 16... exd5 17. cxd5 Qh6 18. Bxa6 ({RR} 18. d6+ Kh8 19. Bxa6 Nxa6 ({RR} 19... Qxe3+ 20. Rf2 Nxa6 21. Qd5 Na5 22. Nd3)) 18... Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 Nxa6 20. Nd3) 17. e4 Na5 18. Qc2 Bxc4 ({RR} 18... Nxc4 19. Bc1 f4 20. Nd3 ({RR} 20. dxe6 dxe6 21. Qb3 Ne3 ({RR} 21... b5 22. a4) 22. Bxa6 ({RR} 22. Qxe6+ Kh8) 22... Nxd1 23. Bc4 Ne3 24. Bxe3 fxe3 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. Bd5 Nc6 27. Nc2) 20... e5 21. d6 Qc8) 19. Bc1 Bxe2 ({RR} 19... exd5 20. exd5 d6 21. Nd3 Re8 22. Rfe1 Qf7 23. Nf4 Nd7) ({RR} 19... f4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. dxe6 dxe6 22. Qb3) 20. Qxe2 fxe4 ({RR} 20... f4 21. Nd3 c4 ({RR} 21... e5 22. d6 Qd8 ({RR} 22... Qxd6 23. Nxf4) 23. Nxe5) 22. Nb4) 21. fxe4 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 d6 ({RR} 22... exd5 23. Qf5 Nbc6 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Nf3) 23. Nf3 Nd7 ({RR} 23... e5 24. Ng5 h6 25. Qf8+ ({RR} 25. Ne6 Qe7 ({RR} 25... Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Nc7) 26. Rd3) 25... Kxf8 26. Ne6+) ({RR} 23... Qe7 24. e5 ({RR} 24. Ng5 Nd7)) 24. dxe6 ({RR} 24. Ng5 Nf8 ({RR} 24... Ne5 25. Nxe6 Qf7 26. Qe2 Nac4 27. Rf1)) 24... Nf8 ({RR} 24... Nf6) 25. Ng5 {Naiditsch,A (2689)-Almasi,Z (2689) Reykjavik 2015 CBM 170 [Almasi,Zoltan] 0-1 (53)} ({RR} 25. e5 dxe5 ({RR} 25... Nxe6 26. exd6) 26. Ng5 ({RR} 26. Nxe5 Nxe6 27. Qf5 Qe7 28. Rd7 Qf6 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Ng4) 26... h6 27. Qf3 Qb7 ({RR} 27... Rb8 28. Nf7) 28. e7 hxg5 29. Rd8)) ({RR} 10... Qh4 11. f3 Ng5) 11. Nd3 c5 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. a4 a5 13. f3 Nf6 14. Qb3 Nbd7 15. c5 Kh8 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. c4 Rfc8 18. Ba3 Ba6 19. Ne5 Kg8 20. Bd3 Rab8 21. e4 f4 22. Rfd1 Ne8 23. Rac1 Qd8 24. c5 Nxe5 25. Bxa6 bxc5 26. Qxe6+ {Kupermann,M (1977)-Pohle,D (2206) Moenchengladbach 2009 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. f3 Nef6 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. d5 Nc5 15. dxe6 g6 16. Re1 Nxe6 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. e4 fxe4 19. fxe4 Nc5 20. Bf3 Rae8 21. Bg5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bc8 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. Bh6 Rf7 25. Bg4 Qd8 26. Rxe8+ {Poulain,Y (1879)-Reed,J (2020) Pornic 2008 1-0 (74)}) 12. Nf4 Qe7 13. d5 Bc8 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bd3 Nc6 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxf5 Qxc4 19. Bd3 Qe6 20. e4 Ne5 21. Be2 Rae8 22. c4 Nc6 23. Be3 Nh5 24. Qd2 Qe5 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. cxd5 Nd8 27. Ba6 Re7 28. a4 Nf7 29. a5 Nf6 30. Bf4 Rb8 31. Rfb1 Ne8 32. axb6 axb6 33. Bb5 Nc7 34. Rb2 Kf8 35. Rab1 Nxb5 36. Rxb5 Reb7 37. Bd2 Ne5 38. Ra1 Nd7 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Kf2 Re8 41. Ke3 Rbb8 42. Ra7 Re7 43. Kd2 Nf6 44. Ra6 Reb7 45. Bxf6 Kxf6 46. f4 g5 47. g3 gxf4 48. gxf4 Re8 49. Ke3 Reb8 50. Kd3 Kg6 51. h4 Kf6 52. h5 Ke7 53. e5 dxe5 54. fxe5 Rd8 55. Ke4 Rbd7 56. d6+ Ke6 57. Raxb6 Ra8 58. Rxc5 Rda7 59. Rd5 Rd7 60. Rdb5 Ra4+ 61. Kd3 Rda7 62. Rb8 Ra3+ 63. Kc4 R3a4+ 64. Kc5 Kxe5 65. Kc6+ Ke6 66. Re8+ Kf7 67. Ree5 Rd4 68. Rf5+ Kg7 69. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Interpolis-04"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1980.09.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1980.09.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. a3 Be7 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. d6 Bf8 11. g3 Re6 12. Bg2 Rxd6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. O-O Re6 15. b4 a6 16. Nf4 Re8 17. Nfd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 d6 $146 ({RR} 18... b5 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Rae1 Bb7 21. Be4 h6 22. f4 Ba8 23. Bf3 a5 24. Qb3 axb4 25. axb4 Ne7 26. Ba7 Rc8 27. Re5 d6 28. Rh5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Qd7 30. Bf2 g6 31. Qd3 gxh5 32. Qg6+ Bg7 33. Bd4 {Gruenberg,R-Ostermeyer,P (2460) Germany 1984 ½-½ (37)}) 19. Be3 Rb8 20. Be4 h6 21. Bb6 Qg5 22. f4 Qh5 23. f5 Bd7 24. Rae1 Re5 25. a4 Rbe8 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 Nb8 28. Bd4 Bxb5 29. Bxe5 Bxf1 30. Bxg7 Bxg7 31. f6 Bb5 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Qc3+ Qe5 35. Qxe5+ dxe5 36. Nf5+ Kf8 37. Nd6 Bc6 38. Nxe8 Kxe8 39. Bxc6+ Nxc6 40. Rb1 Kf8 41. Rxb7 Nd4 42. g4 Kg7 43. Rb6 f6 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. h4 Nc2 46. Kf3 Nd4+ 47. Ke3 Nc2+ 48. Ke4 Nd4 49. Rb8 Nc6 50. h5+ Kg5 51. Rg8+ Kh4 52. Rg7 Nd4 53. Rg6 Kh3 54. Rxf6 Kxg4 55. Rxh6 Nf3 56. Kd5 Ng5 57. Rh8 Nf7 58. Rh7 Ng5 59. Rh6 Kh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial-03"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1981.03.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1981.03.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[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 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Rfc1 ({RR} 17. a3 Rfc8 {½-½ (18) Knezevic,M (2505)-Parma,B (2540) Belgrade 1978}) 17... Rfc8 18. a3 Kf8 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1981.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. Qf3 ({RR} 11. Ne2 c4 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Be3 Bf8 15. h4 ({RR} 15. a4) 15... b5 16. h5 Rc8 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. Rad1 Ne4) ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. Nf4 ({RR} 15. Ng3) 15... Bg5 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Be3 Kh8 18. Rae1 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe7) ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. Ng3 Ne4 14. Nf5 Ndf6 15. g4 Bc8 16. Ne3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. b3) 13. Ng3 ({RR} 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Ndf6 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qe7 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 g6) 13... Ne4 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd6 Bd5 18. Qxd7 Bxe5 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. dxe5) 12. Bf5 ({RR} 12. Bc2 b5 13. b3 ({RR} 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qf3 Bf8 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Ba5 Ne4) 13... Nb6 14. Rb1 Qe7 ({RR} 14... Be7 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. a4 Qc7 17. Nc3 Nc8 18. Nb5 Qd8 19. Rf3 a6 20. Nc3 Nd6 21. Rh3)) 12... g6 ({RR} 12... b5 13. b3 Nb6 14. Rb1 Qd6 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 a5) 13. Qa4 ({RR} 13. Bc2 b5 14. f5 Bd6) 13... gxf5 14. Qxb4 Ne4 15. a4 f6 16. Nf3 Nb8 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Nc3 Rae8 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qd1 Rg8 23. Qh5 Bc8 24. Rf3 Qe8 25. Qh6 Qf7 {Caruana,F (2787)-Adams,M (2744) Wijk aan Zee 2016 CBM 171 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 11. Bd2 Ne4) 11... cxd4 ({RR} 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. Qh3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qc8 15. Qxc8 Rfxc8 16. Bb2 a5 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. c4 Rxc4 21. Rxd5 Ra8 22. Rad1 h6 23. Rd7 Rc6 24. h3 Nc5 25. R7d6 Rac8 26. Rxc6 {Marin Ferragut,P (2338)-Stefanovic,B (2112) Prague CZE 2024 ½-½ (39)}) 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Qh3 $146 ({RR} 13. Bc2 f6 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Nxe4 {1-0 (15) Sadler,M (2535)-Loginov,V (2505) Budapest 1993}) 13... Ndf6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Be3 Rc7 16. g4 Nd7 17. a3 Be7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rae1 f6 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. f5 Bxg3 22. fxg6 Ndc5 23. dxc5 Bxe1 24. cxb6 Re7 25. Rxe1 axb6 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nh4 Bc8 28. Qg3 hxg6 29. g5 Rg7 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. Bg5 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Bb7 33. Bxf6 Qxf6 34. Ng2 Qxb2 35. Qd6 Qf2 36. Qe6+ Kh7 37. Qh3+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh8 39. Rd1 Rf7 40. h3 Qf6 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Qe8 Kh6 43. Rd7 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1982.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. d4 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. a3 ({RR} 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Rac1 Qb8 14. h3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Na4 Bd6 17. f4 Qf5 18. Nxb6 Rab8 19. Be1 Bc5 20. Bd3 Be4 21. Na4 Ba7 22. Kh2 h5 23. b3 Nd5 24. Bf2 Nxf4 25. exf4 Bxd3 {Braun,A (2609)-Eljanov,P (2672) Tornelo INT 2021 ½-½ (39)}) 11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Rac1 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rd1 Qd6 19. d5 exd5 20. Ba6 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Rd8 22. Qd4 Qc5 23. Be2 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Kf8 25. Bf3 Ke7 26. Ra4 a5 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4 {Grigoriants,S (2562)-Yoo,C (2606) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf6 17. Rd1 Rc8 18. Ba2 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Qd6 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21. axb4 Rc8 22. Bb3 Kf8 23. g3 Ke7 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc2 27. b3 Rc3 28. Rd2 {Hovakimyan,V (2167)-Bluebaum,M (2640) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (112)}) ({RR} 13... Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Nf6 18. Ba6 Rxc3 19. Qxc3 Nd5 20. Qg3 Qd7 21. Rc4 h6 22. Qe5 Rd8 23. g3 Kf8 24. Kg2 Kg8 {½-½ (24) Hort,V (2398)-Istratescu,A (2543) Basel 2020}) ({RR} 13... Qf6 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. d5 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf8 19. Rcd3 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 {½-½ (21) Filip,M-Milic,B Gotha 1957}) 14. Rfd1 Rfd8 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-12c"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.09.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E51"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1982.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bb5 e5 10. Bxc6 exd4 11. exd4 bxc6 12. O-O Nd5 ({RR} 12... h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Bf5 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Bd2 c5 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Be3 Bd6 21. Qf1 Bd3 22. Qd1 c5 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd3 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Qb5 26. Rd1 Bf8 27. Rd2 {Balabayeva,X (2311)-Kurmangaliyeva,L (2246) Astana KAZ 2025 ½-½ (57)}) 13. Re1 $146 ({RR} 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Re1 a5 16. Qd2 Rb8 17. Qxa5 Rxb2 18. Qc3 Rb6 19. Bh4 f5 20. Nd2 f4 21. f3 Qa4 22. Bf2 Bf5 23. g4 Bg6 24. h4 Rc6 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Nxb3 Rc3 27. Nd2 Rd3 {Zhukhovitsky,S-Furman,S Leningrad 1968 0-1 (44)}) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bg5 Qg6 16. Be7 Bxe7 17. Rxe7 Bh3 18. Qf1 Bg4 19. Re3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Rfe8 21. h3 Qe6 22. Re3 Qb3 23. Qb1 Qb6 24. Qf5 Qb2 25. Qb1 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-16"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.12.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1982.12.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. b4 Nbd7 10. Be2 Ne4 ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Rd1 Ndf6 14. O-O g5 15. Ne1 g4 16. f3 gxf3 17. Bxf3 Ng4 18. Qe2 Qg5 19. Bxg4 fxg4 20. Nd3 g3 21. h3 h5 22. Rf4 Rxf4 23. Nxf4 e5 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Nxh5 {Mendez,W (1884)-Castro Silva,M (2244) Medellin COL 2025 0-1}) 11. Qc2 f5 12. O-O Qe8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Nd2 Qg5 14. g3 Qh6 15. f4 Ndf6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bb2 gxf4 19. exf4 Kf7 20. d5 e5 21. Rad1 Qh3 22. Rf2 Rg8 23. fxe5 Rxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qh1# {0-1 (24) Tulchynskyi,F (2233)-Bharath,S (2544) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Nd2 Qg5 14. g3 Qh6 15. f4 Ndf6 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Qd2 g5 18. Bb2 gxf4 19. exf4 Kf7 20. d5 e5 21. Rad1 Qh3 22. Rf2 Rg8 23. fxe5 Rxg3+ 24. hxg3 Qh1# {0-1 (24) Tulchynskyi,F (2233)-Bharath,S (2544) chess.com INT 2024}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates reserve match"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1983.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E39"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.01.02"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 O-O 6. Bf4 Na6 7. Bd6 Re8 8. a3 Qa5 9. Rc1 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. Rc1 Naxc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15. e3 b6 16. Bd3 Nf6 17. Ne2 Ba6 18. Nd4 Rac8 $146 ({RR} 18... d5 19. b5 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Bb7 21. O-O Rac8 22. Be2 Nd5 23. Bf3 a6 24. a4 Kf8 25. Rfd1 axb5 26. axb5 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Ra8 28. h3 Ke8 29. Kh2 Kd7 30. Nc6 f5 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. g4 g6 33. Kg3 {Menyhart,T (2234)-Comp Nimzo 8 Debrecen 2000 ½-½ (66)}) 19. O-O Rc7 20. Rc2 Kf8 21. Rfc1 Ke7 22. e4 Rec8 23. e5 Ne8 24. f4 Rd8 25. Be4 Rdc8 26. c5 bxc5 27. bxc5 f5 28. Bf3 g6 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. c6 d6 31. exd6+ Nxd6 32. Re1 Bc8 33. Bd5 Ne4+ 34. Bxe4 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Kf6 36. Re5 a6 37. Rec5 Rb1 38. Nf3 Rb3 39. R5c3 Rxc3 40. Rxc3 Ke7 41. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1983.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Bd2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. exd4 Bxc3 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Nb5 Bf8 14. Bf4 Nh5 15. Bc7 Qf6 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Qg5 18. g3 Red8 19. Rac1 Nf6 20. Nc7 Rac8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Bxc8 Bxc8 24. Rc7 Bh3 25. f4 Qf5 26. Rxa7 Bg4 27. Qd3 {Nazaretyan,T (2316)-Ponkratov,P (2595) Sochi RUS 2023 0-1 (59)}) 13. bxc3 $146 ({RR} 13. Bxc3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd6 16. Kh1 Nd5 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Qe4 g6 19. Ba6 f5 20. Qh4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 f4 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Rc6 Qf8 24. Ba6 Qf5 25. Qg4 Kf7 26. Qxf5+ gxf5 27. a4 Ke7 {Bisguier,A-Dely,P Budapest 1961 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qe7 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Bd3 Rc7 17. Re1 Qf6 18. Be4 h6 19. a4 Rac8 20. Qb5 Ne7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Bb4 Rbc7 23. Bd6 Rc6 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. d5 Rc5 26. Qb3 Nf8 27. Ne5 Qd6 {Lautier,J (2682)-Ghaem Maghami,E (2584) Turin 2006 ½-½}) ({RR} 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 Qf6 15. Qe4 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Ne5 Rfd8 18. f3 Rac8 19. Bb3 Nb8 20. Rac1 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxc6 Bxc6 23. Rc1 Rc8 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Bf4 f6 {Antoshin,V-Tal,M Moscow 1963 ½-½}) 13... Ne4 14. Be1 Rc8 15. Rac1 Ng5 16. Nd2 Nh3+ 17. gxh3 Rxc4 18. Qxc4 Qg5+ 19. Kf1 Qg2+ 20. Ke2 e5 21. Nf1 exd4 22. cxd4 Nc5 23. dxc5 Qf3+ 24. Kd2 Qa3 25. Qb3 Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Giorgadze, Tamaz"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1983.07.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Qa5 8. Nb3 Nxc3 9. Nxa5 Ne4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 Nc6 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. Bg2 e5 15. Kc3 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 15... Be6 16. Rhd1 Ke7 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Rad1 f6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 {½-½ (20) Kochyev,A-Gulko,B (2585) Baku 1977}) ({RR} 15... Be6 16. Rhd1 Rd8 17. b4 Ke7 18. a4 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. a5 Kc7 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 b6 24. c5 bxa5 25. bxa5 Bc8 26. e4 Ba6 27. Kd4 Bb5 28. h4 Kd7 29. Bh3+ Ke7 30. Bg4 {Van Tilbury,C (2210)-Kanani,S Thessaloniki 1984 ½-½ (33)}) 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. h3 Bf5 18. b4 Ke7 19. a4 Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.09.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.08.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 O-O 10. e3 Bf5 11. Ne2 Rc8 12. Ng3 Be6 13. b4 a5 14. Be2 axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Qxa1 Qe7 17. Qc3 ({RR} 17. Qb2 Nc6 18. b5 Na5 19. O-O c5 20. bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rb1 Qc7 22. h4 b6 23. h5 f5 24. Bf3 f4 25. exf4 Qxf4 26. Ne2 Qf5 27. Qb5 Bf7 28. Ng3 Qd7 29. Nf1 Nc4 30. Ra1 Rc7 31. Ra8+ Kh7 {Seirawan,Y (2630)-Shaked,T (2500) Merrillville 1997 1-0 (39)}) 17... Nc6 $146 ({RR} 17... Qd6 18. O-O Nc6 19. b5 Ne7 20. Ra1 g6 21. Qc5 b6 22. Qxd6 cxd6 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke1 Ke8 25. Bd3 Kd8 26. Kd2 Rb8 27. Ne2 Bc8 28. Nc3 Bb7 29. Na4 Bc8 30. Rc1 Be6 31. Rc2 Rb7 32. Ra2 {Seirawan,Y (2610)-Portisch,L (2610) Rotterdam 1989 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 17... Nd7 18. O-O Nf6 19. Rc1 g6 20. Bd3 h5 21. Ne2 Bg4 22. Qc5 Qd7 23. Qa7 b6 24. Qb7 Qd6 25. Qc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Kg7 27. f3 Bd7 28. Rc3 c6 29. Ra3 c5 30. dxc5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Rxc5 32. h4 {Buss,R (2361)-Huss,A (2346) Switzerland 2009 ½-½ (40)}) 18. b5 Nd8 19. O-O c5 20. bxc6 bxc6 21. Rc1 Bd7 22. Qa5 Kf8 23. Qa7 Be6 24. Qb6 Qc7 25. Qb1 Kg8 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Qc2 Bd7 28. Bh7+ Kh8 29. Bf5 Bxf5 30. Nxf5 Qd7 31. Nh4 Ne6 32. Qf5 c5 33. dxc5 Qe7 34. g3 Qd7 35. c6 Rxc6 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qxf7 Ng5 38. Qf5 Qf6 39. Qxf6 gxf6 40. Nf5 Kh7 41. h4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 04th round of 16b"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1983.12.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Petran, Pal"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1983.12.17"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Budapest Honved"]
[BlackTeam "Trud"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. Bd2 ({RR} 11. Ne2 c4 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 ({RR} 12... a6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Be3 Bf8 15. h4 ({RR} 15. a4) 15... b5 16. h5 Rc8 17. Qf3 Rc7 18. Rad1 Ne4) ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. Qa4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Be7 15. Nf4 ({RR} 15. Ng3) 15... Bg5 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Be3 Kh8 18. Rae1 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe7) ({RR} 12... Bd6 13. Ng3 Ne4 14. Nf5 Ndf6 15. g4 Bc8 16. Ne3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Ne8 18. Qf3 Bb7 19. b3) 13. Ng3 ({RR} 13. Be3 Ne4 14. Rc1 Ndf6 15. Qb3 Bd6 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qe7 18. Rc2 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 g6) 13... Ne4 14. Nf5 Bf6 15. Qg4 Kh8 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd6 Bd5 18. Qxd7 Bxe5 19. Nxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. dxe5) 12. Bf5 ({RR} 12. Bc2 b5 13. b3 ({RR} 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Ng3 Re8 15. Qf3 Bf8 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Ba5 Ne4) 13... Nb6 14. Rb1 Qe7 ({RR} 14... Be7 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. a4 Qc7 17. Nc3 Nc8 18. Nb5 Qd8 19. Rf3 a6 20. Nc3 Nd6 21. Rh3)) 12... g6 ({RR} 12... b5 13. b3 Nb6 14. Rb1 Qd6 15. Ng3 Rfe8 16. Qc2 Bc8 17. bxc4 Nxc4 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 a5) 13. Qa4 ({RR} 13. Bc2 b5 14. f5 Bd6) 13... gxf5 14. Qxb4 Ne4 15. a4 f6 16. Nf3 Nb8 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Bd2 Kh8 19. Nh4 Qd7 20. Nc3 Rae8 21. Nxe4 Rxe4 22. Qd1 Rg8 23. Qh5 Bc8 24. Rf3 Qe8 25. Qh6 Qf7 {Caruana,F (2787)-Adams,M (2744) Wijk aan Zee 2016 CBM 171 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (64)}) ({RR} 11. Qf3 cxd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. Qh3 Ndf6 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. Be3 Rc7 16. g4 Nd7 17. a3 Be7 18. Ng3 g6 19. Rae1 f6 20. Nf3 Bd6 21. f5 Bxg3 22. fxg6 Ndc5 23. dxc5 Bxe1 24. cxb6 Re7 25. Rxe1 axb6 {Giorgadze,T (2530)-Tal,M (2555) Moscow 1981 0-1 (43)}) 11... Ne4 12. Bxe4 $146 ({RR} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 cxd4 16. exd4 {½-½ (16) Niklasch,O (2363)-Wang,L (2440) Groningen 1999}) ({RR} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bd5 16. b3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Rac1 Bxc4 19. bxc4 f6 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rxf6 Qxf6 22. Qe3 Qe6 23. d5 Qe5 24. a4 h6 25. h3 Rc5 26. Kh1 Kh7 {Guo Qi (2362)-Zhai Mo (2348) Fuling CHN 2024 ½-½}) ({RR} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bc4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Bd5 16. b3 cxd4 17. exd4 Rc8 18. Rac1 Qd7 19. Qe3 h6 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Bxd5 Rxc1 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. e6+ Qxe6 24. Rxc1 {½-½ (24) Sadler,M (2515)-Speelman,J (2590) Hastings 1992}) 12... dxe4 13. a3 cxd4 14. axb4 dxc3 15. Bxc3 Nf6 16. Bd4 Nd5 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. b5 Nc7 19. f5 Bd5 20. Qa4 f6 21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Na3 Rfc8 23. Rad1 Qe7 24. Rd2 Bf7 25. g4 Nd5 26. Rg2 Rc7 27. h4 Rac8 28. g5 Rc1 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. Bc3 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Qd7 32. Qd4 0-1

[Event "Albena-16"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1984.09.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Semkov, Semko"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1984.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nf3 b6 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne4 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bb2 Ndf6 $146 ({RR} 13... Rf6 14. d5 Rg6 15. Nd4 Qg5 16. g3 Nf8 17. Rad1 Re8 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. Bg2 Qh5 20. dxe6 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Ne4 22. f3 Ng5 23. Qxf5 Rf6 24. Qd5 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Ngxe6 26. Nxe6 Rfxe6 27. Rd4 Qh6 28. Re1 {Zhao,X (2467)-Karjakin,S (2672) Cap d'Agde 2006 ½-½ (87)}) ({RR} 13... Ng5 14. Qd1 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 a4 17. b4 b5 18. cxb5 d5 19. Rac1 Nb6 20. Rc6 Nc4 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 Rab8 24. Rc1 Rxb5 25. Qxc7 Qd5 26. Qc4 Rbb8 27. Qxd5 exd5 28. Rc5 {Radovanovic,N (2223)-Lajthajm,B (2478) Srebrno Jezero 2013 ½-½ (33)}) 14. Nd2 Qe8 15. f3 Ng5 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. f4 {[#]} Nh3+ $2 (17... Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. d5 Qg6 21. b4 $14) 18. gxh3 Qg6+ 19. Kf2 $16 Qg2+ 20. Ke1 Qxh3 21. Be2 Qxh2 22. Bxh5 Qxh5 23. Qd3 Bg2 24. Rf2 Qh4 25. Qe2 a4 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 axb3 28. Kd2 Ra4 29. Rh1 Qf6 30. Qc6 Ra5 31. Rfh2 h6 32. Qxc7 Ra4 33. Rc1 d5 34. cxd5 exd5 35. Rc6 Qf7 36. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-18"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1984.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1984.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nd2 Na5 11. Nde4 Be7 ({RR} 11... Bb6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nd6+ Ke7 15. Bg5+ f6 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Nxc4 Bc7 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Rd8 20. Rac1 Nd4 21. Kf1 Nb3 22. Rc2 Nxd2+ 23. Rcxd2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Bd7 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bxa6 {Odegov,A (2261)-Machidon,C (2313) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (39)}) 12. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Ke7 14. Rd1 Rd8 15. Be3 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bd7 17. Bc5+ Kd8 18. Nb5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Rxd5 g6 21. Bxa7 Nc6 22. Bb6+ Ke7 23. Bc5+ Kd8 24. a3 Ra6 25. Nd6 Be6 26. Rd2 Kc7 {Cheng,B (2438)-Zhai,M (2243) Canberra 2014 1-0 (45)}) 12... Bd7 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. Bxd6 Bc6 15. e4 O-O-O 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 Ne8 18. e5 Bxg2 19. Rxa5 Nxd6 20. exd6 Bf3 21. Rd3 Bc6 22. Rxa7 Kb8 23. Ra1 b6 24. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titograd"]
[Site "Titograd"]
[Date "1984.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Cebalo, Miso"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1984.12.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 c5 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. exd4 Nxd5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Bc2 Bd6 11. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1985.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 e6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bg2 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. e4 e5 14. Qc2 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Rfe1 Qd7 16. Rad1 Qe6 17. Qd3 Nh5 18. Qf3 g6 19. d5 Qd7 20. Nf1 f5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Nd2 Rf8 23. Qxf5 gxf5 24. Nf3 a5 25. Rd2 Nf6 26. Nh4 Ne4 27. Rd3 Nc5 28. Rde3 Kh7 29. Rf3 {Sirotkina,T-Dogodkina,J (1972) Belgorod 2009 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 14... Re8 15. f3 Qd7 16. Rfd1 Qe6 17. Qa4 exd4 18. cxd4 c5 19. d5 Qe5 20. Qc2 Nh7 21. a4 f5 22. a5 Nf6 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rb1 Ra6 26. Qb2 Qe8 27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Qxa1 fxe4 29. Qe1 {Sliwerski,R (2164)-Zhigalko,S (2504) Warsaw 2006 0-1}) 15. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1985.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Re1 Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. Bb2 ({RR} 11. Ba3 d6 12. Nd2 Qh4 13. g3 Qf6 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 Bb7 17. Bb2 Qg6 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Nh4 Qe6 20. f3 Ng5 21. Qc3 Rf7 22. Be2 Re8 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Rf1 Ree7 25. Rd2 h6 {Matlakov,M (2674)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2773) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 11. Nd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. d5 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15. h3 Nf6 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 exd5 18. cxd5 c4 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Re5 d6 21. Rf5 Re8 22. Rd1 Rc7 23. Be1 h6 24. Bh4 Bc8 25. Rxf6 gxf6 {Wu,R (2211)-Rorrer,G (2424) Las Vegas USA 2025 0-1 (54)}) 11... Qe8 $146 ({RR} 11... d6 12. Rad1 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 14. e4 Nd7 15. Bc1 Qf6 16. exf5 exf5 17. Bf4 Rae8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Bxf5 Nf8 20. Be3 Bc6 21. Bh3 Be4 22. Qd2 Qg6 23. dxc5 dxc5 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Bb1 26. a3 {Colmer,W (1832)-Overesch,A (1801) Muensterland 2005 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 11... Na6 12. d5 Nc7 13. Bxe4 fxe4 14. Qxe4 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Qe5 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rxf3 18. Kg2 Rf7 19. Rg1 Ne6 20. Kf1 Qh4 21. Rg2 Raf8 22. f4 Qe7 23. Kg1 Rf5 24. Qe4 d5 25. Qa4 Re8 26. Rd1 {Nemaungwe,N-Ellappen,J (1805) Lusaka 2004 0-1 (41)}) 12. Rad1 d6 13. Nd2 Qg6 14. d5 exd5 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Kh1 Nc6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Rae8 22. Qb3+ Qf7 23. Qa4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Na5 25. Bc1 Re8 26. Qd3 Nc4 27. a4 h6 28. h3 d5 29. Kh2 Rd8 30. f4 Qe6 31. f5 Qe5+ 32. Kg1 Rd6 33. Rf1 Rf6 34. g4 Nd6 35. Bf4 Qe4 36. Qa6 Kh7 37. Qxa7 Nxf5 38. gxf5 Qxf5 39. Rf3 Rg6+ 40. Rg3 Qxf4 41. Rxg6 Qe3+ 42. Kh2 Kxg6 43. Qxb6+ Kh5 44. a5 Qe5+ 45. Kg2 d4 46. cxd4 cxd4 47. Qb7 Qg5+ 48. Kf2 Qe3+ 49. Kg2 Qe2+ 50. Kg3 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1986.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 c5 9. Nd2 Nc6 10. Nb3 d6 11. e4 cxd4 ({RR} 11... e5 12. d5 Ne7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Bxf6 Qd7 18. Qh5 {1-0 (18) Carlsen,M (2833)-Daneshvar,B (2609) chess.com INT 2025}) 12. cxd4 Nb4 $146 ({RR} 12... a5 13. Be3 Nb4 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5 b5 16. cxb5 Nfxd5 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qd2 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Rxe3 20. Qxe3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Qg5 22. f3 a4 23. Nd4 Qd5 24. Qd2 Rc8 25. Re1 h6 26. Re3 Rc4 27. Rd3 {Renet,O (2455)-Sharif,M (2450) Cannes 1987 ½-½ (61)}) 13. Bb1 Qc7 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Qg4 Kh8 17. Qh3 e5 18. d5 Na5 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. Bd2 Ba6 21. Rc1 Nc5 22. Bc2 Rab8 23. a4 Rfc8 24. Qe3 Bxc4 25. Qe1 Qd7 26. Bxa5 Bb3 27. h3 Bxc2 28. Rxc2 Nxa4 29. Rxc8+ Rxc8 30. Qe2 h6 31. Bb4 Nb6 32. Qg4 Qe7 33. Ra3 Rc4 34. Bd2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Berliner Sommer 04th"]
[Site "Berlin West"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Varasdy, Imre"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1986.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Nc2 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. c4 Nb6 14. c5 Nc4 15. Bc3 Qe7 16. Nb4 $146 ({RR} 16. Rb1 Rfd8 17. Qc1 Bd5 18. Ne3 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qxc5 20. Nxc4 Qxc4 21. Qe3 Rd7 22. Rb2 Rad8 23. Rc1 Qe6 24. Rcb1 b6 25. Rc1 f6 26. Rbc2 Ne7 27. Qe4 Nd5 28. Bb2 Nf4+ 29. Kf3 h5 {0-1 (29) Lebredo Zaragoitia,G (2259)-Oliveira,S (2378) Sao Jose do Rio Preto 2010}) 16... Nxb4 17. Bxb4 a5 18. Be1 Qxc5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bg2 Rfd8 21. Qc1 Bg4 22. Bxa5 Rdc8 23. Bc3 Bxe2 24. Re1 Bd3 25. Rd1 e4 26. Qf4 Re8 27. Rdc1 Rbd8 28. Be1 Rd4 29. Bd2 Rd6 30. Be1 h5 31. Rc3 Rf6 32. Qc1 h4 33. a4 hxg3 34. hxg3 Re5 35. a5 Rg5 36. Ra4 Rxg3 37. Rxd3 exd3 38. Rxc4 Rxg2+ 39. Kxg2 Qd5+ 40. Kh2 Qh5+ 41. Kg3 Qf3+ 42. Kh4 Rg6 43. Bd2 Qxf2+ 44. Kh5 Qe2+ 0-1

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1986.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb8 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Rac1 a6 14. a3 Bc5 15. Be1 b5 16. Ba2 Rac8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Bf2 Nfd7 19. Bb1 Ba7 20. f4 Ng6 21. g3 Bxd4 22. exd4 Nf6 23. d5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Bc5 Rfe8 27. Ba2 {Najdorf,M-Taimanov,M Zuerich 1953 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Bd6 15. Rac1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. b4 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Be1 Qb7 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. f3 Nf6 22. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 23. Kxh2 fxe6 24. e4 Nh5 25. Rd6 Qe7 26. Qd2 Qf6 27. Rd7 {Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2682) Varadero 2016 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. a3 Bd6 14. Ncb5 Bb8 15. Bb4 Re8 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne4 18. Bb4 Qf6 19. f3 Nec5 20. Nb5 Ne5 21. Nd6 Qg6 22. Nxc8 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 {1-0 (23) Saric,A (2490)-Boci,M (2268) Prishtina KOS 2025}) ({RR} 12... a6 13. Be1 Qe7 14. a3 Bd6 15. f3 b5 16. Ba2 Rac8 17. e4 Rfd8 18. Rac1 Bb8 19. Bf2 Ne5 20. g3 h6 21. Rc2 Nh7 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Rcd2 Ba8 25. Nf3 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Ba7 27. Nxc4 {Gligoric,S-Smyslov,V Amsterdam 1954 ½-½ (41)}) 13. Ne4 Bxd2 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Rxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Brussels"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1987.04.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,Aleksander S"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1987.04.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 $5 (10. axb4 dxc3 11. b5 Ne5 12. Nxc3 Bg4 13. f3 d4 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7 15. exd4 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Bh3 17. Re1) ({RR} 10. Nb5 Bc5 11. exd4 Be7 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bc7 Qd7 14. Nec3 g6 15. Na4 Ng7 16. Bf4 Ne6 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Rc1 Re8 19. b4 Qd8 20. Nc5 a6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Nc3 Bg7 23. Be2 Qf6 24. Bf3 Rad8 {Al Hosani,O (2261)-Leitao,R (2592) Chess.com INT 2022 ½-½ (39)}) 10... Bxc3 (10... Be7 11. f3 $1 {[%cal Yc1f4,Yd1d2,Yg2g4,Yg1h1,Yf1g1,Ye2g3]}) ({RR} 10... Be7 11. Be3 b6 12. h3 Bb7 13. Ng3 g6 14. f4 Qd7 15. f5 Rac8 16. Qf3 Na5 17. Rae1 Nc4 18. Bg5 Bd8 19. Nd1 Ne4 20. Bxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Ne3 Rxd4 24. Nef5 Rd2 25. Nh6+ {Bocharov,D (2595)-Nakhapetiane,P (2495) Olginka 2011 1-0 (35)}) 11. bxc3 $1 {[%csl Gd4]} (11. Nxc3 Nxd4 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qxd4) 11... Ne7 $146 {[%cal Yc8f5]} (11... h6 12. f3 {[%csl Rh6][%cal Yg2g4,Yg1h1,Yf1g1]}) (11... Bg4 $142 12. Bg5 $1 Qd6 $140 $2 13. Qb1 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rh7]}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Ng3 Be6 13. h3 Rc8 14. Qf3 Ne7 15. Bg5 Ng6 16. Nh5 Rf8 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Bxf6 {1-0 (18) Holst,C (2159)-Henrichsen,J (1963) Helsingor 2009}) ({RR} 11... h6 12. f3 Na5 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. g4 Qe8 15. Bf4 Qe6 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. Bf5 Qc6 18. Be5 Bxf5 19. Nxf5 Nc4 20. Bf4 Re6 21. Ra2 Rae8 22. Qc1 Nh7 23. Rg2 Rf6 24. Re1 Rfe6 25. Rgg1 {½-½ (25) Axelsson,U-Andersson,G (2040) Lund 2010}) 12. Qc2 (12. Bg5 Ne4 13. Bh4 Nd6) 12... Bd7 13. Bg5 $1 Ng6 14. f4 h6 (14... Re8 15. f5 Nf8 16. Nf4 Bc6 17. Nh5 N8d7 18. Rf3) 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. f5 $1 Ne7 17. Ng3 Nc8 (17... Kh8 {[%cal Ye7g8,Yg8f6]} 18. Nh5 Qg5 19. f6 $1 Qxh5 20. fxe7 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Be6 22. Rxe6 $1 $18) (17... Qg5 18. Rf3 $1) 18. Rf4 $1 (18. Rf3 Kh8) 18... Nd6 (18... Qd6 19. f6 $3 Qxf4 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. fxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nh5+ Kh8 23. Nxf4 $18) 19. Qf2 $1 Rfe8 (19... Ne8 20. Nh5 Qg5 21. h4 $1 Qxh5 22. g4 $1) (19... Qd8 20. f6 (20. h4 $1) 20... g5 21. Nh5 $1) 20. Nh5 Qd8 21. Nxg7 $1 Ne4 (21... Kxg7 22. f6+ Kh8 23. Qh4) 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. f6 Kh7 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qf4 Bc6 26. Re1 $1 (26. Qf5+ Kh8 (26... Kg8 $2 27. Ne6 $1) 27. Rf1 (27. Ne6 $2 fxe6 28. Qg6 Qf8 $1 $17) 27... Qd5) 26... Qf8 27. c4 $1 (27. Re3 Qxa3 28. Rh3 Qa1+ $13) 27... Qxa3 28. Nf5 Qf8 29. Re3 Bd7 30. Rg3 Bxf5 31. Qxf5+ (31. Qxf5+ Kh8 32. Rg7) 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-14a"]
[Site "Subotica"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1987.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd6 {xh2+} 11. f3 $5 (11. Bf4) (11. Kh1) 11... h6 12. Kh1 (12. g4 $5) 12... Nh5 $1 { h4} 13. Qe1 (13. g4 $2 Qh4) 13... f5 { f6} 14. Nxd5 Bxh2 (14... f4 { g3} 15. Ndc3 Ng3+ 16. Nxg3 fxg3 17. Qe4 $14) 15. Kxh2 (15. Bc4 Be6 16. Kxh2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5+ Qxd5 $15) 15... Qxd5 16. Qh4 f4 $6 (16... Qf7 $142 { g5=}) 17. Bg6 $16 Qe6 (17... Nf6 18. Bxf4 Nxd4 19. Nc3 $16) 18. Qxh5 (18. Be4 Qf7) 18... Qxe2 19. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 20. Rfe1 Qc4 21. Re8+ (21. Rac1 Bg4 $1 22. fxg4 Qxd4 23. Bf5 Rf8 {} 24. Qg6 $2 R8xf5) 21... Rf8 22. Rc1 (22. b3 $5 Bg4 (22... Qxb3 $2 23. Bb1 $18) 23. Qxg4 Qxd4 24. Ree1 $44) 22... Bg4 $146 (22... Qxc1 23. Bf7+ $18) (22... Qa2 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Rxe6 $18) ({RR} 22... Qa2 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Bc4 Nxd4 26. Bxe6+ Nxe6 27. Qd5 Rae8 28. Qxb7 Rf7 29. Qe4 Rff8 30. Qa4 Re7 31. Rc6 Rf5 32. Qe4 Rh5+ 33. Kg1 Kf7 34. b4 g6 35. Ra6 Rf5 36. Qc6 Rf4 37. Qc1 {Kuznecov,M (2344)-Vinogradov,S (2138) Moscow 2007 1-0 (44)}) 23. Rxc4 Bxh5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 (24... Bxg6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. d5 Nd8 27. Rc7 $16 (27. Rc8 $16)) 25. Bxh5 Rd8 26. Kg3 (26. Bg6 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxd4 28. Be4 b6 29. Kg3 $14) 26... Kf8 (26... g5 $5 27. f4 gxf4+ 28. Kxf4 Nxd4 29. Ke5 Nc6+ 30. Ke6 $16) 27. d5 $2 (27. Rc5 Rxd4 28. Rf5+ Kg8 29. Bf7+ Kh7 30. Rd5 g5 $14 {}) (27. Bg6 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Nxd4 29. Be4 b6 30. Kf4 $16) 27... Rxd5 28. Rf4+ (28. Bg4 $10) 28... Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Nge2 b6 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Nxc3 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 13... Rc8 14. Nb5 d5 15. Nxa7 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Qa8 18. Nb5 Bxg2 19. Rfc1 Bh3 20. Qc6 Qa4 21. Rc3 Bf5 22. b3 Qa5 23. b4 Qa4 24. Nd6 Qa7 25. Nxf5 exf5 26. f3 Re8 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Bxe1 {Keresztes,R (2253)-Walseth,T (2006) Kecskemet 2012 1-0 (41)}) 14. b4 Ba6 15. a4 Rfc8 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Bg3 e5 18. Qb2 d5 19. Rfc1 Qe6 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Nxa7 Bb7 23. Bf1 Rc4 24. Nb5 exd4 25. Rd1 Bc6 26. Nxd4 Nh5 27. f3 Bxa4 28. Bxc4 Qxc4 29. Ra1 Qd3 30. Bf2 b5 31. Qe2 Qc3 32. Qe1 Qd3 33. Qe8+ Nf8 34. Nc6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1988.10.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1988.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxh7+ Kxh7 8. axb4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nxb4 ({RR} 9... e5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Nxd1 Nd5 13. Bd2 Re8 14. f4 Bf5 15. Nf2 Bc2 16. Ke2 f6 17. e4 Nb6 18. Rhc1 Ba4 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Rc3 Bc6 21. Re3 a6 22. g4 Rad8 23. Bc3 Kg6 24. h4 {Milov,V (2633)-Sokolov,A (2580) Switzerland 1998 1-0 (66)}) 10. O-O c5 11. Ne5 ({RR} 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. Ne4 Nd3 14. b4 Nxb4 15. Ra4 a5 16. Bd2 Nd3 17. Rxa5 Rxa5 {½-½ (17) Injac,T (2429)-Asadli,V (2554) Petrovac MNE 2024}) 11... Kg8 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nxc4 Bd7 13. e4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxe5 Be6 17. Nf3 Kg8 18. Nd4 Bc4 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Bg5 Rc5 21. Nf5 Bb3 22. Bxf6 Rxf5 23. Rd4 Nc2 24. exf5 Nxa1 25. Rg4 Re8 26. Rxg7+ {Petrosian,T (2635)-Sosonko,G (2505) Biel 1976 1-0}) 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Qg4 b5 15. cxb6 Qxb6 16. e4 Nd3 17. Bh6 Qd4 18. Be3 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aker Brygge"]
[Site "Aker Brygge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. b3 ({RR} 10. Bd2 a6 11. a3 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. Qxe4 Re8 16. Qc6 Nf6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Qxd7 Nxd7 19. Kf1 {½-½ (19) Hoffman,A (2473)-Lima,D (2544) Santos 2001}) ({RR} 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 c5 12. a4 Qc7 13. Ba3 Rfe8 14. Rfb1 Rac8 15. Ra2 Ne4 16. Rab2 c4 17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. a5 Bc6 19. Ng5 Rh4 20. Qf5 Qxh2+ 21. Kf1 Qh1+ 22. Ke2 Qxg2 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Nf3 Rh1 {Yossen,A (1867)-Rojo,G (1972) Buenos Aires ARG 2024 0-1 (33)}) 10... c5 $146 ({RR} 10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Ne4 12. Qc2 c5 13. Ba3 Rc8 14. Qb2 Re8 15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Bb5 Red8 17. Rfd1 a6 18. Bd3 Qe6 19. Qe2 b5 20. dxc5 Ndxc5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Bf5 Ne6 25. Qh5 {Liu,Y-Jiang,Z (1891) Zhongshan 2013 1-0}) ({RR} 10... Re8 11. Bb2 a6 12. Rac1 Bd6 13. Ne2 g6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Bxa6 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bxa6 17. exf6 c5 18. Rfe1 c4 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Nf4 Nd3 21. Nxd3 cxd3 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. e4 Kh8 25. e5 {Brizuela Abreu,R (2229)-Campillo Bolivar,D (1987) Acarigua 2016 0-1 (40)}) 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rac1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne4 14. Nde2 Ne5 15. Qd1 Qe7 16. Bb1 Rcd8 17. Qd4 Bc5 18. Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qxe4 f5 20. Qf4 Bd6 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qa4 Ra5 23. Qc4+ Bd5 24. Qd3 Be4 25. Qc4+ Bd5 26. Qd3 Be4 27. Qd2 Rd8 28. Nd4 Bxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Bxg2 31. f4 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qg2+ 34. Kd3 Qd5 35. Kc3 Rc5+ 36. Kb2 g6 37. Rg1 Qd6 38. Bd3 Qf6 39. Kb1 Re8 40. Nf3 Rd8 41. Ne5 Kg7 42. Qb2 Rcd5 43. Bc2 Rc8 44. Rg2 Rc7 45. Qa3 Qd6 46. Qxd6 Rxd6 47. Bxf5 Rd1+ 48. Kb2 Re1 49. Rg3 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zudov, M.."]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E55"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. Qe2 b6 10. a3 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 ({RR} 12... Bb7 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Nd5 15. Qe4 N7f6 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Rfc1 Nf4 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Bf1 Nh3+ 20. gxh3 Bxf3 21. a4 Ne4 22. c4 Nd2 23. Ra3 Bb7 24. Be2 Rfc8 25. Rac3 Ne4 26. R3c2 Bc6 27. Ra1 {Navalgund,N (2282)-Visakh,N (2467) Mumbai 2018 ½-½ (56)}) 13. Bd2 ({RR} 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Bd3 h6 15. Rfc1 Rfe8 16. c4 Rac8 17. Re1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 e5 19. d5 e4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxc4 23. Qf5 Nf8 24. Re1 Rd8 25. Qe5 f6 26. Qg3 Kf7 27. d6 Ne6 {Hort,V (2590)-Kudrin,S (2465) London 1982 ½-½ (41)}) 13... Bb7 14. Bd3 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 14... Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rad1 Qd6 17. Bc1 Qc6 18. c4 e5 19. d5 Qd6 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Bb2 e4 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. cxb5 Neg4 25. g3 e3 26. f3 Nf2 27. Rd4 Rc8 28. Bb3 Nd7 29. Kg2 {Nagy,B-Parma,B The Hague 1961 0-1 (40)}) 15. Qe4 N5f6 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 c5 8. a3 cxd4 ({RR} 8... c4 9. axb4 cxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. b5 Nb4 12. Qd1 Bf5 13. O-O Ne4 14. f3 Nf6 15. Ng3 Bc2 16. Qd2 Bd3 17. Rf2 Qd6 18. Ra4 Bc4 19. Nce4 dxe4 20. Rxb4 Bd3 21. Qe1 Rac8 22. Bd2 Rc2 23. Bc3 {Ambartsumova,K (2405)-Ingebretsen,J (2417) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (43)}) 9. exd4 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 b6 11. O-O $146 ({RR} 11. a4 Ba6 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. axb5 a5 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Nxa6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Nb8 18. O-O Nc6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qb3 Re8 21. Ng3 Rd8 22. Qxb6 Rd6 23. Ne2 Ne7 24. Qc7 {½-½ (24) Renet,O (2505)-Huebner,R (2595) Switzerland 1996}) ({RR} 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. Qd3 Nc7 15. Qf3 Nce8 16. O-O Rc8 17. a4 Qd7 18. Qd3 Rc4 19. a5 b5 20. f3 Qc6 21. Qd2 Nc7 22. Nf4 Nd7 23. Be7 Rc8 24. Nd3 Na6 25. Bb4 Nxb4 {Golikov,D (2319)-Bajarani,I (2310) St Petersburg 2018 ½-½ (67)}) 11... Ba6 12. Bc2 Nbd7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 Rc8 15. Ng3 Rxc3 16. Qd2 Rc6 17. Nf5 Rce6 18. Rxe6 Rxe6 19. Be5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Qg5 Rxf5 22. Qxf5 Qd6 23. Rd1 Qxa3 24. Qe5 Qc5 25. Bf5 Bc4 26. Ra1 Bb5 27. Qb8+ Ne8 28. Qxa7 g6 29. Bd7 Bxd7 30. Qxd7 Nf6 31. Qa4 Ne4 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ f6 34. Qf4 b5 35. Rc1 Nc3 36. Kh1 b4 37. Qf3 Qd4 38. Qg3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Buenos Aires Najdorf"]
[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 024"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ba6 9. cxd5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qxd5 ({RR} 10... exd5 11. c4 c6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rac1 c5 16. Rfd1 c4 17. Qc2 Ne4 18. Bc3 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Rb1 a6 21. Rb2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rdb1 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 {Badacsonyi,S (2320)-Jovic,S (2096) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (83)}) 11. c4 Qb7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qe4 12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. Bb2 c5 14. Ke2 Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc2 Rfd8 17. Rhc1 f6 18. g4 Kf7 19. h3 Na5 20. Kd3 Nd6 21. Nd2 h5 22. Ke2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh8 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Bc3 Nc6 26. Rg1 {Unzicker,F (2322)-Schroeder,J (2553) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2020 ½-½ (107)}) ({RR} 11... Qe4 12. Qxe4 Nxe4 13. Bb2 c5 14. Ke2 Nc6 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Rc2 Rfd8 17. Rhc1 f6 18. g4 Kf7 19. h3 Na5 20. Kd3 Nd6 21. Nd2 h5 22. Ke2 hxg4 23. hxg4 Rh8 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Bc3 Nc6 26. Rg1 {Unzicker,F (2322)-Schroeder,J (2553) Schwaebisch Gmuend 2020 ½-½ (107)}) 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Rfd8 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rfe1 Qe4 16. Qc3 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Rxd5 Nf8 19. Re5 Qd3 20. Re7 Qxc3 21. Bxc3 N6d7 22. Rd1 Ne5 23. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxd8 25. Rxa7 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 f6 27. Rb7 Rd3 28. Bb2 Rb3 29. Bc1 Ng6 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kg8 32. Rb8+ Kf7 33. Rb7+ Ke6 34. a4 Rb1 35. Ba3 Nh4+ 36. Kh3 Nxf3 37. Kg2 Nh4+ 38. Kh3 Nf3 39. Kg2 Ne1+ 40. Kh3 Nd3 41. Kh4 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Barcelona"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1992.05.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Anand,Viswanathan"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1992.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Dorfman} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Qc7 6. a3 Bxc5 7. b4 Be7 8. Nb5 Qc6 9. Nf3 (9. Bf4 $2 {Dorfman} d6) 9... d6 10. Nfd4 Qd7 (10... Qb6 11. Nb3 (11. Be3 Qd8) 11... a6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e4 b6 14. Nd4 Bb7) ({RR} 10... Qb6 11. e3 a6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Be2 Nbd7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bb2 b6 16. Rac1 Bb7 17. f3 Rac8 18. Qb3 Qb8 19. e4 Bd8 20. Qd1 Bc7 21. Qe1 d5 22. Qh4 Be5 23. Rcd1 dxe4 24. fxe4 Rfd8 25. Nf3 {Gurevich,M (2625)-Portisch,L (2610) Madrid 1988 1-0 (43)}) 11. Bb2 (11. e4 a6 12. Nc3 {Smyslov,V-Portisch,L/Montpellier/1985/} (12. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Qc7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Nf3 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bb2 g6 18. Rae1 Rfe8 $13 {Smyslov,V-Portisch,L/Montpellier ct/1985/})) (11. e3 {Ftacnik} a6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Bb2 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rac1 Nbd7 $13 {Kakageldyev,A-Anastasian,A/Frunze op/1989/}) ({RR} 11. e4 O-O 12. Be2 a6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Be3 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rac1 Nbd7 17. f3 Rac8 18. Nb3 Rfe8 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. Rfe1 Bf8 21. Bf1 Ne5 22. Na4 Ned7 23. Qf2 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Rxc1 {Hambleton,A (2420)-Melian,J (2310) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (59)}) 11... b6 $146 (11... a6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e4 b6) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. e3 Nbd7 14. Be2 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. f3 O-O 18. Kh1 Qb8 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Rc2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Bf8 22. Na4 {½-½ (22) Vegh,E (2385)-Petran,P (2485) Hungary 1993}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Nc3 b6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. f3 Nbd7 {½-½ (15) Oei,H (2215)-Szekely,P (2440) Rosmalen 1993}) 12. Rd1 Bb7 (12... a6 13. Nc3 Bb7 {is best. The knight should not be allowed to remain on b5} (13... Bb7 {Dorfman} 14. e4 $14)) 13. Nf3 $1 d5 (13... a6 14. Nxd6+ (14. Ne5 {Ftacnik} Qd8 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. c5 $40) 14... Bxd6 15. c5 (15. Be5 $2 Bxe5 16. Rxd7 Nbxd7) 15... bxc5 16. bxc5 $16) (13... O-O {Dorfman} 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nxd6 $18) 14. e4 $1 $16 (14. cxd5 {Dorfman} Qxb5 15. e3 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Bc4 Qc8 19. Qb3 O-O 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kf8) 14... O-O (14... a6 15. Nc3) (14... Nxe4 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Be5 Na6 17. cxd5 $16) 15. e5 Nh5 (15... Ne8 16. cxd5 (16. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Qc7 17. Bd3 dxc4 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Be4 $16) 16... exd5 (16... Bxd5 17. Nc3 Qc7 18. Rxd5 exd5 19. Bd3 $16) 17. Bd3 $16) 16. cxd5 Bxd5 (16... exd5 {Ftacnik} 17. Nbd4 $16) 17. Nc3 Qc7 (17... Rc8 {Dorfman} 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Rxd7 Bc6 21. Rxe7 Kf8 22. b5 $18) (17... Qc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Nf5 Qb7 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qe4 Nd7 23. g4 $18) (17... Qc8 {Ftacnik} 18. Bd3 Bxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. gxf3 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Qxg6 Ng7 23. Rg1 $18) 18. Rxd5 $1 exd5 19. Qf5 Rd8 $2 {the alternative is not attractive but black has no choice} (19... g6 20. Nxd5 Qd8 (20... gxf5 21. Nxc7 Nc6 22. Nxa8 Rxa8 23. Bb5 $18) 21. Qe4 Nd7 (21... Nc6 22. Bb5 $1) 22. Bc4 $16 (22. Bb5 $18 {Dorfman}) (22. Bb5 $16 {Ftacnik})) 20. Qxh5 d4 21. Nd1 d3 (21... Qc2 {Ftacnik} 22. Nxd4 Qe4+ 23. Qe2 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Qf3 Nc6 26. Qxc6 Rd8 27. Be2 $18) 22. e6 $1 fxe6 (22... f6 {Dorfman} 23. Bxd3) 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Ne5 (25. Ne5 {Ftacnik} d2+ 26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Kf3 Re7 28. Qf5 Nd7 29. Bd3 Nxe5+ 30. Bxe5 Qc6+ 31. Be4 Qh6 32. Bxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Casino op 2nd"]
[Site "Velden"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Black "Mohammed, A Al Kinani"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2205"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 12. Ne5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. f4 $146 ({RR} 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. f4 Rac8 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. g4 c4 18. Bf5 b5 19. g5 g6 20. Bc2 hxg5 21. Bxg5 f5 22. h4 Kf7 23. h5 Rh8 24. hxg6+ Qxg6 25. Qg2 Nf6 26. Bd1 Ne4 27. Rc1 Rcg8 28. Bc2 Nxc3 {Rzayev,M (1242)-Subramanian,A (1840) Nakhchivan 2022 ½-½ (45)}) ({RR} 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. f4 Rac8 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. g4 c4 18. Bf5 b5 19. g5 g6 20. Bc2 hxg5 21. Bxg5 f5 22. h4 Kf7 23. h5 Rh8 24. hxg6+ Qxg6 25. Qg2 Nf6 26. Bd1 Ne4 27. Rc1 Rcg8 28. Bc2 Nxc3 {Rzayev,M (1242)-Subramanian,A (1840) Nakhchivan 2022 ½-½ (45)}) 14... Rac8 15. Bf5 Nxe5 16. Bxc8 Nc4 17. Bxb7 Nxe3 18. Qf2 Nxf1 19. Bxf6 Qxb7 20. Bh4 Nxh2 21. Kxh2 Re8 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Qxe1 Qc7 24. Qe5 Qd7 25. f5 cxd4 26. cxd4 b5 27. f6 g6 28. Qb8+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Garcia, Alvaro1"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Colombia"]
[BlackTeam "United Arab Emirates"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "COL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qc2 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O c6 $146 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. Ne5 Bf8 11. Bd2 c5 12. Rac1 Na6 13. a3 c4 14. Bf5 g6 15. Bh3 Nc7 16. f4 Ne6 17. Be1 Nd7 18. Kh1 f5 19. g4 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Qg5 21. Qf2 Nc5 22. Qf3 Rxe5 23. Bd2 Nb3 24. Qf4 {Szigeti,M-Steiner,E Budapest 1932 0-1}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. Bg5 Qe8 16. Qc6 ({RR} 16. Qh4 f6 17. Bd2 Qf7 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Qh3 Qd5 20. Qg4 Nf8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Re1 Rxe1+ 23. Bxe1 Qb3 24. Qc8 Qxb2 25. Qxa6 Qxa3 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. h4 Qa8 28. h5 h6 29. Kf1 Qe8 30. Bb4 Qa4) 16... Qe6 17. Rac1 Nc5 18. g3 Ne4 19. Rce1 Rae8 20. Nd2 f5 21. f3 ({RR} 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. f3) 21... Bxg3 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. hxg3 Nxg5 24. f4 {Eljanov,P (2732)-Wang,H (2734) Shamkir 2014 CBM 160 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (42)}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. a3 Bd6 11. b4 Nbd7 12. Rb1 Re8 13. a4 c6 14. h3 Rc8 15. a5 b5 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Bc3 f5 19. Nd2 Qg5 20. f4 Qe7 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nb3 Nf6 23. Nc5 Nd5 24. Qd2 {Kovalenko,I (2674)-Neiksans,A (2570) chess24.com INT 2020 0-1 (80)}) ({RR} 9... c5 10. a3 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Ba6 12. Ne5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nfd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. a4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nf6 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Qa6 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Kf8 {½-½ (23) Grau,R-Nogues Acuna,A Buenos Aires 1938}) 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 c5 12. Nd1 c4 13. Bf5 g6 14. Bh3 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Nf2 Nxf2 17. Qxf2 Bc8 18. e4 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qd7 20. exd5 Qxd5 21. Bg5 Rfc8 22. a3 Bf8 23. Rac1 Rc7 24. h4 h5 25. Qe3 Rac8 26. Rf6 Bg7 27. Rd6 Qb5 28. e6 f6 29. e7 Qe8 30. Qe6+ Kh7 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Qxf6 Rxe7 33. Rf1 c3 34. bxc3 Rxc3 35. d5 Rxa3 36. Rc6 Rg7 37. Re6 Qb5 38. Re5 Qc5+ 39. Kh1 Qc7 40. d6 Qc6+ 41. Kg1 Ra2 42. Rf2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.16"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Santos, Edson"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2220"]
[BlackElo "2205"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Angola"]
[BlackTeam "United Arab Emirates"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ANG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Bb7 7. e4 d6 8. Bg5 Nbd7 9. Bd3 e5 10. Ne2 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bf2 Nh5 13. g3 $146 ({RR} 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Bf1 Qf6 15. Nf5 Nb8 16. Ne3 Ne6 17. Nd5 Qg7 18. a4 Nc6 19. Ne3 Na5 20. Rb1 Rd8 21. Qd2 Ba6 22. Qa2 Qf6 23. Rd1 Bb7 24. h4 Ba6 25. Ng4 Qg7 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 {Ibanez Aullana,J (2258)-Martin Perez,L (2104) Barcelona 2016 1-0 (41)}) 13... g4 14. f4 f5 15. d5 exf4 16. gxf4 Qe7 17. Qc2 O-O-O 18. O-O-O fxe4 19. Bxe4 Rhf8 20. Bg3 Rde8 21. Bg6 Nxg3 22. Nxg3 Qe3+ 23. Qd2 Qxd2+ 24. Kxd2 Rd8 25. Rhf1 Ba6 26. Bd3 Nc5 27. f5 Nd7 28. Rf4 Ne5 29. Be2 h5 30. f6 Kb8 31. Rdf1 h4 32. Nh5 Rf7 33. Ke3 g3 34. hxg3 Rg8 35. Kd2 hxg3 36. Rg1 Rh8 37. Nxg3 Rg8 38. Kc1 Rg6 39. Kd2 Rfxf6 40. Rxf6 Rxf6 41. Ne4 Rf8 42. c5 Bxe2 43. Kxe2 dxc5 44. d6 cxd6 45. Nxd6 Rd8 46. Rg5 Rxd6 47. Rxe5 Kb7 48. Re7+ Ka6 49. Rc7 Kb5 50. Rxa7 Kc4 51. a4 Kxc3 52. Ra6 Rh6 53. Kf3 Kb4 54. Kf4 c4 55. a5 c3 56. axb6 c2 0-1

[Event "UAE President Cup"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fahed, M.."]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[BlackElo "2195"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. e4 ({RR} 7. Nd2 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. a3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxc3 13. Rxc3 a5 14. b3 Bd7 15. e3 Rfb8 16. a4 Bc6 17. Be2 Rd8 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rd1 Kf8 20. Kf1 Ke7 21. Nf3 Bxf3 {Sethuraman,S (2541)-Van Wely,L (2684) Parramatta 2013 0-1 (42)}) 7... e5 ({RR} 7... c5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 a6 10. O-O Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Ncb5 axb5 13. Bxb4 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Qb6 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Bxd6 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd7 18. Bxf8 Bxb5 19. Qb3 Qa6 20. Be7 Bxf1 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rxf1 {Andreikin,D (2729)-Riff,V (2367) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (48)}) 8. d5 Nc5 9. Bd3 h6 $146 ({RR} 9... Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 a5 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. O-O Qg6 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. Nd2 Rab8 16. b3 Qg5 17. Rae1 Kh8 18. Re3 Rbe8 19. Rg3 Qf4 20. Qc3 b6 21. Bc2 Bg4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Rxe3 Bd7 24. a3 {Chaumont,A (2047)-Penalver,M (1902) Calvi 2005 0-1 (49)}) 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nd2 Qg5 12. g3 f5 13. exf5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bxf5 15. Qe3 Qg6 16. f3 Bc5 17. Qe2 Bd3 18. Qg2 Be3 19. Nce4 c6 20. Nf2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2 Bxc4 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. b3 Bd5 24. Ne4 Rxf3 25. Qxf3 Bxe4 26. Qc3 Qg5+ 27. Ke2 Qg4+ 28. Kd2 Bxh1 29. Rxh1 Rf8 30. Qe3 Rf3 31. Qxa7 Qb4+ 32. Kc2 Rc3+ 33. Kb2 Rc5 34. a4 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Wch U20"]
[Site "Halle"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Nd2 ({RR} 8. Qc2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 13. b4 Ne4 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. dxc5 Nxc4 {½-½ (15) Aleksandrov,A (2596)-Zhigalko,S (2655) Minsk 2016}) ({RR} 8. a3 Bxc3 9. bxc3 c5 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. cxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Bd2 Rac8 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Qe2 Qa8 17. Ne1 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Rc8 19. Bd2 Nf8 20. f3 Qb8 21. Nc2 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 {Suchan,J (1764)-Cerny,P (1562) Slovakia 2019 1-0 (57)}) 8... Nbd7 9. a3 $146 ({RR} 9. Re1 e5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e4 Bb7 13. d5 Be7 14. Nc4 Bc5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Re3 Rad8 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Nxe5 Rfe8 21. Ng4 Kg7 22. f3 h5 23. Nf2 Bxd5 {Gauthier,A-Matthes,A (1880) Torcy 1991 ½-½ (55)}) 9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne4 11. cxd5 exd5 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Bxd2 c5 14. e4 Qh4 15. Be1 Qh6 16. e5 f5 17. f4 c4 18. Bb1 Nb8 19. Ra2 Nc6 20. g4 Bc8 21. Qf3 Ne7 22. h3 Qc6 23. a4 Be6 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Bd2 Raf8 27. Bc1 Ng6 28. Qg3 Rc8 29. Bc2 Ne7 30. Ba3 Nc6 31. Bb1 Rc7 32. Qf3 g6 33. Bd6 Rc8 34. gxf5 Bxf5 35. Qxd5 Nd8 36. Kh2 Bxh3 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. Rxg6+ Kh8 39. e6 Nxe6 40. Qh5+ Rh7 41. Be5+ Ng7 42. Rh6 Bf5 43. Rg2 Rg8 44. Rxh7+ Bxh7 45. Qh6 a6 46. Rg5 Qb7 47. f5 1-0

[Event "Asia-chT fin 11th"]
[Site "Singapore"]
[Date "1995.12.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E35"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.12.14"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SIN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "United Arab Emirates"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Be6 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O a5 12. a3 Be7 13. Bg3 Nf8 14. f3 Ne6 15. Bf2 Ng5 16. h3 Bd6 17. e4 Nxh3+ 18. gxh3 Bxh3 19. e5 Nh5 20. f4 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Bf8 22. Kg2 g6 23. Rh1 b5 24. Kf1 {Grigorov,G (2400)-Cao,S (2538) Playchess.com INT 2005 1-0 (42)}) 10. Nge2 Nbd7 11. O-O Rc8 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. f3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nd4 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Be7 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Nce2 Qb6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Nf4 Bd7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 Qd6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Re1 Qd6 24. a3 Bb5 25. Qf5 Qb6 26. Qg4 {Ernst,R (2340)-Indusekar,A (2010) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (73)}) 12. Kh1 $146 ({RR} 12. f3 c5 13. a3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 c4 15. Bf5 Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Qe7 17. Bf2 Qe6 18. Qc2 Rfe8 19. Ng3 b5 20. Rae1 Qd6 21. Qb2 a5 22. e4 dxe4 23. fxe4 Qb8 24. e5 Nd5 25. Nf5 b4 26. axb4 axb4 {Shuvalov,E (1993)-Srivatsan Karthikeyan (1851) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (75)}) ({RR} 12. h3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfd1 g5 15. Bg3 Nfe4 16. Be5 Qe7 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rd4 Rc6 22. Rcd1 Rdc8 23. Qb1 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Rc2 26. R4d2 Qc5 {Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2475)-Cori Tello,D (2262) Havana 2009 1-0 (40)}) 12... Be7 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. Bg3 Bh4 15. h3 Bxg3 16. Nxg3 Ngf6 17. f3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qf2 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5 21. Rfd1 b5 22. a3 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. f4 Qb7 25. f5 Ne4 26. Ngxe4 dxe4 27. Rd4 Bb3 28. R1d2 Rfe8 29. Qf4 Rc4 30. Rd7 Qa6 31. Kh2 Qa5 32. Rb7 Rb4 33. Rxb4 Qxb4 34. Rd4 Qb8 35. Kg3 Bc2 36. b4 Qb7 37. Qd6 Qc8 38. Nd5 Kh7 39. Nc7 Rf8 40. Kf4 Bd3 41. g4 Qb8 42. Qe5 Rd8 43. h4 Rxd4 44. exd4 Qd8 45. g5 hxg5+ 46. hxg5 Qd7 47. Nd5 Qa4 48. Qe7 Qa2 49. g6+ fxg6 50. fxg6+ Kxg6 51. Qe6+ Kh5 52. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Tanta op 1st"]
[Site "Tanta"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rahman, Yehya"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "EGY"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 c5 ({RR} 10... Rc8 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Bf5 g5 15. Bf2 Ba6 16. Qc6 Nb8 17. Qa4 Rcd8 18. O-O-O c5 19. Kb1 Bc8 20. Bc2 Qb7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. e4 d4 23. Qc4 Qb6 24. Qb3 Ba6 25. Qxb6 {Iljin,A (2484)-Alekseev,E (2597) Warsaw 2005 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 10... Rc8 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 c5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Rd1 Ne4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rxd8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Nf4 Bb3 19. Rd6 Rxc3 20. Kf2 Kf8 21. Rb1 Ke7 22. Rd2 Ba4 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Nxd3 Bc2 25. Rc1 {Zacurdajev,D (2273)-Vaibhav,J (2218) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (38)}) 11. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Qe7 14. Bf5 Rad8 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Nf2 Nf8 18. Bc2 Ng6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rac1 cxd4 21. Qxd4 Be6 22. Rc6 g5 23. Bg3 Rc8 24. Rec1 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Rc8 {Janjgava,L (2495)-Gallego Eraso,P (2395) Euskadi 1991 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 h6 13. Bh4 Re8 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 Qc8 16. Rac1 Qxc3 17. Rxc3 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Nf2 Nb8 22. Nd1 Nc6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Nc3 Nxd4 25. Nxd5 Kg7 {Horvath,C (2460)-Vadasz,L (2385) Budapest 1991 1-0 (34)}) 11... cxd4 12. exd4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qc7 15. Bb3 Qd6 16. Rd1 Bd5 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. O-O Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Nd5 20. Bg3 N7f6 21. Rfe1 Rc6 22. Ng5 Rfc8 23. Re2 h6 24. Nh3 Qb7 25. Nf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Qa6 27. Red2 Nd5 28. Bg3 Rc1 29. h3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Rc4 31. Kh2 b5 32. Qe2 Qc6 33. f4 g6 34. Qf2 a5 35. Qe2 b4 36. axb4 axb4 37. Qe5 Rc2 38. Rf2 Rxf2 39. Bxf2 Qc2 40. Bh4 Qxb2 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Bg3 Qc2 43. f5 gxf5 44. Be5 f6 45. Bd6 f4 46. Qf8 Kg6 47. Qg8+ Kh5 48. Qg4# 1-0

[Event "Ottawa RA CC ch"]
[Site "Ottawa"]
[Date "1997.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Talajic, Milenko"]
[Black "Pacey, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2021.10.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 ({RR} 7. Ne2 d6 8. Ng3 e5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Ra2 Qc7 12. Kh1 h6 13. f4 e4 14. f5 b6 15. Nh5 Qe7 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rf4 Ba6 18. Bd2 cxd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. cxd5 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Ne7 {Bosiocic,M (2580)-Polak,T (2535) Austria 2012 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 7. Ne2 Na5 8. Ng3 b6 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Ba6 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 O-O 15. O-O Nb3 16. Ra2 c4 17. Qf3 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Re8 19. Re2 Nd7 20. Nf5 Qf6 21. Qg3 Ne5 {Rojas Alarcon,J (2365)-Fiskaaen,M (2292) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (39)}) 7... b6 8. d5 Na5 9. Be2 $146 ({RR} 9. d6 Ba6 10. Qa4 Ne4 11. Bd3 Nxd6 12. e4 Bxc4 13. Bb1 Bb3 {0-1 (13) Silva,K (1842)-Laddha,S (2317) chess.com INT 2024}) ({RR} 9. dxe6 dxe6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ne5 Ke7 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Bxe4 Bxe4 15. f3 f6 16. Ng4 Nb3 17. Nf2 Bg6 18. Bb2 Nxa1 19. Bxa1 Rhd8 20. e4 e5 21. Nd1 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Ne3 Be6 {Bisaro,A (1702)-Pillon,G (1500) Udine 2009 0-1 (46)}) 9... Ba6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Bb2 Qc7 14. Qc2 Nd6 15. Rad1 Ndxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Bc1 Rf7 19. Qe4 d5 20. Qxe6 Qd7 21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qh5 Qc7 23. f4 Rfd7 24. e4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd6 27. Qxd6 Nxd6 28. e5 Nb5 29. c4 Nd4 30. Kf2 Nb3 31. Be3 Na5 32. Kf3 Nxc4 33. Bc1 Na5 34. Ke4 c4 35. Bb2 Nb3 36. Kd5 b5 37. Kc6 a6 38. Kb6 Nd2 39. Kxa6 1-0

[Event "Montpellier op-A"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellaiche, Antony"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E33"]
[WhiteElo "2101"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Qxc3 Qe7 9. b4 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Bd3 c5 $146 ({RR} 13... b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Rae1 Rad8 16. Qc2 Qd7 17. Bf5 Qc6 18. f4 e4 19. Rd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bc8 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rd5 Qe6 24. f5 Qe7 25. h4 Kg7 26. Rd4 Re8 27. Qd1 Qe5 28. Qg4+ {Maderna,C-Trompowsky,O Montevideo 1938 ½-½ (42)}) 14. b5 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. f4 exf4 18. Rxf4 Rd6 19. Bc2 Re6 20. Rg4 Be4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rg3 Qe6 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxf6 g6 25. Rc1 R8e6 26. Rf3 Rd6 27. Rc2 Ree6 28. Bb2 f5 29. Kf2 Rd1 30. Ke2 Rg1 31. g3 Re4 32. Rf2 h5 33. Kd3 Rd1+ 34. Rfd2 Re1 35. Re2 Rd1+ 36. Rcd2 Rb1 37. Kc2 Rh1 38. Kb3 h4 39. gxh4 Kh7 40. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "1999.05.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Othman, A Moussa"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2327"]
[BlackElo "2304"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nge2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel MTO op"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "1999.07.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E44"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2324"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 O-O 8. Bd3 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. b4 Nbd7 ({RR} 10... c5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Bf4 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Rc8 17. Qa5 Qg4 18. Qd2 Nd7 19. h3 Qh5 20. Rfe1 Re8 21. Rac1 Nf6 22. Re5 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Ne8 24. Qb4 Bc8 25. Qe7 {Lenic,L (2637)-Babula,V (2585) Austria 2012 1-0}) ({RR} 10... c6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Rb1 Qe7 13. Ne2 Ne4 14. f3 Nd6 15. Bd2 b5 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng3 g6 18. e4 f4 19. Ne2 Qf7 20. Bxf4 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Bd6 Rfe8 23. e5 Nf8 24. f4 Ne6 25. f5 {Vetoshko,V (2528)-Muzyria,M (1854) Lviv UKR 2024 1-0}) 11. f3 Re8 12. O-O Nf8 13. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 13. Qe1 Ng6 14. Qf2 Qd7 15. g4 Nf8 16. Bd2 Rad8 17. Rac1 Kh8 18. Rfe1 c6 19. Kh1 Qd6 20. Rg1 Bc8 21. Ne2 Ne6 22. Qh4 Nf8 23. Rg2 Ng6 24. Qf2 Re7 25. h4 Nf8 26. Ng3 g6 27. h5 g5 {Letelier Martner,R-Kalkstein,R San Rafael 1951 ½-½ (45)}) 13... Ne6 14. b5 a6 15. a4 axb5 16. axb5 Qe7 17. Qb3 h5 18. Ne2 g6 19. Qb4 Qd7 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Be1 Ng7 22. Bg3 Nfe8 23. Nc3 Nf5 24. Bf2 Ned6 25. e4 Ng7 26. Bg3 Nde8 27. Re1 dxe4 28. fxe4 Ne6 29. d5 Nc5 30. Bc2 Qg4 31. Bf2 h4 32. h3 Qg5 33. Be3 Qg3 34. Bf2 Qg5 35. Qd4 Bc8 36. Be3 Qg3 37. Bf2 Qg5 38. Qe3 Qxe3 39. Bxe3 Nd6 40. e5 Nf5 41. Bxc5 bxc5 42. e6 Nd6 43. Ne4 Bb7 1-0

[Event "Asia Cities-ch 12th"]
[Site "Beirut"]
[Date "2000.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Qunaibi, Khaled"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[BlackElo "2312"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.03.19"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "LBN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Al-Quds (Jerusalem)"]
[BlackTeam "Dubai"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "PLE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UAE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 O-O 5. Nf3 d5 6. e3 b6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. Nxd5 exd5 9. Rc1 Ba6 10. Qa4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Be5 Bxc4 14. Bxc4 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Nf6 16. O-O Nbd7 17. Bc3 Nb6 18. Qe2 Qd5 19. Rfd1 Qe6 20. Ba5 Rfd8 21. Nd2 Rd7 22. Nf3 Rad8 {Nakamura,H (2745)-Duda,J (2730) Chess.com INT 2019 0-1}) ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Rc1 c4 13. Bb1 Re8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f4 Nc5 17. Be1 Nb3 18. Qc2 g6 19. Rd1 d4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qd2 Nb3 22. Qe2 Qc7 {Golsta,R (1943)-Tsetskhladze,M (2105) Rhodes GRE 2025 ½-½ (67)}) 8... Ba6 $146 ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rfe1 Rc8 12. b3 Qc7 13. Ra2 Rfd8 14. e4 dxc4 15. bxc4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne5 17. Ncb5 Qd7 18. Be3 a6 19. Nc3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 e5 21. Rd1 Bc5 22. Rad2 exd4 23. Bxd4 {Olafsson,O (1129)-Darnell,A (2110) Reykjavik 2016 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 8... Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne5 g6 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rfd1 c4 15. Be2 b5 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. b3 a5 18. bxc4 bxc4 19. Rdb1 Bc6 20. a4 Reb8 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Rxb1+ 23. Rxb1 {Lee,R (2094)-Barber,A Chester 2013 ½-½}) 9. Qe2 c5 10. cxd5 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 exd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Ne2 c4 14. Qc2 b5 15. Rfc1 Bd6 16. b3 Qe7 17. a4 a6 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Rac8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rf1 Ne4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Rfe1 c3 24. Bc1 Ra8 25. Rb1 h6 26. Rb5 Rfb8 27. Rxb8+ Rxb8 28. Re2 Qa7 29. g4 Qa1 30. Re1 Rb1 31. Bd2 Nxd2 32. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 33. Qxb1 Nxb1 34. Ne1 Nb4 35. Kf2 c2 36. Nxc2 Nxc2 37. Ke2 Nb4 38. h3 Nc3+ 39. Kf3 Nc2 40. g3 Nd1 41. e4 Nxd4+ 42. Kf4 Ne2+ 43. Kf3 d4 44. Kxe2 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 10th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.08.26"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Qc2 d6 12. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 12. O-O-O f5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Qa4 O-O 16. f3 Bb7 17. h4 a6 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qc2 Kg7 20. Bd3 Rh8 21. d5 Nc5 22. dxe6 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Qxe6 24. Be1 Rxh1 25. Bc3+ Kg6 26. Rxh1 Rf8 {Lakhno,K (2344)-Lushenkov,M (2288) Samara 2004 0-1 (58)}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 f5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Ne1 O-O-O {½-½ (14) Nikitin,A (2400)-Nikolenko,O (2524) Smolensk 2000}) 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Ne4 Kb8 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Kb1 h5 18. e4 e5 19. d5 h4 20. gxh4 gxh4 21. Be2 Rdg8 22. Rh2 Ng4 23. Bxg4 Rxg4 24. f3 Rg3 25. Ne2 Rgg8 26. Rdh1 Qd8 27. Nc3 Bc8 28. Nd1 f5 29. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubai op"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Najjar, Ahmad"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2298"]
[BlackElo "2439"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2002.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 087 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.05.03"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Be1 f5 12. Nd2 ({RR} 12. Kh1 Rf6 13. Ng1 Rh6 14. f3 Ng5 15. Qe2 Qe7 16. b4 Rf8 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Qe1 Nh5 19. Ne2 e5 20. d5 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Qxe4 23. Nf4 Qxc4 24. Rd1 Qxf1+ 25. Qxf1 Ng3+ 26. Kg1 Nxf1 {Bluebaum,M (2643)-Carlsen,M (2833) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (39)}) 12... Nxd2 ({RR} 12... Qg5 13. f4 Qh6 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Be2 g5 16. Bg3 Nf6 17. fxg5 Qxg5 18. Rf4 e5 19. Bh4 Qh6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rxf6 Qxh4 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Qe1 Qg5 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Rd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 {Haba,P (2442)-Sikorova,O (2134) Prague CZE 2025 ½-½}) 13. Bxd2 e5 14. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 14. f3 Qe7 15. Bc2 Rae8 16. Re1 Qh4 17. Bc3 Rf6 18. Qd2 Rh6 19. h3 Rf8 20. Qf2 Qe7 21. Rad1 e4 22. f4 c6 23. b4 a6 24. a4 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. b5 a5 27. Bb3 g5 28. Qa2 Rd6 {Samunenkov,I (2488)-Gibala,A (1679) Katowice POL 2022 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 14. f3 Qe7 15. Bc2 Rae8 16. Re1 Qh4 17. Bc3 Rf6 18. Qd2 Rh6 19. h3 Rf8 20. Qf2 Qe7 21. Rad1 e4 22. f4 c6 23. b4 a6 24. a4 d5 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. b5 a5 27. Bb3 g5 28. Qa2 Rd6 {Samunenkov,I (2488)-Gibala,A (1679) Katowice POL 2022 1-0 (53)}) 14... f4 15. d5 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Be4 fxg3 18. fxg3 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Qxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Nc5 21. Bc2 a5 22. Rf2 a4 23. Bb4 Nd7 24. h3 Nf6 25. e4 Ba6 26. Bd3 Rf8 27. Bd2 h6 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Be3 Rxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Nf6 31. g4 g5 32. Kg3 Kg7 33. Bf2 Kg6 34. Kf3 Bc8 35. Bc2 Bd7 36. Bd1 h5 37. gxh5+ Nxh5 38. h4 g4+ 39. Ke3 Nf4 40. Bg3 Kh5 41. b4 axb3 42. Bxb3 Ng2+ 43. Kd3 Nxh4 44. c5 Nf3 45. cxb6 cxb6 46. Bf2 Nd4 47. Bd1 Kg5 48. Bg3 Bb5+ 49. Ke3 Bc4 50. Be1 Bb3 51. Bxb3 Nxb3 52. Bb4 Nc5 53. Be1 b5 54. Bb4 Kf6 55. Be1 Kg5 56. Bb4 Kg6 57. Ba5 Nb7 58. Bb4 Kf6 59. Be1 Kg5 60. Bg3 Na5 61. Kd3 Nc4 62. Kc3 Nxa3 63. Kb4 Nc4 64. Kxb5 Nd2 65. Bxe5 dxe5 66. d6 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 5th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yahya, Mohamed Saleh"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. e3 ({RR} 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 d6 9. h3 a6 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qc7 13. b4 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. Qb3 Rfd8 16. a3 Qb8 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nd2 Qa8 19. Bh2 Nf8 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Bg3 Ng6 {Tang,A (2523)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2619) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (92)}) ({RR} 7. Bf4 d6 8. e3 a6 9. Be2 Qc7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b4 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Rd2 O-O 14. Rad1 e5 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. Qb3 Rfe8 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Bf1 Qa8 19. Ne1 h6 20. Bh4 Bf8 21. f3 Rc7 {Tang,A (2502)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2612) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (79)}) 7... O-O $146 ({RR} 7... b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Bb2 d6 13. Rac1 Nbd7 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Bf3 Rfe8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. e4 Bf8 19. f4 Nc6 20. Nf3 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. e5 {Gavarrete,N (2359)-Arias,D (2285) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (91)}) ({RR} 7... b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. Rd1 a6 11. Nd4 Qc7 12. e4 Nbd7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rac1 Rac8 15. f3 Qb8 16. Qd2 Bd8 17. Bf1 Bc7 18. g3 Rfd8 19. Qf2 Re8 20. Bh3 Rcd8 21. Nde2 Ba8 22. Nf4 {Matyukov,P (2242)-Korobkin,M (2333) Berdsk 2008 ½-½ (74)}) 8. Bd3 Na6 9. a3 Nc5 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Nd4 e5 13. Nf5 d6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Rd1 e4 16. Nb5 Rd8 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Qe2 Qg5 20. h3 Ne5 21. Bd2 Rac8 22. Ba5 Rd7 23. Bb4 Ncd3 24. Nb5 Nxc4 25. Nc3 d5 26. Nxa4 Rc6 27. Rab1 Nce5 28. Bc3 Rg6 29. Qf1 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Nh4 31. g3 Qf5 32. Rxd3 exd3 33. Nc5 d4 34. exd4 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 13th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2003.08.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 13. Qxd4 e5 14. Qd1 Bxd5 15. Nf2 Be6 16. Be2 g5 17. Bg3 Qe7 18. O-O Rfd8 19. b4 a5 $146 ({RR} 19... Nh5 20. Qd2 f5 21. f4 gxf4 22. exf4 Nxg3 23. hxg3 e4 24. Rac1 Nf6 25. Qb2 Bf7 26. Nd1 Rd6 27. Ne3 Qd7 28. Qe5 Re8 29. Bb5 Rxe5 30. Bxd7 Re7 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Bxf5+ Bg6 33. Bxg6+ Kxg6 34. Nc4 {Jones,G (2447)-Brandenburg,D (2340) Groningen 2004 1-0 (59)}) 20. Qd2 Nh5 21. Qb2 Nxg3 22. hxg3 f6 23. g4 Nf8 24. Ne4 Bf7 25. Ng3 Bg6 26. Kf2 Kg7 27. Rad1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 axb4 29. axb4 Ra4 30. b5 Ne6 31. Bd3 Bxd3 32. Rxd3 Nc5 33. Rd2 Qe6 34. Kg1 Kg6 35. Qb1+ e4 36. Rd4 Rxd4 37. exd4 Qb3 38. Qe1 1-0

[Event "Dubai zt 3.1a"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2003.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abdulla, A.."]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 ({RR} 9... c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. bxc4 bxc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nb5 Ne5 14. Be2 Qb8 15. Bb2 Rd8 16. Qc2 Neg4 17. g3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Qxd1 h5 20. Qd6 Ne4 21. Qxb8+ Rxb8 22. h3 Ngxf2 23. Rxf2 Nxf2 24. Kxf2 {Shirov,A (2685)-Sutovsky,E (2565) Tilburg 1996 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 9... c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. cxd5 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 exd5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Na4 Qd6 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. Bb2 Ne4 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Nc3 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 f6 21. Rd2 Qe6 22. Rfd1 Nf7 23. b4 cxb4 24. Qxb4 {Manteiga,F (2006)-Zampronha,W (2119) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (53)}) 10. Bb2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 12. f4 Na5 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. e4 Rab8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. e5 Nd5 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qb7 22. Rd2 Qb5 23. Rc2 Red8 24. Rf1 c4 25. Rf3 Rd3 26. f5 Rbd8 {Mattenberger,M (1960)-Rohrer,C (2285) Payerne 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 12. f4 Na5 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. e4 Rab8 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. e5 Nd5 19. cxd5 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qb7 22. Rd2 Qb5 23. Rc2 Red8 24. Rf1 c4 25. Rf3 Rd3 26. f5 Rbd8 {Mattenberger,M (1960)-Rohrer,C (2285) Payerne 2022 0-1}) 12... e5 13. d5 Na5 14. Na2 c6 15. Nb4 Bb7 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. O-O Rc8 19. f4 exf4 20. Rxf4 Rxe3 21. Rd1 Qe7 22. Rdf1 Qd6 23. Bd4 Re4 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Qc3 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 Rd8 27. Rd1 Ng4 28. Qh3 Qf4 29. Qh4 f6 30. g3 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Arab-ch"]
[Site "Cairo"]
[Date "2003.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2448"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.12.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "EGY"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 097 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.01.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3 d5 8. Qf3 O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 9... Nxd5 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O c5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bd2 d4 16. exd4 Nb3 17. Rad1 Nxd4 18. Be3 Ne6 19. g4 f5 20. Rd6 Rae8 21. gxf5 Rxf5 22. Rc1 h5 23. Rcc6 Nf4 24. Rd7 {Kharlov,A (2615)-Sulskis,S (2521) Bastia 1999 ½-½ (35)}) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. O-O Re8 12. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 12. b4 c6 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Rfc1 Qd7 15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Rac1 Nd6 17. b5 Ncxb5 18. Nxb5 Nxb5 19. Rxc6 Re6 20. Rxe6 fxe6 21. a4 Nd6 22. Ba3 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. Qf4 Nc4 25. Be7 Qe8 26. Qc7 Qxa4 {Farago,I (2420)-Boersma,P (2345) Wijk aan Zee 1976 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 12. Rd1 c6 13. b4 Nc7 14. Bb2 Re6 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. h3 h5 17. Qe2 a6 18. a4 Rae8 19. Qf1 h4 20. Ra1 Nh7 21. Qd3 Rg6 22. Kh1 Ng5 23. Kh2 Qd6+ 24. Kh1 Qxb4 25. Ba3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 {Jedrusik,A (2025)-Kazakouski,V (2603) Warsaw POL 2024 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 12. b4 c6 13. Qe2 Nc7 14. f3 a5 15. b5 Ne6 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Bb2 cxb5 18. Nxb5 Qd7 19. a4 Rc4 20. e4 Rec8 21. e5 Ne8 22. Rac1 Rxa4 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. Nc3 Rxd4 25. Nxd5 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qc5+ {Pliester,L (2375)-Tompa,J (2455) Groningen 1995 0-1 (32)}) 12... Nb8 13. f3 Nc6 14. Qd3 Qd7 15. b4 Rad8 16. Bd2 Ne7 17. Rfc1 Nc8 18. Be1 c6 19. Bh4 Re6 20. b5 cxb5 21. Nxb5 Rde8 22. Rc7 Qd8 23. Rac1 Nd6 24. Nxd6 Qxd6 25. Bg5 a5 26. Bf4 Qd8 27. Rb7 R6e7 28. Rb8 Qd7 29. Rc7 Qe6 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Rxb6 h6 32. Qb5 Rc8 33. Rb8 Rxb8 34. Qxb8+ Kh7 35. Qb1+ Kg8 36. Qb2 Kh7 37. Qb3 Qd7 38. Be5 Ng8 39. a4 Qc6 40. Kf2 f6 41. Bb8 Ne7 42. Ba7 Qe6 43. Bc5 Nc6 44. e4 Nb4 45. Bxb4 Qb6 46. Ke3 dxe4 47. Qc2 axb4 48. Qxe4+ Kh8 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. Qb5 Qe6+ 51. Kd2 Qa2+ 52. Ke3 Qe6+ 53. Kf4 Qd6+ 54. Ke4 Qe6+ 55. Kf4 g5+ 56. Kg3 Qe1+ 57. Kg4 Qe6+ 58. Kh5 Qf7+ 59. Kg4 Qe6+ 60. Kh5 Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tulsa op"]
[Site "Tulsa"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Taliaferro, Mike"]
[Black "McGhee, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2004.01.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Nc3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bg5 ({RR} 6. g4 O-O 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 Nc6 9. Bg2 Qe8 10. h5 e5 11. g6 h6 12. Nh4 Ne7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Rg1 fxg6 15. hxg6 Rf6 16. Qb3+ Kf8 17. Bxh6 c4 ({RR} 17... Nxg6 18. Be4 Nxh4 19. Bxg7+ Ke7 20. dxe5 Nxe5) 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qd3 gxh6 20. g7+ Kf7 {Naiditsch,A (2715)-Meier,G (2652) Baden-Baden 2014 CBM 163 [ChessBase] 1-0}) 6... Nbd7 ({RR} 6... h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Nd2 e5 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. f3 Qe7 12. Qe2 Nf8 13. O-O Ng6 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Qd1 e4 17. Bc2 exf3 18. gxf3 Nh5 19. f4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 f5 21. Qh5 {Nikolov,S (2257)-La Barbera,M (2084) Sofia BUL 2025 1-0 (33)}) 7. e3 c5 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. Bd3 Qe8 9. Rb1 e5 10. Bc2 b6 11. O-O Ba6 12. Nd2 e4 13. Ba4 Qe6 14. Bc6 Rab8 15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxa7 Ra8 18. Qxb7 Rfb8 19. Qxb8+ Rxb8 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxe4 Qe6 22. Nd2 {Papavlasopoulos,D (1426)-Gkougkousis,N (1666) Kallithea 2009 0-1 (68)}) ({RR} 7... h6 8. Bh4 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bg3 Nh5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. fxg3 Bd7 14. Qh5 Ne7 15. g4 f6 16. Rf2 e5 17. Raf1 Be8 18. Qh4 Bg6 19. Be4 c6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Qh5 Nh8 22. Ne4 {Nedilko,V (2396)-Beliavsky,A (2628) Legnica 2013 ½-½ (59)}) 8. Be2 Qc7 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 b6 12. Nd2 e5 13. d5 Qe7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qc2 f4 17. e4 f3 18. Bxf3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Bh3 20. Qd2 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Alushta Summer 1st"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.22"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Derjabin, Ilja"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.05.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 Nc6 8. Be3 b6 9. Bd3 Na5 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Qd7 ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. f4 Bxc4 13. f5 exf5 14. Ng3 fxe4 15. Nxe4 O-O 16. Nxd6 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc6 18. Rae1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nf6 20. Nf5 Ne5 21. Qd1 Neg4 22. Bg5 Qc7 23. Rf4 Qc3 24. Rxg4 Nxg4 25. Bd2 Nf2 26. Kxf2 {Giri,A (2764)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2678) chess24.com INT 2022 1-0 (58)}) 12. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Ng8 14. Qc2 Ne7 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 O-O-O 17. Ng3 Bxc4 18. Ne4 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf5 21. g4 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Nb7 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 Rd8 25. f5 Qd7 26. f6 g5 {Gutman,L (2495)-Graf,A (2630) Playchess.com INT 2003 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 12. f4 O-O-O 13. d5 Nxc4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bc1 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qc2 Qb7 18. a4 Na5 19. Bb5 Rhf8 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. hxg3 g6 22. Qe2 Nc4 23. Qg4 Rf5 24. Rf2 Kb8 25. Rfa2 Rdf8 26. Qe2 g5 {Olhovik,A (2282)-Tan,J (1946) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (49)}) 12... Bxc4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Re1 h5 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qa2 h4 18. Nf4 c4 19. Rad1 Qa4 20. Rb1 Nb3 21. Re3 Qa5 22. Nh3 O-O-O 23. f4 Rhg8 24. Qe2 Kb8 25. f5 e5 26. d5 Rg7 27. Kh1 Qxa3 28. Nf2 Rdg8 29. Rg1 Nc5 30. Rh3 Na4 31. Nd1 Qb3 32. Qd2 Rg4 33. Re3 a6 34. Re2 Rf4 35. Qc1 Kb7 36. Qe3 Rgg4 37. Rd2 a5 38. Rf2 Rxe4 39. Qh3 Rgf4 40. Rxf4 Rxf4 41. g3 Rf3 42. Qg4 Rd3 43. Qh5 Nxc3 44. Nf2 Rd4 45. Qxf7+ Ka6 46. Qg8 Nxd5 47. Kg2 Ne3+ 48. Kh3 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Alushta Summer 2nd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Black "Itkis, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2436"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 ({RR} 1... e6 2. c4 {½-½ (19) Corral Blanco,J (2464)-Vallejo Pons,F (2554) Barcelona 2000}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 d5 8. cxd5 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Qh5 Bg5 12. Ne6 g6 13. Qxg5 fxe6 14. Qe5 Kd7 15. Qg7+ Kc8 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Rc1 Kb7 18. Ke2 Qe7 19. Qxe7 Nxe7 20. f3 $146 Rhd8 21. Be1 Nf5 22. g4 Nd6 23. Bb4 Nf7 24. h4 e5 25. h5 exd4 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. exd4 a5 28. Bd2 Rh8 29. Bf4 c6 30. Kd3 a4 31. Be5 Nxe5+ 32. dxe5 Raf8 33. Ke3 g5 34. Rh5 Rxh5 35. gxh5 Rf5 36. h6 Rxe5+ 37. Kf2 Re8 38. Kg3 Rh8 39. Rh1 d4 40. Kg4 c5 41. Kxg5 Kc6 42. h7 d3 43. Kg6 Kd5 44. f4 b5 45. f5 b4 46. f6 bxa3 47. bxa3 c4 48. f7 c3 49. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Alushta Summer 2nd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.05.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Re8 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. Ne2 e5 8. Ng3 d6 9. f3 b6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. O-O Na5 12. e4 Ba6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Nf5 gxh4 16. f4 Kh7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Qd2 Ng8 19. Qf2 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qe2 b5 {Riazantsev,A (2616)-Grebnev,A (2555) Moscow RUS 2024 0-1}) ({RR} 7. Ne2 e5 8. Ng3 d6 9. Be2 b6 10. f3 e4 11. O-O Bb7 12. Ra2 Nbd7 13. Qe1 Nf8 14. Bd1 Ng6 15. Ba4 Ba6 16. Bxe8 Qxe8 17. Ra1 Bxc4 18. Rf2 Qe6 19. f4 Ne7 20. f5 Qd7 21. Qd1 Ned5 {Ivanisevic,I (2533)-Berczes,D (2397) Balatonlelle HUN 2025 1-0 (34)}) 7... e5 8. Ne2 d6 $146 ({RR} 8... e4 9. Bb1 b6 10. Ng3 Nc6 11. f3 exf3 12. O-O fxg2 13. Rf2 d5 14. cxd5 Bg4 15. Qd3 Qxd5 16. a4 Qg5 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Qxh7+ Kf8 19. Ba3+ Nb4 20. Be4 Qxe3+ 21. Kxg2 Qd2+ 22. Kf1 Qf4+ 23. Kg2 {Tolush,A-Byvshev,V Moscow 1952 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 8... e4 9. Bb1 b6 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. f3 Bxc4 12. fxe4 d6 13. Qf3 Nbd7 14. a4 Qc8 15. Kd2 Qa6 16. h4 Rad8 17. h5 h6 18. Rh4 Nh7 19. Bc2 Ng5 20. Qf2 Re6 21. Rg4 Rde8 22. Ba3 Nf6 23. Rxg5 {Spassky,B-Uusi,G Rostov on Don 1958 1-0 (35)}) 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. O-O Ne7 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 d5 13. f5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Ned5 15. Qb3 c6 16. Bg5 b5 17. Be2 h6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Rc8 21. Re5 c5 22. Nh5 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qb6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Bh5 Rc4 26. Qe3 Kf8 27. Bf3 Qg5 28. Qd3 Qf4 29. Be4 Rc1 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kf2 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Qc1+ 34. Kf2 Qf4+ 35. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alushta Summer 2nd"]
[Site "Alushta"]
[Date "2004.06.01"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Black "Kulicov, Oleg Anatolie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2456"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Golod,Vitali} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O ({RR} 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. e4 Qe7) ({RR} 5... b5) 6. e4 Re8 7. Nge2 d6 8. Ng3 ({RR} 8. a3) 8... exd5 ({RR} 8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5) ({RR} 8... b5) 9. cxd5 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Ne5 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Be2 b5 12. O-O Ne5 13. a4) 11. Be2 c4 ({RR} 11... Bd7) 12. O-O ({RR} 12. Be3 Qa5) 12... Bd7 13. Kh1 ({RR} 13. Be3 b5 14. Qd2 Ba5 15. Rfc1 Bb6 16. Nh1 Rc8 17. Nf2) 13... Rc8 $146 ({RR} 13... b5 14. a4 a6 ({RR} 14... bxa4 15. Nxa4 a5) 15. axb5 axb5 ({RR} 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Bxd2 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd2) 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bg5 ({RR} 17. Nxb5 Bxd2 18. Nxd6 Bf4 19. Nxe8 Qxe8 ({RR} 19... Bxe8 20. Nf5) ({RR} 19... Nxe8 20. Nh5) 20. Qd4) 17... Kf8 ({RR} 17... Kh8 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. f4 ({RR} 19. Nh5) 19... Nd3 ({RR} 19... Ng6 20. f5 ({RR} 20. Qd4) 20... Ne5 21. Nh5) 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Qxd3) ({RR} 17... Qd8 18. Nh5 Ng6) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh5 Ke7 ({RR} 19... Qd8 20. Qd2 Ng6 21. Qh6+ Ke7 22. Qg7) 20. f4 Nd3 ({RR} 20... Ng6 21. Qd4 Kd8 22. Nxf6 ({RR} 22. Qxf6+ Re7 23. e5) ({RR} 22. Nxb5) 22... Bc5 23. Qd2) 21. Bxd3 cxd3 22. Qxd3 Bg4 ({RR} 22... Bc5 23. e5 fxe5 24. fxe5 Kd8 ({RR} 24... dxe5 25. Rxf7+ Kd8 ({RR} 25... Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 27. Qg7#) 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Qxb5+ Kd8 ({RR} 27... Kd6 28. Ne4+ Kxd5 29. Nhf6+ Kd4 30. Qxc5+ Kd3 31. Qc3+ Ke2 32. Qd2+ Kf1 33. Qd1#) 28. Qxc5 Qa1+ 29. Qg1 Qxb2 30. Ne4) 25. exd6 Bxd6 26. Nf6) 23. Nxf6 Bxc3 ({RR} 23... Kxf6 24. Qd4+) 24. Nxe8 {1-0 (24) Golod,V (2591)-Turov,M (2546) Linares 2001 CBM 081 [Golod,Vitali]} {RR} Bxb2 25. Nxd6 ({RR} 25. Nc7) ({RR} 25. Qxb5) 25... Kxd6 26. e5+ Ke7 ({RR} 26... Kc7 27. Qc2+) ({RR} 26... Kd7 27. Qxb5+) 27. d6+ Kd8 ({RR} 27... Kf8 28. Qxh7) 28. Qxh7 Bd7 29. Qxf7) 14. Be3 a6 15. Bd4 b5 16. a4 Bc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. f4 Neg4 19. Qb1 b4 20. Nd1 h5 21. Bf3 h4 22. Ne2 Nh6 23. Ng1 Qc7 24. e5 Bf5 25. Qc1 Bd3 26. Re1 Qd7 27. d6 a5 28. Qd2 Nh7 29. Ne3 Nf8 30. Bd5 Nf5 31. Bxc4 Bxc4 32. Nxc4 Qa7 33. Rad1 Nd4 34. Qf2 Qa6 35. d7 Nxd7 36. Nd6 Qc6 37. Qxh4 Qxa4 38. Qh5 g6 39. Qg4 Qc6 40. Nxc8 Rxc8 41. Ne2 Nxe2 42. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Kuala Lumpur op 2nd"]
[Site "Kuala Lumpur"]
[Date "2005.08.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Meenakshi, Subbaraman"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MAS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. f3 ({RR} 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 h6 12. Bh4 Rc8 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Nc3 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Nc5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. b4 Ncd7 18. Nb5 d5 19. cxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nb5 Ne5 22. e4 Bc6 23. Bg3 Nfd7 {Gelfand,B (2736)-Kramnik,V (2785) Moscow 2007 ½-½ (38)}) 9... e5 $146 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. Bg3 d5 12. Rd1 Ba6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nh3 Qb6 15. Rd2 Rfe8 16. Be2 Rad8 17. Bf2 Bxc4 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. e4 Qb5 20. O-O Nb6 21. Rfd1 Na4 22. Qc2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Rb8 24. Bg3 {Karpov,A (2670)-Ivanchuk,V (2787) Moscow 2007 0-1 (36)}) ({RR} 9... c5 10. Nh3 Ba6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O-O Qb6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Nf2 h6 15. Bh4 d5 16. e5 d4 17. Qe1 Nh7 18. Bd3 Rfb8 19. Rd2 Qb3 20. Be7 Bc6 21. Bd6 Rb7 22. Qd1 Qa2 23. Qc2 Nhf8 24. Re1 {Mirzoev,A (2449)-Zverev,L (2163) Cheliabinsk 2021 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nh3 Qb6 13. Be2 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. O-O Qb3 17. Bf2 Rb8 18. Rab1 Ne5 19. Bd1 Qa2 20. Qc1 Ba6 21. Ba4 Bxf1 22. Bxe8 Bd3 {0-1 (22) Mueller,L (2095)-Psakhis,L (2555) Lenk 1991}) 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. d5 a5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 Qe8 14. Nc3 e4 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qe2 f5 17. h3 Ngf6 18. g4 Nc5 19. Qc2 Qg6 20. Rg1 Bc8 21. Nb5 Rf7 22. O-O-O Bd7 23. Nd4 fxg4 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. hxg4 Ba4 26. b3 Bd7 27. g5 hxg5 28. Rg3 Qh6 29. Bg2 Nd3+ 30. Rxd3 exd3 31. Qxd3 Re8 32. Be4 Qh4 33. Bg6 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 Rxe3 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Qd2 Kxf7 37. Qe1 Rxe1 38. Rd3 g6 39. a4 Qxd5 40. Rd1 Re3 41. Re1 Qf3 42. Rc1 Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arab-ch"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2005.09.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Al Hadarani, Hatim"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E43"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2508"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.09.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 d6 9. a4 a5 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. a5 Rb8 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Nd2 e5 13. f3 c5 14. d5 Bc8 15. axb6 axb6 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. Rfb1 Ng6 18. Bc1 Nd7 19. Ra7 Rb7 20. Ra8 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 22. Qa4 Nd7 23. Qc6 Qe7 24. Ne4 {Aradhya,G (2387)-Przybylski,W (2340) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (43)}) 10. Re1 Nbd7 ({RR} 10... Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. d5 Na6 13. Nd4 Nac5 14. Ba3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5 16. f3 Nc5 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Ne6 dxc4 19. Qb1 Qf6 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. Qc2 Re8 22. Rad1 Bc6 23. Re2 h6 24. h3 Qg5 25. Kh1 {Mamedyarov,S (2736)-Safarli,E (2657) Berlin 2015 ½-½ (41)}) 11. e4 e5 12. h3 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 Qe8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Qe6 15. Nh4 Ba6 16. d5 Qe8 17. Nf5 Nc5 18. Re3 Bc8 19. Rg3 Bxf5 20. exf5 Kh7 21. Be3 e4 22. Be2 Qe5 23. Bd4 Qxf5 24. f3 Rae8 25. Rf1 Qd7 26. fxe4 Qxa4 {Campbell,C (2100)-Daramola,D Lagos 2015 1-0 (50)}) 12... Re8 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Kh2 Ng6 15. g3 Nd7 16. Ra2 Ndf8 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. f3 Bc8 19. Be3 Qd7 20. Bf1 Qe7 21. Qd2 Bb7 22. Qf2 Rf8 23. Bd3 h5 24. h4 Rfe8 25. c5 bxc5 26. dxc5 d5 27. Bb5 c6 28. Be2 Nc7 29. c4 d4 30. Bd2 Ne6 31. Bxa5 Ba6 32. Bb6 Ngf8 33. f4 Nd7 34. fxe5 Nxe5 35. Nxd4 Nxd4 36. Qxd4 Bxc4 37. Qb2 Bxa2 38. Qxa2 g6 39. a5 Nd7 40. Bc4 Rf8 41. Rf1 Kg7 42. a6 Qxe4 43. a7 Ne5 44. Qg2 Qxc4 45. Qa2 Kh7 46. Qf2 0-1

[Event "Dubai op 08th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2006.04.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Macek, Vlasta"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2006.04.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 d5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. Bf2 c5 14. Ne2 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. O-O cxd4 17. Qxd4 Ne5 18. Bb5 Red8 19. Rc1 Nc4 20. Rfd1 Nd6 21. Bd3 Re8 22. Qa4 Ra8 23. Nd4 a6 24. Qb4 b5 25. b3 Rac8 26. Qa5 g6 27. a4 bxa4 28. Qxa4 Qd7 29. Qa5 {Flear,C (2185)-Jackson,S (2220) Blackpool 1990 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Qd2 Nf8 16. O-O Ne6 17. Rfe1 Qd7 18. Bf5 Qa4 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Bh4 Nd7 21. Rad1 cxd4 22. exd4 Ndf8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Bf2 Ba6 25. Re5 Bc4 26. Rce1 Qd8 27. Qd1 g6 28. Bh3 Qe7 29. b3 {Dreev,A (2606)-Bachmann,A (2604) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 14... Qc8 15. b4 Ba6 16. b5 c4 17. bxa6 cxd3 18. Qxd3 Nb8 19. Rc1 Qxa6 20. Qxa6 Nxa6 21. Kd2 Rac8 22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 Nb8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc1 b5 27. Rc6 Nd7 28. Nc3 Nb6 29. Kd3 {Novik,M (2399)-Suyarov,M (2413) Tashkent UZB 2024 1-0 (55)}) 15. exd4 Nh5 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. O-O Ne6 18. Rfe1 Qf6 19. Bb5 Re7 20. Rad1 a6 21. Ba4 b5 22. Bc2 Rc8 23. Nc3 Rce8 24. Kf1 Nhf4 25. Bg3 h5 26. Re5 g5 27. Bxf4 Nxf4 28. g3 Nh3 29. Rf5 Qe6 30. Rxg5+ Nxg5 31. Qxg5+ Kf8 32. Bf5 Qc6 33. Qxh5 Qf6 34. Qg4 Qh6 35. h4 a5 36. Bd3 b4 37. Nb5 Bc8 38. Qg5 Qe6 39. g4 bxa3 40. bxa3 Ba6 41. a4 Bxb5 42. Bxb5 Rc8 43. h5 Rc3 44. Bd3 Rxd3 45. Rxd3 Qe1+ 46. Kg2 Re2+ 47. Kh3 Qh1+ 48. Kg3 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Arab-chT Clubs"]
[Site "Amman"]
[Date "2006.05.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mohammad, Samir"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2291"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2006.05.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "JOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. e3 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. Nh3 Rc8 ({RR} 10... e5 11. d5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bf2 Qe7 14. e4 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Rd1 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Qd2 Ne8 20. Nf2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. h4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4+ 24. Be2 Rf4 25. hxg5 {Kaspi,A (2365)-Adams,M (1951) Krakow POL 2024 1-0 (35)}) 11. O-O-O ({RR} 11. Nf2 c5 12. Ng4 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd8 Nxc3 15. Be7 Rfe8 16. Bd6 Nd5 17. Bb5 Red8 18. e4 {½-½ (18) Grischuk,A (2724)-Alekseev,E (2597) Sochi 2005}) 11... h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 12... c5 13. dxc5 d5 14. Kb1 Rxc5 15. Qe1 dxc4 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qh4 f5 18. Qxh6 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Nxf6 20. Rd4 c3 21. Rc4 Rfc8 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 23. Bd3 cxb2 24. Nf4 e5 25. Ne2 e4 26. fxe4 Nxe4 27. Rg1 {Zhu,C (2494)-Zatonskih,A (2435) Jinan 2005 ½-½ (77)}) 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Be2 Rfe8 16. g4 Nf8 17. Bg3 Ng6 18. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi op 16th"]
[Site "Abu Dhabi"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.08.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Bd3 f5 11. Ne2 dxc4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. O-O b5 14. Qxe4 Bb7 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. f3 a5 17. Nf4 Rxf4 18. Qxf4 cxd4 19. cxd4 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Rc1 Bb7 23. Kf2 c3 24. Bxc3 {Yu,Y (2736)-Aronian,L (2756) Riga 2019 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. f3 Ng5 13. h4 Nf7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Ne2 Ne7 16. Nf4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Kb1 Be6 19. Bd3 Qd7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Qb3 a6 22. Qb6 Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ {Gasanov,E (2432)-Sturua,Z (2524) Baku 2006 ½-½ (43)}) 10. cxd4 b5 ({RR} 10... Qa5+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. h4 dxc4 13. Rh3 Nc6 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. f3 c3 16. fxe4 cxb2 17. Nf3 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Ne7 19. Kf2 Nd5 20. Bd3 g6 21. Rg3 Be8 22. Kg1 Nc3 23. Qxb7 Nxd1 24. Qxa8 Bb5 25. Qe4 {Van Ree,T (1911)-Baselmans,L (2393) Helmond NED 2025 0-1}) 11. c5 Qa5+ 12. Kd1 $146 ({RR} 12. Ke2 Ba6 13. f3 b4+ 14. Ke3 b3 15. Qd1 Bxf1 16. fxe4 Bxg2 17. Ne2 dxe4 18. Rg1 Bf3 19. Qe1 Qxe1 20. Raxe1 Nc6 21. Ng3 Rfd8 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Kxe4 a5 24. Rg3 a4 25. Reg1 g6 26. Rc1 Ne7 {Matros,A (2455)-Tikkanen,H (2360) Sweden 2002 EXT 2003 [ChessBase II] 0-1 (55)}) 12... f6 13. f3 fxe5 14. Nh3 Nf6 15. dxe5 Nh5 16. Bd3 g6 17. a4 Qb4 18. axb5 Nd7 19. Ra4 Qxc5 20. Bxg6 Qxc2+ 21. Bxc2 Ng7 22. Ng5 h5 23. Nh7 Rd8 24. Nf6+ Kf7 25. g4 Nc5 26. Re4 1-0

[Event "Dubai op 09th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2007.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Taleb, Moussa"]
[Black "Ramaswamy, Aarthie"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2386"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2007.04.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.07.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. f3 c5 8. e3 $146 ({RR} 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 b6 11. Nh3 Bb7 12. Nf2 Re8 13. Ng4 h5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15. Rd1 Qe7 16. Qe5 Nd7 17. Qg3 f6 18. Bh4 Nf8 19. Be2 Qf7 20. O-O Rad8 21. f4 Be4 22. Bxh5 g6 {Danelia,M (2144)-Abdulla,K (2151) Kemer 2009 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qa4 13. e3 e5 14. Ra1 Re8 15. Ne2 Bf5 16. b3 Qa6 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Be2 Qb6 19. O-O a5 20. Rfd1 Nh7 21. Be1 Ng5 22. Rd5 Ne6 {Kramnik,V (2772)-Ivanchuk,V (2786) Dresden 2008 ½-½ (54)}) ({RR} 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Bg5 Nc6 10. e3 e5 11. Ne2 h6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Ng3 Qe7 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Be6 17. Bc2 Qc7 18. Rd2 g6 19. Rfd1 Rad8 20. Ne2 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Taylor,M (2366)-Taylor,A (2272) England ENG 2024 ½-½ (43)}) ({RR} 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. e3 e5 11. Nf2 e4 12. f4 Re8 13. Be2 h5 14. b4 a5 15. bxc5 Ne7 16. Bb2 Nf5 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Rd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 b6 20. c6 Qd6 21. g4 hxg4 22. Nxg4 Ba6 {Mohota,N (2318)-Ramaswamy,A (2239) Visakhapatnam 2006 1-0}) ({RR} 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf2 e5 11. e3 Qe7 12. Bd3 Be6 13. O-O Rfd8 14. Bd2 a5 15. Rad1 h6 {½-½ (15) Erdos,V (2576)-Moiseenko,A (2650) Plovdiv 2008}) 8... Re8 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 e5 12. Bd3 Be6 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O a4 15. bxa4 Qa5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Bxe4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 f6 19. Ng3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Qb2 Qxa4 22. Nf5 Qc6 23. Qxe5 Bxf5 24. Qxf5 Qxe4 25. Qxc5 Qxe3+ 26. Qxe3 Rxe3 27. Rfb1 Ra7 28. Rb4 Rc3 29. a4 h6 30. Rab1 Rc2 31. h3 Ra5 32. Kh1 Kh7 33. Kh2 Kh8 34. Rd1 Rg5 35. Rg1 Rc5 36. Rxb7 R5xc4 37. Ra1 Rc6 38. Rb3 Ra6 39. a5 Rc5 40. Rba3 h5 41. R3a2 Kh7 42. Ra4 Re5 43. R4a3 Kh6 44. Kg3 Rf5 45. Kh2 Re5 46. R3a2 Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eforie Nord Seacoast op 25th"]
[Site "Eforie Nord"]
[Date "2015.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Talu, Mircea"]
[Black "Bonte, Andrei Mihai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "1837"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. e4 Nf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qb3 Nc6 ({RR} 11... Na6 12. Nh3 Nd7 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. c4 Ne5 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. Qc3 f6 17. O-O Ba4 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. Bd4 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. e5 f5 22. h4 Rd7 23. Rf2 Rad8 24. Rd2 Qc6 25. Kh2 Qc7 26. Qe3 {Carlsen,M (2801)-Morozevich,A (2750) Moscow 2009 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. Bb5 Nfd7 13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Ne2 a5 16. Qd4 a4 17. Rd1 Ra5 18. Qb4 Rb5 19. Nd4 {1-0 (19) Katsanis,V (2253)-Savanovic,A (2355) Budapest HUN 2025}) 12. Bb5 e5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qb4 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. g4 Nxc5 17. Ng3 Bb3 18. Qe2 Qxc3+ 19. Kf2 Nd3+ 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 Qa5 23. Rxc6 Qxa3 24. Nh5 a5 25. Nxg7 Qa2 26. Qxa2 Bxa2 27. Nf5 Be6 28. Rc5 Bxf5 {Aguilar Samper,V (1500)-Guo,A (2038) Montevideo 2016 0-1 (47)}) 14... Qa6 15. c4 Be6 16. Rc1 Rab8 17. Qc3 Qa4 18. Qxe5 Qxa3 19. Kf2 Rb3 20. Qd4 Rd3 21. Qe5 Rxe3 22. Ne2 Rxe4 23. Qd6 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Talu, Mircea"]
[Black "Anton, Teodor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 dxe4 7. fxe4 e5 8. d5 Bc5 9. Bg5 ({RR} 9. Nf3) 9... h6 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bh4 Bg4 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. h3) 12... Nbd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15. O-O-O Bd4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. e5 cxd5 20. exf6 dxc4 21. fxg7 Rfc8 22. Bf5 c3 23. Qf2 cxb2+ 24. Kb1 Rc3 25. Rd3) ({RR} 10... a5 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Be3 ({RR} 12. O-O-O) 12... Na6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O Qb6 15. Rae1 Ng4) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 ({RR} 12... Bd4 13. Ne2 Bxb2 14. Ra2 Bd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5) 13. O-O-O Bd4 14. Ne2 c5 ({RR} 14... Nc5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. e5 h6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exf6) ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Nxd4 ({RR} 15. Kb1 c6) 15... exd4 16. Rxd4 Qe7 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Qe3 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6) 15. g4 a5 ({RR} 15... a6) 16. Kb1 Ra6 17. Ng3 g6 ({RR} 17... Rb6 18. Rh2 a4 19. h4 Rb3 20. Rd3) ({RR} 17... a4 18. Nf5 Qa5 19. Rh2 Rb6 20. Bc1 Ne8) 18. h4 a4 19. Rh2 ({RR} 19. Bh6 Ne8 ({RR} 19... Re8 20. g5 Nh5 21. Nxh5 gxh5 22. Bh3) 20. Bxf8 Rf6 21. Qd3 Kxf8) 19... Qa5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. g5 Ne8 22. h5 Rb6 23. Bc1 Rb3 24. Qg4 {Nakamura,H (2789)-Carlsen,M (2872) Zuerich 2014 CBM 159 [Krasenkow,Michal] 0-1 (61)}) 10. Bxf6 ({RR} 10. Bh4 Bd4 11. Nf3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qd6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Kh1 Nc5 16. Qe2 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nfd7 18. Bg3 Bxf3) 10... Qxf6 11. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qe7 14. O-O-O Bd4 15. Nb5 Bc5 16. Nc3 c6 17. Bd3 Bd4 18. Ne2 c5 19. Rhf1 O-O 20. Qf5 Nd7 21. g4 a6 22. Qf3 Nb6 23. Kb1 Nc8 24. Rc1 Nd6 25. Nxd4 exd4 {Zidek,V (2131)-Cernin,R (2231) Czech Republic 2010 0-1 (69)}) ({RR} 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 O-O 14. Nb5 Na6 15. b4 Bd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. O-O Qe5 18. c5 Rad8 19. Qd3 Nb8 20. Rad1 Nd7 21. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Ne5 23. Rfd1 Rfe8 24. Kf2 g5 25. h3 Kg7 {Batista Rosas,N (2052)-Grabinsky,V (2192) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 11... Qg6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. Nge2 Bg4 14. Qg3 Nd7 15. h3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Qb6 17. O-O-O Qb3 18. Rd2 Nb6 19. Rc2 Na4 20. Rd1 Rfe8 21. Qe1 a5 22. Nc3 Nxc3 23. Rxc3 Qb6 24. Be2 Bd4 25. Rc2 Qc5 26. Bf3 Ra6 27. Rd3 Rb6 28. Qe2 Ra8 29. h4 a4 30. Kd1 Raa6 31. g4 Bxb2 32. Rxb2 Qg1+ 33. Kc2 Rxb2+ 34. Kxb2 Rb6+ 35. Kc2 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Talu, Mircea"]
[Black "Vrencian, Lehel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E24"]
[WhiteElo "2091"]
[BlackElo "2296"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.03.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. d5 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Ne2 b6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 e5 12. O-O g5 13. Bf2 Nh5 14. g4 Ng7 15. h4 h5 16. d5 Ne7 17. hxg5 Ng6 18. Be3 hxg4 19. Qe1 Nh5 20. fxg4 Bxg4 21. Ra2 Kg7 22. Rf5 Rh8 {Salem,A (2679)-Nakamura,H (2768) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1}) ({RR} 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Ng3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rb1 Ba6 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. Nf5 Ne8 15. h4 f6 16. h5 Rf7 17. O-O Qa4 18. Ne3 Nc7 19. Bc2 Qd7 20. g4 b5 21. cxb5 Bxb5 22. c4 Ba6 {Ivic,V (2620)-Przybylski,W (2335) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (35)}) 8... Re8 9. Be2 $146 ({RR} 9. Ne2 Na6 10. Nf4 Nc7 11. Be2 b5 12. O-O e5 13. Nd3 bxc4 14. Nb2 Nb5 15. Bxc4 a6 16. a4 Nc7 17. a5 Bd7 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qd7 20. Qxd7 Nxd7 21. Ba3 Nb5 22. Bb2 Reb8 23. Rf2 Nf8 {Noizet,R (1617)-Lhoest,A (1698) Blagny 2012 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 9. Be3 exd5 10. cxd5 Nbd7 11. Ne2 b5 12. Ng3 Qa5 13. Qd2 Nb6 14. Kf2 Na4 15. c4 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rb8 18. Rhb1 Nb6 19. Bb5 Rd8 20. a4 h6 21. a5 Na8 22. Be2 Bd7 23. Ba6 Nc7 {Borja,M-Skold,K Tel Aviv 1964 ½-½ (42)}) 9... exd5 10. cxd5 Nh5 11. Be3 f5 12. Qd3 fxe4 13. fxe4 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 Nf6 15. Bf3 Nxe4 16. g3 Qe7 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Bf4 Bg4+ 20. Kd2 Na6 21. h3 Bh5 22. Rh2 Rd8 23. Rf2 Nc7 24. Raf1 Nxd5 25. Bg5 Rde8 26. g4 Bg6 27. Nf3 h6 28. Nh4 Bh7 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Re2+ 31. Kd3 c4+ 0-1

[Event "Arad op 10th"]
[Site "Arad"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pisu, Robert Daniel"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2261"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2017.08.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.08.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. Qc2 d6 ({RR} 5... c5 6. dxc5 ({RR} 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. e3 Bd7 11. Rc1 ({RR} 11. Qb3) 11... Nc6) 6... Bxc5 7. a3 b6 ({RR} 7... d5 8. b4 Be7 9. e3) 8. b4 Be7 9. Bb2 d6 10. g4 Bb7 11. g5 Nh5 12. e3 ({RR} 12. Rg1) 12... a5 ({RR} 12... Bxg5 13. Bg2 ({RR} 13. Rg1 Bf6) 13... Nc6 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Rg1 Ne7) 13. Rd1 ({RR} 13. Bd3) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Nd7 ({RR} 14... Bxg5) 15. Rg1 Qc7 16. Bd3 ({RR} 16. Nd4 d5) 16... g6 17. Ke2 Rfc8 ({RR} 17... e5) 18. Ra1 Bf8 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Ra1 {Mamedyarov,S (2729)-Dominguez Perez,L (2725) London 2012 CBM 151 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (65)} {RR} b5) ({RR} 5... d5) 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 ({RR} 7. Nxd2 a5 8. b3 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. g3 Nc6 11. e3 Qe7 12. Bg2 Nd7 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. Ne4 Bf5 16. f3 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qg5 19. Qc3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rd5 b6 {Michalski,O (2251)-Almedina Ortiz,E (2157) chess.com INT 2024 1-0}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bc3 $146 ({RR} 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bc3 Qe7 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Ng6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Bf3 Nh4 15. e5 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Ne4 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 h6 21. Qe3 Rfe8 22. Qf4 Qc5+ {Cahuana,L (2216)-Zambrana,O (2389) Lima 2002 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 8. e4 e5 9. d5 a5 10. b3 Nc5 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Ng1 Qd7 13. f3 Bh5 14. Ne2 a4 15. Nc1 axb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Ra7 18. h4 Bg6 19. Bg5 h5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rg1 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 {Gyrgenova,E (1826)-Yangutov,A (1948) Ulan-Ude 2017 1-0}) 8... Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Nd2 Rfe8 14. O-O Nf8 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bf3 Ng6 17. g3 Qe6 18. Bb2 Qc8 19. c5 Ba6 20. Nf1 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 h5 22. cxb6 cxb6 23. Qxc8 Rxc8 24. Rac1 Red8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nf8 28. Bg5 N8d7 29. h3 Kf8 30. Kf1 g6 31. Ke2 Ne8 32. Kd3 b5 33. Be3 a6 34. Bd1 Nd6 35. Bb3 Ke8 36. Bd5 Nf6 37. Bc5 Kd7 38. Bxd6 Nxd5 39. Bxe5 Nb6 40. Bd4 Nc4 41. a4 Kc6 42. a5 Nd6 43. Bc5 Nc4 44. Kd4 Nd2 45. Ke5 f6+ 46. Kf4 Kd7 47. Ke3 Nb3 48. Bd4 Ke6 49. Bb2 f5 50. Kd3 fxe4+ 51. Kc3 Nxa5 52. bxa5 Kd5 53. Kb4 g5 54. Bc1 g4 55. hxg4 hxg4 56. Be3 Kd6 57. Kc3 Kd5 58. Bb6 Ke5 59. Bd8 Kd5 60. Bf6 Kc5 61. Be7+ Kd5 62. Bb4 Ke5 63. Bf8 Kd5 64. Kb4 Kd4 65. Bc5+ Ke5 66. Kc3 Kd5 67. Bf8 Ke5 68. Kd2 Kd4 69. Bg7+ Kc4 70. Ke3 Kb4 71. Kf4 Kxa5 72. Kxg4 Kb6 73. Kf4 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U16"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Talu, Mircea"]
[Black "Traila, Alexandru Irinel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E38"]
[WhiteElo "2034"]
[BlackElo "1812"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. e3 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 cxd4 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. a4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Rfe8 14. O-O Ne5 15. Be2 Qxc5 16. Rb1 b6 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Rg1 Ng6 19. Bb5 Re6 20. Qd1 Ne5 21. Bf1 Rec6 22. Ba6 R8c7 23. Rg5 {Kortschnoj,V (2624)-Jussupow,A (2598) Switzerland 2008 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Rb1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. c4 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rfd1 Rab8 18. Rb5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bh7+ Kg7 22. Rxd8 f5 23. Bxf5 {Asllani,D (2116)-Collin,M (2052) Payerne 2022 1-0 (35)}) 9. cxd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bb5 Bd7 {½-½ (12) Fobbe,O-Walther,K Bad Laasphe 1994}) ({RR} 10... O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Qb3 Na5 15. Qa2 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Rxc4 17. Qxc4 Bb5 18. Qb3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qb8 20. f3 b5 21. e4 Rc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc7 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Kf2 {Maatoug,R-Blitte,O Bischwiller 1999 0-1 (81)}) 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. e4 h6 14. Bd3 e5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bb2 Re8 18. Bxd4 Nxd5 19. Qf3 Ne7 20. Qg3 Ng6 21. e5 Bc6 22. Bb2 Nf8 23. Rad1 Qg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U16"]
[Site "Calimanesti"]
[Date "2018.03.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stefan, Mihai"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[WhiteElo "1972"]
[BlackElo "2034"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.03.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 b5 7. Bd2 bxc4 8. Bxc4 Ba6 ({RR} 8... Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxd5 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Nc6 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rd1 Be6 15. a3 Rab8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Ne2 Rb8 18. Kf2 Rxb2 19. Rc1 c4 20. Ke3 Rb3+ 21. Rc3 Kf8 22. Kd2 c5 23. Nf4 {Ebrahimi Herab,H (2333)-Andreev,K (2240) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (55)}) 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 10. Nge2 exd5 11. e5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. exf6 dxc3 14. fxg7 Re8 15. bxc3 Qe7 16. Qd2 c4 17. Kf2 Nc5 18. Nf4 Qg5 19. Rhd1 Re5 20. Kg1 Rae8 21. Qd4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 R5xe6 23. f4 Qg4 24. f5 Qxf5 {Rosenthal,J (2291)-Pelletier,Y (2589) Biel 2010 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 10. Nge2 c4 11. O-O Qb6+ 12. Kh1 Rfe8 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rb1 Nb4 15. b3 Nd3 16. Qd2 Nf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qxf2 18. d6 Bd8 19. Be3 Qh4 20. bxc4 Ba5 21. Rb5 Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Reb8 23. Bf2 Qh6 24. Qxh6 gxh6 {Belous,V (2584)-Fakhrutdinov,T (2439) Samara 2017 1-0 (41)}) 10... Qb6 11. dxe6 fxe6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. e5 c4 15. Kd1 Nh5 16. Qc2 d4 17. Qb1 Qc5 18. Qe4 Rad8 19. Kc2 Qb5 20. Rb1 d3+ 21. Kc1 Qa4 22. Kb2 Qb3+ 23. Ka1 Qxa3# 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT U18"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "2018.07.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ciorica, Mihai Vlad"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2094"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.07.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Timisoara CC1"]
[BlackTeam "Cluj Viitorul"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 {Gutman,Lev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 7... Nxd5) 8. e3 c4 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. g4 Nc6) ({RR} 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nh3) ({RR} 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxc4 ({RR} 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qc1 ({RR} 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. O-O Bd5) 11... Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 ({RR} 13... b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7) 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bb3 ({RR} 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Kf2 Ba6) 10... O-O 11. fxe4 ({RR} 11. Ne2 exf3 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. c4 Re8 16. Rf2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Ndf6 19. Nc3 h6) 11... Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 ({RR} 15... Qxc3 16. Qb1) 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Qh3 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Nd5 22. Bd2 g6 23. Rae1 Nf6) 9... Nc6 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. g4 ({RR} 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qa5 13. e5 Re8)) 10. g4 ({RR} 10. Ng3 h5 11. h4 ({RR} 11. Qc2 h4 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Kf2 g6 ({RR} 13... b5) 14. g4 hxg3+ 15. Nxg3 Be6 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bg2 Nb3 19. Rae1 O-O-O) ({RR} 11. e4 h4 12. exd5 hxg3 13. dxc6 Rxh2 14. Rg1 Kf8) 11... Qc7 ({RR} 11... Na5 12. e4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qa5) 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Qe1 ({RR} 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5) 13... Nb3) 10... h5 ({RR} 10... O-O 11. Bg2 Na5 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nf4 ({RR} 12. O-O) 12... b5 ({RR} 12... Na5 13. O-O Nb3 14. Ra2) 13. O-O h6 14. h4 ({RR} 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bxg4 16. Qe1) 14... Rd8 ({RR} 14... Qd8 15. e4 Ne7) 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. f4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Re2 Qd7 23. Re5) 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 ({RR} 13. Rb1) 13... b5 ({RR} 13... h6) ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. g5 Nd7 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qh4 g6 17. e4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bc6 20. h4) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qe1 ({RR} 16. h3 Na4 ({RR} 16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3 Nc8 19. Re2 Ne7 20. f4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfe1) 17. Qe1 f6 18. gxf6 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rxf6) 16... f6 ({RR} 16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3) ({RR} 16... Na4 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. Ng3) 17. gxf6 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxf6 19. Ng3 Na4 20. Rc2 Be6 21. e5 Rf7 22. f4 Raf8 23. Qe3) 14. Ng3 ({RR} 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ng3 ({RR} 15. Rxa4 a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ra2 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 a4 21. e5 Rb8 22. f4 Rb3) ({RR} 15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Rxa4 Re8 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 a5) 15... Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qa5 17. e4 Rb8 18. g5 Ne8) ({RR} 14. g5 Nd7 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. e4 f6 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Be3 a5 18. Nc1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rb8 20. Rb2 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. e5 Bf5 23. Kh1 Bd3 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Bg5) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bf4 ({RR} 16. e5 Bf5) 16... a5 ({RR} 16... f6 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe1) 17. Qe1 Ra7 18. Qg3) 14... a5 15. g5 ({RR} 15. e4) 15... Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 ({RR} 16... Nc7 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Qe1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bb7 22. Qg3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Rd1 Bc6) 17. Qxc1 Ra6 ({RR} 17... Rb8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rb1) 18. e5 Nc7 ({RR} 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. Qc3 Nc7 23. f4 Nb5 ({RR} 23... Rb8 24. Ra1) 24. Qe3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 c3 27. Rc1 c2 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke3 Rc4 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Kxd4 Rxd3+ 33. Kc5) ({RR} 18... g6 19. f4 Ng7 20. Rb2 Rb6 21. Qb1 Qd7 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 ({RR} 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Nh5 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 Qxa3 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bxd5 Kh8 29. Ra2 b3 30. Rxa3 bxc2 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Rxc2 Kg8 35. Ra2) 23... gxf5 24. h4 h6 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Bxf5 Qxa3 27. Rg2 Qxc3 28. Bxc8 Qxd4+ 29. Rff2 Qxe5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Qc1 Re8 32. g6) 19. f4 ({RR} 19. Rb2 Qe7 20. Rb1 Rb6 21. f4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 ({RR} 23... g6 24. Qe3 Bd7 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxb4 28. Rbf1) 24. Qa3 Na6 25. Bxd5 ({RR} 25. Rb2 Qb7 26. Rfb1 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qd7 28. Qb6) 25... Qd8 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Qxd5 28. Qc5) 19... b4 20. axb4 ({RR} 20. a4 b3 ({RR} 20... Rb6 21. f5 bxc3 22. Raf2 Na6 ({RR} 22... Rb3 23. e6 fxe6 24. f6 Rb2 25. Rf3 e5 26. Rxc3 exd4 27. Qxb2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Ne6 29. Nf5 gxf6 30. Bxd5 Kh8 31. gxf6 Qxd5 32. f7+ Nd4 33. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Kg7 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf7 37. Rxa5) 23. f6 Nb4 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Nd3 29. Qxc3 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 31. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 33. Ng3 Bxf1 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+) 21. Raf2 Bd7 22. f5 Bxa4 23. f6 Bd7 ({RR} 23... g6 24. Qf4 Re8 ({RR} 24... Ne6 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Bh3) 25. Qh4 Ree6 26. Nf5 gxf5 ({RR} 26... Qf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Bh3 Be8 30. Bg4) 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Qg8 29. Rf3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Nxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. gxf6) 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 ({RR} 26. Nf6 Ne8 27. Nxd5 Be6 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Rg8) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Qg8 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nf4 ({RR} 30. Qh6+ Qh7 31. Qf8+ Qg8 32. Qh6+ Qh7) 30... Bf7 31. Nxd5 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qf8 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kh8) ({RR} 20. f5 bxc3 ({RR} 20... b3 21. Raf2 {RR} Kh8 22. Nh5 Rb6 23. Qe3) ({RR} 20... Nb5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa6 Bxa6 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 ({RR} 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. cxb4 Nd6) 24... Qb6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Nxh5 bxc3 27. Kh1 Nxd4 28. Ng3 Ne6 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. Qh5 Qb7 31. Bh3 d4+ 32. Bg2) 21. f6 g6 22. Qxc3 ({RR} 22. Qf4 Ne6 23. Qh4 Qb6 24. Ne2 Qb3 25. Nc1 Qb6 26. Ne2) 22... Rb6 23. Qxa5 Rb3) ({RR} 20. Raf2 Nb5 ({RR} 20... bxc3 21. Qxc3 a4 22. Qe3 Rb6 23. f5 Rb3 24. Qf4 Rd3 ({RR} 24... c3 25. f6 Ne6 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. Bh3) 25. Nh5 Nb5 26. e6 Rxd4 27. Qe5 Qxg5 28. Nf4) 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxd4 23. f5 Bb7 ({RR} 23... Nb3 24. Qd1 Bb7 25. Qh5) 24. Nh5 Qb6 25. Qe3 Qa7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Bc8 28. b5 Nxb5 29. f6 Ra2 ({RR} 29... Qd4 30. fxg7 Rf5 31. Qb8 Qc5 32. Kh1) 30. Bxd5 Qb6 31. Bxc4 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nd4) 20... axb4 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 ({RR} 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. f5 g6 24. Qd2 Nc6) 22... b3 ({RR} 22... bxc3 23. Qxc3 g6 24. Qe3 ({RR} 24. f6 Nc7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Ne2) 24... Nc7 25. h4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Ne6 28. Rf6 Qa5 29. Kh2) 23. Qf4 ({RR} 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 Kh8 25. Qh4 b2 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Bf1 Qd1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Bf5 32. Qxf7 Nc7) ({RR} 23. Nh5 Nc7 24. Qe3 Kh8 25. h4) ({RR} 23. h4 Nc7 24. h5 Ne8 ({RR} 24... Nb5 25. f6 Be6 26. g6 hxg6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qg5 Nxc3 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30. Nh5) 25. Qf4 ({RR} 25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Kh8 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Nf4 Nc7) 25... Qa5 26. h6 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nh5 Bf5 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 f6 32. e6 Qa2 33. Rf2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 35. Nxf6 Bxe6) 23... Nc7 ({RR} 23... Kh8 24. Nh5 Nc7 25. e6 Ne8 ({RR} 25... fxe6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kg8 28. f7+) 26. exf7 Rxf7 27. f6 g6 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Ng7 Kg8 30. h4) 24. f6 ({RR} 24. Qh4 Kh8 25. Nh5 Nb5 ({RR} 25... b2 26. f6 g6 27. Ng7 Nb5 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Qxb2 Ne4 30. h4 Kg8 31. Qb4 Qc7) 26. e6 fxe6 27. f6 gxf6 28. Nxf6 Qe7 29. Rf2 Rf7 30. g6 Rg7 31. Nh5 Kg8) 24... g6 ({RR} 24... gxf6 25. Qh4 f5 ({RR} 25... Kh8 26. Rxf6 Ne6 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rh6 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qf3 30. Rf6 Qg4 31. Qh6 Kg8 32. Rb6 Be6 33. Kf2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Ke3 Kg7 36. Rb5) 26. Nh5 Ne8 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Rf3 Ng7 29. Rh3 Re8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 b2 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7) 25. Qh4 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai 2013 CBM 158 [Gutman,Lev] 0-1}) ({RR} 10... Na5) ({RR} 10... h6) ({RR} 10... O-O 11. Bg2 Na5 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15. e4 f5 16. gxf6 Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Qxf6 18. e5 Qg6 19. f4 Be6 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Bf3 Bh3 22. Rg1 Qd3 23. Bg2 Bxg2+ 24. Rxg2 Rf7 25. a4 {Carasca,B (2221)-Talu,M (2254) Calimanesti Caciulata 2019 0-1 (39)}) 11. g5 Nh7 12. h4 Nf8 13. Nf4 $146 ({RR} 13. e4 Ne6 14. Bg2 Na5 15. Be3 Nb3 16. Ra2 g6 17. O-O O-O 18. Ng3 Ng7 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Qe1 Re8 21. Be5 Nc5 22. Bf6 Nd3 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e5 Rad8 26. f4 Bg4 27. f5 b5 {Baum,J (2404)-Zwardon,V (2447) Katowice POL 2024 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 13. e4 Ne6 14. Bg2 Na5 15. Be3 Nb3 16. Ra2 g6 17. O-O O-O 18. Ng3 Ng7 19. Bf4 Qa5 20. Qe1 Re8 21. Be5 Nc5 22. Bf6 Nd3 23. Qd2 Bd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. e5 Rad8 26. f4 Bg4 27. f5 b5 {Baum,J (2404)-Zwardon,V (2447) Katowice POL 2024 1-0 (38)}) 13... Qa5 14. Bd2 Ne6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. e4 Qc7 17. Kf2 O-O 18. f4 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Rae8 21. Qxh5 dxe4 22. Qg4 Ne7 23. Be3 Nd5 24. Rac1 f5 25. Qg3 Qa5 26. h5 Qxa3 27. g6 Nxc3 28. h6 Qb2+ 29. Kf1 Qe2+ 30. Kg1 Nd1 31. hxg7 Kxg7 32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. g7 Kxh7 34. gxf8=Q Rxf8 35. Qh4+ Kg8 36. Qg5+ Kh7 37. Qh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-chT U18"]
[Site "Iasi"]
[Date "2018.07.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ciorgovean, Iustin"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2250"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.07.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Timisoara Universitatea Vest"]
[BlackTeam "Cluj Viitorul"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8. f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Nh3 c5 12. cxd5 cxd4 ({RR} 12... Nxd5 13. Bxd8 Nxc3 14. Be7 Rfe8 15. Bh4 Nd5 16. Bb5 g5 17. Bf2 N5f6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. O-O-O Re7 20. Bg3 a6 21. Bc4 Bc6 22. Rd6) 13. Qxd4 e5 ({RR} 13... Bxd5 14. e4 g5 ({RR} 14... e5) 15. exd5 gxh4 16. dxe6) 14. Qd2 ({RR} 14. Qd1 Bxd5 15. Bb5 ({RR} 15. Nf2 Be6 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. Bc2 Rc8 ({RR} 17... Qe7 18. O-O Rfd8 19. Qe2 Rac8 ({RR} 19... Bb3 20. Ng4) 20. Rfd1) ({RR} 17... Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bb3 19. Bxb3 Nxb3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rd3 ({RR} 21. Ng4 Kg7 22. Rd6 Rfd8) 21... Nc5 22. Rd6 Ne6 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Ke2 Rfc8 25. Rhd1 Rc2+ 26. R1d2 Rac8 27. g4) 18. O-O Bc4 19. Re1 g5 ({RR} 19... Qxd1 20. Raxd1 Nd5 21. b4 Ne6 22. Ne4 g5 23. Bg3 Ba2 ({RR} 23... f6 24. Nd6 Nc3 25. Nxc8 Nxd1 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Nf5) 24. Rd2) 20. Bg3 Qe7 ({RR} 20... Re8 21. Bf5 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Rc6 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bxe5) 21. Bf5 Rc6 22. Rc1 Bb5) 15... Be6 ({RR} 15... Nc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. O-O) 16. Nf2 ({RR} 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6) 16... Nc5 17. O-O ({RR} 17. b4 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 a6 19. Be2 ({RR} 19. bxc5 axb5 20. cxb6 Rfb8 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Rxa3 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxb6 26. O-O Kf6) 19... Na4 20. Bxf6 ({RR} 20. Rd6 Nd5 21. Kd2 Rfc8 22. Ne4 Nac3 23. Nxc3 Nxc3 24. Bd3 Nb5 25. Rxb6 Nxa3 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Bxa6 Rc2+ 28. Kd3 Rxg2 29. Bg3 Rb2) 20... gxf6 21. Ne4 Kg7) ({RR} 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. b4 a6 ({RR} 18... Ncd7 19. Nd3 g5 20. Bg3 e4 21. fxe4 Nxe4 22. Bc7 Re8 ({RR} 22... Rdc8 23. Bc6) 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. O-O) 19. Be2 Ncd7 ({RR} 19... Na4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 ({RR} 20... g5 21. Nxf6+ Kg7 22. Nh5+ Kg6 23. Bg3 Kxh5 24. Bxe5) 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. fxe4) 20. O-O-O ({RR} 20. Rd1 a5 21. Ne4 g5 22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. Bg3 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 axb4 25. axb4 Nd5 26. Bxe5 Nxb4) 20... g5 21. Bg3 Nh5 22. Kb2 a5 ({RR} 22... f5 23. Rd6 Kf7 24. Rhd1 ({RR} 24. Nd3 Ke7 ({RR} 24... f4 25. exf4 exf4 26. Bf2 Ke7 27. Rc6 Rac8 28. Rhc1 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Nhf6 30. Bxb6 Nxb6 31. Rxb6 Bf5 32. Rb7+ Kf8 33. Kc3 Nd5+ 34. Kb3 Bxd3 35. Bxd3 Nxb4 36. Bc4 Nc6 37. Kc3 Na5 38. Rh7 Nxc4 39. Rh8+) 25. Rc6 a5 26. b5 ({RR} 26. Be1 Nhf6 27. bxa5 bxa5 28. h4 Rab8+ 29. Kc2 Bb3+ 30. Kc1 Ba4 31. Rc4 Bb3 32. Rc3 Nd5 33. Rc6 Ba4) 26... Nxg3 27. hxg3 Rh8 28. Rc7 Kd6 29. Rhc1 Bd5) 24... Nxg3 ({RR} 24... f4 25. exf4 exf4) 25. hxg3 Ke7 26. e4 ({RR} 26. Rc6 a5 27. Rdd6 Nf8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Bd3 Rd6 30. Rxd6 Kxd6 31. e4 f4 32. gxf4 exf4) 26... fxe4 27. Nxe4 a5 28. b5 ({RR} 28. Bb5 axb4 29. axb4 Ra2+) 28... Nc5 29. Rxd8 Na4+ 30. Kc2 ({RR} 30. Ka1 Rxd8 31. Rh1 Nc5 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. b6 ({RR} 33. Rxh6 Rd2 34. b6 Ra2+ 35. Kb1 Rxe2 36. Rxe6+ Kd7 ({RR} 36... Kxe6 37. b7 Re1+ 38. Kc2 Re2+ 39. Kc3 Re3+ 40. Kc4) 37. Re7+ ({RR} 37. b7 Kc7 38. Re7+ ({RR} 38. Rb6) 38... Kb8 39. f4 gxf4 40. gxf4 Rxg2 41. fxe5 c4 42. e6 Re2 43. a4 c3 44. Kc1 Ka7 45. Kd1 Rd2+ 46. Kc1 ({RR} 46. Ke1 Rd6) 46... Re2) 37... Kc8 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Rxg2 40. fxe5 Re2 41. e6 c4 42. Rc7+ Kb8 43. e7 c3 44. Rd7) 33... Rb8 34. Rxh6 Rxb6 35. Bc4 Rd6 36. Bxe6 Rxe6) 30... Rxd8 31. Rxd8 ({RR} 31. Rh1 Rh8) 31... Kxd8) 23. b5 f5 24. Rd6 Kf7 25. f4 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Ke7 27. Rdd1 Rh8 28. g4 fxg4 29. Nxg4 gxf4 30. exf4 exf4 31. Nxh6 Nf6) 17... Nb3 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nd5 21. Ng4 ({RR} 21. e4 Ne3 22. Rd3 Rc8 23. Rxe3 Rc1+ 24. Nd1 Rxd1+ 25. Re1 Rd2 26. Re2 Rd1+ 27. Re1 ({RR} 27. Kf2 Nd4) 27... Rd2) 21... f6 22. Bc6 ({RR} 22. Bc4 Nc7 23. Bxe6+ ({RR} 23. Rd7 Bxc4 24. Rxc7 b5 25. Rxa7 h5 ({RR} 25... Rd8 26. Rxg7+) 26. Nxe5 fxe5 27. Re7) 23... Nxe6 24. Rd6 ({RR} 24. Rd7 h5 25. Nf2 g5 26. Re7 Nec5) 24... Nec5 25. f4 exf4 26. exf4 Re8 27. Kf1 ({RR} 27. Bxf6 h5)) 22... Nc7 23. Be1 {½-½ (23) Bareev,E (2665)-Kramnik,V (2740) Novgorod 1997 CBM 060 [Tsesarsky,Ilya]}) ({RR} 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Qxe5 Nxd5 ({RR} 15... Re8 16. Qd4 Qxd5 ({RR} 16... Nxd5 17. e4 Rc8 18. Rd1 Qh4+ 19. g3 Qe7 20. Bg2) 17. Be2 Rad8 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. e4) 16. e4 Ne3 17. Qc3 Nxf1 18. Rxf1 Qh4+ ({RR} 18... Rc8 19. Qe3 Qc7 20. Nf4 g5 21. Nh5 Qxh2 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Qd4 Rfd8 24. Nd7+ Kh7 25. Qf6 Qh5 26. Qe5) 19. Rf2 Bc8 20. Kf1 Bxh3 21. gxh3 Rac8) ({RR} 14. Qa4 Bxd5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Nf2 Qc5 17. Be2 Qxe3 18. Ng4 Qb3 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Qa6) ({RR} 14. Qd1 Bxd5 15. Bb5 Be6 16. Nf2 Nc5 17. O-O a6 18. Be2 g5 19. Bg3 Nb3 20. Bxe5 Nxa1 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Bxf6 Rd2 23. Bd3 Nc2 24. e4 Rc8 25. Bxa6 Rc7 26. Be5 Rc6 27. Bc3 Rd8 28. Bf6 Rd2 {Chigladze,I (2335)-Nemsadze,D (1788) Tbilisi 2021 1-0 (53)}) 14... Bxd5 15. Be2 $146 ({RR} 15. Bb5 Be6 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nf2 Rac8 22. Nd3 e4 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd4 ({RR} 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. fxe4 Qe6) 24... exf3 25. gxf3 Nd5 26. Re4 Qc6 27. Rd1 f5 28. Red4 f4 29. e4 Ne3 {Iashvili,A (2455)-Shipov,S (2490) Belgrade 1992 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 15. Nf2 Be6 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5) ({RR} 15. Bb5 Be6 16. O-O Nc5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Nf2 Rac8 22. Nd3 e4 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Rd4 exf3 25. gxf3 Nd5) ({RR} 15. b4 e4 16. Bb5 exf3 17. O-O fxg2 18. Rf4 Ne5 ({RR} 18... Bb7 19. Rd4 Ne5 20. Rxd8 Nf3+ 21. Kf2 Ne4+ 22. Ke2 Nfxd2 23. Rxd2 Nc3+ 24. Kf2 Nxb5) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Qf2 ({RR} 20. e4 Be6 21. Qxg2+ Kh7) 20... Be6) ({RR} 15. Nf2 Be6 16. Bb5 Nc5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Bc4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Ke2 f6 22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. Nd3 Nb3 24. Nc1 Na5 25. Rd3 Ne7 26. Rhd1 Rxd3 27. Nxd3 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Nxc1 Nc4 {Kramnik,V (2480)-Timoshenko,G (2475) Kherson 1991 ½-½}) 15... Bc6 16. Nf2 Nc5 17. Qc3 g5 18. Bg3 Nd5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qd6 Nxe3 21. Ne4 Nc2+ 22. Kf2 Nxa1 23. Nxc5 Qxd6 24. Bxd6 bxc5 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rxa1 Rb8 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Rxa7 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Olanesti"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Cotruta, Alexandru Mihai"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "1861"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. e4 O-O 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Bg5 ({RR} 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Qf3 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Qd7 15. Qxd7 Nxd7 16. g3 Ne7 17. Bd2 Rf8 18. f4 f6 19. Kg2 Kf7 20. h4 Ke8 21. f5 h5 22. Kf3 Rh8 23. Rfb1 Rb8 24. Ke3 Rh7 25. Be2 Kd8 26. Kd3 Kc7 {Wang,H (2743)-Andreikin,D (2727) Moscow 2013 1-0 (90)}) ({RR} 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. f4 Nd7 14. Qe2 Qh4 15. g3 Qe7 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qxc3 19. Bxd6 Bh3 20. Bxf8 Bxf1 21. Rxf1 Rxf8 22. e5 Qd4+ 23. Kg2 Ng4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. e6 Ne5 26. a4 Ke7 {Merkouropoulos,D (1698)-Krallis,C (2330) Thessaloniki GRE 2024 0-1}) 12... h6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 g4 16. f4 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Bg4 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. Be2 Nh5 20. Bxg4 Qxg4 21. Rf3 Rf6 22. Rxf6 Nxf6 23. Re1 Rf8 24. h3 Qg6 25. Kh2 Nh5 26. Re2 Rf1 27. Rb2 b6 28. Re2 Nxg3 {Mitzel,R (1889)-Hanisch,F (2055) Bergen 2010 0-1}) 14... g5 15. Rb1 Qe8 16. Re1 Qg6 17. f3 Nh5 18. g3 Rf7 19. Kh1 b6 20. Rg1 g4 21. f4 exf4 22. gxf4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. e5 Bf5 25. Bxf5 Qxf5 26. e6 Qe4+ 27. Rg2 Rf2 28. Qg1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Olanesti"]
[Date "2019.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Posedaru, Bogdan Stefan"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2337"]
[BlackElo "2225"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Bg2 d6 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. O-O d6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bg5 Rfd8 14. b4 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nd2 Rab8 18. Ne4 cxb4 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. Nh5+ Kf8 21. axb4 Nxb4 22. Rxa7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rbc8 24. Nf6 Rxc4 25. Nd7+ {Kortschnoj,V (2634)-Tiviakov,S (2631) Warsaw 2002 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 10... Qe7 11. O-O d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg5 Nbd7 14. b4 Rac8 15. bxc5 Qxc5 {½-½ (15) Braun,V (2309)-Bilovil,B (2474) Werther GER 2025}) ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Qc2 d5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Rac1 Rfe8 {½-½ (15) Posedaru,B (2381)-Georgescu,T (2474) Targu Mures 2014}) 11. O-O a5 12. Rd1 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qe7 13. Bg5 Rd8 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Na6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nh4 Bxg2 21. Nxg2 Ne4 22. Qd4 f5 23. Nf4 Rc8 24. f3 Nf6 25. Qxd6 {½-½ (25) Grigore,G (2508)-Lanzani,M (2419) Genova 2000}) ({RR} 12... Nbd7 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bb2 Rfd8 15. Rac1 h6 {½-½ (15) Knezevic,M (2505)-Adamski,J (2470) Kiev 1978}) 13. Qd3 d5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bf4 Re8 16. e3 Nbd7 17. Rac1 Nh5 18. Rd2 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Rad8 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Ne5 d4 22. exd4 cxd4 23. Qc4 Re7 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxd4 Rdb8 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Nc6 Re8 28. Nxa5 Ne4 29. Re2 Rbe6 30. f5 Re5 31. Nc6 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch"]
[Site "Olanesti"]
[Date "2019.03.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Talu, Mircea"]
[Black "Dumitru, Matei Ioan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E37"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2019.03.02"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Rxc4 b6 17. e3 bxc5 18. Bd3 Ke7 $146 ({RR} 18... Bb5) 19. Ke2 Bb5 20. Rc3 Bxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Rhd8+ 22. Kc2 Rd5 23. Rd1 Kd6 24. e4 Rxd1 25. Kxd1 Kc6 26. Kc2 Kb5 27. Rd3 Rc7 28. Rd6 c4 29. Kc3 a5 30. Rd4 a4 31. g3 Rb7 32. Rxc4 Rd7 33. Rd4 Rc7+ 34. Kd2 Ka5 35. Rb4 e5 36. h4 g6 37. Ke3 f5 38. f4 exf4+ 39. Kxf4 fxe4 40. Kxe4 Rf7 41. g4 Rf2 42. Ke5 h6 43. Rb8 Rg2 44. Kf4 h5 45. g5 Rg4+ 46. Ke5 Rxh4 47. Kf6 Rf4+ 48. Kxg6 h4 49. Rc8 Rf2 50. Rc5+ Kb6 51. Rc4 Kb5 52. Rb4+ Ka5 53. b3 axb3 54. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U18"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Talu, Mircea"]
[Black "Popa, Eduard Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. e4 c5 6. d5 Qe7 7. Bg5 exd5 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. cxd5 O-O 10. Nf3 Re8 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Bg4 $146 ({RR} 12... Ba6 13. Qa4 b5 14. Bxb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. e5 a6 19. Qb7 Nd7 20. e6 fxe6 21. dxe6 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. e7 Re8 24. Rad1 Kf7 25. Qd5+ Kxe7 26. Rxe5+ Kf6 27. Rf5+ {Zhu,P (1437)-Moni,C (1562) Cambridge ENG 2023 1-0}) ({RR} 12... Ba6 13. Qa4 b5 14. Bxb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Rd8 16. Rfe1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. e5 a6 19. Qb7 Nd7 20. e6 fxe6 21. dxe6 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. e7 Re8 24. Rad1 Kf7 25. Qd5+ Kxe7 26. Rxe5+ Kf6 27. Rf5+ {Zhu,P (1437)-Moni,C (1562) Cambridge ENG 2023 1-0}) 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. a3 Ba5 15. Rfc1 Nd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nf8 18. Bg4 Rd8 19. Nc7 Rac8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21. Nb5 Ra8 22. Rab1 a6 23. Nc7 Ra7 24. Nxa6 Rxa6 25. b4 Nd7 26. Qa4 Qe7 27. Qc6 Ra7 28. bxa5 Rxa5 29. Qc8+ Nf8 30. Rxb6 Rxa3 31. Rb8 g5 32. Rcb1 Kg7 33. R1b7 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. g3 Ng6 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Rxf7 Rh1+ 38. Kxh1 Qxe4+ 39. Kh2 Ne5 40. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "ROM-ch U18"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bobocea, Laurentiu Vlad"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Bd3 h6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O Rac8 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. Bf5 Rce8 19. Rd2 Re5 20. e4 g6 21. f4 Ree8 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Qxe5 24. Bxg6 {Korchynskyi,M (2263)-Zhigalko,S (2572) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (31)}) 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. Rd1 h6 ({RR} 10... Rc8 11. Qc2 c5 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. Be2 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bc6 16. Qc2 Kh8 17. d5 exd5 18. cxd5 Bb7 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Ne4 Qf5 23. Qc3 Rg8 24. Rxg8+ Kxg8 25. Nxf6+) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ng3 c5 13. Be2 Qc7 14. O-O Rac8 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rfd8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Rfd1 d5 19. cxd5 Rxd5 20. Qe1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bxe2 22. Qxe2 Qd8 23. h3 Rd3 24. Nh5 Nxh5 {Nakamura,H (2799)-Jakovenko,D (2738) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (38)}) 10... c5 11. d5 $146 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Qa4 Bb7 13. Nc3 a6 14. f3 h6 15. Bh4 d5 16. Bg3 Qc8 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Bf2 b5 20. Qb3 c4 21. Qc2 Bc6 22. O-O a5 23. e4 Nb6 24. e5 Nh7 25. b4 axb4 {Seifert,V (2342)-Ackermann,H (2287) Germany 2015 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Be2 Rab8 14. Rb1 h6 15. Bh4 Ne5 {½-½ (15) Balla,T (2381)-Medvegy,Z (2561) Hungary 2013}) 11... exd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nc3 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Qd7 16. f3 b5 17. e4 b4 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Ne2 Rfc8 20. Qd2 a5 21. Nd4 Rc4 22. Nc6 Qb7 23. Kf2 Rxe4 24. Rhe1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Qb6+ 26. Kg3 Kf8 27. Re7 Rc8 28. Re2 Qc5 29. Qd3 Rxc6 30. dxc6 Nh5+ 0-1

[Event "ROM-ch U18"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Talu, Mircea"]
[Black "Ciorgovean, Iustin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2254"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Nbd7 9. e3 b6 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Nf3 g5 $146 ({RR} 11... c5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 cxd4 14. Qxd4 e5 15. Qxd6 e4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxe5 exd3 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. b3 Be4 21. f3 Bg6 22. e4 f5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. g4 Bh7 25. Kb2 Rfe8 26. Rhe1 {Pajcin,L (2281)-Moskalenko,A (2422) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (37)}) 12. Bg3 Ne4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. O-O-O f5 15. Rdg1 Bb7 16. h4 g4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. f3 Nh5 19. Be1 Qf6 20. Qd3 gxf3 21. gxf3+ Kh7 22. Rh2 Rg8 23. Rhg2 Rxg2 24. Rxg2 Rg8 25. Rxg8 Kxg8 26. c5 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ROM-ch U18"]
[Site "Calimanesti Caciulata"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Carasca, Bogdan Petru"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E25"]
[WhiteElo "2221"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Gutman,Lev} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 7... Nxd5) 8. e3 c4 9. Ne2 ({RR} 9. g4 Nc6) ({RR} 9. g3 Nc6 10. Nh3) ({RR} 9. e4 dxe4 10. Bxc4 ({RR} 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. Qc1 ({RR} 11. Qd2 Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7 16. O-O Bd5) 11... Nbd7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Ne2 Re8 ({RR} 13... b5 14. Ba2 exf3 15. gxf3 Bb7) 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Bb3 ({RR} 15. Bb5 a6 16. Bxd7 Nxd7) 15... exf3 16. gxf3 b6 17. Kf2 Ba6) 10... O-O 11. fxe4 ({RR} 11. Ne2 exf3 12. gxf3 Bf5 13. O-O Nbd7 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. c4 Re8 16. Rf2 Nh5 17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ne4 Ndf6 19. Nc3 h6) 11... Nxe4 12. Nf3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bd3 Be6 ({RR} 15... Qxc3 16. Qb1) 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ng5 Bc4 18. Bd2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Qc4 20. Qh3 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Nd5 22. Bd2 g6 23. Rae1 Nf6) 9... Nc6 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. g4 ({RR} 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. fxe4 Qa5 13. e5 Re8)) 10. g4 ({RR} 10. Ng3 h5 11. h4 ({RR} 11. Qc2 h4 12. Ne2 Qe7 13. Kf2 g6 ({RR} 13... b5) 14. g4 hxg3+ 15. Nxg3 Be6 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Bg2 Nb3 19. Rae1 O-O-O) ({RR} 11. e4 h4 12. exd5 hxg3 13. dxc6 Rxh2 14. Rg1 Kf8) 11... Qc7 ({RR} 11... Na5 12. e4 Nb3 13. Rb1 Qa5) 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Qe1 ({RR} 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5) 13... Nb3) 10... O-O ({RR} 10... Na5) ({RR} 10... h6) 11. Bg2 Na5 ({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Nf4 ({RR} 12. O-O) 12... b5 ({RR} 12... Na5 13. O-O Nb3 14. Ra2) 13. O-O h6 14. h4 ({RR} 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4 Bxg4 16. Qe1) 14... Rd8 ({RR} 14... Qd8 15. e4 Ne7) 15. g5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na5 20. f4 Nb3 21. Ra2 Bb7 22. Re2 Qd7 23. Re5) 12. O-O Nb3 13. Ra2 ({RR} 13. Rb1) 13... b5 ({RR} 13... h6) ({RR} 13... Qa5 14. g5 Nd7 ({RR} 14... Nh5 15. Qe1 Bd7 16. Qh4 g6 17. e4 Rae8 18. Bf4 Nxf4 19. Qxf4 Bc6 20. h4) 15. e4 Nb6 16. Qe1 ({RR} 16. h3 Na4 ({RR} 16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3 Nc8 19. Re2 Ne7 20. f4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nd5 22. Nc5 Bc6 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Rfe1) 17. Qe1 f6 18. gxf6 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rxf6) 16... f6 ({RR} 16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Bd7 18. Ng3) ({RR} 16... Na4 17. Rc2 Bd7 18. Ng3) 17. gxf6 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Rxf6 19. Ng3 Na4 20. Rc2 Be6 21. e5 Rf7 22. f4 Raf8 23. Qe3) ({RR} 13... h6 14. Ng3 b5 15. e4 dxe4 16. g5 Nd5 17. Rc2 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 exf3 19. Bxf3 Be6 20. gxh6 Qf6 21. Bxd5 {1-0 (21) Abdukhakimov,A (2354)-Campbell,C (2145) chess.com INT 2024}) 14. g5 ({RR} 14. Ng3 a5 15. g5 ({RR} 15. e4) 15... Ne8 16. e4 Nxc1 ({RR} 16... Nc7 17. Be3 Rb8 18. Qe1 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Ne2 bxc3 21. Nxc3 Bb7 22. Qg3 Ra8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Rd1 Bc6) 17. Qxc1 Ra6 ({RR} 17... Rb8 18. Qd2 Nc7 19. e5 Qe7 20. Rb1) 18. e5 Nc7 ({RR} 18... b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 21. cxb4 Qb6 22. Qc3 Nc7 23. f4 Nb5 ({RR} 23... Rb8 24. Ra1) 24. Qe3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd5 c3 27. Rc1 c2 28. Be4 Rc8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke3 Rc4 31. Bd3 Rc3 32. Kxd4 Rxd3+ 33. Kc5) ({RR} 18... g6 19. f4 Ng7 20. Rb2 Rb6 21. Qb1 Qd7 22. f5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 ({RR} 23. Rxf5 gxf5 24. Nh5 Qe7 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. gxf6 Qxa3 27. Qc2 b4 28. Bxd5 Kh8 29. Ra2 b3 30. Rxa3 bxc2 31. Ra1 Be6 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. Rc1 Ra8 34. Rxc2 Kg8 35. Ra2) 23... gxf5 24. h4 h6 25. Bh3 Qe7 26. Bxf5 Qxa3 27. Rg2 Qxc3 28. Bxc8 Qxd4+ 29. Rff2 Qxe5 30. Bf5 Kh8 31. Qc1 Re8 32. g6) 19. f4 ({RR} 19. Rb2 Qe7 20. Rb1 Rb6 21. f4 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. cxb4 Rxb4 ({RR} 23... g6 24. Qe3 Bd7 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Rxb4 28. Rbf1) 24. Qa3 Na6 25. Bxd5 ({RR} 25. Rb2 Qb7 26. Rfb1 Rxb2 27. Qxb2 Qd7 28. Qb6) 25... Qd8 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 Qxd5 28. Qc5) 19... b4 20. axb4 ({RR} 20. a4 b3 ({RR} 20... Rb6 21. f5 bxc3 22. Raf2 Na6 ({RR} 22... Rb3 23. e6 fxe6 24. f6 Rb2 25. Rf3 e5 26. Rxc3 exd4 27. Qxb2 dxc3 28. Qxc3 Ne6 29. Nf5 gxf6 30. Bxd5 Kh8 31. gxf6 Qxd5 32. f7+ Nd4 33. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 34. Nxd4 Kg7 35. Nf5+ Bxf5 36. Rxf5 Rxf7 37. Rxa5) 23. f6 Nb4 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Nd3 29. Qxc3 Rb1+ 30. Bf1 Bh3 31. Qxa5 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qxg5+ 33. Ng3 Bxf1 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Qa7+) 21. Raf2 Bd7 22. f5 Bxa4 23. f6 Bd7 ({RR} 23... g6 24. Qf4 Re8 ({RR} 24... Ne6 25. Qh4 Kh8 26. Bh3) 25. Qh4 Ree6 26. Nf5 gxf5 ({RR} 26... Qf8 27. Ne7+ Kh8 28. Rf3 h5 29. Bh3 Be8 30. Bg4) 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Bxf5 Qg8 29. Rf3 Ne8 30. Rh3 Nxf6 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Qxh7+ Qxh7 33. Rxh7+ Kg8 34. gxf6) 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Nh5+ Kh8 26. Rxf7 ({RR} 26. Nf6 Ne8 27. Nxd5 Be6 28. Nf6 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 Rg8) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Be6 28. Rf6 Qg8 29. g6 hxg6 30. Nf4 ({RR} 30. Qh6+ Qh7 31. Qf8+ Qg8 32. Qh6+ Qh7) 30... Bf7 31. Nxd5 Rxf6 32. Nxf6 Qf8 33. Qg5 Kg7 34. Nh5+ Kh8) ({RR} 20. f5 bxc3 ({RR} 20... b3 21. Raf2 {RR} Kh8 22. Nh5 Rb6 23. Qe3) ({RR} 20... Nb5 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa6 Bxa6 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 ({RR} 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qe3 Bc8 26. cxb4 Nd6) 24... Qb6 25. Qh4 h5 26. Nxh5 bxc3 27. Kh1 Nxd4 28. Ng3 Ne6 29. Nf5 gxf5 30. Qh5 Qb7 31. Bh3 d4+ 32. Bg2) 21. f6 g6 22. Qxc3 ({RR} 22. Qf4 Ne6 23. Qh4 Qb6 24. Ne2 Qb3 25. Nc1 Qb6 26. Ne2) 22... Rb6 23. Qxa5 Rb3) ({RR} 20. Raf2 Nb5 ({RR} 20... bxc3 21. Qxc3 a4 22. Qe3 Rb6 23. f5 Rb3 24. Qf4 Rd3 ({RR} 24... c3 25. f6 Ne6 26. Qh4 Ba6 27. Bh3) 25. Nh5 Nb5 26. e6 Rxd4 27. Qe5 Qxg5 28. Nf4) 21. axb4 axb4 22. cxb4 Nxd4 23. f5 Bb7 ({RR} 23... Nb3 24. Qd1 Bb7 25. Qh5) 24. Nh5 Qb6 25. Qe3 Qa7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Qe5 Bc8 28. b5 Nxb5 29. f6 Ra2 ({RR} 29... Qd4 30. fxg7 Rf5 31. Qb8 Qc5 32. Kh1) 30. Bxd5 Qb6 31. Bxc4 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nd4) 20... axb4 21. Rxa6 Nxa6 22. f5 ({RR} 22. cxb4 Nxb4 23. f5 g6 24. Qd2 Nc6) 22... b3 ({RR} 22... bxc3 23. Qxc3 g6 24. Qe3 ({RR} 24. f6 Nc7 25. Rb1 Ne6 26. Qd2 Qc7 27. Ne2) 24... Nc7 25. h4 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Rxf5 Ne6 28. Rf6 Qa5 29. Kh2) 23. Qf4 ({RR} 23. f6 g6 24. Qf4 Kh8 25. Qh4 b2 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rf4 b1=Q+ 28. Bf1 Qd1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5 Bf5 32. Qxf7 Nc7) ({RR} 23. Nh5 Nc7 24. Qe3 Kh8 25. h4) ({RR} 23. h4 Nc7 24. h5 Ne8 ({RR} 24... Nb5 25. f6 Be6 26. g6 hxg6 27. hxg6 fxg6 28. Qg5 Nxc3 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30. Nh5) 25. Qf4 ({RR} 25. f6 gxf6 26. gxf6 Kh8 27. Ne2 Rg8 28. Nf4 Nc7) 25... Qa5 26. h6 g6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nh5 Bf5 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Nf6+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 f6 32. e6 Qa2 33. Rf2 Qb1+ 34. Kh2 Qe1 35. Nxf6 Bxe6) 23... Nc7 ({RR} 23... Kh8 24. Nh5 Nc7 25. e6 Ne8 ({RR} 25... fxe6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kg8 28. f7+) 26. exf7 Rxf7 27. f6 g6 28. Re1 Nc7 29. Ng7 Kg8 30. h4) 24. f6 ({RR} 24. Qh4 Kh8 25. Nh5 Nb5 ({RR} 25... b2 26. f6 g6 27. Ng7 Nb5 28. Qf2 Nxc3 29. Qxb2 Ne4 30. h4 Kg8 31. Qb4 Qc7) 26. e6 fxe6 27. f6 gxf6 28. Nxf6 Qe7 29. Rf2 Rf7 30. g6 Rg7 31. Nh5 Kg8) 24... g6 ({RR} 24... gxf6 25. Qh4 f5 ({RR} 25... Kh8 26. Rxf6 Ne6 27. Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Rh6 Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qf3 30. Rf6 Qg4 31. Qh6 Kg8 32. Rb6 Be6 33. Kf2 Qg6 34. Qxg6+ hxg6 35. Ke3 Kg7 36. Rb5) 26. Nh5 Ne8 27. Nf4 Be6 28. Rf3 Ng7 29. Rh3 Re8 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Qxh7+ Kf8 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxg7 b2 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Qd6+ Kc8 36. Qa6+ Kc7) 25. Qh4 Ne8 26. Qh6 ({RR} 26. Ne2 Be6 27. Nf4 Qa5 28. Nxe6 ({RR} 28. Bh3 Bxh3 29. Qxh3 b2 30. e6 ({RR} 30. Ne6 Qa1 31. Nxf8 Kxf8 32. e6 Nd6 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. exf7+ Nxf7 35. Qh3 Kd8 36. Qg2 b1=Q 37. Qxd5+) ({RR} 30. Nxg6 hxg6 31. e6 Qa1 32. e7 Nxf6 33. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 34. gxf6 Kg8) 30... Nd6 ({RR} 30... Qa1 31. e7 b1=Q 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 33. Nxd5) 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. Qh6 Nf5 33. Rxf5 b1=Q+ 34. Rf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1) 28... fxe6 29. Bh3 Nc7 ({RR} 29... Qa6 30. Qf2 Rf7 31. Qb2 Ra7 32. Bg4 Kf8 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Qh4 b2 35. Qh6+ Kg8 36. Qh3 Kf8) 30. f7+ Rxf7 31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qf6+ Kd7 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Qf7+ Kd8 37. Qf6+ Kc7 38. Qe7+ Kb8 39. Qxe6) 26... b2 27. Rf4 ({RR} 27. Ne2 Be6 28. Nf4 Qa5 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Bh3 Qa6 31. Bg4 Rf7 32. Qh3 Nc7 33. Qg2 Qa2 34. Qc2 Rf8 35. f7+ Kg7 36. Qf2) 27... b1=Q+ 28. Nf1 ({RR} 28. Bf1 Qd1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Nxh5 gxh5 31. Rxh5 Bf5 32. g6 ({RR} 32. Bh3 Bg6 33. e6 Nxf6 34. gxf6 Qxf6) 32... Bxg6 33. Rg5 Nxf6 ({RR} 33... Qa5 34. Rg3 Qa3 35. h4) 34. exf6 Qxf6 35. Rxd5 Qf3 36. Rc5 Qxc3 37. Rxc4) 28... Qe1 {Anand,V (2775)-Carlsen,M (2870) Chennai 2013 CBM 158 [Gutman,Lev] 0-1} ({RR} 28... Qd1 29. Rh4 Qh5 30. Rxh5 gxh5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Bxd5)) ({RR} 14. a4 bxa4 15. Ng3 ({RR} 15. Rxa4 a5 16. g5 Ne8 17. e4 Nc7 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Ra2 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 a4 21. e5 Rb8 22. f4 Rb3) ({RR} 15. Nf4 Bb7 16. Rxa4 Re8 17. g5 Nd7 18. h4 a5) 15... Nxc1 16. Qxc1 Qa5 17. e4 Rb8 18. g5 Ne8) 14... Nh5 $146 ({RR} 14... Ne8 15. e4 Bb7 16. Bf4 Nd6 17. Ng3 Re8 18. e5 Nc8 19. Be3 a5 20. f4 Nd6 21. f5 Ra6 22. f6 g6 23. Qg4 Ne4 24. Qh4 Kh8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qh6 Rg8 27. Rf4 Qf8 28. Qxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rh4+ {Tsvetkov,A (2398)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2591) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0}) ({RR} 14... Nd7 15. e4 Nb6 16. Bf4 ({RR} 16. e5 Bf5) 16... a5 ({RR} 16... f6 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Qe1) 17. Qe1 Ra7 18. Qg3) ({RR} 14... Nd7 15. e4 Nb6 16. e5 Bf5 17. f4 Na4 18. Rf3 Bb1 19. Rc2 a5 20. Rh3 b4 21. Be3 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 g6 23. axb4 axb4 24. cxb4 Nb6 25. f5 Qd7 26. Ng3 Ra1+ 27. Bf1 Nc8 28. Rh6 Ne7 29. Qg2 {Gardner,R (2202)-Shabalov,A (2534) Calgary 2012 0-1 (37)}) 15. e4 f5 16. gxf6 Nxc1 ({RR} 16... Qxf6 17. Be3 a5 18. Nc1 Nxc1 19. Qxc1 Rb8 20. Rb2 Qe7 21. Qd2 Rb6 22. e5 Bf5 23. Kh1 Bd3 24. Rg1 Rf7 25. Bg5) 17. Qxc1 Qxf6 18. e5 Qg6 19. f4 Be6 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Bf3 Bh3 22. Rg1 Qd3 23. Bg2 Bxg2+ 24. Rxg2 Rf7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rb8 27. Rb4 Rxb4 28. cxb4 Qf3 29. Ng1 Qe4 30. Qc2 Qxd4 31. Ne2 Qe3 32. Qd1 Qf3 33. Qg1 Nxf4 34. Nxf4 Qxf4 35. e6 Rc7 36. Qe1 Re7 37. Kg1 d4 38. Rf2 Qg4+ 39. Kf1 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2019.09.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Pisu, Robert Daniel"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2244"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Galati Acs Pro Logos"]
[BlackTeam "Cluj Napoca"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Bb7 9. Nge2 ({RR} 9. f3 c5 10. Nge2 cxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Ne4 Nc6 15. Qa4 a6 16. a3 b5 17. Qd1 Na5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Bf2 Nb2 20. Qd2 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Bc4 22. Qd2 a5 23. Nc5 axb4 {Gudmundsson,G (1834)-Kucuksari,K (2331) Stockholm 2021 0-1 (41)}) 9... g5 $146 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. O-O d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qa4 Be7 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 c6 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Rc2 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. Rfc1 c5 19. dxc5 Rxc5 20. Rd1 b5 21. Rcd2 g5 22. Bg3 Nb6 23. Rd4 a5 24. a3 {Michaelsen,N (2415)-Mueller,O (2345) Germany 1993 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 9... c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. Qd2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 exd5 16. cxd5 Re8 17. Rfe1 g5 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. f4 g4 20. Bh4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. f5 Bc8 24. Qe2 {Lenic,L (2641)-Durarbayli,V (2616) Chess.com INT 2017 0-1 (66)}) 10. Bg3 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bf3 12. h4 g4 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Nbd7 15. Nb1 Nh5 16. Nd2 Nxg3 17. Nxf3 gxf3 18. Be4 Rc8 19. Bb7 Rb8 20. Bxf3 Kh8 21. Rxg3 c5 22. O-O-O cxd4 23. exd4 Rc8 24. Kb1 Qf6 25. Qd3 Rg8 26. Rdg1 Rxg3 27. fxg3 Rg8 28. Qe3 e5 29. dxe5 Nxe5 30. Bd5 Rg4 31. Qe2 Qg6+ 32. Ka2 Rxg3 33. Rxg3 Qxg3 34. Qe4 Kg7 35. Qh1 Qg4 36. Kb3 f5 37. Be6 Qf3+ 38. Qxf3 Nxf3 39. Kc3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "ROM-chT"]
[Site "Mamaia"]
[Date "2019.09.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.09.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Timisoara Medicina"]
[BlackTeam "Cluj Napoca"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ROU"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nge2 ({RR} 7. Nh3 c5 8. d5 exd5 9. cxd5 d6 10. Nf4 Nbd7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Be2 a6 13. a3 Ba5 14. Rb1 b5 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Bb6 17. Bc1 Rc8 18. Bb2 Re8 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Ba1 Qf5 21. Rb3 h6 {Abdusattorov,N (2783)-Maghsoodloo,P (2719) Vrnjacka Banja SRB 2024 1-0 (53)}) 7... c5 ({RR} 7... d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Re8 10. a3 Bd6 11. b4 a6 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. a4 Nf8 14. b5 a5 15. Ng3 {½-½ (15) Talukdar,R (2362)-Sorensen,H (2436) Upplands Vasby SWE 2025}) 8. a3 $146 ({RR} 8. d5 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 exd5 11. cxd5 Nbd7 12. e4 Qc8 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 a5 15. b5 Nc5 16. Qb1 Qe8 17. O-O Qe5 18. Bc2 Ng4 19. g3 Qh5 20. h4 f5 21. Bf4 fxe4 22. Bxd6 Rxf2 {Krishna Teja,N (2374)-Lalith,B (2563) Pune 2022 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. exd4 d5 12. b3 Re8 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Ng3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Ne7 16. Qd2 Ng6 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. f3 Red8 19. Kh1 Qf4 20. Qe2 Qh4 21. Qf2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Rd7 {Milikow,Y (2309)-Savic,M (2450) Banja Vrujci 2021 ½-½ (44)}) 8... Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Bxe4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Qd6 Nc6 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Qg3 e5 15. O-O Qc7 16. Rd2 d6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h4 Bf5 19. Nf4 Ne7 20. Nh5 Ng6 21. Qg5 Be6 22. f4 f6 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. e4 Bxc4 25. f5 Nf8 26. Ba5 Qf7 27. Bxd8 Rxd8 28. Qg4 Bb3 29. Rc1 c4 30. Rc3 a5 31. Rd5 Qa7+ 32. Kh2 a4 33. Rg3 c3 34. Ra5 Qf7 35. Rxc3 d5 36. exd5 g6 37. Ng3 Rxd5 38. Rxd5 Qxd5 39. Rc8 Qf7 40. h5 g5 41. h6 Kg8 42. Qb4 Bd5 43. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Romanian op"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2019.10.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Manolache, Marius"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2019.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Qf3 ({RR} 6. Nge2 Ba6 7. Ng3 d5 8. Qf3 c5 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nbd7 12. cxd5 Bxf1 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Kxf1 e5 15. Bc3 Nc5 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Kg1 Rad8 18. h3 Nd3 19. f3 h5 20. e4 Qe6 {Maghsoodloo,P (2701)-Naiditsch,A (2660) Toledo 2021 1-0}) 6... d5 ({RR} 6... c6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Nge2 d5 9. a3 Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nf4 Re8 13. b4 Nf8 14. Rac1 Ng6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. h3 a5 17. b5 c5 18. a4 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. Be1 Bb8 21. Ne2 {Agasarov,B (2249)-Sanchez,R (1971) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (36)}) 7. Bd3 Ba6 8. Nge2 $146 ({RR} 8. Nh3 Nbd7 9. Qe2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 c5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qe7 14. a3 Bxc3 15. Bxc3 Nd5 16. Rac1 N7f6 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Ng4 20. g3 Ne5 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe4 Nf6 {Krouzel,J (2255)-Tunik,G (2490) Pardubice 1993 0-1}) 8... Nbd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 c5 11. Bc2 Bxc4 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Qh3 Ne4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qg3 f5 16. Nf4 Nf6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Be5 Rad8 19. f3 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Qd7+ 21. Kc1 Bb3 22. Qe1 Rd8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Qe2 Kh8 26. Re1 e5 27. Nh3 c4 28. Nf2 Qc6 29. Nd1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rd3 31. Kb1 Qb6 32. Rf1 c3 33. Qc2 Rxe3 34. Ka2 Qxb2+ 35. Qxb2 cxb2 36. Rxf6 Rb3 37. Kb1 e3 38. Rf5 Rb5 39. Rf3 Rb3 40. Rf5 e4 41. Rf4 Rxa3 42. Kxb2 Ra4 43. Rf1 Rd4 44. Kc3 Rd3+ 45. Kc4 Rd2 46. Re1 e2 47. g4 Kg7 48. h4 Kf6 49. Kc3 e3 50. Kc4 Ke5 51. g5 Kf5 0-1

[Event "Romanian op"]
[Site "Alba Iulia"]
[Date "2019.11.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Secheres, Adrian Simion"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2288"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2019.10.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192 Extra"]
[Source "Chessbase"]
[SourceDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.11.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 Bb7 9. f3 c5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Ne2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. O-O Rfe8 15. Rab1 Bc6 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Qd2 Ba6 18. Rbc1 Qc6 19. Qd1 b5 20. cxb5 Bxb5 21. c4 Ba6 22. Kh1 cxd4 23. exd4 Qa8 24. Qa4 Bb7 25. Nc3 Rc6 26. d5 Ra6 27. Qd1 {Cuenca Jimenez,J (2526)-Martinez Lopez,D (2305) Linares 2015 ½-½ (70)}) 13. O-O e5 14. Bf5 g5 15. Bf2 Qe7 16. d5 Nh5 17. g4 Ng7 18. Ng3 Nf8 19. a4 Bc8 20. Bd3 Qf6 21. Kg2 Ng6 22. Bxg6 Qxg6 23. Qxg6 fxg6 24. Ne4 Rd8 25. a5 Ba6 26. axb6 Bxc4 27. Rfd1 Ne8 28. bxa7 Rd7 29. h4 gxh4 30. Bxh4 Rdxa7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Rb1 Bxd5 33. Rb8 Bxe4 34. Rxe8+ Kf7 35. Rd8 Ra2+ 36. Bf2 Ke7 37. Rh8 Bb1 38. Rxh6 Rc2 39. e4 Rxc3 40. Bh4+ Ke8 41. Rxg6 Rd3 42. Rg8+ Kf7 43. Rc8 Bc2 44. Rc7+ Kg6 45. Be7 Bd1 46. Rc6 Bxf3+ 47. Kf2 Bxe4 48. Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arad op 13th"]
[Site "Arad"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antonica, Dragos Andrei"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bb1 d4 15. Ne2 Qd5 16. Rf2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 d3 18. Nc3 Qc4 19. Nd1 $146 ({RR} 19. b3 Qe6 20. b4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxd3 Rad8 23. Bxe4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qe7 25. a3 a5 26. Rdc2 axb4 27. Rxc7 Qe6 28. axb4 Qb3 29. R1c3 Qxb4 30. Bd5 Qa5 31. e4 h5 32. Kf2 b5 33. R3c5 Qd2+ {Ma,L (2211)-Zhao,C (2410) Kavala GRE 2023 ½-½ (38)}) 19... Qb5 20. b4 Ne4 21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Nxf2 23. Nxf2 Bd5 24. a3 c5 25. e4 Bb3 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rfc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Kf1 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 a5 31. Kd2 Ra1 32. Kc3 Rxa3 33. Bb1 Ba4+ 34. Kb2 Rb3+ 35. Ka2 Re3 36. Bd3 Bc2 37. Bc4 Bb3+ 38. Bxb3 Re2+ 39. Ka3 Rxf2 40. e6 fxe6 41. Bxe6+ Kf8 42. Bh3 Rxf4 43. Ka4 Rxe4+ 44. Kxa5 Rh4 45. Kb5 g5 46. Bf5 Rxh2 47. Be4 Rh4 48. Bb7 Rd4 49. Kc5 Rd2 50. Bd5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc GP RO Stage 3"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bd2 b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bc3 Nbd7 14. Qd2 a6 15. Ba5 Nb6 16. Nbc3 Qd6 17. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 17. Nf4 Bb7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Na4 Qa7 22. Nxc5 Rec8 23. b4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rd8 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Ne2 Qb6 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Nd4 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 Qc7 31. a4 Qc3 {Grischuk,A (2777)-Karjakin,S (2752) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½ (39)}) 17... g6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Qa5 Rac8 22. Bf3 d4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 dxe3 27. fxe3 Qxb2 28. Qg5 Re6 29. Nf5 Qe5 30. h4 h5 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arad op 13th"]
[Site "Arad"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Antonica, Dragos Andrei"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E52"]
[WhiteElo "2301"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2020.09.25"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 198 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.11.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bb1 d4 15. Ne2 Qd5 16. Rf2 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 d3 18. Nc3 Qc4 19. Nd1 $146 ({RR} 19. b3 Qe6 20. b4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bxd3 Rad8 23. Bxe4 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Qe7 25. a3 a5 26. Rdc2 axb4 27. Rxc7 Qe6 28. axb4 Qb3 29. R1c3 Qxb4 30. Bd5 Qa5 31. e4 h5 32. Kf2 b5 33. R3c5 Qd2+ {Ma,L (2211)-Zhao,C (2410) Kavala GRE 2023 ½-½ (38)}) 19... Qb5 20. b4 Ne4 21. Qxd3 Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Nxf2 23. Nxf2 Bd5 24. a3 c5 25. e4 Bb3 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rfc8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Kf1 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 a5 31. Kd2 Ra1 32. Kc3 Rxa3 33. Bb1 Ba4+ 34. Kb2 Rb3+ 35. Ka2 Re3 36. Bd3 Bc2 37. Bc4 Bb3+ 38. Bxb3 Re2+ 39. Ka3 Rxf2 40. e6 fxe6 41. Bxe6+ Kf8 42. Bh3 Rxf4 43. Ka4 Rxe4+ 44. Kxa5 Rh4 45. Kb5 g5 46. Bf5 Rxh2 47. Be4 Rh4 48. Bb7 Rd4 49. Kc5 Rd2 50. Bd5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Miercurea Ciuc GP RO Stage 3"]
[Site "Miercurea Ciuc"]
[Date "2022.08.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kostov, Deyan Samuil"]
[Black "Talu, Mircea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E48"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2022.08.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ROU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 209 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bd2 b6 10. Rc1 c5 11. Nb5 Bf8 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. Bc3 Nbd7 14. Qd2 a6 15. Ba5 Nb6 16. Nbc3 Qd6 17. Ng3 $146 ({RR} 17. Nf4 Bb7 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Qc2 Rab8 20. Bxb6 Qxb6 21. Na4 Qa7 22. Nxc5 Rec8 23. b4 Nd7 24. Nxd7 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rd8 26. Nxf8 Kxf8 27. Ne2 Qb6 28. Rb1 Rc8 29. Nd4 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 Qc7 31. a4 Qc3 {Grischuk,A (2777)-Karjakin,S (2752) Lichess.org INT 2020 ½-½ (39)}) 17... g6 18. Be2 Bb7 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Qa5 Rac8 22. Bf3 d4 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 dxe3 27. fxe3 Qxb2 28. Qg5 Re6 29. Nf5 Qe5 30. h4 h5 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Nf5+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Kg7 34. Nf5+ Kg8 35. Nh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

