[Event "Interzonal-13b"]
[Site "Taxco"]
[Date "1985.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1985.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz,Christopher} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. bxc4 e5 10. O-O Re8 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Rfe1 e4 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 Ng4 16. Nf1 Qg5 17. c5 ({RR} 17. e4 Ne6 18. Rad1 ({RR} 18. e5 Nxd4 19. exd6 Bd7 20. Rxe8+ ({RR} 20. Qd2 Qc5 21. Kh1 Ne2 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 Nf2+) 20... Rxe8 21. Ne4 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxe4 23. fxg4 Rxg4+ 24. Ng3 h5 25. Re1 h4 26. Re5 Qh6 27. Qc1 Qxd6 28. c5 Qd3 29. Re3 Qd5 30. Re5 Qxa2 31. Qd2 hxg3 32. h3 Rg6) 18... Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Nxh2 20. Nxh2 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1 ({RR} 21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Qxe1+) 21... Be5 22. Rd3 Be6 23. Ne2 ({RR} 23. Nd1 Bg3 24. Ree3 ({RR} 24. Re2 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Ne3 Qh4) ({RR} 24. Nf2 b5) 24... Bf4 25. Re2 ({RR} 25. Re1) 25... b5) 23... Bxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxc4 25. Rd7 b5 26. Kf2 Qc5+ 27. Qd4 Qb6 28. Qxb6 axb6 29. Rb7 Bxa2 30. Rxb6 Rab8 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 {Gelfand,B (2692)-Anand,V (2769) Monte Carlo 2000 CBM 076 [Lutz,Christopher] ½-½ (37)}) 17... Bc7 18. e4 Ne6 19. Ne2 $146 ({RR} 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. h3 Nh6 21. Ne2 Qg6 22. h4 Nf4 23. Nxf4 Bxf4 24. Bc1 Bxc1 25. Qxc1 f5 26. d5 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Bf5 28. Bxf5 Nxf5 29. d6 b6 30. Ne3 bxc5 31. Qc4+ Kh8 32. Nxf5 Qxf5 33. Re7 Rf8 {Jelling,E (2400)-Savchenko,S (2505) Norresundby 1992 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 19. Na4 Nf4 20. Kh1 Nd3 21. Re2 Nxb2 22. Nxb2 Be6 23. Nc4 Qf4 24. d5 Nxh2 25. dxe6 Nxf1 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Kg1 Ng3 28. Rd2 Kg8 29. Rd7 Kh8 30. Qb2 Be5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Rad1 Rf8 33. Rxb7 Nxe4 {Keilhack,H (2232)-Lai,H (2480) Germany GER 2022 ½-½ (34)}) 19... Bxh2+ 20. Nxh2 Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nxe4+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ 24. Kg1 Nd3+ 25. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Agzamov, Georgy"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1981.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 ({RR} 4... Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 {½-½ (13) Sarre,S (2080)-Zoebisch,H (2194) Graz 2006}) 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qc2 Bb6 12. Ng5 g6 13. Qd2 d4 ({RR} 13... Nd4 14. Nf3 Qf6 15. Rd1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18. Bxf4 Rac8 ({RR} 18... Rad8) 19. Rac1 ({RR} 19. Bxd5 Rc2 20. Bh6 Re8 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. e3 Rf6 23. Rf1 Rxb2 24. Rac1 Rc6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Rd1 f5) 19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 f6 21. a4 g5 22. Bd2 Bd4 23. b4 a6 24. Rd1 Be5 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Bb6 Rd7 27. e3 Bc3 28. Bc5 {Smyslov,V (2550)-Alburt,L (2575) Subotica 1987 CBM 003 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (47)}) 14. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qf4 Qe7 15. Bd2 Bf5 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 f6 18. e4 dxe3 19. Bxe3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Qf7 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Red8 23. Qb4 Rd7 24. Rae1 Rad8 25. h4 b6 26. Re7 Qf8 27. Bc6 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 Kh8 {Akesson,R-Svensson,B Lulea 1980 1-0 (104)}) ({RR} 14. Qf4 Bc7 15. Qh4 h5 16. h3 Kg7 17. Bf4 f6 18. Bxc7 Qxc7 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Qxd4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Ne4 Bxh3 23. Rfc1 Rf7 24. Rc4 Rd7 25. Rb4 Bf5 26. Nc3 Rd6 27. f3 Rc8 28. Kf2 Be6 {Santos,L (2365)-Milos,G (2380) Poznan 1983 1-0 (43)}) 14... Qe7 15. Qh6 f6 16. e3 d3 17. Bd2 Bf5 18. Bc3 Be4 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Nb4 21. Ng5 fxg5 22. Bxe4 d2 23. Re2 Nxa2 24. Bd4 Nc1 25. Rexd2 Nb3 26. Re2 Bxd4 27. exd4 Qf6 28. d5 Nd4 29. Red2 Rde8 30. Bg2 Nb3 31. h4 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 gxh4 33. Qxh4 Qe5 34. Qd4 Qxd4 35. Rxd4 Re2 36. d6 Rxb2 37. d7 Rd8 38. Bh3 Rb6 39. Rc4 Kf7 40. Kg2 a5 41. Rf4+ Ke7 42. Rh4 h5 43. Re4+ Kd6 44. f4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "Candidates reserve match"]
[Site "Malmo"]
[Date "1983.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Qd2 Nb6 15. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 16. Rxe1 Bg4 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nd7 19. Re3 Nf6 20. h3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 20... Bf5 21. Qe1 Qxd4 22. Re7 Bg6 23. Rxb7 Re8 24. Qd1 Qc5 25. Qd2 a6 26. Ne2 Ne4 27. Qf4 Nf6 28. Qd4 Ne4 29. f3 Rd8 30. Qxc5 Nxc5 31. Rc7 Nxb3 32. axb3 Rd6 33. Nc3 Bc2 34. b4 Bd3 35. Ne4 {Zaid,L (2365)-Giorgadze,T (2495) Nikolaev 1983 ½-½ (41)}) 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Qf8 23. Qf4 Re8 24. Rxe8 Qxe8 25. Kh2 a5 26. Qc7 Qe4 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxd7+ Kg8 29. Kg3 Qd3+ 30. f3 Qd2 31. b3 b5 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qe4+ Kh8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kh8 37. a4 Qc3 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. Qe4+ Kh8 40. axb5 cxb5 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qxb5 Qxd4 43. Qxa5 Qd6+ 44. Kf2 Qd4+ 45. Ke2 Qb2+ 46. Qd2 Qxb3 47. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 48. Kxd3 Kg6 49. Ke4 Kf6 50. f4 h5 51. f5 1-0

[Event "Riga Junior-ch Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.03.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Apsitis"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1949.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. a3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 ({RR} 11. Be2 Bb7 12. O-O Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nb3 14. Rb1 b4 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 a5 18. f3 Ke7 19. Kf1 e5 20. Rd1 e4 21. Ra1 Rhd8 22. Bd2 exf3 23. gxf3 Nd5 24. Nxd5+ Rxd5 25. Bxb4+ axb4 {Cerveny,M (2320)-Petr,M (2452) Litomysl 2009 0-1 (48)}) 11... Bb7 ({RR} 11... Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 Bb7 13. Ke2 Rc8 14. Bd2 Bd6 15. Rac1 Ke7 16. h3 Rc7 17. Rhd1 Rhc8 18. Kf1 Ncd7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Bb1 Nc4 21. Rc2 Ba8 22. f3 Bb7 23. Nde2 Bc5 24. Kf2 Nd7 25. Bc1 f5 26. Ba2 {Davidov,L (2022)-Chyndygyr,T (2244) Belgrade SRB 2026 0-1 (40)}) 12. b4 Nce4 $146 ({RR} 12... Ncd7 13. O-O Qc7 14. Bb2 Bd6 15. h3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Bb3 O-O 18. Rac1 Qe7 19. e4 e5 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21. Nd5 Nbxd5 22. Bxd5 Nh5 23. Qe3 Nf4 24. h4 Bb8 25. Rc2 Bg4 26. g3 Nh5 27. Kg2 {Serna Escobar,G (1794)-Panesso,L (1916) San Andres Islas 2014 0-1 (84)}) ({RR} 12... Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1 Nd3+ 14. Ke2 Nxc1+ 15. Rxc1 Be7 16. Bc2 Rc8 17. Bd3 O-O 18. Rhd1 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 Bd6 21. e4 Bf4 22. Nd2 Ng4 23. Nd1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Nxh2 26. f3 Bxd2 27. Kxd2 {Eimer,C (1541)-Mehling,F (1690) Oberhof 2013 0-1 (50)}) 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Ne4 16. Rc1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Bd6 18. O-O O-O 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Rc2 Be4 21. Rd2 Be7 22. f3 Bg6 23. Rff2 Rc3 24. e4 Rxa3 25. Ra2 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Bxb4 27. Nc6 Bc5+ 28. Kf1 f5 29. exf5 Bxf5 30. Rxa6 b4 31. Ra5 Bd6 32. Bb3 Kh8 33. Ke1 h6 34. Rb5 Bxh2 35. Rxb4 Bg3+ 36. Ke2 Ra8 37. Nd4 Ra1 {[#]} 38. Rb8+ $2 (38. Nxf5 Re1+ 39. Kd2 exf5 $15) 38... Kh7 $2 (38... Bxb8 $19) 39. Nxe6 $2 (39. Rb5 $15) 39... Bxe6 $19 (39... Bxb8 $19) 40. Bc2+ g6 41. Rb7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Biella Vercelli Province-ch"]
[Site "Santhia"]
[Date "2013.03.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Avetta, Gianmario"]
[Black "Tala, Massimiliano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "1752"]
[BlackElo "1891"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.03.08"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 h6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 11. Ne5 c5 12. f4 Rc8 13. Qb1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Ng4 16. h3 Bg5 17. Nf3 Be3+ 18. Kh1 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxf2 20. Qf1 dxc4 21. bxc4 Bg3 22. Ba3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxd4 24. Rd1 Qxe5 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Liu,K (2009)-Zhang,L (2195) Changsha 2019 0-1 (50)}) 11... Rc8 12. Rfe1 c5 13. Qd1 Ne4 14. Qe2 Ndf6 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. exd4 Bb4 18. Red1 Qe7 19. f4 exf3 20. Ndxf3 Rfe8 21. Qe3 Bd6 22. Kh1 Nh7 23. Rf1 Rf8 24. Rf2 Nf6 25. h3 Ne4 26. Rfc2 Ng3+ 27. Kg1 Nf5 28. Qf2 Bb4 29. g4 Nd6 30. Qh4 Ne4 31. Qxe7 Bxe7 32. Kf1 Bd6 33. Ke2 f5 34. Rg1 fxg4 35. Rxg4 Bxe5 36. dxe5 Rcd8 37. Ke3 Ng5 38. Nd4 Rde8 39. h4 Nf7 40. Nb5 h5 41. Rg3 Nh6 42. Rg5 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Ref8 44. Nd6 Rf2+ 45. Ke1 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 13th Group1"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1975.07.15"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. Qc2 O-O 9. O-O Bc7 10. Bd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qe7 ({RR} 11... h6 12. Ba2 Re8 13. Qb3 Re7 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Bb4 c5 16. dxc5 Ndxc5 17. Qc2 b6 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. b4 Na6 21. Bb1 g6 22. Qc4 Bb7 23. Be4 Rc8 24. Bxb7 Bxh2+ 25. Nxh2 Rxc4 26. Bxa6 {Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Kuijf,M (2470) Beersheba 1987 1-0 (71)}) ({RR} 11... e5 12. Ba2 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. h3 Nbd5 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bb1 g6 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bb3 21. Rc1 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Bd5 23. Ne5 b5 24. Bf4 Nh5 25. Bh6 {½-½ (25) Donaldson,J (2465)-Shipman,W (2239) Reno 2002}) 12. Ne4 Nxe4 $146 ({RR} 12... a5 13. Ng3 e5 14. Nf5 Qe8 15. e4 exd4 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. e5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Qc8 19. Qxc8 Rfxc8 20. Bb3 Nfd5 21. Nxd4 Nd7 22. e6 Nc5 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Bc4 Re8 25. Rc1 Bb6 26. Nf5 Ne4 27. Be3 {Furman,S-Taimanov,M Moscow 1949 1-0 (52)}) 13. Qxe4 a5 14. Ba2 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bc3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Be6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. h3 h6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bd3 ({RR} 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. d5 exd5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Qf4 Qe7 19. Nd4 g6 20. h4 Rfe8 21. f3 Nc5 22. Qg3 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rc4 24. Nf5 Qc5+ 25. Kh2 Rc3 26. Rxc3 Qxc3 27. Re3 Qc5 {Vidit,S (2703)-Abdusattorov,N (2598) Biel 2019 ½-½ (58)}) ({RR} 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qf4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Rd7 {½-½ (19) Bukic,E-Tal,M Kapfenberg 1970}) 13... h6 ({RR} 13... b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Bb1 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Qe7 18. Qb2 Rc8 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. f3 h6 21. Nb3 Qc3 22. Qe2 Ba6 23. Qf2 Qb4 24. g4 Rc3 25. Rd1 Bc4 26. Nd2 Qa4 27. Qe1 Bxa2 28. Bxa2 {Smietanska,W (1964)-Wiech,G (2140) Warsaw POL 2023 0-1 (39)}) 14. Qf4 $146 ({RR} 14. Rac1 b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Bb1 Qe7 18. Ne5 Nd7 {½-½ (18) Muth,A (2053)-Hoppe,M (1973) Marburg 2006}) ({RR} 14. h4 b6 15. Qf4 Bb7 16. Rad1 Qb8 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qg4 Qc8 19. h5 Ba6 20. Rc1 Bxd3 21. Rxc8 Raxc8 22. Ra1 Rc3 23. Nd2 Rfc8 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 b5 26. Kh2 b4 27. Re1 Ra3 28. Re2 Rf8 {Rocha,S (2438)-Ulyanovskyy,V (2296) Beja 2010 ½-½ (34)}) 14... Bd7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. h4 Rc3 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. e5 Bc6 19. Nh2 Nd5 20. Qe4 Nf6 21. Qe2 Nd5 22. Qe4 Nf6 23. Qf4 Nd5 24. Qd2 Ba4 25. Ra1 Bc2 26. Bxc2 Rxc2 27. Qd3 Rc8 28. Ng4 Qc4 29. Qxc4 R2xc4 30. Red1 Nc3 31. Ne3 Rb4 32. Rd2 Rd8 33. Rc2 Nb5 34. a3 Ra4 35. Rb2 a6 36. Nc2 h5 37. g3 Rd7 38. Rd1 Rc4 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Rd3 Ke7 41. Rd2 Kd8 42. Rb4 Nxa3 43. Rxc4 Nxc4 44. Rd3 Nxe5 45. Rc3 Nc6 46. Rc4 Kc7 0-1

[Event "URS-ch46 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Bb1 ({RR} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb1 Qxd1 14. Rcxd1 Rfc8 15. Nd4 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Rc1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Bf6 20. Rcd1 Rd8 21. Bc2 Rac8 22. Rfe1 Kf8 23. Nde2 Nd7 24. Rb1 Nb6 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Bg7 {Iliushkin,E (2281)-Ziatdinov,R (2413) Izhevsk 2011 ½-½ (100)}) ({RR} 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 c4 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. h4 Rfd8 20. g3 h6 21. Nf3 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Nd4 Nc5 24. Rc2 Nd3 25. Kf1 Rd6 26. Ke2 Rf6 {Finegold,B (2400)-Tuguldur,S (2088) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (75)}) 12... Rc8 13. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qe2 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Nxe4 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd3 Qf6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 Rc8 22. Kf1 Nf6 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. e4 Ke7 25. Bd3 Nd7 26. Bb1 {½-½ (26) Riumin,N-Rauzer,V Leningrad 1934}) ({RR} 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Qc2 g6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne4 c4 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Nd6 Rcd8 20. e4 Nf6 21. exf6 {1-0 (21) Tsvetkov,A-Zgurev,G Sofia 1945}) 13... Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15. Ne4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 dxe3 17. Bxf6 exf2+ 18. Kf1 Bxf6 19. Nc5 g6 20. Nxd7 Bxb2 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Kxf2 Qh4+ 23. Kg2 Rc8 24. Qe3 Qe7 25. Be4 Kg7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Nb6 Rc3 28. Qd4+ e5 29. Qd2 Rb3 30. Nd5 Qh4 31. Bc2 Rb7 32. Re1 a3 33. Re4 Qd8 34. Ra4 Rb6 35. Be4 Rd6 36. f4 exf4 37. Bf3 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Qe5 39. Kg2 Qf5 40. Qd1 Qg5+ 41. Kf2 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "World-ch22 Tal-Botvinnik +6-2=13"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.04.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal/Mueller,H"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1960.03.15"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Atalik,Suat 1) Tal: Match Botvinnik-Tal. 1961. Reprinted in 2) Kirillov,V: Mikhail Tal 1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.239-245. 3) Müller,Hans:Botwinnik lehrt Schach.Berlin.1967. S.166-168.} Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 (5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Alekhine,A AVRO Holland 1938}) 5... Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 (6... a6 7. b3 {1-0 Osnos,V-Aronin,L URS-ch sf Leningrad 1956}) (6... Ne4 $5) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 (10. Qc2 Ne5 (10... a5 $142 $11) 11. O-O-O {½-½ Tal,M-Aronin,L URS-ch24 Moscow 1957 (17)}) 10... exd5 11. Nb5 ({RR} 11. Be2 Be6 12. Nb5 Be7 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nbd4 Bf6 15. Rc1 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qd6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd4 a5 19. Ne5 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. Nd3 b6 22. Bd1 Raa8 23. Ne5 Rfc8 24. Be2 Ra4 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {Pubantz,J (2268)-Arakelian,A (2052) Willingen 2021 ½-½ (36)}) 11... Bb8 12. Be2 (12. Nbd4 Ne5 (12... Qe7) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc6 Bxb2 $5 15. Nxd8 Bc3+ 16. Ke2 Rxd8 17. Rc1 d4 $13 18. Rxc3 Bg4+) 12... a5 $146 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. O-O Be6 14. Nbd4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qd6 16. g3 Bh3 17. Re1 a6 18. Bf3 Ne4 19. Bg4 Qf6 20. Bf3 {½-½ (20) Gereben,E-Knudsen,O Oslo 1976}) ({RR} 12... Ne4 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nbd4 Re8 ({RR} 14... Qd6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Be5 Qh6 17. Bxb8 Raxb8 ({RR} 17... Nc3 18. Bf4) 18. Qd4) 15. b5 Ne7 ({RR} 15... Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be5 17. Nxe5 Bxe2 18. Rfc1 ({RR} 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qxg7+ Ke6 20. Rfc1 Qg5) 18... f6 ({RR} 18... Bxb5 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Rc7+) 19. Nd3) ({RR} 15... Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd4) 16. Nd2 Qd6 17. f4 ({RR} 17. g3 Bxe2 ({RR} 17... Bh3 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Re1 Qg6 ({RR} 19... Qd7 20. Nb3) ({RR} 19... Qh6 20. Bg4) 20. Bh5 Qg5 21. f4 exf3 22. Bxf3 Bc8 23. Qb3 Ng6 24. Bd5 Ne5 25. Rf1 Qh5 26. Rf4) 18. Qxe2 Qg6 19. N2f3 Bd6 20. Rfd1) 17... Bxe2 18. Qxe2 ({RR} 18. Nxe4 Bxd1 ({RR} 18... Qxf4 19. exf4 Bxd1 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Raxd1) 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Rfxd1 Bc5 21. Kf2) 18... Nxd2 19. Qxd2 a6 ({RR} 19... Bc7 20. a4 Bb6 21. f5) 20. Kh1 ({RR} 20. a4 Ba7 21. f5 f6 ({RR} 21... Bxd4 22. Qxd4 f6 23. e4) 22. g4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Qd7 24. Qd3 axb5 ({RR} 24... Nc8 25. Rac1 Nd6 26. Bb6 Re5 ({RR} 26... Nc8 27. Bc7) 27. Rc5 Qf7 28. bxa6 bxa6 29. Rc7 Qe8 30. a5 Nc4 31. g5 fxg5 32. f6) 25. axb5 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Nc8 27. Rd1) 20... Ba7 21. f5 f6 22. a4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 ({RR} 23. Bxd4 axb5 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Qc5) 23... axb5 24. axb5 Rxa1 25. Bxa1 Rc8 26. Qd3 Qb4 27. Bd4 {Atalik,S (2561)-Ehlvest,J (2614) Lake George 2005 CBM 107 [Atalik,Suat] 0-1 (43)} {RR} Rc4 28. g4 Qxb5 29. g5 fxg5 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. f6+ Kh6 32. fxe7 Qd7 33. Rf6+ Kg7 34. Qf5 Qxe7 ({RR} 34... Qxf5 35. e8=N+) 35. Re6) ({RR} 12... Be6 13. O-O Ng4 14. h3 Nf6 15. Qc2 Ne4 16. Nbd4 Qd6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Be5 Qe7 19. Bxb8 Raxb8 20. Bd3 f5 21. Nd4 Rbc8 22. Nxc6 Qd6 23. b5 Bd7 24. Rfc1 Rf6 25. f3 Ng5 26. f4 Ne4 27. Bxe4 {Zeynalov,F (2099)-Abdullaev,M (2215) Baku 2004 0-1 (58)}) 13. bxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O Ra6 15. Be5 $1 (15. Nbd4 Rb6 16. Bc3 Nc4 17. Qc2 (17. Bxc4 $1 dxc4 18. Ba5 $18 {Fritz})) 15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Re8 (16... Qe8 17. Nc7 (17. Nf3 $14 {Fritz})) 17. Nd3 Ne4 18. Nf4 (18. Nb4 Rh6 19. Qxd5 $2 Qh4 $19) 18... Re5 19. Rc1 Rh6 (19... Nf6 $143) 20. Nd4 (20. Nxd5 {[%cal Rd5e7]} Nc6 21. Nf4 Qh4 22. h3 g5 23. Nh5 g4 24. hxg4 Bxg4 25. Bxg4 Rexh5) (20. Qd4 Rg5 21. Rfd1 (21. Nxd5 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Rxh2+ 23. Kxh2 Qh4+ $11) 21... Nb3 (21... Nc6 $2 22. Qxe4) 22. Qxe4 Nxc1 23. Bf1) 20... Nc6 21. g3 (21. Nf3 Rf5 22. Bd3 (22. g4 Rxf4 23. exf4 Bxg4 $36) 22... Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rg7g5,Rg5g4]}) 21... g5 22. Nd3 Re8 23. Bg4 $1 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Nxd4 25. exd4 {[%csl Yf5]} Qf6 {[%cal Re4d2]} (25... Rc6 $11 {Mueller,Hans}) (25... Ra6 $142 $11 {Mueller,Hans}) (25... f5 26. Qd1) 26. Ne5 (26. Nf4 Qd6 {[%cal Rf7f5]} (26... Qxd4 27. Rcd1 {Mueller,Hans})) (26. f3 $2 Qxd4+ 27. Nf2 Nd2) 26... Nd2 27. Rfd1 (27. h4 $1 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 $44 (28. hxg5 $2 Rh1+ 29. Kxh1 Qxf2 $19) 28... Qg7 29. hxg5 Rhe6) (27. f4 Nxf1 28. Rxf1 (28. fxg5 Nxh2 29. Qd7 Nf3+ 30. Nxf3 Rh1+ (30... Qe6 31. Ne5 $13) 31. Kf2 Rh2+ 32. Kg1 Rg2+ $1 33. Kxg2 (33. Kh1 Qxf3) 33... Re2+ 34. Kh3 Qxf3 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qf6+ Qxf6 37. gxf6+ Kxf6) 28... Rg6 $1) 27... Rxe5 28. Rxd2 (28. dxe5 Nf3+ 29. Kf1 Qa6+ (29... Nxh2+ 30. Kg2 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Nxg4+ 32. Kg1 {Mueller,Hans}) (29... Nxe5 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. h3) 30. Kg2 Rxh2+ 31. Kxf3 Qxa3+ 32. Ke2 Qa2+ $1 33. Kd3 Qa6+ $11) 28... Re4 29. Qc8+ (29. Qd7 $1 Qe7 (29... Qe6 $11 {Mueller,Hans})) 29... Kg7 30. Qxb7 Qe6 {[%cal Re4e1] [#]} 31. Rf1 $2 (31. Qb1 Qh3 32. f3 Re3 33. Rf1 $11) 31... Re1 $2 (31... Reh4 $1 $19 {Tal} 32. gxh4 (32. f3 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Qxd2 34. gxh4 Qe2 $1 35. Rg1 Qxf3+ 36. Rg2 Re6 $19 {Mueller,Hans}) 32... Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qf3+ 34. Kg1 gxh4 $19 {[%cal Rh6g6,Rh4h3] Mueller,Hans}) 32. Qb5 Qh3 33. f3 Qe6 $2 (33... Rb6 $1 34. Qd3 Rbb1 35. Rdf2 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rb2 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 39. Kf1 $1 Qxg3 40. Qe3 h5 41. a4 h4 42. Qe5+ Qxe5 43. dxe5 d4 44. a5 d3 45. a6 d2 46. Ke2 h3 47. a7 $11) 34. Rdf2 Rf6 35. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 36. Kg2 g4 37. Qd3 h5 38. Rf1 Qe6 39. fxg4 (39. h4) (39. h3) 39... Rxf1 40. Kxf1 hxg4 {[#]} 41. a4 {Der Abgabezug} (41. Kg2 Qb6 42. Qd2 (42. h4 Qb2+ 43. Kf1 Qa1+ 44. Kf2 Qb2+ 45. Ke3 Qc1+ 46. Ke2 Qb2+ 47. Qd2 Qxa3 48. Qg5+ Kf8 49. Qxg4 Qb2+ 50. Kf1 Qb1+ 51. Kg2 Qb2+ 52. Kh3 Qf2 $11) 42... Qb3 43. Qg5+ Kf8 44. Qxg4 Qc2+ 45. Kf1 Qd3+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Qe2 Qxd4+ 48. Qe3 Qb2+ 49. Kg1 d4 $11) 41... Qb6 42. Kf2 Qb4 $2 (42... Qb2+ $11 43. Ke3 Qc1+ 44. Qd2 Qb1 45. Kf4 Kf6 $1) 43. Ke3 Qxa4 44. Kf4 Qa2 45. Qe3 $1 Qxh2 46. Qe5+ Kf8 47. Qd6+ Kg7 48. Qxd5 (48. Qe5+ Kf8 49. Qxd5) 48... Qf2+ 49. Kxg4 f5+ 50. Kg5 Qxg3+ 51. Kxf5 Qg6+ 52. Kf4 Qf6+ 53. Ke3 Kf8 54. Kd3 Qf1+ (54... Ke7) 55. Ke4 Qg2+ (55... Ke7) 56. Ke5 Qg5+ 57. Ke6 Qe7+ 58. Kf5 Qc7 $1 (58... Qh7+ 59. Ke5 Qh5+ 60. Kd6 Qh2+ 61. Qe5) 59. Qa8+ Ke7 (59... Kf7 $2 60. Qa2+ Kf8 61. Qd5) 60. Qe4+ Kd8 61. Qh4+ Kc8 62. Qh8+ Kb7 63. Qe5 Qf7+ 64. Ke4 Qg6+ 65. Qf5 Qd6 66. Qf7+ Kc8 67. Qf5+ Kd8 68. Qa5+ Ke8 69. d5 Ke7 70. Qa7+ Kd8 71. Qa8+ Kd7 72. Kf5 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 04th Final"]
[Site "Kapfenberg"]
[Date "1970.05.17"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Bukic, Enver"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1970.05.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Rfe1 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qf4 Rc8 16. Bb3 Qc7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Rd7 $146 ({RR} 19... Rd8 20. d6 Rcd7 21. Ne5 Rxd6 22. Nxf7 Bd5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Re5 {1-0 (24) Langeweg,K (2380)-Diez del Corral,J (2415) Zaragoza 1993}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-15 Final A"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.10.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Byrne, Donald"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1962.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne4 ({RR} 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 16. Qh6+ {½-½ (16) Jussupow,A (2680)-Short,N (2645) Horgen 1995}) ({RR} 10. Ne5) 10... O-O 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd2 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Bc3 Qd5 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Ng3 Rd7 19. Qe2 Rdc7 20. Rcd1 Na5 21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Qb3 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Rc1 h6 27. Rxc7 {Faraj,Y (2264)-Ahmed,A (2319) Doha 2013 0-1 (45)}) 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Na5 15. Ned2 Qd5 16. Rfc1 Rfd8 17. Ba6 Nd7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. b4 Nc6 20. Nc4 a6 21. h3 h6 22. Rab1 b5 23. Ncd2 Nb6 24. Rc2 Ne5 25. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qxc8 27. Ne4 Qa8 28. Nc5 Rd5 29. Rc1 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nc4 31. a4 Ne5 32. Qe2 Nd3 33. Ra1 Qc6 34. Ra3 Ne5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Ra5 Nc4 37. Ra1 Kh7 38. Rd1 Rxd1+ 39. Qxd1 Qe4 40. Qe1 Kg6 41. Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT-ch11"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Darznieks, Artur"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[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 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qd2 Be6 10. e3 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qe1 $146 ({RR} 14. Qd3 Nb4 15. Qd1 Rac8 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nbd4 Rc7 18. a3 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Nd4 Rb6 21. Rb1 Bd7 22. Bf3 Rh6 23. g3 Bh3 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Rc1 h5 26. Rc2 h4 27. Bg4 hxg3 28. hxg3 Ng5 {Khademalsharieh,S (2429)-Dauletova,G (2275) Baku 2016 1-0 (95)}) 14... f5 15. Rd1 Rad8 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. Bb5 Ne5 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Rd6 20. Rc1 a6 21. Ba4 Nc4 22. Rfe1 b5 23. Bb3 Rh6 24. g3 Rg6 25. f4 h5 26. Kf2 h4 $36 27. Nf3 hxg3+ (27... h3 $5 {[%csl Rf3,Rg2,Rh2]}) 28. hxg3 Bb7 29. Qd4 Re8 30. Re2 Re6 31. Rce1 Re4 (31... Rh6) 32. Qd3 Qf7 33. Kg2 Qh5 34. Nd4 (34. Rh1 {[%cal Gh1h5]} Qg4 35. Kf2 (35. Bxc4 $4 dxc4 {[%cal Gb7g2]})) 34... Kf7 35. Bd1 Rh8 $40 36. Rg1 Nxb2 37. Qc2 Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Nc4 39. Qd3 Qh3+ 40. Kf2 Rhe8 41. Ree1 Qh2+ 42. Rg2 Qh6 43. Bf3 Nxe3 44. Bxe4 Ng4+ 45. Kg1 fxe4 46. Qe2 Qh5 47. Nf3 d4 48. Rh2 Nxh2 49. Ng5+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Riga Category 1"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Darznieks, Artur"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[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 {Bulletin} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. a3 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rd8 14. Qc1 Nf8 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Ng6 17. Qg3 Rd5 18. Rfe1 b6 19. b4 Ba6 20. Rac1 Bd3 21. Nd6 bxc5 22. bxc5 Qf6 23. Ne5 Nxe5 {Portisch,L (2605)-Huebner,R (2620) Tilburg 1986 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 9. a3 Bd6 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Ba2 h6 14. Bh4 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rad8 18. Qf3 Nd3 19. g3 Bc5 20. Rad1 Nxf2 21. Rxf2 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Qe1+ 23. Kg2 Bxf2 {Nikitenko,M (2480)-Sharipov,D (2326) Shanghai CHN 2026 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bc3 Re8 15. Rfe1 f5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 fxe4 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Nf1 Rad8 21. Ng3 Rd5 22. Rad1 Red8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 {Seirawan,Y (2570)-Tal,M (2565) Montpellier 1985 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 9. a3 Bd6 10. c5 Bc7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4) 9... Nxe5 ({RR} 9... c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. f4 ({RR} 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ne4)) 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. a3 $146 ({RR} 11. f4 f6 ({RR} 11... f6 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Qh5) 12. Qc2 fxe5 13. fxe5 Rxf1+ 14. Rxf1 Nxe5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bf5 Bxf5 18. Qxf5 Bd6 19. b3 Kg8 20. Nd1 Rf8 21. Qxf8+ Qxf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Kf1 Kf7 24. Ke2 c5 25. Nf2 b5 {Gligoric,S-Mikenas,V Rijeka 1963 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 11. f4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bd7 15. Qh5 Nd5 ({RR} 15... Be8 16. Be1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc5 18. Rf3) 16. Rf3 g6 17. Qg4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bc5 19. Rh3 Qf8 20. Be1 Be7 21. Bh4 h5 22. Qg3 Bxh4 23. Qxh4 Be8 ({RR} 23... Qg7 24. Rd1) 24. g4 Qh6 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ {Uhlmann,W-Antoshin,V Zagreb 1965 MCL [Bulletin] 1-0 (41)}) 11... Nxe5 12. Bxh7+ Kxh7 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. Qxe5 Bd6 15. Qh5 b6 16. f4 f5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Qxg4 e5 19. Qg2 Ba6 20. Rf3 Bxc4 21. Rh3 exf4 22. Qg6 Qf6 23. Qc2 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Lvov International"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1981.06.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1981.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[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 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. g3 a5 11. Bg2 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 $146 ({RR} 15... d4 16. Nb5 Rxe5 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Nxc6 Nxc6 21. Rxc6 Rb4 22. Rc2 Rd8 23. Kg2 h5 24. e3 h4 25. Ree2 hxg3 26. hxg3 g5 27. Red2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Kg7 29. b3 Rb5 30. Rd4 {Kapetanovic,A (2390)-Bukal,V (2405) Pula 1990 ½-½ (84)}) 16. f4 Nc5 17. Na4 Nxa4 18. Qxa4 Bd7 19. Qd4 Rc8 20. a3 Be6 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Qc7 23. Rc3 c5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Rec1 cxd4 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow4"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dragomarezkij, Evgeni"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 a6 9. O-O e5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rac1 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Ne4 15. Qb1 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 17. Kf1 $146 ({RR} 17. Kxh2 Qh4+ 18. Kg1 Qxf2+ 19. Kh2 Qg3+ 20. Kg1 Qf2+ 21. Kh2 Ng5 22. Be2 Bh3 23. Rg1 Bf5 24. Rgf1 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Rxc3 27. Bxc3 Nh3+ 28. gxh3 Qg3+ 29. Kh1 Qxh3+ 30. Kg1 Qxe3+ 31. Rf2 Qxc3 {Vulfson,V (2412)-Shinkevich,V (2487) Samara 2002 0-1 (31)}) 17... f5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Qh4+ 21. Ke2 dxe4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Rh1 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qf5+ 25. Ke2 Bg3 26. Rf1 Qb5+ 27. Kd2 Bg4 28. Bd4 g5 29. Qxe4 Qe2+ 30. Kc3 Qxf1 31. Qxg4 Qc1+ 32. Kd3 Qb1+ 33. Kc4 Qf1+ 34. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GMA-qual f"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1990.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. a3 Qd8 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 dxc4 ({RR} 11... a6 12. Rac1 f5 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. f3 Bd6 15. Kh1 e5 16. c5 Bc7 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. f4 Bc7 19. Nf3 Bd7 20. Nd4 g6 21. Rf3 Qe7 22. b4 a5 23. Qb2 axb4 24. axb4 Rfe8 25. h3 Kf7 26. b5 {Jussupow,A (2660)-Kramnik,V (2715) Moscow 1995 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 11... a6 12. Rfd1 b5 13. c5 f5 14. b4 Qc7 15. a4 Rb8 16. Qc2 g6 17. Ne2 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nfd4 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Bf6 21. axb5 axb5 22. Rda3 Be5 23. g3 Kh7 24. Ra7 Rb7 25. Ra8 Re8 26. h4 {Postny,E (2554)-Bykhovsky,A (2328) Israel ISR 2026 1-0 (32)}) 12. Bxc4 b5 $146 ({RR} 12... c5 13. Rfd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15. Rac1 Qe7 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Be2 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Bd7 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Rcd1 Rfc8 21. Qd3 Bc6 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. h3 a6 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Kf1 {Dejkalo,S (2450)-Luczak,A (2370) Porabka 1986 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 12... c5 13. Rad1 cxd4 14. exd4 Nb6 15. Ba2 Bd7 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bf6 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bb1 g6 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Rd6 Be7 22. Rd5 Ra5 23. Rfd1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qe8 25. Re5 Be6 26. Rh5 Kg7 27. Qxh6+ {Schlosser,P (2550)-Hauchard,A (2450) Kaufbeuren 1993 1-0 (35)}) 13. Bd3 b4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Rfc1 Bb7 16. Ba6 Qb6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qa6 Qb6 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20. Na4 Qb5 21. b3 Bd6 22. h3 Rab8 23. Nc3 Qxb3 24. Qxb3 Rxb3 25. Rxa7 Nf6 26. Nd2 Rb4 27. Nce4 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Bb8 29. Rd7 e5 30. Ng3 exd4 31. Nf5 Kf8 32. exd4 Bf4 33. Re1 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Re7+ Kf8 36. g3 g6 37. gxf4 gxf5 38. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.02.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Eingorn, Vereslav S"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1984.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qxd4 Qe7 15. Rfd1 Bg4 16. Qd6 Rfe8 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. h3 Be6 $146 ({RR} 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 Kf8 20. f4 Rc8 21. Kf1 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Ke2 a6 24. Bd3 Rd8 25. Be4 Ke7 26. Bf3 Nf8 27. Rc4 Ne6 28. f5 Nc7 29. a4 Ne8 30. Bg2 Nd6 31. Rc5 Re8 32. Kd3 Kd7 33. f4 {Rubinetti,J (2450)-Andersson,U (2575) Rio de Janeiro 1985 ½-½ (37)}) 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[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 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 ({RR} 12... Nb6 13. Be2 ({RR} 13. Bb3 Re8) 13... Re8 14. Be3 Bd7 ({RR} 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Qxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxc6) 15. f3 Rad8 16. Bf1 ({RR} 16. Bf2) 16... Nbd5 17. Bf2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 ({RR} 18. Qxc3 Bc8 19. a3) 18... Bc8 19. Rab1 Qc7 20. g3 h5 21. Ne2 Nd7 22. f4 Bc5 23. e5 ({RR} 23. Bd4) 23... Bxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Qa5 25. Nd4 Nb6 26. Nb3 Qa3 27. Rd4 {Salov,V (2655)-Ivanchuk,V (2720) Dortmund 1992 CBM 029 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 0-1 (38)}) 13. Bf1 Rd8 14. h3 $146 ({RR} 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Neg4 16. h3 Qe5 17. g3 Nh6 18. Bd3 Nh5 19. Qe2 Nf6 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21. g4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Bc2 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 f6 25. Be3 Nf7 26. Bb3 Kf8 27. Rd1 Rd8 28. Bc5+ Nd6 {Gormally,D (2435)-Nemeth,Z (2324) Balatonlelle 2025 ½-½ (37)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novi Sad International"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "1974.10.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Forintos, Gyozo Victor"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1974.10.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bc4 ({RR} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. e5 b6 12. Be4 Bb7 13. Qd3 h6 14. Bd2 Qd7 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Bf8 17. Be3 Na5 18. Nd2 Rac8 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Ne4 Nc4 21. Bxh6 Nxe5 22. Qe2 Ng6 23. Bg5 Be7 24. g3 Bxg5 {Bareev,E (2685)-Magem Badals,J (2505) Madrid 1994 0-1 (58)}) 10... O-O 11. O-O b6 12. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Rxd5 Rfd8 20. Qe4+ Kg8 21. Rh5 Qc2 22. Qxe7 Qxb2 23. Qxa7 Rc1 24. g3 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Qxa3 26. Qxb6 Re8 {Terron Elena,F (2138)-Guzman,C (2234) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qd7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Be4 Bc4 19. Rxd7 Bxe2 20. Rxe7 Bxf1 21. Kxf1 Nc4 22. Bd4 Rfe8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bd3 Nxa3 25. Bb2 Rd8 26. Ke2 Rc8 {Maghsoodloo,P (2706)-Jyotshnav Talukdar (2268) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (48)}) ({RR} 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Na5 14. Bd3 Rc8 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Rce8 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qd4 f6 20. Bb1 Bc5 21. Qh4 Qd6 22. Qh6 Re7 23. Ba2 Ba6 24. Rfe1 Nc4 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Re1 Qd6 {Shamkovich,L-Espig,L Dubna 1973 0-1}) 12... Bb7 13. Qd3 Bf6 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bb5 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 e5 17. Be3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qg5 20. Bf1 h5 21. Qa4 Qg6 22. e5 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-15 Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Varna"]
[Date "1962.09.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuchs, Reinhart"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1962.09.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "German Dem Rep"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DDR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. dxc5 e6 4. e3 Bxc5 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O a6 10. a3 Be6 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rc1 Rac8 14. b5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Bb8 16. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 16. a4 Na5 17. Ba3 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Qd7 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Rd1 Ne4 21. Qb2 Nc5 22. e4 b6 23. exd5 Bg4 24. d6 Bxf3 25. Bxf3 Nxa4 26. Qc2 Qxb5 27. Qc8+ Qe8 28. d7 {1-0 (28) Finegold,B (2475)-Gabbara,F Detroit 1994}) 16... Ne4 17. Nbd4 Bd7 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Nb5 Qg6 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qd3 Rcd8 22. Nbd4 Bd5 23. Rfd1 Rfe8 {[#]} 24. Bf1 $14 Qh5 25. h3 Ne7 26. Qe2 Nf6 27. Nb5 Ng6 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Nh2 Qg5 30. Nc7 Bxc7 31. Rxc7 Bc6 32. Rxd8 Rxd8 33. Qg4 Rd2 34. Qxg5 fxg5 35. f3 h5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Ra8 Ne5 38. Ra5 f6 39. Rc5 Rd1 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asztalos Memorial-06"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.07.22"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Fuchs, Reinhart"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 ({RR} 10. b5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bb8 14. Bb2 O-O 15. f4 Ne4 16. O-O Re8 17. Bf3 Qa5 18. a4 Qb4 19. Qd2 d4 20. Qxd4 Qxb2 21. Qd5 Qb3 22. Bxe4 Qb4 23. Bc2 Qe7 24. Bb3 Rd8 {Pang,T (2434)-Shirov,A (2597) Hong Kong HKG 2026 1-0 (71)}) 10... d4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 $146 ({RR} 12... Bxd4 13. Bb2 O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Bf3 Bc4 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Na4 Rad8 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Bxb7 a5 21. Nc5 axb4 22. axb4 Rfd8 23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Bxa8 Bb5 25. Rb1 Kf8 26. f3 Nh5 27. g3 {Leal,C-Souza,M Itapiruba 1997 0-1 (76)}) 13. Qxd4 Bxd4 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Nd1 Bxb2 16. Nxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 05th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.09.25"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1966.09.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Army"]
[BlackTeam "Daugava"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. O-O Qe7 10. c5 ({RR} 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Bc7 12. Rad1 dxc4 13. Nxc4 Rd8 14. Bb1 Nf8 15. f4 Bd7 16. Ne4 Be8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Na6 c5 19. dxc5 Bb5 20. Nxc7 Qxc7 21. a4 Bxa4) 10... Bc7 11. b4 e5 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 $146 ({RR} 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Re1 f5 15. Nd6 e4 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Bxe4 Rf7 18. Bxc6 Qxe1+ 19. Qxe1 bxc6 20. Qe8+ Nf8 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 Be6 23. a4 a6 24. Re1 Rb7 ({RR} 24... Bd5) 25. Qd6 Bd5 26. h3 Rd7 27. Qg3 Rf7 {Kaplun,L (2350)-Dorfman,J (2520) Donetsk 1976 EXT 2022 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (31)}) 13... exd4 14. Re1 Ne5 15. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Be6 17. Bg4 O-O 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qc4 Rf4 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. g3 Rf5 22. Re2 Qf7 23. Rae1 Kh8 24. Qc2 Rf3 25. Nd2 Rfd3 26. Nc4 Qf5 27. Ne3 Qf6 28. Ng2 Rc3 29. Qb1 e5 30. Nh4 Rcd3 31. f4 g5 32. fxe5 Qe6 33. Ng2 R3d5 34. Qb2 Re8 35. Ne3 Rxe5 36. Ng4 Qxg4 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38. Rxe5 Rxe5 39. Qxe5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Karseladze Memorial"]
[Site "Gori"]
[Date "1968.11.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1968.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. e3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. O-O c5 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Nd5 ({RR} 14... c4 15. Bb1 Nd5 16. Bg3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 Nf6 18. e4 Bb4 19. Re3 Ng4 20. Rc3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 f5 22. d5 exd5 23. exf5 Re8 24. Qd2 Qe7 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. Ne6 Qf7 27. Nc7 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Nxa8 {Lintchevski,D (2561)-Shimanov,A (2581) Lichess.org INT 2021 ½-½ (66)}) 15. Bg3 Rc8 ({RR} 15... Qb6 16. Bb1 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 c4 18. e4 Rfd8 19. d5 Nf8 20. Be5 exd5 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Nf5 Ng6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qh5 Bxg2 26. Rg3 Nf4 27. Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Nxh6+ Qxh6 29. Qe2 Qf6 {0-1 (29) Marcu,A (2024)-Pasti,A (2354) Timisoara ROU 2023}) 16. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 16. Bb1 Qb6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. e4 Bb7 19. d5 exd5 20. exd5 Rfe8 21. Qc2 g6 22. h4 Bd6 23. h5 Bxg3 24. fxg3 Nf8 25. hxg6 c4+ 26. Kf1 fxg6 27. Nh4 Qf6+ 28. Kg1 Kg7 29. Kh2 Rcd8 30. Rf1 Qg5 {Magnusson,B (1913)-Hauksson,H (1708) Reykjavik 2008 1-0 (43)}) 16... Bxd5 17. e4 Bxa2 18. dxc5 Rxc5 19. b4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.06.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Wang,Hao} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4) 10. Qc2 g6 ({RR} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 12. Rd1 Qc7 ({RR} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. e4 Bf6 17. Rac1 Qe7) 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. dxc5 ({RR} 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. e4 Na5) 14... bxc5 ({RR} 14... Bxc5 15. c4 Rad8 16. h4 f6) 15. c4 f5 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. Be2 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Ba8 19. Qd2 ({RR} 19. h3 e5) 19... Rd8 20. Qc3 e5 21. Ne1 Qa5 22. f3 Kf7 ({RR} 22... Qxc3 23. Bxc3 f4 ({RR} 23... e4)) 23. Bc2 ({RR} 23. Be2) 23... Bf6 ({RR} 23... Bg5 24. Kf2 ({RR} 24. e4 Kf6) 24... Rd2+ 25. Kf1 Bh4 26. g3 Bf6 27. h4 Qd8 ({RR} 27... Rh2 28. Qd3 Ne7 29. Kg1 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Bc1) 28. Nd3 ({RR} 28. Kg1 e4 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Bxf6 exf3) 28... Rh2 29. Bd1 ({RR} 29. Nf2 Nd4 30. exd4 exd4 31. Qd3 Qd6) 29... f4 30. exf4 Nd4 31. Nxe5+ Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qc8 33. g4 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Qd8) 24. e4 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 {Wang,H (2733)-Ponomariov,R (2751) Bucharest 2013 CBM 157 [Wang,Hao] 1-0 (60)} {RR} Ke6 ({RR} 25... fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd4 27. Kf2 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rd7) 26. Nd3 Kd6 27. exf5 ({RR} 27. f4 fxe4 28. fxe5+ Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Ke6 30. Bxe4 Bxe5 31. Bxa8 Bxc3) 27... gxf5 28. f4 Nd4 ({RR} 28... Rg8 29. g3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nf2) 29. fxe5+ Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Kxe5 ({RR} 30... Rg8) 31. Rb5 Ke6 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxc5 Rd2 34. Bxf5+ Kd6 35. Ra5 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxh2) ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Rd1 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. b4 Bb7 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. c6 Nc5 19. Nd4 g6 20. Bb2 e5 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Rac1 e4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxc5 {Froewis,G (2428)-Haselsberger,A (1957) Innsbruck AUT 2025 1-0 (33)}) 11. dxc5 ({RR} 11. b4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. dxc5 Bf6 14. Nd4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Ba1 Rfd8 20. Qc4 Bb5 21. Qb3 Bc6 {½-½ (21) Portisch,L-Tal,M Palma de Mallorca 1966}) 11... bxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qb6 14. b3 f5 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Qc2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 18. Bc4 Na5 19. Qe5 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Ba6 21. Rd6 {1-0 (21) Istratescu,A (2543)-Dittmar,P (2226) Basel 2020}) ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Ba6 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. b3 Rad8 16. Bb2 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Be2 20. Rdc1 Rd5 21. Bc3 Rfd8 22. Be4 R5d6 23. f3 f5 24. Bc2 Kf7 25. Kf2 Bd3 26. Bd1 Rc6 27. Ra2 {Najdorf,M-Salomon,J Montevideo 1954 1-0 (40)}) 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nb8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Ba6 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Seville op"]
[Site "Seville"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gomez, M."]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 029"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. a3 {[A consiedrar 8.e4 directamente]} a4 9. Qa2 {[Tal señaló que 9.c2 dxc 10.xa4 o 9.xa4 dxc 10.c2 era mejor; por ejemplo: 10...b5 11.b6 b4+ 12.d1 a6 13.xc8 0-0 con juego complejo]} Nd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O {[No 13.d5 por 13...f5 y e4]} exd4 14. Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 14. Rae1 Be7 15. Ng3 Nc5 16. Qb1 Qd6 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 O-O 21. Rxd4 Qc5 22. Rd7 Bf6 23. Nd2 Bg7 24. Rxb7 Rb8 25. b4 Rxb7 26. bxc5 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rd8 28. Ne4 Rd3 {Gunina,V (2512)-Muzychuk,M (2524) Germany 2014 ½-½ (39)}) 14... Be7 15. Nf5 $5 Ne5 16. Nfd6+ Bxd6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 19. Rae1 Kf8 {[Normalmente un alfil debería ser superior a un caballo en estas posiciones, ¡pero el caballo serí inexpugnable en c5!]} 20. Re4 Qf6 21. Be2 Nd7 $1 22. Qb1 (22. b4 $5 Re8) 22... Re8 23. Rd1 Nc5 {[Desde aquí controlarí el ala de dama y el centro]} 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qc2 h5 {[Tal comienza a atacar]} 26. g3 h4 27. Bf1 Qf3 {[Una jugada muy agresiva que tendrí Éxito dado el fuerte apuro de tiempo del blanco, pero era preferible la profilíctica 27...g6]} 28. Rd4 Ne4 29. Bg2 Ng5 {[Ambos jugadores dedicaron la mayor parte del 'post-mortem' a esta posición. Gómez, apurado de tiempo no 'vió' 30.f1! y, una vez mís, el 'genio de Riga' 'engañaba' a su rival de turno]} 30. Rxh4 $2 (30. Bxf3 $2 Re1+ 31. Kg2 h3#) (30. Qd2 h3 $1) (30. Qc1 Qf6 31. Rxh4 Re2 32. Rf4 Qxb2 $17) (30. Rd8 $5) (30. Kf1 Qf6 31. Rxh4 g6 $14) 30... Re2 31. Rh8+ Ke7 32. Bxf3 Rxc2 33. Kg2 Rxb2 34. Rb8 Kd6 35. Bd1 Ne4 36. Bxa4 Nc3 37. Ra8 Ne4 {Tiempo.} 38. Kf3 0-1

[Event "Gornevsl sim"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gornevs, Eduards"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. e3 b5 7. a4 Bb4 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O Bxc3 ({RR} 9... a6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Bf3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Bxc3 14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8+ Bxa8 16. bxc3 Nd7 17. Rd6 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Ke7 21. Bg3 Ra8 22. f4 Ra1+ 23. Kf2 Rc1 24. Kf3 {Geller,E (2620)-Sveshnikov,E (2510) Moscow 1976 0-1}) ({RR} 9... a6 10. Ne5 Be7 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Nxb5 cxb5 16. Bxa8 O-O 17. Bf3 h6 18. Bh4 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Nd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Bf6 Bxf6 22. exf6 g6 23. Qf3 Qd6 24. Qh3 {Taboas Rodriguez,D (2368)-Dylag,E (2052) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (33)}) 10. bxc3 a6 11. Rb1 h6 $146 ({RR} 11... Ra7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Bh5 O-O 14. Qf3 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd5 16. Bxf6 Qxf3 17. gxf3 gxf6 18. exf6 Kh8 19. Kh1 Bc8 20. f4 Rd7 21. Rg1 Bb7 22. e4 Rd3 23. Rg7 c5 24. f3 Bc6 25. Bxf7 Rxf3 26. Rbg1 {Ernst,W-Multhaup,H Duisburg 1939 1-0 (41)}) 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Qd5 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 f5 17. Bf3 Qd7 18. Bh5+ Ke7 19. Be5 Rg8 20. Qb2 g4 21. Qb4+ Kd8 22. a5 c5 23. dxc5 Nc6 24. Qa3 Nxe5 25. Rbd1 Nd3 26. c6 Qxc6 27. f3 Kc8 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 10th final B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.07.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grigorian, Levon Ashotovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 {Chekhov,Valery A Najdorf/Tal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 ({RR} 6. e4) 6... Be7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Re1 Nxc3 ({RR} 10... Nf6) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Qe2) 14. Bh6 ({RR} 14. Qd2) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 ({RR} 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bf6 17. Ng5 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne4 Na5 20. Rc1 Red8 21. Ng3 Qf4 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Rac8 24. Nd2 h5 25. g3 Qf5 26. h4 Qd5 27. Ne4 Nc4 28. Qf3 Qf5 29. Qe2 Nd6 {Szczurek,K (2151)-Patrelakis,E (2281) Tornelo INT 2021 0-1 (54)}) ({RR} 15. Bb5) ({RR} 15. h4 Bxh4 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Nxh4 Qh5) ({RR} 15. h4) 15... Rc8 ({RR} 15... Bf8 16. h4 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qf6 18. Be4 Rac8 19. h5 Re7 20. Re3 Na5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Nh2 Nc4 24. Rh3 Qg7 25. Qh4 Nd6 26. Ng4 g5 27. Qg3 Nf5 28. Qd3 Rbc7 29. Qd2 Nh4 30. f4 {Lerner,K (2560)-Van Wely,L (2655) Germany 1998 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 15... Bf6 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Ng5) ({RR} 15... Bf6 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Qe3 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rac8) 16. Rac1 ({RR} 16. h4 Na5 ({RR} 16... Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Bg5) 17. Ng5 ({RR} 17. h5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Be4 Qh5 21. Kg2 Nc4 22. Qc1 Ba3 23. Qf4 Bd6) ({RR} 17. Ne5 Bxh4) 17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 ({RR} 19. Re3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rg3 e5) 19... Nc4 ({RR} 19... Rxc3 20. Qxc3 ({RR} 20. hxg6 Rxd3) 20... Qxg5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxh5 23. Re5) 20. Bxc4 ({RR} 20. Qf4 h6 ({RR} 20... Nb2 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4) 21. Nh3 ({RR} 21. Ne4 g5 22. Qg3 Qc7 23. Qf3 f5 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxb7 Rc7) ({RR} 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxh6 Qf6 23. Re2 Qg7) 21... g5 22. Qg3 Nb2) 20... Rxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qf4 Qd5 ({RR} 22... Kg7 23. Qxf7+) 23. f3 ({RR} 23. Ne4 Qf5) 23... Kg7 24. Ne4 ({RR} 24. Re5 Qd7 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Rae1 Bd5 27. R5e3 Qc7) 24... Qf5 ({RR} 24... f6 25. Kf2 ({RR} 25. Nd6 e5)) 25. Qg3 ({RR} 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. d5) 25... Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qa5 ({RR} 26... Qh5 27. Re3 Rh8 28. Rf1) 27. Re3 Rfc8 28. Rf1 ({RR} 28. Rc1 Rxd4) 28... Rxc3 29. Ref3 R8c7 ({RR} 29... Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8) 30. Qf4 Kg8 {Najdorf,M (2570)-Tal,M (2590) Belgrade 1970 MCL [Najdorf/Tal] 1-0 (50)} ({RR} 30... Rd7 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qh2+) {RR} 31. Qf6 Rd7) ({RR} 16. h4 Na5 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 Nc4) 16... Rc7 $146 ({RR} 16... Bf6 17. Qf4 Na5 18. Ne5 Nc6 19. Ng4 Bh4 20. g3 Be7 21. Bc4 Rc7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Bxe6# {1-0 (23) Bolbochan,J-Pachman,L Moscow 1956}) ({RR} 16... Qc7 17. h4 Na5 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 h5 22. Qg3 f5 23. Bf4 Kf7 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Qg5 Bd5 26. Qh6 Ke8 27. Qh7) ({RR} 16... Qc7 17. h4 Bf6 18. h5 e5 ({RR} 18... Ne7 19. Ne5) 19. d5 Ne7 20. c4 Rcd8 21. Ng5 Nf5 22. Ne4 Be7 ({RR} 22... Bg7 23. Bg5 Rc8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6) 23. Bg5 Kg7 24. h6+ Kh8 ({RR} 24... Kg8 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Bxf6 Rd7 27. Bxf5) 25. Nf6 Rf8 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Qc3 {1-0 (27) Najdorf,M-Sliwa,B Moscow 1956 MCL [Chekhov,Valery A]} {RR} Rg8 ({RR} 27... Bd6 28. Qg3) 28. Qxe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 Ba3 ({RR} 29... Bd6 30. Nxg8 Bxe5 31. Bxd8) 30. Nxg8 Bxc1 31. Bxd8) ({RR} 16... Bf6 17. Qf4 Bg7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Qc7) 17. Bf4 Rd7 18. Qe2 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Be4 Qe7 21. Qe3 Red8 22. Qh6 Qf6 23. c4 Ba8 24. c5 bxc5 25. dxc5 R6d7 26. Ng5 Qg7 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Nf3 Rc7 29. Rc3 Rdc8 30. Rec1 Nb4 31. Bxa8 Nxa2 32. Be4 Nxc3 33. Rxc3 Rxc5 34. Re3 Rc1+ 35. Ne1 Rd8 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd4 38. Bf3 Rb4 39. Rc2 Rxc2 40. Nxc2 Rb2 41. Bd1 a5 42. Ke2 a4 43. Kd3 Rb3+ 44. Kc4 Rb1 45. Be2 Rg1 46. Bf3 Rf1 47. Kd3 Rxf2 48. Be4 e5 49. Ke3 Rf6 50. Kd3 Rb6 51. Kc3 f5 52. Bd5 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Interzonal-15"]
[Site "Manila"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,Lubomir"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.06.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "PHI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Qa4 Ne5 (13... Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Na5 16. Nb5 { f4}) ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Rfd1 Nb4 15. Qb3 a5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Ba4 19. Nb3 Qf6 20. Qxb7 Qxb2 21. Rd2 Qf6 22. Bd4 Qg5 23. h4 Qg4 24. Rc7 Rab8 25. Qd5 Qg6 26. Bc5 Rbc8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bxf8 {Mamedyarov,S (2754)-Petrosian,T (2592) ICC INT 2007 1-0 (67)}) ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Nb4 16. Qb3 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Bh3 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Rfd1 g5 20. Nb5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 a6 22. Nc3 b5 23. Nd5 Bg7 24. b3 Kh7 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. Nb4 a5 27. Nd3 a4 28. f3 {Bryakin,M (2463)-Kostic,V (2297) Novi Sad 2021 1-0 (60)}) 14. Rcd1 {N} (14. Qb3 Nc4 $6 15. Bf4 { c7; Rajkovic-Abramovic/Jugoslavija/1974/}) 14... Bd7 $146 (14... Nc4 15. Bc1 Bd7 16. Qb3 Nb6 $13) ({RR} 14... Nc4 15. Bc1 Nb6 16. Qc2 Bg4 17. h3 Bd7 18. Kh2 Rc8 19. Qb1 Bb4 20. Bd2 Nc4 21. Bc1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ba4 23. Rd3 Bc6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qc2 Nd7 26. Rd4 Qe7 27. e4 Ndb6 28. exd5 cxd5 29. Rg4 {Mohrenstecher,J-Kripp,W (2145) Bad Bertrich 1994 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 14... Nc4 15. Bc1 Bg4 16. Nxd5 Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Be3 Bc5 19. h3 Bh5 20. b4 Qxb4 21. Qxb4 Bxb4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bg2 a5 24. g4 Bg6 25. Nc6 Rbc8 26. Rc1 Ne4 27. Nxb4 axb4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rb1 {Ivakhinova,I (2265)-Sokolova,V (2057) Cheliabinsk 2008 ½-½ (59)}) 15. Qb3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bd4 Rb8 18. Qc2 (18. Qa4 $14) 18... Qa5 (18... c5 $6 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qd3 Rxb2 22. Bxd5 Qf6 23. e3 $14) 19. Qf5 $5 (19. e4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Qxa2 $13) 19... Rxb2 $2 (19... Ned7 20. e4 g6 21. Qf4 Nh5 22. Qg4 (22. Qh4 $2 c5 $1) 22... Ndf6 23. Qh4 Nxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Qxa2 26. Bxc6 $14) 20. Nxd5 $1 (20. Bxe5 d4 $1) 20... Rxe2 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Be4 $1 Bg7 (22... Nf3+ 23. Qxf3 R2xe4 24. Qxf6 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 Bg7 26. Rg4 $18) 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Rc1 $1 f5 (24... Nd7 25. Bxc6 $18) 25. Bxc6 (25. Bc5+ Qxc5 26. Rxc5 fxe4 $16) 25... Re7 26. Bb5 $1 Nf3+ (26... Qxb5 27. Rc8+ Re8 28. Bc5+ Qxc5 29. Rxc5 $18) 27. Kg2 Nxd4 28. Rc8+ Re8 29. Bxe8 Qd5+ 30. Kh3 Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32. Qxg7 Qe4 (32... Nf3 33. Qxh6 $18) 33. f4 $1 Ne6 34. Qe5 Qc2 35. Rf3 Kf8 36. Rb3 {Ftacnik,L} (36. Rb3 Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kh5 40. g4#) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1988.10.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bd2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Bb7 13. Bc3 Qc7 14. Rad1 e5 $146 ({RR} 14... Rad8 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Qh4 Be7 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Bf6 19. Rd2 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxf3 {½-½ (20) Horvath,J (2510)-Kaidanov,G (2535) Budapest 1989}) 15. Qh4 h6 16. Bd3 exd4 17. Nxd4 Be5 18. Nf5 Re6 19. Qg4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qe5 21. c5 Qf6 22. Nd4 Re7 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Nd4 Re7 25. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 {softly} (11. Rd1 {main line} Re8 12. Bd3 {b1 (c2); e3-e4}) 11... c6 12. O-O Nd7 (12... Na6 13. Rad1 Nc7 14. Rfe1 Ne6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxd4 17. Bc4 c5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh7 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qe5 d3 22. Nc3 $10 {Garcia Palermo-Zaitsev,I/Havana/1983/}) 13. Rfe1 (13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 {f6}) 13... Re8 14. e4 Nf8 (14... dxe4 15. Bc4 $36) 15. Rad1 Ne6 (15... dxe4 16. Bc4 $40) 16. e5 (16. exd5 cxd5 $132 {×d4}) 16... Be7 17. Rd2 ({RR} 17. Bd3 g6 18. Bb1 Kg7 19. g3 Rc8 20. h4 h5 21. Ne2 Qd7 22. Qe3 c5 23. Nf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qg4 25. Qxg4 hxg4 26. Nh2 f5 27. exf6+ Bxf6 28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. b3 Bc8 31. Bd3 Bc3 {Korobov,A (2596)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2737) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (46)}) 17... Bg5 $146 (17... c5 $2 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Qd1 $16 {winning a pawn}) ({RR} 17... Qc7 18. Rc1 Red8 19. g3 Rac8 20. Bf1 Qb8 21. Re1 Rc7 22. Re3 Bc8 23. h4 Nf8 24. Bd3 Be6 25. Ne2 Qc8 26. Ne1 Bf5 27. Kg2 Ng6 28. Kh2 Re8 29. Ng2 Bd8 30. Nef4 Nf8 31. Rf3 Bg4 32. Re3 {Illi,H (2185)-Haering,T Silvaplana 1993 1-0 (47)}) 18. Rdd1 Be7 19. Rd2 Bg5 20. Rdd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 32-34"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "1967.07.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ke2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f3 O-O 16. Na4 $146 ({RR} 16. h3 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Rd7 18. Rhd1 Bc7 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Bxf6 Kf8 21. Bb2 Ba6 22. Be4 Rad8 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 24. Bc6 Rd8 25. f4 Ke7 26. Bxg7 f6 27. g4 Kf7 28. Bh6 Bb6 29. Bf3 Rb8 30. f5 Bc8 {Clarke,P-Prameshuber,A Budapest 1960 1-0 (41)}) 16... Bxb2 17. Nxb2 Nd5 18. Rhc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1981.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1981.08.02"]
[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 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qe7 15. Qb3 ({RR} 15. h3 c5 16. Nb5 Rd8 17. Qf3 Rd2 18. Qf4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qe5 a6 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Nxe6 b6 24. b4 Kf7 25. Nd4 Rxa2 26. Nf5 Rc7 27. Rfd1 Rd7 28. bxc5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 bxc5 {Timofeev,A (2602)-Golubov,S (2460) Kazan 2019 ½-½ (43)}) 15... c5 16. Ne2 b6 ({RR} 16... Re8 17. Nf4 b6 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Ng6 Qc7 20. f3 Bc8 21. Nf4 Bb7 22. a4 Rad8 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. e4 Kf8 26. Nc3 Rd2 27. Rd1 Qd7 28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Qd1 Qxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Nd7 31. Nc3 {Adhiban,B (2663)-Yilmaz,M (2594) Dubai 2016 ½-½ (63)}) 17. f3 $146 ({RR} 17. Nf4 Rd8 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. f3 Kf8 20. e4 Bc6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxf7 Qxf7 23. Ne6+ Ke8 24. Nxd8 Qxb3 25. axb3 Kxd8 26. b4 Nd7 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Ra1 Kc7 29. Rxa7+ Kb6 30. Ra1 Kb5 31. Kf2 Kb4 {Dementiev,O-Klovans,J Sevastopol 1970 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. h3 Qe8 20. Bb5 {½-½ (20) Tal,M (2555)-Spassky,B (2635) Moscow 1981}) 17... Bb7 18. Rcd1 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Costa del Sol-21"]
[Site "Torremolinos"]
[Date "1981.05.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1981.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Rc1 O-O 8. e3 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qe7 15. Qb3 ({RR} 15. h3 c5 16. Nb5 Rd8 17. Qf3 Rd2 18. Qf4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qe5 a6 21. Nc7 Rc8 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Nxe6 b6 24. b4 Kf7 25. Nd4 Rxa2 26. Nf5 Rc7 27. Rfd1 Rd7 28. bxc5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 bxc5 {Timofeev,A (2602)-Golubov,S (2460) Kazan 2019 ½-½ (43)}) 15... Ng4 ({RR} 15... c5 16. Ne2 Re8 17. Nf4 b6 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Ng6 Qc7 20. f3 Bc8 21. Nf4 Bb7 22. a4 Rad8 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. e4 Kf8 26. Nc3 Rd2 27. Rd1 Qd7 28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Qd1 Qxd1+ 30. Nxd1 {Adhiban,B (2663)-Yilmaz,M (2594) Dubai 2016 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 15... c5 16. Ne2 b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. h3 Qe8 20. Bb5 {½-½ (20) Tal,M (2555)-Spassky,B (2635) Moscow 1981}) 16. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 16. h3 Ne5 17. Be2 Ng6 18. Qc3 Nh4 19. Qc5 Qe4 20. Nf3 Be6 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. a3 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 {½-½ (23) Kochyev,A (2445)-Gurevich,M (2540) Tallinn 1987}) 16... Nf6 17. Nd4 Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1980.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Bb4 15. Ne5 Qe6 ({RR} 15... Qd4 16. Nxd3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Bb2 Qc6 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Nc5 Rd8 21. Qf3 Bc8 22. e5 Ng8 23. e6 f6 24. Nd7 Qb7 25. Qg3 Bxd7 26. Qxg7 Bc6 27. Qxh8 Ke7 28. Qg7+ {1-0 (28) Sakalauskas,V (2388)-Janulynas,J (1777) Vilnius 2014}) 16. Nxd3 Bxc3 17. Nf4 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 17... Qe5 18. bxc3 O-O 19. Nd3 Qxc3 20. Bb2 Qc6 21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Nc5 Rfd8 23. Qf3 Ne8 24. Rc2 Rac8 25. Rec1 Ba8 26. h4 Rc6 27. h5 h6 28. Be5 Qa7 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. f3 Nf6 31. Bxf6 Qxf6 32. Nb3 {Danner,G (2405)-Saeed,S (2390) Thessaloniki 1984 0-1 (80)}) 18. bxc3 Nxe4 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. Ba3 Rhe8 21. Red1+ Kc7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bd6+ Kb6 24. c4 Rac8 25. cxb5 axb5 26. a4 Rcd8 27. axb5 Rd7 28. Rd4 Red8 29. Rad1 Rc8 30. Be5 Re7 31. Rd6+ Kxb5 32. Rb1+ Kc4 33. Rd4+ Kc5 34. Nd3+ 1-0

[Event "Montreal International"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "1979.05.02"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1979.04.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 (9. e4 $5) 9... exd5 10. Be3 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Qb6 (11... f6 12. Rc1 (12. Bd2)) 12. Qxd5 Be6 $10) 10... c4 (10... cxd4 $6 11. Nxd4 $14) (10... Bf6 11. dxc5 Bxb2 12. Rb1 Bf6 13. Ne1 d4 14. Bf4 Qa5 15. Nd3 $13 {Portisch,L-Keres,P/Petropolis izt/1973/}) 11. b3 (11. Ne5 f6 (11... Be6 $6 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. d5 $14) (11... Na5 $5) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. b3 Ba6 $10) ({RR} 11. Rc1 Be6 12. b3 b5 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qa5 16. f4 Bc5 17. Bd4 g6 18. e3 Rab8 19. Rf2 Rfd8 20. g4 Bxd4 21. exd4 c3 22. f5 Bd7 23. Qf3 Rb2 24. Rcc2 gxf5 25. gxf5 Qxa2 {Naimov,D (1767)-Stupak,A (1455) Montesilvano ITA 2026 1-0 (47)}) 11... cxb3 (11... Bf6 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Rb1 Qa5 14. a4 a6 15. Nd2 $14) 12. Qxb3 (12. axb3 Be6 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Nd3 Bf6 $13 {Gurevich,D-Gruenfeld,Y/Las Vegas/1985/}) 12... Na5 13. Qb1 ({RR} 13. Qd3 Be6 14. h4 f6 15. Nd2 Qd7 16. Bf4 Rac8 17. Rfc1 b5 18. e4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qe3 Rfe8 21. e5 f5 22. h5 Rb8 23. h6 g6 24. Bg5 Bf8 25. Rcb1 a5 26. Qc1 Qa7 27. Be3 Rb4 {Beliavsky,A (2690)-Nikcevic,N (2505) Belgrade 1998 1-0 (52)}) 13... Bg4 $146 ({RR} 13... Nc4 14. Bf4 g5 15. Bc1 Bf6 16. e3 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. Nd2 b6 19. Qd3 a5 20. Nxc4 Ba6 21. Qf5 Bxc4 22. Rd1 Kg7 23. Bh3 Re8 24. Qf3 b5 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Qf5 h6 27. Ba3 a4 28. Bg4 {Spassov,L-Lukacs,P (2405) Skara 1980 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 13... Be6 14. Ne5 b6 15. Bd2 f6 16. Nd3 Nc4 17. Bb4 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Rac8 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. h4 g6 22. Rc2 Rc7 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Bh3 f5 25. Bg2 a5 26. Qb3 b5 27. Nd3 b4 28. Nc5 {Makarov,M (2515)-Ruban,V (2595) Cetinje 1993 ½-½ (49)}) 14. a4 Rc8 15. Qa2 (15. Ra2 {e5}) 15... Nc4 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Rfb1 f6 18. Qb3 b6 19. h4 Bf5 20. Rc1 Be4 21. Nd2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Na5 (22... g5 $6 23. hxg5 fxg5 24. Be3 Nxe3+ (24... Qe6 $5) 25. Qxe3 $14) 23. Qb5 Qxb5 24. axb5 Bb4 25. Nf1 Kf7 26. Bd2 Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Ke6 28. Kf3 Kd7 29. Ke3 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Ra8 $1 31. Kd3 a6 32. bxa6 Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "October Revolution 60years"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1977.07.10"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1977.06.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nd3 Bg4 14. Qxg4 Nxd3 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 $146 ({RR} 16. Qe2 Bxg5 17. Qxd3 Bf6 18. Rad1 c4 19. Qc2 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qd6 21. Rd4 Rac8 22. Rb1 Rfe8 23. Bf3 Rc7 24. Kg2 Rc5 25. Qd2 Rc7 26. Rb4 Re5 27. a4 Rc5 28. Rb5 Rxb5 29. axb5 Re8 30. Qa2 Ra8 {Quinteros,M (2555)-Diesen,M (2360) Polanica Zdroj 1977 1-0 (51)}) 16... Qxe7 17. Rab1 Rad8 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. Re1 Qd7 21. b3 c4 22. Qd2 cxb3 23. axb3 Qf5 24. Re3 Ng4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. d6 Nc8 28. Ne4 Nf6 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. Qb4 b6 31. Bb7 Kg7 32. Bxc8 Qxc8 33. d7 Qc5 34. Qg4+ Qg5 35. Qf3 Qe5 36. Qb7 Qe2 37. Rd6 Qe5 38. Rd3 Qe2 39. Qd5 Qe5 40. Qf3 Qe6 41. Qd1 Qf5 42. Rd4 a5 43. Rd5 Qe4 44. g4 Qf4 45. h3 h6 46. Rd4 Qe5 47. Qd2 Qg5 48. Qd1 Qe5 49. Rd5 Qf4 50. Kg2 Kf8 51. Rd4 Qe5 52. Qd3 Kg7 53. Rd6 Qc5 54. Qd2 b5 55. Rd5 Qc6 56. Kg3 a4 57. bxa4 bxa4 58. Qd4 Qe6 59. g5 a3 60. gxh6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch41 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1973.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1973.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. h3 e5 12. Ba2 a5 $146 ({RR} 12... Kh8 13. Bd2 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qh4 e4 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Nc4 Rfe8 19. f4 exf3 20. Rxf3 Bxc4 21. Bxc4 Ne4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rd1 f6 24. Bc1 Rae8 25. Bd3 c5 26. Bxe4 Rxe4 27. Kf2 {Donner,J-Pachman,L Madrid 1960 1-0 (56)}) 13. a4 Bb4 14. Rd1 b6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Nf3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Ng6 21. Nf3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Skelleftea"]
[Date "1989.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1989.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bg4 ({RR} 10... Nxd4 11. exd4 Bg4 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Be5 Be6 14. Nb5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. Rfe1 Qb6 17. Bf1 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rc4 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Rc2 21. Rb3 Nxe5 22. f4 Bg4 23. Rxd5 Ng6 24. f5 Ne7 25. Re5 {Keymer,V (2773)-Esipenko,A (2681) Goa IND 2025 ½-½ (57)}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. h3 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bc2 Be6 14. Bb3 Rfd8 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qd3 a6 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Qe2 b5 19. a3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rc2 b4 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. axb4 {Carlsen,M (2833)-Dubnevych,M (2255) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (60)}) 11. Qa4 Nxd4 $146 ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 ({RR} 12. Qb5) 12... bxc6 13. Be5 Be6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. Rab1 a5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 d4 21. Qxd4 Rfd8 22. Qc3 Bxa2 23. Rbc1 {½-½ (23) Dokhoian,Y (2365)-Goldin,A (2390) Sevastopol 1986 EXT 1998 [ChessBase]}) ({RR} 11... Qb6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Be5 Be6 14. Qc2 h6 15. Na4 Qb7 16. Bd4 Nd7 17. f4 c5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxb2 21. f5 Bc8 22. Rab1 Qf6 23. Qxd5 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Qxa6 25. f6 g6 26. Rb7 {Thorsteins,K (2480)-Einarsson,H (2320) Gardabaer 1991 ½-½ (60)}) 12. Qxd4 Qd7 13. h3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Rfc8 15. Be5 h6 16. Rd2 Qd8 17. Bc2 Qa5 18. Qd3 Kf8 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Qd4 Rac8 21. Bb3 Kg8 22. Qf4 Rd7 23. Qg3 Nh5 24. Qf3 Nf6 25. Rd3 a6 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Bxd5 Rcd8 28. e4 Bxc3 29. Bxe6 Rxd3 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Rxd3 Bf6 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Qxb7 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qd6+ 35. g3 Qxe6 36. b3 Qd6 37. Kg2 Bd4 38. h4 Qf6 39. f4 Qd6 40. e5 Qc5 41. Qxa6 Qd5+ 42. Kh2 Qf3 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qc2+ Kh8 45. Qg2 Qd3 46. h5 Bc5 47. e6 Kg8 48. a4 Qxb3 49. Qa8+ Bf8 50. Qe8 Qc2+ 51. Kh3 Qb1 52. Qf7+ Kh7 53. Qg6+ Qxg6 54. hxg6+ Kxg6 55. a5 h5 56. f5+ Kf6 57. a6 Bc5 58. Kh4 g6 59. e7 Kxe7 60. fxg6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-12c"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. h4 Qa5 12. Rc1 g4 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nce4 cxd4 15. O-O h5 $146 ({RR} 15... Nc6 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Qc7 20. Ncd6+ Bxd6 21. Nxd6+ Kf8 22. Qxg4 Qd7 23. Rfd1 Rd8 24. Rd3 Nce7 25. Rxd4 Nf5 26. Nxf5 exf5 27. Qh5 Qe6 28. Rc7 Rd7 29. Rcc4 Rg8 30. Qf3 {L'Ami,E (2516)-Smeets,J (2515) Schagen 2005 0-1 (38)}) 16. a4 a6 17. b4 Qd8 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nc3 20. Nxc3 dxc3 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qf6 23. Qd3 O-O 24. Rxc3 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Nagesh,Havanur"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 ({In his early years Tal played the King's Indian Defence with} 2... g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 {and had great success. Decades later Kasparov followed his example.}) ({Similarly in those days Tal played the Moden Benoni with} 2... c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 {followed by...g6, Bg7 and...0-0. Subsequently it became part of Garry's arsenal as well.}) 3. Nf3 {A flexible move that allows the "softer" Queen's Indian Defence with 3...b6 and 4...Bb7.} ({On the other hand he does not permit the strategically complex Nimzo-Indian,} 3. Nc3 Bb4 {offering greater possibilities for Black.}) 3... d5 ({After} 3... b6 {Garry had scored quite a few victories with the Petrosian Variation,} 4. a3 Bb7) 4. Nc3 c6 {Finally, the players have reached Semi-Slav Defence by transposition.} 5. Bg5 {Here comes the Anti-Meran Variation.} (5. e3 Nbd7 {leads to the tranquil waters of Meran Defence.}) 5... dxc4 {The Botvinnik System with which the 6th World Champion scored a number of sterling victories. It's an exquisite irony that the foremost exponent for White against this system is the Patriarch's own disciple, Garry Kasparov.} ({In their previous encounter at Moscow Interzonal 1982 Tal opted for} 5... h6 {(Moscow Variation) and Garry responded with the Anti-Moscow Gambit, sacrificing the c-pawn.} 6. Bh4 (6. Bxf6 Qxf6 {is the main line.}) 6... dxc4 {and the game was drawn in an unclear position after Garry had sacrificed a piece.}) 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 (9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5 Qxf6 {does not promise much for White.}) (9. Bg3 Nd5 {is less played, although players like Nakamura and more recently Rogozenco have had some success with the line.}) 9... hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 ({If} 11... Nxf6 $2 12. Qf3 ({But not the other way round.} 12. Nxb5 $2 cxb5 13. Qf3 Bb4+ $19) 12... Be7 13. Nxb5 $16) 12. g3 c5 (12... Nxf6 {is seldom played and hardly mentioned in theory books. After} 13. Bg2 ({Not} 13. Qf3 $2 Be7 14. Bxf6 (14. Nxb5 $4 Qa5+ $1 $19) 14... Bxf6 15. Nxb5 Rb8 16. Nd6+ Qxd6 17. Qxf6 Qb4+ 18. Kd1 Rg8 $17) 13... Be7 14. O-O {White threatens 15. Bxb5. A possible line is} a6 15. a4 Qd7 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne4 $16) 13. d5 Qb6 ({Now} 13... Nxf6 {can be played. After} 14. Bg2 Be7 15. O-O (15. Nxb5 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Nxd5 $17) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qb6 18. Na3 $1 ({If} 18. Nc3 $2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Rxh2 $1 $19) 18... c3 $13 {the position is unclear.} ({Not} 18... Qxb2 $2 19. Rb1 Qxa3 20. Rxb7+ Kf6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Qxd5 $18)) 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 {This move has had its share of problems and is less seen in praxis.} (16... Qa6 $1 {is the move in vogue. The queen targets the knight on a4, guards the vulnerable pawn on e6 and remains ready to occupy the diagonal b7-h1 in case the bishops are exchanged.} 17. a3 Bxd5 $1 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. axb4 Rxd5 20. Qe2 cxb4 $13) 17. a3 Nb8 $6 {A paradoxical retreat. Black intensifies the pressure on d-file and hopes to return with the knight to c6. However, all this costs some precious tempi.} ({After the standard} 17... exd5 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Bf4 {has come into vogue. If} Nxf6 $2 20. Qd4 Qa6 21. h4 {followed by 22.Bh3+ gives White the attack.}) (17... Bxd5 $2 {fails to} 18. Bxd5 Ne5 19. Bxe6+ {If the queen had retreated to a6, this idea would not have worked.}) 18. axb4 cxb4 19. Be3 $6 {Garry is self-critical. Here he questions his own move and instead recommends 19. Qd4 or 19. Qg4.} ({As tournament practice has shown,} 19. Qg4 $1 {is stronger. The queen moves away from the d-file and targets e6.} Bxd5 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxc4 Rxg5 23. Qe4) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Rfc1 Ne5 $1 {A daring move. He offers the a-pawn, clearing the path for the White rook when his own king remains exposed to attack. He is taking these appalling risks because he is preparing an attack of his own against the White king.} ({Two years before this encounter Kasparov had scored spectacular victories against} 22... Na5 $2 {played by Timoschenko and Dorfman.}) 23. b3 ({Not} 23. Bxa7 $2 Kb7 $1 24. Be3 Rd3 $1 $17 {Threatening 25...Qc6 and ...Nf3+ sets problems for White. For example,} 25. f4 $2 Rxh2 26. Kxh2 Rxe3 27. Qd1 Rd3 28. Qh1+ Nf3+ 29. Kg2 Qc6 30. Rd1 Re3 $19 {If} 31. Kh3 e5 $1) 23... c3 24. Nxc3 $1 {The knight was doing nothing on a4. At least this sacrifice opens lines against Black king.} bxc3 25. Rxc3+ Kb8 26. Qc2 {Garry spent 42 minutes before settling for this move and much of it was to decide whether to take the a7 pawn or not.} (26. Bxa7+ Kb7 27. Qc2 (27. Qe4 Qb4 28. Qc2 Bd6 29. h4 ({Not} 29. Ra4 $2 Nf3+ $3 30. Rxf3 (30. Kg2 Ne1+ 31. Kf1 Nxc2 32. Rxb4+ Nxb4 $19) 30... Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Rxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rh5+ 33. Kg2 Qh1#) 29... Ra5 30. Rxa5 Qxa5 {and Black should win as the knight outweighs the White pawns.}) 27... Bd6 28. b4 {transposes to the game.}) 26... Bd6 $1 {Combining attack and defence.} (26... Nf3+ $6 {is weak.} 27. Kg2 Ne1+ (27... Rxh2+ $2 28. Kxf3 Rf5+ 29. Kg4 $1 Rf4+ $6 30. Bxf4+ $1 (30. gxf4 $4 Qh5+ 31. Kg3 Qh3#) (30. Kxf4 $4 Bd6+ 31. Kf3 Qh5+ $19)) 28. Rxe1 Bb4 29. Rc1 Bxc3 30. Qxc3 $44) 27. Bxa7+ Kb7 28. b4 $1 {Nagesh Havanur: 'transposes to the game.'} Nc6 $6 {Threatening both 29...Nxa7 and 29...Be5 winning material. Yet it is not the strongest move according to Garry.} (28... Bxb4 $2 29. Rc7+ Ka8 30. Bb6+ Kb8 31. Rb7+ $1 Kxb7 32. Qc7#) (28... Qxb4 $2 29. Rb3 $18) ({The best move is} 28... Ra8 $1 29. Ra5 $8 Qd7 {Threatening 30...Nc6!} 30. Bb6 $1 Ra6 {Forcing exchange of rooks on his terms.} ({Not} 30... Raxa5 31. bxa5 (31. Bxa5 Nc6 $17) 31... Ka6 $15) 31. Rxa6 Kxa6 32. Bc5 Kb7 {and Black should win with careful play.}) 29. Be3 {Garry saves his bishop and gives up his rook.} Be5 {Tal spent 32 minutes before deciding on this move.} ({He was first inclined to play} 29... Rc8 $5 {and even wrote the move on his scoresheet. After the game in joint analysis both players concluded that} 30. Qh7 {is the best move here. After} ({Tal did not like the reply} 30. f4 $5 {But this is easily met by} e5 ({He calculated} 30... Bxb4 31. Rb1 {missing} Na7 $1 ({He only saw} 31... Bxc3 $2 32. Rxb5+ Rxb5 33. Qxc3 $18) 32. Rxc8 Nxc8 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Rb1 Qb5)) 30... Be5 31. Qxf7+ ({Not} 31. Rxc6 Qxc6 $1 32. Qxf7+ Rc7 33. Ra7+ Kb8 {White cannot save himself against the threats of 34...Rxf7 and 34...Rd1+ at the same time.}) 31... Rc7 32. Qe8 Rd8 33. f7 Bxc3 34. Qxd8 Nxd8 ({Or} 34... Bxa1 35. Qg8 Rd7 36. f8=Q Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Qf1+ 38. Kf3 Ne5+ 39. Kf4 Qc4+ 40. Kg5 Qg4+ {Nagesh Havanur: '='} 41. Kh6 Qh3+ 42. Kg5 Qg4+ $11) 35. Ra7+ {Nagesh Havanur: '='} Kc8 36. Ra8+ Kb7 37. Ra7+ $11) 30. Rxc6 Bxa1 31. Rc7+ Kb8 32. Ba7+ ({Not} 32. Rxf7 $2 Rd7 33. Re7 Bxf6 34. Rxe6 Bd4 $19) 32... Ka8 33. Be3 {Threatening mate with 34.Qa2+} Kb8 34. Ba7+ Ka8 {A useful repetition before time control. But now what?} 35. Bc5 $146 Kb8 36. Rxf7 $1 Be5 37. Ba7+ ({Garry writes, at the board he was not able to assess the variation} 37. Re7 $1 Rhd8 (37... Bxf6 38. Bd6+ $18) 38. f7 Rd1+ 39. Kg2 Qc6+ $1 40. Kh3 Qf3 $1 41. Qh7 $8 {Stopping 41... Rh8+ and also threatening 42.Re8 and f7-f8=Q.} Bxg3 $1 42. fxg3 R1d5 {Forcing White to find a draw with "only" moves.} ({Or Black can play the easier move} 42... Qf1+ $11 {and draw by perpetual check.}) 43. Rb7+ $1 {Nagesh Havanur: '='} Kc8 (43... Kxb7 $4 44. f8=Q+ $18) 44. Rc7+ $1 Kb8 45. Rb7+ $11) 37... Ka8 38. Be3 Rd7 $1 39. Qa2+ $2 {An error in time trouble.} (39. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 40. f7 $1 {would have maintained dynamic balance according to Garry. Note that} Qxf7 $4 {fails to} 41. Qe4+ Qb7 42. Qxe5 $18) 39... Kb8 40. Ba7+ $1 (40. Qxe6 $2 {fails to} Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Qf1+ ({Garry endorses Igor Stohl's recommendation} 41... Rd6 42. Qb3 Rd3 43. Qe6 Rxe3 $1 {But after} 44. Rh7 (44. fxe3 $4 Qe2+ $19) 44... Re8 (44... Rxh7 45. Qg8+ Kb7 46. Qxh7+ Kb6 47. fxe3 Qe2+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kg4 Qxf6 $11 {and White cannot escape from checks.}) 45. Re7 Rf8 46. f7 Rd3 47. Re8+ Rd8 48. Qxe5+ Qxe5 49. Rxe5 Rxf7 {matters are not so clear. Black rooks have to cope with four White passed pawns!}) 42. Kf3 Qh1+ 43. Kg4 Qe4+ 44. Kg5 Rg8+ 45. Rg7 Bxf6+ $1 46. Kxf6 ({Or} 46. Qxf6 Rd5+ 47. Kh6 Rh8+ $19) 46... Qxe6+ 47. Kxe6 Rxg7 $19 {Analysis by ChessBase.}) 40... Kc8 {A resourceful monarch! All along he has saved himself with "only" moves.} 41. Qxe6 Qd5 ({Not} 41... Kd8 $2 42. Rxd7+ Qxd7 43. Qxe5 {Threatening both 44.Qb8+ and also 44.f7. Either way the rook is lost.} Qxa7 44. f7 Qxf7 ({Or} 44... Rf8 45. Qd6+ $18) 45. Qxh8+ Kd7 46. h4 $18) 42. Qa6+ Qb7 $6 {Fatigue!} ({He could have played for a win with} 42... Kd8 $1 {But after} 43. Bb6+ Ke8 44. Rxd7 Kxd7 45. Qa7+ Ke6 46. Qe7+ Kf5 47. f7 Bg7 48. h4 Kg6 49. b5 Qxf7 {it is not easy for Black to escape from checks, if at all.}) 43. Qc4+ Qc7 $1 {Threatening to exchange queens or rooks and so forcing back the White queen to a6. Draw on account of perpetual check.Times:2.35-1.30. ½-½ (43)} (43... Kd8 {also draws.But Black has to be careful.} 44. Rxd7+ Qxd7 (44... Kxd7 $4 45. Bc5 $18) 45. Bb6+ Bc7 (45... Ke8 $2 46. Qe2 $1 $18) 46. Bc5 Bd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch29 Final"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1961.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1961.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Bd6 ({RR} 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7) 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bd6 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 $146 ({RR} 12... Be6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Nb3 Ne4 15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Nxf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nd4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. f4 a5 23. bxa5 Bxa3 24. Bf3 Bb4 {½-½ (24) Calinescu,G-Gulgener,E Heraklion 1985 EXT 2020 [ChessBase II]}) 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bg4 15. Bd3 h6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Qb1 Rad8 19. Bf5 Bb8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Qf5 Qe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Nb3 Ne4 24. Nfd2 Nd6 25. e4 Ba7 26. Nc5 Rf7 27. Re1 Ref8 28. f3 a5 29. Kf1 axb4 30. Nxb7 Nc4 31. Nxc4 dxc4 32. Rxc4 bxa3 33. Bxa3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 03rd sf"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1961.10.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "Tal,M/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1961.10.08"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[BlackTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 (6... cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Bg5 g6 15. Rad1 Nd5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba4 (17. h4) 17... a6 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qe3 Bf6 (19... Qh5 20. d5 exd5 21. Qxb6 $40) 20. Bb3 Qh5 21. d5 $40) 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 (9. a3 $142 cxd4 10. exd4 Nf6 11. Re1 $1) 9... b6 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. e4 ({RR} 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 Rd8 14. h3 Be6 15. Qa4 a5 16. Qf4 d4 17. exd4 cxd4 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Bxb4 axb4 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Qe4 g6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Bf8 24. Rxd4 Qa6 25. a3 bxa3 26. bxa3 Qxa3 {Radjabov,T (2765)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2784) chess24.com INT 2020 ½-½ (39)}) 12... Be6 13. Bf4 $146 (13. exd5 {½-½ Geller,E-Krogius,N URS-ch26 Tbilisi 1959 (1)}) ({RR} 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Qd1 Bd6 17. Kg2 Qh4 18. h3 f5 19. Be3 Rf6 20. Rh1 Rg6+ 21. Kf1 Rf6 22. Kg2 Rg6+ 23. Kf1 Rf6 24. Kg2 Rg6+ {½-½ (24) Geller,E-Krogius,N Tbilisi 1959}) ({RR} 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Bf4 Bf6 15. Ne5 Nb4 16. Bf5 g6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd7 Bd4 19. Bh3 Re8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nxc5 Qe7 22. Nd3 Rd8 23. Qe1 Be4 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Qxe4 Bxb2 26. Qxe7 Nxe7 27. Rb1 Bxa3 {Platonov,I-Farago,I (2510) Kiev 1978 ½-½ (56)}) 13... dxe4 14. Bxe4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rac8 16. b3 h6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {This was a quick draw with my flight- companion Keres (the life and Games of M Tal)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.05.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O (8... cxd4 $142) 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 (9... exd5 $2 10. dxc5) 10. e4 Qh5 ({RR} 10... Qd6 11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Be3 Qa5 13. a3 Ne5 14. b4 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Qe5 16. Bf4 Qd4 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Bf1 Qg7 19. Qe3 g5 20. Bc7 b6 21. Rac1 Bb7 22. Rd7 Rfe8 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb7 Bd6 25. Rxb6 {So,W (2812)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2796) Leuven 2017 0-1 (32)}) 11. dxc5 $1 ({RR} 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bc4 Rd8 13. Re1 b5 14. Bxb5 exd5 15. exd5 Rxd5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Bf6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qa4 Bc6 20. Qb3 h6 21. Bf4 Bd5 22. Qd1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3 24. Re3 Bf6 25. a3 Nc6 {Jaiveer,M (2309)-Samdanov,S (2294) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (56)}) 11... Bxc5 12. Bf4 b6 ({RR} 12... Rd8 13. a3 Bd7 14. Qe2 Be8 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. Rfe1 Ba4 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. b4 Bb6 19. Bg5 Kf8 20. e5 Bc6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd7 24. b5 Qg6 25. Qb4 f6 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 {Tal,M (2565)-Karolyi,T Tallinn 1985 ½-½}) 13. a3 $146 ({RR} 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. a3 a5 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 e5 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Be2 Qg6 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Qxd4 Bxe4 23. f3 Bc2 24. Qc4 Bf5 25. Qd5 Rf8 26. Bb5 Qg5 27. Rd1 Qe3+ {Kan,I-Levenfish,G Leningrad/Moscow 1939 ½-½ (38)}) ({RR} 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Bc4 Qg4 17. g3 Nc6 18. h3 Qg6 19. e5 Nb4 20. a3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Nh4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Rd7 Kf8 26. Ng2 Ke8 27. Rd1 Rd8 {Commons,K (2420)-Brasket,C Lone Pine 1976 0-1 (49)}) 13... Rd8 (13... a5 14. e5 $142 (14. Nd2 $16) 14... Rd8 15. Ng5 $16) 14. b4 Be7 (14... Ba6 15. Bxa6 $1) 15. Rc1 Bb7 (15... Ba6 16. Bxa6 (16. Nd4)) 16. Qe2 h6 $16 (16... Rac8 17. Ba6 $16) (16... g5 17. Nxg5 Qxe2 18. Bxe2 Nd4 19. Bh5 f6 20. Rc7 $18) 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Rxd4 20. Qb7 Re8 21. Bg3 $2 (21. Qxa7 Rxe4 22. Qd7 $16) (21. Be3 Rd3 22. Qxa7 Bd6 23. g3 $16) 21... Qb5 $1 22. h3 (22. Qxa7 Rxe4 23. Rc7 Rd8 24. f3 Qxf1+ $10) 22... Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.19"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Bf3 Ne4 16. Ne2 Ng5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 $146 ({RR} 18. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 f6 21. Rg1 Qf5 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Rcg1 Re8 24. Kg2 Qe5 25. Qd2 Qf5 26. Bd4 h5 27. Qd1 Bd7 28. h4 {½-½ (28) Flores,D (2599)-Mekhitarian,K (2531) Santos 2012}) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qg5 20. Rc5 Rfe8 21. Rfc1 Re6 22. h3 Qg6 23. a4 Qe4 24. Qg4 Rg6 25. Qxe4 dxe4 26. b4 Bd7 27. Rc7 Rc6 28. R1xc6 Bxc6 29. a5 Rd8 30. Kh2 f6 31. g4 Rd7 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Kg3 Rd5 34. Rh8 Kg6 35. Kf4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-09"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1973.09.01"]
[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 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. Qc2 Rfe8 14. Nd2 ({RR} 14. a3 Nb6 15. Nd2 Ng4 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Nd7 20. Rfc1 Nb6 21. Qd3 a4 22. Qd1 Ra7 23. Na2 Nc4 24. Nb4 Raa8 25. Nd3 b6 26. Ra1 Re7 27. Qc2 h6 28. Ra2 Re6 {Lesiege,A (2525)-So,W (2822) Chess.com INT 2017 ½-½ (57)}) 14... Ng4 15. Nf3 Ngf6 16. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 16. a3 Qe7 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Qe2 Qd6 20. Qc2 Qe7 {½-½ (20) Mikrut,D (2313)-Jimenez Fernandez,R (2133) Roquetas de Mar ESP 2026}) 16... Ng4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Kholmov sim"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.05.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1949.05.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Tal's first game against a master was this simulteous display against the young master Ratmir Kholmov.} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. exf6 Bb4 10. Be2 Qxf6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. a4 Bb7 14. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 14. Qb1 Rg8 15. Ne1 Qg5 16. Bxc4 c5 17. f3 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Qxc3 19. Bxb5 Qxd4 20. Ra2 Ke7 21. Nd3 Bd5 22. Rc2 Rac8 23. Qc1 c4 24. Nf4 Ne5 25. Rd1 Qc5 26. Nxd5+ exd5 27. Re1 Kd6 28. Qxh6+ Ng6 {Virtanen,E-Sammalvuo,T Joensuu 1991 0-1 (48)}) 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf3 Rd8 17. Qc2 {[#]} Rd3 $17 18. axb5 (18. Rfe1) 18... Rxf3 $1 19. Rxa7 Qxb5 (19... Rxc3) 20. gxf3 $2 (20. Rxb7 Qxb7 21. gxf3 Rg8+ 22. Kh1 c5 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. fxe4 Kd7 $17) 20... Qg5+ $19 21. Kh1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "LAT-ch09"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.03.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klasups, Karlis"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Primel,Dominique"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 $146 (9. Qe2 Re8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. Rb1 Qf5 19. Re1 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 c5 {½-½ Lisitsin,G-Taimanov,M/Moscow 1948/URS-ch}) ({RR} 9. Qe2 Re8 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf6 18. Rb1 Qf5 19. Re1 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 c5 {½-½ (20) Lisitsin,G-Taimanov,M Moscow 1948}) ({RR} 9. Bd2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Re8 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rad1 Bc7 13. Ba2 e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. Ba2 Bg4 18. Ba5 Bxa5 19. Rxd8 Raxd8 20. Qg6 Be6 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Qf5 Bb6 23. h3 e4 {Belozerov,A (2552)-Popov,R (2392) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004 ½-½}) ({RR} 9. b4 Bc7 10. Re1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Bb2 Bf5 16. Rad1 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18. Nd6 Bg6 19. Nxb7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxa3 21. Nd8 Bxb4 22. Nxc6 Bc5 23. Ba6 Be4 {Filindash,N (2069)-Zubarev,A (2372) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (61)}) ({RR} 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. Bd2 Bc7 11. Rac1 h6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nb5 Qd8 14. Nxc7 Qxc7 15. Bb1 Re8 16. Be1 Ne4 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. f3 exf3 20. Qxf3 Qb3 21. Bc3 Nf8 22. Qg3 Qe6 23. Rce1 Qd5 {Zagoriansky,E-Mikenas,V Tartu 1950 1-0 (35)}) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. f4 Qe7 13. b4 $6 {[%csl Gc5] Le  sera mieux placé en "b6"! et c'est le début d'un plan douteux de la part des blancs} (13. Qc2 $142 {[%cal Gc2c3,Gc2h7]} f6 14. Ne4 fxe5 $2 15. Ng5 $40) (13. Bd2 $142 {[%cal Gc3e4,Gd2a5,Ge4d6]} f6 14. Ne4 $1 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 $16 {[%csl Rc8,Re6,Rh7][%cal Ge4d6]} fxe5 16. Qb4 $1 $36 {[%csl Re6]}) 13... Bb6 {[%csl Gb6,Re3][%cal Gb6g1]} 14. Qb3 {[%csl Re6] Espérant faire assez de pression sur "e6" pour éviter "f6" mais le futur Champion du Monde va trouver des ressources tactiques} f6 $1 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Ne4 fxe5 17. Kh1 $2 {[%csl Rh1] Les blancs vont avoir non seulement un retard de développement mais aussi une surcharge sur la 1ère rangée} (17. f5 $142 Nf6 18. Ng5 $11 {[%cal Gg5e6,Gg5f7]}) 17... exf4 18. exf4 Nf6 $17 19. Ng5 $2 {trop tard!} Ne4 $1 {[%csl Rf1][%cal Ge4g5]} 20. Nf7+ $4 (20. Nxe4 $8 Bxe6 {La partie restait jouable pour les blancs malgré l'avantage net des noirs.}) 20... Rxf7 21. Bxf7 Nf2+ $1 22. Kg1 Nd3+ 23. Kh1 Qe2 24. Bb2 Bh3 $3 25. Bxg7+ (25. gxh3 Qe4+ {[%csl Gb6]}) 25... Kxg7 26. Bd5 cxd5 27. Qxd5 Kh8 28. Qg5 Bd4 29. gxh3 Rg8 30. Rae1 Nxe1 {[%mdl 512]} 0-1

[Event "Porz Int"]
[Site "Cologne"]
[Date "1982.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Knezevic, Milorad"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1981.12.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. O-O Nh5 ({RR} 11... b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Nd5 14. Bxe7 Ncxe7 15. Ne2 Ng6 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Nf4 Qf5 20. Nxg6 Qxg6 21. Qf4 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Ne1 Bd5 24. f3 Qg5 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Kf2 {Chen,H (2442)-Zuo,Y (2287) Nanjing CHN 2024 ½-½}) 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Nf6 16. Nc7 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rb8 18. h3 Bf5 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Be4 21. Rd4 Rfe8 22. Rc7 Rbd8 23. b4 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Bxd5 25. b5 a6 26. a4 axb5 27. axb5 Bxf3 28. gxf3 b6 {Vidit,S (2695)-Giri,A (2783) Wijk aan Zee 2019 ½-½ (36)}) 14... Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch32 Final"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1965.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "185"]
[EventDate "1964.12.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Qc2 g6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 ({RR} 12... Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nb8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Ba6 Bb7 {½-½ (18) Gheorghiu,F (2545)-Tal,M (2620) Leningrad 1977}) 13. Qxc3 Rb8 14. Bc2 Qb6 15. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 15. b3 f5 16. Rb1 Bf6 17. Qe1 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bb2 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Ba6 21. Rbb1 Rfd8 {½-½ (21) Minev,N-Dely,P Sinaia 1964}) 15... Ba6 16. b3 f5 17. Bb2 Bf6 18. Qe1 Bxb2 19. Rxb2 Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21. Rbb1 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. b4 cxb4 25. axb4 Nc4 26. Nc6 Rd7 27. Ra1 Bb7 28. Nxa7 Rd2 29. Bb3 Bd5 30. Bxc4 Bxc4 31. Nc6 Rb2 32. h4 Bb5 33. Nd4 Rxb4 34. Nxe6 Rxh4 35. Ra8+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kg7 37. f4 Bc6 38. Ra6 Bd5 39. Rd6 Bg8 40. Rd8 Rh5 41. Rd7+ Kf6 42. e4 fxe4 43. Nxe4+ Kf5 44. Ng3+ Kxf4 45. Nxh5+ gxh5 46. Kh2 Be6 47. Rxh7 Kg4 48. Re7 Bf5 49. Rg7+ Kf4 50. g3+ Kf3 51. Rg5 Bg4 52. Re5 Kf2 53. Re8 Be2 54. Rf8+ Bf3 55. Rf7 Ke3 56. Kg1 Be4 57. Rf8 Bd3 58. Ra8 Bf5 59. Ra5 Bg4 60. Kg2 Bf3+ 61. Kf1 Be2+ 62. Ke1 Bg4 63. Ra3+ Ke4 64. Kf2 Bd1 65. Ra5 Bg4 66. Ra8 Kf5 67. Rd8 Ke4 68. Rf8 Bh3 69. Ke2 Bg4+ 70. Kd2 Bf5 71. Rf7 Bg4 72. Rf4+ Ke5 73. Ke3 Be6 74. Rf8 Bh3 75. Ra8 Kf5 76. Ra5+ Kg6 77. Kf4 h4 78. Ra6+ Kg7 79. gxh4 Bf1 80. Rb6 Be2 81. Kg5 Bd1 82. Rb7+ Kg8 83. Kh6 Bf3 84. Rb3 Be4 85. Rg3+ Kf7 86. Kg5 Bc2 87. Kf4 Bg6 88. Rg5 Kf6 89. h5 Bf5 90. h6 Bg6 91. Rg3 Bb1 92. Rg7 Bg6 93. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Candidates sf Kortschnoj-Tal +2-1=7"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1968.07.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. a3 cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 b6 12. Qe2 ({RR} 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Rfe1 Nd5 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Bb3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Nc3 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Rc7 22. Qd2 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. Qf4 Rd7 25. Ne5 Re7 26. Re3 Qd6 {Demidov,M (2631)-Morozevich,A (2712) Tallinn 2019 1-0 (32)}) ({RR} 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bb1 Qd6 14. Qd3 g6 15. Rfe1 Rad8 16. Rcd1 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Nf6 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Ne5 Nc6 22. Nf3 h6 23. Ba2 Ne7 24. Ne5 Nf5 25. Qf4 Nxd4 26. Kh1 Ne2 {Novikova,G (2073)-Norowitz,Y (2402) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (35)}) 12... Bb7 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1 g6 $146 ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Bb1 Nb8 16. Ne5 Nbd7 17. Nxf7 Qc7 18. Qxe6 Rf8 19. Nd6+ Kh8 20. Nxc8 Bxa3 21. bxa3 Bxc8 22. Nb5 {1-0 (22) Brostrom,G-Stenborg,A Stockholm 1967}) ({RR} 14... Rc8 15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. Qe3 Nd5 17. Qh3 f5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Ba6 Nc2 21. Bxc8 Nxe1 22. Bxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe1 Be4 24. f4 Qd5 25. Re2 Qd4+ {½-½ (26) Sermek,D (2535)-Khenkin,I (2575) Porto San Giorgio 1996}) 15. Bc4 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxg5 17. Be4 Bf6 18. Ne5 Rc8 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. d5 Rd6 22. Ne4 Rd7 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rxd7 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Qc6 27. Rd1 g5 28. h3 Kg7 29. b4 Kg6 30. g3 h5 31. Re7 f6 32. Re3 Kg7 33. g4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Qc4 35. Rg3 Kg6 36. Rdd3 Qc1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4 38. Rdf3 Qd6 39. Rf5 a6 40. Kh1 Qd1+ 41. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Capablanca Memorial-02"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1963.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1963.08.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Lutz,Christopher} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 Be7 ({RR} 9... Bb7 10. O-O Bd6) 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf4 ({RR} 11. Ng3 c5 12. e4 Bb7 13. e5 ({RR} 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Nf5 Bd6 ({RR} 15... Nfxd5) 16. Bg5 c4 17. Bc2 Rc8 18. Qd4 Bc5 19. Qh4 Nbxd5 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ne7+ Bxe7 24. Qxh7#) 13... Nd5 14. Re1 Qb6 15. h4 cxd4 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Bxe7 ({RR} 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 ({RR} 18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxe7 20. Qxa8+) 19. Nxd4 Rd8) 17... Nxe7 18. Bc2 Nf8 19. Qxd4 Bxf3 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. gxf3 Ra5 22. h5 Nd7 23. f4 Nd5 24. a3 ({RR} 24. Ne2 Nc5) ({RR} 24. Re4 Nc5 25. Rd4 Rea8 26. a3 R5a7) 24... bxa3 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 {Nikolic,P (2659)-Lautier,J (2632) Monte Carlo 2000 CBM 076 [Lutz,Christopher] 0-1 (50)}) ({RR} 11. Ng3 c5 12. e4 Bb7 13. e5 Ne4 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nb6 18. Qe4 Qd5 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 g6 22. Rfe1 Qd2 23. Qxd2 Rxd2 24. b3 Rc8 25. Ne4 Rd4 {Mamakova,A (2069)-Kurmangaliyeva,L (2346) Astana KAZ 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 11... Bb7 12. Re1 $146 ({RR} 12. Ng5 Qa5 13. Nfxe6 fxe6 14. e4 Kh8 15. Nxe6 Qb6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Qg4 Rf7 18. Bg5 Nf8 19. Bxe7 Nxe6 20. Bd6 Nxd4 21. e6 Rf6 22. Rad1 Nxb3 23. axb3 c5 {0-1 (23) Bhagat Kush (2279)-Shogdzhiev,R (2329) Belgrade SRB 2025}) ({RR} 12. Ng5 Qa5 13. Ngxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Kh8 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. f3 Nb6 17. e4 Rd8 18. Be3 Nfd7 19. Rc1 Ba6 20. Re1 Ne5 21. dxe5 Rxd1 22. Rexd1 Qb5 23. Rc2 h6 24. f4 c5 25. Bf7 Qc6 26. Bd5 Qg6 {Studnicka,T (2105)-Galicek,S (2195) Czech Republic 2001 1-0 (41)}) 12... c5 13. Ng5 Kh8 14. e4 cxd4 15. e5 Nd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxg5 18. Nxb4 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb6 20. Rc4 a5 21. Nd3 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qa4 Nb8 24. h4 h6 25. h5 Kh7 26. a3 Rc7 27. Re2 Rc8 28. Rc2 Rc6 29. Rc4 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Nc6 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Kg8 33. f4 Ne7 34. Qc5 Qb7 35. Qxd4 Nf5 36. Qf2 Qe4 37. Qf3 Qd4+ 38. Kh2 Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament-05"]
[Site "Curacao"]
[Date "1962.05.24"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1962.05.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "AHO"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 b6 ({RR} 8... O-O 9. h4 Nc6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. Qd3 f5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bb3 Be6 15. Bg5 Na5 16. O-O f4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Ba4 Qd6 20. Re5 Bf7 21. Ng5 Bg6 22. Qb5 Nc4 23. Rxd5 {Grandelius,N (2643)-Askarov,B (2297) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (55)}) 9. Nxd5 ({RR} 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qb3 Bc6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. f4 O-O 17. Ng3 Bd6 18. Bd2 Nf6 19. Rae1 Re8 20. Qd1 Rc8 21. Qe2 Bf8 22. Rc1 g6 23. Rfe1 Bg7 {Balog,I (2558)-Horvath,J (2490) Budapest 2018 1-0 (64)}) 9... Qxd5 10. O-O Nd7 $146 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Be4 Qd6 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Rd8 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Be4 Ng6 17. Be3 O-O 18. Bf3 Bf6 {½-½ (18) Banas,J (2425)-Spacek,P (2410) Czech Republic 2000}) 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be4 Qd7 15. d5 Rd8 16. Qc2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Red1 Qb7 19. Rxd8+ Bxd8 20. Rd1 Bf6 21. Qa4+ b5 22. Qb4 Be7 23. Qa5 O-O 24. Ne5 Rc8 25. h3 Qb6 26. Qxb6 axb6 27. Rd7 Kf8 28. Kf1 Rc1+ 29. Ke2 Rc2+ 30. Rd2 Rxd2+ 31. Kxd2 Bc5 32. f3 Bd4 33. Nd3 Ke7 34. b3 Kd6 35. Nb4 f5 36. Kd3 Bb2 37. Nc2 Kc5 38. Kd2 g5 39. Kd3 Kd5 40. Ne3+ Ke5 41. Nc2 Kd6 42. Nb4 h5 43. Kd2 Bd4 44. Nd3 h4 45. Nc1 Bc5 46. Ne2 b4 47. Kd3 Kd5 48. Nc1 e5 49. Kd2 e4 50. fxe4+ Kxe4 51. Nd3 Bd6 52. Ke2 Kd4 53. Ne1 g4 54. Nc2+ Ke4 55. Ne3 gxh3 56. gxh3 f4 57. Nf1 f3+ 58. Kd2 Bf4+ 59. Ke1 b5 60. Kd1 Kd3 61. Ke1 Bg3+ 62. Kd1 f2 0-1

[Event "Sochi GM vs Young Masters"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1970.10.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kuzmin, Gennadi P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 d5 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. e5 Bb7 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qb8 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. Rf1 $146 ({RR} 19. Re1 Bd5 20. a4 Rc7 21. Ne4 Qd8 22. Nd6 Nb8 23. Nb5 Rd7 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. f4 Ne7 26. Qd2 Bc6 27. Nd6 Bxa4 28. f5 exf5 29. Qa2 Bc6 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Nxf5 Nd5 32. Qg6 Nf4 33. Qg3 Be4 {Skaslien,I (1996)-Pigott,J (2326) Reykjavik ISL 2024 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 19. Re1 Bd5 20. a4 Rc7 21. Ne4 Qd8 22. Nd6 Nb8 23. Nb5 Rd7 24. Rc1 Nc6 25. f4 Ne7 26. Qd2 Bc6 27. Nd6 Bxa4 28. f5 exf5 29. Qa2 Bc6 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Nxf5 Nd5 32. Qg6 Nf4 33. Qg3 Be4 {Skaslien,I (1996)-Pigott,J (2326) Reykjavik ISL 2024 1-0 (44)}) 19... Qc7 20. Nc4 Ba6 21. Nd6 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 Qc3 23. Qe4 Rf8 24. h4 Nb8 25. Rd1 Nc6 26. Rd3 Qc2 27. a4 f6 28. exf6 Rxf6 29. f3 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Qc2+ 31. Kg1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates m 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 Be6 11. b3 Qe7 12. Nb5 Bc5 13. Bb2 Rac8 ({RR} 13... Ne4 14. Nbd4 Rac8 15. Nxc6 ({RR} 15. Rc1) 15... bxc6 16. Rc1 f6 ({RR} 16... Bb6 17. Nd4) 17. Qd3 ({RR} 17. Nd4 Bd7 ({RR} 17... Bxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qd3 Rfd8)) 17... Bd6 18. Qa6 c5 19. Rfe1 Rc7 20. g3 Rb8 21. Ba3 Rb6 22. Qa5 Bg4 ({RR} 22... c4 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Nd4) 23. Rcd1 Qe6 24. Rd3 ({RR} 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 ({RR} 24... Bxf3 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Bxf3) 25. Bc4 Qxc4 26. bxc4 Bxf3) 24... Bf8 25. Red1 Rd7 26. b4 c4 ({RR} 26... cxb4 27. Nd4 Qe7 28. Bxg4 bxa3 29. Bxd7) 27. Rxd5 ({RR} 27. Nd4 cxd3 28. Nxe6 dxe2 29. Re1 Rxe6) 27... Rxd5 28. Rxd5 {Spraggett,K (2555)-Rodriguez Vargas,O (2500) Terrassa 1990 CBM 019 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 0-1 (33)} ({RR} 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Nc3 30. Rd2 Nxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Bxf3)) ({RR} 13... Ne4 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Nfd4 Rfd8 16. Bd3 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Bxd4 a6 21. Bb1 Ng6 22. Bb2 Nh4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. f3 Qxe3+ 25. Rf2 Ng6 26. Qd4 Rc1+ {0-1 (25) Rosabal,Y (2208)-Suasnabar,J (2027) Santa Clara CUB 2025}) ({RR} 13... a6 14. Nbd4 Rac8 15. a3 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 f6 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Nc5 21. Bc2 Na4 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Qxa4 b5 26. Qd4 Qc5 27. h4 Qxd4 28. Bxd4 {Larsen,B-Norman Hansen,H Grenaa 1973 1-0 (48)}) 14. a3 ({RR} 14. Rc1) 14... Ne4 15. Nbd4 $146 ({RR} 15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bb6 17. Qd3 Nc5 18. Qd1 Ne4 19. Bf3 Ng5 20. Bxd5 Nh3+ 21. gxh3 Bxd5 22. Nf5 Qg5+ 23. Qg4 Qxg4+ 24. hxg4 Bxb3 25. Ne7+ Kh8 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rfc1 Re8 28. a4 a5 29. Rcb1 Bd5 {Averbakh,Y-Rocha,A Rio de Janeiro 1965 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Bf5 17. Nbd4 Bg6 18. Qd1 Re8 19. b4 Bb6 20. Qb3 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qd6 23. Qb2 Qe5 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rc1 Qe8 26. h4 h5 27. Nf3 a6 28. Bd3 Qd8 29. Rc2 Nf6 {Pachman,L-Parma,B Bled 1961 ½-½ (62)}) 15... Bg4 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Ba6 Rcd8 19. h3 Bh5 20. Qc2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qg5+ 22. Kf1 Qh4 23. fxe4 Qxh3+ 24. Ke2 Qh5+ 25. Kd2 d4 26. Kc1 dxe3 27. fxe3 Bxe3+ 28. Kb1 Bd4 29. Bc4 Re7 30. Ka2 Bxb2 31. Qxb2 Red7 32. Rac1 Rd2 33. Rc2 Rxc2 34. Qxc2 Qe5 35. a4 g6 36. Qf2 Rd7 37. Rf1 Kg7 38. Bxf7 Qc3 39. Bd5 Rd8 40. Qxa7+ Kh8 41. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Candidates m 3rd place"]
[Site "Eersel"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1969.03.10"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Be7 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 Be6 10. O-O Bxc5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a6 ({RR} 12... Re8 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. Ne2 Qd7 15. Nf4 Rad8 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Qh5 a6 18. h3 g6 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Qb2+ Kg8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. h4 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Qf6 {Kushko,D (2449)-Barria Zuniga,D (2341) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (38)}) 13. Na4 $146 ({RR} 13. h3 Ba7 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Ned4 Qf6 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3) 14. Ne2 Qd6 15. Nf4 Rad8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qf3 Re4 20. Rfd1 Rde8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qf6 24. Nd3 Qxd4 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Nd3 Bd7 27. Nc5 Bc8 {Petrosian,T (2635)-Grigorian,K (2485) Moscow 1976 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 13. h3 Ba7 14. Ne2 Qd6 15. Nf4 Rad8 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rfe8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Qf3 Re4 20. Rfd1 Rde8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 Qf6 24. Nd3 Qxd4 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Nd3 Bd7 27. Nc5) ({RR} 13. h3 Re8 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Ned4 Qf6 16. Rc1 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 {½-½ (18) Razuvaev,Y (2555)-Rotstein,A (2485) Porto San Giorgio 1998}) 13... Ba7 14. Nd4 Qd6 15. Rc1 Rac8 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Nc3 Bb8 18. f4 Ng4 19. Nce2 Bd7 20. h3 Nf6 21. Ng3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qa5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Qc3 Qf8 27. Ne2 Bd7 28. Ng3 f6 29. Nxe4 Bc6 30. Qc4+ Qf7 31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32. Nd2 Bd6 33. Kf2 Bb4 34. Nf3 Be4 35. a3 Ba5 36. b4 Bc7 37. Nd2 Bc6 38. g4 a5 39. f5 axb4 40. axb4 Bd6 41. Bc3 g6 42. fxg6+ Kxg6 43. Nf3 Be4 44. b5 Be7 45. Nd4 Bd6 46. Ne2 f5 47. gxf5+ Bxf5 48. Nf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch50 Final+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.04.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1983.04.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bb5 Qb6 9. Bxd7+ Bxd7 10. dxc5 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qxc5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Ke7 15. Kd2 Rhc8 16. Rhb1 b6 17. Rb4 Rc4 18. Rxc4 dxc4 19. e4 Kd6 20. Ke3 Kc5 21. Rd1 Re8 22. Nf5 Bc6 23. f3 b5 24. a3 a5 25. Rd6 Re6 26. Rd8 Re8 27. Rd6 Re6 {Andruet,G (2430)-Lukez,F (2325) Val Maubuee 1988 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 13. Qd4 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Ke7 15. Kd2 Rhc8 16. Rhb1 b6 17. a4 Rc5 18. Nb3 Rc4 19. a5 bxa5 20. Rxa5 Rb8 21. Rxa7 Ra4 22. Rxd7+ Kxd7 23. Nc5+ Kc7 24. Rxb8 Ra2+ 25. Ke1 Kxb8 26. Nd7+ Kc7 27. Nxf6 Kd6 {Rodriguez Vargas,O (2500)-Campos Moreno,J (2440) Barcelona 1990 ½-½ (33)}) 13... Rg8 14. Qd3 Qc4 15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. Nd4 Rg5 18. Reb1 Bf5 19. Rb4 Bd3 20. a4 Ra5 21. Ra2 Rd6 22. Rab2 Rb6 23. Ra2 Rxb4 24. cxb4 Rd5 25. a5 Kc7 26. f3 b6 27. a6 c3 28. Ra3 c2 29. Nxc2 Bxc2 30. Rc3+ Kd7 31. Rxc2 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Ra1 33. b5 Rb1 34. Rd2+ Ke6 35. Rd8 Rxb5 36. Ra8 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 Ra2 38. Rxa7 f5 39. h4 Kf6 40. Ra8 b5 41. a7 Ra4 42. h5 Ra1 43. h6 Ra4 44. Kf2 f4 45. exf4 1-0

[Event "Lvov International"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1981.06.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1981.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Qa5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Be2 d4 13. exd4 Bxd4 14. O-O $146 ({RR} 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Re8 17. Nc3 b6 18. Rd1 bxc5 19. Kd2 Rb8 20. b3 Bb7 21. Bf1 Bc6 22. Re1 Rxe1 23. Kxe1 a5 24. Kd2 a4 25. bxa4 Kf8 26. Nb5 Ne6 27. Bc4 Bxg2 28. Rc1 Ng5 {Panjwani,R (2209)-Kraai,J (2428) Berkeley 2005 0-1 (42)}) 14... Bxc5 15. Qa4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Be7 17. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tel Aviv"]
[Site "Tel Aviv"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lev, Ronen"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1990.02.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 020 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. Bd2 a6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 e5 13. Bg5 $146 ({RR} 13. c5 exd4 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. b4 Bf6 16. Rad1 b6 17. Bc1 bxc5 18. bxc5 Re8 19. Rfe1 Nxc5 20. Nxd4 Bd7 21. Be3 Na4 22. Rc1 c5 23. Nb3 Bb5 24. Nxc5 Nc3 25. Bxb5 axb5 26. Nd7 Nxa2 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Chuchelov,V (2315)-Janjgava,L (2470) Novosibirsk 1989 ½-½ (32)}) 13... Qe6 14. c5 Bc7 15. Rac1 Qg6 16. Qxg6 hxg6 17. Bc4 exd4 18. Rfe1 Nxc5 19. Be7 Ne6 20. Bxf8 Kxf8 21. a3 a5 22. Re4 Bd7 23. Nxd4 Ng5 24. Ree1 Bb6 25. Nc2 Bf5 26. Ne3 Bd4 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Rc2 a4 29. Kf1 Ne4 30. Rd1 c5 31. Bd5 Nd6 32. Rcd2 Rd8 33. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch37 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Liberzon, Vladimir Mikhailovi"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 ({RR} 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. a3 {½-½ (13) Hort,V (2595)-Tal,M (2705) Skara 1980}) 6... a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Bb3 ({RR} 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Rd7 15. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Nc6 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Ke3 Kd6 26. Bd3 h6 27. g3 Bd5 {Concio,M (2421)-Nurmanova,A (2315) Fujairah 2025 ½-½ (31)}) 13... Bb7 14. Ke2 $146 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.16"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 (11. Na4 $2 d4 $1 12. exd4 Bg4 13. Nc5 Re8+ $17 {Pachman-Parma, Mannheim 1975}) 11... d4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 9091"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "1991.01.26"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Lobron, Eric"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.10.06"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "GER-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Frankfurt"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 Bd6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Ba2 ({RR} 11. Bg5 Qe7 12. Re1 {½-½ (12) Nogueiras Santiago,J (2545)-Tal,M (2565) Taxco 1985}) ({RR} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bd2 Qd6 14. f4 Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxc4 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Qf3 Nxe5 18. Qh5 f6 19. Bf4 Be6 20. Rac1 Nd3 21. Nd5 Nxf4 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Ng6+ Nxg6 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Rc1 Ne5 {Blokhin,S (2019)-Iannaccone,E (2375) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (43)}) 11... exd4 $146 ({RR} 11... h6 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. f3 Re8 15. Be3 a5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ndb5 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Qb8 19. Bxc5 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Bf4 21. Rfd1 Ra6 22. Nc3 Bxh3 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qc8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 {Gufeld,E-Shereshevski,M Tbilisi 1974 0-1 (37)}) 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nf5 Be5 14. Qf3 Bxc3 15. Rd1 Qa5 16. bxc3 Ncxe4 17. Ne7+ Kh8 18. Nxc8 Raxc8 19. Bb2 Qb6 20. Bc1 Qa5 21. Bb2 Rcd8 22. h3 Rde8 23. c4 Rd8 24. Rac1 Rd2 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Rb1 c5 27. Bb3 b6 28. Be5 Re8 29. Bf4 Qa5 30. Rd1 Qxa3 31. g4 Qb2 32. Rd3 h6 33. Kg2 Ng5 34. Qd1 Qe2 35. Qxe2 Rxe2 36. Bd1 Ra2 37. Be5 Ne6 38. Kg3 Rd2 39. Rxd2 Ne4+ 40. Kg2 Nxd2 41. Be2 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[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 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. a3 a6 6. Nc3 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Qd6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qb8 13. e4 Ng4 14. Nd1 Bd6 15. h3 Nge5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bb1 Nc4 18. Bc3 Bf4 19. Rc2 O-O 20. O-O Bh2+ 21. Kh1 Qf4 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Bf4 24. Re2 Rfd8 25. Ne3 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rd7 27. e5 {Montes de Oca,J (2022)-Barrionuevo,P (2242) Buenos Aires 2018 ½-½ (56)}) 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng5 Ne5 15. Be4 Bd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bb1 Rfe8 18. Rfd1 Nc4 19. b4 Bb6 20. Qf3 h6 21. Nh3 Rac8 22. Be1 Nb2 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bf5 Rc7 25. Ra1 g6 26. Qe2 Qe5 27. Bc2 d4 28. Rb1 dxe3 29. f4 Qd4 30. Bb3 Nd3 31. Kh1 Nc1 0-1

[Event "URS U18 Team-ch Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.06.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mendeleyevsky"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1949.06.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Bd2 Bc7 11. Rae1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Ne4 $146 ({RR} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qh5 16. Be2 Qh4 17. Bf3 Rd8 18. Bc1 Be6 19. Nd1 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nf6 22. e4 Nh5 23. e5 Bb6+ 24. Be3 Nxf4 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Re4 g5 27. Ne3 Qg3 {Karpeshov,O-Sher,M Volgodonsk 1983 1-0 (32)}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. f3 Nd5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Bb4 Re8 22. fxe4 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1 b6 25. Rd7 c5 26. Bc3 a6 27. Rfd1 Kf7 28. R1d6 Rab8 29. Kf2 g6 30. Ke2 a5 31. Kd3 Rec8 32. Be1 h6 33. a4 c4+ 34. Kc2 g5 35. Bc3 h5 36. Ra7 Rd8 37. Rc6 Rdc8 38. Rxc8 Rxc8 39. Bd4 $138 1-0

[Event "Riga-ch Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mileika, Janis"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1952.02.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. Bxb7+ ({RR} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qc6+ 18. f3 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Rad1 Rxf6 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Ke8 23. Nxb5 Qxb5 24. Qe5 c3 25. bxc3 Qb2+ 26. Kg1 Rh6 27. h4 Nd7 28. Qe4 Rh5 29. Qa4 Qb7 {Van Foreest,J (2702)-Shirov,A (2681) Maastricht 2022 0-1 (41)}) ({RR} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Nd3 17. Ne4 Bh6 18. Bxh6 Rxh6 19. b3 Qd4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. Rab1 Bd5 22. Rb5 a6 23. Ra5 Rg6 24. Qe3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 Qxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxf6 27. Rxa6 Rd4 28. Bxd3 cxd3 29. Rd1 Rf5 {Dobrovoljc,V (2402)-Indzhiev,A (2122) Belgrade 2025 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bh6 18. h4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qc6+ 20. f3 Rh5 21. a4 b4 22. Nb5 Kb7 23. Rad1 Nd3 24. Qe3 Qb6 25. Qe4+ Kb8 26. g4 Rh4 27. Kg3 Rdh8 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Qe5+ Ka8 {Timman,J (2640)-Tal,M (2610) Hilversum 1988 1-0 (39)}) 15... Qxb7 16. a4 cxd4 $146 ({RR} 16... b4 17. Ne2 Ne5 18. dxe5 Rxd1 19. Rfxd1 Qe4 20. Rd2 c3 21. bxc3 bxc3 22. Rda2 c2 23. Be3 Qxe5 24. Rc1 Qh5 25. Raxc2 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qh3+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28. Kd2 Qd5+ 29. Kc3 Bd6 30. Kb2 Kd7 31. Rc4 {Pitic,M (2007)-Brennenstuhl,O Germany 2006 0-1 (32)}) 17. Qxd4 Nc5 18. Qg4 b4 19. Nb5 a6 20. Nd4 Nd3 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kb8 23. f7 Rc8 24. Rad1 Bc5 25. b3 Qf3 26. Be3 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. bxc4 Nb2 29. Rd5 Nxa4 30. g4 Rf8 31. Rf5 Bxe3 32. fxe3 b3 33. g5 b2 34. Rb1 Rxc4 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Rxb2+ Nxb2 37. g6 Rc6 38. Rg5 Rf6 39. h4 R6xf7 40. gxf7 Rxf7 41. h5 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Team URS-World 20,5-19,5"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1970.03.31"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Najdorf, Miguel"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Najdorf/Tal"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1970.03.29"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "World"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]
[TimeControl "40/9000:16/5400:0"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 (7... Be7 8. Bxd5 exd5 9. dxc5 {Tal=:T}) 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nxc3 (10... Nf6 {Najdorf=:N}) 11. bxc3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qc2 g6 (13... h6 $2 14. Qe2 {N}) 14. Bh6 (14. Qd2 {N}) 14... Re8 15. Qd2 (15. Bb5 {Botvinnik-Szabo/Groningen/ 1946}) (15. h4 Bxh4 16. d5 Qxd5 17. Nxh4 Qh5 {T}) 15... Rc8 (15... Bf6 16. Qf4 Bg7 17. Ng5 {T}) 16. h4 $146 (16. Rac1 Qc7 17. h4 Na5 18. Ng5 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 h5 22. Qg3 f5 23. Bf4 Kf7 24. Be5 Rg8 25. Qg5 Bd5 26. Qh6 Ke8 27. Qh7 {1-0 (27) Portisch,L-O'Kelly de Galway,A Malaga 1964}) 16... Na5 (16... Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Qxh4 18. Bg5 $40 {+- N/T}) 17. Ng5 (17. h5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Be4 Qh5 21. Kg2 Nc4 22. Qc1 Ba3 23. Qf4 Bd6 $10 {N}) (17. Ne5 Bxh4 {T}) 17... Bf8 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. h5 (19. Re3 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rg3 e5 $1 {N}) 19... Nc4 (19... Rxc3 20. Qxc3 (20. hxg6 Rxd3 $1) 20... Qxg5 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Qxh5 23. Re5 {T}) 20. Bxc4 $146 (20. Qf4 h6 $1 (20... Nb2 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qh4 $18 {T}) 21. Nh3 (21. Ne4 g5 22. Qg3 Qc7 {T} 23. Qf3 f5 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. Nf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxb7 Rc7 $17) (21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Qxh6 Qf6 $1 {N} 23. Re2 Qg7 {T}) 21... g5 22. Qg3 Nb2) ({RR} 20. Qf4 h6 21. Ne4 g5 22. Qc1 Kg7 23. f4 g4 24. f5 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 exf5 26. Rf4 Nd6 27. Bxf5 Nxf5 28. Rxf5 Qc7 {½-½ (28) Langeweg,K (2450)-Farago,I (2420) Amsterdam 1976}) 20... Rxc4 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Qf4 {P 23. h4 P e1-e3-h3 T} Qd5 (22... Kg7 $2 23. Qxf7+ $1 {N}) 23. f3 (23. Ne4 Qf5 {T}) 23... Kg7 24. Ne4 (24. Re5 Qd7 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Rae1 Bd5 27. R5e3 Qc7 $10 {N}) 24... Qf5 {Najdorf offered a draw. Tal refused.} (24... f6 25. Kf2 {N} (25. Nd6 e5 $1)) 25. Qg3 (25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Nxb7 Rxb7 28. d5 $1 {T}) 25... Bxe4 26. fxe4 Qa5 (26... Qh5 27. Re3 Rh8 28. Rf1 {N}) 27. Re3 Rfc8 28. Rf1 (28. Rc1 Rxd4 {T}) 28... Rxc3 29. Ref3 $1 {N} R8c7 (29... Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Rf8) 30. Qf4 $1 {N} Kg8 (30... Rd7 31. Rxc3 Qxc3 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qh2+ $10 {T}) 31. Qd6 $1 {T} (31. Qf6 Rd7 {T}) 31... Rxf3 (31... Qg5 $1 {N} 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. Qb8+ Kg7 34. Qxa7 $10 {N} Qe3+ 35. Kh1 $1 {T} (35. Kh2 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Rc7)) 32. Qd8+ $1 (32. Rxf3 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 {T}) 32... Kg7 33. Rxf3 {P 34. c7, 34. f6, h3 +- N} Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Rc3 35. Qf6+ Kh6 36. Qf4+ Kh7 (36... Kh5 37. g4+ Kh4 38. Qh6+ Kxg4 39. Rf4# {T}) 37. Qxf7+ Kh6 38. Qf4+ Kh7 (38... Kh5 39. g4+ Kh4 40. Qh6+ $18 {N}) 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+ Kh5 $18 {adjourned} 41. Qh8+ Kg5 42. Qe5+ Kh6 43. Qf4+ Kh7 44. Rf1 Qe2 (44... Qe3 45. Qh4+ Kg7 (45... Qh6 46. Rf7+ {T}) 46. Rf4 $1 {N/T}) 45. Qf7+ Kh6 46. Qf8+ Kh5 (46... Kg5 47. Qf6+ Kh5 48. Qe5+ Kh6 49. Rf4 Qe1 50. Rg4 Kh7 51. Qf6 $18 {N}) 47. Rf4 Qe1 48. Qh8+ Kg5 49. Qe5+ Kh6 50. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1988.01.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1988.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. bxc3 Qc6 13. dxc5 O-O 14. Nd4 Qxc5 15. Nf5 Nf6 16. Qd4 Qb6 ({RR} 16... Qxd4 17. cxd4 Rfd8 18. f3 h5 19. Rfc1 g6 20. Ng3 Rac8 21. Kf2 Rc4 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Ne2 b5 24. Rb1 Rb8 25. e4 b4 26. Ke3 a5 27. d5 Nd7 28. Kd4 c3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rxb8+ Nxb8 31. Kxc3 {Ashraf,A (2470)-Bluebaum,M (2694) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (65)}) 17. Qxb6 $146 ({RR} 17. Rfb1 Qe6 18. Ng3 b6 19. a4 Rac8 20. a5 Rc4 21. Qd3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. axb6 axb6 25. Ra3 Qf6 26. h3 Rd8 27. Qb2 Rc6 28. Ra4 Qf5 29. Rd4 Re8 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. Rxb5 Rxc3 {Werle,J (2443)-Gaprindashvili,V (2471) Baku 2002 ½-½ (36)}) 17... axb6 18. Rfb1 Ra6 19. h3 Rfa8 20. Rb2 Kf8 21. Rab1 Nd7 22. Rd1 Nf6 23. Rd4 Rc8 24. Rdb4 Nd7 25. Rd2 Ra5 26. e4 Nf6 27. e5 Nd7 28. c4 Nxe5 29. cxd5 Nc4 30. Rc2 Rac5 31. a4 h5 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. Re2 Rxd5 34. Nb5 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Nd3 36. Rd4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Niksic International"]
[Site "Niksic"]
[Date "1983.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 c5 14. d5 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. dxe6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Qxe6 20. Qc2 Ne5 21. Rae1 Rd3 22. h4 Bd6 23. b3 Qd5 24. bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Rxd3 Qxd3 27. Qxd3 Nxd3 28. Rd1 c4 29. Nb2 Nxb2 30. Rxd6 b3 31. axb3 cxb3 32. Rd4 $146 ({RR} 32. Bc1 Nc4 33. Ra6 b2 34. Bxb2 Nxb2 35. Rxa7 Rh7 36. g4 Nd3 37. Kg3 Ne5 38. f4 Nc6 39. Ra8+ Kd7 40. g5 Ke6 41. Kg4 {1-0 (41) Rotstein,A-Bykhovsky,A (2445) Lvov 1986}) 32... Rd8 33. Rb4 Rd3 34. Bf4 Kd7 35. h5 Ke6 36. Rb7 Nc4 37. h6 b2 38. h7 Rd8 39. Rb8 Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nc6 9. d5 ({RR} 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Qe3 ({RR} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Be2 Rd8 13. g4 e5 14. g5 hxg5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 b6 19. h4 Re8 20. Kd2 gxh4 21. Rdxh4 Kf8 22. Bf3 c6 23. Rh8+ Ke7) 11... Rd8 12. Rd1 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4 Re8+ 16. Be2 Qg6 17. Kf1 Bf5 18. Rd2 Rxe2 19. Kxe2 Qxg2 20. Rdd1 Re8+ 21. Kd2 Re4 22. Qxa7 Rxc4 23. Rc1 Qxd5+) 10... Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qe2 Bc6 14. Rad1 Qf4 15. b4 b6 16. Bc2 O-O 17. b5 Bb7 18. g3 Qf3 19. Qxf3 Bxf3 20. Rd7 Be2 21. Rc1 Rac8 22. Bd1 Bxd1 23. Rcxd1 Rfe8) 9... Ne5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 12. Qe2 Qf6 $146 ({RR} 12... Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 exd5 14. cxd5 Bd7 15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. O-O Rhe8 17. Bf3 Bb5 18. Rfd1 Be2 19. Rd2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Rd6 21. Rd4 f5 {½-½ (21) Bakutin,A (2303)-Sosulin,E (2369) Donskoj 2003}) ({RR} 12... Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 exd5 14. cxd5 Bf5 15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. O-O-O Rhe8 18. Rd2 Re5 19. Kc2 Kd6 20. Rhd1 Rae8 21. Kc3 Re1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1 23. g3 f5 24. b4 Re5 25. Kc4 Re4+ 26. Kc3 g5 27. a4 {Da Silva,C-Sega,C (2111) São José do Rio Preto 2024 ½-½ (63)}) 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 Re8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Qc2 exd5 17. cxd5 Rac8 18. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-16"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. Qg4 $146 ({RR} 14. Ng3 Nc6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Nf3 Rfd8 17. Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Nb4 19. Qc4 Bf6 20. a3 Nd5 21. e4 Rac8 22. Qa4 Bxb2 {0-1 (22) Spivak,V-Marychev,V Ivanovo 2011}) 14... Bf6 15. Rfd1 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nogueiras Santiago, Jesus"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. d5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Qc7 ({RR} 16... Qe7 17. e5 Nd8 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nd4 g6 20. f4 Rc5 21. Qe3 Nd8 22. f5 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. f6 Qc5 25. Rd7 h5 26. Rxa7 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Re8 28. Rd3 g5 29. Re7 Re6 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Rd5 {Bocharov,D (2574)-Bologan,V (2700) Warsaw 2005 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 16... Qe7 17. h4 Na5 18. Qf4 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. d6 Rfe8 21. Ne5 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Rd8 23. h5 f6 24. Qg3 Nc6 25. h6 g6 26. Kh2 Ne5 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28. Qxe5 Qg4 29. Rd4 Qh5+ 30. Qxh5 gxh5 31. Kg3 {Devaev,A (2325)-Ozates,T (2251) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (51)}) 17. e5 Ne7 18. Bxb7 $146 ({RR} 18. Bb3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rcd8 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Qf4 Ng6 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. f4 Rd4 24. Rc4 Rfd8 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Rd8 28. Rxg6 {1-0 (28) Humeau,C (2203)-Stepanov,M (2214) Grosseto 2009}) 18... Qxb7 19. e6 fxe6 20. Ng5 Ng6 21. Nxe6 Rfe8 22. f4 Qf7 23. Qd5 Nf8 24. f5 Rc5 25. Qd3 Rxf5 26. Nd8 Rd5 0-1

[Event "URS-chT Republics 17th final"]
[Site "Volgograd"]
[Date "1985.01.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1985.01.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Qd3 Nbd5 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Bxf6 $146 ({RR} 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Nf4 17. Qf3 Qxd4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxc6 Ne2+ 20. Kh1 Nd4 21. Qc3 Nxb3 22. Qxb3 Bd6 23. Rad1 Rab8 24. Qe3 Bxh2 25. g3 Bxg3 26. fxg3 Qg6 27. Rd2 Qh5+ 28. Kg2 Rb4 29. Nc5 Rfb8 {Lahdelma,H (2182)-Nazarova,A (2147) Turku 2019 1-0 (92)}) 15... Bxf6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Rad1 {} Kf8 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ba4 Rb8 20. Qf3 Qb6 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Qc3 Re6 23. b3 Rc8 24. Rd3 Re4 25. Rfd1 c5 26. Qc1 $6 {} Rc7 $2 (26... c4 $1 27. bxc4 (27. Re3 Bxd4 (27... Rxd4 28. Rde1) 28. Rxe4 dxe4 $19) 27... Rxc4 28. Qa3+ Be7 29. Qb3 Qa5 30. Qb8+ Bd8 31. Qd6+ Kg8 32. f3 Rexd4 $19 {Tal}) 27. dxc5 Rxc5 28. Qb1 d4 29. g3 Qe6 30. R3d2 Rce5 {} 31. Qd3 h5 32. Qc4 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Rxd1 34. Rxd1 Re2 35. Rc1 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 d3 37. Rc8+ Ke7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Rd7 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ortega, Lexy"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D50"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 e5 7. Nb3 d4 8. Nd5 ({RR} 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Nd5 Nc6 10. e4 dxe3 11. fxe3 Nb4 12. Qf3 Nc2+ 13. Kf2 Nxa1 14. Nxf6+ Ke7 15. Nd5+ Ke8 16. Nf6+ Ke7 17. Nd5+ Ke8 18. Nf6+ {½-½ (18) Mamedyarov,S (2764)-So,W (2770) Chess.com INT 2020}) 8... Be7 9. Nxe7 Qxe7 10. e3 $146 ({RR} 10. g3 O-O 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Bf5 14. a3 Rad8 15. Nc5 b6 16. Qa4 bxc5 17. Bxc6 e4 18. Bd5 Bh3 19. Rfe1 e3 20. f4 Rxd5 21. cxd5 Qf5 22. Rf1 Qxd5 23. Rf3 Bg4 24. Raf1 h5 {Ferrantes,G-Castaldi,V Rome 1947 0-1 (33)}) 10... Nc6 11. Be2 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. exd4 exd4 14. O-O O-O 15. Nc5 Bf5 16. Nd3 Rfe8 17. Re1 Qg6 18. Nf4 Qg5 19. Nd5 d3 20. Bf1 Nd4 21. h4 Qxh4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Ne3 Qg5 24. Nxf5 Ne2+ 25. Bxe2 dxe2 26. Nxh6+ Qxh6 27. Qc1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Riga-ch Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1950.08.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pakalns"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1950.08.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 c5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O h6 9. Re1 cxd4 10. Nb3 Bd6 11. Nbxd4 O-O 12. b3 Re8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Rf1 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Ba5 16. Qd3 Bb6 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Nd4 Bg4 19. Rfe1 Rc8 20. h3 Bh5 21. g4 {Deac,B (2702)-Carlsen,M (2839) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (49)}) ({RR} 6... exd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O h6 9. a3 a5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Nbd4 O-O 13. Be3 a4 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rc2 Re4 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. e3 c5 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Qd2 {Simek,P (2312)-Kuznecova,M (2248) Pardubice CZE 2026 ½-½ (41)}) 7. dxc5 $146 ({RR} 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nb3 e5 10. Nxe5 Ndb4 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Nxd4 Bh3 14. Qa4 Qd5 15. e4 Qxe4 16. f3 Qd5 17. Re1+ Kd7 18. Be3 Bc5 19. Rad1 Kc7 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. Rxd5 Bxe3+ {Stern,R (2400)-Wegner,H (2350) Germany 1995 1-0 (40)}) ({RR} 7. e4 Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Bg2 Nc6 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nbxd4 Bd7 13. a3 a5 14. h4 h6 15. Re1 a4 16. Re4 Qb6 17. Nc2 Na5 18. Rb1 Nb3 19. Be3 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rg4 O-O {Sasikiran,K (2657)-Feletar,D (2392) ICC INT 2005 1-0 (40)}) 7... Bxc5 8. Bg2 Bxf2+ 9. Kxf2 Qb6+ 10. Ke1 Ne3 11. Nc4 Nxc4 12. Qa4+ Qc6 13. Qxc6+ Nxc6 14. b3 Nb6 15. Ba3 Nd5 16. Kf2 Bd7 17. Rac1 f6 18. Nd2 Nc7 19. Ne4 Nb5 20. Bc5 f5 21. Nd2 e5 22. Nc4 b6 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Nxb6 Ra6 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 26. Bxc6+ Kf7 27. Nc4 Nd4 28. Nxe5+ Ke6 29. Nf3 Nxc6 0-1

[Event "Latvian team training"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pasman, Marks"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
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1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. exf6 Bb7 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. O-O Bh6 15. Ne4 Bxg5 ({RR} 15... c5 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Qd2 Rh5 18. Qf4 Bxe4 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxe4 Rd4 21. Qf3 Re5 22. Bh7 Qb7 23. Qxb7+ Kxb7 24. Rfd1 Red5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Bg8 Rd7 27. Re1 Nd3 28. Re2 b4 29. h4 c3 30. bxc3 {Khalifman,A (2628)-Buhmann,R (2569) Plovdiv 2008 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 15... c5 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Qd2 Rdh8 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nd6+ Kc7 20. Bxb7 Nxb7 21. Nxf7 Rxh2 22. Nxh8 Rxh8 23. Rad1 Qc6 24. Qf4+ Kb6 25. f3 Qc5+ 26. Qd4 {1-0 (26) Smail,B (2078)-Garcia Correa,J (2103) chess.com INT 2026}) 16. Nxg5 Rdf8 $146 ({RR} 16... Rhf8 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21. Qf3+ Qd5 22. Qe2 Qd2 23. Qf3+ Qd5 24. Qe3 Qf5 25. Qc3 Rd3 26. Qb4 Rh8 27. a4 Rb3 28. Qe7+ Kc8 29. axb5 Qh5 30. h4 Qe5 31. Kg2 {Dvorak,J-Galicek,S Czech Republic 1999 ½-½ (33)}) 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Qe2 Rh6 19. a4 a6 20. Rfd1 Rfh8 21. h4 Nxf6 22. Nc5 Nd5 23. axb5 Rxh4 24. Nxb7 Nf4 25. gxf4 Qxf4 26. Qf3 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 12th Group2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1972.03.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. Nf3 {ChessBase Website} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Nb8 ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. a5 h6 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. h3 Qd6 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Bb5 Bc6 23. Bd3 {½-½ (23) Cyborowski,L (2459)-Fiedorek,M (2337) Legnica POL 2026}) 16. a5 Nc6 $146 ({RR} 16... bxa5 17. Rxa5 ({RR} 17. Qxa5 Qxa5 18. Rxa5 Nc6 19. Ra4 a5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Bb1 Rfd8 22. Nb3 Ba6 23. Rxa5 Bc4 24. Ra4 Rb8 25. Na5 Rxd4 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Nc6 Bb5 28. Nxb4 Rxb4 29. e5 Bc6 30. Bd3 g5 31. f3 Kg7) 17... Nc6 18. Ra4 a5 {½-½ (18) Parligras,M (2601)-Istratescu,A (2579) Calimanesti Caciulata 2017}) ({RR} 16... bxa5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Rxa5 exd5 19. e5 Nc5 20. Rxa7 Qb6 21. Ra3 Ne4 22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. fxe3 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nd4 Bc8 27. Rc1 g5 28. Rc6 Kg7 29. Rc7 Kg6 30. Rc6+ Kg7 31. Rc7 {Gelfand,B (2764)-Wang,H (2747) Elancourt 2013 CBM 157 [ChessBase Website] ½-½ (32)}) 17. axb6 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. bxa7 Rfd8 20. Ra3 Ba8 21. h3 h6 22. Rc1 Qb6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Ra2 Rc7 25. Qe3 Qb3 26. Ra1 Rd7 27. Bf1 Qb2 28. Qa3 Qb6 29. Qa5 Qb2 30. Qa3 Qb6 31. Qa6 Qc5 32. Qb5 Qd4 33. Qa4 Qd6 34. Rb1 Rd8 35. Qa5 Kh7 36. e5 Qd4 37. Rb8 Rd5 38. Qa3 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 09th Group1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1963.08.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1963.08.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} (11. Bg5) (11. Qc2 {[%cal Gc2c5]}) 11... a5 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Ra2 Bf5 14. Bb2 Be4 15. Qd2 d4 16. Raa1 Qd5 17. Rac1 Rad8 18. Rc5 Qb3 19. Qc1 Qe6 20. Re1 h6 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Rxc4 Rfe8 23. Rcc1 a6 24. h4 Rd6 25. Ba1 Kf8 26. Nd2 {Shevchenko,K (2684)-Harikrishna,P (2704) Bucharest ROU 2023 0-1 (91)}) 12. Bg5 ({RR} 12. Ne1 d4 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bd2 Re8 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Re1 Rc8 17. h3 Bf5 18. Qb3 Be4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qb5 Na7 21. Rxc8 Nxc8 22. Bg5 Qd6 23. Rc1 Na7 24. Qf5 Re8 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Rc2 Nc6 {Petrosian,T (2635)-Peters,J (2370) Lone Pine 1976 1-0 (50)}) 12... f6 13. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rc1 Qb6 15. Ne1 Rad8 16. Nd3 Bd4 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bg4 19. h3 Bh5 20. g4 Bg6 21. Qb3 Kh8 22. b5 Na5 23. Qb4 Nc6 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qxb6 Bxb6 26. Rxc6 Bd4 27. Rd6 Rxd6 {Mamedov,E (2239)-Rosh,J (2248) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (81)}) ({RR} 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Qd3 Re8 16. Rfd1 Bf7 17. Qb5 a4 18. Bd2 Na7 19. Qxa4 Rxe2 20. Rf1 d4 21. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Nc6 23. Qb5 Na7 24. Qf5 Nc8 25. Be4 g6 26. Qf3 Nd6 27. Bd5 Qe7 {Sula,Z-Zhang,W (2270) Luzern 1982 1-0 (41)}) 13... Ba7 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Ne1 Re8 16. Nd3 Qe7 17. b4 axb4 18. Nxb4 $1 Nxb4 19. Rc7 $36 Qd8 20. axb4 g5 $6 {[%csl Rg8,Rh7]} 21. Qd3 Re7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Be3 $1 $40 {[%csl Rd5,Re6,Rf6]} d4 $6 24. Bxd4 Rd8 25. e3 Bxd4 26. exd4 Qxb4 27. d5 Qd6 28. Be4 Bf7 29. Bxh7+ Kg7 30. Be4 Qc5 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Qf3 Bg6 33. Bxg6 Kxg6 34. Qd3+ Kg7 35. Rb5 Qe7 36. Qf5 Rd6 37. Kg2 Qd7 38. Qxd7+ Rxd7 39. Kf3 Re7 40. Rb6 f5 41. d6 Rd7 42. h4 Kf6 43. hxg5+ Kxg5 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. Kf4 Ke6 46. f3 Kf6 47. Rb5 Ke6 48. Rxf5 Kxd6 49. g4 Ke6 50. Rf8 b5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch37 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.10.02"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Bf3 ({RR} 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qc2 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 Bf5 16. Rac1 Be4 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qd4 h5 20. g3 Ng4 21. Nh4 Be5 22. Qc5 Bd6 23. Qd4 Nxh2 24. Nxe4 dxe4 {Ding,Y (1958)-Sheehan,C (1998) Limerick IRL 2026 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 10. O-O O-O 11. Nf3 Be6 12. b3 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. b4 Rac8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Na4 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qa1 {½-½ (20) Savon,V-Tal,M Dnipropetrovsk 1970}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Qc7 $146 ({RR} 11... Be5 12. Nce2 Ne4 13. g3 Bh3 14. Bg2 Qd7 15. Bxh3 Qxh3 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. f3 Ng5 19. Nd4 Ne6 20. b3 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Nc6 22. Qd3 d4 23. Bb2 dxe3 24. Qxe3 Rfe8 25. Qg5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 {Filip,M (2475)-Farago,I (2510) Polanica Zdroj 1979 ½-½}) ({RR} 11... Be5 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rd1 Bc7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Be2 Qd6 16. g3 Bd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bf4 Bc6 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qb3 e3 22. Nd5 exf2+ 23. Kg2 Bc5 24. Kf1 Rac8 25. Be3 Ne4 26. Bxc5 {Kuzubov,Y (2628)-Ragger,M (2680) Martuni 2013 0-1}) ({RR} 11... Be5 12. Nde2 Be6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. g3 Rad8 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Qc2 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Ne2 Be5 20. Bc3 Bd5 21. Bxd5 {½-½ (21) Tibensky,R (2391)-Molnar,P (2297) Slovakia 2009}) 12. h3 Be6 13. Nce2 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 15. Bd2 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. b4 ({RR} 12. Rc1 c5 13. b3 Nc6 14. Be2 Rfd8 15. O-O Qd6 16. Qc3 Nb4 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Qxc5 Nxa2 19. Qxd6 Rxd6 20. Rc7 Nb4 21. Nd4 Na6 22. Rc2 Bd7 23. Ra1 Nb4 24. Rc7 a6 25. Rac1 Rb8 26. h3 g6 {Robles Justiniano,J-Moreira,P (1844) Foz do Iguacu BRA 2025 ½-½ (43)}) 12... c6 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Be2 c5 $146 ({RR} 14... Rfc8 15. O-O Bf5 16. Rbc1 Be4 17. Qb2 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Bf3 Qe6 21. Qb3 Rca8 22. e4 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Qg6 24. Nc3 Bg4 25. Be4 Qd6 26. a4 Rh5 27. g3 Qxd4 28. Bxc6 Rc8 29. Bg2 {Yanvarjov,I (2350)-Galdunts,S Rostov on Don 1985 0-1 (38)}) 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. O-O Ne4 18. Qa5 Rfc8 19. Rbc1 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Qf6 21. Bd3 Qb2 22. Rc2 Qb1+ 23. Qe1 Qxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Nf3 Bd7 27. Nd4 Kf8 28. Kf1 Ke7 29. Ke1 Kd6 30. f3 Nc5 31. Bb5 Bc8 32. Kd2 a6 33. Be2 Na4 34. a3 Kc5 35. Nb3+ Kb6 36. f4 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O Bd6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. a3 O-O 11. b4 Ba7 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. b5 ({RR} 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. Nd4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. Nc5 axb4 20. axb4 b6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 {½-½ (21) Mascarinas,R (2470)-Vaisser,A (2540) Suhr 1990}) ({RR} 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nd4 Bg6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bxa6 Bb8 17. Be2 Qd6 18. g3 Qe6 19. Kg2 Rd8 20. Bf3 Be5 21. Qb3 Qf5 22. Nd1 Ne4 23. Bg4 Nd2 24. Bxf5 Nxb3 25. Bxg6 Nxa1 26. Bxe5 hxg6 27. Bxa1 Rxa3 {Huang,Z (1773)-Lin,Y (1599) Shenzhen CHN 2026 0-1 (75)}) 13... Na5 14. Qa4 $146 ({RR} 14. bxa6 bxa6 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Nb3 19. Qb2 Ned2 20. Rad1 Qa5 21. Nc3 Rfc8 22. Na2 d4 23. Kh1 Nxf1 24. Bxf1 Qd5 25. Bg2 Rab8 26. exd4 a5 27. Nc3 Qc4 28. Ne4 Rd8 {Kjeldsen,J (2380)-Petursson,M (2560) Aarhus 1993 0-1}) ({RR} 14. bxa6 bxa6 15. Na2 Nc4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Nb4 Nb2 18. Nxd5 Nxd1 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rfxd1 Bc5 21. h3 Be6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Rfc8 24. Rb1 Rc3 25. a4 a5 26. Rb5 Ra6 27. Bg4 Bb3 28. Bf3 Ra7 {Kraidman,Y (2259)-Frandzeskakis,K (2137) Leros 2009 1-0 (31)}) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nc4 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Rad1 d4 18. exd4 Nxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxd4 20. Qb4 Bxc3 21. Rxd8 Bxb4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. axb4 axb5 24. Bxb7 Rc4 25. Rb1 Ne8 26. Bf3 Nc7 27. Be2 Rc2 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke1 Ke7 30. Bd3 Ra2 31. Rc1 Kd6 32. Bxh7 Rb2 33. Rd1+ Ke6 34. Rb1 Rxb1+ 35. Bxb1 Na6 36. Bd3 Nxb4 37. Bxb5 f5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Kd2 Nd5 40. g3 g5 41. h5 g4 42. Bd3 Kg5 43. h6 Kxh6 44. Bxf5 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch37 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1969.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1969.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "23"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "100 Jahre Schach"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.04.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Ein Läuferopfer auf h7 in einer Partie zweier Topgroßmeister sieht man nicht aller Tage. Doch hier ergibt es sich logisch aus einer Eröffnungsvariante - kein Wunder, dass es in späteren Partien zur Wiederholung des Opfers kam. Doch die Bilanz für die Nachziehenden ist schrecklich.} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Na5 (14... Rc8 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 {würde zur Partie führen.}) 15. Bd3 Rc8 16. d5 $1 exd5 $6 {Schwarz darf dieses Bauernopfer nicht annehmen.} (16... Qe7 $5) 17. e5 Nc4 {Mit 17...d4 wurde zweimal ein Remis geschafft, aber die Analyse ergibt forciert klaren Vorteil für Weiß:} (17... d4 18. Ng5 $1 h6 19. Nh7 Nc4 (19... Re8 $2 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxh6 $18) 20. Qf4 Nb2 $1 21. Nxf8 Nxd1 22. e6 Rc7 23. Nh7 $1 {droht 24.e7!} fxe6 24. Rxd1 {und obwohl der h7 nicht ziehen kann, sollte Weiß auf Gewinn stehen.}) 18. Qf4 Nb2 $2 {} ({Nach} 18... h6 19. Qf5 g6 20. Qh3 (20. Qg4 $1) 20... Kg7 21. e6 {wird es für Schwarz schwierig den Punkt g6 zu verteidigen.}) 19. Bxh7+ $1 {Das bekannte Läuferopfer auf h7 sieht man selten zwischen Weltklasseleuten, aber hier liegt der Erfolg keineswegs auf der Hand.} Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kg6 {Natürlich.} (20... Kg8 $2 21. Qh4 Re8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. e6 {würde 24.e7+! drohen.}) 21. h4 $3 {mit der Drohung 22.h5+ K:h5 23.g4+ Kg6 25.Df5+ Kh6 26.Dh7+ K:g5 27.Dh5+ Kf4 28.Df5#.  Der Textzug und sogar noch 25.e6! waren von Polugaevsky vor der Partie analysiert worden. Die Stellung kam später noch mehrfach aufs Brett - aus schwarzer Sicht wohl immer unwissend. Die Korrektheit des Opfers konnte dabei nie in Zweifel gezogen werden.} Rc4 ({Auf} 21... f5 22. Rd4 $1 {droht 23.h5+} Qe7 23. Re3 $1 {verstärkt Weiß in aller Ruhe den Angriff.} ({Aber nicht} 23. h5+ Kh6 24. Nf7+ Kh7 25. Qxf5+ Kg8 26. e6 {wegen} Rxf7 $1)) (21... Qd7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Rf6 24. Nxe6+ Kh6 25. Re5 g6 26. Qg5+ $18) (21... Qe7 {Die Dame geht aus der Bedrohung des Springerabzuges heraus, so daß g6-h6 möglich wird, doch Weiß scheint ebenfalls zu gewinnen.} 22. Re3 $1 {(Cranbourne Inf 71)} Rh8 (22... Rc4 23. h5+ Kh6 24. Ne4+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Kh6 (25... g6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Rg3 Rh8 28. hxg6 $18) 26. Rg3 Rxe4 27. Rg6+ Kh7 28. Re6+ Kg8 29. Rxe7 Bc8 30. Qf3 Bg4 31. Qg3 Bxd1 32. f3 $18 {Cranbourne}) (22... Nxd1 23. Rg3 $18) (22... f5 23. h5+ Kh6 (23... Kxh5 24. Qh2+ Kg6 25. Qh7+ Kxg5 26. Rg3+ Kf4 27. Qg6 $18) 24. Rg3 Rc6 25. Rxd5 $18) 23. Rf3 $1 Kh6 (23... Rcf8 24. h5+ Kh6 25. Rg3 Rhg8 26. Qf5 $18) 24. Nxf7+ Kh7 25. Qg4 Kg8 26. Nxh8 Kxh8 27. e6 Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Rd4 $18) 22. h5+ {Führt forciert zu einem besseren, aber möglicherweise nicht gewonnenem Endspiel.} (22. Rd4 {scheint eine sehr gute Alternative zu sein.} Qe7 {Nun läuft die Partie völlig überzeugend. Sie zeigt auch, wie langsam Weiß spielen kann.} (22... Rxd4 23. Qxd4) 23. h5+ Kh6 24. Ne6+ Kh7 25. Nxf8+ Qxf8 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27. e6 f6 28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. e7 Qe8 30. h6 Nd6 31. Qg4 {1-0 Linna-Huuskonen/FIN-ch corr 1992}) 22... Kh6 23. Nxf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. e6 $1 Qf6 $1 (25... Qe7 26. h6 $1 Rh4 27. Rd4 $18 {mit durchschlagendem Angriff.}) 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rd2 $146 {Nach der Partie wurde} (27. Nd6 {als noch besser gefunden, aber als diese Variante 24 (!) Jahre später in der Partie Naumkin-Nevanlinna tatsächlich aufs Brett kam - sicherlich unwissend - gelang es Weiß nicht zu gewinnen und auch die Analysen zeigten keinen Vorteil auf.} Nxd1 28. e7 Rc1 29. h6 Rb8 30. Nxb7 Rcc8 31. Nd6 Re8) ({RR} 27. Nd6 Nxd1 28. e7 Rc1 29. h6 Rb8 30. Nxb7 Re8 31. Nd6 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 Ne3+ 33. Kh2 Ng4+ 34. Kg3 Nxh6 35. Rxa7 Rc5 36. Rd7 Rc6 37. Kf4 Rc2 38. f3 Rxg2 39. Ne8 Rxa2 40. Nxf6+ Kf8 41. Kg5 Nf7+ {Naumkin,I (2450)-Nevanlinna,R (2290) Jyvaskyla 1993 ½-½ (58)}) 27... Rc6 {Oder} (27... Rb4 28. a3 Rb5 29. Nd6 Nc4 30. Nxb5 Nxd2 31. e7 Re8 32. Nc7 Bc6 33. Re6 Bd7 34. Nxe8 Bxe8 35. Rxf6 Bf7 36. h6 {usw.}) 28. Rxb2 Re8 $2 (28... Bc8 {war notwendig und von einfachem Gewinn kann dann keine Rede sein.} 29. Nh6+ (29. e7 Re8 30. Nd8 Rc7 31. Rd2 Rcxe7 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxd5) 29... Kh7 30. Nf5 Rxe6 31. Rc1 {und Schwarz hat viel bessere Verteidigungschancen als in der Partie.}) 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Nf5 Rexe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Rc2 Rc6 33. Re2 Bc8 (33... Rc7 34. Re6 Bc8 35. Rxf6 Bxf5 36. Rxf5 $18) 34. Re7+ Kh8 35. Nh4 f5 36. Ng6+ Kg8 37. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Candidates qf Polugaevsky-Tal +3-0=5"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1980.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1980.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {ChessBase} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 c4 17. Be2 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 17... Rb8 18. Nd4 ({RR} 18. Rd2 Qe7 19. Rfd1 Red8) ({RR} 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qxb2 21. Qxb2 Rxb2 22. Rxa5 Rxe2) 18... Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc4 Qa5 21. Bb3 Bxa4 22. Bxa4 Rec8 23. Bc6 ({RR} 23. b4 Qa6 24. Qb3 Rc3 25. b5 Qa5) 23... Qa6 24. Rc1 Bxb2 {0-1 (24) Grigorian,K (2465)-Geller,E (2590) Leningrad 1977 URS-ch [ChessBase]}) 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Nd4 Nc6 22. Ndb5 Qa5 23. Bxc4 a6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb5 27. a4 Qb6 28. Qe4 Nd8 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. b4 Kf8 31. Rd7 Nd8 32. g3 Qb8 33. Qc4 Ke8 34. Rd5 Qb7 35. b5 a5 36. h4 Be7 37. Rd1 Ne6 38. Qc3 Bb4 39. Qe5 Be7 40. Rc1 Bf6 41. Qd6 Bd8 42. Qa6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 08th final A"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1962.10.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1962.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Latvia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LAT"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bf4 g6 8. e3 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rab1 a5 13. h3 Re8 14. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 14. Rfe1 Nb6 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Qc2 Re6 17. Bh2 Nfd7 18. f4 Re8 19. Kh1 f6 20. Nxg6 Nc4 21. Ne5 fxe5 22. dxe5 Bb4 23. Rbd1 Qb6 24. e4 Ne3 25. Rxe3 Qxe3 26. exd5 Bxc3 27. bxc3 cxd5 28. Rxd5 Nf8 {Hajiyev,K (2113)-Mendonca,L (2622) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (61)}) ({RR} 14. Rfc1 Bf8 15. Rc2 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nd6 17. Na4 b5 18. Nc5 Nc4 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rbc1 a4 21. b3 axb3 22. axb3 Ra3 23. Nb1 Rea8 24. Nxa3 Rxa3 25. Rb1 Qe6 26. Rcc1 Na5 27. Qc2 Bb4 28. Ra1 Qe7 {Sarana,A (2686)-Tang,A (2551) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 14. Qc2 Bf8 15. Nd2 Nh5 16. Bh2 f5 17. Rfe1 Kh8 18. a3 Nhf6 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5+ Bg7 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Na4 Qe7 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Nd6 26. Nc5 Ra3 27. Ra1 Rea8 28. Rxa3 Rxa3 {Orso,M (2390)-Donev,I (2250) Ruse 1984 ½-½ (89)}) 14... Nf8 15. a3 Bd6 16. Bg5 Ne6 17. Bh4 Be7 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. b5 Qd6 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfc1 Rab8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Na4 c5 26. Nxc5 Rc8 27. Qb2 Nexc5 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29. Ra1 Rc8 30. Ra7 Qc6 31. Qd4 Ra8 32. Rxa8+ Qxa8 33. Qh4 Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.11.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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 {Bulletin} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 ({RR} 8. c5) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ba2 Qc7 ({RR} 13... a6 14. Bf4 b5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Na5 18. Qe4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc4 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. Bd2 Rc7 22. Re1 h6 23. Ne5 Nb7 24. b4 Re8 25. Nd7 Qg6 26. Bf4 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Rc4 28. g3 {Adly,A (2630)-Amin,B (2596) Maputo 2011 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 13... Qd7) 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Ng4 $146 ({RR} 15... h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nf4 20. Qg4 Qxb5 21. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Bd6 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Qxb2 25. Bb1 Ba6 26. Ke1 Rc1 27. Qa4 Qxb1 28. f3 Bb5 29. Qd4 Nxd4 {0-1 (29) Marcziter,D (2223)-Ajay Santhosh,P (2292) Chess.com INT 2025}) ({RR} 15... Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Re1 Ng6 20. g3 Re8 21. h4 Qf6 22. h5 Nf8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ne5 Qg5 25. Qf3 f6 26. Nc4 ({RR} 26. Bxd5+ Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Re6) 26... Rd8 27. Re1 Bc8 28. Ne3 Be6 29. Rc1 Bf7 30. h6 {Tal,M-Brinck Claussen,B Havana 1966 MCD [Bulletin] 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 15... h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nf4 20. Qg4 Qxb5 21. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Bd6 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Qxb2 25. Bb1 Ba6 26. Ke1 Rc1 27. Qa4 Qxb1 28. f3 Bb5 29. Qd4 Nxd4 {0-1 (29) Marcziter,D (2223)-Ajay Santhosh Parvathareddy (2292) chess.com INT 2025}) 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Qxe6 Bxb5 18. Qxg4 Be2 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd7 22. d5 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nc2 24. Bb1 Nxe1 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Bf5 Qxd5 27. Rxe1 f6 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. h4 Rd8 30. h5 Qd3 31. Qxd3 Rxd3 32. Rc1 Rb3 33. Rc2 Kg8 34. g4 Kh7 35. Kg2 Kh6 36. f3 a5 37. Kg3 a4 38. Rc4 Rxb2 39. Rxa4 Rb3 40. Ra8 Kh7 41. Kf4 b5 42. Ke4 Rc3 43. Ra5 b4 44. axb4 Rc4+ 45. Kf5 Rxb4 46. Ra7 Rb3 47. f4 Rb5+ 48. Ke6 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. g3 c6 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Ng1 Bc4 15. Qc2 a5 16. Nge2 Nd7 17. O-O Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Nc1 Rc8 20. f4 Rc7 21. b3 Ba6 22. Nd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rce7 24. Kf1 Rd7 25. Re2 Rd6 26. f5 Nc7 {Polugaevsky,L (2575)-Hjartarson,J (2590) Akureyri 1988 0-1 (61)}) 12... Nc6 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. O-O c6 14. e4 Na6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Nc7 17. Bb1 Ne6 18. Rfe1 Bd6 19. Qc2 Nf8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Qf5 Re7 23. a3 Rae8 24. Rf1 Bc8 25. Qd3 Bb7 26. h3 Rc7 27. f4 {Ayaan Garg (2187)-Mehar,C (2372) Budapest HUN 2026 0-1 (62)}) 13. Bb1 ({RR} 13. O-O Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 c4 17. Be2 Qc7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Nd4 Nc6 22. Ndb5 Qa5 23. Bxc4 a6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb5 27. a4 Qb6 {Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Tal,M (2705) Almaty 1980 1-0 (42)}) 13... Na5 14. Qc2 c5 $146 ({RR} 14... g6 15. h4 h5 16. g4 hxg4 17. h5 gxf3 18. hxg6 Rxe3+ 19. fxe3 Bh4+ 20. Kd2 Nc4+ 21. Kc1 Qg5 22. Rxh4 Qxe3+ 23. Rd2 Qe1+ 24. Qd1 Qxh4 25. Qxf3 fxg6 26. Rg2 Qh6+ {0-1 (26) Lputian,S-Geller,E (2550) Soviet Union 1979}) ({RR} 14... g6 15. O-O Nc4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 a5 18. Rfe1 Bg7 19. a3 Qd7 20. Bd3 Re7 21. h4 h5 22. g3 Rae8 23. Bb5 c6 24. Bf1 Qd6 25. Bg2 Bc8 26. Ne2 Bh6 27. Nf4 Bxf4 28. exf4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 {Makarichev,S (2500)-Razuvaev,Y (2470) Frunze 1979 ½-½}) 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qf6 $10 19. e4 dxe4 20. Rd7 g5 $8 21. Nd2 Rad8 (21... Bc6 22. Rc7 Rad8 23. Nxe4 $14) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Nc4 $15 25. h3 Nd2 $6 (25... Rd6 $15 {Tal}) 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Bd3 c4 28. Qf5 Qd6 29. Bf1 Re5 30. Qc2 Rd5 31. Qa4 Kg7 32. Qxa7 Nxf1 33. Rxf1 Rd3 34. Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates qf Polugaevsky-Tal +3-0=5"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1980.03.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1980.03.23"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "Candidates"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Donev,Ivo Hristov} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. c6 ({RR} 14. cxb6 Nc5 15. Qc2 Nxd3+ 16. Rxd3 axb6 ({RR} 16... Qxb6)) 14... Bxc6 15. O-O Nc5 16. Qc2 ({RR} 16. Qa3 a5 17. Ne2 Qd6 18. Ned4 Bb7 19. Bb5 Red8 20. Qc3 Rac8 21. Qd2 Ne4 22. Qe2 Ng5 23. Rd2 g6 24. h3) 16... Rc8 ({RR} 16... Qe7 17. Nd4 ({RR} 17. Bb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Red8 19. Nbd4 Ne6 20. Qb3 Rac8 21. Rd2 Rc4 22. Qd1 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Qe4) 17... Bb7 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Red8 20. Rfe1 Ne4 21. Re2 g6 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Red2 Rac8) ({RR} 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Rd2 Qe7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Nce2 g6 22. Qb3) ({RR} 16... Bb7 17. Bb5 ({RR} 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Qd6 19. e4 d4 20. Nb5 Qf4 21. Nfxd4 Nxe4 22. g3 Qe5 23. Rfe1 Qc5 24. Rxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rad8) ({RR} 17. Rd2 Rc8 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Bf5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rc7) ({RR} 17. Bc4 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Rc8) 17... Re7 ({RR} 17... Re6 18. Nd4) 18. Nxd5 ({RR} 18. Nd4 Rc8) 18... Bxd5 19. Qf5 Bxb2 20. Rxd5 Qc8 21. Qc2 Bf6 22. Rfd1 ({RR} 22. Nd4 a6 23. Be2 ({RR} 23. Bc4 Ne4) 23... Qc7 24. Bf3 Rae8 ({RR} 24... Rc8 25. Nf5 Re5 26. Rd2) 25. Rd1 ({RR} 25. Nf5 Re5 26. Rd2) 25... g6 26. g3) 22... a6 ({RR} 22... Ne6 23. Qf5 Qc3) 23. Bf1 ({RR} 23. Bc4 Rc7) ({RR} 23. Rd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Bc4 Red7) 23... Re8 ({RR} 23... Qc7 24. Nd4 Ne4) ({RR} 23... Ne4 24. Qxc8+ Rxc8 25. Bxa6) 24. Bc4) 17. Nd4 $146 ({RR} 17. Bh7+ Kh8 ({RR} 17... Kf8 18. Bf5 Ne6 19. Rd2) 18. Bf5 Ne6 ({RR} 18... Rc7 19. Nd4) 19. Qb3 ({RR} 19. Qb3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6) ({RR} 19. Rd2 Bb7 20. Rfd1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qf6 22. Nd4) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qf6 21. Bg4 Bb7 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. Rfe1 Bc4 24. Qa3 Rc7 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. e4 dxe4 27. Rxe4 Bd5 28. Re3 Rf8 29. f3 Rfc8 30. Rde1 Rc5 31. Qxa7 Rxc3 {Gulko,B-Radashkovich,I Soviet Union 1971 0-1 (33)}) ({RR} 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 Ne6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. exd4 Rc7 21. Qd3 ({RR} 21. Bg4 Bb5 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxd4) 21... g6 22. Bg4 h5 23. Bf3 Rce7 24. g3 h4 25. Qd2 ({RR} 25. Bg2) ({RR} 25. Qc2 Kg7 26. Qb3 Rd7) 25... Kg7 26. g4 ({RR} 26. Qc2) ({RR} 26. Rfe1 Bg5) 26... Re6 27. h3 Bg5 28. Qc2 Qd6 29. Qb3 Bd8 30. Bg2 ({RR} 30. Bxd5 Qf4 ({RR} 30... Bc7 31. f4 Re3) {RR} 31. Kg2 ({RR} 31. Qc2 Bc7 32. f3 Re2) 31... Rf6 ({RR} 31... Bc7 32. Rh1 Rf6 33. Rdf1 Re3) 32. Bxc6 Bc7) 30... Qf4 ({RR} 30... Bc7 31. f4 Re3) 31. Rc1 Bc7 {Beliavsky,A (2710)-Kramnik,V (2770) Belgrade 1997 CBM 062 [Donev,Ivo Hristov] 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 17. Bb5 Ne4 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Qa4 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rc5 21. c4) ({RR} 17. Bf5 Rc7 18. Nd4 Ba8 19. Rd2 g6 20. Bd3 Bxd4 21. exd4 Ne6 22. Bb5 Rf8 23. Qd3 Qg5 24. Ne2 Qf6 25. f4 Ng7 26. Ng3 Re7 27. f5 g5 28. Ba4 h5 29. Qf3 h4 30. Ne2 Bb7 31. Nc3 Rd8 {Iniyan,P (2498)-Kramnik,V (2753) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 17... Bxd4 {RR} 18. exd4 Ne6 19. Bf5 Bd7 20. Bxe6 Bxe6 21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. Re3 Rc4 23. Qe2 Rec8 24. Re5 Qd7 25. h3 b5 26. a3 a5 27. Qe3 b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interpolis-04"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1980.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O c5 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd2 Rfd8 $146 ({RR} 18... Bd5 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. Rec1 Qb7 22. b3 Qb4 23. Qa6 Qb6 24. Qa3 Rfd8 25. Nf1 Bb7 26. h3 Qb4 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Rxa2 30. Rc7 Bd5 31. Rd1 Raa8 32. b4 Be6 33. Rb1 {Beliavsky,A (2620)-Giorgadze,T (2530) Moscow 1981 1-0 (42)}) 19. Rc2 Rd5 20. Nc4 Qg5 21. Na5 Ba8 22. Rec1 Rcd8 23. Nb3 Rc8 24. h3 Qe7 25. Rc3 Rg5 26. Qc2 Qe6 27. h4 Re5 28. Nxc5 Qxa2 29. Be2 Kh7 30. Nb3 Bd5 31. Nc5 Ba8 32. h5 Nd5 33. Nxe4 Nxc3 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. a3 Be7 11. Nd2 e5 12. Bg5 d4 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Be2 a5 15. Na4 h6 ({RR} 15... Bd7 16. Nbc5 b6 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Bf3 Rfc8 20. O-O Rab8 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. exd4 b5 23. Nc3 Rxc4 24. Qe2 Qe6 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxb5 h6 27. b3 Rf4 28. Nc7 Qf5 29. Rfe1 Ng6 30. Nd5 {Ivanchuk,V (2625)-Beliavsky,A (2655) Moscow 1988 1-0 (52)}) 16. Bh4 ({RR} 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. O-O Qc7 18. c5 Be6 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 dxe3 21. Nb6 a4 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. fxe3 Bg5 24. Nf6+ gxf6 25. Rxd8 Rfxd8 26. Na1 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1 Rd4 28. Qe2 Bg5 29. Nc2 Rd2 30. Qe4 Rad8 {Miton,K (2589)-Glud,J (2313) Aarhus 2005 1-0 (49)}) 16... Bd7 17. O-O $146 ({RR} 17. Nbc5 Bc8 {½-½ (20) Kharitonov,A-Polovodin,I (2435) Tallinn 1983}) 17... Nb4 18. axb4 Bxa4 19. exd4 exd4 20. Rd3 Nd7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxd4 axb4 23. Qd3 Rfe8 24. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-10a playoff place 2+3"]
[Site "Varese"]
[Date "1976.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1976.10.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Vitiugov,Nikita} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O ({RR} 7. d4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+ Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. g4 h6 19. Rc5 Rb8 20. Ra5 a6 21. Rh5 Kd6) 7... Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 ({RR} 11... Qd7 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 d4 15. exd4 Nxd4 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Bxe1 Nc6 18. Qc2 Qf5 19. Qxf5 Bxf5 20. Rd1 Rd8) 12. Bd2 Be6 13. e3 ({RR} 13. a3 Bb6 14. b4 Ne5 ({RR} 14... Qd7 15. e3 d4 ({RR} 15... Rfd8 16. Bc3) 16. b5 Ne5 17. exd4 ({RR} 17. Nxd4 Bc4 18. Re1 Rfd8) 17... Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxd4) 15. a4 a6 ({RR} 15... Qd7 16. a5 Bc7 17. Qa4 Qf7 18. Nd4) 16. Rb1 Qd7 17. a5 Ba7 18. b5 Rac8 ({RR} 18... axb5 19. Qb3 Nc4 20. Qxb5 Rf7 21. Bc3) 19. Bb4 Nxf3+ ({RR} 19... Rfd8 20. Nxe5 ({RR} 20. b6 Bb8 21. Nd4 Bh3) 20... fxe5 21. b6 Bb8 22. Qd2 Rc4 23. Rfc1 Rdc8 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Rc1) 20. Bxf3 Bc5 ({RR} 20... Rfd8 21. b6 Bb8 22. Qd2) 21. bxa6 bxa6 22. Qd3 Bxb4 ({RR} 22... Bf5 23. Bxd5+ ({RR} 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. e4 Bh3 26. Rfe1 Bxb4 27. Rxb4 Rc5) 23... Kh8 24. e4 Bh3 25. Rfe1) 23. Rxb4 Rc6 24. Rb6 Ra8 ({RR} 24... Rxb6 25. axb6 Qb7 26. Qe3 Kf7 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Qd4) 25. Rfb1 Rac8 26. h4 Rc3 27. Qxa6 Bg4 {Vitiugov,N (2737)-Zhao,X (2568) Caleta 2014 CBM 159 [Vitiugov,Nikita] 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 13. Rc1 Bb6 14. e3 Rc8 15. Bc3 Bf7 16. Nd4 Ne5 17. Qe2 Re8 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Red8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Kf8 23. Bh3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nc4 25. b3 Nd6 26. Rc7 a5 27. Be6 Re8 {Gulkov,I (2358)-Parligras,M (2591) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1 (49)}) 13... Qb6 ({RR} 13... d4 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Be3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qb6 17. Rfe1 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxe3 19. Rxe3 Kf7 20. b3 Rae8 21. Rae1 Bd7 22. Bd5+ Kg6 23. Bxb7) ({RR} 13... Qd7 14. Bc3) 14. Bc3 Rfd8 15. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 15. Nd4) 15... a5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bb4 18. Rfe1 Bf7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca Gran Torneo-02"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "1966.12.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1966.11.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Wang,Hao} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 b6 ({RR} 9... cxd4 10. exd4) 10. Qc2 g6 ({RR} 10... Nxc3 11. bxc3 g6 12. Rd1 Qc7 ({RR} 12... cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. Qe2 Na5 16. e4 Bf6 17. Rac1 Qe7) 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. dxc5 ({RR} 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. e4 Na5) 14... bxc5 ({RR} 14... Bxc5 15. c4 Rad8 16. h4 f6) 15. c4 f5 16. Rab1 Rad8 17. Be2 Rxd1+ 18. Bxd1 Ba8 19. Qd2 ({RR} 19. h3 e5) 19... Rd8 20. Qc3 e5 21. Ne1 Qa5 22. f3 Kf7 ({RR} 22... Qxc3 23. Bxc3 f4 ({RR} 23... e4)) 23. Bc2 ({RR} 23. Be2) 23... Bf6 ({RR} 23... Bg5 24. Kf2 ({RR} 24. e4 Kf6) 24... Rd2+ 25. Kf1 Bh4 26. g3 Bf6 27. h4 Qd8 ({RR} 27... Rh2 28. Qd3 Ne7 29. Kg1 Qd2 30. Qxd2 Rxd2 31. Bc1) 28. Nd3 ({RR} 28. Kg1 e4 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Bxf6 exf3) 28... Rh2 29. Bd1 ({RR} 29. Nf2 Nd4 30. exd4 exd4 31. Qd3 Qd6) 29... f4 30. exf4 Nd4 31. Nxe5+ Bxe5 32. fxe5 Qc8 33. g4 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 Qd8) 24. e4 Qxc3 25. Bxc3 {Wang,H (2733)-Ponomariov,R (2751) Bucharest 2013 CBM 157 [Wang,Hao] 1-0 (60)} {RR} Ke6 ({RR} 25... fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nd4 27. Kf2 Bxe4 28. fxe4 Rd7) 26. Nd3 Kd6 27. exf5 ({RR} 27. f4 fxe4 28. fxe5+ Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Ke6 30. Bxe4 Bxe5 31. Bxa8 Bxc3) 27... gxf5 28. f4 Nd4 ({RR} 28... Rg8 29. g3 Nd4 30. Bxd4 exd4 31. Nf2) 29. fxe5+ Bxe5 30. Nxe5 Kxe5 ({RR} 30... Rg8) 31. Rb5 Ke6 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxc5 Rd2 34. Bxf5+ Kd6 35. Ra5 Rxg2+ 36. Kf1 Rxh2) ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Rd1 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qc7 14. b4 Bb7 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. dxc5 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. c6 Nc5 19. Nd4 g6 20. Bb2 e5 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Rac1 e4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxc5 {Froewis,G (2428)-Haselsberger,A (1957) Innsbruck AUT 2025 1-0 (33)}) 11. b4 $146 ({RR} 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. dxc5 Rc8 13. Qe2 f5 14. Ned2 Bxc5 15. Nc4 Be7 16. e4 Nf6 17. exf5 exf5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Qf7 Bf8 21. Bg5 Bg7 22. Qxb7 Qxd3 23. Nce5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Qe4 25. Nf7+ Kg8 {Gilman,A (2265)-Sullivan,N Montreal 2000 0-1}) ({RR} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nb8 15. Rac1 Nd7 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Ba6 Bb7 {½-½ (18) Gheorghiu,F (2545)-Tal,M (2620) Leningrad 1977}) ({RR} 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Rd1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qb6 14. b3 f5 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Qc2 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 18. Bc4 Na5 19. Qe5 Nxc4 20. bxc4 Ba6 21. Rd6 {1-0 (21) Istratescu,A (2543)-Dittmar,P (2226) Basel 2020}) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Bd7 13. dxc5 Bf6 14. Nd4 bxc5 15. bxc5 Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. Bb2 Rb8 18. Rae1 Qc7 19. Ba1 Rfd8 20. Qc4 Bb5 21. Qb3 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1987.02.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. O-O b4 10. Na4 Be7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. Qc2 a5 13. Rfd1 c5 ({RR} 13... Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfc8 15. e4 c5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. Bxg5 Nc3 22. bxc3 Ne4 23. Bd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Rxc3 bxc3 27. Rc2 Rc8 28. Kf1 {Szablowski,P (2404)-Dydyshko,V (2555) Frydek Mistek 2011 ½-½ (43)}) 14. dxc5 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 14... Be4 15. Bd3 Bc6 16. Be1 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Nxd3 19. Rxd3 Rc8 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rad1 Nd5 22. g3 Nf6 23. Rd4 e5 24. R4d2 Rfe8 25. Qb5 Bf8 26. Kg2 Qa7 27. h3 Qa8 28. Qe2 Qc6 29. b3 {Vyzmanavin,A (2590)-Anand,V (2670) Kolkata 1992 ½-½ (98)}) 15. a3 Be4 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxc5 18. Qc4 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rfc8 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Ra4 Qb7 22. Qa2 Bb4 23. Bxb4 axb4 24. Rxa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 13th"]
[Site "Kiev"]
[Date "1984.05.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1984.05.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Burevestnik"]
[BlackTeam "Trud"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. a3 ({RR} 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14. Qc2 c5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Na4 c4 17. Be2 Qc7 18. Nc3 Rad8 19. Rd2 Rd7 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Nd4 Nc6 22. Ndb5 Qa5 23. Bxc4 a6 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Bxd5 Qxb5 {Polugaevsky,L (2635)-Tal,M (2705) Almaty 1980 1-0 (42)}) ({RR} 12. g3 c6 13. Bg2 Ba6 14. Qc2 Qd6 15. a3 Nd7 16. Bf1 Bb7 17. Bg2 Ba6 18. Bf1 Bb7 19. Bg2 Ba6 {½-½ (19) Han,Y (2435)-Siva,M (2454) England ENG 2026}) 12... Qd6 ({RR} 12... c5 13. dxc5 Nd7 14. Nxd5 Nxc5 15. Qa2 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxd5 17. Be2 Re6 18. O-O Rd6 19. Qe5 Rd7 20. Nd4 Qg5 21. Qxg5 hxg5 22. f3 g6 23. Kf2 Bb7 24. Nb5 Re7 25. e4 Kg7 26. Rh1 Rh8 27. Nxa7 {Psakhis,L (2565)-Beliavsky,A (2600) Moscow 1984 0-1 (36)}) 13. Bd3 c5 14. Bb1 $146 ({RR} 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. O-O Bxc3 16. Rc1 d4 17. exd4 Qh5 18. Rxc3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Qb5 Nf6 21. Qxh5 Nxh5 22. Rc7 Nf4 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Bxf7+ Kf8 25. Rxa7 Re2 26. Bb3 g5 27. Rh7 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Nf4+ {Beliavsky,A (2565)-Van der Wiel,J (2515) Tilburg 1984 1-0 (33)}) 14... Nd7 15. O-O Rad8 16. Rfe1 a6 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc2 Kf8 19. Ba2 d4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxd4 23. Qf5 Qf6 24. Qxf6 gxf6 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Nxd1 Bc8 27. b4 Nd3 28. Bc4 Ne5 29. Be2 a5 30. bxa5 bxa5 31. f4 Nc6 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Kd6 34. Nf2 f5 35. Bb5 Na7 36. Be8 Bb7 37. g3 Bd5 38. Kd4 Bb3 39. Nd3 Ke7 40. Nc5 Kxe8 41. Nxb3 a4 42. Nc5 Nb5+ 43. Ke5 Nxa3 44. Nxa4 Nc4+ 45. Kxf5 Ne3+ 46. Kf6 Ng4+ 47. Kg7 Nxh2 48. Kxh6 f6 49. Nc3 Kf7 50. Ne2 Ng4+ 51. Kh5 Ne3 52. Nd4 Nd5 53. Kg4 Kg6 54. Nf5 Nc3 55. Nh4+ Kf7 56. Kf3 Ke6 57. g4 Nd5 58. Nf5 Nc3 59. Nd4+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ragozin sim"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ragozin, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "Nagesh,Havanur"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2014"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 {The Noteboom Variation of the Slav Defence. But Little Misha was playing by instinct, not by book.} 5. a4 Bb4 6. g3 {A deviation leading to a kind of Catalan position.} (6. e3 b5 {is standard.}) 6... c5 $5 {A sharp move. Little Misha intends to undouble the pawns and aim for rapid development of queenside pieces. The flipside of the coin is that it opens up the diagonal for the White bishop on g2.} (6... Nf6 {would be more usual.}) 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. Be3 ({RR} 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nfd2 Na5 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. Nb5 O-O 14. Na3 Rd8 15. Kc2 Ng4 16. Ndxc4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Nxf2 18. Rf1 Ng4 19. h3 Nf6 20. e4 e5 21. Nxe5 Be6 22. Bf4 Rac8+ {Msellek,I (2406)-Plyasunov,D (2300) Chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (46)}) 8... Nf6 ({RR} 8... Nge7 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Rb1 a6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Na5 19. Rb4 Rd8 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Rxc4 Kf8 22. Rb1 Rb8 23. a5 {Harikrishna,P (2672)-Nyback,T (2643) Wijk aan Zee 2010 ½-½ (67)}) 9. O-O Ng4 10. Ne4 (10. Ne5 Ncxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe3 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. fxe3 Ke7 $13) 10... O-O $146 ({RR} 10... Nxe3 11. fxe3 Qe7 12. Ne5 O-O {½-½ (12) Lieb,H (2242)-Arkhangelsky,B (2384) Dresden 2006}) 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Bxd4 f5 $1 {This move leaves the e-pawn backward.But little Misha is least concerned about theoretical shibboleths.} 13. Neg5 {Fishing in troubled waters. But what was he to do?} ({If} 13. Nc3 e5 14. Be3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Bc5 16. Qd5+ (16. Nd5 e4 17. Ne1 Be6 $19 {is a variation on the same theme, the precarious position of Nd5 and e3 pawn.}) 16... Qxd5 17. Nxd5 Rd8 18. Rcd1 e4 19. Ne1 Be6 $19 {and the e3 pawn falls.}) 13... h6 14. Nh3 e5 $1 15. Bc3 Bd6 $2 {Typically, little Misha avoids the exchange of queens.} ({Nevertheless,} 15... Be6 $1 {is stronger as Black's superior development tells in the end.}) 16. Qd5+ Kh7 17. Qxc4 Qe7 18. e4 f4 19. Rfd1 fxg3 20. hxg3 Ne3 $5 21. Nhg5+ $6 ({He had to accept the Greek gift with} 21. fxe3 $1 Bxh3 22. Bxh3 Rxf3 {and he would have rallied round with} 23. Kg2 Raf8 24. Qe2 {(with the threat of Bf5+ cutting off the rook on f3)} Qg5 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Kxf3 Qf6+ 27. Kg2) 21... hxg5 22. fxe3 Bc5 23. Bd2 Bb6 24. b4 Bg4 25. Rf1 Rad8 26. Rc2 $2 {Anxious to support the bishop on d2 as the knight defending him is also under attack.But it should have proved inadequate in the end.} (26. Qe2 $1 {was a better way of defending the bishop.}) 26... Bxf3 27. Bxf3 Nd4 $5 {An imaginative combination, if not winning outright.} ({More precise was} 27... Rxd2 $1 28. Rxd2 Bxe3+ 29. Kg2 (29. Rdf2 {fails to} Rxf3 $1 $19) 29... Bxd2 30. Rh1+ Kg6 31. Bh5+ Kf6 32. Rf1+ Bf4 33. b5 (33. gxf4 gxf4) 33... Nd4 $19) 28. exd4 $2 (28. Kg2 {was the lesser evil, though after} Nxf3 $1 ({But not} 28... Nxc2 $4 {and White turns the tables with} 29. Rh1+ Kg6 30. Bh5+ Kf6 (30... Kh7 31. Bf7#) 31. Rf1#) 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Kxf3 Qd7 31. g4 Qxa4 $17 {Black should prevail.}) 28... Rxd4 29. Kg2 {The experienced master keeps everything complicated with the hope that the kid could still make a mistake.} ({Saving the queen with} 29. Qa2 {only eases Black's task.} Rxd2+ 30. Kh1 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qxb4 $19) 29... Rxc4 30. Rxc4 g4 31. Be2 Rxf1 32. Kxf1 Qf6+ 33. Ke1 Qf2+ 34. Kd1 Qg1+ 35. Kc2 Qxg3 36. a5 Bd4 37. Rc7 Qg2 38. Kd3 Qh3+ 39. Kc4 g3 $1 {Played with impish humour.} 40. Rxb7 $4 Qc8+ $1 {And Black wins the rook. This is what the great master had overlooked.} 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1982.01.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ree, Hans"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[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. d4 {Bulletin} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. a3 a4 9. Qa2 Nd7 10. e3 Bd6 11. Bd3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qe7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qb1 e5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qd3 b5 19. Ba2 Ba6 20. Qd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4 c5 22. Rf4 b4 {Lobron,E (2508)-Firouzja,A (2669) Karlsruhe 2019 0-1}) ({RR} 8. a3 a4 9. Qa2 g6 10. Rd1 Bg7 11. e4 O-O 12. Bd3 c5 13. e5 Qe7 14. dxc5 d4 15. Ne4 Nd7 16. Be2 Nxe5 17. Nxd4 Nd7 18. c6 Nc5 19. Qb1 Rd8 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Nb5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 bxc6 {Dorrance,A (2261)-Torres Rosas,L (2310) Omaha, Ne USA 2023 0-1 (59)}) ({RR} 8. a3 a4 9. Qa2 Nd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qf4 12. Bd3 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Nxd4 Be7 15. Nf5 Ne5 16. Nfd6+ Bxd6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 18. Nxc8+ Rhxc8 19. Rae1 Kf8 20. Re4 Qf6 21. Be2 Nd7 22. Qb1 ({RR} 22. b4 Re8) 22... Re8 {Gomez,M-Tal,M (2525) Seville 1992 CBM 029 [Bulletin] 0-1 (38)}) 8... exd5 9. e3 Bd6 10. Be2 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfe1 Bg4 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Rac1 Na6 15. Bb1 Nb8 16. Bd3 Na6 17. Bb1 g6 18. Ne2 c5 19. Qd1 c4 20. Nc3 f5 21. Nb5 Bb4 22. a3 Qe8 23. Nc3 Bd6 24. f3 Qd8 {Yang,K (2396)-Motylev,A (2704) China 2010 0-1 (116)}) 10... Qe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rac1 O-O 13. Na4 b5 14. Nc3 Nf6 15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 Bd7 17. Nbd2 Rfc8 18. Qa2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Bd3 Qe8 21. b3 Ne4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Nc4 Qg5 25. Ne2 Rd8 26. Nf4 Bf5 27. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28. Rxd1 Bg4 29. Rd2 Qe7 30. h3 Bd7 31. Nd5 Qg5 32. Nf6+ Qxf6 33. Rxd7 Rd8 34. Rxd8+ Qxd8 35. Qd2 Bb6 36. Qxd8+ Bxd8 37. Nd6 Bc7 38. Nxe4 f5 39. Nd2 Kf7 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Ke2 h5 42. Nf3 Kd5 43. Kd3 Bd8 44. Nd2 g5 45. f3 Bc7 46. Nc4 h4 47. e4+ fxe4+ 48. fxe4+ Kc5 49. Nd2 Bb8 50. Nf3 Bf4 51. Nd4 Kd6 52. Nf3 Kc5 53. Ne1 Bb8 54. Nc2 Bf4 55. Ne3 Be5 56. Nf5 Bf4 57. Ke2 Bc7 58. Kf3 Kc6 59. Kg4 Bd8 60. Nd4+ Kd6 61. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-11a"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1979.09.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1979.09.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. a3 cxd4 11. axb4 dxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Be3 b6 14. Bf4 ({RR} 14. Qe2 e5 15. Nd2 Be6 16. f4 f6 17. f5 Bf7 18. Rfc1 Rad8 19. Bf2 a5 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Ne3 axb4 22. Nd5 Qd6 23. Qb5 Rfc8 24. cxb4 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Qe2 Rc3 28. Rab1 Re3 {Kortschnoj,V (2665)-Portisch,L (2630) Wijk aan Zee 1978 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 14. Qe2 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Qc4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Ra1 Qd7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 b5 21. Qb3 a6 22. h4 Bf6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qc2 e5 25. Rc1 Qd2 26. Qxd2 Rxd2 27. f3 Kf8 28. c4 Bc6 {Ionov,S (2513)-Balashov,Y (2395) St Petersburg 2022 ½-½ (34)}) 14... Qd8 $146 ({RR} 14... e5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qd5 Bb7 17. Bxe5 Qc8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qe3 Qc4 20. Bd4 h6 21. Rfe1 Re8 22. Bf1 Qc7 23. Bb5 Bg5 24. Qd3 Re6 25. Ba6 Bc6 26. Bc4 Rd6 27. e5 Re6 28. b5 Bd7 29. f4 {Smejkal,J (2550)-Sibarevic,M (2355) Banja Luka 1979 1-0 (37)}) 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bc7 Rd3 17. Bxb6 Rxc3 18. b5 Rb8 19. bxc6 Rxb6 20. Rxa7 Bf8 21. Ne5 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Costa del Sol-21"]
[Site "Torremolinos"]
[Date "1981.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rivas Pastor, Manuel"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1981.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 ({RR} 13. Qa4) ({RR} 13. Qa4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qa3 Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Qg5 17. Bf3 Nxe3 18. h4 Qe5 19. Bxb7 Nxd1 20. Nf3 Qf4 21. Bxa8 Qxc1 {0-1 (21) Aakash Sharadchandra,D (2396)-Vaganian,R (2449) chess.com INT 2025}) 13... Bxd5 14. Qa4 a5 $146 ({RR} 14... Rfd8 15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Qa3 e5 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Qb4 Qg5 21. e4 Qg6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rd6 24. Qc3 Qg5 25. b4 Ne4 26. Qc2 Nf6 27. Bxa6 Rad8 28. Bc4 {½-½ (28) Meister,P (2375)-Bayer,E (2360) Germany 1988}) ({RR} 14... Rfc8 15. Rc3 cxd4 16. exd4 Rxc3 17. bxc3 a6 18. c4 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Qxb5 Rxa2 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Ra8 {½-½ (22) Pfleger,H (2505)-Unzicker,W (2455) Germany 1983}) 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Rxc5 Bxa2 20. Ra1 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1990.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qc7 ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Rd1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nf6 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. c5 a5 15. Bg5 Ba6 16. cxb6 Qxb6 17. Ne5 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Qb5 19. Qf3 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. b3 a4 22. Rac1 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Rd3 Qd5 25. g4 {Sarana,A (2693)-Nihal,S (2694) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (37)}) ({RR} 10... Bb7 11. Bf4 c5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. dxc5 e5 14. Be3 Nxc5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. b4 Ne6 17. a3 Rac8 18. Nd2 Bg5 19. Ne4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rcd8 21. Bf3 f5 22. Nc3 e4 23. Be2 Qg5 24. Qc1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 {Angelovski,E (2170)-Knuedel,T (2366) Karlsruhe GER 2026 0-1 (31)}) 11. Bg5 c5 $146 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bh4 Bd6 15. Qd2 Bf4 16. Qc2 c5 17. d5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 h6 20. a4 Ne4 21. Bc4 Nd6 22. Ba2 Nf8 23. Bb1 Rac8 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. hxg3 Qd7 26. Rfe1 {Harestad,H (2249)-Jorgensen,D Copenhagen 2003 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. Bf3 c5 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. h3 h6 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Nb8 21. b3 Nc6 22. Qe4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Nxd8 25. Qg4 Kf8 26. Ne5 {Bany,J (2450)-Matlak,M (2410) Bielsko Biala 1988 ½-½ (65)}) 12. d5 exd5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc4 N7f6 15. Rfe1 Bg4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nfg5 Nxe4 18. Nxf7 Nf6 19. Qb3 b5 20. Nh6+ Kh8 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Rf8 23. h3 c4 24. Qxb5 Rxf7 25. hxg4 Nxg4 26. Qh5 Qf4 27. Re2 g6 28. Qh3 Bc5 29. Rf1 Nxf2 30. Re8+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Goglidze Memorial"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1988.09.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Ne4 Qf4 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. e3 Qd6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qxc5 $146 ({RR} 13. a3 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6 15. Ke2 Ke7 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Nd2 {½-½ (17) Shumiakina,T (2360)-Sudakova,I (2330) Dagomys 2008}) 13... Bxc5 14. Bd3 Ke7 15. Ke2 Bd6 16. Nd2 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 09th"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1976.04.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg M"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1976.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Avangard"]
[BlackTeam "Daugava"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 cxd4 7. Qxd4 ({RR} 7. Nxd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 e5 9. Nb5 a6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Na3 Bd7 12. Nc4 Bc6 13. Nxe5 Bxh1 14. Nxf7+ Ke8 15. Nxh8 Bc6 16. Bh3 g6 17. Be6 Bg7 18. Bf7+ Kd7 19. Bd2 Bxh8 20. Bg8 Ke7 21. h4 h5 {Korobov,A (2652)-Le,Q (2737) Huaian 2017 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 7. Nxd4 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5 9. f3 Be7 10. e4 Qc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qb3 O-O 13. a4 Qc8 14. O-O a6 15. Be2 e5 16. Nf5 Bc5+ 17. Kg2 Nc6 18. Be3 Bxf5 19. Bxc5 Be6 20. Qa3 Bh3+ 21. Kf2 Bxf1 {Begunov,K (2325)-Davtyan,A (2485) chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (34)}) 7... Nc6 8. Qe4 Bb4 $146 ({RR} 8... Nf6 9. Qb1 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Ng5 Rfd8 14. Bd2 Qa6 15. Nce4 g6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bc3 e5 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. e3 Rxd1+ 21. Qxd1 Rd8 22. Qf3 Qd3 23. h3 {Rohde,M (2540)-Kaptsan,A (2185) Philadelphia 1996 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bf6 13. Rfd1 Rd8 14. Rab1 h6 15. Qc2 Qc7 16. c4 Bd7 17. c5 Be8 18. Rdc1 Ne7 19. Bf4 Qc8 20. e4 Ng6 21. Bd6 e5 22. h4 b6 23. Qb3 {Pultinevicius,P (2492)-Janik,I (2500) Warsaw 2021 ½-½ (71)}) 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bg2 Nf6 11. Qh4 Be7 12. O-O e5 13. Rad1 Qb6 14. b3 Bf5 15. Be3 Qa5 16. Qc4 Rac8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Qxd5 19. Rxd5 f6 20. Nh4 Be6 21. Rb5 b6 22. f4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc2 26. Nf5 Bc5 27. a3 Re8 28. b4 Rexe2 29. Nh4 Bf8 30. Rxd4 Rxh2 31. Re1 Ra2 32. Rd8 Rhd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Nf5 Kf7 35. Re4 Rd3 36. Kg2 g6 37. Ne3 f5 38. Re5 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Lvov"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1984.02.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sahovic, Dragutin"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1984.02.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 ({RR} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 c5 12. Nd2 h6 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Ba3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. f4 a6 19. Kh1 Nf8 20. h3 Ng6 21. Re2 Ne7 {LCZero 0.31-dag-c93c6a8-BT4-6 (3652)-Berserk 20250113 tcec-chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (74)}) ({RR} 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 10. Qc2 f5 11. a4 Rf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c4 b6 14. Ba3 Bb7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qb3 g6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Bb5 f4 21. exf4 Rxf4 {Tal,M-Kruskops Riga 1953 ½-½ (31)}) 7... Qe7 $146 ({RR} 7... O-O 8. a3 Ba5 9. O-O Bc7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13. d5 cxd5 14. cxd5 h6 15. Bb4 Re8 16. a4 a5 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Re1 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Be4 22. d6 {Sousa,N-Caseiro,R Aveiro 1998 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qb3 a5 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne4 14. Be1 Ng5 15. Ne5 f6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. f3 Qf7 18. h4 b5 19. Bd3 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qh5 21. Be4 Bd7 22. f4 {Havaskori,L (2115)-Toth,L (2068) Hungary 2004 1-0}) 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Ne2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Nc3 c5 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. O-O ({RR} 10. Bf3 O-O 11. O-O Be5 12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rd1 Bc7 14. Qc2 Ne5 15. Be2 Qd6 16. g3 Bd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bf4 Bc6 19. Rac1 Bb6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qb3 e3 22. Nd5 exf2+ 23. Kg2 Bc5 24. Kf1 Rac8 {Kuzubov,Y (2628)-Ragger,M (2680) Martuni 2013 0-1}) ({RR} 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. O-O Ne5 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qc2 Nxb2 15. Qxb2 Bf5 16. Rac1 Be4 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Qd4 h5 20. g3 Ng4 21. Nh4 Be5 22. Qc5 Bd6 23. Qd4 Nxh2 24. Nxe4 dxe4 {Ding,Y (1958)-Sheehan,C (1998) Limerick IRL 2026 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 10. Bf3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. h3 Be6 13. Nce2 Bh2+ 14. Kh1 Be5 15. Bd2 Nxd4 {½-½ (15) Petrosian,T-Tal,M Moscow 1969}) 10... O-O 11. Nf3 Be6 12. b3 $146 ({RR} 12. b4 Rc8 13. Bb2 a5 14. Nb5 Be7 15. bxa5 Nxa5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nbd4 Qe7 18. Qa4 Rc5 19. Rab1 Rfc8 20. Qb4 Bd7 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 b6 23. Qg4 g6 24. h3 Nc4 25. Rfd1 h5 26. Qf4 Nb2 {Garcia,R-Averbakh,Y Mar del Plata 1965 0-1}) ({RR} 12. b4 Qe7 13. Bb2 Rad8 14. b5 Na5 15. Nd4 axb5 16. Ncxb5 Bb8 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bb4 Nc6 21. Bc3 e5 22. Bb2 Kh8 23. Rc1 d4 24. exd4 exd4 25. Bd3 Qd5 26. Ba3 Qe5 {Vernersson,P (2471)-Bergstrom,R (2355) Sweden 2008 1-0 (56)}) 12... Qe7 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. b4 Rac8 15. Rc1 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Na4 Bxb2 18. Nxb2 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Rc8 20. Qa1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.11.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Bd2 Qe7 9. Qb3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 e5 13. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 13. Rfe1 Kh8 14. Qc2 f5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Qxf5 e4 17. Qg5 exf3 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. gxf3 Nb6 20. Kg2 Bf6 21. a4 Be6 22. a5 Nc4 23. Bc3 Rd8 24. Rad1 Nd6 25. e4 Bb3 26. Rd3 Bc4 27. Rdd1 Nb5 {Lein,A-Kuindzhy,A Frunze 1973 0-1 (83)}) 13... g6 14. Bc3 Re8 15. Rfe1 f5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 fxe4 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. Nd2 Bf5 20. Nf1 Rad8 21. Ng3 Rd5 22. Rad1 Red8 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 24. Rd1 Bxg3 25. fxg3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd7 27. Qe1 Be6 28. b3 c5 29. h3 b5 30. Qf1 b4 31. Be5 Qd8 32. Qb5 Qc8 33. Kh2 Bd5 34. Bd6 a6 35. Qa5 Kf7 36. Bxc5 Qc6 37. Qxb4 Be6 38. Bd4 h5 39. Qb8 Ke7 40. Qe5 Qd5 41. Qf6+ 1-0

[Event "Riga Junior-ch Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.03.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sergeev, Alexander"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D49"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1949.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 cxd4 11. Nxb5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 axb5 13. Bxb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Nxd7 15. Qxd4 $146 ({RR} 15. Nxd7 Bb4+ 16. Bd2 Qa5 17. a3 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Kxd7 19. Qxa5 Rxa5 20. Kd2 Rb8 21. b4 Ra7 22. Kc2 e5 23. Kb3 Rc7 24. Rhc1 Rbc8 25. Kb2 f5 26. Rxc7+ Rxc7 27. Rc1 e4 28. Rxc7+ Kxc7 29. Kc2 g5 {Pokorny,A-Schulz,J Trencianske Teplice 1926 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 15. Nxd7) ({RR} 15. Nf3 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qd5 17. O-O Bc5 18. b4 Ba7 19. a4 O-O 20. Re1 e5 21. Qb1 f5 22. Qa2 Qxa2 23. Rxa2 e4 24. Ng5 Rfd8 25. h4 Ne5 26. Rb1 h6 27. Nh3 e3 28. fxe3 dxe3 29. Be1 e2+ {De Oliveira,T (1741)-Jardim,F (2157) Florianopolis BRA 2024 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. O-O Be7 17. Qg4 O-O 18. Rd1 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Ra5 20. Qg3 f6 21. a3 e5 22. Bd2 Rd5 23. b4 e4 24. Qb3 Kf8 25. Re1 f5 26. a4 Re8 27. Rac1 Bd6 28. b5 Rc5 29. Bb4 Rxc1 {Kashdan,I-Lasker,E Chicago 1926 1-0 (62)}) 15... Qa5+ 16. Bd2 Qxe5+ 17. Qxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O Be7 19. Bc3 Bf6 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 0-1

[Event "Kislovodsk International"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1966.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Simagin, Vladimir Pavlovich"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[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. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Ne4 6. Qb3 c6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Bxd6 ({RR} 8. Ne5 O-O 9. e3 Qe7 10. Be2 Be6 11. Nd3 Na6 12. Bxd6 Nxd6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qa3 Ra8 15. Rac1 Rfe8 16. Na4 Nc7 17. Ne5 Bf5 18. Nc5 Ne6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. b4 f6 21. Nd3 Nc4 22. Qc3 Bxd3 {Wells,P (2318)-Fava,L (2343) Bridgend WLS 2026 ½-½ (33)}) 8... Nxd6 9. e3 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. Be2 Qe7 11. O-O Bf5 12. a4 Nd7 13. Qa3 Rfe8 14. b4 Ne4 15. b5 Qxa3 16. Rxa3 Nxc3 17. Rxc3 cxb5 18. axb5 Rec8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Ra1 h6 21. h3 Ra8 22. Nd2 Nb6 23. Nb3 Nc4 24. Nc5 {Giri,A (2769)-Ganiev,A (2247) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (49)}) 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Nd2 Re6 14. Nf1 Qh4 15. g3 Qg5 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Bg2 Rae8 18. f3 Bd3 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qxd3 Nxe3 21. Bh3 R6e7 22. f4 Qg6 23. Qxg6 hxg6 24. Rac1 Nd5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bg2 Nf5 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Kf2 f6 29. Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1976.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1976.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 Nc6 9. dxc5 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Bb5 Nxc3 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qd4 Nxa2+ 14. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Kf1 O-O 15. Rxa2 a5 {½-½ (15) Todorovic,G (2385)-Brkljaca,A (2365) Pula 1988}) ({RR} 14. Kd1 f6 15. Rxa2 a5 16. h4 Kf7 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Nxg5+ fxg5 19. Rxh8 Qxh8 20. Qxh8 Bg4+ 21. f3 Rxh8 22. fxg4 Re8 23. Be1 Bxe1 24. Kxe1 Rxe3+ 25. Kd1 Ke6 26. Rxa5 d4 27. Ra8 Kd5 28. b4 Rb3 {McCambridge,V-Sharif,M Dortmund 1982 0-1 (47)}) 14... O-O 15. Rxa2 a5 16. h4 f6 17. O-O Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Aker Brygge"]
[Site "Aker Brygge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 13... Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 b5 16. Be2 Bb7 17. O-O Rac8 {½-½ (17) Travnicek,K (2154)-Borosova,Z (2268) Skalica SVK 2023}) ({RR} 13... Qxd1+ 14. Nxd1 Bxb2 15. Nxb2 b5 16. Be2 Bb7 17. O-O Rac8 {½-½ (17) Travnicek,K (2154)-Borosova,Z (2268) Skalica SVK 2023}) 14. Be2 Rc8 15. O-O Qb6 16. Ba1 Rfd8 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qb1 Bxa1 21. Qxa1 Bc6 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT-ch10 Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Solmanis, Zigfrids"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1953.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[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. e3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Ne5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 f6 $146 ({RR} 12... b5 13. Bd3 g6 14. Be4 Bxc3 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Qxc3 Ba6 17. Qa5 Rb6 18. Bf3 b4 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Bd2 Qc5 21. Qxc5 Nxc5 22. Rac1 Na4 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. b3 Nb2 25. Rc1 Bb7 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Kf1 {Bekker,M (2271)-Tutov,V (1926) Rostov on Don 2011 (31)}) 13. Ne4 f5 14. Ng5 Nxe5 15. Nxh7 Kxh7 16. fxe5 Qc7 17. a3 Be7 18. Qc3 Bd7 19. b3 c5 20. a4 Qc8 21. e4 fxe4 22. Rxf8 Qxf8 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Be3 Qf7 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. h3 Qe8 28. Bg5 Be7 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "ZSK International-06 Kislovodsk"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1964.07.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1964.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. a3 Ne4 7. Bd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bf6 16. c4 $146 ({RR} 16. e4 Rfe8 17. c4 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 Re7 19. Rd3 Rae8 20. Rad1 h6 21. Qc3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxe5 24. Rd7 Qc6 25. f3 R5e7 26. R7d6 Qa4 27. R1d5 f6 28. Qd3 Kf7 29. h4 Re6 30. h5 Rxd6 {Hambleton,A (2479)-Surya,B (1861) Aurora 2017 1-0 (47)}) 16... Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Rfe8 18. Qc3 Rad8 19. Rd2 h6 20. Rad1 Na5 21. h3 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc6 24. Qd3 Qe7 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Qxd8+ Nxd8 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd3 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Parnu"]
[Site "Parnu"]
[Date "1971.06.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stein, Leonid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1971.06.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Be7 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qd6 ({RR} 10... Nf6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Ne5 a6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Bf4 Qa7 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. Rad1 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Qxd4 20. b3 Bxa3 21. Rd1 Qb6 22. Be5 Be7 23. Na4 Qa5 24. Bd6 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 {Timofeev,A (2652)-Jobava,B (2704) Rijeka 2010 0-1 (40)}) 11. Ne4 Qd7 $146 ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. a3 Rd8 13. Ba2 h6 14. Qd3 Qb6 15. b4 Nf6 16. Be3 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Qb5 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. g4 Ne7 20. Bb1 Ng6 21. Ba2 Bd7 22. d5 Re8 23. g5 hxg5 24. Nxg5 Bxg5 25. Bxg5 exd5 26. Qxd5 {Ermenkov,E (2454)-Al Sayed,M (2454) Beirut 2004 ½-½ (55)}) ({RR} 11... Qc7 12. a3 Rd8 13. Qd3 b6 14. Bg5 Bb7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Neg5 g6 17. Ne4 Rac8 18. Qd2 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. d5 Na5 21. Ba2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Qe2 Nb3 24. Rad1 Rcd8 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. h3 {Gelfand,B (2676)-Ivanchuk,V (2678) Lichess.org INT 2021 ½-½ (69)}) 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rc1 h6 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne5 f6 17. Rc7 Bd7 18. Qg4 Kh7 19. Nc3 Qd6 20. Rxd7 Rxd7 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rxe6 f5 23. Qe2 Nc6 24. Qe3 Qxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxd4 26. Re7 Rb8 27. h4 a6 28. Nd5 Nc6 29. Rf7 b5 30. Nf4 Re8 31. Rxf5 Nd4 32. Rf7 Kg8 33. Ra7 Ne2+ 34. Nxe2 Rxe2 35. Rxa6 Rxb2 36. h5 b4 37. Ra7 b3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Kh2 Rb5 40. g4 Rb3 41. Kg2 Rc3 42. f3 Rb3 43. Kg3 Kh7 44. Rd7 Kg8 45. Kf4 Ra3 46. Ke4 Ra4+ 47. Ke5 Ra5+ 48. Rd5 Ra3 49. f4 Rg3 50. Kf5 Kh7 51. Rd6 Rg1 52. Rd8 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1973.01.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1973.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {The game was postponed.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Bf5 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Rab1 a5 15. Na4 Rae8 $146 ({RR} 15... Qc7 16. Rfc1 {½-½ (16) Berkovich,D-Huzman,A (2390) Soviet Union 1986}) 16. Rfc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1984.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1984.05.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Nbc6 9. e3 Qxc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Qd2 $146 ({RR} 15. Qa4 Qf6 16. b4 Bg4 17. a3 b6 18. Nb3 Qb2 19. b5 Qxe2 20. bxc6 Bxf3 21. Nd4 Qd3 22. Nxf3 Nc8 23. Rfd1 Qf5 24. Nd4 Qg4 25. h3 Qe4 26. Qb4 f5 27. Ne2 Qe5 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. Nf4 Ne7 {Teske,H (2523)-Udeshi,A (2281) Sort 2009 1-0 (50)}) 15... b6 16. Nb3 Bg4 17. Rfd1 Qh6 18. Nbd4 Rd6 19. b4 Qh5 20. b5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Rfd8 23. Rc7 Nf5 24. Rc6 Qg5 25. Nd4 Nh4 26. f4 Qg6 27. Qf2 Nf5 28. Nxf5 Qxf5 29. e4 Qg4 30. Rd4 f6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qd2 Re6 33. h3 Qh4 34. Rxd5 g5 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Qd7+ Re7 37. Qd5+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ Rg7 39. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Dorfman, Josif D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[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. c4 {Dautov,Rustem} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Qxd4 7. Bxb4 Qxe4+ 8. Be2 Na6 9. Bd6 e5 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Bd3 ({RR} 12. b4 Nf6 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxc4 15. Rxe5 Nxb4 16. Re7 Nbd5 17. Rc1) 12... Qf4 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxd1 15. Bf5+ ({RR} 15. Raxd1 Nh6 16. Bc2 g6 17. Nf3 Rhe8) 15... Kc7 16. Nxf7 Ne7 $146 ({RR} 16... Bh5 17. Nxd8 ({RR} 17. Nxh8 Nh6 18. Bxh7 Rxh8 19. Be4 Be2 20. Rfc1 Rd8) 17... Kxd8 18. g4 Be8 ({RR} 18... Bg6 19. Rad1+ Kc7 20. Rd7+ Kb6 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg7) 19. Rad1+ Kc7 20. Rfe1 Nh6 21. Re7+ Kb6 22. Rd8 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Rf8 24. Rdxe8 Rxf5 25. Rxg7 Nc5 26. b4 Nd3 27. Rb8 {1-0 (27) Gschnitzer,A (2404)-Perestjuk,M (2116) Biel 2020}) ({RR} 16... Bh5 17. Nxd8 Kxd8 18. g4 Nh6 19. Rad1+ Kc7 20. Rd7+ Kb6 21. Rxg7 Nxf5 22. gxf5 Rf8 23. Re1 Nc5 ({RR} 23... Rxf5 24. Ree7 Bg6 25. Rxb7+ Kc5 26. Rxa7 Nb4 27. b3 Kd4 ({RR} 27... Rg5+ 28. Kf1 Bd3+ 29. Ke1 Rxg7 30. Rxg7 Nxa2 31. Kd2 Bg6 32. h4)) 24. b4 Nd3 25. Ree7 Nxb4 26. Rxb7+ Kc5 27. Rg5 Bf3 28. f6+ Kxc4 29. Rf5 Bd5 30. Rf4+ Kc3 31. Rbxb4 {Aronian,L (2752)-Vallejo Pons,F (2650) Morelia/Linares 2006 CBM 112 [Dautov,Rustem] 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 16... Nh6 17. Nxh6 ({RR} 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Bxh7 Be2 19. Rfc1 Rd2) ({RR} 17. Nxh8 Nxf5 18. Nf7 Rd7 19. Ne5 Be2 20. Nxd7 Bxf1) 17... Bh5 ({RR} 17... Be2 18. Rfe1 Rd2 19. Bg4 Re8) 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Nxg4 Rd2 20. Rab1 Re8 21. Rfd1 ({RR} 21. Ne3 Nb4 22. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nxa2) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Re2 23. Rb1 Nb4) ({RR} 16... Be2 17. Rfe1 Nh6 18. Nxh8 Nxf5 19. Rxe2 Rxh8 20. g4 Nd6 21. Re7+ Kb6 22. Rd1 Nxc4 23. b3 Na3 24. Rxg7 h6 25. f4 Nc2 26. Rdd7 Nc5 27. Rh7 Rf8 28. Rdf7 Rd8 29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Rd4 31. h3 {Mohammad Fahad,R (2437)-Rahman,Z (2423) Dhaka BAN 2024 ½-½ (78)}) 17. Bxh7 Bg4 18. Nxh8 Rxh8 19. Rfe1 Nc8 20. Bc2 Nb4 21. Be4 a5 22. f3 Bd7 23. Rad1 Nd6 24. c5 Nxe4 25. Rxe4 Nd5 26. g4 Rf8 27. Kg2 a4 28. a3 Ra8 29. h4 Ra5 30. Rc1 Rb5 31. Rc2 Rb3 32. Kf2 Kd8 33. Rxa4 Ke7 34. Re2+ Kf7 35. h5 Be6 36. Rae4 Bd7 37. Rd2 Kf6 38. Kg3 Bc8 39. Rf2 Rd3 40. Re8 Bd7 41. Rb8 Ne3 42. Kf4 Nd5+ 43. Kg3 Ne3 44. Re2 Rb3 45. Rf8+ Ke7 46. Rf4 Kd8 47. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-21 Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1974.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Myagmarsuren, Lhamsuren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1974.06.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Mongolia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MGL"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 (4. Qb3) 4... Ne7 (4... Nf6) (4... c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Ne7 7. e3 c4 8. Be2 Nbc6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 dxe4 12. Nd2 $14 {Taimanov - Keres, USSR, 1949}) 5. e3 (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 $14 {!}) 5... c5 6. Bd3 (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd2 cxd4 8. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxd5 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Ke7 14. Rc1 a6 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Bf3 $14 {Bronstein - Smyslov, USSR, 1972}) 6... Nbc6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. a3 cxd4 (9... Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. e4 Rd8) (9... Ba5 {!?}) 10. exd4 Bxc3 (10... Bd6 {!?}) 11. bxc3 b6 (11... Qc7) 12. Qd3 {'!'} Bb7 13. Re1 {'!'} (13. Ng5 Ng6 {!} (13... Nf5 {?} 14. Nxe6 $18) 14. Qh3 (14. Re1 {!?} Nce7 $14) 14... h6 15. Nxf7 {?!} Rxf7 16. Bxe6 Qf6 $13) 13... h6 $146 {'?!'} (13... Ng6 $14 {!?}) ({RR} 13... Ng6 14. Ba2 Rc8 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. h4 Na5 17. c4 Bxf3 18. gxf3 h6 19. h5 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Bb1 Rfd8 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. d5 Qg5+ 24. Kf1 Nxc4 25. Ra2 Qxd5 26. Qh8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 {0-1 (27) Carvalho,G (2172)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2521) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 14. Ba2 (14. Bd2) 14... Re8 {'? %08DA'} (14... Nf5) (14... Qd6) (14... Rc8) 15. Rxe6 $3 {'+-' '!'} (15. Bb1 Ng6) 15... fxe6 16. Bxe6+ Kf8 (16... Kh8 $4 17. Ng5 $18 hxg5 18. Qh3#) 17. Nh4 {'?! 'with the idea' 18.Qf5 Nf5 19.Ng6#; 17. Qh7! Ng6 18.Qg6 Qf6 19.Qf6 gf 20.Bh6 Ke7 21.Re1 (21.d5!?) Kd8 22.Bg7$18; 17... Nd5 (17... Qd6 18.Bh6!$18) 18.Qg8 Ke7 19.Qf7 Kd6 20.Bd5 Qe7 (20... Re7 21.Bf4 Kd7 22.Be6#) 21.Bf4 Kd7 22.Bc6! Bc6 23.Ne5$18'} (17. Qh7 Nd5 (17... Ng6 $1 18. Qxg6 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ gxf6 20. Bxh6+ Ke7 21. Re1 Na5) 18. Qg8+ Ke7 19. Qf7+ Kd6 20. Bxd5 $16) 17... Ne5 {'!'} 18. Qh7 N7c6 (18... Nf7 19. Bxh6 $3 {'!'} Nxh6 20. Qh8+ Nhg8 21. Qxg8+ $3 {'!'} Nxg8 22. Ng6#) (18... N7g6 19. Qg8+ (19. Qxg6 $2 {'?'} Qxh4 {!} 20. dxe5 Rxe6 21. Qxe6 Qe4)) (18... Nd5 19. Qg8+ Ke7 20. Nf5+ Kf6 21. dxe5+ Kxe5 22. f4+ Ke4 (22... Nxf4 23. Bxf4+ Kxf4 24. Rf1+ $18) 23. Nd6+ {!} Qxd6 24. Qh7+ $18 {Tal}) (18... N5g6 19. Qg8+ $18 {!}) 19. Qg8+ Ke7 20. Nf5+ Kf6 21. dxe5+ Nxe5 (21... Kxe5 22. f4+ Ke4 23. Nd6+ Qxd6 24. Qh7+ $18) 22. Qxg7+ Kxe6 23. Nd4+ Kd6 24. Bf4 $1 {'!'} (24. Qxb7 Qd7 {'!'} 25. Qxd7+ (25. Qe4 {?} Nf3+) (25. Qa6 {!?}) 25... Kxd7 26. Bxh6 $13) 24... Bd5 (24... Qd7 25. Qf6+ Kd5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Rd1 $18) 25. Re1 (25. Rd1 {!?}) 25... Kc5 {'!'} 26. Rxe5 (26. Bxe5 Rg8 27. Qxh6 Rxg2+) 26... Rxe5 (26... Rg8 27. Rxd5+ {!} (27. Qb7 {!?}) 27... Kxd5 (27... Qxd5 28. Qc7+) 28. Qf7+ Kc5 29. Ne6+ $18) 27. Qxe5 Qd7 28. Nc2 $1 {'!'} Re8 (28... Rd8 $16 {%03'better is'}) 29. Qd4+ (29. Be3+ Kb5 30. c4+ Kxc4 31. Qd4+ Kb5 32. Qd3+ Kc6 33. Nb4+ Kb7 34. Qxd5+ (34. Nxd5 Rd8) 34... Qxd5 35. Nxd5 Rd8 36. Nc3 Rd3 $13 {Tal}) 29... Kc6 30. c4 $1 {'!!'} (30. Qa4+ {?!} b5 31. Qa6+ Kc5) 30... Be6 (30... Kb7 31. cxd5 Qf5 32. Ne3 Qb1+ 33. Nf1 Re1 34. Qc4 b5 35. Qc6#) 31. Qe4+ (31. Nb4+ {?} Kb7 32. Qe4+ {?} Bd5 $19 {!}) 31... Kc5 32. h3 $1 {'!'} Bf5 (32... Bxh3) 33. Be3+ Kd6 34. Qf4+ (34. Qf4+ Ke7 35. Nd4) (34. c5+ Kc7) 1-0

[Event "Match/MasterTitel Tal-Saigin +4-2=8"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.05.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Saigin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nbd4 Rac8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bd3 Rb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne2 Ra6 $146 ({RR} 20... Bd6 21. Qd4 f5 22. Ng3 c5 23. Qc4+ Rf7 24. Rfd1 Be6 25. Qc3 Ra6 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Nh5 Qb4 28. Qc2 c4 29. Bc3 Qb8 30. bxc4 Bxh2+ 31. Kh1 Bc7 32. Rab1 Qf8 33. Bb4 Qe8 34. Nf4 Rf6 35. Kg1 {Tal,M-Saigin,V Riga 1954 0-1 (47)}) 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxd7 Rxa2 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. b4 Qxb4 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qf4 c5 27. Bc3 Rxe2 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Qxe4 Rb8 30. Qe5 Rc8 31. h4 Rec2 32. Qb5 a5 33. Rd1 R2c5 34. Qb6 Kg7 35. Rd7 Rf5 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 39. g4 Rb5 40. Qd7 Rb8 41. Qa7 Rb5 42. Qd4+ Kg8 43. Qc4 Rb8 44. Qc7 Rb5 45. Qc8+ Kg7 46. Qa6 Rc5 47. Kg2 b3 48. Qb6 Rc4 49. Qxb3 Rxg4+ 50. Kh3 Rb4 51. Qc3+ Kg8 52. Qc5 Ra4 53. h5 gxh5 54. Qxh5 Ra2 55. f4 Kf8 56. Qe5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 04th semifinal"]
[Site "Barcelona"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Martin Gonzalez, Angel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1984.07.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trud"]
[BlackTeam "Barcelona Vulca"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. Nc3 O-O ({RR} 8... Nbc6 9. e3 Qxc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Qa3 Nf5 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Ng5 d4 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. e4 Nh4 19. Nc5 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Rf6 21. Rac1 Rcf8 22. Nd3 e5 23. Rb1 {Kortschnoj,V (2635)-Chandler,M (2515) London 1984 1-0 (62)}) ({RR} 8... Nbc6 9. e3 Qxc5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Be6 12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Nc5 Bc8 15. Qd2 b6 16. Nb3 Bg4 17. Rfd1 Qh6 18. Nbd4 Rd6 19. b4 Qh5 20. b5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxe2 22. Nxe2 Rfd8 23. Rc7 {Tal,M (2620)-Ivanovic,B (2525) Bugojno 1984 1-0 (39)}) 9. e3 Nbc6 ({RR} 9... Qxc5 10. Be2 Nbc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Nd4 Bxe2 13. Ncxe2 Rfd8 14. Qd2 Rac8 15. Rfd1 Qb6 16. h3 h6 17. Rab1 a6 18. Nc3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. Qf3 Nf6 21. Rd3 Ng6 22. Rdd1 Ne7 23. Nde2 Qe6 24. Nf4 {Tang,Z (2332)-Paragua,M (2243) Saint Louis USA 2026 ½-½ (48)}) 10. Bb5 Bg4 $146 ({RR} 10... a6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Qxc5 13. Na4 Qd6 14. Qd4 Re8 15. Rac1 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Qh6 17. Nc5 Ng6 18. Qa4 Rac8 19. Re1 Be4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Nf1 Nh4 22. Ng3 d4 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. e4 Nh4 25. Qa3 {Bronstein,O (2378)-Teclaf,P (2454) Pardubice 2019 1-0 (33)}) 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 d4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. exd4 Rad8 15. f3 Rxd4 16. fxg4 a6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. b3 Nd5 19. O-O Ne3 20. Rfe1 Nc2 21. Rad1 Rxa4 22. bxa4 Nxe1 23. c6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch40 Final"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.12.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zhidkov, Valery S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d4 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qa4 Na5 13. Rad1 Rc8 ({RR} 13... Nc4 14. Bc1 Nb6 15. Qb5 Rc8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Qb3 Rc4 18. Nc2 Qc8 19. Ne3 Rc5 20. Nexd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxh3 23. Bxb7 Qc7 24. Bf4 Qa5 25. Qe3 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 27. Bg2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 {Movsesian,S (2747)-Sokolov,I (2669) Sarajevo 2009 ½-½}) ({RR} 13... Nc4 14. Bc1 Nb6 15. Qb5 Rc8 16. Qd3 Qd7 17. b3 Bb4 18. Bb2 Rfe8 19. f3 Bh3 20. a3 Bc5 21. e4 Re5 22. Rfe1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rce8 24. Nc2 R5e7 25. b4 Bd6 26. Nxd5 Nfxd5 27. exd5 Rxe1 28. Nxe1 {Duran,E (2131)-Koljevic,N (1917) Antalya 2019 ½-½ (44)}) 14. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qc2 Nc4 16. Bc1 Nb6 17. Qd3 Bb4 18. Ncb5 a6 19. Na3 Re8 20. Nac2 Bf8 21. b3 Ne4 22. Bb2 Qf6 23. Ba1 Qg6 24. Ne1 Bb4 25. Nef3 Qd6 26. Rc1 Rcd8 27. Nh4 f6 28. Rc2 Bc5 {Bagirov,V-Ubilava,E Tbilisi 1971 1-0 (49)}) 14... Nxd5 15. Nf5 Rc4 16. Qb5 Bxf5 17. Rxd5 a6 18. Qxa5 Qxa5 19. Rxa5 Bc8 20. Rd5 Be6 21. Rd2 Bb4 22. Rdd1 Rc2 23. a3 Be7 24. Bd4 b5 25. e3 a5 26. Be4 Rcc8 27. f4 Bc4 28. Bd3 Rfd8 29. Bf5 Bxf1 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxf1 f5 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf3 g6 34. Rf2 h5 35. Rd2 a4 36. e4 b4 37. axb4 Bxb4 38. Re2 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 a3 40. bxa3 Bxa3 41. Ra2 Bc5 42. Rc2 Re8+ 43. Be5 Be7 44. Rc7 Rd8 45. Bd4 Ke6 46. Ra7 Rb8 47. Ra6+ Kf7 48. f5 gxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Rb5+ 50. Be5 Bf8 51. h3 Rc5 52. h4 Rb5 53. Rc6 Ra5 54. Rb6 Rc5 55. Ke4 Ra5 56. Rf6+ Ke7 57. Rg6 Kf7 58. Rf6+ Ke7 59. Rf5 Ke6 60. Rg5 Rb5 61. Rg6+ Kf7 62. Ra6 Rb4+ 63. Kf5 Rb5 64. Ra7+ Be7 65. Rc7 Ra5 66. Rb7 Rc5 67. Ke4 Rc6 68. Bd4 Rc4 69. Kd5 Rc1 70. Be3 Rd1+ 71. Ke4 Re1 72. Kf3 Ke6 73. Rb6+ Kd7 74. Rb5 Bd6 75. Bf4 Rf1+ 76. Kg2 Bxf4 77. Kxf1 Bxg3 78. Rxh5 Ke6 79. Kg2 Be1 80. Kh3 Bd2 81. Kg4 Kf6 82. Rf5+ Kg6 83. Rd5 Bc1 84. Rd6+ Kg7 85. h5 Be3 86. Rg6+ Kh7 87. Rf6 Kg7 88. Kf5 Bd2 89. h6+ Bxh6 90. Rg6+ Kh7 91. Kf6 Be3 92. Kf7 Ba7 93. Ra6 Bb8 94. Ra8 Bc7 95. Rc8 Bf4 96. Rc4 Bg5 97. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo-09"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. d4 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Bf6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Nd2 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nxe4 Re8 15. Qd2 Bf5 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qf4 Bg6 19. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 19. a3 a5 20. h4 h6 21. Rfe1 Ne5 22. Qxd4 b6 23. Na4 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxa3 25. Ra1 Qxb3 26. Nxb6 Qb4 27. e3 Nd3 28. h5 Bxh5 29. Qxd3 Qxb6 30. Qf5 {½-½ (30) Tregubov,P (2560)-Magerramov,E (2565) Montpellier 1998}) 19... b6 20. Na6 Qxe2 21. Nc7 Re7 22. Bf3 Qxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rexc7 24. Rc1 h5 25. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Stean, Michael F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 h6 11. Be3 Re8 12. Qb3 Na5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. Nf5 ({RR} 16. Qb1 Bb4 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Be1 Bxc3 19. Bxc3 Ne4 20. Be1 Qb6 21. b3 Na3 22. Qb2 Nb5 23. a4 Nbc3 24. Bxc3 Nxc3 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Rd3 Qf6 27. Qa1 a6 28. e3 Qg6 29. Rfd1 Ng5 30. h4 Ne4 {Minzer,C (2414)-Roa Alonso,S (2423) Madrid 2007 1-0 (55)}) 16... Bf8 $146 ({RR} 16... Bb4 17. g4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Nc4 21. Bxd5 Qc7 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. exf4 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Ne3 25. Rd3 Nxf1 26. Kxf1 Kf8 27. Ke1 Rc4 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Rb8 b6 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Rxa7 {Schmidt,W-Hernandez Onna,R (2435) Vrsac 1977 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 16... Bc5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc7 20. Kh2 Be6 21. Rd4 Bxa2 22. Qd3 Be6 23. Rd1 Nc6 24. Rd6 Qa5 25. Ncd5 Qc5 26. Nf4 Ne5 27. Qd4 Bb3 28. Qxc5 {½-½ (28) De Boer,G (2435)-Vladimirov,Y (2580) Tilburg 1994}) 17. Bxd5 Re5 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Qg6+ Kh8 20. Bxf7 Rc6 21. Rd5 Qe7 22. Bd4 Nc4 23. f4 Bg7 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Qf8 26. Bb3 Ng4 27. Qd3 Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qc5+ 29. Kh2 Be8 30. e6 Rd6 31. Qe4 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch22"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1965.03.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nge2 h6 9. Bh4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. exd4 Be6 13. Bc2 Be7 14. Qd3 $146 ({RR} 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Na4 Qc6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Bf5 19. Qd4 Bxc2 20. Bxf6 Kh7 21. Re7 Rae8 22. Bh8 Rxe7 23. Qg7# {1-0 (23) Mitrabha,G (2507)-Kawulok,M (2237) Teplice CZE 2023}) ({RR} 14. Re1 Qb6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Na4 Qc6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Bf5 19. Qd4 Bxc2 20. Bxf6 Kh7 21. Re7 Rae8 22. Bh8 Rxe7 23. Qg7# {1-0 (23) Mitrabha,G (2507)-Kawulok,M (2237) Teplice CZE 2023}) 14... g6 15. Rfe1 Re8 $4 (15... Qd6) 16. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vooremaa, Andres M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Bulletin} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O Be6 ({RR} 11... a5 12. g4 a4 13. Kb1 b5 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Ne2) 12. Kb1 ({RR} 12. g4 Rc8 13. Ne5 b5 14. Kb1 Qa5 15. Rhg1 a6 16. g5 N6d7) 12... Rc8 ({RR} 12... b5) ({RR} 12... a6) 13. Rc1 ({RR} 13. Ng5 b5 ({RR} 13... Bd7 14. Be5 h6 15. Nf3 c5) 14. Be5 h6 15. Nxe6 Nxe6 16. g4 Nd7 17. h4 ({RR} 17. Bg3 Bh4) 17... b4 ({RR} 17... Bxh4 18. f4 Be7 19. Bh7+ Kf8 20. Bf5) 18. Ne2 Bxh4 19. f4 c5 ({RR} 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 c5 21. g5) 20. Ba6 Be7 21. Bxc8 Qxc8 22. Ng3 f6 ({RR} 22... cxd4) 23. Rxh6 Nef8 ({RR} 23... gxh6 24. Qg6+) 24. Rh3 c4 25. Nf5 fxe5 26. fxe5 Qc6 27. Rdh1 Ng6 {Timman,J (2585)-Karpov,A (2725) Bugojno 1978 MCL [Bulletin] 1-0 (46)} {RR} 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rh7+ Kg8 30. Qf5 Rf8 31. Rh8+) ({RR} 13. e4) 13... c5 $146 ({RR} 13... b5 14. g4 a6 15. Qe2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Be5 Qa5 18. Bc2 N8d7 19. Bd4 Ne4 20. Bb3 Bxd4 21. Nxe4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 dxe4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Qxe4 Nf6 26. Qc6 Qd8 27. g5 Nd5 28. Qxa6 {Sachdev,T (2397)-Varshini,V (2242) Ahmedabad 2020 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 13... a6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nd7 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nd4 Nf6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Bg3 Bd7 21. Qb3 f5 22. Qxb7 f4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. exf4 Rb8 25. Qxa6 Qf6 26. Qc4+ Kh8 27. Qc3 e3 28. fxe3 {Abdyzhapar,A (2349)-Turksoi,Z (2067) Korumdu 2025 1-0 (36)}) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rhd1 Qb6 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Nd4 h6 19. Bf4 N8d7 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bg6 Red8 22. Qd4 Qa5 23. Ne2 Rc6 24. Bg3 Rdc8 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qa7 c5 27. Qb7 Qd8 28. Qxa6 Nf8 29. Bc2 Ra8 30. Qb7 Ne8 31. Nf4 Nd6 32. Qc6 Qa5 33. a3 Ra6 34. Nxd5 Rxc6 35. Nxe7+ Kf7 36. Nxc6 Qa6 37. Nd8+ Ke8 38. Bxd6 Kxd8 39. Bxf8+ Kc7 40. Bxc5 Qe2 41. e4 1-0

[Event "Riga Category 1"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.09.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klavins, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c6 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 f5 ({RR} 10... Ndf6 11. h3 Bf5 12. g4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qc8 15. Kg2 b5 16. a4 a6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ra2 Rb8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Rfa1 Rb6 22. Qf5 Qxf5 23. gxf5 Ra8 24. Ne1 Be7 25. Nd3 {Robson,R (2699)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (57)}) 11. Qc2 b6 $146 ({RR} 11... Ndf6 12. h3 Bd6 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. f3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Bh2 Nh7 17. Kh1 Be6 18. Ng6 Qc7 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Nxf8 Rxf8 21. e4 Qf4 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Rae1 Nf6 25. Qc1 Qg3 26. Qe3 {Hope,N (1871)-Garcia Correa,J (2103) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) ({RR} 11... g5 12. Bg3 g4 13. Nd2 Bg5 14. Rae1 Qe8 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Ne2 Rf6 17. Ng3 Qh4 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f3 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Nf8 21. e4 f4 22. gxf4 Rxf4 23. fxg4 Bxg4 24. exd5 cxd5 25. Re5 Qf6 26. Qb3 {Marshall,F-Chajes,O New York 1915 1-0 (57)}) 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. Ne2 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qe8 16. f4 Nc5 17. b4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bb7 19. Nd4 g6 20. Rfc1 Rc8 21. Qa3 a6 22. h4 Qe7 23. h5 a5 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Nc2 axb4 26. Nxb4 Kg7 27. Qa7 Rf7 28. Qxb6 Rh8 29. g3 c5 30. Nc6 Qe6 31. Qxc5 Qe8 32. Nd4 Re7 33. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[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 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. h3 Bd6 13. Ne5 Ne6 14. Bg3 ({RR} 14. Bh2 Ng5 15. f4 Nge4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Qg6 fxe5 20. fxe5 Bf8 21. Bd3) ({RR} 14. Bh2 Qe7 15. f4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rae1 d4 18. Na4 Bb4 19. Re2 Bd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qb3 dxe3 22. Rxe3 Nc5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kh1 Re3 26. Rd1 Qc6 27. Bg1 Rxh3+ 28. Bh2 Ng4 {Korchynskyi,M (2447)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2717) chess.com INT 2026 0-1}) 14... c5 15. Nb5 Bf8 16. dxc5 Nxc5 $146 ({RR} 16... Bxc5 17. Bh4 a6 18. Bh7+ Kf8 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qd2 Rxe5 22. Qxd4 Re6 23. Rad1 Qb6 24. Bb1 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 g5 26. Bg3 Bd7 27. Bf5 Re7 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. f4 Rae8 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Bf2 {Wu,L (2325)-Mathurin,N (1982) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (49)}) ({RR} 16... Bxc5 17. Bh4 a6 18. Bh7+ Kf8 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qd2 Rxe5 22. Qxd4 Re6 23. Rad1 Qb6 24. Bb1 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 g5 26. Bg3 Bd7 27. Bf5 Re7 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. f4 Rae8 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Bf2 {Wu,L (2325)-Mathurin,N (1982) Budapest HUN 2024 1-0 (49)}) 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bg6+ Kg8 19. Nc7 Re6 20. Nxa8 Rc6 21. Rfc1 Bd7 22. Nc7 Nce4 23. Bxe4 Rxc2 24. Bxc2 Bc6 25. Ne6 Qe8 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Rd1 Bd7 28. Rac1 b6 29. Nf3 Be6 30. Be5 Ne4 31. Bb3 Qf7 32. Rd3 Kh7 33. Rcd1 Bxh3 34. Rxd5 Qg6 35. Nh4 Qh5 36. Bc2 Qxh4 37. Bg3 1-0

[Event "Interzonal-13b"]
[Site "Taxco"]
[Date "1985.06.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Saeed, Saeed Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1985.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. a3 Ng6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nxg4 Bxg4 15. Rae1 Bd7 16. f4 Nf8 17. f5 Qd6 18. Qf2 c5 $146 ({RR} 18... f6 19. e4 dxe4 20. Bc4+ Kh8 21. Nxe4 Qc7 22. Qh4 Re7 23. Nxf6 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Qd6 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Qe3 Rd8 27. Qf4 Nf6 28. Qxd6 Rxd6 29. Rf4 g5 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. h4 Kg7 32. g4 g5 33. hxg5 {Fries Nielsen,J (2385)-Nielsen,N (2245) Denmark 1986 1-0 (45)}) 19. f6 g6 20. Qh4 cxd4 21. Qh6 Ne6 22. exd4 Qf8 23. Qh4 Nc7 24. Qg3 Rac8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. Re1 Be6 27. h4 Qf8 28. Qf4 h6 29. Bb1 Kh8 30. Re3 b6 31. Bd3 Kg8 32. Ne2 Kh8 33. Qe5 Bg4 34. Nf4 Re8 35. Qxc7 Rxe3 36. Nxg6+ fxg6 37. Bxg6 Qg8 38. Qf4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Qf8 40. f7 Re6 41. Qxg4 Rf6 42. Qg3 Re6 43. h5 Re7 44. Qg4 Qd8 45. Kg1 Qf8 46. Kf2 Qd8 47. g3 Qf8 48. Kg2 Qd8 49. Qf5 Kg7 50. Bh7 Rxf7 51. Qg6+ Kf8 52. Qxh6+ Rg7 53. Bf5 Qe7 54. Kh3 Qg5 55. Qxg5 Rxg5 56. Bg6 Kg7 57. Kh4 Kh6 58. a4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch40 Final"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "1972.11.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1972.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "URS-ch"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3 Re8 9. O-O Nf8 10. Qc2 Be6 ({RR} 10... Bg4 11. Ne5 Be6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. f4 c5 14. Qd1 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Qf3 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 19. Nb5 Qc5 20. Nd6 Bd5 21. Qg3 Rd7 22. f5 Rad8 23. f6 g6 24. Qh4 Ne6 25. Qh6 {Moiseenko,A (2657)-Kuzubov,Y (2651) Rivne 2016 1-0}) ({RR} 10... g6 11. Rfc1 Ne6 12. Bh4 Ng7 13. Rab1 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qb3 Nd6 17. Nxd5 c6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qc2 Rad8 20. b4 a6 21. a4 Re7 22. Re1 Rde8 23. Ne5 Qg5 24. Nf3 Qh5 25. Qc5 {Zane,R (2005)-Boulaares,A (1735) Baghdad 2022 1-0 (58)}) 11. Ne5 N6d7 12. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Nxd7 Rxd7 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Rfe1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Nb5 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Re7 19. Rec1 a6 20. Nd4 Rd8 21. Rc7 Rxc7 22. Rxc7 Rd7 23. Rc8 g6 24. Kf1 Kg7 25. Ke2 Rd6 26. Rc7 Rd7 {Kowalska,S (1923)-Kulaszynski,M (1772) Gorzow Wielkopolski 2008 1-0 (41)}) 12... Nxe5 13. Bxe5 c6 14. Na4 f6 15. Bg3 Bf7 16. b4 Bd6 17. Rab1 Bxg3 18. hxg3 a6 19. Nc5 Re7 20. a4 Rc7 21. Rfc1 Qe7 22. Rb3 g6 23. Rc3 Rac8 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. Qb3 Ra6 28. b5 cxb5 29. Rc7 Qb6 30. axb5 Ra5 31. R1c6 Qxb5 32. Qxb5 Rxb5 33. Rxf6 Be8 34. Rc8 Kg7 35. Rf3 Rb1+ 36. Kh2 Nd7 37. Rxe8 Nf6 38. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "ZSK International-06 Kislovodsk"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1964.07.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Fichtl, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1964.07.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Qc2 c6 10. O-O Nf8 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. b4 Bg4 13. Nd2 Rc8 14. Nb3 Be7 15. a3 Bd6 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Re6 18. Nc5 $146 ({RR} 18. Rac1 Rf6 19. Qg4 Rg6 20. Qf5 Rf6 21. Qg4 h5 22. Qh3 Nh7 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. Qh4 Qc8 25. Nd3 Re6 26. b5 Bxa3 27. Ra1 Be7 28. Qf4 Bd6 29. Qf3 Ng5 30. Qe2 Ne4 31. Nd1 cxb5 32. Rxa7 Rc2 {Petersen,S-Wlodarczyk,R (2320) Copenhagen 1993 0-1 (55)}) ({RR} 18. g3 Rf6 19. Qh3 Ne6 20. f4 Bc7 21. Rac1 Nf8 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nd3 Rh6 24. Qg2 a6 25. a4 b5 26. a5 Bd6 27. Nb1 Qe7 28. Qd2 Re8 29. Rfe1 Nd7 30. Re2 Nf6 31. Rxc6 Ne4 32. Qc1 Qd7 {Grattage,M (1986)-Waters,C (2106) North Shields 2012 1-0 (55)}) 18... Rf6 19. Qc2 Rc7 20. Rad1 Re7 21. Rfe1 Rh6 22. h3 Qc8 23. e4 Bxc5 24. dxc5 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Qf5 26. Rd8 Rhe6 27. f3 Qf4 28. Qc4 Qh4 29. Red1 Re8 30. R8d4 Qh6 31. Nd6 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Rd8 33. R4d3 Qe2 34. Qc3 Rg6 35. R3d2 Qa6 36. a4 b6 37. b5 Qxa4 38. cxb6 cxb5 39. b7 Qf4 40. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Moscow International"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1982.05.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Abramovic, Bosko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[Annotator "Knaak,Rainer"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1982.05.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 b6 {Dieser Aufbau wird hier eindeutig widerlegt.} ({Normal ist} 7... c6) (7... c5 {ist nicht jedermanns Sache.}) 8. Nf3 c5 9. Ne5 $1 Bb7 10. Qf3 $1 ({RR} 10. h4 Nc6 11. h5 h6 12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Qa4 Na5 14. dxc5 Qxc5 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Nd3 Qc8 17. Nxd5 Qe6 18. Nc7 Qg4 19. Nxa8 Qxg2 20. Rf1 Bxa8 21. Bc7 Rf8 22. Nf4 Qg5 23. b4 Nb7 24. Bc6 a5 {Sarana,A (2664)-Papasimakopoulos,A (2348) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (106)}) 10... Nbd7 ({RR} 10... Nc6 11. O-O-O cxd4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd4 b5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 f5 17. Be5 Qd7 18. Nh5 g6 19. Nf4 Ba4 20. Bc2 Bxc2+ 21. Kxc2 Rfc8+ 22. Kb1 Rc4 23. Qe3 Qb5 24. Ka1 Rac8 25. f3 {Shirov,A (2656)-Mousavi,S (2424) Bandar e Anzali 2017 1-0 (31)}) 11. O-O a6 $6 12. Qh3 $146 {Der folgende schwarze Zug ist nun erzwungen.} ({RR} 12. Rad1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Bb1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 {½-½ (15) Sher,M (2520)-Galdunts,S (2475) Wiesbaden 1994}) 12... g6 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bc8 14. Qf3 $18) (12... Bc8 13. Nxd5 $1 $18) (12... h6 13. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 14. f4 {(!!) So habe ich es für Schach analysiert; das war vielleicht damals eine Analyse nach der Partie, die ich beobachtet habe.} (14. Qxh6 $1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ne4 16. f4 $18) 14... Kg7 15. Rf3 Rh8 (15... h5 16. Rg3+ Kh8 17. Rg5 $18) 16. Rg3+ Kf8 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bg6+ Kg7 $1 {(Fritz)} (18... Kf8 19. Qe6 $18 {soweit meine Analyse für 'Schach'}) 19. Qe6 Rf8 20. Bc2+ (20. Bf5+ Kh8 21. Rg6 Nh7 22. Qxd7) 20... Kh8 21. Rg6 (21. Qh3) 21... Rg8 22. Rxh6+ Kg7) 13. Bh6 Re8 14. f4 {Ähnliche Stellungen hat Weiß auch im Nimzoinder, allerdings mit dem Läufer auf c1 statt auf h6.} Bd6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. f5 cxd4 17. fxg6 Nxe5 $6 ({Nach der Partie entbrannte noch eine Diskussion, ob Schwarz mit} 17... hxg6 {Haltechancen hätte.} 18. Nxf7 (18. exd4 {ist einfach und gut.}) ({Fritz favorisiert} 18. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 (18... Nxf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qe6+ Kh8 21. Rf3 $18) 19. Nxd7 Bg7 20. Na4 Rxe3 21. Rf3 Rxf3 22. Qxf3) 18... Kxf7 19. Qh7+ Ke6 20. Qxg6 dxc3 21. Bf4 Bf8 22. Bf5+ Ke7 $13) 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. exd4 Nxg6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. Rf3 Re6 23. Raf1 Rc8 24. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1973.02.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Zuidema, Coen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1973.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. a3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Qe2 a6 11. b4 ({RR} 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4 Nbd7 14. Rac1 Qb6 15. b4 Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Qd8 17. Bb1 Qe8 18. h3 Nb6 19. Ne5 Bd8 20. Qf3 Bc7 21. Ne2 Na4 22. Ng4 Bd8 23. Be5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Nd7 25. Ba1 f5 {Krasenkow,M (2668)-Narciso Dublan,M (2546) Barcelona 2007 1-0 (70)}) ({RR} 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. e4 Qh5 14. e5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Be4 Bc4 17. Qe3 Bxf1 18. Bxa8 Bc4 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Bb7 Rc7 21. Be4 Nd7 22. h3 Nc5 23. Kh2 Nxe4 24. Qb6 Rc8 25. Qb7 Re8 {Cuenca Jimenez,J (2491)-Reyes Segovia,C (1925) Temuco CHI 2025 1-0 (44)}) ({RR} 11. e4 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Na4 Qa5 14. O-O Bd7 15. axb4 Qxb4 16. Bc4 Bxa4 17. Bd2 Qb7 18. Rxa4 Nxe4 19. Bf4 Nc5 20. Raa1 Nbd7 21. b4 Qxb4 22. Rfb1 Qc3 23. Rc1 Qb4 24. Rcb1 Qc3 25. Rc1 {½-½ (25) Lengyel,L-Zuidema,C Hamburg 1965}) 11... Qh5 12. O-O $146 ({RR} 12. h3 b5 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Rc1 Bf5 16. Rc7 Bf6 17. Rc5 Qg6 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. Qd1 Qe4 20. O-O Nd7 21. Rxd5 Nb6 22. Rd6 Nc4 23. Nd2 Qf5 24. Nxc4 bxc4 25. Rd5 Qe6 26. Rd6 Qf5 {Forintos,G-Prelovszky,L Budapest 1967 1-0}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Be6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bd3 f6 21. Bd4 Bd7 22. f3 g6 23. Rd1 Bb5 24. Bxb5 {½-½ (24) Giorgadze,G-Burmakin,V (2560) Linares 1999}) 12... b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. e4 Nbd7 15. h3 Rac8 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. Qe3 Nfd7 18. Ne2 f6 19. Bc7 Na8 20. Ba5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Bb1 Bd6 23. f4 Qb2 24. Rcd1 Bb8 25. Kh2 f5 26. Rd2 Ba7 27. Nd4 Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Rc6 32. Rfe1 Rf6 33. Bd8 Rf8 34. Be7 Re8 35. Bc5 Nc7 36. Rd4 Rc8 37. Rd7 Nd5 38. f5 Nf4 39. Re4 Nh5 40. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klovsky, Rafail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Ne5 ({RR} 11. Qa4 h6 12. Rfd1 Qb6 13. Qb5 a6 14. Qxb6 Bxb6 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Bd6 Rfc8 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Ne5 19. Rac1 Ned7 20. Nd3 Kf8 21. Nd4 Ke7 22. f3 Ne8 23. Kf2 Nd6 24. g4 g5 25. h4 Nc4 {Giri,A (2753)-Esipenko,A (2698) Pegeia CYP 2026 ½-½ (43)}) 11... Qe7 $146 ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Qb8 15. Qxb8 Raxb8 16. b3 c5 17. Rfd1 Rfc8 18. Rac1 g6 19. f3 Kg7 20. Na4 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Nc3 Rb2 23. Kf2 Rc6 24. e4 Ra6 25. Ke3 Ra3 26. Rd2 {Cebalo,M (2495)-Rukavina,J (2450) Vrbas 1982 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 11... Bd6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 c5 15. b3 Qa5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4 c4 19. bxc4 dxc4 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nc5 Bd5 23. f3 Rc8 24. Na4 Be6 25. e4 Nd7 26. Kf2 {Mikhalchishin,A (2535)-Beliavsky,A (2620) Moscow 1981 1-0 (37)}) 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Na4 Rac8 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qa4 Ne4 16. f3 Nc5 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qb4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. a4 Ra8 21. b3 Bd7 22. Qc3 Qe7 23. Bf1 Ne6 24. Bg3 h5 25. Bf2 Nf8 26. e4 dxe4 27. Bxb6 exf3 28. Bc5 f2+ 29. Kxf2 Qh4+ 30. Kg1 Be6 31. g3 Qg4 32. Rd4 Qg5 33. h4 Qg6 34. Rd6 Qg4 35. Rxc6 Bd5 36. Rd6 Bf3 37. Bf2 Rec8 38. Qd2 Rxc1 39. Qxc1 Ng6 40. Qg5 Qe4 41. Rd8+ Rxd8 42. Qxd8+ Kh7 43. Qd4 Qb1 1-0

[Event "Sarajevo-09"]
[Site "Sarajevo"]
[Date "1966.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Damjanovic, Mato"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. e3 Bf5 9. Be2 c6 ({RR} 9... Nbd7 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c5 12. dxc5 g5 13. Bg3 Nxc5 14. Qb4 Nfe4 15. O-O Qe7 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Nd4 Bg6 22. f3 a5 23. Qa3 Nxg3 24. Qxc5 {Grischuk,A (2777)-So,W (2765) Chess.com INT 2020 ½-½ (60)}) 10. Qb3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Qb6 $146 ({RR} 11... g5 12. Bg3 Qb6 13. Nd2 Nbd7 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. f3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Ra3 19. Rfc1 Rea8 20. c4 Rxa2 21. Rxa2 Rxa2 22. Ke1 Bd3 23. Be5 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 Nb3 25. Rd1 Nd7 26. Bc3 {Gunina,V (2439)-Adla,D (2383) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (45)}) ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Qxb7 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. c4 Ra4 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Ne5 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. O-O Nc3 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nd7 Rf5 23. a3 Ra6 24. f4 Rd5 25. Ne5 Ra4 26. h3 {Giri,A (2764)-Niemann,H (2730) Endgame.AI INT 2026 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. Nd2 b5 13. O-O Qe7 14. a4 a6 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 g5 17. Bg3 Nb6 18. a5 Nc4 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Ra2 Nc3 21. Rfa1 Nxa2 22. Rxa2 Ra7 23. Nc5 Bg6 24. Ra1 Re8 25. Rc1 f6 26. Rc3 {Michalik,P (2582)-Kravtsiv,M (2598) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (54)}) 12. Bxf6 Qxb3 13. axb3 gxf6 14. Kd2 Nd7 15. Nh4 Be6 16. Bd3 Nb6 17. f3 a5 18. Rhb1 Ra7 19. g4 Rfa8 20. Ng2 a4 21. bxa4 Nxa4 22. Ra3 b5 23. Rba1 Ra6 24. Nf4 Kf8 25. e4 dxe4 26. Bxe4 Rd8 27. Bc2 Bc4 28. Bxa4 Rda8 29. Bxb5 Bxb5 30. Rxa6 Rxa6 31. Rxa6 Bxa6 32. Nh5 f5 33. gxf5 Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Brinck Claussen, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Denmark"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "DEN"]

{Inf.2/505} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3 (8. c5 $5) 8... O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b6 11. Qd3 Bb7 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. Ba2 $1 Qc7 $6 (13... Qd7 $5) ({RR} 13... a6 14. Bf4 b5 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Na5 18. Qe4 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rc4 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. Bd2 Rc7 22. Re1 h6 23. Ne5 Nb7 24. b4 Re8 25. Nd7 Qg6 26. Bf4 Qxd3 27. Rxd3 Rc4 28. g3 {Adly,A (2630)-Amin,B (2596) Maputo 2011 1-0 (53)}) 14. Bg5 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 15... Ng4 16. Nb5 Ba6 17. Qxe6 Bxb5 18. Qxg4 Be2 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Re1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qd7 22. d5 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nc2 24. Bb1 Nxe1 25. Qxh7+ Kf8 26. Bf5 Qxd5 27. Rxe1 f6 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. h4 Rd8 30. h5 {Polugaevsky,L-Tal,M Tbilisi 1956 ½-½ (48)}) ({RR} 15... h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nf4 20. Qg4 Qxb5 21. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxe5 23. Bd6 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Qxb2 25. Bb1 Ba6 26. Ke1 Rc1 27. Qa4 Qxb1 28. f3 Bb5 29. Qd4 Nxd4 {0-1 (29) Marcziter,D (2223)-Ajay Santhosh,P (2292) Chess.com INT 2025}) 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Re1 $14 Ng6 20. g3 Re8 21. h4 Qf6 22. h5 Nf8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Ne5 Qg5 25. Qf3 f6 $1 26. Nc4 $1 (26. Bxd5+ $2 Bxd5 27. Qxd5+ Re6 $19) 26... Rd8 27. Re1 Bc8 28. Ne3 Be6 29. Rc1 Bf7 30. h6 $1 Qxh6 31. Rc7 $16 Qg5 32. Rxa7 Ng6 33. Nxd5 $3 Bxd5 34. Ra8 $1 Bxa2 35. Rxd8+ Kf7 36. Qc6 Ne7 37. Qe8+ Ke6 38. Rc8 Qd5 39. Rc3 Qd7 40. Re3+ Kd6 41. Qb8+ Kc6 42. a4 Nd5 43. Re1 Qd6 44. Rc1+ Kd7 45. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Ndb4 10. dxc5 ({RR} 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bd7 13. Rc1 Bc6 14. a3 e5 15. Be3 Nd3 16. Rc2 Nc5 17. Nd5 Ne6 18. Rd2 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qh5 f6 21. f4 Qe8 22. Qh4 Rd8 23. fxe5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxe5 {Christiansen,L (2490)-Hartston,W (2475) Hastings 1978 ½-½ (34)}) 10... Bxc5 ({RR} 10... Nd3 11. Qe2 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Qa5 13. Be3 b6 14. a3 Na4 ({RR} 14... Ba6 15. Qc2) 15. Na2 ({RR} 15. Nxa4 Qxa4 16. Rac1 Ba6 17. Qc2 Qxc2 18. Rxc2 Rac8) 15... Ba6 16. Qc2 Rac8 17. b4 Qb5 18. Bf1) 11. a3 ({RR} 11. e5 Bb6 12. Bg5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 h6 14. Bc1 Ne7 15. Nd2 Nbd5 16. Nc4 Bd7 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Rxd5 Be6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21. Rd6 Rxa2 22. Rxb6 Bh3 23. Re1 Ra1 24. Bd2 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Rc8 {Aronian,L (2795)-Anand,V (2776) Moscow 2016 ½-½ (49)}) 11... Nd3 ({RR} 11... Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nc2 13. Ra2 N2d4 14. b4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bd4 16. Ne2 Bb6 17. Bb2 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nb5 Be6 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Nc7 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ {½-½ (24) Ftacnik,L (2417)-Gruenfeld,Y (2367) Durres ALB 2026}) 12. Qe2 ({RR} 12. b4 Nxc1 ({RR} 12... Bd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Qc2 Rd8 15. Be3 Qd7 ({RR} 15... Qc4 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Rd2 Nce5 18. Rad1 Ba6 19. Bf4 Rdc8 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. f4 Ng4 22. Bf1 Qxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxf1 24. e5) 16. Rfd1 ({RR} 16. Rad1) 16... Nce5 17. Bf1) 13. Rxc1 Bb6 ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Qe2) 14. e5 Qe7 15. Qe2 Bd7 ({RR} 15... a5 16. Na4 ({RR} 16. b5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nb1 Qg5 19. Rfe1 f6) 16... Nd4 17. Qe4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bd8 19. Nc5) 16. Ne4 Rad8 17. Rc4 a6 18. Rfc1 Na7 19. Qc2 h6 ({RR} 19... Nb5 20. Neg5 ({RR} 20. Nfg5 f5 21. exf6 gxf6) ({RR} 20. Qd2 Nxa3 ({RR} 20... Bc6 21. Qf4 Bxe4 ({RR} 21... Nxa3 22. Nf6+ Kh8 ({RR} 22... gxf6 23. exf6) 23. Rxc6 bxc6 24. Nxh7 Kxh7 25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Qh4 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 ({RR} 27. Kf1 Qxg5 28. Qxg5) 27... Qa7+ 28. Kf1 Rfe8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxg7)) 21. Nf6+ gxf6 ({RR} 21... Kh8 22. Rh4) 22. Rg4+ Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Rh4 Rg7 25. exf6 Qf8 26. Ng5) 20... g6 21. Qb2 ({RR} 21. Ne4 Nxa3 22. Qd2 Nxc4 23. Qh6 ({RR} 23. Rxc4 Kg7 ({RR} 23... Bb5 24. Qh6 Rd1+ 25. Bf1 Bxc4 26. Nf6+ Qxf6 27. exf6 Rxf1+ 28. Kg2 Rxf2+ 29. Kh3 Bf1+ 30. Kg4) 24. Nf6 Rh8 25. Qg5 h6 26. Nh5+ Kf8) 23... Nxe5) 21... Bc6 22. a4 Nc7 23. a5 Ba7 24. Ne4) 20. Nf6+) 12... e5 $146 ({RR} 12... b6 13. b4 ({RR} 13. Rd1 Ba6 ({RR} 13... Bxf2+ 14. Kh1 ({RR} 14. Qxf2 Nxf2 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Kxf2) 14... Ba6 15. Rxd3 Qxd3 16. Qxf2) 14. Bf1 ({RR} 14. b4 Nd4) 14... Qf6 15. Be3 Ndb4) 13... Bd4 14. Bg5 ({RR} 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qc2 ({RR} 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Nd5 exd5 18. Be3 Qc4 19. Qxd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 d4 21. Bf4 Ba6) 15... Bb7 16. Be3 Qc4 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Rd2 ({RR} 18. Bf1 Nce5 19. f4 Nf3+) 18... Nce5 ({RR} 18... Rd7 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bf1 Nd4 23. Rxd3 Qf7 24. Qc1 fxg5 25. Qxg5 Nf3+ 26. Rxf3 Qxf3 27. Qxd8+ ({RR} 27. Bc4+) 27... Rxd8 28. Rxd8+ Kf7 29. Rd3 ({RR} 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Qxc3 31. Rxa7 Qd4 32. Rb7 h6 33. Be2 ({RR} 33. b5 g5 34. Rc7 g4 35. Rc4 Qd8 36. Rc6+ Kg7 37. h3 h5 38. hxg4 hxg4 39. a4 ({RR} 39. Be2 Qd4) 39... Qd4 40. Rc4 Qd1 41. a5 bxa5 42. b6 Qb3 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. b7 a4 45. Bc4 Qb1+ 46. Kh2 a3 47. Bd5 Qb4)) 29... Qg4 30. f3 Qc8 31. Nb5 Qb8) 19. Rad1 Rac8 20. Bf4 Qxc3 21. Qxc3 Rxc3 22. Bxe5 Rxa3 23. f3 f6 24. Bb2 Rb3 25. b5 ({RR} 25. Bf1 Ba6) 25... Rd7 26. Bf1 Nxb2 27. Rxd7 Nxd1 28. Rxd1) 14... f6 ({RR} 14... Qd7 15. Rad1 Bxc3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rxd7 Bxe2 18. Rc1 Bxf3 19. Rxc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rac8 21. b5) 15. Nxd4 ({RR} 15. Rad1 Ba6 ({RR} 15... Bxc3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rxd8 Bxe2 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Rc1 Rd8) 16. b5 Bxc3 17. bxa6 fxg5 18. Rxd3 Qf6 19. Rc1) 15... Qxd4 ({RR} 15... Nxd4 16. Qxd3 fxg5 17. Rad1 ({RR} 17. e5 Nf3+ 18. Qxf3 Rxf3 19. Bxf3 Rb8 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qe7 22. Nd6) 17... e5 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bg4 20. Rd2 Qh4 21. h3 ({RR} 21. fxe5 Rxf1+ 22. Qxf1 Nf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Qf2 ({RR} 24. Qxf3 Qe1+) 24... Qg5+) 21... Bh5 22. Rdf2) 16. Nb5 Qe5 ({RR} 16... Qc4 17. Nd6 ({RR} 17. Nc7 Nd4 18. Qd1 Rb8 19. Be3 Nc2) 17... Qd4 18. e5 fxg5 ({RR} 18... Ndxe5 19. Rfd1 Qc3 20. Rac1 Qxa3 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Rxc6 fxg5 23. Nxc8) 19. Bxc6 Rxf2 20. Rxf2 Qxa1+ 21. Kg2) ({RR} 16... Qd7 17. Rad1 ({RR} 17. Be3 Ba6 18. a4 Ncxb4 19. e5 Rac8 20. exf6 Rxf6 21. Rfd1 Rc2 22. Qg4 Qe7) 17... Rd8 18. e5 ({RR} 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Rxd3 Qxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Nc7 Rxe3 22. fxe3 Bxf1 23. Nxa8 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Kf7) 18... fxg5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 Bb7 22. f3 g4 23. Nd6 gxf3 24. Nxb7 Qxb7 25. Qxf3) 17. Qxd3 Ba6 ({RR} 17... fxg5 18. Nd6) 18. Bf4 Qxb5 ({RR} 18... Bxb5 19. Qe3 ({RR} 19. Qd7 Nd4 20. Bxe5 Ne2+ 21. Kh1 Bxd7 22. Bb2 Rac8) 19... Qh5 20. Rfc1) 19. Qd6 e5 20. Be3 Rad8 21. Qe6+ Kh8 22. a4 Qc4 ({RR} 22... Qxb4 23. Qxc6 Rd6 24. Qc7 Bxf1 25. Bxf1) 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Rfc1 b5 25. axb5 ({RR} 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Nd4 27. Rc7 a6 28. axb5 axb5 29. Raa7 Rg8 ({RR} 29... Ne6 30. Re7 Rfe8 31. Reb7 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Rxb8 33. f4) 30. Bh6 Ne6 31. Re7 Rde8 32. Reb7 Rb8) 25... Bxb5 26. Bxa7 ({RR} 26. Bf1 Bxf1 27. Kxf1 Nxb4 28. Rxa7 Ra8 29. Rcc7 Rxa7 30. Rxa7 Rc8) 26... Nxb4 ({RR} 26... Rd2 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Nd4 29. Rd1 Nb3 30. Be3) 27. Bb6 {Tsesarsky,I (2445)-Rotman,D (2365) Petah Tikva 1997 CBM 061 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (55)} ({RR} 27. Bc5 Nd3 28. Bxf8 Nxc1 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Rxc1 Rd7 31. Bh3 Ra7 32. Be6 Bd3 33. f3) {RR} 27... Ra8 ({RR} 27... Rc8 28. Rc5 ({RR} 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bh3 Rb8 ({RR} 29... Re8 30. Rb1) 30. Bc7 Re8 31. Rb1 Na6 32. Bd6 ({RR} 32. Rxb5 Nxc7) 32... Bd3 ({RR} 32... Rd8 33. Bxe5 ({RR} 33. Rxb5 Rxd6 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 Kg8 36. e5 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 fxe5 38. fxe5) 33... Bd3 34. Bxf6 gxf6 35. Rd1 Nc5) 33. Rb6 Ra8 34. Bf1 Bxf1 35. Kxf1 Kg8 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kd3 ({RR} 37. f4 exf4 38. gxf4 Ra7 39. Kd3 Nc7) 37... Ke8 38. Kc4 Kd7 39. Kd5 Nc7+ 40. Bxc7 Ra5+ 41. Kc4 Kxc7) 28... Nc2 ({RR} 28... Rxc5 29. Bxc5 Nc2 30. Ra5 Rb8 31. Bd6) 29. Ra5 Bd3 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Rb8 32. Rc6 Rfe8 33. e5 fxe5 34. fxe5) 28. Bc5 Nc2 29. Rab1) ({RR} 12... Nxc1 13. Raxc1 e5 14. Nb5 ({RR} 14. Nd5 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Bg4) ({RR} 14. Rfd1 Bd4 15. Nb5 ({RR} 15. h3 a6 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qe3 Be6 18. f4 f6 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Qb6+ 21. Qf2 Qb3 22. Rd6) 15... Bg4) 14... Qb6 ({RR} 14... Bb6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Nb5) 15. b4 Bd4 16. Nbxd4 exd4 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3) ({RR} 12... Nxc1 13. Raxc1 e5 14. Rfd1 Bd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qh5 Re8 17. Nb5 g6 18. Qh6 Bg4 19. Nxd4 Bxd1 20. Nf5 gxf5 21. exf5 f6 {½-½ (21) Speelman,J (2470)-Borik,O (2395) Cleveland 1979}) 13. Be3 Bxe3 ({RR} 13... b6 14. Rfd1 Ba6 15. Ne1 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nxd3 dxc3 18. bxc3) 14. Qxe3 Nxb2 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. Qxb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd4 1-0

[Event "Albena-16"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1984.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Cserna, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[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"]

{39/(512)} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 Bd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bg5 Ne7 ({RR} 13... h6 14. Bh4 Re8 15. Ne5 g5 16. Bg3 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. h4 Nd7 19. Bh2 Qf6 20. Qg4 Qg6 21. Rad1 Nf6 22. Qh3 gxh4 23. Bd3 Qg4 24. Qxg4+ Nxg4 25. Bf4 h5 26. f3 Nf6 27. Kf2 Nd5 28. Bd2 {Bordi,K (2288)-Guzman,C (2239) chess.com INT 2024 ½-½ (56)}) 14. Ne5 Bc6 15. Ng4 $146 ({RR} 15. Rc1 Rc8 16. Bb3 Nf5 17. Bc2 h6 18. Bxf5 hxg5 19. Bc2 Qd5 20. Nxc6 Rxc6 21. Bb3 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Qxd4 23. Rd1 Qf4 24. Qc2 Qb8 25. Qd2 g4 26. Qd6 Qxd6 27. Rxd6 Rc8 28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 {Pachman,L (2430)-Cserna,L Bad Woerishofen 1985 0-1 (54)}) 15... Nfd5 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bc1 Ng6 19. Qh3 Rfe8 20. Bb3 Rac8 21. a3 Rcd8 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bd5 24. Ba4 Re7 25. Bd2 Rc7 26. Ba5 b6 27. Bb4 Nf4 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-16"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.12.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[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 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 a6 11. a3 b5 12. Bxd5 ({RR} 12. Nxd5 bxc4 13. Ne3 ({RR} 13. Nxe7+ Nxe7) 13... Na5 14. Bd2 Nb3 15. Rb1 Nxd4 16. Bc3 Nb5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Ba5 Re8 19. Nxc4) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bb7 ({RR} 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bb7 ({RR} 13... Ra7 14. h4 Bf6 15. Ng5 g6) 14. Rb1 ({RR} 14. Qc2 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Rc8) 14... Qc7 15. Qc2 g6 16. a4 Rfc8 ({RR} 16... b4 17. cxb4 Qd6 18. Qc5)) 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. Bf4 ({RR} 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. d5 Nb4 18. axb4 Bxf4 19. dxe6) 15... Rfd8 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd4 21. Qe3 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd5) ({RR} 12. Ba2 Nxc3 ({RR} 12... Bb7 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qd3 Bf6 15. b4 Qb6 16. Be3) 13. bxc3 Bb7 14. Qd3 Rc8 ({RR} 14... Na5 15. Bb1 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ne5 Bg5) 15. Bb1 ({RR} 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Ne7 17. Bb1 g6 18. h4 Qc7) 15... g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 Bf8) ({RR} 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Nxd5 ({RR} 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Ne5) 13... exd5 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Bg5 Qd6 16. h4 Rad8 17. h5) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Be4 Qd7 15. Qd3 h6 16. Bf4 Bd6 17. d5 Nb4 18. axb4 Bxf4 19. dxe6 {½-½ (19) Banikas,H (2521)-Volkov,S (2636) Korinthos 2002}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Bf6 13. Qc2 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. Qe2 g6 20. Bc5 Re8 21. Qf3 Kg7 22. Rab1 Qd7 23. Be3 Re6 24. Qf4 Qe7 25. Rec1 Be5 26. Qh6+ Kg8 {Oestmann,L (1998)-Kunz,A (2116) Biel SUI 2026 ½-½ (37)}) 12... exd5 13. Qd3 Bf6 $146 ({RR} 13... b4 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe2 ({RR} 15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 bxa3 17. bxa3 Qa5) 16. Rxe2 Nxe5 17. dxe5 bxa3 18. bxa3 Qd7 19. Bb2 Qe6 20. f4 g6 ({RR} 20... Qg4 21. f5 ({RR} 21. Rf1) 21... Qc4 22. Qd2 ({RR} 22. Qf3 Rfb8 23. Rc1 Qa2 24. Qf2 ({RR} 24. Ra1) 24... Bxa3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26. Rce1)) 21. Rf1 Rab8 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rxf5 Rb3 24. Qxb3 Qxf5 25. Qg3+ Qg6 26. Qc3 Qe6 27. Rc2 Rb8 ({RR} 27... f6 28. Qg3+ Kh8 29. h3 ({RR} 29. Bd4 fxe5 30. Bxe5+ Bf6 31. Rf2 h6 32. h3 ({RR} 32. Qf4 Kg7 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Qxf6+ Qxf6 35. Rxf6 Kxf6 36. Kf2 Ke5 37. Ke3 h5 38. g3 a5 39. a4 Kf5 40. h3 Ke5 41. Kd3 d4 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kf4 44. Kxd4 Kxg4 45. Kc5 Kf5 46. Kb5 Ke6) 32... Kh7 33. Qd3+ Kg7 34. Rxf6 Rxf6 35. Qd4 Kg6 36. Bxf6 Qxf6 37. Qxd5 Qa1+) 29... fxe5 ({RR} 29... Rf7 30. Kh2 Rg7 31. Qf4) 30. Bxe5+ Bf6 31. Rf2 h6 32. Qc3 Kg7 ({RR} 32... Bxe5 33. Rxf8+ Kg7 34. Qf3 Bd6 35. Rf5 Qe1+ 36. Qf1) 33. Bxf6+ Rxf6 34. Rd2) 28. h3 {Gavrikov,V (2570)-Zontakh,A (2508) Tallinn 2003 CBM 093 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 1-0 (48)}) 14. Bf4 Bg4 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 d4 ({RR} 16... Be6 17. Rad1 d4 18. Ne4) 17. Ne4 Bf5 ({RR} 17... Qd7) 18. Rac1 Na5 19. e6 ({RR} 19. Qg3) 19... Ra7 20. Qg3 fxe6 21. Bc7 Qa8 22. Bb6 Re7 23. Bxa5 Bxe4 24. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-13 Preliminaries A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Milev, Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1958.10.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 ({RR} 7... Nf6 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. exd4 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rc1 b6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. d5 exd5 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxe6 fxe6 20. Re1 Rd2 21. Rb1 Bxc3 22. bxc3 {dos Santos,P (1730)-Noia,V (1451) Porto Velho RO 2025 ½-½ (59)}) 8. Bb5 ({RR} 8. Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb4 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Ne5 N4d5 14. Re1 Bc6 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qh3 Bf6 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. Nd6 Re7 20. Nexf7 Qc7 21. Qg4 Nf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 {Lamard,G (2480)-Shimanov,A (2581) Chess.com INT 2021 0-1 (32)}) ({RR} 8. Bb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. exd4 Nd5 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rd1 Na5 14. Bc2 Nb4 15. Bb1 Ba6 16. Qe1 Rc8 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Ne4 f5 20. Nc3 Bf6 21. Bd3 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxe5 {Spassky,B-Tal,M Yerevan 1962 ½-½}) 8... a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O $146 ({RR} 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Nxd1 Bxc5 12. b3 a5 13. O-O Ba6 14. Re1 Nd5 15. a3 Rb8 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Be5 Rb7 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bd4 Rxb3 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Rb5 23. Rc1 e5 24. a4 Rb3 {Tiszoczki,G (1823)-Lakatos,K (1957) Hungary 2016 0-1 (52)}) 10... Bb7 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Qc2 Qb6 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. Nxd7 Kxd7 15. exd4 Ke8 16. Be3 Qc7 17. d5 exd5 18. Rfe1 Kd8 19. Qb3 c5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "URS-ch44 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1976.12.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 e6 9. Bc4 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Qa5 11. d5 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Na5 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. Rac1 a6 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Rc5 b6 18. Rc7+ Kf8 19. Ne5 exd5 20. Nxf7 Rd7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. exd5 Bb5 24. Be4 Nc4+ 25. Nxc4 Bxc4 26. Ke3 Bxa2 27. Ra1 Bc4 28. Kd4 Bb5 {Taimanov,M-Aronin,L Leningrad 1947 ½-½ (53)}) ({RR} 14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Ne5+ Ke7 17. d6+ Kf6 18. f4 g5 19. g3 Rad8 20. Nd3 Kg6 21. e5 Nc4+ 22. Ke2 b5 23. a4 a6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Ra7 Rb8 26. Nb4 Rb6 27. Rd1 f6 28. d7 Rd8 {Dale,A (2273)-Volvovskiy,Y Goa IND 2025 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 14. Rac1 Ke7 15. Ke3 Rd8 16. Rhd1 f6 17. Bb5 Kf8 18. Rc7 exd5 19. exd5 a6 20. Be2 Re8+ 21. Kd2 Re7 22. Rdc1 Bg4 23. h3 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Ke3 Ke7 27. Bd3 Kd6 28. Kd4 h6 {Platonov,I-Krogius,N Leningrad 1971 1-0 (39)}) 14... Ke7 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Rhc8 17. d6+ Kxd6 18. Nxf7+ Ke7 19. Ne5 Be8 20. f4 b5 21. Nf3 a6 22. g4 Nc6 23. Ke3 Nb4 24. Bb1 a5 25. Nd4 Rab8 26. f5 exf5 27. Nxf5+ Kf6 28. g5+ Ke5 29. Rhd1 g6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nd6 Rc3+ 32. Kd2 Rh3 33. Nxe8 Rxh2+ 34. Ke3 h6 35. gxh6 Rxh6 36. Nd6 Rh3+ 37. Kf2 Nxa2 38. Bxa2 Rh2+ 39. Kf3 Rxa2 40. Nxb5 a4 41. Rd5+ Kf6 42. Nd4 Ra1 1-0

[Event "URS Cup"]
[Site "Dnipropetrovsk"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf6 ({RR} 11... Qa5 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. h4 Rfd8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Qh5 Be8 16. Bh7+ Kf8 17. Rfe1 hxg5 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Rab1 Nxd4 20. hxg5 Be5 21. Rxb7 g6 22. Qd1 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Qe2 Bc6 25. Rb4 Qd5 26. f3) 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. Rb1 $146 ({RR} 13. h4 Ne7 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. Ng5 g6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. h5 Bc6 17. h6 Bh8 18. Bg5 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd7 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Bxb7 Rc7 22. Ba6 Nd5 23. c4 Ne7 24. Rad1 Nf5 25. d5 Nd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Rd1 f6 28. Bb5 Qd6) 14... Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Bc6 16. Qg3 Qd5 17. Re1 f6 18. Bb1 Bb5 19. Be4 Qd7 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Bc2 Bd5 22. Qd3 f5 23. c4 Bc6 24. Qe3 Rf7 25. Bb2 b5 26. cxb5 Bd5 27. a4 Rc8 {Alho,D (2192)-Noboa Silva,K (2270) Budapest HUN 2024 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 13. h4 Ne7 14. Ng5 g6 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. h5 Bc6 17. h6 Bh8 18. Bg5 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Qd7 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Bxb7 Rc7 22. Ba6 Nd5 23. c4 Ne7 24. Rad1 Nf5 25. d5 Nd4 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Rd1 f6 {Anton Guijarro,D (2694)-Bruedigam,M (2386) Germany 2022 1-0 (41)}) 13... b6 14. Re1 Re8 15. h4 e5 16. Ng5 exd4 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Be4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 f6 20. Qh5 Rxe4 21. Rxe4 Kg8 22. Bd2 Be8 23. Qf5 Bf7 24. Rg4 Kh8 25. Re1 Qd6 26. h5 Rd8 27. Rg3 Qd7 28. Qf4 Qd6 29. Qh4 d3 30. Re4 Ne5 31. f4 Nc4 32. Rd4 Qe7 33. Qg4 Rg8 34. Rgxd3 Qxa3 35. Be1 Qc1 36. Qe2 f5 37. h6 Re8 38. Rd8 Rxd8 39. Rxd8+ Kh7 40. Rd7 Bg6 41. hxg7 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 10th final B"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.07.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[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 "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. e4 {Hains,Jonathan} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf5 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Qd2 f6 21. h4 h5 22. b4 Qd6 23. a3 Kg7 24. Nd1 Re8 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bb5 27. Kf2 Bc4 28. Rg1 {Ojas,K (2226)-Kjartansson,G (2455) Cattolica 2022 0-1}) 14. Bxg7 ({RR} 14. Bg5 Qb6 ({RR} 14... f6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne4 Rf7 19. Nc5 Nf5 20. h3 Bf8 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. Nxf8 Rfxf8 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1) ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Be4 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Rb3 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. Qf4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxb2 23. Bxc6 Qxc3 24. Be4 Re2 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxa3 27. g4 Qc5 28. Kg2 Nd5 29. Qg5) 15. Rad1 ({RR} 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Nc5) 15... Bd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxc6 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 ({RR} 19. Bf3 Bxd4) 19... Nxc6 20. Na4 Qb4 21. a3 Nxd4 22. axb4 ({RR} 22. Qe4 Qxa4 23. Rxd4 Qb3 24. Rb4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1) 22... Nxc2 23. Rc5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. g3 Ne1 ({RR} 25... Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kh3 Rd4 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rc7 g5 ({RR} 29... Rxb4) 30. Rc1 g4+ 31. Kh4 Nf3+ 32. Kh5 Rxb4) 26. Rc7 b5 27. Nc3 a6 28. Rc6 Ra8 {Tal,M (2600)-Hains,J (1600) New York 1988 EXT 2017 [Hains,Jonathan] ½-½ (35)} ({RR} 28... Rd2 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Nxb5 Nd3 31. Nd6 Nxf2 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Ra7 Nh3+ 34. Kf1 Rxb4 35. Nxf7 Kf6)) 14... Kxg7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 16. Qe4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qd3 b6 19. c4 Qd6 20. Qc3 f6 21. c5 Qc6 22. Rac1 bxc5 23. dxc5 Bb7 24. Red1 Rad8 25. Qa5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rf7 27. Qxa7 Qe4 28. Qb6 Bd5 29. h3 Qc2 30. Re1 Qxa2 {Nunn,J (2575)-Huebner,R (2640) Johannesburg 1981 ½-½ (79)}) 16... Qxd5 17. Re5 Qd6 18. Rd1 f6 19. Rc5 Bd7 20. Nd2 Bc6 21. Nc4 Qf4 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Rc4 Qd6 24. h4 Rf7 25. h5 Bd5 26. Rc5 Qf4 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc8 Re7 30. h6+ Qxh6 31. Qd8 Rf7 32. Qxd5 Qf4 33. Qe6 Rc7 34. d5 Qe5 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qa4 Qe2 37. d6 Rc4 38. Qb3 Rc2 39. Qxb7+ Kh6 40. Qf3 Qxf3 41. gxf3 Rc8 42. f4 Rd8 43. b4 Kg7 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kg3 Ke6 47. Kh4 Rxd6 48. Rxd6+ Kxd6 49. Kxh5 Kd5 50. Kg6 Kc4 51. Kxf6 Kxb4 52. Kxf5 Ka3 53. Ke4 Kxa2 54. f4 a5 55. f5 a4 56. f6 a3 57. f7 1-0

[Event "Karseladze Memorial"]
[Site "Gori"]
[Date "1968.11.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Chikovani, Iuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1968.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nf6 11. a3 b6 12. Bc2 Ba6 (12... Bb7 13. Qd3 g6 (13... Rc8 $2 14. d5 exd5 15. Bg5 Ne4 (15... g6 16. Rxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd5 $18) 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 g6 18. Qh4 $16) 14. Bh6 Re8 15. Rad1 $14) 13. Bg5 (13. b4 Bc4 14. b5 Na5 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Re3 g6 $13 {Buturin,V-Savon,V/Lvov/1981/0,5/46/}) 13... Rc8 14. Qd2 (14. Rc1 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Ne5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 f6 19. Bd3 $1 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 $14 {Brinck Claussen,B-Danielsen,H/Copenhagen/1991/1:0/38/}) 14... Qd6 (14... Na5 $5 15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Qc1 Qc7 17. d5 $1 Nxa3 18. d6 $1 $14 {Novik M-Vasiukov,E/Leningrad/1991/0,5/34/}) ({RR} 14... Nd5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Rad1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Nf3 Ne7 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Bb3 Nd5 21. Re4 Rc7 22. Rg4 Nf6 23. Rf4 Rfc8 24. Re1 Nd5 25. Rg4 Kf8 26. Rg3 Bb7 27. h3 Nf6 28. Qf4 Rd8 29. Rd3 {Fressinet,L (2654)-Malakhov,V (2696) Selfoss 2003 ½-½ (31)}) ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Rad1 h6 16. Bf4 Bf8 17. Ba4 Bb7 18. Ne5 a6 19. Bg3 b5 20. Bb3 Na5 21. Ba2 Nc4 22. Qc2 Nd6 23. Qd3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 exd5 26. Qf3 Rc2 27. Qb3 Qc8 28. h3 Re6 29. Qxd5 {Santos Latasa,J (2662)-Sanchez Botella,L (2231) Murcia 2025 1-0 (76)}) 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Bb1 $146 (16. Bb3 Na5 17. Ba2 Bc4 (17... Nc4 18. Qe2 Nd5 19. Bxe7 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Qxe7 $13) 18. Bb1 Nd5 $10) ({RR} 16. Qe3 Bc4 17. Ne5 Nxd4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Qd3 Qf4 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 22. Bb3 Rc5 23. Ne4 Rcc8 24. Ba2 Qh4 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Qe4 Rc2 27. Re3 Nf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxd1+ {0-1 (28) Eljanov,P (2597)-Shipov,S (2589) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 16... Qb8 (16... Na5 $5) 17. Qc2 g6 18. Ba2 h6 $2 (18... Na5 $142 19. Ne5 Bc4 20. Nxc4 Nxc4 21. Qe2 b5 $14) 19. Bxe6 $1 hxg5 (19... fxe6 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Bxf6+ $18) (19... Kg7 20. Bxf7 hxg5 (20... Kxf7 21. Ne5+ $18) 21. Qxg6+ Kf8 22. Nxg5 $18) 20. Qxg6+ Kh8 21. Qh6+ Kg8 22. Nxg5 Rf8 (22... fxe6 23. Qg6+ Kf8 (23... Kh8 24. Nf7#) 24. Nxe6#) 23. Re4 (23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 $18) (23. Re4 Qd6 24. Qg6+ Kh8 25. Rh4+ Nh7 26. Qxh7#) 1-0

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-16"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.12.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[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. Nf3 ({RR} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 {½-½ (13) Sakaev,K (2540)-Gurevich,M (2625) Moscow 1992}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 b4 13. Na4 Ba6 14. d5 ({RR} 14. Re1 O-O 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. Nf5 Bf6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Qh5 Kg8 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qh5 Kg8 23. Qg4 {½-½ (23) Lan,Z (2333)-Ma,Q (2630) China 2019}) 14... exd5 15. Nd4 $146 ({RR} 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Qa5 Qc8 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Qxb6 Bc5 21. Qg6 Qb7 22. Qf5 Rac8 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Ne5 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Rxd7 27. Ng6+ {1-0 (27) Huzman,A (2475)-Drogun,P Simferopol 1991}) 15... Rc8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Re1 O-O 18. Bxd5 Bd6 19. Ne6 fxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Qxd6 Bb5 22. Qxb4 Bxa4 23. Qxa4 Nc5 24. Qxa7 Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Qd2 26. Ree1 Rc2 27. Rf1 Rxb2 28. a4 Qd5 29. Rad1 Qe5 30. Qe3 Qf6 31. Rd2 Rb4 32. Ra2 Qa6 33. a5 Rb5 34. Qe7 Rff5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Qd3 Kh8 37. Re1 Rf8 38. Re5 Rfb8 39. Rxb5 Rxb5 40. Rb2 1-0

[Event "URS-ch46 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Bb4 8. axb5 cxb5 9. e5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Nbd7 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. exf6 Bb7 15. Qg3 Rg8 16. Be2 $146 ({RR} 16. h4 a5 17. h5 Nf8 18. Qe5 Bd5 19. h6 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 b4 21. cxb4 Ng6 22. Qg3 axb4 23. Bc1 b3 24. Qc3 Rh8 25. Rh3 Qc7 26. Bb2 Nf4 27. Rh4 Nxg2+ 28. Bxg2 Bxg2 29. h7 Bd5 30. Ke2 Kd7 {LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- (3598)-Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 (3639) tcec-chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (53)}) ({RR} 16. h4 a5 17. h5 Nf8 18. Qe5 Bd5 19. h6 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 b4 21. cxb4 Ng6 22. Qg3 axb4 23. Bc1 b3 24. Qc3 Rh8 25. Rh3 Qc7 26. Bb2 Nf4 27. Rh4 Nxg2+ 28. Bxg2 Bxg2 29. h7 Bd5 30. Ke2 Kd7 {LCZero 0.30-dag-a9b25c2b-BT2- (3598)-Stockfish dev-20230409-b36d39 (3639) tcec-chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (53)}) 16... Qb6 17. O-O Bd6 18. Qh4 b4 19. Nd1 Qb5 20. f4 Qd5 21. Bf3 Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Qh7 Rf8 24. f5 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Nb3 26. Rxb3 cxb3 27. Ne3 Qe4 28. Qh5 Bc5 29. fxe6 Bxe3 30. Re1 Rb5 31. Qd1 Rd5 32. Qa1 Rxg5 33. Qa4+ Kd8 34. Qd7# 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.05.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keller, Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[Annotator "Huebner,Robert"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik,Lubomir Lutz,Christopher} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 ({RR} 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 ({RR} 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5) 9... gxh4 10. Ne5) 7... Qb6 (7... Bb4 8. e5 h6 9. exf6 hxg5 10. fxg7) (7... b4 $6 8. Nb1 Be7 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxc4 a5 12. Nbd2 {Tukmakov-Pinter/Szirak/1985/i40/522  e4 ×c5, ×d6}) (7... Bb7 8. axb5 ({RR} 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5) 8... cxb5 9. e5 (9. Nxb5 Bxe4 10. Bxc4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 Nbd7 $10 {Ribli-Inkiov/Dubai ol/1986/i42/542}) 9... h6 10. Bd2 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nxb5 Bb4+ 12. Nc3 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nc6 {Osnos-Ivanov,S/UdSSR/1985/i41/485}) 10... Ne4 11. Nxb5 Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 {Schtscherbakov-Novikov/Blagoveschtschensk/1988/i46/(559)}) ({RR} 7... Bb7 8. axb5 cxb5 9. Nxb5 Bxe4 10. Bxc4 Bb4+ 11. Nc3 O-O ({RR} 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3) 12. O-O Bb7 ({RR} 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Qxc4 15. Nd2 Qc6 16. Nxe4 Qxe4 17. Re1 Qf5 18. Be7 Rc8 19. Re5 Qg6 20. Rg5 Qe4 21. Bf6 g6 22. Qa4) 13. Ne5 ({RR} 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Rfd1 Nbd7 15. d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Qd2 hxg5 21. Rxd7 Qf6) 13... a5 ({RR} 13... Be7 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. Ra1 Bd5 18. Bb5 Rd8 19. Ra7) 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. d5 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Bxd5 19. Rd3 Qc7 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Rh3 f5 22. Qxd5) 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 a6 (9... Nd7 $6 10. O-O (10. d5 b4 (10... Bb4 11. dxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd4 Qxe4 13. O-O) 11. a5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Na4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. O-O $14 {Vachidov-Galachov/UdSSR/1984  ECO D (2. Auflage) 44/6, Fußnote 28}) 10... Bb4 (10... Bb7 11. d5 (11. axb5 cxb5 12. b3 {Dolmatov} b4 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bxc4 Bxe4 15. d5 $36) 11... cxd5 12. exd5 b4 13. a5 Qa6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Na4 Rg8 16. Qc2 O-O-O {Eingorn-Dolmatov/UdSSR/1985/i40/(522)}) 11. d5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Qd4 (13. dxc6 $142 $14 {Clarke/Bouwmeester/Withuis} Nxe4 (13... Nxa4 14. Rxa4 bxa4 15. Qd6 {Clarke} Qd8 (15... Ba6 $2 16. Qd7+ Kf8 17. Ne5 fxe5 18. Bh5 Kg7 19. Qxf7+ Kh6 20. Qf6+ Kxh5 21. h3 Rhg8 22. g4+ Rxg4+ 23. hxg4+ Kxg4 24. Kh1 $18 {Körholz}) 16. Qg3 Kf8 17. Rd1 Qe7 $13) 14. Qc1 {! Clarke} (14. Qc2 {c1.} f5 15. axb5 Qxb5 16. Nd4 $14) 14... e5 $13) 13... e5 {Slepuchov-Bronstein/Moskau/1946/ 14.e5 b3}) (9... Bb7 10. O-O a6 {Siehe Partie} (10... Bg7 {Clarke} 11. axb5 cxb5 12. b3 b4 (12... cxb3 13. Bxb5+ { 14.b3 }) 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Bxc4 Bxe4 15. d5 $36) (10... Bb4 $16 { 10... d7,0-0, 0-0-0})) ({RR} 9... Nd7) 10. O-O Bb7 (10... Nd7 11. d5 Rb8 12. dxc6 (12. Nd4 Ne5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bh5+ Ng6 { 15... c5}) 12... Qxc6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nd4 Qc5 {Garcia-Santos/1976/ECO D (2.Auflage)/ 44/6/Fußnote 29} 15. b4 (15. Ra5 Be7 16. Rxb5 Rxb5 17. Ndxb5 O-O) 15... Qxb4 (15... cxb3 16. Ndxb5 Be7 $14) 16. Ncxb5 Rxb5 17. Ra4 Qb2 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Rxc4 Qb8 20. Qc2 Ba6 21. Rb1 $16) (10... Ra7 { 11.d5 d7} 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. d5 cxd5 13. exd5 Nc5 14. Qe3 $10 {Kelecevic-Sifrer/Jugoslawien/1985/ECO}) 11. d5 $1 {Unzicker} (11. b3 cxb3 (11... b4 12. a5 Qc7 13. Na4 c3 14. Nb6 Ra7 $17) 12. Qxb3 Nd7 13. d5 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc5 (14... bxa4 15. Qxa4 (15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rab1 Nxd5) 15... Qb4 {Sveshnikov/ECO} 16. dxe6 fxe6 (16... Qxa4 17. exf7+ Kxf7 $14 18. Nxa4 $16) 17. Qa2 $16) 15. Qb4 Nd7 16. Qh4 b4 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 $16 {Lerner-Kajdeanov/Moskau II/1985/ECO D (2.Auflage)/44/6/Fußnote 30}) ({RR} 11. b3 b4 12. a5 Qc7 13. Na4 c3 14. Nb6 Ra7) 11... cxd5 (11... Nd7 12. dxe6 (12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. axb5 (13. Nd4 Rb8 (13... Rd8)) 13... axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Nd4 (15. b3 Bb4) 15... Bc6 $15 16. Bh5 Nc5) ({RR} 12. Nd4 Rd8 ({RR} 12... cxd5 13. exd5 Bc5 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bf3 Bxd4 16. Bxb7 Rd8 17. Bc6 O-O 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Qe2 Kh8 20. axb5 axb5 21. h4 Qc6 22. Kh2 Rg7 23. g3 f5 24. Qd2 e5 25. Ne2 Rd8 26. Qc2 f4 27. Nxd4) 13. Nxe6 Rc8 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg4 Rd8 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Nd5 Kf8 21. Qh5 h6 22. Nxf6 Rd2 23. e5 Be7 24. Qf5 Bxf6 25. exf6 Rd6 26. Qc5 Kg8) ({RR} 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Bh5+ Ke7 15. Nde2 Rg8) ({RR} 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. Nd4 Bc6) 12... fxe6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Bh5+ Ke7 15. Nde2 Rg8 $17) (11... b4 $2 12. dxe6 bxc3 (12... fxe6 13. a5 Qd8 (13... Qc7 14. Na4 $16) 14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Na4 Nd7 16. Bxc4 $16 {Lputjan-Odejev/UdSSR/1985/ECO D (2.Auflage)/44/6/Fußnote 31}) 13. exf7+ Kxf7 (13... Ke7 14. bxc3 $40) 14. Bxc4+ Ke8 15. bxc3 Nd7 (15... Qc5 16. Qb3) 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Nd4 $18) (11... Bc5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. b3 $6 (13. Nh4 Nd7 14. Bg4 Ke7 $6 (14... Nf8 15. Bh5+ Ke7 16. Qg4 $16) (14... O-O-O 15. Bxe6 Kb8 (15... Kc7 { e5-d3}) 16. Bxd7 Bc8 (16... Qc7 $2 17. Qh5) 17. Nd5 cxd5 18. Bxc8 dxe4 19. Qg4 (19. Bd7 Kc7 {Farago,I-Flear/Hastings/1984-85/i39/(522)}) 19... Rxc8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qxe4 Qc6 $10) 15. Bxe6 Kxe6 16. Qg4+ Ke7 17. Qg7+ Ke6 18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Rad1) 13... Qd8 (13... Bb4 { 14... d7}) 14. Qc1 (14. Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. bxc4 b4 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. Nbd2 Be7 { c5 =}) 14... Nd7 15. axb5 cxb5 16. bxc4 b4 17. Na4 Qe7 {Ragozin-Szily/Moskau-Budapest/1949  Sveshnikov. 18.d1 c8}) ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. b3 cxd5 13. exd5 b4 14. a5 Qd6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Na4 c3 17. Bc4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bh6 20. Bxe6 Ne5 21. Bd5 Rc8 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Rd4 Bd2 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. f4 Ng6 26. Kf3 {Gyimesi,Z (2618)-Horvath,C (2546) Budapest 2004 CBM 103 [Lutz,Christopher] 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 11... b4 12. dxe6 bxc3 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Bxc4+ Ke8 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Nd4) ({RR} 11... Bc5) ({RR} 11... Nd7 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. b3 Bb4 16. Na2 Bc5 17. bxc4 b4 18. Bd3 Bc6 19. Nc1 Ke7 20. Nb3 Ba4 21. Bc2 Bxb3 22. Bxb3 Ra8 23. Ba4 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. g3 Qd6 26. Bb3 {Fus,J (2426)-Diao,M (2310) Charlotte USA 2025 0-1 (66)}) 12. exd5 b4 $146 (12... Bc5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Bxc4 $1) (12... Nd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. b3 {! Bouwmeester/Withuis} (15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Ndxb5 Ne5 18. Qa4 Ke7 $36 {Trifunovic-van den Berg/Amsterdam/1950}) (15. Nd4 $16 {Unzicker} Bc5 16. Ndxb5 Ne5 ({RR} 16... Ne5 {RR} 17. b4 ({RR} 17. Qa4 O-O 18. Bxc4 ({RR} 18. dxe6 Qc6) 18... Nxc4 19. Qxc4 exd5) ({RR} 17. Na3 exd5) ({RR} 17. Kh1 exd5 18. b4 Bxf2) 17... Be7 ({RR} 17... Bxb4 18. Qa4 Ba5 19. Ra1) 18. Kh1 ({RR} 18. d6 Bd8) 18... O-O 19. f4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rf3 Kh8 22. Qxd3 Bxb4 23. Na4 Qa5 24. Rh3 f5 25. Rxh7+ ({RR} 25. Qd4+ f6)) 17. b4 (17. Qa4 O-O 18. Bxc4 (18. dxe6 $2 Qc6) 18... Nxc4 19. Qxc4 exd5) (17. Na3 exd5) (17. Kh1 exd5 18. b4 Bxf2) 17... Be7 (17... Bxb4 18. Qa4 Ba5 19. Ra1) 18. Kh1 (18. d6 Bd8 $17) 18... O-O 19. f4 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Rf3 Kh8 22. Qxd3 Bxb4 23. Na4 Qa5 24. Rh3 f5 $10 25. Rxh7+ {Dauerschach/Gorelov-Kischnjev/Barnaul/1984/ECO D (2.Auflage)/44/6/Fußnote 32} (25. Qd4+ f6 $17)) ({RR} 15. Nd4 Bc5 16. Ndxb5 exd5 17. Bf3) ({RR} 15. b3 Bb4 16. Qa1 ({RR} 16. Na2 Bc5 17. bxc4 b4) 16... O-O) 15... Bb4 16. Qa1 (16. Na2 Bc5 17. bxc4 b4) 16... O-O $10) ({RR} 12... e5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. b3 Bb4 16. Na2 Qa5 17. Qa1 Bxd5 18. bxc4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 bxc4 20. Nxb4 Qxb4 21. Rb1 Qd6 22. Qa4+ Ke7 23. Qa7+ Nd7 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. Qa3+ Ke8 26. Qa8+ Ke7 27. Qxh8 {Lutz,C (2295)-Schumacher,H (2245) Eupen 1987 1-0}) ({RR} 12... Nd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8+ Bxa8 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Ndxb5 Ne5 18. Qa4 ({RR} 18. Kh1 Ke7 ({RR} 18... Bxf2 19. Bh5+ Ke7 ({RR} 19... Kf8 20. Qe2) 20. Rxf2)) 18... Ke7 19. Kh1 Bxf2 20. Qa3+ Bc5 21. Na4 Bxa3 ({RR} 21... Bxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qc6+ 23. Bf3 Rg8+ 24. Kh3) 22. Nxb6 Bxb2 23. Bxc4 ({RR} 23. Nxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 Rc8 25. Bd3 ({RR} 25. Bb3 Rc5) 25... Rd8) 23... Be4 24. Re1 f5 25. Re2 Rd8 26. h3 Nxc4 ({RR} 26... Rd1+ 27. Kh2 Bc1 28. Kg3 ({RR} 28. Rf2 Be3) 28... Nxc4 29. Nxc4 Bd3) 27. Nxc4 {Trifunovic,P-Van den Berg,C Amsterdam 1950 MCL [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 0-1 (42)}) 13. a5 (13. dxe6 bxc3 (13... fxe6 14. Bxc4 (14. Nb1 $6 Nd7 15. Bxc4 O-O-O $10) 14... bxc3 15. Nd4 $15 { Clarke} Rg8 16. g3 $8 (16. Qh5+ Rg6 17. Nxe6 Bxg2 $19) 16... Nc6 $1 17. Nxe6 Ne5 $19) 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Bxc4+ Kg7 16. Nh4 {+- Clarke} Bc8 $1 (16... h5 17. Qd3 $18) 17. Qd5 (17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Nf5+ Kg6 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Nxd6 Qb4 22. Bd3+ f5) (17. bxc3 $40) 17... Ra7) ({RR} 13. dxe6 bxc3 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Bxc4+) 13... Qc7 $1 (13... Qd8 14. dxe6 Qxd1 (14... fxe6 15. Nd4 bxc3 16. Bh5+ Ke7 17. Re1 Bd5 18. Nxe6 $16 {Unzicker}) 15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Bxc4+ $16 {Unzicker} Kg7 17. Nxd1 Bxf3 $14 {Clarke} 18. gxf3 Nd7 19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Be2 Bc5 21. Rfc1 Rhc8 22. f4 Ng6 23. Rc4 $18) 14. dxe6 {! Tal} (14. Na4 $1 exd5 (14... Nd7 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Rc1 Bd5 (16... c3 17. bxc3 Bh6 18. Rb1 $16) 17. Bxc4 (17. Nd2 Rg8 18. g3 Bh6 19. Bxc4 Bxc4 20. Rxc4 (20. Qh5+ Rg6 21. Rxc4 Qe5) 20... Qxa5) 17... Bxc4 18. b3 {Clarke, Unzicker} Qxa5 19. Rxc4 $16 Be7 (19... Qh5 20. Rc6 e5 (20... Qf7 21. Nd4) 21. Re6+ Be7 22. Qd6 Qf7 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Nb6 $18) 20. Re1 (20. Nd4 Qd5 21. Re1 e5 22. Nc6 (22. Qh5+ Qf7) 22... Qxd1 23. Rxd1 Rc8 {24... b8}) 20... Rd8 21. Nd4 Nf8 22. Nc5 $18 h5 23. Ncxe6 $18) (14... Bxd5 15. Nb6 {Clarke} Nd7 (15... Ra7 16. Nxd5 {Dies führt zur Variante 14... ed 15.b6 a7 16.d5 d5 17.d5}) 16. Nxa8 Bxa8 17. Rc1 $18 Bd5 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. b3) (14... Qxa5 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bxc4 $18) 15. Nb6 { Unzicker} Bc5 {Timman} (15... Ra7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 (16... Qc6 17. Re1) 17. Qxd5 c3 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Rfe1 (19. Bc4 Bh6 20. Rfe1+ Kf8 21. Nd4 Bd2 22. Re4 Rg8 $16) 19... Be7 (19... Bh6 20. Nd4 Kf8 21. Bc4 $18) 20. Nd4 (20. Bd3 Nc6) (20. Bc4 O-O 21. Nd4 (21. Bd3 Qc5) 21... f5 $10 { f6}) 20... Kf8 (20... O-O 21. Bd3 $18) 21. Bc4 Bd6 22. Nf5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bf4 24. Rad1 $18 Nc6 25. Qxc6) (15... Nd7 16. Nxa8 Bxa8 17. Nd4 $18 {×f5}) 16. Nxd5 (16. Nxa8 Bxa8 17. Qd2 (17. Nd4 Qf4) 17... O-O 18. Qh6 Nd7 19. b3 Re8 20. Rfe1 Bf8 $10) 16... Qd6 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Qd3 (18. Nh4 Kh8 {Timman}) 18... Kh8 19. Rad1 Rg8 20. Rfe1 $16 {21.f5}) 14... bxc3 (14... fxe6 15. Nd4 {Unzicker (15.a4 vgl 14.a4 d7)} bxc3 {Vgl. 15.g8}) 15. Nd4 $1 {Unzicker} (15. bxc3 $2 Bg7 { 16... 0-0} (15... fxe6 16. Nd4 Bd5 17. Bh5+ Kd7 {= Bouwmeester/Withuis;Clarke} 18. Nxe6 $16 Kxe6 (18... Qd6 19. Nf4 Bb7 (19... Bg8 20. Qf3 Qc6 21. Rfd1+ Kc7 22. Qg3 $18) 20. Qg4+ { 21.fd1 +-}) 19. Re1+ Kd6 20. Qd4 Nd7 21. Rad1 Qc5 22. Qf4+ Kc6 23. Rxd5 $18) 16. exf7+ Kxf7 { 17... d8 -+}) 15... Rg8 $1 (15... fxe6 16. Bh5+ (16. Nxe6 $2 {Hübner} Qd7 17. Bh5+ Ke7 18. Re1 (18. Qg4 {+- Unzicker; Bouwmeester/Withuis} Bd5 $17 (18... cxb2 $2 19. Rae1 b1=Q 20. Rxb1 Bd5 21. Rfe1 Bxe6 22. Rb7 $1 Qxb7 23. Qxe6+ Kd8 24. Qxf6+ { 25.h8 +- Clarke}) 19. Nf4 (19. Rad1 c2 20. Rd2 (20. Rxd5 Qxd5 21. Re1 Qd2) 20... Bh6 (20... Qxe6 21. Re2 $13) 21. f4 Nc6 22. Re1 c1=Q 23. Rxc1 Rhg8 $19 24. Qh4 Qa7+) 19... Qxg4 20. Nxd5+ Kd6 21. Bxg4 Kxd5 22. Bf3+ Kc5 23. Bxa8 cxb2 $19) 18... Qxd1 19. Raxd1 f5 20. Nxf8+ (20. Nc7+) 20... Be4 (20... Kxf8 21. Rd8+ Kg7 22. Re7+ Kf6 23. Rf7+ Kg5 24. Rxh8 c2 25. Rg8+ $18) 21. f3 (21. bxc3 Kxf8 $19) 21... cxb2 22. fxe4 Rxf8 $10) 16... Ke7 17. Re1 e5 (17... Bd5 18. Nxe6 (18. Bf3 Qc5 $13) 18... Bxe6 19. Bg4 cxb2 20. Rb1 (20. Qd5 Qe5) 20... Qe5 (20... Qc6 21. Rxe6+ Qxe6 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. Qf3) (20... Nd7 21. Qd5) 21. Rxe5 fxe5 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. Qg4+ Kd6 (23... Ke7 24. Qe4) 24. Qf3 $18) 18. Nf5+ Ke6 19. Qg4 Bc8 20. bxc3 $18 { 21.ad1 nebst 22.h6 e7 23.g8 g8 24.g8}) (15... Nc6 16. exf7+ Kxf7 (16... Qxf7 17. Bh5 (17. Nxc6) 17... O-O-O 18. Bxf7 Nxd4 19. Qa4 $18 {Hübner}) 17. Bxc4+ $18 {Unzicker}) (15... cxb2 16. Rb1 (16. Qa4+ Nc6 (16... Kd8 17. Rad1 b1=Q (17... Kc8 18. Qe8+ Qd8 19. exf7 { 20.g4}) 18. Rxb1 Rg8 19. Rxb7 $1 Qxb7 20. Bf3 Qa7 21. Rd1 $18 {Clarke, Panov}) 17. exf7+ Qxf7 (17... Kxf7 18. Qxc4+ Ke7 19. Rad1) 18. Nxc6 (18. Rad1 {Tal/Weltgeschichte des Schachs.} O-O-O {Hübner} 19. Bg4+ f5 20. Bxf5+ Kc7 21. Ne6+ Kb8 22. Nxd8 Qxf5 23. Nxc6+ Kc7 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Nf3 Qc6 $13 26. Qc2 Qxf3) 18... bxa1=Q 19. Rxa1 $18 Qc7 (19... Qd5 20. Bh5+ Kd7 21. Rd1 Qxd1+ 22. Qxd1+ Kxc6 23. Bf3+ Kc7 $10) 20. Bh5+ Kd7 21. Bg4+ Ke8 22. Ne5+ Kd8 (22... Ke7 23. Qb4+ Kd8 24. Rd1+) 23. Rd1+ Bd6 24. Rxd6+ Qxd6 25. Nf7+ $18) (16. exf7+ Qxf7 (16... Kxf7 17. Bh5+ Kg8 (17... Ke7 18. Re1+ $18) 18. Qg4+ Bg7 19. Qe6+ Kf8 20. Qe8#) 17. Bh5 bxa1=Q 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rxa1 $18) 16... c3 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bh5+ Kg8 19. Qb3+ Kg7 20. Nf5#) (15... Bg7 16. Qa4+ Kf8 (16... Nd7 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxc4+ Kg6 19. Qc2+ $18) 17. exf7 Qd7 18. Qb4+ Kxf7 (18... Qe7 19. Ne6+ Kxf7 20. Bh5+ Kxe6 21. Rfe1+ $18) 19. Rad1 Rd8 20. Bxc4+ Bd5 21. Nf3 Qc6 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Qb3 $18) (15... Bd5 16. Bf3 (16. Qa4+ Nc6 $1) (16. Bh5 $5 Bc5 (16... cxb2 17. Bxf7+ Kd8 18. Rb1 Kc8 19. Rxb2 $18) 17. Bxf7+ Kf8 18. bxc3 { 19.h5 }) 16... Qc5 (16... fxe6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Re1+ Kd7 (18... Be7 19. Qh5+ $18) 19. Qg4+ Kd6 20. Qf4+ Kd7 21. Qf5+ Kd6 22. Qxf6+ $18) (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Ra7 18. Qxf6 Rg8 19. Rfe1 $18) (16... Qb7 17. Qa4+ Kd8 (17... Ke7 18. Nf5+ Kxe6 19. Bg4 Nc6 20. Rad1 $18) 18. Rfd1 Bxf3 (18... Kc7 19. exf7 Bxf3 20. Ne6+ Kc8 21. Rd8#) 19. Nxf3+ Kc7 (19... Ke7 20. Nd4 fxe6 21. Qxc4 Qd5 22. Nf5+ Qxf5 23. Qc7+ Ke8 24. Rd8#) 20. Qxc4+ Qc6 21. Qf4+ Bd6 22. Qxf6 $18) 17. Re1 { f5} (17. Nb3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 cxb3 (18... Qc6 19. Qxf6 $6) 19. Qxf6 (19. Qxa8 Bd6 $19) 19... fxe6 20. Rfe1 (20. Qxh8 Nc6 $17) 20... Nc6 21. Rxe6+ Kd7 22. Rd1+ Kc7 23. Qxh8 (23. Rxc6+ Qxc6 24. Qf7+ Be7) 23... c2 (23... Qxf2+) 24. Qxh7+ Be7 $19) 17... Nc6 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bh5+ Kg8 20. Qg4+ Bg7 21. Nf5 Qa7 22. Bf7+ Qxf7 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Nxf7 Bxf7 (24... cxb2 25. Nxh8 bxa1=Q 26. Rxa1 Bxh8 (26... Kg8 27. Rd1) 27. Qh5 Rd8 (27... Bg8 28. Qc5+ Ne7 29. Re1 Re8 30. Qd6 { 31.a6}) 28. Qxh7 Bg7 29. h4 c3 $13 30. h5 Bg8 31. Qe4 Nd4 32. Re1 Be6 33. Qf4 f5 34. Qg5 Rc8) 25. bxc3 $16) 16. Qa4+ $1 {Unzicker} (16. exf7+ Kxf7 17. Bh5+ Rg6 $17) (16. g3 fxe6 17. Bh5+ Rg6 18. Nxe6 Qc6 19. Qd8+ (19. Bxg6+ hxg6 20. Qd8+ Kf7 21. Qxf8+ Kxe6 22. Rae1+ Kf5 23. g4+ Kxg4 24. f3+ Kg5 $17) 19... Kf7 20. Qxf8+ Kxe6 21. Rae1+ Kf5 22. g4+ Kg5 { h4}) 16... Kd8 (16... Nd7 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Bxc4+ Kg7 19. Ne6+ Kh8 20. Nxc7 Rxg2+ 21. Kh1 Rxf2+ 22. Bd5 $18) (16... Ke7 17. Nf5+ Kxe6 18. g4 Nc6 (18... Qc6 19. Nd4+) 19. Qxc4+ Kd7 20. Qxf7+ $18) (16... Nc6 17. exf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxc4+ $18 {Unzicker}) 17. g3 (17. Rfd1 Rxg2+ 18. Kf1 Rxf2+ 19. Ke1 (19. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 20. Kf1 Qg2+ 21. Ke1 Qg3+ 22. Kf1 Bg2+ 23. Kg1 Bh3+ 24. Kh1 Qg2#) 19... Rxe2+ 20. Nxe2+ Ke7 $19) 17... Bd5 { 18... fe  17... cb} (17... Nc6 18. exf7 (18. Rad1 Kc8 19. exf7 $5) 18... Qxf7 (18... Nxd4 19. Qe8#) 19. Bxc4 Nxd4 20. Rad1 $1 (20. Bxf7 Ne2#)) (17... Bc5 18. Rfd1 (18. exf7 Qxf7 19. Bxc4 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Rfd1 Kc8 $17) 18... Bxd4 (18... Kc8 19. Bxc4 (19. Bg4 Nc6) (19. exf7 Qxf7 20. Bxc4 Bd5) 19... Nc6 20. exf7 Rd8 21. Ne6 $18 {f7}) (18... Bd5 19. Bxc4 $18) 19. Rxd4+ Kc8 (19... Ke7 20. exf7 $18) 20. Rxc4 Bc6 21. exf7 $18 {21... 8 22.g4 b7 23.b4}) (17... Rg5 18. Rad1 { f4} (18. Rfd1 Bd5) 18... Bd5 19. Nf3 (19. exf7 Qxf7 (19... Qd7 $17) 20. Nf3 Nd7 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. bxc3 Rb8 23. Rd2 $36) (19. bxc3 Bc5 20. Bxc4 (20. exf7 Qxf7 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Ne6+ Ke7 23. Nxg5 fxg5) 20... Bxd4 21. Rxd4 (21. exf7 Rxg3+) 21... fxe6 $19) (19. f4 Bc5 (19... Rg7 $143 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Bc5 22. Kg2 Bxd4 (22... Kc8 23. Rxc3 $18) 23. Rxd4+ Ke7 24. Qb4+ Ke8 25. Rxc4 Nc6 26. Qxc3 $18) 20. fxg5 cxb2 21. exf7 Qxf7 22. Bf3 b1=Q 23. Rxb1 Bxd4+ 24. Kg2 Bxf3+ 25. Rxf3 Qd5 $13) 19... fxe6 (19... Rf5 20. g4) 20. Nxg5 fxg5 21. Bxc4 cxb2 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5+ Nd7 24. Rfd1 Ra7 (24... Bd6 25. Qd4) 25. Qb3 Bg7 (25... Rb7 26. Rxd7+ $18) (25... Qb7 26. Rxd7+ $18) 26. Rxd7+ Qxd7 27. Qg8+ $18) (17... cxb2 18. Rad1 (18. exf7 Qxf7 19. Rad1 Bd5 (19... b1=Q 20. Rxb1 Bd5 21. Rfd1 $16 {Clarke} Nd7 $13 {Hübner})) 18... Bd5 (18... b1=Q 19. Nb5+ Qxd1 20. Rxd1+ Kc8 21. Na7+ Rxa7 22. Qe8+ Qd8 23. Qxd8#) 19. Bf3 (19. exf7 Qxf7 {Vgl. 18.ef7.}) (19. Bxc4 Qxc4 (19... b1=Q $2 20. Bxd5 $18 { 21.ef7}) 20. exf7 Rxg3+ $19) (19. Nb5 Qc6 20. Rxd5+ (20. Bxc4 fxe6) (20. exf7 Rg5) 20... Qxd5 21. Rd1 b1=Q $19) (19. e7+ Bxe7 (19... Qxe7 20. Nc6+ Nxc6 21. Qxc6 $18) (19... Kxe7 20. Nf5+ Ke6 21. Ne3) 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qc2 Rg5 22. Ne3 (22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Rd1 Qxd1+ 24. Qxd1+ Nd7) 22... Nc6 (22... Bc5 23. Nxd5 Rxd5 24. Bf3 $40) 23. Bxc4 Nb4 24. Qxb2 Ke8 25. Rfe1 (25. f4 Qa7) 25... Qc6 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Qxf6 Ra7 $17) (19. Bh5 {Tal} Rg5 20. Bf3 (20. exf7 Nd7 21. Bf3 (21. Rfe1 Kc8) 21... Kc8 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Bxa8 Rb5 $19) (20. Bxf7 Kc8 21. Qe8+ (21. h4 Rxg3+) (21. f4 Bc5) 21... Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. h4 $8 (23. e7+ Kxe7 $19) (23. Nf3 b1=Q $19) (23. f4 Bc5 24. fxg5 b1=Q 25. Rxb1 Bxd4+ 26. Rf2 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Ke7 $19) 23... Re5 24. f4 Re3 (24... Re4 25. Nf5 Bc5+ 26. Kh2 Re2+ 27. Kh3 $16) (24... Bc5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. e7+ Kxe7 27. Bxd5 $16) 25. e7+ (25. Nf5 Rd3) 25... Bxe7 26. Bxd5 Ra7 27. Bxc4 Rd7 $17 {b2})) 19... Rg5 (19... Bxf3 20. Nb5+ Bxd1 21. Rxd1+ Kc8 22. Nxc7 $18) 20. Rfe1 {Tal} (20. exf7 Qxf7 21. Nc6+ Kc7 $19) (20. h4 Re5) 20... b1=Q (20... Kc8 21. Qe8+ Qd8 22. exf7 $18) (20... Re5 21. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qe5 23. Qd1) 21. Rxb1 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 (22. exf7 Qxf7 23. Ne6+ Kc8 24. Nxg5 fxg5 25. Qe8+ Qxe8 26. Rxe8+ Kc7 27. Rxf8 Bd5) 22... Rd5 23. exf7 (23. Rbd1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1+ Ke7) 23... Qxf7 24. Qxc4 Qd7 (24... Nd7 25. Rbd1) 25. Rb6 Bc5 26. Rxf6 Nc6 $10) 18. Rfd1 $2 (18. Rad1 cxb2 19. Bf3 {vgl.17... cb .}) 18... Kc8 (18... cxb2 19. Rab1 c3 $19 20. Bf3 (20. e7+ Bxe7 21. Nf5 c2 22. Rxd5+ Nd7) (20. exf7 Qxf7 21. Nc6+ Kc7) 20... Rg5 $19 (20... Bxf3 21. Nb5+ Bxd1 22. Rxd1+ Kc8 23. Nxc7 Kxc7 24. Qc4+ Nc6 (24... Kb7 25. Qe4+ Ka7 26. e7 $18 {Panov}) 25. Rd7+ Kb8 26. Qxc6 b1=Q+ 27. Kg2 $18)) (18... Bd6 { 19... fe6} 19. exf7 Qxf7 20. Nf5 cxb2 21. Nxd6 (21. Rab1 Qe6) 21... Qe6 22. Rab1 c3 23. Ne4 (23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Rd1 b1=Q) 23... Nd7 24. Nxc3 Bb3 25. Rxd7+ Kc8 26. Qa3 Kxd7 27. Rxb2 $18) (18... Rg5 19. bxc3 (19. Nf3 cxb2 20. Rab1 fxe6 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. Bxc4 Bg7 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5+ Nd7 25. Rbd1 Ra7 $10 {b2}) 19... Bc5 20. Nf3 fxe6 (20... Rxg3+ 21. Kf1) 21. Nxg5 fxg5 22. Bxc4 Qf7 $13) 19. bxc3 $2 (19. Qe8+ Kb7 (19... Qd8 20. exf7 $18 {Unzicker}) 20. bxc3 Nc6 (20... fxe6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qxe6 Rg7 23. Bf3+ Ka7 24. Rab1 Re7 (24... Qxa5 25. Rd7+ Rxd7 26. Qxd7+ Nxd7 27. Rb7# {Hübner}) (24... Bc5 25. Qd5 (25. Rb2 Re7 26. Rdb1 $18) 25... Qc6 (25... Rxg3+ 26. Kf1 Rxf3 27. Rb7+ Qxb7 28. Qxc5+ Qb6 29. Qxb6#) 26. Qf5 Qc7 27. Rb7+ Qxb7 28. Qxc5+ Qb6 29. axb6# {Hübner}) 25. Qd5 {+- Unzicker, Bouwmeester/Withuis, Clarke} (25. Qb6+ Qxb6 26. axb6# {Hübner})) 21. Rab1+ Ka7 (21... Nb4 22. exf7) (21... Bb4 22. Qxf7 Rab8 23. Nxc6 Kxc6 24. Rxd5 $18 {Clarke}) 22. exf7 Rg5 (22... Rh8 $2 {Bouwmeester/Withuis} 23. Qe3 Bc5 24. Nb5+ $18 {Unzicker}) (22... Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxf7 24. Rd7 $18 {Unzicker}) 23. Qe3 (23. Bxc4 Nxd4 24. Bxd5 (24. Rxd4 Re5) 24... Rxd5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 (25... Rdd8 26. Qe6) 26. cxd4 { 27.b6 /+-} Qe7 27. Re1 { 28.e6 /+- Hübner}) (23. Rb6 Nxa5 $6) 23... Bc5 (23... Nxd4 24. Qxd4+ Bc5 25. Qxf6 Rg6 (25... Qe5 26. Rb6 Qxf6 (26... Qxe2 27. Rxa6+ Kb7 28. Rb1+ Kc7 29. Rxa8 Bxa8 30. f8=Q Bxf8 31. Qb6+ (31. Qxf8 Qe4) (31. Qxg5 Qe4) 31... Kd7 32. Qa7+ $18) 27. Rxf6 Rf8 28. Kf1 $1 Re5 (28... Be7 29. f4 $1 $18) 29. f4 Bg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rxe2+ { 31... e7  Hübner}) (25... h6 {!! Timman} 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. Bf3 Rd2 28. Qb6+ (28. Bxa8 Rxf2 29. Qb6+ (29. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qc5+ (30... Qxf7+ 31. Bf3 $18 { b7.}) 31. Kg2 Kxa8 32. Rf1 Qf8 33. g4 $18 {Hübner}) 29... Qxb6 30. axb6+ Kxa8 $19) (28. Rb7+ Qxb7 29. Bxb7 Kxb7 30. Qf3+ Ka7 31. Qf4 (31. Qc6 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Rf8 (32... Rb2 33. Qd7+ Rb7 34. Qf5 Rf8 35. Qxf2+ { 36.c5/+-}) 33. Qc7+ Ka8 34. Qe7 Bc5 35. Qxc5 Rxf7+ $10 {× }) 31... Rd7 32. Qxc4 Rc7 33. Qf4 Rcc8 34. Kg2 $10 {Hübner}) 28... Bxb6 29. axb6+ Qxb6 30. Rxb6 Kxb6 31. Bxa8 $15 {Timman}) 26. Qf5 Be6 (26... Rxg3+ 27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kf1 $18) 27. Qe4 Bd7 (27... Rxg3+ 28. hxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Qg2 Bxf2+ 30. Kf1 Bh3 31. Rb7#) (27... Rf6 28. Bf3 Rxf3 29. Qxe6 (29. Qxf3 Rf8 $13) 29... Rxf2 30. Kh1 Rxf7 31. Rb6 Bxb6 32. axb6+ Qxb6 33. Qxf7+ Qb7+ 34. Qxb7+ Kxb7 $10) 28. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 29. Bf3 $6 {Hübner}) 24. Nb5+ axb5 25. Qxc5+ $18 {Clarke}) 19... Bc5 (19... fxe6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 (20... Qc6 21. Qxc6+ Bxc6 22. Rd8+ $18) (20... Qd7 21. Qxd7+ Kxd7 22. Nf4 $18) 21. Qe8+ Kb7 22. Qxe6 Rg6 23. Bf3+ Ka7 24. Rab1 $18) (19... Bd6 20. exf7 Qxf7 (20... Bxf7 21. Nf5 {22.h6}) 21. Nf5 Bf8 (21... Bc5 22. Nh6 $16) 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Bxc4 Qxf5 24. Bxg8 $16) (19... Nc6 20. exf7 Rg5 (20... Nxd4 21. fxg8=Q Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Bxg8 23. Qe8+ Kb7 24. Rab1+ Ka7 25. Qe3+ Bc5 26. Rd7 (26. Qxc5+ Qxc5 27. Rd7+ Qc7 28. Rxc7#)) 21. Bxc4 Bxc4 (21... Nxd4 22. Rxd4) 22. Qxc4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 $16) (19... Kb7 20. Rab1+ Ka7 21. exf7 Qxf7 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qc6 $18 {Tal}) 20. e7 (20. exf7 Qxf7 (20... Bxf7 21. Bxc4 $1 {Unzicker, Bouwmeester/Withuis}) 21. Nf5 $1 {Unzicker} Rg5) (20. Bxc4 fxe6 21. Bxd5 (21. Nxe6 $2 Rxg3+) 21... exd5 22. Ne6 Qd6 (22... Rxg3+ $2 23. Kf1) 23. Nf4 Qc6 $5 {Clarke}) 20... Nc6 $2 {× d5} (20... Bxe7 21. Nf5 (21. Rab1 Nc6 (21... Bc5 22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rd8) (21... Rg5 { 22... c6, 22... d7, 22... e4} 22. Qe8+ Qd8 23. Qxd8+ Bxd8 24. f4 Rg8 25. Nf5 Bc6) 22. Nf5 Be4 23. Rb6 $1 $16 {Timman} Ne5 (23... Bc5 24. Qxc4 $40 {Hübner}) 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxc4 Nf3+ $10 {Hübner} (25... Kc7)) (21. Bf1 $40 {Tal} Qc5 22. Nf5 (22. Bh3+ Kc7 23. Nf5 Bc6 $19 (23... Nc6 $2 24. Rxd5 Qxd5 25. Bg2 Qb5 26. Qxb5 axb5 27. Bxc6 $17)) 22... Bc6 23. Nxe7+ (23. Qxc4 $2 Qxf5) 23... Qxe7 24. Bh3+ Kc7 25. Qxc4 Rg5 $19 {Hübner}) 21... Be6 {Bouwmester/Withuis} 22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bf3 Ra7 $19 {= Clarke}) (20... Qxe7 $6 21. Bxc4 Qe4 (21... Bb7 22. Bd3) (21... Rg5 22. Rab1 $40) 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Nb3 Qf5 24. Nxc5 (24. Ra2 Ra7) 24... Qxc5 25. Rd4 Qb5 26. Rc4+ Kd8 27. Rd1+ Nd7 28. Qa2 $40) 21. Bg4+ $2 $19 (21. Bxc4 $6 Nxe7) (21. Nf5 Qe5 (21... Be6 22. Bf3 Bxf5 23. Bxc6 Rb8 (23... Rxg3+ 24. Kh1) 24. e8=R+ Rxe8 25. Bxe8 Rb2 26. Rf1 Bd3 (26... Bc2 27. Qc6) 27. Rad1 {/+- × , × }) (21... Be4 22. Bg4 { d7} Kb7 23. Qxc4 Bxf5 (23... Rxg4 24. Qxc5 { 25.d6 +-} Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Ne5 26. Rab1+ Ka7 27. Qxf6 Rg6 28. Qxe5) 24. Bxf5 Ne5 (24... Bd6 25. Be4 $18) 25. Qf4 $10 { 1.) 26.ab1 a7 27.d7 2.) 26.e4, 27.a8 3.) 26.h7, 27.f6}) 22. Bxc4 Bf3 (22... Qxf5 23. Bxd5 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 $18) (22... Bxf2+ 23. Kf1 Qxf5 (23... Bxc4+ 24. Qxc4 Kc7 25. Rd5 $18) 24. Rxd5 Ne5 25. e8=Q+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+ Kc7 27. Qxf7+ { 28.e5 +-}) (22... Be4 23. Bd3 Qxf5 (23... Bxd3 24. Qxc6+ Kb8 25. Rxd3 $18) (23... Bf3 24. Re1 $18) (23... Rg4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. e8=Q+ Qxe8 26. Qxg4 $18) 24. Bxe4 Qxf2+ 25. Kh1 $18) 23. Re1 (23. Nh4 $2 Rxg3+) (23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Qxe7 25. Rd3 Be4 26. Re1 $18) 23... Qxf5 24. e8=Q+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Kc7 {D.Keller} (25... Kb7 26. Qb3+ Ka7 27. Rxa8+ Kxa8 28. Rb1 $18) 26. Rxa8 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2 (27. Kf1 Bxg3) 27... Bd1+ 28. Kg1 Bxa4 29. Rxa4 $13) 21... Kb7 (21... Kb8 22. Nb3 cxb3 (22... Nxe7 23. Nxc5 Rxg4 (23... Qxc5 24. Rab1+ Bb7 25. Rxb7+ Kxb7 26. Qd7+ { 27.b1 +-}) (23... Ka7 24. Bf3 $18) 24. Rab1+ Ka7 25. Rb6 (25. Rxd5 Nxd5 26. Rb7+ Qxb7 27. Nxb7 { 28.d7}) 25... Rd8 26. Rxa6+ Kb8 27. Qb5+ Kc8 28. Rb6 $18 Qa7 29. Na6) 23. Rxd5 Ne5 (23... Bxe7 24. Rd7 Rxg4 25. Qxg4 Qe5 26. Qg8+ Bd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8 28. Qxd8+ Kb7 29. Qb6+ $18) (23... Nxe7 24. Rd7 Qc6 (24... Rxg4 25. Qxg4 Qc6 26. Rb1 f5 27. Qd1 $18) 25. Qf4+ Bd6 26. Rxd6 Rxg4 27. Rxc6+ Rxf4 28. Rb6+ Kc7 29. gxf4 {Weiß gewinnt.}) 24. e8=Q+ Rxe8 25. Qxe8+ Ka7 $18) 22. Nb5 (22. Rab1+ $6 Ka7 23. Nb5+ axb5 24. Qxb5 Nxe7 $19) (22. Nf5 Qe5 23. Re1 Qxc3 24. Rad1 Rxg4 25. e8=Q Rxe8 26. Rxe8 Qf3 $19) (22. Nb3 cxb3 23. Rxd5 Ne5 24. Rb1 (24. Rad1 b2) 24... Ka7 25. Rxb3 Rae8 $19) (22. Nxc6 Bxc6 (22... Qxc6 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 (23... Rxg4 24. Rd7+ $18) (23... Qxa4 24. Rxa4 $18 Bxe7 25. Bf3) 24. Bf3 Qxf3 25. Qd7+ Kb8 26. Rb1+ $18) 23. Rab1+ Ka7 (23... Bb5 24. Rd7 $18) 24. Qxc4 Rg5 {Tal} (24... Qxa5 25. Bf3 Rac8 26. Bxc6 (26. Rd7+ $18 {Clarke}) 26... Rxc6 27. Qxf7 $18) (24... Qxe7 25. Rb6 {Schamkovitsch} Bxb6 (25... Bb5 26. Rd7+ Qxd7 27. Qxc5 {Clarke} Rac8 28. Rc6+ (28. Rxa6+ Kb8 29. Rb6+ Ka8 30. Bf3+ $18) 28... Kb8 29. Bxd7 $18) 26. Qxc6 {Clarke} Bxa5 27. Rd7+ Qxd7 28. Qxd7+ Kb8 (28... Kb6 29. Qd4+ $18) 29. Qxf7 Rd8 (29... Rxg4 30. Qe8+ Kb7 31. Qd7+ { 32.g4 +-}) 30. Qxh7 $18 {h2, × }) (24... Bb5 25. Rxb5 axb5 (25... Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qxc4 27. Rd7+ $18) 26. Qxb5 Rab8 27. Qa4 {28.d7}) (24... Be8 25. Be2 Bb5 (25... Rxg3+ 26. Kf1) (25... Qc6 26. Rb6 Bxb6 27. Qxa6+ Kb8 28. Rd8+ $18) 26. Rxb5 axb5 27. Qxb5) 25. Be2 (25. Qxf7 Re8 $19 (25... Qxe7 $2 26. Qxe7+ Bxe7 27. Bf3 $18) (25... Bxe7 26. Re1 (26. Bd7 Bc5 {27... g3}) (26. Rd7 Bxd7 27. Qxe7 Rd8 $19) 26... Re5 (26... Bd6 27. Qxc7+ Bxc7 28. Re7 $18) 27. Qxh7 Rb8 $15) 26. Bf3 Rxg3+ $19) 25... Bb5 26. Qxf7 Rxg3+ 27. Kf1 (27. Kh1 Bc6+ 28. f3 (28. Rd5 Rg7) 28... Rxf3 $19) (27. hxg3 Qxg3+ 28. Kh1 Bc6+ 29. Rd5 Qh4+ 30. Kg2 Re8 $19) 27... Bxe2+ 28. Kxe2 Rg5 29. Kf1 (29. e8=Q Rxe8+ 30. Qxe8 Re5+) 29... Bxe7 30. Qe6 Rd8 $19) 22... Qe5 (22... axb5 23. Qxb5+ Ka7 (23... Bb6 24. axb6 Qxe7 (24... Qxb6 25. Qxd5 $18) 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Qxd5 $18) 24. Qxc5+ Ka6 25. Rxd5 Rxg4 26. Rd6 Rc8 27. Rxc6+ $18) (22... Qxe7 23. Rxd5 Rxg4 24. Rb1 Kc8 (24... axb5 25. Qxb5+ Ka7 26. Rd7+ {Matt in 2.}) 25. Nd6+ $18) (22... Qxa5 23. Qxa5 (23. Qc2 Qxb5 (23... Qxa1 24. Rxa1 axb5 $19 {Clarke}) 24. Rab1 Nb4 $19) 23... Nxa5 24. Rxd5 Nb3 25. Re1 (25. Bf3 Kb6 {Clarke}) (25. Rxc5 $8 Nxc5 26. Bf3+ Kb6 27. Nd6 $16 (27. Bxa8 axb5)) 25... Kc6 (25... axb5 26. Bd7 Rge8 27. Bxe8 Rxe8 28. Rd8 Rxe7 29. Rxe7+ Bxe7 30. Rd7+ {Clarke} Kb6 31. Rxe7 b4 $10) (25... Rxg4 26. Rd8 Rg8 $19) 26. Rxc5+ Nxc5 27. Bf3+ Kxb5 28. Bxa8 Re8 29. Bd5 Ne6 $13 {Clarke} 30. Re4 $16) 23. Re1 (23. Bd7 Rxg3+ $19) (23. Rab1 Rxg4 24. Nd6+ Kc7 25. e8=Q Rxe8 26. Nxe8+ Kc8 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Nxf6 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 (29. Kf1 Qf3 30. Nxg4 Bd4+ 31. Ke1 Bxc3#) 29... Qf5+ 30. Kg2 Qxf6 31. Rb6 Kc7 $19) 23... Be4 $2 (23... Qg5 $1 $19 24. Rab1 (24. Bd7 Qd2 25. Nd4 $5 {Clarke} Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bxd4 27. Rab1+ Kc7 28. Rf1 Rxg3+ 29. hxg3 Qh6 $19) (24. Rad1 Rae8 $19 (24... Nxe7 25. Nd6+ $18) (24... Bxe7 25. Rxe7+ Nxe7 26. Nd6+ $18)) (24. Red1 h5 (24... Qe5 25. Re1 $10) (24... Rae8 {Hübner} 25. Rab1 Rxe7 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 27. Nd4+ Kc7 28. Bf3 Qd6 29. Bxc6 (29. Nxc6 Rxg3+ $19) 29... Bxd4 30. Rb7+ Kd8 $19) 25. Bh3 Qe5 (25... h4 26. Rab1) 26. Kf1 Qe4 (26... Rae8 {Hübner} 27. Rab1 Rxe7 28. Re1 Qg5 29. Nd4+ (29. Nd6+ Ka8 $19) (29. Rxe7+ Nxe7 $19) 29... Kc7 $19) 27. Rxd5 Qxd5 28. Rd1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Qe4+ $10 {Timman}) 24... Qxg4 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. e8=N+ Raxe8 27. Nxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Qf3 $19 {Unzicker}) (23... Rxg4 24. Rxe5 fxe5 25. Rb1 $1 {Clarke} (25. Qd1 $18 {Hübner} Be6 (25... axb5 26. Qxd5 $18) 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27. Qxd6 { 28.b1})) 24. Rab1 Rxg4 { 25... g3} (24... Bxb1 25. Rxb1 { 26.d4, 26.d6 c7 27.b7 d6 28.d7#} Rxg4 (25... Bb4 26. Nd4 Nxd4 27. Qd7+ Kb8 (27... Qc7 28. Rxb4+ Nb5 29. Bf3+ Kb8 30. e8=Q+ $18) 28. Rxb4+ Nb5 29. Qd8+ {Matt in 2.}) (25... Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qc5+ 27. Nd4+ Kc7 28. Bf3 (28. Rb6 Ne5 $13) 28... Nxd4 29. Rb7+ Kd6 30. Qd7+ (30. Rd7+ Ke6 31. cxd4 Qb5 $13) 30... Ke5 31. cxd4+ Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4+ Kxd4 33. Rd7+ Ke5 34. Bxa8 Rxa8 35. Rd8 $18) 26. Nd4+ Nb4 27. Qc6+ Ka7 28. Qd7+ Kb8 29. Nc6# {Bouwmeester/Withuis, Clarke}) 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 {/-+} (25... Rxe4 26. Nd4+ {+- Unzicker} Nb4 27. Qd7+ (27. Qc6+ Kb8 28. Qd7 Re1+) 27... Qc7 28. Rxb4+ (28. Qd5+ $6 Ka7 29. Qxe4 Qxe7 {Clarke} 30. Qxe7+ {Hübner} Bxe7 31. cxb4 Kb7 32. Rc1 Rc8 33. Kf1 {/+- × }) 28... Bxb4 29. Qd5+ Kb8 30. Qxe4 (30. Nc6+ Kc8 31. Qxe4) 30... Bxe7 31. Nc6+ Kb7 32. Nxe7+ Ka7 33. Nc6+ Kb7 $10 {Clarke} 34. Nd8+ Kb8 35. Qd5 Ka7 36. Qd4+ Kb8 37. Qxf6 $13) 26. Nd6+ Kc7 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28. Qd1 Re5 $2 (28... Rxe7 29. Qd5 Ba7 $15 {Clarke} 30. Qxc4 $10 { 31.f4 Hübner} Rae8 {= Unzicker} 31. Qxa6 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kg2 $16 { 34.c4}) (28... Bxe7 {= Bouwmeester/Withuis} 29. Qd5 {Hübner} (29. Qh5 {Tal}) 29... Re5 (29... Re6 30. Rb6 $18) 30. Qxf7 Rxa5 (30... h5 31. Rb6) 31. Qxh7 $16 {h}) (28... Nxe7 29. Qh5 (29. Qf3 f5) (29. Qc2 f5 30. Qb2 Rc8 (30... Kd6 31. Qb7 Ra7 32. Qb8+ $16 Ke6 (32... Kc6 33. Rb6+) 33. Rb6+) 31. Qb7+ Kd8 32. Qxa6 (32. Rd1+ Ke8) 32... Re2 $17) 29... f5 30. Qxf7 (30. Qxh7 Rd8 31. Qxf7 Rd3 32. Kg2 Rxc3 33. h4 Rc2 34. Rf1 {Timman} Rd2 $17) 30... Rd8 { 31... d3, 31... d2 }) 29. Rb7+ {!! Unzicker} Kxb7 30. Qd7+ Kb8 31. e8=Q+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kb7 33. Qd7+ Kb8 34. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "URS U20 Team-ch Semifinal Group2"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1953.08.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Valiev, Neron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.08.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "TMK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TKM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. O-O-O $1 O-O 9. Kb1 (9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 e5 $132) 9... dxc4 (9... a6 $142 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 e5) 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 (13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. f4 Nxd3 $11) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bd4 $146 (15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rfd8 17. e5) ({RR} 15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 c5 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxh7+ Kh8 19. Rd3 Nxf4 20. Rg3 g6 21. Rf1 Nh5 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. e6+ Ng7 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Rxg6 Qf5 27. Qxf5 Nxf5 28. Rf6 Ne7 29. Rf7 Re8 30. Re5 {Rustemov,A (2525)-Kucza,K (2346) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 15... Bxc3 16. Bxc3 h6 17. Bd4 Rfe8 18. Bc5 Qc7 19. e5 Nd5 20. g3 a5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Be4 Rad8 23. Rhe1 Bc8 24. Bd6 Qb7 25. Rc1 Bd7 26. f5 f6 27. Bxd5 cxd5 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. e6 Re7 30. Qc5 {Rustemov,A (2525)-Ghimpu,S (2431) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (50)}) 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bf5 $40 {[%csl Gf5,Rh8]} Nf2 19. Be1 Nxh1 20. Rxd4 Rad8 21. Rd3 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 g6 23. Qh3+ Kg8 24. Bh4 f6 25. Be6+ Kg7 26. Ne4 Nf2 27. Bxf2 fxe5 28. Bc5 Qd8 29. Bxf8+ Qxf8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch23 Quarterfinal"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1955.05.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klavins, Janis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1955.05.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O c5 9. e4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 Qb6 14. Rd2 $146 ({RR} 14. Rd1 d4 15. Na4 Qd6 16. Bg3 e5 17. c5 Qc6 18. f3 b5 19. cxb6 Bb7 20. bxa7 Rfc8 21. Qxc6 Bxc6 22. Nc3 Rxa7 23. Bxe5 dxc3 24. Bxc3 Rxa2 25. Kb1 Raa8 26. Be2 Nc5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bc4 Ba4 {Efimov,I (2491)-Lazic,M (2471) Cortina d'Ampezzo 2004 0-1 (38)}) ({RR} 14. Qd2 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Rxe4 Nc5 17. Re3 Re8 18. b4 Nd7 19. Bd3 a5 20. b5 Qc5 21. Rhe1 b6 22. Bg3 Bb7 23. Bd6 Qg5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Rg3 e5 26. Rge3 e4 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 {Saric,S (2411)-Skoberne,J (2492) Novi Sad 2009 0-1 (42)}) 14... d4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Rxd4 Qe1+ 17. Rd1 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 Nec5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 b6 22. b4 Nb7 23. a3 e5 24. Be4 Rb8 25. Bg3 Re8 26. Bc6 Re7 27. Rhe1 f6 28. f4 Bg4 29. Rd4 exd4 30. Rxe7 Nd6 31. Rxa7 Nxc4 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. f5 Rc8 34. Be6 d3 35. Bf4 Rd8 36. Bxc4 d2+ 37. Bxd2 Rc8 38. Be3 b5 39. Bc5 bxc4 40. Kc2 Bxf5+ 41. Kc3 Be6 42. a4 Rd8 43. Bd4 Bd5 44. b5 Bxg2 45. b6 Kg8 46. a5 g5 47. a6 f5 48. Rc7 f4 49. b7 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-17 Final A"]
[Site "Havana"]
[Date "1966.11.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Johannsson, Ingi Randver"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1966.11.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

{Inf.2/524} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 h6 $6 (9... dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bc7 $5) 10. Bd2 Re8 11. e4 $1 dxe4 (11... Bxc3 12. Bxc3 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qe2 $14) 12. Nxe4 Bxd2 13. Nxf6+ $146 ({RR} 13. Qxd2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 e5 15. Rfe1 exd4 16. Qxd4 Nf6 17. Bc2 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Bg4 19. Qc3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qd2 21. Qe2 Qxe2 22. Rxe2 Rd8 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Ke1 Rd4 25. b3 a5 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Kxd2 c5 {Nguyen,T (2279)-Aulia,M (2309) Tagaytay City 2013 ½-½ (53)}) 13... Qxf6 14. Qxd2 b6 15. Qe3 Bb7 16. Qe4 Nf8 17. b4 $14 Re7 18. c5 $1 Rd8 19. Ne5 g6 20. Rad1 Nh7 21. Qe3 Qg7 22. Be4 Rc8 23. Rfe1 Nf6 24. Bf3 $16 Nd5 25. Qd2 Rd8 26. a4 Rc7 27. h4 h5 28. Rb1 Ne7 29. Qf4 Rcc8 30. Rbd1 Ba6 31. Be4 Nd5 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. g3 Ne7 34. Re3 Nf5 35. Rf3 Bb7 36. a5 bxa5 37. b5 $18 cxb5 38. Bxb7 Rxc5 39. Qe1 Rc7 40. Be4 g5 41. Nc6 Rd6 42. Nxa5 Rxd4 43. Nc6 Rc4 44. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1982.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1982.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Re1 Be7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Qxd3 h6 ({RR} 17... Qg4 18. Nfg5 Rfd8 19. h3 Qh5 20. Ng3 Qg6 21. Qxg6 hxg6 22. a3 Rac8 23. Nf3 b4 24. Bg5 f6 25. exf6 gxf6 26. Bd2 Kf7 27. axb4 Bxb4 28. Ra4 Bxd2 29. Nxd2 g5 30. Nc4 Kg6 31. Re6 Kf7 32. Re1 {Piket,J (2670)-Shirov,A (2710) Aruba 1995 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 17... Qg4 18. Nfg5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h6 20. h3 Qh5 21. Bd2 Qxe5 22. Ng5 Qxe1+ 23. Rxe1 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Rfe8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd4 f6 27. Bd2 Kf7 28. h4 Re6 29. Qa7 Re7 30. Qb8 Rd7 31. h5 Ne7 32. Bb4 {Wiersma,E (2353)-Boidman,Y (2398) Belgium 2013 1-0 (44)}) 18. Bd2 $146 ({RR} 18. Ng3 Rfd8 19. e6 Qe8 20. Qe4 fxe6 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rxe6 Nf6 24. Qf4 Bxf3 25. Qxh6+ Nh7 26. Qe3 Rd7 27. Qc3+ Kg8 28. Nf5 Nf6 29. Qxf3 Raa7 30. Qg3+ Kf7 31. Rxe7+ {1-0 (31) Birnboim,N (2445)-Rechlis,G (2430) Jerusalem 1986}) ({RR} 18. Ng3 Rad8 19. e6 fxe6 20. Bxh6 Bf6 21. Bg5 Nc7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nd5 27. Ne2 Kf7 28. Rc1 Rg8+ 29. Kf1 Rh8 30. Kg2 Rg8+ 31. Kf1 Rh8 32. Rc6 Rxh2 {Marin,M (2480)-Barbero,G (2305) Thessaloniki 1988 ½-½ (61)}) 18... Qe6 19. Nd4 Qxe5 20. Ng5 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23. Qe4 Rad8 24. Nf3 Rd7 25. Nxg5 Nf6 26. Qf4 Rfd8 27. h4 Nd5 28. Qf5 g6 29. Re8+ Rxe8 30. Qxd7 Re7 31. Qd6 Kg7 32. f3 Re2 33. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Riga-ch Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1952.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Birjanis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1952.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qc2 ({RR} 7. cxd5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 exd5 9. Qb3 c6 10. e3 Nd7 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Qb4 Qxb4 14. cxb4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Rfc8 16. Rab1 Kf8 17. Rfc1 Ke7 18. f3 Be6 19. h4 h5 20. Kf2 Ne8 21. a4 Nd6 {Zhou,J (2525)-Wu,W (2508) Suzhou 2006 ½-½}) 7... Nxc3 ({RR} 7... f5 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 exd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. e3 c6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. f4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qh3 16. Bf1 Qh5 17. Bg2 Be6 18. O-O g5 19. Qb4 Rab8 20. Rf2 Rf7 21. Raf1 Rd8 22. a4 {Eilenberg,J (2296)-Baskakov,E (2215) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (51)}) 8. Qxc3 O-O 9. Rc1 c6 $146 ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qc3 Nf6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Bg2 Rfd8 15. O-O Be8 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Qc4 f6 18. Nd3 Bf7 19. e3 Nb6 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. Rfd1 Bg6 22. Qb3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Kh8 24. Rcd1 {Guo,Q (2418)-Wang,Y (1743) Liaocheng 2021 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 9... dxc4 10. Qxc4 c6 11. g3 Nd7 12. Qc3 Nf6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Bg2 Rfd8 15. O-O Be8 16. Ne5 Nd5 17. Qc4 f6 18. Nd3 Bf7 19. e3 Nb6 20. Qc2 Qd6 21. Rfd1 Bg6 22. Qb3 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Kh8 24. Rcd1 {Guo,Q (2418)-Wang,Y (1743) Liaocheng 2021 1-0 (52)}) 10. g3 Nd7 11. Bg2 dxc4 12. Qxc4 e5 13. O-O Nb6 14. Qc5 Qe6 15. b3 exd4 16. Nxd4 Qh6 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Qa3 Ne5 21. Nd5 Qd8 22. Nc7 Bd7 23. Nxa8 Qxa8 24. f4 1-0

[Event "URS U20 Team-ch Final Group2"]
[Site "Kharkov"]
[Date "1953.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Maslov, Leonid P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.08.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "UZB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 Be6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 c5 12. O-O c4 13. Be2 a6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. f4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rxd5 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. f5 Qg5 21. Rf4 Rfd8 22. Ne4 Qh5 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. h3 {El Khoury,B (1977)-Saad,T (1718) Beirut LBN 2025 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. a3 c4 ({RR} 12... Qd7 13. Bb5 Qb7 14. Qa4 Nb8 15. Ne5 a6 16. Be2 b5 17. Qc2 Nc6 18. Rfd1 b4 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Na4 bxa3 22. b3 c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Bf3 Bf5 25. Qxf5 Qxa4 26. Be4 Rfb8 27. Qh7+) 13. Bf5 Qc8 14. Bxe6 Qxe6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rad1 Na5 ({RR} 17... Rad8) 18. e4 dxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qf5 22. f4 Rad8 23. Nd5 Kh8 24. Rxc4 {Zaitsev,A-Maslov,L Moscow 1961 1-0 (31)}) 10. O-O c5 11. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 11. Bf5 Re8 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Nf8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 g6 19. Qc2 Bg7 20. Rb7 Bf6 21. Ne7+ Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. e4 Rec7 24. e5 Bg7 25. Rd5 Ne6 {Boissonnier,K (2010)-Gandolphe,F France 1997 1-0 (36)}) ({RR} 11. Bf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 g6 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Re8 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Be5 Qc8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nxd5 Bg7 22. Rd2 h5 23. Rfd1 Kh7 24. h3 Rc5 25. b4 Rc4 {Martirosyan,H (2617)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2778) Chess.com INT 2020 1-0 (85)}) ({RR} 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qb8 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Bf5 Nxe5 16. Rad1 Rd8 17. Rd2 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Be4 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rd7 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. Qe5 Qc6 24. h4 f6 25. Qh5+ Kg8 {Hemmatizadeh,N (1885)-Lestari,B (2177) Zuerich 2010 ½-½ (94)}) 11... c4 12. Bf5 a6 13. Ne5 g6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Bh6 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Ng4 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Ne2 Nxe5 19. e4 Nd3 20. exd5 exd5 21. Nc1 Nxc1 22. Qxc1 Bg7 (22... b5 23. Rfe1 d4 24. a4 d3 $132 {[%csl Gd3]}) 23. Rfe1 $32 b5 24. Re6 d4 25. Rde1 d3 26. Qe3 Bxb2 27. Re7 {[%csl Rg8]} d2 $6 (27... Kh8 28. Qh6 Qg8 $132 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gg8h7]}) 28. Rd1 Bc3 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qf7 Qg8 31. Qf3 b4 32. Rxd2 Rf8 33. Qe4 b3 34. axb3 cxb3 35. Rdd7 Bf6 36. Rxh7+ Qxh7 37. Rxh7+ Kxh7 38. Qb7+ Bg7 39. Qxb3 a5 40. g3 Rc8 41. h4 Rc1+ 42. Kh2 Ra1 43. Qc2 Kh6 44. g4 Be5+ 45. Kg2 Bg7 46. h5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.12.15"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 c5 8. O-O-O cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h4 Qc7 $146 ({RR} 11... g6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. g4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rab8 18. Nc3 Rbd8 19. c5 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bd3 Rde8 23. Bc2 d4 24. Rxd4 Bc6 25. Ba4 Rxc5 26. Bxc6 {LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3634)-Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab (3662) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (81)}) ({RR} 11... g6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. g4 Bd7 15. Rg1 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rab8 18. Nc3 Rbd8 19. c5 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. Bd3 Rde8 23. Bc2 d4 24. Rxd4 Bc6 25. Ba4 Rxc5 26. Bxc6 {LCZero0.31-dag-5350a2e-BT4-61 (3634)-Stockfishdev-20240513-e608eab (3662) tcec-chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (81)}) 12. Kb1 Qf4 13. Ne2 Qe4 14. Qxe4 dxe4 15. Nd2 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxe4 e5 18. Nd6 Rd8 19. c5 Bg4 20. f3 Bf5+ 21. Bd3 Bxd3+ 22. Rxd3 b6 23. Rc1 bxc5 24. Nb7 Rd7 25. Nxc5 Re7 26. Na6 g5 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. b4 f5 29. a4 Kf7 30. b5 Rd8 31. Nc5 Rc8 32. Nb3 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Nxb3+ 34. Rxb3 e4 35. fxe4 Rxe4 36. a5 Re7 37. Kd2 f4 38. Rb4 Ke8 39. b6 axb6 40. axb6 Rb7 41. Kd3 Kd8 42. Ke4 Kc8 43. Rb5 Re7+ 44. Re5 Rg7 45. Kf3 Kb7 46. Rb5 Rf7 47. Kg4 f3 48. gxf3 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Rf8 50. Rb4 Rf5 51. Kg4 Rc5 52. Rb1 Ra5 53. Rb2 Rc5 54. Rh2 Kxb6 55. Rh5 Kc6 56. Rxg5 Rc3 57. Re5 Kd6 58. Re8 Kd7 59. Re1 Rc8 60. f4 Rg8+ 61. Kh5 Rf8 62. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Mnatsakanian, Eduard A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[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. c4 {Dautov,Rustem} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3 Nc6 ({RR} 8... c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5) 9. Qc2 ({RR} 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne4 Ng6 ({RR} 12... Nf5 13. O-O Nd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Be2 Bg4) 13. Ba2 ({RR} 13. d6 cxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Nxd6 e4 16. Nd4) ({RR} 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6) 13... Be7 14. O-O Kh8 15. Qb3 f5 16. Nc5 Bd6 17. Bb1 ({RR} 17. Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qxa7 Rxb2 20. Bc4 e4 21. Nd4 Qh4) 17... Qf6 18. Rfe1 b6 19. Ne6 Bxe6 20. dxe6 e4 21. Nd4 Rae8 22. Nb5 ({RR} 22. Ba2 Ne5) 22... Nh4 23. Red1 ({RR} 23. Kh1) 23... Qg5 {Bauer,C (2612)-Bologan,V (2676) Enghien les Bains 2001 CBM 083 [Dautov,Rustem] 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne4) ({RR} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. b4 a6 13. a4 Be6 14. Ne1 Bf5 15. Nd3 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 Qb6 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. Rc2 a5 19. b5 Rac8 20. Ne2 c5) ({RR} 9. Be2 Ne7 10. O-O c6 11. c5 Re8 12. b4 a6 13. Na4 Ng6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. a4 e5 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 e4 18. Nd2 Ne7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Nb3 Nf5 21. Na5 Re6 22. Bg4 g6 23. Rb1 Ba6 {Golis,W (2319)-Artuz,G chess.com INT 2025 0-1 (41)}) 9... Ne7 10. Be2 $146 ({RR} 10. h4 Nf5 11. h5 dxc4 12. Bxc4 c6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Ba2 Rd8 15. Bb1 Qd7 16. Ne4 Kf8 17. g4 Ne7 18. g5 Bxg5 19. Nfxg5 hxg5 20. h6 Ng6 21. Nxg5 Qd5 22. hxg7+ Kg8 23. Rh8+ Kxg7 24. Rh7+ Kg8 {Chatalbashev,B (2560)-Urbanek,P (1959) Lueneburg 2013 1-0}) 10... c5 11. dxc5 Qa5 12. O-O Qxc5 13. Rfd1 b6 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qb3 Be6 16. Nb5 d4 17. Qa4 Qh5 18. Nfxd4 Bg4 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. h3 Qe4 21. Qb3 Rfd8 22. Nf3 Nd5 23. Rc4 Qe7 24. Rc6 Nb4 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rc7 Qf8 27. Rxa7 Rd3 28. Qa4 Rd8 29. Nfd4 Rc8 30. Qb3 Be7 31. Nc3 Bc5 32. Nf3 Qe8 33. Ra4 Qe7 34. a3 Nd3 35. Nd5 Qd7 36. Rg4 Qf5 37. e4 1-0

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. h3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Re8 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 Qd7 18. Re1 Rd8 19. Qf4 Nd5 ({RR} 19... Bg6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Qd2 22. Qxd2 Rxd2 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Bd3 25. Nc3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Bxc4 27. f4 Kf8 28. Kf2 Ke7 29. g4 Ke6 30. b3 Bd5 31. Ke3 Bg2 32. h4 Bh3 33. Ne4 b6 34. Nf2 {Rustemov,A (2525)-Tavernier,L (2051) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (59)}) 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5 $146 ({RR} 22. Rxe5 Be6 23. Qd2 Kf8 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. Qe3 Rd6 26. Qd2 a6 27. Re1 Rc6 28. h4 Qd6 29. g3 Bf5 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Qa5 Be6 32. Re3 Rc7 33. Bd1 Rc4 34. Rd3 Qc7 35. Qa3+ Qe7 36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {Armas,J (2345)-Diaz Diaz,J (2365) Havana 1986 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 22. Rxe5 Be6 23. Qe3 Kf8 24. Qd3 f6 25. Re1 Bf7 26. Qc3 Qd6 27. Rc1 Be8 28. Bd1 a6 29. Bf3 g6 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Bf7 32. a4 Rd7 33. a5 Kg7 34. Qb3 Qe6 35. Qb4 Qe8 36. Kg2 Qd8 {Kasparov,G (2700)-Karpov,A (2720) Moscow 1985 ½-½ (41)}) 22... Be6 23. Re3 Kf8 24. Rc3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. Kh2 Qc1 27. Qb8+ Ke7 28. Qxb7+ Kf6 29. Qb8 Qxb2 30. Qe5+ Kg6 31. f3 Qc1 32. Bxd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5 Qf4+ 34. Kg1 Qe3+ 35. Kf1 f5 36. Qc4 Kf6 37. h4 a5 38. d5 g5 39. Qc6+ Kg7 40. Qc7+ Kf6 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. Qxa5 g4 43. Qd8+ Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kh5 45. Qe6 Qd3+ 46. Kf2 Qd2+ 47. Kg3 f4+ 48. Kh2 gxf3 49. Qh3+ Kg5 50. Qxf3 Qxa2 51. Qe4 Qb2 52. Qe7+ Kg4 53. Qe6+ Kg5 54. Qg8+ Kf5 55. Qh7+ Kg5 56. d6 Qb8 57. d7 f3+ 58. Kh3 fxg2 59. Qg7+ Kh5 60. Qh7+ Kg5 61. Qe7+ Kf5 62. Qf7+ Kg5 63. Qd5+ Kf4 64. Kxg2 Qb2+ 1-0

[Event "Riga-ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Solmanis, Zigfrids"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[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 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 f5 ({RR} 9... Rd8 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Be2 dxc4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 c6 17. a3 Be8 18. Rd2 Nd5 19. Ne5 Nf6 20. Bf3 c5 21. Rfd1 cxd4 22. Rxd4 Rac8 23. Qd2 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 {Larsen,B (2570)-Lobron,E (2490) New York 1988 ½-½ (62)}) ({RR} 9... Nd7 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 exd5 12. Qxc7 Qb4+ 13. Qc3 Qb6 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. O-O Bg4 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Qa3 Rc7 18. Rab1 Rac8 19. Nxg4 Nxg4 20. Bf5 h5 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22. Rbc1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qf6 24. Rc8+ {Rovcanin,Z (2060)-Popovic,N (1693) Podgorica MNE 2026 1-0 (36)}) 10. Ne5 Rf6 $146 ({RR} 10... Kh7 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 exd5 13. Bd3 c5 14. O-O c4 15. Be2 Nd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Kh8 18. Rf3 Bd7 19. Raf1 Rac8 20. Qb2 Be6 21. Bd1 Rc6 22. Bc2 Rb6 23. Qc1 Qg5 24. e4 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 {Bui Thi My,H-Ton Nu Hong,A Vung Tau 2005 1-0 (43)}) ({RR} 10... Qf6 11. cxd5 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 exd5 13. Qxc7 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Rf7 16. Qxc6 {1-0 (16) Sokoler,M-Spann,J Rochester 1958}) 11. Rc1 c6 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. O-O Qxa2 19. Nc4 b5 20. Ne5 Bb7 21. Qc5 Qb3 22. Rf3 Qxb2 23. Rcf1 Rf7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Rg3 g6 26. h4 h5 27. Rff3 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Rg8 29. Qd6 Rg7 30. Rg5 Qa5 31. Rfg3 Bc8 32. Qxc6 Qd8 33. Qxb5 a5 34. Qe2 Qf8 35. e4 Qd6 36. Rxg6 Rxg6 37. Qxh5 Qxf4 38. Qxg6+ Ke7 39. Qg5+ Qxg5 40. Rxg5 a4 41. e5 Bd7 42. h5 a3 43. h6 a2 44. h7 a1=Q 45. h8=Q Be8 46. Qf6+ Kd7 47. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-01"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1977.02.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Pribyl, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rd1 Re8 12. Bd3 c6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 ({RR} 14. Qc2 g6 15. b4 a6 16. Qb3 Nf8 17. Rb1 Ne6 18. a4 Qd6 19. Rfc1 Kg7 20. Qd1 Ng5 21. Ne2 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Bd8 23. a5 Bc7 24. Ng3 b5 25. f4 h5 26. Qf3 Bc8 27. Qg2 Kf8 28. Nf1 Bd7 {Ubilava,E (2455)-Dementiev,O (2490) Yerevan 1981 1-0 (80)}) 14... a6 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 Qd6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qf4 18. Re3 c5 19. g3 Qc7 20. d5 a6 21. a4 Be7 22. Rce1 Kf8 23. Bc4 Nf6 24. Qd3 Rad8 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Bxa6 Ba8 29. d6 {Podgaets,M (2450)-Zheliandinov,V (2410) Soviet Union 1977 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 14... Be7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. Nxf7 Kf8 20. Bg6 Re7 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd6 Bc8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Kf1 Rd8 25. Re1 Qd7 26. Re6 Qd5 27. Qe3 Qd7 28. Qe4 Kg8 29. Qxc6 {Praszak,M (2062)-Dziewonski,D (2015) Krakow 2022 0-1 (69)}) ({RR} 14... g6 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf8 17. Bc4 Ne6 18. Ne5 Kg7 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. Bxe6+ Bxe6 22. Rxe6 Qd5 23. Rxc6 Rad8 24. Nb7 {1-0 (24) Dlugy,M (2570)-Shapiro,D (2310) Harvard 1991}) 15. Bb1 Nf8 16. Na4 b5 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. h3 Be7 19. Qc2 Bd6 20. Rc1 Ra7 21. a3 Qb6 22. Ba2 Rae7 23. Nd3 Rc7 24. Nde5 Be6 25. b4 a5 26. Qc3 Ra8 27. Bb3 Bf5 28. Re2 Nd7 29. e4 axb4 30. axb4 Bxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. exf5 Nc4 33. f6 Rca7 34. Rce1 Qd8 35. Qf3 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 37. Kh2 Ra8 38. fxg7 Qd6+ 39. g3 Kxg7 40. Bc2 Qxb4 41. Qg4+ Kf8 42. Bh7 1-0

[Event "Framingham CC sim"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Leblanc, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "1822"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.03.08"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Rad1 ({RR} 12. Rfd1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bg3 Qc8 15. Rac1 a5 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. e4 Re8 18. d5 exd5 19. exd5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Bf6 21. Nd2 Be5 22. Nc4 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Qc7 24. d6 Qb7 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Beliavsky,A (2622) Odessa 2006 1-0 (38)}) ({RR} 12. Rfd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bb4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Rxd7 Qc8 17. Rd4 Qc6 18. Bd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bc5 20. Rd2 Rae8 21. Rc1 Qg6 22. Bg3 Qe4 23. Qd3 Qe6 24. b4 Rd8 25. e4 Bxb4 26. Rdd1 Bc5 {Hamidi,A (2220)-Tan,Z (2517) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 12... Rc8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 $146 ({RR} 13... Rxc5 14. Bb5 g5 15. Bg3 Qc8 16. Bd3 Rd8 17. Na4 Ra5 18. Nc3 Qa8 19. a3 Rc8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Bxd6 Rd5 23. Bg3 Nc5 24. Bb1 Rcd8 25. Rxd5 Bxd5 26. Rd1 Be4 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Bxe4 {Jobava,B (2658)-Melkumyan,H (2534) ICC INT 2008 1-0 (66)}) 14. Bb5 Be7 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Rxd8 Rfxd8 17. Rd1 g6 18. h3 Kg7 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. e4 Bc5 21. a3 Be7 22. Ne5 Rc8 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Bxb7 Rxb7 25. Qc4 Bc5 26. b4 Bf8 27. Qc8 Re7 28. Nc6 Re8 29. Qb7 a5 30. Qxb6 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. e5 Nd5 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Kh2 Rc8 35. Qb7 Rxc6 36. Qxc6 Bxb4 37. Qxd5 Be1 38. e6 fxe6 39. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Framingham CC sim"]
[Site "Boston"]
[Date "1988.03.08"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Rothman, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "1635"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1988.03.08"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Rc1 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. e3 N7f6 ({RR} 9... N5f6 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Rd8 13. Qc2 Ncd7 14. Qb2 Nb6 15. O-O Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. a3 Be8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. h3 h6 20. Nb5 Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Nfd5 23. Kf1 a6 24. Be2 {Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Nielsen,P (2644) Monte Carlo 2006 ½-½ (90)}) ({RR} 9... c6 10. Bd3 Rd8 11. O-O Nf8 12. a3 Bd7 13. Re1 Be8 14. Qc2 Ng6 15. e4 Ndf4 16. Bc4 e5 17. d5 Rac8 18. Qb3 b5 19. Bf1 Qf6 20. g3 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qxf3 22. Bg2 Qg4 23. Rcd1 cxd5 24. Nxd5 {Puschendorf,S (2146)-Peterson,E (2188) Germany 2022 1-0 (35)}) 10. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 10. Bd3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Rfc8 13. Ne5 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Rxc5 16. Rxc5 Qxc5 17. Nf3 Rc8 18. Rd1 h6 19. h3 Nd5 20. a3 Nf6 21. Ba6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Qc2 23. Re1 Rc7 24. Qe2 Qxe2 {Schlieder,R-Ruppe,O Soemmerda 1950 ½-½}) ({RR} 10. Bd3 a6 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Nd5 13. Rc1 Nb4 14. Bb1 Rd8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Qc2 g6 17. Ne5 c6 18. Qe2 Bd7 19. f4 Be8 20. Rf3 Rac8 21. Nd3 f5 22. Ba2 Bf7 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nc5 Rc7 {Siegler,W-Sefeloge,M Griesheim 1999 1-0 (41)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. Ba6 Rce8 15. Qxc7 Bf5 16. Qxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne5 Rfe8 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. f3 h6 20. Kf2 Kh7 21. g4 Bc8 22. h4 a6 23. Bd3+ g6 24. Rc6 Re6 25. Rfc1 Bd7 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. Rc7 Rf7 29. h5 Kg7 30. Bxg6 Re7 31. Ra7 a5 32. Bd3 Kf6 33. f4 Nf8 34. g5+ 1-0

[Event "Albena-16"]
[Site "Albena"]
[Date "1984.09.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Lechtynsky, Jiri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 cxd4 ({RR} 11... Nb6 12. Bb3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nfd5 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qf3 Nf5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. e4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qg4 Qd5 21. b3 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Re1 Kh8 24. Qe2 Ne7 25. Nd2 Nc6 26. Nf3 {Epishin,V (2633)-Khamrakulov,I (2452) Dos Hermanas 2004 1-0 (58)}) 12. exd4 Nh5 ({RR} 12... Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd5 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Re1 Bd6 17. Nd3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. Qd3 Nd5 22. Bc2 Nf6 23. g4 Qd5 24. f3 Bb5 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. a4 Be8 27. Qd3 {Pavlidou,E (2198)-Marynychenko,Y (2183) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (50)}) 13. Bxe7 ({RR} 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Qd3 Bf6 17. Rfe1 Rc8 18. Rcd1 Qc7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Rxe5 Rfd8 21. Rde1 Be8 22. d5 Nd7 23. Bc2 Nf6 24. Qf3 exd5 25. g4 Bc6 26. g5 hxg5 27. Rxg5 Re8 {Smejkal,J (2560)-Lechtynsky,J (2480) Bratislava 1983 0-1 (36)}) 13... Qxe7 14. d5 $146 ({RR} 14. Re1 Nb6 15. Bb3 Nf6 16. Qd3 Rd8 17. Ne5 Bd7 18. Re3 Be8 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. Bc2 {½-½ (19) Donchev,D (2490)-Radulov,I (2465) Sofia 1984}) 14... Nb6 15. d6 Qf6 16. Ne4 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Ne5 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxa2 20. Ned2 Nf6 21. Ra1 Qxa1 22. Qxa1 Bd7 23. Qb2 Bc6 24. Ne5 Bd5 25. Rc1 a5 26. Ndc4 a4 27. Nb6 a3 28. Qb4 a2 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Ra1 1-0

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. b3 c5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. f4 $146 ({RR} 19. Rc2 c4 20. Rxc4 Rxc4 21. Bxc4 Qxe5 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Nb2 Qa5 24. Nd3 Rd8 25. e4 Rd4 26. f3 Bb5 27. Nb2 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 29. Qxd1 Qxa2 30. Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qxe7 Qxb3 32. Qc5 Qc3 33. h4 a5 {Talla,V (2387)-Matsenko,S (2460) Marianske Lazne 2013 0-1 (52)}) ({RR} 19. Qc2 c4 20. bxc4 Qxe5 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rd2 Rfc8 23. Rcd1 g6 24. Qb1 a5 25. Nb6 Rd8 26. Bf1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Be4 28. Qd1 Kg7 29. Rd7 Bc6 30. Rd8 Nf5 31. Rb8 Qd6 32. Qxd6 Nxd6 33. Rd8 Ne4 {Ekert,M-Jopek,K (1905) Chorzow 2010 1-0 (57)}) 19... Nd5 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rc7 22. e6 Ba6 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. Qxd3 Nf6 25. Qd6 fxe6 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27. Nxc5 Qb6 28. Qxf8+ 1-0

[Event "LAT-ch11"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Paradnieks"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D68"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Qc2 exd4 14. exd4 ({RR} 14. Nxd4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Rc1 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. e4 Bg6 20. Rf3 Qe5 21. h4 Rd7 22. g4 Re8 23. Re1 Nc8 24. Ree3 h5 25. gxh5 Bxh5 26. Rg3 g6 27. Nh6+ Kg7 28. Rg5 Qf4 {Liang,J (1837)-Jia,Z (1660) Daqing 2025 1-0 (51)}) 14... Qf6 $6 (14... Nb6 $142 15. Bb3 Be6) ({RR} 14... Nf6 15. Re1 Qd8 16. h3 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Re5 Qd6 19. Ng5 g6 20. Rf3 f6 21. Qb3+ Kg7 22. Re8 a5 23. Rxc8 {1-0 (23) Lputian,S (2545)-Balashov,Y (2515) Yerevan 1986}) 15. Qe4 $146 ({RR} 15. Bd3 g6 16. Re1 Nb6 17. h4 Be6 18. h5 Nd5 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Rb3 Rab8 21. Ne5 Kg7 22. g3 Rh8 23. Be4 Qg5 24. Bg2 Ne7 25. Ra3 Nf5 26. Qc3 Kg8 27. Rxa7 Qh5 28. Nf3 Bd5 29. Re5 Qh6 {Podzielny,K (2415)-Sehner,N (2285) Germany 1985 1-0 (56)}) 15... Nb6 16. Bb3 Bf5 17. Qf4 Rad8 18. Rc5 (18. Re1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. Re5 Be6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. Re4 Rfd8 23. h3 {[%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2]} f5 24. Re1) 18... Bg6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd1 Rd7 21. a4 Nc8 22. d5 Rfd8 23. Rd4 cxd5 24. Rcxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxd5 Rd7 26. a5 Kf8 27. Kf1 Ne7 28. Bc4 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Be4 30. Nb5 Nc8 {[%csl Rc8]} (30... Nc6) 31. f3 Bc6 32. Nd4 Bd7 33. Bd3 h6 34. Kf2 Nd6 35. Kg3 Bc8 36. Kf4 Bd7 37. b4 Kg7 38. h4 Kf8 39. Be4 Ke7 40. Nc2 Bc8 41. Ne3 Be6 42. g4 Kf8 43. Nc2 Ke7 44. Nd4 Bd7 45. Bd3 Kf8 46. Ke3 Ke7 47. Ne2 Be6 48. Kd4 Bd7 49. Nc3 Bc6 50. Be2 Ke6 51. b5 Bd7 52. Nd5 Ne8 53. Kc5 Bc8 54. Bd3 Nd6 55. f4 f5 56. Bxf5+ Nxf5 57. gxf5+ Kd7 58. b6 a6 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Nei, Iivo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Tsesarsky,Ilya} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 c5 ({RR} 6... dxc4) ({RR} 6... Bd6) ({RR} 6... Be7) 7. O-O ({RR} 7. b3 cxd4 ({RR} 7... Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Qe2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne5 N6d7 12. f4 f6) ({RR} 7... g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Ba3 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4) ({RR} 7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 Be7 11. dxc5 bxc5) 8. exd4 b6 9. Bb2 ({RR} 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rad1 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Rc8) ({RR} 12. Rfe1 Nh5 13. Qe3 g6 14. Rac1 Rc8 15. a4 Re8) 12... Re8 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Ng5 Re8 14. Ndf3 dxc4 ({RR} 14... h6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nh7 19. Qg4)) 13. Ne5 Nf8 14. Ndf3 Bd6 15. Ng5 Re7 16. f4) 9... Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qe2 O-O) ({RR} 7. cxd5) 7... Be7 ({RR} 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Ne5 ({RR} 9. c5 O-O 10. Qc2 a5 11. b3 Nb8 12. Bb2 Nc6 13. a3 b6) 9... O-O 10. b3 dxc4 11. Ndxc4 Nd5 12. Bb2 Qe8) ({RR} 7... b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. e4) ({RR} 7... Bd6 8. cxd5 ({RR} 8. e4 dxe4 ({RR} 8... cxd4 9. cxd5 e5 10. Nc4) 9. Nxe4 Be7 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Bxc5) 8... exd5 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 O-O 12. Bg5 Qc7 ({RR} 12... Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Re1)) 8. Qc2 $146 ({RR} 8. Qe2 O-O ({RR} 8... O-O 9. Rd1 ({RR} 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7) 9... Qc7 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rd8) 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Rd8 14. Ng5 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Qh7+ Kf8 17. Ngf3 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Qd6 19. cxd5 Qf6 20. Qb1 Rxd5 21. Qf1 Be6 22. e4 Rd7 {Hernando Rodrigo,J (2355)-Oms Pallisse,J (2305) Barcelona 1994 0-1 (40)}) ({RR} 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Nxc5 Qxd4 ({RR} 11... Bxc5 12. Nf3) 12. Be3 ({RR} 12. Nb3 Qh4 13. Nd2) 12... Qxb2 13. Rb1 ({RR} 13. Qa4+ Kf8 14. Rab1 Qe5) 13... Qe5 14. Nxb7 O-O 15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Nc5 ({RR} 16. Rb3 Rb8 ({RR} 16... e5 17. Nd8 Rxd8 18. Qxa8 Bf5 19. Qxd8+ Bxd8 20. Bxf5) 17. Rfb1 e5 18. h3) 16... Rb8 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. Ne4 ({RR} 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Nb7 Bd7) 18... Rd8 19. Nxf6+ ({RR} 19. Bg5 Bb7 ({RR} 19... Qc7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Bh6) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rb1 Rd7 22. c5 Qe5 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxb7 Qxc5) 19... Bxf6 20. Be4 Qc7 21. c5 ({RR} 21. Rc1) 21... Bd4 ({RR} 21... Be5) 22. Bxd4 ({RR} 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qe4+ Kg8 ({RR} 23... f5 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Bxd4) 24. Bxd4) 22... Rxd4 {Malakhatko,V (2524)-Akopian,V (2654) Ohrid 2001 CBM 084 [Tsesarsky,Ilya] 0-1 (33)} {RR} 23. Rc1 e5 24. c6) ({RR} 8. b3 cxd4 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Bb2 Bb7) 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O) ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Bb2 Ne8 ({RR} 11... Re8 12. Ne5 Bb4) 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. Qc2 Be6) ({RR} 8. Qe2 cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Nb6 11. Nce5 O-O 12. Rd1 Nbd5) ({RR} 8. Re1 O-O 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Re3 g6 14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Ndf3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bc5 17. Re1 Nf4 18. Bf1 dxc4 19. Rxc4 Nh3+ 20. gxh3 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxf3 22. Rd7 Rcd8 {Hlavacek,P (1982)-Podolskyi,M (2255) Katowice POL 2026 0-1 (47)}) ({RR} 8. b3 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. Bb2 Qa5 14. a3 Rd8 15. b4 Qb6 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. Rac1 a6 19. Nf3 Be8 20. Bd4 Qc7 21. Qb2 Qb8 22. Be5 Rxd1+ {Takacs,S-Becker,A Vienna 1928 0-1 (33)}) 8... cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxh7 Ba6 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qb1 N7f6 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nb4 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Re2 a6 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qb3 Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Junior-ch Semifinal"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.03.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ivanov"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1949.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Bxc3+ ({RR} 5... Ba5 6. Bg5 Nf6 7. e3 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Ne5 Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Ne4 16. Rab1 Na4 17. c4 Nd2 18. c5 Re8 19. Bg3 Nxb1 20. Rxb1 {Tahbaz,A (2434)-Rakhmanov,A (2652) Sharjah 2018 0-1 (63)}) 6. bxc3 ({RR} 6. Qxc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 f6 8. Bh4 Nf5 9. Bg3 Nd7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. O-O Re8 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Qb3 Nb6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. a4 Rc8 18. a5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxb7 Re7 {Vangill (1951)-FocusAR (1792) lichess.org 2024 0-1 (43)}) 6... Nf6 $146 ({RR} 6... Ne7 7. Bf4 O-O 8. e3 b6 9. Be2 Ba6 10. O-O Bxc4 11. Bxc4 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Qd5 13. Qe2 Ng6 14. Bg3 c5 15. e4 Qc6 16. Rad1 Re8 17. h4 Nd7 18. h5 Ne7 19. c4 Qb7 20. h6 cxd4 21. Nxd4 {Nikolaevsky,Y-Ostrauskas,M Leningrad 1962 1-0 (35)}) ({RR} 6... dxc4 7. Qxc4 Qd5 8. Qd3 Nf6 9. c4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qa4 11. e4 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Qxb5+ Qxb5 14. Bxb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ke2 O-O 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Ng5 Rfe8 20. Kd3 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 {Vidal Zamora,A (2252)-Bonell Gleich,X (1615) Pont Major 2016 1-0 (36)}) 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. e5 Qe7 14. Rac1 Nb6 15. Rfd1 c5 16. h3 Qc7 17. Qc2 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc2 19. Rxc2 Bd7 20. Rdc1 Rac8 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Be4 Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament Montpellier"]
[Site "Montpellier"]
[Date "1985.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 Be5 11. Qd3 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bxd4 13. exd4 Bf5 14. Bd1 Bg6 $146 ({RR} 14... Re8 15. Na4 Nc6 16. f3 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Kf2 Nc6 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Bg5 Nd7 21. g4 Bg6 22. Bb3 Bc2 23. Bxc2 Nxc2 24. Rad1 f6 25. Bf4 Nf8 26. Rd2 Ne6 27. Bg3 Ncxd4 28. Rfd1 Nc6 29. Rxd5 {Karpov,A (2710)-Polugaevsky,L (2625) Tilburg 1983 1-0 (57)}) 15. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT 06th Final"]
[Site "Moscow (Russia)"]
[Date "1977.04.??"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Nunn, John DM"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1977.04.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 ({RR} 7. Be2) 7... a6 ({RR} 7... Bd6) 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qa4 Bd7 ({RR} 9... Qc7) 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. e4 O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 14. Ne5 Rb8 15. exd5 ({RR} 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxd5 Bxb2 18. Rad1) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rfe1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Rfd8 ({RR} 18... Rfe8) 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Nxc6 Qe8 21. Nxb8 {1-0 (21) Kan,I-Levenfish,G Odessa 1952 EXT 2000 [ChessBase II]}) 14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Ne5 Bxg5 17. Nxd7 Re8 18. Qxc6 e3 19. fxe3 Bxe3+ 20. Kh1 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. Re2 h6 23. g3 Qb4 24. Rd3 Rc8 25. Rdxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Costa del Sol-21"]
[Site "Torremolinos"]
[Date "1981.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vera Gonzalez Quevedo, Reynaldo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1981.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bxe7 Ngxe7 8. e3 c4 9. Be2 Rb8 ({RR} 9... O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Ne5 Be6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 a5 15. f3 Rb4 16. Na2 Rb7 17. Rab1 Qb6 18. Rfd1 Qa7 19. e4 Rfb8 20. Nc3 Rb4 21. Rdc1 Rd8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Nb5 Qb6 24. Bd1 {Wang,Y (2736)-Akobian,V (2606) Beijing 2008 0-1 (63)}) ({RR} 9... O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qd2 Qc7 12. b3 cxb3 13. axb3 a6 14. Rfc1 Rac8 15. Na4 Qd6 16. Nc5 Rc7 17. Bd3 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Bg4 19. Ne1 Bf5 20. Rac1 Be6 21. h3 a5 22. Rc3 b6 23. Na4 Nb4 24. Bb1 {Huang,Y (1477)-Lim,Z (1332) Da Qing 2019 0-1 (71)}) 10. b3 Qa5 $146 ({RR} 10... b5 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 O-O 15. Qa4 Rb4 16. Qa6 Rb6 17. Qa4 Rb4 18. Qc2 Qd6 19. Rfb1 Rfb8 20. Rxb4 Rxb4 21. Rb1 a5 22. a3 Rxb1+ 23. Qxb1 Qxa3 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 {Thorbergsson,F-Wade,R Reykjavik 1964 1-0}) ({RR} 10... b5 11. bxc4 bxc4 12. O-O Bf5 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Rb1 Rxb1 15. Qxb1 Qa5 16. Qc1 g5 17. Nf3 f6 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. h4 h6 20. Nh2 g4 21. Nxg4 Kf7 22. e4 Bxg4 23. Bxg4 dxe4 24. d5 Ne5 25. Be6+ {Maksimovic,B (2364)-Petrovic,Z (2056) Vrnjacka Banja 2014 1-0}) 11. Rc1 b5 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. O-O Bf5 14. Nh4 Be6 15. f4 f5 16. Nf3 O-O 17. Qa4 Rb2 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Bf3 h6 21. Nh3 Be6 22. Rb1 Rfb8 23. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala International"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1983.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1983.06.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bf4 Be6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 a6 $146 ({RR} 12... h6 13. Na4 Bb6 14. a3 d4 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Nxd4 {1-0 (17) Andersson,U (2585)-Kozma,J Cienfuegos 1976}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. b3 Rfe8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. Rfe1 Bg6 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Rc5 Qc8 24. Kh2 Re6 25. Rec1 f6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Qd5+ {Bocharov,D (2600)-Zvjaginsev,V (2683) Tiumen 2012 1-0 (53)}) ({RR} 12... d4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Qxb2 20. Rc2 Qa3 21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Bxb7 d3 23. exd3 Bxh3 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Rc4 Be6 26. Ra4 Bc5 27. d4 {Perez Torres,N (2015)-Navarro,T (2117) Chess.com INT 2021 1-0 (34)}) ({RR} 12... h6 13. Na4 Be7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qa6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Nf6 19. Bxh6 Qxe2 20. Be3 Qh5 21. h4 b6 22. Rc7 Rfc8 23. Rfc1 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Ne4 25. Bf4 Qg6 26. a3 Nf6 27. Bg5 {Schandorff,L (2310)-Barczay,L (2410) Copenhagen 1984 ½-½ (47)}) 13. Qd3 h6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ba7 16. Na4 Qa5 17. b3 Rac8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Be5 Ne4 22. e3 c5 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qd2 25. Bb2 Bxh3 26. Qe5 f6 27. Qh5 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-09"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1973.09.01"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Nd7 ({RR} 10... Bd6 11. Bh3 Nd7 12. Nf3 Nb6 13. O-O O-O 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Rac1 a5 17. Nb1 Nc4 18. b3 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Bxd6 20. Nc3 Ba3 21. Rcd1 Bc2 22. Rd2 Bg6 23. Na4 Bb4 24. Rdd1 Ra6 25. Nc5 {Merriman,J (2161)-Kumar,S (1922) Brighton ENG 2026 ½-½ (46)}) 11. Bh3 ({RR} 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. Nh4 a5 13. f4 f5 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. O-O-O Nd6 16. Rhg1 Be7 17. Nf3 Bh5 18. Rdf1 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 h5 20. h4 a4 21. a3 Kd7 22. Ne2 Rag8 23. Nc3 b5 24. Rff1 Rg6 25. Ne2 Bd8 {Sevian,S (2684)-Niemann,H (2688) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (36)}) 11... Nb6 12. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 12. Nge2 a5 13. O-O a4 14. Rfc1 Bd6 15. Nf4 O-O 16. Ng2 Nc4 17. Nd1 Ra5 18. Nh4 Rfa8 19. f4 Bd3 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5 Bf8 22. Rc2 Rb5 23. Rac1 Ra6 24. Re2 Ra8 25. Kg2 Re8 26. Kf3 Nd6 {Duda,J (2660)-Fridman,D (2624) Tallinn 2016 1-0 (51)}) 12... Nc4 13. O-O-O Bb4 14. Nh4 a5 15. Bf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Nd6 17. Bd3 Kd7 18. Rhe1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 b5 20. Re2 Rhb8 21. Nf3 f5 22. Nd2 a4 23. Nb1 Nc4 24. Nd2 Re8 25. Kc2 Rab8 26. Re1 Nd6 27. Nf3 Kc7 28. Rdd1 Ne4 29. Re2 b4 30. cxb4 Rxb4 31. Nd2 Reb8 32. f3 Rb2+ 33. Kd3 Nd6 34. Nf1 Nc4 35. Rde1 Rxe2 36. Rxe2 Rb1 37. Nd2 Rb2 38. Nf1 Rb1 39. Nd2 Rb2 40. Nf1 a3 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Kb6 43. g5 Kb5 44. h4 Kb4 45. Rc2 Rb1 46. Rf2 Rb2 47. Rc2 c5 48. dxc5 Kxc5 49. Kc3 Kd6 50. Nd2 Rxc2+ 51. Kxc2 Nxd2 52. Kxd2 Ke5 53. Ke2 f6 54. gxf6 Kxf6 55. Kd3 Ke5 56. h5 h6 57. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Interzonal-13b"]
[Site "Taxco"]
[Date "1985.06.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Qi, Jingxuan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1985.06.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "IZT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 Be7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rab1 Ng5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 ({RR} 14... Qxg5 15. Ne2 Nf6 16. b4 Bd7 17. Ng3 h5 18. Bf5 h4 19. Bxd7 Nxd7 20. Qf5 Qxf5 21. Nxf5 Nb6 22. Nxh4 Nc4 23. Nf3 b5 24. Rfc1 a5 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxc6 axb4 28. Rxb4 Rxa2 29. Rc1 {Langmaier,M (1853)-Babicky,J (1705) Ricany 2025 ½-½}) 15. e4 $146 ({RR} 15. b4 Nf6 16. b5 Qd6 17. Ne2 Ng4 18. Ng3 Re6 19. Bf5 Rh6 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. h3 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Qxf5 b6 24. bxc6 Qxc6 25. Rfc1 Qe6 26. Qxg5 Rg6 27. Qh4 Rc8 28. a4 Rc4 29. a5 Qc6 {Lytchak,A (2220)-Fuhrmann,D (2250) Bad Bevensen 1994 0-1}) ({RR} 15. b4 Nf6 16. Ne2 Bd7 17. Qc5 Ne4 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Rfc1 Ree8 21. Nc3 Rac8 22. a4 Bf5 23. Ra1 Bd3 24. Nd1 g4 25. Rc3 Bf5 26. Nb2 Kf8 27. Nd3 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Ke7 29. Rc3 Kd6 {Lenderman,A (2645)-Akobian,V (2618) Saint Louis 2019 ½-½ (42)}) ({RR} 15. b4 Nf6 16. b5 Qd6 17. bxc6 Ng4 18. g3 Qh6 19. f3 Nxe3 20. Rfe1 Qxc6 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Re1 Qd8 24. Qxg5 Be6 25. Qh5 Nd2 26. Re2 Rc8 27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qh4+ Kf8 {Bukal,V (2414)-Krasevec,V (2065) Arvier 2006 1-0 (31)}) 15... dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf8 17. Rbe1 Bf5 18. Qc3 Ne6 19. Bc4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qf6 21. Rfe1 Nc7 22. Re5 Rad8 23. Qa5 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Qe7 25. a3 a6 26. h3 Rd7 27. Qc3 Ne6 28. Qe3 Qd8 29. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 13th Group1"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1975.07.15"]
[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 "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Nd2 f5 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Be6 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Rad8 19. Rfe1 h6 ({RR} 19... Qf6 20. Re5 Ng6 21. Ne4 Qf8 22. Neg5 Bf7 23. Nxf7 Qxf7 24. Ng5 Rxe5 25. Nxf7 Rxe1+ 26. Kf2 Rde8 27. Ne5 Nxe5 28. Kxe1 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxd4 30. Qa4 Rf8+ 31. Ke3 Nf5+ 32. Ke4 a6 33. Ke5 Ne3 34. Kd6 {Bu,X (2691)-Nakamura,H (2670) Gibraltar 2008 0-1 (68)}) ({RR} 19... Qf6 20. Qe2 Bf7 21. Ne5 Bg6 22. Rf1 Qe6 23. Nxg6 Qxg6 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Ref4 Ne6 26. Rf7 h6 27. Rxb7 Nxd4 28. Rxa7 Nf5 29. Qf7 Qxf7 30. Rxf7 Ne3 31. Re1 Nc4 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. b3 Ne5 34. Rf2 {Kopicka,K (2042)-Vasicek,M (2098) Czech Republic 2017 ½-½ (55)}) 20. Re5 Qf7 21. Qe4 Rd6 $146 ({RR} 21... Bd7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Ne5 Qh5 24. Qf3 Qxf3 25. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Be6 27. Kf2 Kf7 28. Ke3 Ke7 29. Nd3 Nd7 30. Nc5 b6 31. Nxd7 Kxd7 32. b4 Bc4 33. a3 Kd6 34. Ne4+ Ke6 35. h4 Kd5 36. Nc3+ {Grossier,P (2008)-Jessel,S (2205) France 2004 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 21... Bd7 22. Rf1 Qg6 23. Qe3 Qd6 24. Ne4 Qc7 {0-1 (25) Jakubowski,M (2292)-Moskwinski,T (2004) Biala Podlaska 2000}) 22. Qe3 Nd7 23. Ra5 Nf6 24. Qf4 Red8 25. Rxa7 Qd7 26. Na4 Nd5 27. Qg3 Qc7 28. Nc5 Bc8 29. Ne5 Rf6 30. Ne4 Rf4 31. Ng6 Qb6 32. Nxf4 Qxa7 33. Nxd5 Qxd4+ 34. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cannes schev"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1989.02.??"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dautov,Rustem} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 g6 8. e4 O-O ({RR} 8... Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Be6 12. Bc4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Qf5 14. Qe3 Nd7 15. Re1 Rae8 16. d5 cxd5 17. Bb5) ({RR} 8... dxe4 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxe4+ Kf8) ({RR} 8... Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Kf8 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. O-O {½-½ (13) Riazantsev,A (2634)-Naiditsch,A (2693) Budva 2009}) ({RR} 8... Nxe4 9. Bxe7 Kxe7 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxe4+ Kf8 12. Bc4 Qe7 13. Qxe7+ Kxe7 14. O-O-O Kf6 15. Ne5 Rf8 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Nd3 Nb6 18. Bb3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Kd2 Be6 21. Rc1 Rfc8 22. Ke3 b6 23. Rxc8 {Gorovets,A (2455)-Vasilkov,N (2293) Moscow RUS 2025 ½-½ (74)}) 9. e5 Ne4 10. Bh6 Re8 11. h3 $146 ({RR} 11. Bd3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 ({RR} 12... Bg4 13. h4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bxh4 15. f4) 13. h4 cxd4 ({RR} 13... Bg4 14. h5 Bxh5 15. Rxh5 gxh5 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Qf5 Qd7 18. Qxf7 Bd8 19. Qg6) ({RR} 13... Nc6 14. h5 c4 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. hxg6) ({RR} 13... c4 14. Be2 Nc6 ({RR} 14... Bf5 15. Qd2 Nd7 16. h5 Nf8) 15. h5 Bf5 16. Qc1 b5 17. Ng5 f6 18. g4 fxg5 19. gxf5 gxf5 20. Rg1 Kh8 21. Rxg5) 14. h5 g5 ({RR} 14... Qb6 15. Rb1 ({RR} 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Rb1 Qe6 17. cxd4)) ({RR} 14... Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Bxg6) ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Nxd4) 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6 ({RR} 16. cxd4 Nc6) ({RR} 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Bg6 fxg6 18. hxg6 Kg8) 16... Be6 ({RR} 16... fxg6 17. hxg6 Kg8 18. g7 ({RR} 18. Bxg5 Bxg5 19. g7)) 17. Nxd4 Qc8 18. Qd2 fxg6 ({RR} 18... Rg8 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5) 19. hxg6 Kg8 20. Rc1 ({RR} 20. Bxg5 Bxg5 21. Qxg5 Qxc3+ 22. Ke2 Qxd4 23. Qh6 Qb2+) 20... Nc6 21. Bxg5 Qc7 ({RR} 21... Nxe5 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qh6) 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 ({RR} 22... Qxe5+ 23. Kf1 Rxe7 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Rxe6 Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Rh8+ ({RR} 27. Qh6 Qf6 28. Qh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+) 27... Kxh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. g7+) 23. Kf1 Rae8 24. Re1 Rg7 ({RR} 24... Nxe5 25. Qh6) 25. Qh6 Kf8 {Kamsky,G (2655)-Shirov,A (2655) Dortmund 1992 CBM 029 [Dautov,Rustem] 1-0}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. O-O Bf5 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. Qf4 Rb6 21. e6 fxe6 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. Ne5 Qe7 24. Rbe1 c5 25. Re3 Bb5 26. Rfe1 Qf6 27. Qh2 Bc7 28. Qg3 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Ra6 30. h4 Ra4 31. h5 Qh4 32. Qf3 Re4 33. R5xe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch26 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qa4 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 c5 16. Rfd1 Rb8 $146 ({RR} 16... Qe7 17. Bf3 Rfd8 18. Rd2 d4 19. exd4 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxa2 22. Ra1 Be6 23. Rxa7 Qf8 24. h3 Rb8 25. Rb7 Rd8 26. Qb4 h5 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Kf1 g5 29. Ke1 h4 30. Rb5 g4 31. hxg4 {Wessman,R (2445)-Ornstein,A (2435) Borlange 1992 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 16... Qb6 17. b3 h6 18. h3 a5 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Qd6 c4 21. bxc4 dxc4 22. Nb6 Rc7 23. Bxc4 Rb7 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rd7 26. Qe5 Re8 27. Qf5 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Qxd5 Qb6 30. Qc5 Rb8 31. a3 {Ruck,R (2563)-Savanovic,A (2432) Banja Luka 2007 1-0 (51)}) 17. b3 Rb4 18. Qe5 Re8 19. Na4 c4 20. Qa1 Qe7 21. Rd4 cxb3 22. axb3 Rxb3 23. Nc5 Rb6 24. Ra4 Ra8 25. h3 h6 26. Bd3 Rc6 27. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 28. Qxc1 Qxe6 29. Qc7 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Bb5 Nf6 32. Ra5 Kf8 33. Ba4 g6 34. Ra6 Kg7 35. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow-4teams"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.02.26"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1981.02.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union Seniors"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd4 Qd7 14. h3 Rfe8 $146 ({RR} 14... Rae8 15. Be5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 f6 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. Qd3 Qxd4 21. Qb3+ Rf7 22. Be3 Qb4 23. Bxc5 Qxb3 24. axb3 bxc5 25. Rfc1 Re5 26. Ra5 {½-½ (26) Schroll,G (2385)-Brestian,E (2460) Austria 1994}) 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 14th Group3"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1979.07.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1979.07.10"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qh5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qd8 15. d5 Na5 16. dxe6 Nxc4 17. bxc4 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Bxf3 19. Rd7 Bg4 20. Rxe7 {½-½ (20) Laxman,R (2416)-Kunal,M (2298) Chennai 2017}) 15. Ne5 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rfd8 18. a4 Bc5 19. Kf1 Kf8 20. f3 a5 21. Ke2 Ke7 22. Rac1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bc6 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rd8 26. Rxd8 Kxd8 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Naestved Nimzowitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.09.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Browne, Walter Shawn"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1985.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Rc8 13. b5 ({RR} 13. g3 Bb8 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Na4 Qe7 16. Nc5 Ne4 17. Nd4 Bh3 18. Bg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 Ne5 20. Qe2 g6 21. Ndb3 Nc4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4 23. Rfd1 Ba7 24. Nd2 Qe6 25. Nxc4 dxc4 26. Qd2 Bb8 27. Qd7 Qxd7 {Dobrovolsky,L (2103)-Mamyrov,B (1960) Prague 2025 ½-½ (42)}) 13... axb5 ({RR} 13... Na5 14. Nd4 Nc4 15. Bc1 Bxe2 16. Ncxe2 axb5 17. Qb3 Rc5 18. Rb1 Ne4 19. Qd3 Ne5 20. Qd1 Qd7 21. f3 Nf6 22. Qb3 b4 23. axb4 Rc4 24. Bd2 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Bc3 Bb8 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Rfd1 {Koneru,H (2589)-Adhiban,B (2627) Pune 2015 0-1 (40)}) 14. Nxb5 Bxf3 $146 ({RR} 14... Bb8 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. g3 Qd7 17. Nbd4 Rfe8 18. Qa4 Bd6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Qd4 f6 21. Qd1 Kh8 22. Nd4 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Be5 24. Bxe5 fxe5 25. f3 Nd6 26. Kh1 e4 27. Nf4 Qe7 28. fxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Qf3 {Lecuyer,C (2290)-Praud,J (2265) Paris 1990 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 14... Be7 15. h3 Be6 16. Nfd4 Bc5 17. Rc1 Bb6 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. Qg3 Bc5 21. Nb3 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf6 Bg6 24. Nxc5 Qxb5 25. Bd4 b6 26. Rb1 Qa5 27. Nd7 {1-0 (27) Breier,A (2195)-Cooke,E (2265) Budapest 1998}) 15. Bxf3 Be5 16. Rb1 Qe7 17. Nc3 d4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Re1 Rfd8 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. g3 Qb6 22. Rb1 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 Qa5 24. Rbc1 h6 25. Kg2 Rc6 26. Re2 Kh8 27. Ne4 Bxb2 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Rxb2 Nxe4 30. Qxe4 Qxa3 31. Rb7 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Aronin, Lev Solomonovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Tal/Aronin"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.01.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {1) Tal and Aronin in Shakmmaty v SSSR 1957. reprinted in 2) Kirillov: Mikhail Tal. 1949-1961. Riga. 1996. p.110-114.} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 (6... a6 7. b3 {Aronin}) 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Ne5 (10... a5 11. b5) 11. O-O-O $1 (11. c5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Be7 13. Bd3 $14) (11. cxd5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 a5 (12... exd5 13. Nb5 $14) 13. dxe6 Bxe6) 11... Qe7 (11... a5 12. c5 Bc7 (12... Bb8 13. Nxd5 {Aronin}) (12... axb4 $1 13. axb4 Bb8) 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. Bd3 axb4 16. axb4 b6 17. g4 bxc5 18. bxc5 {mit scharfem Spiel.}) (11... Nxf3 $5 12. gxf3 a5 $15 13. c5 axb4 14. axb4 Bb8 $11) 12. Nb5 (12. cxd5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Rxd5 Nxf3 15. gxf3 Be6 {[%cal Rf8c8] Aronin}) (12. c5 Bc7 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. Bd3 e5) 12... Ned7 (12... Nxf3 13. gxf3 {g-Linie}) 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qc3 Re8 {[%csl Yf8][%cal Ge6e5,Gd6f8]} (14... b6) 15. g4 Qf8 (15... e5 16. g5 Ne4 17. Qc2 {[%cal Rd1d5,Rc2e4]}) 16. Bd3 {[%csl Ye4]} (16. g5 Ne4 {Aronin}) (16. h3 {Fritz} a5 17. b5 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Rd8 $14) 16... Nb6 (16... dxc4 $143 17. Qxc4 Nb6 18. Qc5 {}) (16... e5 17. g5 Nh5 (17... Ng4 $1 {Fritz}) 18. cxd5 e4 19. Be2 exf3 20. Bxf3) (16... a5 $5 {Fritz} 17. b5 Nxg4 $15) 17. g5 Na4 (17... dxc4 $143 {Fritz} 18. gxf6 (18. Bxc4 $143 Ne4 (18... Nxc4 $143 19. gxf6 (19. Qxc4 $6 Nd7 $11) 19... b5 20. fxg7 $16) 19. Qc2 Nxf2 $17 (19... Nxc4 $6 20. Qxe4 (20. Qxc4 $2 Nxf2 21. Bd4 b6 $19) 20... Nxb2 21. Kxb2 $15)) 18... cxd3 19. fxg7 $16 (19. Rxd3 $143 g6 $14) (19. Qxd3 $6 g6 $11)) 18. Qc2 (18. gxf6 Nxc3 19. fxg7 Qe7 20. Bxc3 dxc4 21. Bc2 f6 $19 {[%cal Ge6e5] Aronin}) 18... Nxb2 19. Kxb2 dxc4 20. gxf6 (20. Qxc4 {Fritz} Nd5 $14) 20... cxd3 21. Qxd3 e5 (21... gxf6 22. Qd4 (22. Rhg1+ {Fritz} Kh8 $11) 22... Qh6 (22... e5 23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24. Qh4 Re6 25. Qh6 $1 $18) 23. Rhg1+ Kh8 24. Qd8 $18 (24. Ng5 $1 Rf8 25. Qh4 $1 Qxh4 26. Nxf7+ Rxf7 27. Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8# {Fritz}) 24... Rf8 $1 {Fritz} 25. Qd6 {[%cal Rd1d4]} e5 26. Nxe5 Be6 $16) 22. Ng5 (22. fxg7 $5 {Fritz} Qe7 23. e4 Kxg7 24. Rhg1+ Kh8 25. Qc3 $14) 22... g6 23. h4 (23. Rdg1 a5 (23... Be6 {[%cal Ga8d8]}) 24. h4 axb4 25. h5 Rxa3 (25... bxa3+ $142 26. Ka1 Bf5 27. Qb3 Be6 $11 {Fritz}) 26. hxg6 Rxd3 27. gxf7+ Qxf7 28. Nxh7+ Kh8 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. Rh8+) (23. Rhg1 {Fritz} a5 24. b5 Be6 $11) 23... Bf5 (23... h6 24. Rdg1 {[%cal Rg5f7] Aronin} hxg5 25. hxg5 e4 26. Qc3 $18 {Fritz}) 24. e4 Bg4 25. h5 (25. f3 Bh5 26. Qe3 $17 {Fritz}) 25... Rad8 $146 (25... Red8 26. hxg6 Rxd3 (26... hxg6 27. Rh7) 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28. Rxd3 Be6 (28... a5 29. Rg3 axb4 (29... Bd7 30. Nf3 (30. Rhg1 axb4 31. Nf3 bxa3+ 32. Ka1 Bc6 33. Rg8+ Kxh7 34. R8g7+ Qxg7 35. Rxg7+ Kh6 36. Nxe5 Bxe4 37. Nxf7+ Kh5 38. Nd6 Bd5 39. f4 Rg8 40. Rxg8 Bxg8 41. f7 Bxf7 42. Nxf7 Kg4 $11 {Fritz}) 30... Qd6 31. Rhg1 {Aronin} Qxf6 {Fritz} 32. Rg8+ Kxh7 $19) 30. Rxg4 b3 31. a4 Rxa4 32. Nxf7+ {Aronin}) 29. Rg1 (29. Rg3 $2 Qd6 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Rhg1 Qxf6 32. Rg8+ Kxh7 33. R8g2 Qh6) 29... Qh6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. f7 Kxh7 (31... Rf8 32. Rd8 Kxh7 33. Rg8 Rxf7 34. Rh8+ $11) 32. Rgg3 Qf8 (32... Qf4 33. Rg2 Qh4 34. Rdg3 {[%cal Rg3g8]} Rf8 35. Rg7+ Kh6 36. R7g6+ Kh5 $2 (36... Kh7 $11) 37. Rg8 Qf4 38. Rxf8 (38. f3 $1 $18 {Fritz}) 38... Qd2+ $11) 33. Rd1 Qh6 34. Rdd3 $11 {Aronin}) (25... Bxd1 {Fritz} {[%tqu "En","","","","h5g6","",10]} 26. hxg6 $1 Rad8 27. Qh3 $18) ({RR} 25... Red8 26. hxg6 Rxd3 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28. Rxd3 Be6 29. Rg1 Qh6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. f7 Kxh7 32. Rgg3 Qf8 33. Rd1 Qh6 34. Rdd3 Qf4 35. Rg2 Qh4 36. Rdg3 Rf8 37. Rg7+ Kh6 38. R7g6+ Kh7 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40. R7g6+ {Grishchenko,S (2294)-Kurenkov,N (2413) Kazan 2001 ½-½ (42)}) 26. hxg6 Rxd3 (26... hxg6 27. Qxd8 $1 (27. Rh7 Rxd3 (27... Bh5 28. Qh3 (28. Qc4 $1 Rxd1 29. Rxf7 $18 {Fritz}) 28... Rxd1 29. Rxh5 {Aronin}) 28. Rxd3 {fuehrt zur Partie (Aronin)}) 27... Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Rh8+ Kxh8 30. Nxf7+ Kg8 31. Nxd8 Bf3 $2 32. f7+ Kf8 33. Ne6+ Kxf7 34. Ng5+ $18) (26... Bxd1 {Fritz} {[%tqu "En","","","","d3h3","",10]} 27. Qh3 $1 h6 28. gxf7+ Qxf7 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Qxh6 $18) 27. Rxd3 hxg6 28. Rh7 $1 {[%cal Rf2f3]} Rc8 $1 (28... Z0 29. f3 Bh5 (29... Be6 30. Rd2 $18 {[%cal Rd2h2]}) 30. Rd7 $18 {Aronin}) (28... Rd8 $2 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Rh8+ Kxh8 31. Nxf7+ Kg8 32. Nxd8 Bf3 33. f7+ Kf8 34. Ne6+ Kxf7 35. Ng5+ {Aronin}) 29. f3 Rc6 30. Rxf7 (30. fxg4 Rxf6 31. Rdh3 Rf2+ 32. Kb3 Qd6 $19) 30... Qxf7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. fxg4 Kxf6 33. Rd7 Rb6 34. Kc3 Kg5 35. a4 a6 36. Kc4 Kxg4 (36... Kxg4 37. Kc5 Rc6+ 38. Kd5 Rb6 39. Kc5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/Nation YUG-URS 32-34"]
[Site "Budva"]
[Date "1967.06.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 b6 ({RR} 10... dxc4 11. bxc4 Kh8 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Qd3 Rc8 15. d5 Na5 16. dxe6 Qxd3 17. Bxd3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Rfe1 fxe6 21. Rxe6 Bc5 22. Rc1 Rf4 23. Kg2 Ng4 24. Ne4 Rxf3 25. h3 {Donchenko,A (2633)-Vaishali,R (2488) Biel SUI 2024 1-0}) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qe2 Re8 $146 ({RR} 12... Na5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. b4 Nc6 16. Rad1 Bd6 17. Be4 Qh5 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Qe3 Rab8 20. d5 exd5 21. Rxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxe3 23. fxe3 Nd8 24. Bb3 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Kf8 26. Rd1 Be7 27. Rd7 {Batsiashvili,N (2484)-Zhu,J (2455) Riga 2021 ½-½ (63)}) ({RR} 12... dxc4 13. bxc4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Nd5 Qc5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Nxf6+ Kg7 19. Qxb7 Rad8 {1-0 (19) Brethes,F (2249)-Muik,J (1868) Ajaccio 2012}) 13. Rad1 Na5 14. Bc2 dxc4 15. b4 Nc6 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qd3 Nb8 18. Rfe1 Nbd7 19. d5 exd5 20. Bb3 Nf8 21. Ne2 Ng6 22. Ng3 Bf8 23. Rxe8 Nxe8 24. Qf5 Nd6 25. Qg4 Qc7 26. h4 Nc4 27. Bd4 Qf4 28. Qd7 Rc7 29. Qd8 Rc8 30. Qd7 Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial-03"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1981.03.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. e4 Nb6 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bf6 13. f4 Bf5 14. a3 Nc2 15. Ra2 Rc8 16. b3 $146 ({RR} 16. g4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Bg6 18. b3 Nd4 19. Be3 Nd7 20. e6 Ne5 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Qxd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Ne4 fxe6 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. h3 exd5 27. Ng5 h6 28. Ne6+ Ke7 29. Nxg7 d4 30. Rd2 d3 {Trosclair,W-Hjartarson,J (2415) New York 1984 0-1 (39)}) 16... Nd4 17. Be3 Re8 18. b4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Nc4 20. Bf2 b6 21. bxc5 bxc5 22. Na4 Nxe5 23. Nxc5 Nb5 24. Qb3 Nd6 25. Re2 Ng4 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Re1 Qb5 28. Qxb5 Nxb5 29. a4 Nxf2 30. axb5 Nd3 31. Nxd3 Bxd3 32. Re7 Bxb5 33. Rxa7 g6 34. Bf3 Kg7 35. Rb7 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 05th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.09.28"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1966.09.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Spartak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 b6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qd3 Rc8 14. Nfg5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Rad1 Nce7 18. Ba2 Rfe8 19. Bb1 Ng6 20. Qg3 f5 21. Qd6 Rcd8 $146 ({RR} 21... Qb5 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. Bc1 h6 24. Nf3 Rcd8 25. Qg3 Kh8 26. Bd3 Qa4 27. Ne5 Re7 28. Bc4 a6 29. Qh4 Rde8 30. b3 Qa5 31. b4 Qa4 32. Rd3 f4 33. Bb3 Qb5 34. Bxf4 Nxf4 35. Qxf4 Bd5 36. Bd1 {Zaitsev,A (2504)-Kurilin,A (2315) Pervomaisky 2016 1-0 (42)}) 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Ng5 Rde7 24. Ba2 h6 25. Nf3 Rc7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. h4 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch43 Final"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Alburt, Lev O"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Be3 c4 11. Ne5 Bf5 ({RR} 11... f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 a5 14. b3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Kh8 16. Rfb1 Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. e3 cxb3 19. Rxb3 a4 20. Rb6 Bb5 21. Rb1 Qd7 22. Qc5 Rfb8 23. Bf1 Rxb6 24. Qxb6 Bxf1 25. Qb8+ Qc8 26. Qxc8+ {Portisch,L (2625)-Matanovic,A (2525) Biel 1976 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 11... Be6 12. Nxc4 dxc4 13. d5 Bf6 14. dxe6 Bxb2 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Rab1 c3 18. Bc1 Bxc1 19. Rfxc1 Nd4 20. Kf1 Rxf7 21. Rxc3 Rdf8 22. f4 b6 23. e3 Ne6 24. Bd5 Re7 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. Rbc1 {Richard,L (1771)-Craciun,D (1771) Saint Jean sur Richelieu 2020 1-0 (55)}) 12. b3 ({RR} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Rac1 a6 15. h3 g5 16. Bd2 Qxb2 17. Bc3 Qb5 18. Qd1 Rab8 19. Qd2 Qb7 20. Rfe1 Qd7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bf6 23. d5 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 cxd5 26. Rd1 Rb5 {Rukavina,J (2410)-Alburt,L (2505) Decin 1977 ½-½ (60)}) 12... Rc8 $146 ({RR} 12... c3 13. a3 Na5 14. g4 c2 15. Qe1 Be4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Qc3 Rc8 18. Nc4 b5 19. Qxa5 bxc4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. b4 Bf6 22. Rac1 Bxd4 23. Rxc2 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rd6 25. Rf5 Rdc6 26. Rc3 Rd6 27. Re5 {Vargyas,Z (2085)-Guzs,L (2150) Hungary 2001 1-0 (52)}) ({RR} 12... c3 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qe1 c2 15. Qc3 Qb6 16. g4 Bg6 17. a3 Rae8 18. Bh3 Bd6 19. f4 Be4 20. Bg2 Qb8 21. Rf2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Re4 23. Raf1 Bxa3 24. Bd2 c5 25. dxc5 Qc8 26. Qxc2 Bxc5 27. e3 {Sousa,A (2266)-Greenfeld,A (2535) Oeiras 2015 0-1 (45)}) 13. bxc4 Nxe5 14. dxe5 dxc4 15. Qa4 Qc7 16. Rac1 c3 17. Bd4 c2 18. Bd5 Bc5 19. e4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Be6 21. Rfe1 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Re2 Rfc8 24. f4 g6 25. Bxb7 Rb8 26. Bd5 Rb1 27. Ree1 Rb2 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. a3 Rb3 30. Re2 Rb1 31. Ree1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Asztalos Memorial-06"]
[Site "Miskolc"]
[Date "1963.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Lengyel, Levente"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nh3 ({RR} 12. Qc2 hxg5 13. Qxc5 Be6 14. Rd1 f6 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qe8 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Rad1 b6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Rxb5 Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Bxg5 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Kf7 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. b3 Na3 26. Rb4 Ra1 {Juhanak,D (1754)-Hostasa,P (1555) Ceske Budejovice 2020 1-0 (38)}) 12... Bxh3 ({RR} 12... g5 13. Kh1 Bf5 14. Ng1 Re8 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Bb3 Rad8 18. a3 Nc2 19. Bxc2 Bxc2 20. b4 Bb6 21. Ra2 Ba4 22. h3 Re6 23. Kh2 Bb5 24. Kg2 Rde8 25. Re1 Bc6+ 26. Kf1 a5 27. bxa5 {Laznicka,V (2654)-Ragger,M (2659) Novy Bor 2017 ½-½ (65)}) 13. Bxh3 Re8 14. Bg2 d4 $146 ({RR} 14... Qb6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. b4 a5 17. Bxh6 axb4 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. Rc1 Nd4 20. Be3 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Nc6 22. Kh1 Bxe3 23. Rb1 Qc5 24. Qb3 d4 25. Qa4 Rd6 26. Qa8+ {1-0 (26) Lalith,B (2586)-Ojas,K (2405) Bad Wiessee 2016}) 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Rc1 Rad8 17. Qa4 Re7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Rxc6 Qb7 22. Bf4 Rbe8 23. Rc7 Qb6 24. Rb1 a5 25. a3 Qg6 26. Rd1 Bc3 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. e3 dxe3 29. Bxe3 Qe4 30. Qb3 Bf6 31. Qb6 Qa4 32. Rd3 Qc4 33. Rd8+ Kh7 34. Qxa5 Re5 35. Qd2 Bxd8 36. Qxd8 Rd5 37. Qe7 Qc6 38. Qe4+ f5 39. Qf3 Qc4 40. Kg2 Rb5 41. h4 Qe4 42. Qxe4 fxe4 43. g4 h5 44. Kg3 Kg6 45. Kf4 hxg4 46. Kxg4 Ra5 47. Bc1 Rc5 48. Be3 Rc3 49. h5+ Kh7 50. Kf5 Rxa3 51. Kxe4 Ra5 52. h6 gxh6 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Kg4 Ra4+ 55. Kg3 Kh5 56. Kh3 Rh4+ 57. Kg3 Rg4+ 58. Kh3 Rg1 59. Kh2 Rg8 60. Kh3 Kg6 61. Kg4 Kh7+ 62. Kh3 Rg1 63. Kh2 Rg6 64. Kh3 Kg7 65. Kh4 Rg1 66. Kh5 Kh7 67. Bf4 Rh1+ 68. Kg4 Kg6 69. Be3 Rg1+ 70. Kh3 Kf5 71. Kh2 Rg6 72. Kh3 Rg8 73. Bd2 Rg1 74. Kh2 Rg8 75. Kh3 Ra8 76. Be3 Ra1 77. Kg3 Ra6 78. Kh4 Kg6 79. Kg4 Ra1 80. Kg3 Kh5 81. Kh3 Rg1 82. Kh2 Rg8 83. Kh3 Rg6 84. Bf4 Rc6 85. Be3 Rc4 86. Kg3 Ra4 87. Kh3 Ra1 88. Kg3 Rg1+ 89. Kh3 Rg6 90. Bf4 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Match/MasterTitel Tal-Saigin +4-2=8"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.05.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Saigin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. Qd3 g6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 $146 ({RR} 14... Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bf6 16. Rab1 Qc7 17. Ng5 e5 18. Ne4 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. f4 Rh5 22. c4 Rf8 23. Nf6 Kxf6 24. Qc3+ Ne5 25. fxe5+ Rxe5 26. Rxb7 Qc5+ 27. Kf1 Be6 28. Bb3 Rc8 29. Rxe5 {Kalinitschew,S (2465)-Votava,J (2435) Germany 1992 0-1 (39)}) 15. Bg5 Qc7 16. Rac1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Qb3 Qxb3 19. Bxb3 Bg7 20. Red1 Na5 21. Ba2 Ba4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bb3 25. Bxb3 Nxb3 26. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Manhattan CC sim"]
[Site "New York"]
[Date "1988.03.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Hains, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "1600"]
[Annotator "Hains,Jonathan"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1988.03.10"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2017"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Bulletin} c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qc2 ({RR} 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Qd3 g6 14. Bh6 Bg7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxd5) 12... g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf5 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Qd2 f6 21. h4 h5 22. b4 Qd6 23. a3 Kg7 24. Nd1 Re8 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bb5 27. Kf2 Bc4 28. Rg1 {Ojas,K (2226)-Kjartansson,G (2455) Cattolica 2022 0-1}) 14. Bg5 (14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Re5 Qd6 18. Rd1 f6 19. Rc5 Bd7 20. Nd2 Bc6 21. Nc4 Qf4 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Rc4 Qd6 24. h4 Rf7 25. h5 Bd5 26. Rc5 Qf4 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rc8 Rxc8 29. Qxc8 Re7 30. h6+ Qxh6 31. Qd8 Rf7 32. Qxd5 Qf4 33. Qe6 Rc7 34. d5 Qe5 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qa4 Qe2 37. d6 Rc4 38. Qb3 Rc2 39. Qxb7+ Kh6 40. Qf3 Qxf3 41. gxf3 Rc8 42. f4 Rd8 43. b4 Kg7 44. f5 gxf5 45. Kg2 Kf7 46. Kg3 Ke6 47. Kh4 Rxd6 48. Rxd6+ Kxd6 49. Kxh5 Kd5 50. Kg6 Kc4 51. Kxf6 Kxb4 52. Kxf5 Ka3 53. Ke4 Kxa2 54. f4 a5 55. f5 a4 56. f6 a3 57. f7 {1-0 Tal,M-Bagirov,V/Soviet Union 1967/MCD}) ({RR} 14. Qd2) ({RR} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qd3 b6 19. c4 Qd6 20. Qc3 f6 21. c5 Qc6 22. Rac1 bxc5 23. dxc5 Bb7 24. Red1 Rad8 25. Qa5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rf7 27. Qxa7 Qe4 28. Qb6 Bd5 {Nunn,J (2575)-Huebner,R (2640) Johannesburg 1981 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 14. Qd2 f6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 {½-½ (19) Tal,M-Vasiukov,E Dubna 1973}) 14... Qb6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... f6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qb3 ({RR} 16. h4 Bc6 17. h5 Nf5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. g4 Nfe7) 16... Bc6 17. Bxd5 ({RR} 17. Re2 Qd7) 17... exd5 18. Ne4 Rf7 19. Nc5 Nf5 20. h3 Bf8 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. Nxf8 Rfxf8 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 {½-½ Spassky,B-Petrosian,T Wch26 Moscow 1966 (9)}) (14... Qa5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Be4 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Rb3 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. Qf4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxb2 23. Bxc6 Qxc3 24. Be4 Re2 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxa3 27. g4 Qc5 28. Kg2 Nd5 29. Qg5 Qb4 30. Kf1 Qc4+ 31. Kg1 Nc3 32. Bf3 Qd3 33. Re3 Qd2 34. Bb7 Rb8 35. Ba6 Nd1 {0-1 Trabert,B (2200)-Stanka,W (2330)/Loosdorf 1993/EXT 2002}) ({RR} 14... f6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne4 Rf7 19. Nc5 Nf5 20. h3 Bf8 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. Nxf8 Rfxf8 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 {½-½ (26) Spassky,B-Petrosian,T Moscow 1966 MainBase [Bulletin]}) ({RR} 14... f6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Re2 Qd7 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. h4 Kh8 20. h5 gxh5 21. Qc2 f5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Rg8 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. g3 Rg4 27. Bf4 Rxf4 28. gxf4 Qg7+ 29. Kf1 {Dzindzichashvili,R-Terentiev,V Krasnodar 1966 0-1 (57)}) 15. Rad1 (15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Nc5) 15... Bd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxc6 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 (19. Bf3 Bxd4) 19... Nxc6 20. Na4 Qb4 $11 21. a3 $6 Nxd4 22. axb4 $17 (22. Qe4 Qxa4 23. Rxd4 Qb3 24. Rb4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1) 22... Nxc2 23. Rc5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. g3 Ne1 ({Black is winning after} 25... Rd1+ $19 26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kh3 Rd4 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rc7 g5 (29... Rxb4) 30. Rc1 g4+ 31. Kh4 Nf3+ 32. Kh5 Rxb4) 26. Rc7 b5 27. Nc3 a6 28. Rc6 Ra8 (28... Rd2 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Nxb5 Nd3 31. Nd6 Nxf2 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Ra7 Nh3+ 34. Kf1 Rxb4 35. Nxf7 Kf6) 29. Ne4 Nd3 30. Rc7 Nxb4 31. Nd6 Rf8 32. Ra7 Nd3 33. Rxa6 Nxb2 34. Nxb5 Nc4 35. Nd4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "Dubna"]
[Date "1973.12.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1973.12.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Hains,Jonathan} d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 Bg7 ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Rac1 Bd7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf5 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Nf3 Bc6 20. Qd2 f6 21. h4 h5 22. b4 Qd6 23. a3 Kg7 24. Nd1 Re8 25. Ne3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bb5 27. Kf2 Bc4 28. Rg1 {Ojas,K (2226)-Kjartansson,G (2455) Cattolica 2022 0-1}) 14. Qd2 ({RR} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qe4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qd3 b6 19. c4 Qd6 20. Qc3 f6 21. c5 Qc6 22. Rac1 bxc5 23. dxc5 Bb7 24. Red1 Rad8 25. Qa5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rf7 27. Qxa7 Qe4 28. Qb6 Bd5 {Nunn,J (2575)-Huebner,R (2640) Johannesburg 1981 ½-½ (79)}) ({RR} 14. Bg5 Qb6 ({RR} 14... f6 15. Bd2 Bd7 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne4 Rf7 19. Nc5 Nf5 20. h3 Bf8 21. Ne6 Qd7 22. Nxf8 Rfxf8 23. Bb4 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1) ({RR} 14... Qa5 15. a3 Bd7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Be4 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Rb3 20. Ne5 Bc6 21. Qf4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxb2 23. Bxc6 Qxc3 24. Be4 Re2 25. Kf1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxa3 27. g4 Qc5 28. Kg2 Nd5 29. Qg5) 15. Rad1 ({RR} 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Na4 Qd6 17. Nc5) 15... Bd7 16. Ne5 Bc6 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Bxc6 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 ({RR} 19. Bf3 Bxd4) 19... Nxc6 20. Na4 Qb4 21. a3 Nxd4 22. axb4 ({RR} 22. Qe4 Qxa4 23. Rxd4 Qb3 24. Rb4 Qd1+ 25. Qe1 Qxe1+ 26. Rxe1) 22... Nxc2 23. Rc5 Rfd8 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. g3 Ne1 ({RR} 25... Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kh3 Rd4 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rc7 g5 ({RR} 29... Rxb4) 30. Rc1 g4+ 31. Kh4 Nf3+ 32. Kh5 Rxb4) 26. Rc7 b5 27. Nc3 a6 28. Rc6 Ra8 {Tal,M (2600)-Hains,J (1600) New York 1988 EXT 2017 [Hains,Jonathan] ½-½ (35)} ({RR} 28... Rd2 29. Rxa6 Rxb2 30. Nxb5 Nd3 31. Nd6 Nxf2 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. Ra7 Nh3+ 34. Kf1 Rxb4 35. Nxf7 Kf6)) ({RR} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Re5 Qd6 18. Rd1 f6 19. Rc5 Bd7 20. Nd2 Bc6 21. Nc4 Qf4 22. Ne3 Rad8 23. Rc4 Qd6 24. h4 Rf7 25. h5 Bd5 26. Rc5 Qf4 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Rc8 Rxc8) 14... f6 $146 ({RR} 14... b6 15. h4 Bb7 16. h5 Nf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Ne5 Qh4 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Re3 Qg5 23. f4 Qxf4 24. hxg6 Rc2 25. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 26. Qf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 hxg6 28. Rc1 Bxa2 29. Rc7 {Kurass,Y-Podgaets,M Kiev 1968 ½-½ (60)}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rac1 Bd7 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Ne2 Rc8 19. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial-05"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1985.03.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Karolyi, Tibor Jr"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1985.02.21"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. e4 Qh5 11. dxc5 ({RR} 11. d5 Nb4 12. Bc4 Rd8 13. Re1 b5 14. Bxb5 exd5 15. exd5 Rxd5 16. Qb3 Be6 17. Bc4 Bf6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qa4 Bc6 20. Qb3 h6 21. Bf4 Bd5 22. Qd1 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bc3 24. Re3 Bf6 25. a3 Nc6 {Jaiveer,M (2309)-Samdanov,S (2294) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (56)}) 11... Bxc5 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. a3 Bd7 $146 ({RR} 13... Nd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bxd4 16. Bc4 Bb6 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rd1 Be7 19. Kf1 a6 20. a4 Kf8 21. Be5 g6 22. Rd3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Bb3 Bb7 25. f3 Rd8 26. Ke2 Ke8 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Bd4 {Cvitan,O (2480)-Salvetti,A (2218) Switzerland 2017 ½-½ (37)}) 14. Qe2 Be8 15. Rad1 Ne7 16. Rfe1 Ba4 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. b4 Bb6 19. Bg5 Kf8 20. e5 Bc6 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rd7 24. b5 Qg6 25. Qb4 f6 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. exf6 Qxc3+ 14. Bd2 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Nd7 16. Qf3 $146 ({RR} 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Qc2 Nb6 18. Be3 Qxf6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Qb1 Bc6 21. Qb4 Qe7 22. Bc5 Qb7 23. f3 Nd5 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. g3 Bb7 26. Qb2 Qxc5 27. Qxh8+ Ke7 28. Qe5 c3 29. h4 b4 30. Qg5+ Kd7 {Loureiro,L (2358)-Silva,T Sao Paulo 2002 0-1 (40)}) 16... Qd5 17. Qa3 Qc5 18. Bb4 Qe5+ 19. Be2 c5 20. Bc3 Qe4 21. axb5 Qxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.12.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sakharov, Yuri N"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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 {Serper,Gigory} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O c5 9. e4 ({RR} 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Kb1 c4 11. Ng5 h6 12. h4 g6 13. f3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh7 15. Nxd5) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 ({RR} 10... Be5 11. Be1 ({RR} 11. Bg5) 11... Bxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. Rd1 ({RR} 13. Rxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5) 13... d4 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. f3 Nxd5 16. cxd5 ({RR} 16. exd5 Qf6) 16... Bd7 17. Kb1 Rc8 18. Qd2 ({RR} 18. Rc1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qg5) 18... f5 19. Bg3 ({RR} 19. Bd3 fxe4 20. fxe4 ({RR} 20. Bxe4 Bf5) 20... Rf4) 19... fxe4 20. Bxe5 d3 21. fxe4 ({RR} 21. Bd6 Ba4 22. Bxf8 Bc2+ 23. Ka1 Qxf8 24. Rc1 Qf6) 21... Nxe4 22. Qxd3 ({RR} 22. Qe3 Nf2 23. Bxd3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Bf5) 22... Qg5 ({RR} 22... Nf2 23. Qg3) 23. Qd4 ({RR} 23. Bd4 Bf5 24. h4 Qc1+ 25. Rxc1 Nd2+ 26. Ka1 Rxc1+) 23... Nf2 24. h4 ({RR} 24. Bc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxe5) ({RR} 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 Bf5) 24... Bf5+ 25. Bd3 {Iskusnyh,S (2450)-Serper,G (2575) St Petersburg 1994 CBM 043 Extra [Serper,Gigory] 0-1}) ({RR} 10... Nb6 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bg5 Re8 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Bxd7 Nbxd7 16. Nf5 Be5 17. d6 Kh8 18. Ne7 Rc4 19. Qb3 b5 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ned5 a6 22. Kb1 Nc5 23. Nxf6 gxf6 24. Qc2 b4 25. d7 {Peng,H (2270)-Xiang,Z (2237) Harbin 2016 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 10... Bc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bxd4 13. Rxd4 Qb6 14. Rd2 d4 15. Na4 Qa5 16. Rxd4 Qe1+ 17. Rd1 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Nxe4 19. Bd3 Nec5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5 21. Bc2 b6 22. b4 Nb7 23. a3 e5 24. Be4 Rb8 25. Bg3 {Tal,M-Klavins,J Vilnius 1955 1-0 (49)}) 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Bxe6 $146 ({RR} 12. Bg5 Qa5 13. f4 h6 14. e5 hxg5 15. exd6 gxf4 16. Rhe1 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Nf3 Rac8 19. Kb1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qd2 Qf5+ 22. Ka1 Ng4 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24. h3 Ne3 25. g3 e5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 {Kuzmin,G (2520)-Filipenko,A (2370) Togliatti 1985 ½-½ (33)}) ({RR} 12. Be2 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bxf2 14. Rhf1 Qb6 15. Kb1 Qa7 16. Bf4 e5 17. Bg5 b5 18. Rd3 b4 19. Nd1 Bb6 20. Rg3 Kh8 21. Ne3 Bb7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Rh3 g6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Rhxf3 f5 {Gurevich,M (2315)-Filipenko,A (2320) Severodonetsk 1982 1-0 (38)}) 12... Nc5 13. Bf5 Be5 14. Be3 Qa5 15. f3 g6 16. f4 Bxf5 17. exf5 Ng4 18. Bg1 Bxf4+ 19. Kb1 Rad8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Bf2 Na4 23. Be1 Rfe8 24. Qf3 Be5 25. Nb3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nxc3+ 27. Bxc3 Qc7 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Rc8 31. Nb3 Kf8 32. Re1 Rc7 33. h3 Nd5 34. Re4 Nf6 35. Rb4 Nd5 36. Rd4 Nf6 37. Na5 Ke7 38. Rb4 b5 39. a4 Nd5 40. Rd4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-13 Final A"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Trifunovic, Petar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1958.10.11"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bc3 Qe7 13. Bd4 ({RR} 13. Kb1 Bg4 14. Be2 Bh5 15. Nxe5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18. Nc3 Rfd8 19. Rd4 a6 20. g3 b5 21. Rhd1 Rac8 22. Qd3 Rc4 23. Nxd5 Rxd4 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. exd4 Qxf2 26. Rd2 Qe1+ 27. Kc2 Rc8+ {Rustemov,A (2525)-Arhan,C (2394) chess.com INT 2025 1-0 (49)}) 13... b6 14. Nc3 Bb7 $146 ({RR} 14... g6 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rd2 b5 20. a3 a5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rd4 Rc5 23. g4 Be6 24. Kb1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qd1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Bc4 29. Qd4 {Sorin,A (2363)-Fiorito,J (2328) San Carlos de Bariloche ARG 2022 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 14... g6 15. Be2 Bf5 16. Qb3 Bd6 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf3 Rac8 19. Rd2 b5 20. a3 a5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rd4 Rc5 23. g4 Be6 24. Kb1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Qd1 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Rxb4 Bc4 29. Qd4 {Sorin,A (2363)-Fiorito,J (2328) San Carlos de Bariloche ARG 2022 0-1 (39)}) 15. Qf5 Neg4 16. Bd3 Nxf2 17. Bxf6 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Nxd5 Be5 21. Rhd1 Rac8+ 22. Kb1 Kh8 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Rfe8 25. g5 fxg5 26. hxg5 Bg7 27. gxh6 Bxh6 28. Rh1 Kg7 29. Nh4 Re5 30. e4 Bxd5 31. exd5 Bg5 32. Rg1 Kf8 33. Rdg3 Bd8 34. d6 Ke8 35. Rd3 Kd7 36. Nf3 Rf5 37. Rg7 Rcc5 38. b4 Rcd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1988.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Van der Wiel, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1988.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Bb2 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. d4 Qe7 12. Rae1 b6 ({RR} 12... Bc7 13. a4 e4 14. Nd2 Nf8 15. f3 exf3 16. Nxf3 Qxe3+ 17. Kh1 Qh6 18. Bc1 Bf4 19. Bd3 Bg4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 Qd6 24. Rfe3 g6 25. d5 c5 26. Qf2 f6 27. Bf3 {Baumegger,S (2415)-Janzelj,T (2458) Vienna AUT 2023 ½-½ (68)}) 13. Ne4 ({RR} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 g6 19. Ng3 Bg7 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. f4 Ng4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. e4 Nh6 24. e5 Bf5 25. Qc3 Kg8 26. Bf3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rd8 {Dreev,A (2662)-Ribli,Z (2563) Sibenik 2009 1-0 (34)}) 13... Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bb7 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Qh4 e4 17. Ne5 c5 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 cxd4 20. exd4 Nd7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rfe1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bf1 Bd6 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Rd7 Bc5+ 27. Kg2 Bc6 28. Rc7 Ba4 29. Be5 {Hercegovac,N (2224)-Kalosha,Z (2011) Palmanova ITA 2022 0-1 (37)}) ({RR} 14... Bb7 15. Rd1 Nf6 16. Qh4 e4 17. Ne5 c5 18. f4 exf3 19. gxf3 cxd4 20. exd4 Nd7 21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. Rfe1 Nxe5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bf1 Bd6 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Rd7 Bc5+ 27. Kg2 Bc6 28. Rc7 Ba4 29. Be5 {Hercegovac,N (2224)-Kalosha,Z (2011) Palmanova ITA 2022 0-1 (37)}) 15. Qh4 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. Rd1 Bf5 20. Rd6 Nxe5 21. Rfd1 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Semifinal"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1956.11.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Koblencs, Aleksandrs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Qe2 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bxc6 Bxh2+ 15. Kxh2 Qc7+ 16. Bf4 Qxc6 17. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qe5 Bg6 19. Qd5 Qf6 20. Qe5 Qc6 21. Qd5 Qb6 22. c5 Qxb2 23. Bd6 Rfe8 24. f3 Qb4 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Qd1 Bc2 27. Qf1 Qh4+ 28. Kg1 Qd4+ 29. Kh2 Bd3 30. Qd1 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Re2 {Racherbaeumer,M (2230)-Proehl,H (2355) Hamburg 1993 0-1 (31)}) 17... Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19. Qe5 Rd7 20. Rfe1 Rd3 21. Re3 Qd7 22. Ree1 Rd8 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Re3 Qd4 25. Rg3 Qxe5 26. Bxe5 g6 27. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga-ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kruskops"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 ({RR} 7. Bd2 Qe7 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Ne2 Bxd2 11. Qxd2 b6 12. Rfd1 Bb7 13. Nc3 c5 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 cxd4 17. Nxd4 {½-½ (17) Sahovic,D (2425)-Tal,M (2620) Lvov 1984}) 7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 O-O 9. O-O Ne4 $146 ({RR} 9... Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bd3 Be6 15. e4 h6 16. d5 Bd7 17. Bb2 Qf4 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. e5 Qf4 20. e6 fxe6 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6 Rf8 23. Rfe1 cxd5 24. Ne5 {Ortega Lozano,M-Cortijo Dominguez,D Valladolid 1988 ½-½}) ({RR} 9... Re8 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 c5 12. Nd2 h6 13. Re1 Nf8 14. Ba3 Ne6 15. Nf3 Qa5 16. Bb2 Bd7 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. f4 a6 19. Kh1 Nf8 20. h3 Ng6 21. Re2 Ne7 22. g4 Qd8 23. Kh2 Ng6 24. c4 {LCZero 0.31-dag-c93c6a8-BT4-6 (3652)-Berserk 20250113 tcec-chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (74)}) ({RR} 9... h6 10. Qc2 Nb6 11. c5 Nc4 12. Bxc4 dxc4 13. Ne5 b5 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nxc4 c5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. cxd4 Bb7 18. Bd2 Qd5 19. f3 Rac8 20. Qb2 Rfd8 21. Rac1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne4 23. fxe4 Qxe4 24. Nf3 {Subramanian,A (2131)-McNab,J Leamington Spa ENG 2024 1-0}) 10. Qc2 f5 11. a4 Rf6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. c4 b6 14. Ba3 Bb7 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Qb3 g6 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qd8 20. Bb5 f4 21. exf4 Rxf4 22. Bc6 Bxc6 23. Rxc6 Nb8 24. Re6 Kg7 25. Ne5 Rxf2 26. Qe3 Ra2 27. h3 Qc8 28. Re7+ Kg8 29. Qh6 Rxg2+ 30. Kh1 Rh2+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga-ch Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1951.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1951.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. e5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qe4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 19. Bb5 a6 20. Ba4 Ra7 21. Rfd1 Rc7 22. Rac1 Qe7 23. h4 Rec8 24. Bg5 Qe8 25. Rc2 Nf6 26. Bxf6 Qxa4 27. b3 Qe8 28. Rdc1 Qd7 29. Kh2 a5 30. Rxc5 Rxc5 31. Qe3 {1-0 (31) Maistrovsky,M-Mukhaev,A (2270) Moscow 1996}) 19... Qb6 20. Bc4 Rad8 21. Bg5 Be7 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Qh4 Rde8 24. Qf4 Rc8 25. Bb3 Nc5 26. Qf6 Rd7 27. h4 h5 28. Bc2 Rcd8 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Qg5 Nf8 31. g4 Nh7 32. Qh6 Qd4 33. Bd1 hxg4 34. h5 g3 35. hxg6 gxf2+ 36. Kg2 fxg6 37. Qxg6+ Kh8 38. Qh5 Rg8+ 39. Kf3 Rf8+ 40. Kg2 Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Chigorin Memorial"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[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. c4 {ChessBase/Von Hennig,Heinz} e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 ({RR} 8... b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Be7 {½-½ (14) Vaganian,R (2623)-Bareev,E (2702) New Delhi/Teheran 2000}) 9. O-O b4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. e4 O-O 13. e5 Nd7 14. Be4 f5 $146 ({RR} 14... Qc7 15. Bg5 Rfe8 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Nc4 Qxd4 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Qxc6 Nf8 24. Qc4 Rbd7 25. Qe2 Qd2 26. Kf1 Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Rc7 28. b3 g5 29. g3 {Andersen,E-Souza Mendes,J Munich 1936 EXT 2018 [ChessBase/Von Hennig,Heinz] 1-0 (45)}) ({RR} 14... Qb6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Nxg5+ Kg6 18. Qg4 f5 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Ne4+ Kh7 21. Qh4+ Kg6 22. Qg5+ Kf7 23. Rad1 Qxe5 24. Rxd7+ Kg8 25. Rxb7 Qxb2 26. Nc5 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Rd7+ {Kaidanov,G (2554)-Van Foreest,J (2707) Doha QAT 2023 1-0 (31)}) ({RR} 14... h6 15. Re1 Qb6 16. Be3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qd4 Rfd8 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Qh5 Bf8 {½-½ (21) Gheorghiu,F-Neckar,L Vratsa 1975}) 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bc2 c5 17. Bb3 Bd5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bg5 Qb6 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Qd3 Rf5 22. Rae1 h6 23. Bd2 Raf8 24. Re2 R8f6 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. Qc2 Ne7 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 Ra5 29. Nd2 Qd5 30. Rd3 Qf5 31. Ne4 Rf8 32. Rf3 Qe5 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. Nc5 Kg8 35. Nd3 Qd6 36. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1982.04.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1982.04.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne5 ({RR} 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qxd3 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bb7 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qe3 Bc5 18. Qe2 Qg4 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Ke7 23. Rfd1 Rc2 24. Rd6 Rd8 25. Rad1 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 a5 27. Ra6 a4 {Huebner,R (2611)-Buhmann,R (2586) Switzerland 2015 ½-½ (38)}) 13... Qe7 14. Bf4 b4 $146 ({RR} 14... Nxe4 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qb7 17. Re1 Be7 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Nd7 Qxd7 20. Qxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxe7 Be6 {½-½ (21) Chekhov,V (2435)-Alexandria,N (2295) Halle/Saale 1981}) ({RR} 14... Nxe4 15. O-O Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qb7 17. Qxd3 Be7 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Re1 b4 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Bd6 25. Nc6 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Re8 27. h3 Bb7 28. Nd4 g6 29. Rf6 {Ushenina,A (2434)-Muzychuk,M (2519) Durres ALB 2023 ½-½ (42)}) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 f6 17. Qa4+ Bd7 18. Qxd7+ Qxd7 19. Nxd7 Kxd7 20. O-O-O Rc8+ 21. Kb1 Bc5 22. f3 Rhe8 23. Rxd3 Re2 24. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.09.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bagirov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D48"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 c4 11. dxe6 cxd3 12. exd7+ Qxd7 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. e5 Ne4 15. Re1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rc8 17. Re3 Bc5 18. Rxd3 Qg4 19. h3 Qg6 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Nh4 Qe4 22. Qd2 Qc4 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Rg3 Qe6 25. Bh6 g6 26. Bg5 Bf8 27. Nf3 Qd5 28. Qe3 Qxa2 {Kozul,Z (2595)-Hulak,K (2535) Portoroz 1993 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 14. Bg5 Be7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Qxd3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Qf5 19. Qe3 h6 20. Nh3 O-O 21. Nf4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Rac8 23. f3 Rc2 24. Nd3 f6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bd5 27. b3 fxe5 28. Re1 Rc8 {Chekhov,V (2460)-Bagirov,V (2495) Yaroslavl 1982 ½-½ (39)}) 14... Qd4 15. Nf3 $146 ({RR} 15. Bf4 Be7 16. Qxd3 Qxd3 17. Nxd3 Rd8 18. Rad1 Nxe4 19. Rfe1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rd7 21. Be3 O-O 22. Bc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Rc7 24. Nd7 Rfc8 25. Nb6 Rb8 26. Nd7 {½-½ (26) Farrell,N-Muir,A (2310) Troon 1990}) ({RR} 15. Nxd3 Nxe4 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qf3 Qxd3 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4+ Be7 20. Qxd3 Rxd3 21. Bg5 f6 22. Rae1 Rd7 23. Bf4 Kf7 24. g4 Rc8 25. R1e2 Rc6 26. b3 g6 27. Kg2 g5 28. Bg3 h6 29. f4 Rb6 {Avci,K (1724)-Sadik,R (1918) Konya 2018 ½-½ (31)}) 15... Qd7 16. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 10th Group2"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1967.07.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1967.07.24"]
[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 "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1 ({RR} 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. a4 {½-½ (9) Nikolaidis,I (2530)-Miladinovic,I (2560) Karditsa 1996}) 8... h6 $146 ({RR} 8... b6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bb7 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Be5 Nhf6 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. Bxe6 Bc8 18. Bxc8 Rxc8 19. Qf5 Rd8 20. exf6 Bd6 21. Rd4 Rd7 22. Rfd1 Kf8 23. Rxd6 {Karcher,C-Sauer,R Kehl 1989 1-0}) ({RR} 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 b5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Qc2 h6 16. Bh7+ Kh8 17. Be4 Ra7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rc7 20. Rd6 f6 21. Red1 fxe5 22. f3 Qg5 23. Qc3 {Nguyen,T (2274)-Tran,T (1869) Ho Chi Minh City 2021 1-0 (56)}) ({RR} 8... b5 9. cxb5 cxb5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qb1 O-O 13. h3 b4 14. Ne2 Ne4 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Qd5 18. Rc1 Bc6 19. Rfe1 g5 20. Bg3 f5 21. b3 Bb5 22. Bc7 Na8 23. Be5 {Geisler,R (2235)-Meier,D (2258) Germany 2004 1-0 (47)}) 9. Bf4 O-O 10. a3 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. e4 d4 17. Rfe1 a5 18. a4 Nb6 19. Bb5 Bd6 20. Bc1 f5 21. Bd3 Qc7 22. exf5 c4 23. Be4 d3 24. Qb1 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxf5 26. b3 Qb7 27. Re6 Bc5 28. bxc4 Rxf3 29. Be3 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Qd7 31. Rxb6 Bxe3+ 32. Kh1 Bxb6 33. Qxb6 Qxa4 34. Rxd3 Qxc4 35. Qe3 a4 36. h3 Rf8 37. Rd7 Rf6 38. Ra7 Kh7 39. Kh2 Re6 40. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1988.10.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. e3 c5 9. Bxc4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Nf3 ({RR} 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Be2 Nd5 14. Bg3 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Nb4 16. Rxc8 Qxc8 17. Bd6 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Qd6 Nf5 20. Qa3 Qb8 21. e4 Qe5 22. exf5 Qxe2 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. fxe6 Qxd4 25. exd7 Rd8 26. g3 Rxd7 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Caruana,F (2822) Wijk aan Zee 2020 ½-½}) ({RR} 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Ndb5 Ne8 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. h3 e5 20. Qh4 Bc6 21. Ne2 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Ng3 Qd3 25. Nh5 Qg6 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Smail,B (2078)-Aradhya,G (2440) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (56)}) 12... Rc8 13. Qe2 Nd5 $146 ({RR} 13... Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. a3 Bc6 21. Ba2 Kf8 22. b4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ba4 24. Re1 Qc3 25. Bb1 Qxa3 26. b5 Rc1 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. f4 {Koneru,H (2550)-So,W (2753) Berlin GER 2023 0-1 (46)}) ({RR} 13... Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. a3 Bc6 21. Ba2 Kf8 22. b4 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Ba4 24. Re1 Qc3 25. Bb1 Qxa3 26. b5 Rc1 27. Kh2 Qd6+ 28. f4 {Koneru,H (2550)-So,W (2753) Berlin GER 2023 0-1 (46)}) 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. Bxd8 Nxe2+ 16. Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lvov International"]
[Site "Lvov"]
[Date "1981.06.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1981.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd7 11. O-O e5 12. Bb3 exd4 13. exd4 Re8 14. Re1 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nf8 16. Ne4 ({RR} 16. d5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 cxd5 18. Qc7 Be6 19. Qxb7 a5 20. h3 a4 21. Bd1 Rb8 22. Qa7 Rxb2 23. Qxa4 Qb6 24. Rc2 Rb4 25. Qa8 Rb5 26. Rc6 Qb8 27. Qxb8 Rxb8 28. Bb3 Rb4 29. Rd6 Nd7 30. Kf1 Kf8 {Eingorn,V (2470)-Beliavsky,A (2590) Tashkent 1980 ½-½ (38)}) 16... Be6 17. Qb4 $146 ({RR} 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Qb4 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Qe7 20. h3 Ne6 21. Re1 Rd8 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qe3 a6 24. Qe4 g6 25. Qd3 Qd6 26. Re1 c5 27. Qe3 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. Qxh6 Qb4 30. Qc1 d3 31. Rd1 d2 {Hansen,C-Ehlvest,J (2450) Groningen 1982 ½-½ (41)}) 17... Bxb3 18. axb3 Rb8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Ra1 Qf4 21. Qc5 a6 22. d5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 Qf6 24. Rc1 Ng6 25. Qd7 Qd8 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Boensch, Uwe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O b6 ({RR} 10... g6 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bg7 13. Qe2 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 a6 16. e5 c5 17. Be4 Qb6 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Rxc5 Rxa2 22. Rxb5 Qa6 23. Qd3 Rc8 24. h4 Ra1 25. Rxa1 {Duda,J (2726)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2771) chess.com INT 2023 1-0 (75)}) 11. Qe2 ({RR} 11. e4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Ba6 Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. e5 Rac8 18. h4 Bf8 19. h5 c5 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5 Nb8 22. Qe4 Nc6 23. Re1 Kh8 24. Nf4 Na5 25. Qf5 Kg8 {Martirosyan,H (2626)-Li Shilong (2369) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (41)}) 11... Bb7 12. e4 $146 ({RR} 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Rab8 15. Re1 Rfd8 16. Bb1 Qf8 17. Qc2 g6 18. h4 Qg7 19. h5 g5 20. Ne4 c5 21. d5 exd5 22. Nd6 dxc4 23. Nf5 Qh8 24. Nh2 Ne5 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Ng4 Kf8 {Goldin,A (2542)-Malyi,V (2391) Chess.com INT 2022 1-0 (58)}) ({RR} 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. e4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 Qb6 16. e5 Be7 17. Qe4 Nf8 18. Qg4 c5 19. Nxb5 Red8 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6 cxd4 22. Rc7 Rxd6 23. Rxb7 Qxb7 24. Be4 Rd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qxd4 Qxa2 {Estevez Morales,G (2395)-Diaz Diaz,J (2375) Camaguey 1987 0-1 (71)}) 12... dxe4 13. Qxe4 g6 14. Qe3 Bg7 15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. b4 a5 17. b5 c5 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rac8 20. d5 Rce8 21. Nc3 exd5 22. Nxd5 Qd6 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Nxf4 Nf6 25. Kf1 Re4 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. Rxd5 Rfe8 28. Rd6 Re2 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Nxe1 Re4 31. Rxb6 Rxc4 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Rb7 Ra4 34. Rxf7 Rxa2 35. Rc7 Rb2 36. Nd3 Rxb5 37. Nxc5 Rb1+ 38. Ke2 Rc1 39. Kd2 Rc4 40. Kd3 Rc3+ 41. Kd2 Rc4 42. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[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. c4 {ChessBase} e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 Be7 12. b5 Ba3 13. Rc2 Bd6 14. O-O Nf6 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Ne4 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. f3 c5 19. fxe4 cxd4 20. Ng4 ({RR} 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. exd4 f6 22. Ng4 ({RR} 22. Ng6 dxe4 23. Nxf8 exd3) 22... dxe4) ({RR} 20. Nc6 dxe4 21. Bb5 a6 22. Nb6 axb5 23. Nxa8 d3) 20... dxe4 21. Bc4 Bxg4 22. Qxg4 Qxa4 23. Rxf7 $146 ({RR} 23. Qxe4 Rae8 24. Qf5 dxe3 25. Bxf7+ Kh8 26. Bxe8 Qd4 27. Qxf8+ Bxf8 28. Re2 Bb4 29. Bg6 Qd6 30. Bc2 Bd2 31. g3 g6 32. a4 Kg7 33. Bd1 Qc5 34. h4 Qd6 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kh2 Qe4 37. Rf4 Qb1 {Cebalo,M (2505)-Van der Sterren,P (2500) Munich 1989 CBM 013 [ChessBase] 0-1 (62)}) ({RR} 23. Bb3 Qe8 24. Rxf7 Rxf7 25. Rf2) 23... Rxf7 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Qf5+ Ke7 26. Qxe4+ Kd7 27. Qb7+ Ke6 28. Qe4+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 05th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.09.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1966.09.24"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "MCD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Lokomotiv"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Be7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Rd1 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ne4 Nf5 13. Qe2 $146 ({RR} 13. Bb3 Nd6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Bd1 e4 17. h3 exf3 18. hxg4 fxg2 19. Rg1 Ne4 20. Qe2 Qe5 21. Rxg2 Qxd5 22. f3 Qa5+ 23. Kf1 Nf6 24. Bb3 Rad8 25. Qe1 Qxe1+ 26. Kxe1 Rd7 27. g5 hxg5 {Nikolic,P (2570)-Abramovic,B (2495) Subotica 1984 1-0 (56)}) 13... Nd6 14. Nfd2 Be7 15. O-O Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 15th final A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1981.05.??"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 c6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Ne4 exd4 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Nxd4 Qe7 15. Qb3 c5 16. Ne2 b6 ({RR} 16... Re8 17. Nf4 b6 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Ng6 Qc7 20. f3 Bc8 21. Nf4 Bb7 22. a4 Rad8 23. Ne2 Bc8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. e4 Kf8 26. Nc3 Rd2 27. Rd1 Qd7 28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Qd1 Qxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Nd7 31. Nc3 {Adhiban,B (2663)-Yilmaz,M (2594) Dubai 2016 ½-½ (63)}) 17. Rfd1 ({RR} 17. f3 Bb7 18. Rcd1 Rfd8 {½-½ (18) Ivkov,B (2540)-Tal,M (2555) Riga 1981}) 17... Bb7 18. Nf4 Rfd8 19. h3 $146 ({RR} 19. f3 Kf8 20. e4 Bc6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Bxf7 Qxf7 23. Ne6+ Ke8 24. Nxd8 Qxb3 25. axb3 Kxd8 26. b4 Nd7 27. bxc5 bxc5 28. Ra1 Kc7 29. Rxa7+ Kb6 30. Ra1 Kb5 31. Kf2 Kb4 32. Ra7 Ne5 33. Rxg7 Nd3+ {Dementiev,O-Klovans,J Sevastopol 1970 1-0 (50)}) ({RR} 19. f3 Bc6 20. Ng6 Qe8 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nxc6 Re8 25. e4 Ke6 26. b4 Rec8 27. b5 a6 28. a4 axb5 29. axb5 Ra2 30. e5 Ne8 31. f4 Rca8 32. g4 g6 33. Rd8 Rxd8 {Adler,J (2265)-Donev,I (2400) Switzerland 1996 ½-½ (48)}) 19... Qe8 20. Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan Petrosian Memorial"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[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 {ChessBase II Moradiabadi,Elshan} ({RR} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {½-½ (8) Skaric,D (2320)-Maksimovic,M (2214) Belgrade 2019}) 1... Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Qc2 Na6 9. cxd5 ({RR} 9. a3 c5 10. Rd1 dxc4 ({RR} 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc7 12. Be2 Qe7) 11. Bxc4 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd7 13. O-O Rc8 14. Ba2 ({RR} 14. Bxa6 bxa6) 14... Bc6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qh4 17. f4 Rcd8 18. Rd6 Nc7 19. Qd3 g6 20. Rd1 Rxd6 21. Qxd6 Nb5 22. Nxb5 Bxb5 23. Qc5 Be2 {Kramnik,V (2790)-Grischuk,A (2760) Moscow 2010 CBM 139 [Moradiabadi,Elshan] ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 9. a3 c5 10. dxc5 dxc4 11. c6 Qa5 12. Rd1 b5 13. Nd4 b4 14. Qa4 Qb6 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Bxc4 e5 17. Ndb5 Qc5 18. Be2 Bf5 19. e4 Bg6 20. Nc7 Rab8 21. N7d5 Nxc6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Rd5 Qb6) 9... Nb4 10. Qb3 Nxd5 11. Rc1 $146 ({RR} 11. Rd1 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 b6 13. Qc6 Bd7 14. Qe4 Qe7 15. Bd3 g6 16. h4 h5 17. Ne5 c5 18. g4 cxd4 19. gxh5 dxe3 20. f4 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Rac8 22. Rg1 Be8 23. Qg4 f5 24. Qf4 Kg7 25. Rg5 Rh8 {Auciello,S-Mahia,G (2390) Buenos Aires 1988 ½-½}) ({RR} 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Be2 Qd5 15. c4 Qe4 16. Ne1 Qf5 17. Rd1 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Rad8 20. Bd3 Qxd5 21. Bh7+ Kxh7 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Qa4 Be6 24. Nd3 g5 25. f4 Kg7 {Nikolic,P (2565)-Georgiev,K (2550) Heraklion 1985 EXT 2010 [ChessBase II] ½-½ (44)}) 11... Nxc3 12. Qxc3 c6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-16"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1982.12.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O Nd7 15. Rfd1 c5 16. Qa3 Rc7 $146 ({RR} 16... a5 17. Bb5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd8 19. Kf1 Qf6 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. dxc5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Qxf3 23. Rd6 bxc5 24. Qxc5 Qh1+ 25. Ke2 Qxh2 26. b3 Qg1 27. Qd4 Qg5 {0-1 (27) Mitkov,M (2374)-Colovic,A (2451) Skopje 2011}) ({RR} 16... Qf8 17. h3 cxd4 18. Qxf8+ Kxf8 19. Nxd4 Ke7 {½-½ (19) Hoenlinger,B-Niephaus,W Bad Salzuflen 1954}) 17. Rc3 Rac8 18. Rdc1 Nf6 19. dxc5 Ne4 20. R3c2 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rxc5 22. Rxc5 Qxc5 23. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dubna"]
[Site "Dubna"]
[Date "1973.12.23"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Averkin, Orest Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1973.12.06"]
[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 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b6 ({RR} 13... c5 14. O-O b6 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 {½-½ (18) Tal,M-Polugaevsky,L Riga 1968}) 14. O-O Ba6 $146 ({RR} 14... Bb7 15. Bf3 Nf6 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Rac1 c5 18. Qa3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Rc7 20. dxc5 Rfc8 {½-½ (20) Smyslov,V-Petrosian,T Bucharest 1953}) 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. h3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch46 Final"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1978.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Timoscenko, Gennadij A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[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. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 ({RR} 13. Rac1 Nd7 14. Rfd1 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Qg3 Nf6 19. f3 {½-½ (19) Shirov,A (2740)-Volokitin,A (2684) Foros 2008}) ({RR} 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. b4 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Rfd8 19. a4 Qe7 20. a5 Qg5 21. Bf1 c4 22. Qb4 Rd5 23. b6 axb6 24. axb6 Rb5 25. Qd6 Rc6 26. Qb8+ Bc8 27. Rxc4 Rbxb6 {Bilic,V (2337)-Kunz,A (2178) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (36)}) 13... Nd7 14. b4 c5 $146 ({RR} 14... Rfc8 15. Rab1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 c6 17. Ba6 Rc7 18. a4 Qh4 19. Rbc1 Nf6 20. Qb2 Rd8 21. Kh1 Rd5 22. Rg1 Rg5 23. Bf1 Nd5 24. Rc4 Rxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Qe7 26. a5 Qg5+ 27. Bg2 Ne7 28. b5 c5 29. f4 {Azmaiparashvili,Z (2638)-Halkias,S (2571) Athens 2006 1-0 (40)}) 15. bxc5 bxc5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rac8 19. Rc1 Qe6 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Re5 Qb6 22. Qc2 Rfd8 23. h3 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qc4 Qb2 26. Rc2 Qb1+ 27. Rc1 Qb2 28. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch24 Final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1957.02.18"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Tarasov, Vitaly Georgievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[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. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Nd2 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Re8 14. O-O e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Rfd1 Kf8 19. Rd8+ Re8 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21. e4 Ke7 22. f4 a5 23. Kf2 a4 24. a3 Ra5 25. Be2 Be6 26. Ke3 f6 {Garcia Martinez,S-Lein,A Cienfuegos 1972 ½-½ (32)}) ({RR} 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Qxc4 e5 14. O-O exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 ({RR} 15... Ne5 16. Qc5 Re8 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfd1 Bd7 19. b4 Kf8 20. Rc3 Be8 21. Nb3 Rd7 22. f4 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Rd8 24. Be2 Ng6 25. Kf2 Ne7 26. e4 b6 27. Bf3 f6 28. Ke3) ({RR} 15... Nb6 16. Qc5 ({RR} 16. Qb3) 16... Re8 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. a3 g6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rd4 Kf8 22. Rcd1 Ree8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Re4+) 16. b4 ({RR} 16. Bf3 Re8 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. a4 a5 19. Qb3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 21. h3 Nf6 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. Qxe6 Rxe6 24. Nd6 Re7 25. Nc4) 16... Bd7 ({RR} 16... Be6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. a4) 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. Qc5 g6 19. a4 Qxc5 20. bxc5 a5 21. Nb3 ({RR} 21. Rd2) 21... Re5 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Bc4 g5 25. h3 b5 ({RR} 25... h5 26. Ke2 g4) 26. cxb6 Rb8 {Carlsen,M (2877)-Aronian,L (2805) Saint Louis 2014 CBM 162 [Krasenkow,Michal] ½-½ (84)}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 dxc4 13. Bxc4) ({RR} 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 c5 14. O-O b6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 bxc5 19. Rfd1 Qb7 20. Kg2 Rfc8 21. Rd2 a5 22. Rcd1 c4 23. Qe5 Qe7 24. Rd7 Qg5+ 25. Qxg5 hxg5 26. Rc1 a4 {Ozenir,E (2433)-Mirzoev,A (2471) New York USA 2026 ½-½}) ({RR} 12. a3 Re8 13. Be2 dxc4 14. Bxc4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 Rxe5 18. Rd1 Kf8 19. O-O Bf5 20. Rd2 Rc5 21. Ba2 Rc2 22. Rfd1 Ke7 23. Rxc2 Bxc2 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Kf1 a5 26. Ke2 Be6 {Pirc,V-Euwe,M Noordwijk 1938 ½-½}) 12... Re8 13. Be2 Nf6 14. Bf3 e5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nc4 Re7 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Nd6 Be6 21. Nb5 d4 22. Nxd4 Bxa2 23. b3 Rd8 24. O-O Rxd4 25. exd4 Bxb3 26. Rc8+ Kh7 27. Rd8 a5 28. d5 a4 29. f4 Re2 30. d6 Rd2 31. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titograd"]
[Site "Titograd"]
[Date "1984.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[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 ({RR} 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O {½-½ (9) Spata,G (2376)-Tristan,L (2526) Villa Constitucion ARG 2023}) 2. Nf3 ({RR} 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {½-½ (9) Livaic,L (2569)-Nakamura,H (2760) Chess.com INT 2022}) 2... d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 Rd8 ({RR} 9... Nf6 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. h3 Rac8 18. a3 Be8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Qd6 22. Be4 b6 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qa6 {Taimanov,M-Kholmov,R Baku 1961 1-0 (56)}) 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 c6 12. a3 $146 ({RR} 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O {½-½ (13) Molinaroli,M (2295)-Von Hartlieb,J (2245) Muenster 1993}) ({RR} 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Ne5 Be8 16. Bb1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. c5 f6 19. Nc4 Rd5 20. Nd6 Bg6 21. b4 e5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Rd4 Bf7 24. Nxf7 Qxf7 25. Qd2 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Qxd5 {Nogin,N (2321)-Lebed,P (2088) Kiev 2006 ½-½ (66)}) 12... b6 13. Bd3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bb7 15. O-O Nd7 16. Be2 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Cup 06th"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1968.12.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[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 "Daugava"]
[BlackTeam "Burevestnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 c6 11. Nd2 ({RR} 11. Be2) ({RR} 11. Rd1 Nd7 12. a3 b6 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Qc7 Qd8 15. Rc1 Nf6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. O-O Qxc7 18. Rxc7 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Kf1 Kf8 23. Ke2 Ke7 24. Ne5 Bd7 25. f3 Ne8 {Khromkin,A (2191)-Kshatriya,N (2362) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (64)}) 11... Nd7 12. Be2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 c5 $146 ({RR} 13... b6 14. O-O Ba6 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Rac1 Rfd8 17. Bf3 Rc7 18. h3 c5 {½-½ (18) Tal,M-Averkin,O Dubna 1973}) ({RR} 13... Re8 14. Rd1 b6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rfe1 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. f3 Red8 19. b4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb7 21. Qa6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Qxa7 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Qxb4 25. h3 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qxd1 27. Qxb7 {½-½ (27) Szabo,L-Benko,P Marianske Lazne 1951}) 14. O-O b6 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. dxc5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1988.10.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[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 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rac1 ({RR} 13. Ba6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 c5 16. a4 Rfe8 17. a5 Qd8 18. h3 {½-½ (18) Spassky,B (2615)-Andersson,U (2630) Bugojno 1984}) 13... Nxc3 ({RR} 13... Ndf6 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. f3 Nd6 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Ba6 Bxa6 19. Qxa6 Nf5 20. Nc4 Rab8 21. Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Qa5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rb4 24. b3 Rb8 25. Qc3 Qg5 26. Kf2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Qg5 28. f4 {Kybkalo,V (1854)-Khmelyovskyi,M (1660) lichess.org INT 2025 0-1 (45)}) 14. Rxc3 c5 15. Bb5 e5 $146 ({RR} 15... Nf6 16. dxc5 Ne4 17. Rcc1 Nxc5 18. Nd4 a5 19. Bc6 Ba6 20. Bb5 Bb7 21. Bc6 Ba6 22. Bb5 {½-½ (22) L'Ami,E (2584)-Harikrishna,P (2674) Germany 2007}) 16. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 13th final A"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1975.07.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Re8 12. O-O a6 ({RR} 12... c6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bf1 Nf8 15. g3 Bc8 16. Bg2 Bg4 17. h3 Be6 18. Rd2 Qd7 19. h4 Rac8 20. Rc1 Bg4 21. Qa4 Ng6 22. b4 b5 23. Qc2 Be7 24. a3 a5 25. Na2 Bd6 26. Qc3 axb4 27. Nxb4 {Eljanov,P (2665)-Asrian,K (2646) Turin 2006 ½-½ (34)}) ({RR} 12... c6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bc4 Rf8 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Rd7 bxc4 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxe7 Bc8 23. a3 Be6 24. Rc1 Bd5 25. Nd6 b5 26. f4 b4 27. Nxc4 {Rajbharath,H (2018)-Beres,T (2153) Skalica SVK 2025 0-1 (51)}) ({RR} 12... c6 13. Rfe1 Nd7 14. a4 Rb8 15. a5 b5 16. Qc2 Be7 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. a6 Bc8 19. e4 b4 20. Ne2 dxe4 21. Bxe4 c5 22. Ng3 b3 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Nc4 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 {Tal,M (2620)-Beliavsky,A (2565) Moscow 1983 ½-½ (41)}) 13. Rad1 Qd6 14. Ne1 $146 ({RR} 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Bd3 c5 16. Bf5 c4 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. e4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Qb8 20. a4 Nf8 21. Bxb7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxb7 23. Rd1 Ne6 24. d5 Bxc3 25. dxe6 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Bf6 27. Qe2 b5 28. h3 Qe7 {Figueroa Navarro,J (1990)-Pai,J (2055) Pasto 2019 0-1 (66)}) 14... Nd7 15. Bf3 c6 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc7 18. Nc2 Be7 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Ng4 Re6 22. Rde1 Bxd4 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1 Qd6 25. Qd3 e5 26. Qb3+ Kf8 27. Qxb6 Bxb6 28. Rxd6 Bd4 29. Ne3 Bxb2 30. Bxc6 Bxc6 31. Rxc6 a5 32. Kf1 a4 33. Ke2 Rb8 34. Ra6 Rb4 35. Nc2 Rc4 36. Kd3 Rc3+ 37. Kd2 Rc4 38. Rb6 Bd4 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial-02"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1979.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1979.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[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 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Rc1 c5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Ba6 Ndf6 ({RR} 14... Bc6 15. Bb5 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 a6 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qc2 b5 20. b3 b4 21. Rxc4 dxc4 22. bxc4 Rfc8 23. c5 a5 24. Nd2 a4 25. Rb1 Rcb8 26. c6 Nf6 27. e4 Re8 28. f3 Qd6 29. d5 {Morgan,D-Vijay,K (1570) Liverpool 2025 0-1 (43)}) 15. Bxb7 ({RR} 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxb7 {½-½ (16) Horvath,M (2195)-Kaposztas,M (2310) Hlohovec 1996}) 15... Qxb7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rfd1 $146 ({RR} 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rc2 Rfe8 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. h3 Qb6 21. Nd2 c4 22. Qe2 d4 23. Nxc4 d3 24. Qf3 Ng5 25. Qf5 g6 26. Nxb6 {0-1 (26) Seirawan,Y (2620)-Bacrot,E (2697) Berlin 2015}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-18"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1984.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[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 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. cxd5 ({RR} 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. Nb5 Nfe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Rxd5 Qf6 18. Nfd4 Bb7 19. Rf5 Qe7 20. Nxa7 Ra8 21. Nab5 Rfd8 22. a3 g6 23. Rf4 Qe5 24. Re1 Kg7 25. h3 h5 26. f3 Nf6 {Dreev,A (2623)-Ivic,V (2606) Warsaw 2021 1-0 (39)}) ({RR} 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Bh4 15. cxd5 Bxg3 16. hxg3 exd5 17. Bf5 Qe8 18. Nxd5 Rd8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. e4 f6 21. Qg4 f5 22. Qg6 Qxg6 {0-1 (22) Essing,A (2209)-Shubhi Gupta (2383) chess.com INT 2026}) 12... Nxd5 13. Nxd5 $146 ({RR} 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nxd4 Bh4 16. Bd6 Re8 17. Bf5 Rc4 18. Ba3 Be7 19. Nb5 Nf6 20. b3 Rh4 21. Bb2 Qb8 22. g3 Rh5 23. Bd7 Rd8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Qxh5 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxd7 27. Rc1 a6 {Minev,N-Brzozka,N Sofia 1958 1-0 (57)}) ({RR} 13. Bg3 cxd4 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. e4 Bb7 16. Nxd4 Bh4 17. Bd6 Be7 18. Bg3 Bh4 19. Nb5 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Qg5 21. Nd6 Rc7 22. Nb5 Rcc8 23. Nd6 Rc7 24. Bb5 Bc6 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Bxb5 27. Nxb5 Rc5 {Ivkov,B-Geller,E Skopje 1969 ½-½ (34)}) 13... Bxh4 14. Nc3 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1990.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. Rfd1 ({RR} 11. Bg3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 a6 13. a4 cxd4 14. exd4 Bb4 15. Rac1 Re8 16. Bh4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qc7 18. Bb3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20. c4 e5 21. Qb2 exd4 22. Rxd4 Ndc5 23. Bc2 f5 24. Ne1 g5 25. f3 gxh4 {Lutz,C (2560)-Short,N (2655) Wijk aan Zee 1995 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. Rfd1 Qh5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Rad8 18. h3 Rfe8 19. b4 Bf8 20. a3 Qb5 21. Nd4 Qa4 22. Qc2 Qa6 23. Nc6 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rc8 25. Rd8 Rxd8 {Thake,C (1842)-Marino Bravo,M (2130) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (33)}) 11... Ne4 $146 ({RR} 11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Rac1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qc8 15. Be2 Re8 16. Qb3 Nc5 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nf5 Re5 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Bf3 a5 24. h3 Rae8 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Rd4 {Sajtar,J-Sefc,J Prague 1953 1-0 (47)}) ({RR} 11... Rc8 12. dxc5 Rxc5 13. Qe2 dxc4 {½-½ (13) Siebrecht,S (2397)-Van der Stricht,G (2468) Belgium 2004}) 12. Bg3 Ndf6 13. Rac1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Rc8 16. Nf3 Bd6 17. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-chT Republics 16th Group1"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1983.07.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1983.07.15"]
[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 "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Re8 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rfe1 ({RR} 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nf8 15. Rd2 Qd6 16. a3 Ne6 17. Qd1 Be7 18. b4 a5 19. Rb2 axb4 20. axb4 Ra3 21. Ne5 Rea8 22. g3 Bf6 23. Nd3 Bc8 24. Rb3 Bd7 25. Rxa3 Rxa3 26. Qd2 Ra8 27. h4 Nc7 {Taimanov,M (2530)-Beliavsky,A (2555) Baku 1977 ½-½}) 13... Nd7 14. a4 ({RR} 14. Rad1 Be7 15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Ne5 Bf8 19. Qf3 Qc7 20. Qg3 Re6 21. f4 f5 22. Nc3 Rae8 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Bb5 R8e7 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. a3 a6 27. Bd3 Rf6 28. Qh3 g6 {Korobov,A (2713)-Salgado Lopez,I (2597) Warsaw 2013 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 14. e4 dxe4 15. Bc4 Rf8 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 b5 19. Rad1 Qb6 20. Rd7 bxc4 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Rxe7 Bc8 23. a3 Be6 24. Rc1 Bd5 25. Nd6 b5 26. f4 b4 27. Nxc4 bxa3 28. bxa3 Rfb8 {Rajbharath,H (2018)-Beres,T (2153) Skalica 2025 0-1 (51)}) 14... Rb8 15. a5 b5 $146 ({RR} 15... bxa5 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qxa5 Bc8 18. Qc5 Be7 19. Qa5 Bd6 20. Rec1 Rb7 21. Nd1 Rc7 22. b3 Be6 23. Nb2 Qb8 24. Nd3 Nd7 25. Nc5 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Bg4 27. Nd4 Bxe2 28. Nxe2 Nf8 29. Nd4 Ne6 30. Ra4 {Ikonnikov,V (2555)-Allwermann,C Boeblingen 1998 ½-½ (43)}) 16. Qc2 Be7 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. a6 Bc8 19. e4 b4 20. Ne2 dxe4 21. Bxe4 c5 22. Ng3 b3 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Nc4 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bf5 28. Re7 Qxe7 29. Qxf5 cxd4 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Nd2 Ng4 33. Nf3 Qb6 34. Qe4 Nf6 35. Qd3 Rd6 36. Nxd4 Qd8 37. Rd2 Ng4 38. Qe4 h5 39. f3 Nf6 40. Qd3 Qb6 41. Qxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Reykjavik op"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1986.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Konikowski,Jerzy} Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rfd1 Ne4 12. Bg3 cxd4 ({RR} 12... Nxg3 13. hxg3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxf3 15. gxf3) 13. exd4 ({RR} 13. Nxd4 Nxc3) ({RR} 13. Bxe4 dxc3 14. cxd5 cxb2 15. Rab1 Bf6) 13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15. Ne5 Rc8 ({RR} 15... a6 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bc2 Re8 18. Rd3 Bf8 19. Re3 g6 20. Re1 Qd6 21. Qf3 Re7 22. Bb3 Rae8 23. g4 Bg7 24. g3 Qb4 25. Qd1 Qd6 26. Qf3 Qb4 27. Rd1 Qd6 28. a3 b5 29. Rde1 b4 30. axb4 {Van Wely,L (2679)-Bologan,V (2690) Bastia 2010 0-1 (65)}) 16. Rac1 ({RR} 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qe1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qd5 20. Bf1 Bf6 21. c4 Qe4 22. Qc3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rfd8 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Qc6 26. Rd1 Rd8 27. Qe5 Kf7 28. Rd5 Rd7 29. Be2 g6 30. Bf3 Qxc4 {Dambacher,M (2499)-Dubiel,J (2434) Germany 2019 1-0 (40)}) 16... dxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd5 18. Ba6 $146 ({RR} 18. Ne4 Bg5 19. f4 Be7 20. Bb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Qxd4+ 23. Nf2 Qxf4 24. Rc4 Qg5 25. Nfd3 h5 26. Rc7 Bd5 27. Rxa7 Bd6 28. Rd7 Bxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Qxe5 31. Bf1 b5 32. Qe2 Qg5+ {Ghitescu,T-Nijdam,W Wijk aan Zee 1973 1-0 (41)}) ({RR} 18. Bb3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Rc7 20. Qd3 Bf6 21. Ng4 ({RR} 21. Bc2 g6) 21... h5 22. Ne3 ({RR} 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. c4) 22... Rd7 23. g4 ({RR} 23. Qe2) 23... hxg4 24. Nxg4 g6 25. Re1 Kg7 26. Rcd1 Rh8 27. Qg3 Rh5 28. Qf4 ({RR} 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Re5 Rxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd1+ 31. Bxd1 Qf5 32. Qe3 Bd5 33. a3 Qb1) 28... Be7 29. Qc1 ({RR} 29. Qe3 Bd6 30. Ne5 Qh4 31. f3 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Bc5) 29... Bd6 30. Ne5 Qh4 31. f3 Qg3 32. Re3 Rd8 {Gavrikov,V (2550)-Jussupow,A (2590) Tunis 1985 IZT [Konikowski,Jerzy] 0-1 (32)} {RR} 33. Ng4 Rdh8 34. Nf2 Rh1+ 35. Nxh1 Rxh1+ 36. Kxh1 Qh2#) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch55+"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1988.07.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D59"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1988.07.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Rc1 Bb7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O Qb4 14. Qd2 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Nc6 ({RR} 15... Na6) 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Rc7 Ba6 18. Bxa6 $146 Nxa6 19. Rc4 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc4 21. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "LAT-ch12"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1955.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1955.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[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. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 ({RR} 11. h3 c6 12. Ne5 N6d7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nf3 Nf6 15. Nd2 g6 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Nf3 Nh5 18. a3 Ng7 19. Qd1 Bf5 20. Be2 Nd7 21. Kh1 Nf6 22. Nd2 Qe6 23. g4 Be4+ 24. f3 Bf5 25. Nb3 Qxe3 {Grischuk,A (2689)-Kryakvin,D (2462) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (34)}) ({RR} 11. h3 g6 12. Rab1 Ne6 13. Bh4 Ng7 14. Rfc1 c6 15. b4 Bf5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. Na4 Nd6 19. Nd2 a5 20. Nc3 axb4 21. Rxb4 Ra3 22. Ra4 Rxa4 23. Nxa4 Qa5 24. Nc3 Ra8 25. a4 Qd8 {Fiorito,F (2281)-Mamani Beltran,D (2158) San Cristobal de La Laguna ESP 2024 ½-½ (48)}) 11... Ng6 $146 ({RR} 11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Rxe7 13. Ne5 c5 14. f4 cxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16. f5 Bd7 17. Qb3 Be8 18. Re2 N8d7 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. Qxb6 Nxb6 21. g4 h6 22. h4 Na4 23. Nxa4 Bxa4 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nh5 26. f6 {Zaichik,G (2490)-Sahu,S (2380) Coimbatore 1987 1-0}) ({RR} 11... c6 12. Ne5 Ng4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 Qf7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Qc7 18. h3 f5 19. Bc4+ Kh8 20. hxg4 fxe4 21. Ne5 Be6 22. Rxe4 Rad8 23. Rfe1 Re7 24. f5 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. g5 {Toefferl,H (2165)-Wagner,B (2070) Portoroz 1995 1-0}) 12. Ne5 c6 13. Kh1 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. e4 Nf8 17. f4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 Be6 19. g4 Qd7 20. f5 Bd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. fxg6 Nxg6 23. Rf5 Rxe4 24. Rxd5 Re1+ 25. Kg2 cxd5 26. Bxg6 fxg6 27. Qb3 Rae8 28. Qxd5+ Kh7 29. Kg3 R1e2 30. b4 R8e4 31. h3 R2e3+ 32. Kh4 Kh6 33. a4 Re8 34. b5 axb5 35. axb5 R8e4 36. Qd8 Re8 37. Qg5+ Kh7 38. Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goglidze Memorial"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1988.09.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D62"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1988.09.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O Bg4 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Rac1 ({RR} 15. Rfc1 Qf6 16. Qd2 Ne4 17. Qe1 Nc5 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Ne6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qd2 b6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rc5 24. h3 Qe5 25. b4 Rc7 26. a4 Kf7 27. Rxc7+ Qxc7 28. Qd4 Qc4 29. Qh8 h5 {Nikolic,P (2652)-Onischuk,A (2667) Panormo 2001 ½-½ (39)}) ({RR} 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rfc1 a6 17. Qb4 Rc7 18. Rc3 Rfc8 19. Bf1 Qd8 20. Rac1 Ne6 21. Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Qd4 Rxc3 23. Rxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 Qb6 25. Qd4 Qa5 26. a3 Qe1 27. h4 b5 28. h5 gxh5 29. Qf6 Qb1 {Kabilov,A (2207)-Belov,A (2421) chess.com INT 2023 ½-½ (35)}) 15... a6 16. Qd2 Rc7 $146 ({RR} 16... Rfe8 17. Rc3 Ne6 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Be2 h5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Bxg4 {½-½ (21) Partos,C (2386)-Begovac,F (2428) Switzerland 2000}) 17. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-09"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Hennings, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1973.09.01"]
[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 {ChessBase II} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Rc1 a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. Bg3 ({RR} 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qc2 Re8 14. Rce1 Nf8 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Be6 17. f4 f6 18. Rf3 f5 19. Qc2 Qh4 20. Ref1 Qf6 21. Ne2 Re7 22. Qd2 Bf7 23. Rg3 Rae8 24. Bc2 Nd7 25. Qd3 Nb6 {Anand,V (2765)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2635) Leon 1997 ½-½ (55)}) 11... Re8 12. O-O Nf8 13. Ne5 Ne6 $146 ({RR} 13... N6d7 14. Qh5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. f4 f6 17. Ne2 Qd7 18. f5 Bf7 19. Qg4 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Bg5 21. Bf4 Nh7 22. h4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 Qe7 24. Rf3 Qe5 25. g4 Re7 26. Rg3 Rae8 27. g5 Qxf4 28. Nxf4 {Shipunov,V-Freiman,S Kiev 1938 1-0 (46)}) ({RR} 13... N6d7 14. f4 f6 15. Ng6 Bd6 16. Qf3 Nb6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. h3 Nxg6 19. Bxg6 Bf7 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Bb4 23. Qb3+ Nd5 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Qxb7+ Re7 26. Rxe7+ Qxe7 27. Qxe7+ Kxe7 28. bxc3 {Aaryan,V (2395)-Tutul,D (1980) Dhaka BAN 2025 1-0 (55)}) ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. f4 ({RR} 14. h3) 14... c5 ({RR} 14... Bd7 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. f5 Qe7 17. Rce1 Nh5 18. Bf2 b5 19. Qd1 Nf6 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Bb1 Nxe4 24. Rxe4 Qc7 25. Rg4 Kh8 26. Rxg7 Kxg7 27. f6+ Kg8 28. Qd2) 15. Bh4 Be7 ({RR} 15... Be6 16. f5) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nxd5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. e4 Rc8 20. a4 Qa5 21. Bc4 Rcd8 ({RR} 21... b5 22. axb5 axb5) 22. Qb3 Rd7 23. Rce1 Ng6 24. f5 Bxd5 25. fxg6 ({RR} 25. exd5 Nxe5 26. f6) 25... Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qc7 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. Rf1 {Ye,J (2648)-Peng,X (2590) China 2005 EXT 2017 [ChessBase II] 1-0 (49)}) 14. Bb1 Ng5 15. Qb3 Nh5 16. f4 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Ne6 18. Rcd1 Qa5 19. a3 Bd8 20. Qc2 Nf8 21. e4 dxe4 22. Nxe4 Bf5 23. Ba2 Be6 24. Bb1 Bb6 25. Kh2 Red8 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. dxc5 Rd5 28. Rxd5 Bxd5 29. Qc1 Re8 30. b4 Qc7 31. Qc2 f6 32. Ng6 Qf7 33. Nh4 Re3 34. a4 Qe6 35. Rf2 Qg4 36. Nf5 Qh5+ 37. Nh4 g5 38. fxg5 hxg5 39. Qf5 Rxg3 40. Qxf6 Qxh4+ 41. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-24"]
[Site "Valetta"]
[Date "1980.11.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Plachetka, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D63"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1980.11.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MLT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Qc2 ({RR} 10. O-O Nf8 11. Ne5 Be6 12. f4 c5 13. Qf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. Kh1 Rac8 16. f5 Bd7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 Qd6 19. Nc4 Qb8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qh4 {1-0 (22) Xiong,J (2646)-Popilski,G (2431) chess.com INT 2025}) 10... Nf8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 c6 14. a4 Bg4 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Be7 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Na4 Bd6 21. Nc5 Rb8 22. Qc2 Bg4 23. Rfe1 Qh4 24. Nf1 Qg5 25. f3 Bxf3 26. Kh1 Bxc5 {Szuveges,N-Lip,C Sydney 1999 ½-½ (50)}) ({RR} 12. a3 c6 13. Ne5 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Rce1 Qg5 17. f4 Qh6 18. f5 Nh4 19. Qf2 Qg5 20. Qg3 f6 21. Rf4 h5 22. h3 Be2 23. Nxe2 Rxe3 24. Qxh4 Rxd3 25. Qxg5 fxg5 26. Rf3 Rd2 {Piceu,T (2345)-Goczo,M (2225) Bruges 2006 1-0}) 12... c6 13. f4 Ng4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxg4 Bxg4 16. Rce1 Nf8 17. f5 f6 18. e4 Qb4 19. Qf2 dxe4 20. a3 e3 21. Rxe3 Qxd4 22. Rxe8 Qxf2+ 23. Rxf2 Rxe8 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Rf4 Bh5 26. Rh4 b5 27. Rxh5 bxc4 28. Rh4 Rb8 29. Rxc4 Rxb2 30. Rxc6 Rc2 31. Rc5 h5 32. Ne4 Ra2 33. Rc8 Kg8 34. Nc5 Rc2 35. Rc7 a5 36. Ne6 Rxc7 37. Nxc7 Nd7 38. Kf2 Ne5 39. Ke2 g6 40. fxg6 Kg7 41. Ne8+ Kxg6 42. Nd6 f5 43. Ke3 Ng4+ 44. Kf4 Nxh2 45. Nb7 Ng4 46. Nxa5 Nf6 47. Nc6 Nd5+ 48. Kg3 Nc3 49. Ne5+ Kf6 50. Nd3 Ke6 51. Kf4 Nd5+ 52. Kf3 Kd6 53. Nb4 Ne7 54. Kf4 h4 55. Kg5 Ke5 56. a4 Kd4 57. a5 Kc5 58. Nc2 Kb5 59. Kxh4 Kxa5 60. Kg5 Kb6 61. Kf6 Nd5+ 62. Kxf5 Kc7 63. Ke5 Ne7 64. Ne3 Kd7 65. Nd5 Ng6+ 66. Kf6 Nh4 67. g4 Nf3 68. Nf4 Ke8 69. Ne6 Kd7 70. Nf8+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-21 Final A"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "1974.06.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kinnmark, Ove"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1974.06.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bf4 {!?} Nd5 11. O-O Nxf4 12. exf4 $14) 10... Nd5 11. Bg3 (11. Bxe7 Qxe7 {=}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 (12... Qa5 {%03'better is'} 13. O-O b5 14. Bd3 Qxa2 15. Ra1 (15. c4 {!?}) 15... Qb2 16. Nd2 Qxc3 17. Qe2 Nc5 {!} 18. dxc5 Rd8 $17) 13. O-O Qa5 {'?!'} (13... Nb6 14. Bd3 Bf6 15. Ne5 $16) (13... a6 {!} 14. a4 Qa5) ({RR} 13... Nf6 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. Rb1 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Ba6 Bd6 20. e5 Be7 21. Bb7 Rb8 22. Bxc6 cxd4 23. Rbd1 d3 24. Rxd3 Qc7 25. Rfd1 Rbc8 26. Bb5 Qc5 27. a4 Nd5 28. c4 {Sokolov,I (2650)-Hansen,E (2581) Ottawa 2013 ½-½ (35)}) ({RR} 13... Nb6 14. Bd3 Bd7 15. Ne5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Bb1 Bd6 19. Qc2 f5 20. Ng6 Re8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qb3 Bd7 23. Ne5 Ba4 24. Qb2 Qd5 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27. Bd3 Nd6 28. Qa3 {Jurek,J (2211)-Vaisser,A (2463) Assisi ITA 2022 ½-½ (66)}) 14. Qe2 {'?!'} (14. Ne5 {!} Nxe5 (14... Nf6 15. Qf3 $16 (15. f4 $16)) 15. Bxe5 f6 16. Bg3 $16) 14... a6 15. d5 $146 {'!'} ({RR} 15. Bd3 b5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f5 18. c4 b4 19. d5 Qb6 20. e4 Ra7 21. f4 exd5 22. exd5 a5 23. Qh5 Kh7 24. Rf3 g6 25. Qxh6+ Kxh6 26. Rh3+ {1-0 (26) Lebredo Zaragoitia,G (2345)-Maya,H (2370) Havana 1981}) 15... exd5 16. Bxd5 Nf6 17. c4 (17. e4 {?!} Nxd5 18. exd5 Bf6) 17... Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. Rfd1 Ba4 20. Re1 Rad8 (20... Rac8 21. Be5 Qb5 22. Rb1 $14) 21. e4 Bb5 22. Qc2 c4 {'!?'} (22... b6 {!?}) 23. Be5 {'+/='} Bb4 (23... Rfe8 24. Bc3 Bb4 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Rb1 $14) 24. Re3 Rfe8 25. Qb2 Bf8 (25... f6 {!?} 26. Bc7 Qxc7 27. Qxb4 Rc8 $14) 26. Bc3 Qa4 (26... Qc7 {!?} 27. Rb1 $14) 27. Qd2 (27. Rb1 $14) 27... Bd7 (27... Bc5 {%03'better is'}) 28. Rb1 (28. Ne5 {!?} Bd6 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. e5 $36) 28... b5 29. a3 {'!?'} Bc5 (29... Bxa3 {?!} 30. Qd4 f6 (30... Bf8 {?} 31. Ra1 Qc2 32. Ne1 $18) 31. Ra1 Rc8 32. e5 $36 Bc5 33. Qd2 {!} Qb3 (33... Bxe3 34. fxe3 Qb3 35. Nd4 $18) 34. e6 {!} Bxe3 35. fxe3 Bxe6 36. Nd4 b4 37. Nxb3 bxc3 38. Qxc3 $16) (29... Bd6 {!?} 30. e5 (30. Bb2 f6 $13) 30... Bxa3 (30... Bc5 {?} 31. Nd4 Bxa3 32. Rg3 {!} Kh7 33. e6 $18 {!}) 31. Ra1 b4 32. Bb2 Bg4 $13) 30. Nd4 Bd6 (30... Bxa3 31. Rg3 $16 {!}) 31. Ne2 Bg4 32. f3 Bd7 (32... Bc8 33. Bb4 {%03'better is'} Bb7) 33. Bb4 {'+/-' '!'} Be5 (33... Bxb4 {?} 34. axb4 a5 35. Qc1 axb4 36. Ra1 $18) 34. f4 c3 {'!'} (34... Bf6 {?} 35. e5 Be7 36. d6 Bf8 37. Nc3 $18) 35. Rxc3 {'!?'} (35. Nxc3 Bxc3 36. Qxc3 Rc8 37. Qe1 Qc2 38. Bc3 $16) (35. Bxc3 {!?} Bxc3 36. Nxc3 Qc4 (36... Qxa3 37. Nxb5 Qc5 38. Qd4 $18) 37. Rg3 f6 38. Rb4 Qc5+ 39. Qd4 $16 {/}) 35... a5 {'!'} 36. fxe5 axb4 37. Rg3 (37. Rxb4 Qa7+ 38. Qd4 Qxd4+ 39. Nxd4 Rxe5 40. Nf3 Ree8 41. Rc7 $18) 37... Kh7 (37... bxa3 38. Qxh6 g6 39. e6 Bxe6 40. dxe6 Rd1+ 41. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42. Kf2 Rxe6 43. Rxa3 $18) 38. axb4 Qa7+ {'!'} (38... Rxe5 39. Qd4 f6 40. Nc3 Qc2 41. Rf1 $16) 39. Kh1 Rxe5 40. Nc3 {'?!'} (40. Rf1 {!} f5 {?!} (40... f6 41. Nf4 Rc8 (41... Rxe4 {?} 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Nh5+ $18) 42. Qd1 $16) 41. Qc3 Qb8 42. Nd4 Rf8 43. exf5 Qd6 44. Nc6 Bxc6 45. dxc6 Rfxf5 46. Rc1 Rf7 47. h3 $18) 40... Rc8 41. h3 (41. Rf1 f6 42. Rd1 $14 {/}) 41... Rc4 42. Rb2 Qb6 (42... f5 43. exf5 Rxf5 44. Qd1 $14) (42... f6 43. Ra2 Qb6 44. Qe3 Qxe3 (44... Qd6 45. Ra7 Rxb4 46. Qf4 $36 Qe7 (46... Rb3 {?} 47. Rxg7+ {!} Kxg7 48. Qg4+ Kh8 49. Rxd7 Qxd7 50. Qxd7 Rxc3 51. Qf7 $18) 47. Qd2 Rc4 48. Qd3 $14) 45. Rxe3 Rxb4 46. Ra7 $14) 43. Qf2 {'+/='} Qxf2 44. Rxf2 f5 {'!'} (44... f6 45. Ra2) 45. exf5 (45. Ra2 {!?} fxe4 46. Ra7 Re7 47. d6 Rf7 48. Re3 Rd4 49. Nxe4 Kg8 $14) 45... Bxf5 46. Rb2 Bd7 47. Rd3 h5 48. Kg1 (48. d6 {!?} Bf5 49. Rf3 Rd4 50. Re2 Rxe2 51. Nxe2 Rd1+ 52. Kh2 Bg6 53. Re3 Rxd6 54. Re5 $14 {/}) 48... h4 49. d6 Rf4 50. Rb1 Rc4 (50... Bf5 51. Rf3 Rxf3 52. gxf3 Bxh3 53. Rd1 Bd7 54. Ne4 $16) 51. Rb2 (51. Ra1 {!?}) 51... Re1+ 52. Kf2 Re6 53. Re2 Rf6+ (53... Rxe2+ 54. Kxe2 Rxb4 55. Rd2 $14 {/}) 54. Ke1 Bf5 55. d7 {'?!'} (55. Rf3 {!} Rxd6 56. Rxf5 Rxc3 57. Rh5+ Kg6 58. Rxh4 $14 {/}) 55... Bxd7 56. Ne4 {'?!'} (56. Rxd7 Rxc3 57. Rd5 $14) 56... Rf4 57. Ng5+ Kg6 58. Nf3 (58. Rxd7 {%03'better is'} Kxg5 59. Rxg7+ Kf6 {=}) 58... Bf5 {'=/+'} 59. Rd6+ Kh5 60. Kf2 {'?!'} (60. Rd5 {!}) 60... Be4 61. Rd7 Kh6 62. Ke3 Bxf3 63. gxf3 Rf6 {'?!'} (63... Rxb4 {!} 64. Rg2 g5 65. Rd6+ Kh5 66. Rd3 Rf5 $17) 64. Rg2 Rc3+ 65. Kd4 Rfxf3 66. Rdxg7 Rfd3+ 67. Ke4 Re3+ 68. Kf4 Rf3+ 69. Ke4 Rfe3+ 70. Kf4 (70. Kf5) 70... Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titograd"]
[Site "Titograd"]
[Date "1984.12.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[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. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6 15. Qd2 ({RR} 15. a3 a5 16. Qd3 Bg4 17. Qb5 Na7 18. Qd3 Nc6 19. Rfe1 Qd7 20. Qb5 Ba7 21. Nd2 Re5 22. Qd3 Rae8 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Qc4 h6 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Be6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Bh3 {Anton Guijarro,D (2690)-Firouzja,A (2785) chess.com INT 2023 0-1}) 15... Bg4 16. h3 ({RR} 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Qf4 Qxe2 18. Bxd4 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Qxa2 21. Rd2 Qa3 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Rcd1 Rae8 24. Bxb7 g6 25. Qf3 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Re7 27. Rxe7 Qxe7 28. Bd5 Kg7 29. Kg2 Qf6 30. Qe2 Qd4 {Le,Q (2731)-Hamidov,A (2239) chess.com INT 2026 ½-½ (97)}) 16... Bh5 17. Rfd1 Rc8 $146 ({RR} 17... Qe7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Rad8 21. e3 h5 22. Qc3 hxg4 23. hxg4 Qg5 24. Bxg7 Qxg4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Be5 Re8 27. Bf4 Bf5 28. Qf6 Bd8 29. Qh6 Re6 30. Qh2 Rg6 31. Bg3 Qe2 32. Bf1 {Sipila,V (2439)-Vakhlamov,I (2413) chess.com INT 2024 1-0 (37)}) ({RR} 17... h6 18. b4 a6 19. a4 Qd7 20. g4 Bg6 21. b5 axb5 22. axb5 Na5 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Nb3 26. Rc7 Nxd4 27. Rxd4 Rxe2 28. Bxb7 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. Bc6 Rbb2 31. Rf4 Rec2 32. Re7 {Schoorl,R (2273)-Golubovic,E (2183) chess.com INT 2025 ½-½ (38)}) 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxc8 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qxc8 23. Bf3 h6 24. Qd7 Qc5+ 25. Qd4 Qc7 26. Qd6 Qc3 27. Qf4 Qc5+ 28. Qd4 Qa5 29. Qd5 Qxa2 30. Qxb7 Qc2 31. Qb5 Re6 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Qc4 Rb6 34. Rd7 a5 35. Rd5 Qb2 36. Rb5 Rxb5 37. Qxb5 Qc3 38. Qd5 Qb4 39. Qb7 Qd4+ 40. Kg2 f6 41. Qb5 Qe5 42. Qxe5 fxe5 43. Bd5 Be8 44. Be4+ Kg8 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. Kf3 Ke7 47. h4 Kd6 48. Bg8 Bc6+ 49. Ke3 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Bc4 Bb7 52. Bf7 Bc8 53. Kf3 Kc5 54. e3 Bb7+ 55. Ke2 Ba6+ 56. Kd2 Bc8 57. Bh5 Kb4 58. Kd3 Be6 59. Ke4 Bxb3 60. Be8 Ba4 61. Bf7 Bc2+ 62. Kxe5 a4 0-1

[Event "Match/MasterTitel Tal-Saigin +4-2=8"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.05.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Saigin, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[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. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nb5 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 Qe7 12. Bb2 Be6 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Nbd4 Rac8 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Ba6 Rb8 18. Bd3 Rb6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ne2 Bd6 $146 ({RR} 20... Ra6 21. Rxc5 Qxc5 22. Qxd7 Rxa2 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. b4 Qxb4 25. Qg4 g6 26. Qf4 c5 27. Bc3 Rxe2 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Qxe4 Rb8 30. Qe5 Rc8 31. h4 Rec2 32. Qb5 a5 33. Rd1 R2c5 34. Qb6 Kg7 35. Rd7 {Tal,M-Saigin,V Riga 1954 1-0 (56)}) 21. Qd4 f5 22. Ng3 c5 23. Qc4+ Rf7 24. Rfd1 Be6 25. Qc3 Ra6 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Nh5 Qb4 28. Qc2 c4 29. Bc3 Qb8 30. bxc4 Bxh2+ 31. Kh1 Bc7 32. Rab1 Qf8 33. Bb4 Qe8 34. Nf4 Rf6 35. Kg1 Rh6 36. Qe2 Bf7 37. Qc2 Bh5 38. Rd5 Qc8 39. Qd2 g5 40. Rd7 gxf4 41. Qd5+ Rae6 42. Qc5 Reg6 43. Rxc7 Rxg2+ 44. Kf1 Qd8 45. Qd5+ Qxd5 46. Rc8+ Kf7 47. Rc7+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "Chigorin Memorial-18"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "1984.10.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Agzamov, Georgy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. e3 Nc6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nf3 a6 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Bc7 13. Qd3 Qd6 14. Rfd1 d4 15. exd4 Bg4 16. g3 Nb4 17. Ba3 Nxd3 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd3 Bb4 20. Bf1 Bf5 21. Nd1 $146 ({RR} 21. Na4 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Rac8 23. a3 Bd6 24. b4 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4 Nd5 27. b5 Nc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd1 g6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rd2 Bb4 32. Rd1 f6 33. Bf1 Rc2 34. Bd3 Rb2 35. Bc4 Rc8 {Musiolik,D (2291)-Bornholdt,J (2250) Willingen GER 2023 ½-½ (60)}) ({RR} 21. Na4 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Rac8 23. a3 Bd6 24. b4 a5 25. Rb1 axb4 26. axb4 Nd5 27. b5 Nc3 28. Nxc3 Rxc3 29. Rd1 g6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rd2 Bb4 32. Rd1 f6 33. Bf1 Rc2 34. Bd3 Rb2 35. Bc4 Rc8 {Musiolik,D (2291)-Bornholdt,J (2250) Willingen GER 2023 ½-½ (60)}) 21... Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Nd5 23. Bc4 Rad8 24. a4 Kf8 25. Kf1 g6 26. a5 Re7 27. h4 h5 28. Kg2 Kg7 29. Kf1 Kf8 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kf1 Rc7 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Kf1 Kg7 34. Kg2 f6 35. Kf1 Re7 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Kf1 Rcd7 38. Ra4 Be7 39. Ra1 Bb4 40. Ra4 Be7 41. Ra1 Bf8 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Ra4 Re8 44. Ra1 Bb4 45. Ra4 Be7 46. Ra1 Bb4 47. Ra4 Bf8 48. Ra1 Nb4 49. Nc3 Kg7 50. Ra4 Rdd8 51. Ne2 Nd5 52. Ra1 Kh6 53. Kf1 Rd7 54. Kg2 Be7 55. Kf1 Bd8 56. Ra4 Bc7 57. Ra1 Bb8 58. Nc1 Nc3 59. Nd3 Ba7 60. Rc1 Ne2 61. Re1 Rde7 62. Bd5 Bxd4 63. Bxb7 Bc3 64. Bxa6 Bxe1 65. Nfxe1 Ra8 66. Nc5 Nd4 67. b4 Rxe1+ 68. Kxe1 Nc2+ 69. Kd2 Nxb4 70. Bc4 Rxa5 71. Ne4 Kg7 72. Be2 Nc6 73. Nc3 Nd4 74. Bd1 Re5 75. Kd3 Ne6 76. Bf3 Ra5 77. Bd5 Nf8 78. Bc6 g5 79. hxg5 fxg5 80. Bg2 Ra3 81. Kd2 Ne6 82. Nd5 Nd4 83. Bh3 Nf3+ 84. Kc2 Ra2+ 85. Kd3 g4 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.21"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D34"]
[PlyCount "158"]
[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. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Na4 Bb6 ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. a3 Re8 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd4 h6 19. e3 Bb5 20. Rfe1 Bxa4 21. Qxa4 Qf6 22. Re2 Qe5 23. Rec2 Re7 24. Rd1 Qf5 25. g4 Qg5 26. Qd4 {Ikonnikov,V (2587)-Szakolczai,P (2299) Griesheim 2006 1-0 (63)}) ({RR} 11... Be7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qd7 14. Rfd1 Rad8 15. Nc5 Qb5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe5 Qd7 18. Bh3 Qd6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Rac1 Rd6 22. Bh3 h6 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. b3 Ne4 25. f3 Ng5 26. Bd7 {Bilan,D (2303)-Kiselev,P (2179) chess.com INT 2024 0-1 (109)}) 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nd4 h6 14. Bf4 $146 ({RR} 14. Be3 Ra6 15. a4 Qd7 16. Qd3 Rfa8 17. b3 Bh3 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Qb5 Qg4 20. f3 Qh5 21. Rac1 Bd7 22. Qb4 Re8 23. Bf2 Nc6 24. Qd2 Qg6 25. Bf1 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 b5 27. Rc7 Rd6 28. axb5 Bxb5 {Vilela de Acuna,J (2410)-Espig,L (2440) Leipzig 1980 ½-½ (40)}) ({RR} 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Qb3 Ra6 17. e4 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Qxf3 Rxf3 21. exd5 exd5 22. Rfd1 Ra5 23. Kg2 Rf7 24. Rd4 Kf8 25. a3 Rc5 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. b4 Rc3 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 {Langeweg,K (2440)-Dieks,D Dieren 1979 1-0 (41)}) 14... Qd7 15. a3 Bh3 16. Qd3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Re4 19. Nf3 Rae8 20. Bd2 d4 21. e3 Qd5 22. exd4 Rxd4 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qe2 Nd6 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Kg1 Nc4 27. Ne1 Rb3 28. Rc1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Qe5 30. Ng2 Rxb2 31. Qd3 Qe6 32. Nf4 Rb3 33. Rc3 Rxc3 34. Qxc3 Qe4 35. Qb3 b5 36. Qxb5 Qxe3+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 g5 40. Ne2 Ne5 41. Qxb7 Nd3 42. Qc8+ Kg7 43. Qf5 Qd2 44. Nd4 Qe1+ 45. Kg2 Qe3 46. Qd5 Qf2+ 47. Kh3 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 Nf2+ 49. Kf5 Qd3+ 50. Ke5 Ng4+ 51. Kd6 Qxa3+ 52. Kc7 Qe7+ 53. Kc8 Ne3 54. Qb5 Qe4 55. Qb2 Kg6 56. Qb6+ f6 57. Ne6 Nc4 58. Qa6 Ne5 59. Nc7 Qc2 60. Qd6 Qxh2 61. Nd5 Qf2 62. Kb7 Qxg3 63. Qxf6+ Kh5 64. Qe6 Ng4 65. Ne7 Qf3+ 66. Kc8 Kh4 67. Nf5+ Kh3 68. Kd8 h5 69. Qg6 Ne5 70. Qe6 Ng4 71. Qg6 Ne5 72. Qe6 Qd3+ 73. Nd4+ Ng4 74. Qd5 Nf2 75. Kc8 h4 76. Qe5 Qe4 77. Qf6 Qf4 78. Nf5 Ne4 79. Qe6 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1988.01.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1988.01.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1988.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 c6 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rae1 g6 12. Ne5 Ne6 13. f4 Ng7 14. f5 Bxf5 15. Bxf5 Nxf5 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qf3 Qe6 19. Bh6 $146 ({RR} 19. Rf1 Ng4 20. Bxe7 Nxe5 21. Qg3+ Ng6 22. Bg5 f5 23. h4 h5 24. Qf3 Kg7 25. Ne2 f4 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Kg6 28. Qd1 Rg8 29. Rf3 Kh7 30. Bg5 Rg7 31. Rf6 Qg4 32. Qxg4 hxg4 33. Rf4 Re8 {Tomaszewski,R (2360)-Petkevich,J (2465) Naleczow 1988 1-0 (59)}) ({RR} 19. Rf1 Ng4 20. Bxe7 Nxe5 21. Qg3+ Ng6 22. Bg5 f5 23. h4 Kh8 24. h5 Nf8 25. Rf3 Nd7 26. Ne2 Rg8 27. Nf4 Qf7 28. Qh4 Rxg5 29. Qxg5 Rg8 30. Qh6 Rg4 31. Ng6+ Kg8 32. Rxf5 Rxg6 33. hxg6 {1-0 (33) Fan,H-Tian,Z China 1987}) 19... Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. e4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Rh4 Rf6 25. Qf4 Re8 26. Rh3 Re7 27. Re3 Qd5 28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. Qh4 Ree6 30. Qf4 Qe4 31. Qd2 f4 32. Rd3 c5 33. Nd7 Rg6 34. Nf8 c4 35. Nxg6+ Rxg6 36. Rc3 b5 37. d5 Rg5 38. Rc2 Rxd5 39. Qc3+ Kg8 40. Rc1 Rd3 41. Re1 Rxc3 42. Rxe4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Aker Brygge"]
[Site "Aker Brygge"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[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. Nf3 e6 2. c4 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. Qc2 Na6 8. e3 Nb4 9. Qb3 Bf5 10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Na4 ({RR} 12. Qd1 Qa5 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Be2 Na6 15. O-O Be7 16. a3 Nb8 17. Ne5 Bd6 18. f4 Qd8 19. g4 Bc8 20. e4 f6 21. exd5 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Be6 25. Bc4 cxd5 26. Nxd5 Nc6 {Aguiar,C (2219)-Silva,D (2305) Kampala 2016 1-0 (40)}) 12... Nc2+ 13. Qxc2 Qb4+ 14. Qc3 $146 ({RR} 14. Qd2 Qxa4 15. a3 O-O 16. Bd3 Be4 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. Qc2 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Re6 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Be7 23. b4 Kf8 24. Rb1 Rd5 25. Nb3 Bd6 26. Nc5 Re7 27. a4 Ke8 28. g3 f5 {Boe,M (2353)-Hansen,M (2312) Germany 2015 ½-½ (43)}) 14... Qxa4 15. a3 O-O 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rac8 18. O-O c5 19. Rxc5 Rxc5 20. dxc5 Bxb2 21. Qxd5 Bxa3 22. Qa2 Qa6 23. Ne5 Bb4 24. Qd5 Bc3 25. Nd7 Rd8 26. Rd1 h6 27. h3 Qc6 28. Qd3 Bb2 29. f4 a5 30. Kh2 a4 31. Qf5 Qe6 32. Qd3 a3 33. Qb5 Qc6 34. Ne5 Qxb5 35. Rxd8+ Kh7 36. Nxf7 a2 37. f5 g6 38. Nd6 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Riga-ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Vatra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D36"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[source: Tal's score sheet]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. e3 Nf8 9. Bd3 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. h3 Ng7 12. g4 Be6 13. Ne5 ({RR} 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bg3 O-O 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Qb3 b5 17. Rc1 a5 18. Qd1 a4 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Bxe5 f6 21. Bg3 Qa5 22. Ne2 b4 23. Nf4 a3 24. b3 c5 {½-½ (24) Hort,V (2540)-Beliavsky,A (2640) Munich 1991}) ({RR} 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Bg3 Qa5 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Rac8 20. f5 Bd7 21. Rhf1 Bh4 22. e4 Qb4 23. Be2 Qe7 24. e5 Qg5 25. Qd3 Kh8 26. Qf3 gxf5 27. gxf5 Rg8 {Jumabayev,R (2556)-Wang,T (2400) Dortmund GER 2025 ½-½ (42)}) 13... Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nxd7 $146 ({RR} 15. O-O-O Nxe5 16. dxe5 O-O-O 17. f4 Qc5 18. Rde1 d4 19. Ne4 Qb6 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Bc4 Ne8 22. Nxf7 d3 23. Qd2 Qc5 24. Nxd8 Bxc4 25. Qc3 Nc7 26. b3 Rxd8 27. Kd2 Nd5 28. Qxc4 Qa5+ 29. Kd1 Qxa2 {Khusainov,A (2123)-Pushkin,E (2216) Kazan 2008 0-1 (32)}) 15... Qxd7 16. Na4 Qe7 17. Nc5 O-O 18. O-O-O f5 19. Rdg1 f4 20. h4 fxe3 21. fxe3 b6 22. h5 Bxg4 23. Rxg4 Qxe3+ 24. Kb1 Rf2 25. Qc3 bxc5 26. h6 Rb8 27. hxg7 Rbxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 29. Kxb2 Qxd3 30. Rgh4 h5 31. dxc5 Qb5+ 32. Ka1 Qxc5 33. R4h3 Qd4+ 34. Kb1 c5 35. Rf1 Qe4+ 36. Ka1 Kxg7 37. Rhf3 c4 38. a3 Qd4+ 39. Kb1 Qd2 40. R3f2 Qd3+ 41. Ka2 Qb3+ 42. Ka1 c3 43. Rb1 Qa4 44. Ka2 Qc4+ 45. Ka1 c2 0-1

[Event "LAT-ch11"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1954.02.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Klovans, Janis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bd3 ({RR} 7. Bb2 b6 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Rd1 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O Qe7 15. Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 a5 18. Qf4 Kh7 19. g4 Nf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Nxg5+ Kg8 {So,W (2761)-Aronian,L (2745) Saint Louis USA 2023 ½-½ (76)}) 7... Bb4 {Une ligne secondaire un peu douteuse} (7... b6) (7... c6) 8. Bd2 dxc4 $146 {[%cal Ge6e5]} (8... c5 {0-1 Najdorf,M-Sanguinetti,R Mar del Plata 1948 (5)}) ({RR} 8... c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Be2 e5 13. Nc2 Be7 14. Bf3 Rb8 15. Qe2 Bf5 16. e4 Bg6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne3 Qe8 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nc7 Qe7 22. Ncd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 {Ramos,B (1631)-Lahoz,C (1750) Caioba 2019 0-1 (60)}) ({RR} 8... b6 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Re8 12. Nb5 Bd6 13. Rac1 a6 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qc7 Qxc7 16. Rxc7 Rab8 17. Bb4 Red8 18. Bxd6 Ne8 19. Rxd7 Nxd6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Nd2 {Tenberge,N (1819)-Fasselt,H (1833) Germany 2018 1-0 (46)}) 9. bxc4 e5 $1 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Qb1 Ndxe5 $1 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bc2 (13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxb4 Kxh7 {[%cal Ge5d3]} 15. O-O Bf5 {[%cal Gf5d3,Gd3f1,Gd3c4]} (15... Qxd2 16. Rad1 {[%csl Rd2]} Qc2 17. Qxf8) 16. e4 Qxd2 17. exf5 Rad8 18. Rad1 Qc2) 13... Nxf3+ (13... a5) 14. gxf3 Ne5 15. Be4 $2 (15. Qxb4 Nxf3+ 16. Ke2 Bg4 {[%cal Gg4e2,Gd8d2]} 17. Nd5 $13) 15... Nxc4 16. Qxb4 Qxd2+ $40 17. Kf1 Bh3+ 18. Kg1 Nxe3 $19 19. Bh7 Kxh7 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Ne4 Qb2 22. Re1 Ng2 23. Qxh3 Nxe1 24. Ng5 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Kislovodsk International"]
[Site "Kislovodsk"]
[Date "1966.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Lutikov, Anatoly S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[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. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 $6 g5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 c4 $1 14. Ne5 ({RR} 14. Qc2 Bf5 15. Qb2 Qb6 16. Qa3 Qa6 17. Qb2 f6 18. Rfd1 Nc6 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. Qa1 Nxd2 21. Rxd2) 14... f6 ({RR} 14... Nxc3 15. Qe1 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nc6 ({RR} 16... Nd7 17. e4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Bd6 Be6 21. Bxf8+ Rxf8) 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qh5 Kg7 19. f4 Qd8 20. Rce1) 15. Ng6 Rf7 16. Bh5 (16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Bh5 Rg7 18. f3 Nd6 19. e4) 16... Nc6 ({RR} 16... Rg7 17. f4 ({RR} 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. f3 Nxc3 19. Qe1 Bf5) 17... Nc6 18. Be1 Bd7) 17. f4 $146 (17. Nf4 $5 Rf8 (17... gxf4 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Bxf4 Ng5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. f4 {}) 18. Ne2 f5 19. Be5 Be6) ({RR} 17. f3 Nxc3 ({RR} 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxa2 19. e4 Be6 20. f4) 18. Qc2 Nxa2 ({RR} 18... Na4 19. f4 g4 20. Be1 Qb5 21. Rb1 Qa6 22. Bh4) 19. Ne5 fxe5 ({RR} 19... Rg7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Ra1 Nb4 22. Qd2 Qb5 23. Rfb1 c3 24. Qxc3 a5 25. Bd6) 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ra1 Qa3 ({RR} 21... Ncb4 22. Qh7+ Ke8 23. Bxe5) ({RR} 21... Kg7 22. Rxa2 Qc7 23. Qb2 Be6 24. Bxe5+ Nxe5 25. dxe5 c3 26. Qb3 b6 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. Ra3) 22. Qh7+ Ke8 ({RR} 22... Ke6 23. dxe5 Qxe3+ 24. Bf2) 23. Qg6+ Ke7 ({RR} 23... Kd8 24. Qxh6 Qxe3+ 25. Bf2 Qa3 26. dxe5) 24. f4 ({RR} 24. dxe5 Be6 ({RR} 24... Nd8 25. f4) 25. f4) 24... Qxe3+ ({RR} 24... exf4 25. exf4 Qe3+ 26. Bf2 Qd2 27. Rfe1+) 25. Kh1 gxf4 ({RR} 25... exf4 26. Rfe1) 26. dxe5 Qa3 ({RR} 26... Nxe5 27. Qg7+ Nf7 28. Bxf4 Qe4 29. Rae1) ({RR} 26... Qxe5 27. Rfe1 fxg3 28. Rxe5+ Nxe5 29. Re1) 27. Rxf4 ({RR} 27. Bh4+ Kd7 28. Qf7+ Ne7 29. e6+ Kc6 30. Bxe7) 27... Be6 28. Qg7+ ({RR} 28. Rf6 Nd4 29. Qh7+ Ke8 30. Qh8+ Kd7 31. Qxa8) 28... Ke8 29. Qh8+ Kd7 30. Qxa8 Qb2 31. Raf1 Nc3 {Khmelniker,I (2523)-Pashikian,A (2618) Plovdiv 2012 CBM 148 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (36)} ({RR} 31... c3 32. Qf8 ({RR} 32. Rf8 Kc7 33. R1f7+ Bxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kb6 35. Rxb7+ Ka5 36. Rxb2 cxb2 37. Qb7 Nab4 38. Qh7) 32... Kc7 ({RR} 32... Ne7 33. Bh4 Nf5 34. Rxf5) 33. Bf2 b6 34. Qg7+ Bd7 35. e6) {RR} 32. Rf8 Kc7 33. R1f7+ Bxf7 34. Rxf7+ Kb6 35. Qxb7+ Kc5 36. Qxb2) 17... Be6 18. fxg5 $2 (18. f5 Bd7 19. Ne5 Re7 20. Ng4) 18... hxg5 19. Ne5 $2 fxe5 20. Bxf7+ Bxf7 21. dxe5 Qc5 $1 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Kh1 Kg7 24. Qg4 Be6 25. Qe2 (25. Qxe6 Nxg3+ 26. hxg3 Rh8+ 27. Kg1 Qxe3+ 28. Rf2 Qxc1+ 29. Rf1 Qe3+ $19) 25... Nxg3+ 26. hxg3 Rh8+ 27. Kg1 Nxe5 28. Rce1 Nd3 29. Qf3 Rh6 30. Rb1 b6 31. Rb5 Qe7 32. e4 a6 33. Qe3 axb5 34. exd5 Qc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch42 Final"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1974.12.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[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. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 a6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bb2 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Re1 Rc8 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 14. Rc1 b5 15. b4 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Rc2 Rc7 18. Nb1 Ne4 19. Nbd2 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Re7 21. Qc2 h6 22. Rd1 Nb8 23. Bc1 Nd7 24. Qb3 Nf6 25. Bb1 Bc8 26. h3 Bd7 27. Be3 Be6 28. Rc1 Rc7 {Bandza,A (2380)-Troltenier,D (2290) Wiesbaden 1990 ½-½ (61)}) ({RR} 14. Rc1 Re8 15. Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Ne5 Ne7 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Nc5 Ng6 21. g3 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bxc5 23. exf6 g6 24. b4 Bf8 25. Bd4 Bh3 26. Qe3 Qc8 27. f3 h5 28. Qg5 Bf5 {Moehring,G-Mueller,K Leipzig 1975 1-0 (54)}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Nxh7 16. Qxd4 Bc5 17. Qd3 d4 18. Ne2 Re8 19. Ng3 Qd5 20. Nf3 Ng5 21. b4 Bf8 22. Nh4 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Ne6 24. Rd1 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Ne2 Qh5 27. Nf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ng5 29. Ng3 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Nh4+ 31. Kh3 Qh6 32. Qe4 Ng6+ 33. Kg2 d3 34. Bd4 Rc4 35. Bxg7 Qf4 36. Qa8 Qg4 37. h3 Qxd1 38. Bxf8 Nxf8 39. Qd5 Rc1 40. Qg5+ Ng6 0-1

[Event "EU-chT 01st Final"]
[Site "Vienna"]
[Date "1957.08.26"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kozma, Julius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1957.08.22"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EU-chT"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Soviet Union"]
[BlackTeam "Czechoslovakia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "URS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CSR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. d4 Nc6 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. b4 Bb6 ({RR} 13... Bd6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Bb1 Qe7 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Na7 19. Bb1 Nc8 20. Qc2 f5 21. Nd4 Qh4 22. f4 Bd5 23. Qe2 Nb6 24. g3 Qh3 25. e4 fxe4 26. Bxe4 Nc4 27. Ba1 Rde8 28. Nf3 {Licznerski,L (2435)-Venkatesh,M (2342) Valencia ESP 2025 0-1 (53)}) 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Rac1 $146 ({RR} 15. h3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rxd1+ 17. Nxd1 Qd7 18. Nc3 Rd8 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Bb3 {½-½ (20) Schwarz,J-Probst,A Germany 2007}) 15... Rfd8 16. Ng5 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Qb8 19. Nce4 Nxe4 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Qh5+ Ke7 22. Bxg7 Qd6 23. Bb2 Nxf2 24. Qxh7+ Ke8 25. Bf6 Bxe3 26. Qg6+ Kd7 27. Qh7+ Kc8 28. Bxd8 Nd3+ 29. Kh1 Nxc1 30. Bxe6+ Kb8 31. Bg4 Nxd8 32. h4 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Riga-ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Rinkis, Uldis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Be7 7. Bd2 O-O 8. O-O-O ({RR} 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 c5 10. O-O a6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bf5 Qb6 13. Nd4 Ne6 14. Nce2 Ne4 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qxb2 17. Bc3 Qa3 18. Nf5 Re8 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Rac1 a5 21. Neg3 Bb4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 {Moiseenko,A (2561)-Pelletier,Y (2531) Kharkov 2001 1-0}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 ({RR} 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Ba6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qh4 bxa4 15. Bxa4 Qb6 16. Bc2 a4 17. Bc3 h6 18. g4 Be2 19. g5 Bxf3 20. Rdg1 Nd5 21. gxh6 g6 22. Qg3 Bh5 23. Qe5 Nf6 24. d5 Qc5 {McCormick,C (2059)-Alexander,J (1999) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (38)}) 10... Qb6 $146 ({RR} 10... b4 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. Nc5 Qb5 15. Rc1 Rfc8 16. Qc4 Nxc5 17. dxc5 Rab8 18. e4 b3 19. a3 Qxc4 20. Rxc4 Nd7 21. Be3 Rb5 22. Rhc1 e5 23. R1c3 Rcb8 24. Nd2 f6 25. Rd3 {Gohla,U (2206)-Lehmensick,J (2138) Muelheim 2006 ½-½ (44)}) ({RR} 10... b4 11. Ne4 Bb7 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Qa5 16. Kb1 Qxc5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Qxc5 Bxc5 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Bc4 Be7 21. f3 {½-½ (21) Videki,S (2375)-Berta,T (2190) Paks 1997}) 11. e4 e5 12. Ne2 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. Bc3 Ng4 16. Rhf1 Bxf2 17. Qd2 Be3 18. Qe1 {[#]} a5 $6 (18... Nf2 19. Ba5 Qa6 $19) (18... Bf2 19. Qd2 Nc5 $19) 19. Qg3 Nf2 $17 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 f6 22. Bc7 Qc6 23. Qxe3 Nxd1 24. Qg3 Ne3 25. Rc1 Nc4 26. b3 Nd2+ 27. Kb2 Nxe4 28. Qh3 Qe8 29. Bd6 Rf7 30. Nc3 Bc6 $2 {[#]} (30... Ng5 $19) (30... Rd8 $19) 31. g4 $2 (31. Nxe4 $11 Bxe4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. Rc8+ Rf8 34. Bxf8 Rxc8 35. Qxc8 Qxg2+ $11 36. Ka3 Kf7 37. Bc5 b4+ 38. Ka4 Qxa2+ 39. Kb5 Qxb3 40. Qd7+ $11) 31... Rd8 $19 32. Bf4 Rfd7 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34. Re1 Rd3 35. Qf1 Rf3 36. Qg2 Rxf4 37. Nxe4 Qe5+ 38. Kb1 Rd4 39. Nxf6+ Qxf6 40. Qa8+ Rd8 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. Qxe8+ Qf8 43. Qe6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Tal clock sim"]
[Site "Berlin East"]
[Date "1960.11.13"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Krug, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "ChessBase II"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[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"]

{SCHACH 23/1960 Seite 367} 1. d4 {Ftacnik,Lubomir} d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O ({RR} 8... b5 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 b4 ({RR} 10... bxc4 11. bxc4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 c5) 11. Na4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. Bg5 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Qxe4 Rab8 16. c5 a5 17. Rfe1 Rbd8 18. a3 ({RR} 18. Rad1 Nf6 19. Qh4 Ba6) 18... Nf6 19. Qh4 Ba6 20. axb4 axb4 21. Nb6 Bb5 22. Qf4 Rb8 23. Ne5 {Barbero,G (2495)-Larsen,B (2560) Buenos Aires 1991 CBM 024 [Ftacnik,Lubomir] 1-0 (34)}) 9. O-O h6 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rad1 $146 ({RR} 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. f4 dxc4 14. bxc4 b6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Rf3 Bb7 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 f5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. e4 Rad8 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nd5 Nf8 23. Ne3 Rf7 24. f5 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Bg5 {Porter,R (2195)-Mellace,A (1968) Kingston 2009 0-1 (36)}) 11... Qc7 12. Ne5 b6 13. f4 Bb7 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Qe2 b5 16. Bf5 Nb6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Nb1 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Nc8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Nd6 23. Bd3 Nfe4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. d5 Rc8 26. Qd2 Nf5 27. Nc3 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 Qe3 $1 29. b4 Rfd8 30. g4 Qxd2 31. Rxd2 Ne7 32. Rdc2 f6 33. Nc6 Nxc6 34. dxc6 Bxc6 {Schwarz ist in großer Zeitnot.} 35. Kg1 Bb7 36. Kf2 Rd3 37. Ke2 Rh3 38. Ke1 Kh7 39. Nd1 Rxc2 40. Rxc2 Bd5 41. Re2 h5 42. gxh5 f5 43. Ne3 Be6 44. a3 Rf3 45. Ng2 Bc4 46. Rb2 e3 47. Kd1 e2+ 48. Kd2 Rd3+ 0-1

[Event "Tal clock sim"]
[Site "Krakow"]
[Date "1966.02.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Jedrzejek, Czeslaw"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1966.02.07"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O ({RR} 10... c5 11. d5 exd5 12. Bxd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Nb6 14. Qe4+ Qe7 15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. b3 Bb7 17. Nd2 Be5 18. Rb1 Rhd8 19. Nf3 Be4 20. Nxe5 Bxb1 21. Nc6+ Ke8 22. Nxd8 Rxd8 23. Bb2 Bd3 24. Nf4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 {Pavlidou,E (2193)-Ketzetzis,G (2298) chess.com INT 2026 0-1 (34)}) 11. Nf4 ({RR} 11. Ng3 c5 12. e4 Bxg3 13. hxg3 Nxe4 14. d5 Ndf6 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bc2 Bd5 17. Be3 Qb6 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Ne5 Rfd8 21. Qb3 Bd5 22. Qa4 Qe6 23. Nf3 Ne4 24. Rfe1 h6 25. Qxa7 Qc6 {Harikrishna,P (2716)-Grischuk,A (2758) Chess.com INT 2022 0-1 (44)}) ({RR} 11. Bc2 c5 12. b3 Bb7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Ng3 Qb6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Bd3 cxd4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Bxd4 Bc5 19. Bb2 Be7 20. Qb1 h6 21. Rd1 Nc5 22. Bd4 Qa5 23. Bc2 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Nd5 25. Kh1 Bf6 {Vadasz,L-Jedrzejek,C Groningen 1966 1-0 (43)}) 11... c5 12. Re1 Bb7 13. e4 $146 ({RR} 13. Ng5 Bxf4 14. exf4 h6 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rc8 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Be3 a5 19. f5 exf5 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxc5 Rxc5 22. Re7 Rd2 23. Rxf7 Kh7 24. Re1 Rxb2 25. Ree7 Nh5 26. h4 a4 27. Bxa4 Rxa2 {Benen,S (2210)-Mulyar,M (2427) Connecticut 2002 ½-½ (36)}) ({RR} 13. Ng5 Qb6 14. Nfxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. d5 h6 17. h4 c4 18. Kh1 Nc5 19. f4 Nd3 {0-1 (19) Sokolov,I (2570)-Bareev,E (2650) Bled 1991}) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Qd3 Ng4 16. Nh3 Qb6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nc5 19. Qe2 Nxe4 20. Nd4 Ngf6 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Bc2 e5 23. Nf5 g6 24. Ng3 Ba6 25. Rxd8 Bxe2 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Rxe2 Nxg3 28. hxg3 Ng4 29. Bb3 Nxe3 30. Kh1 Qc6 31. Ng1 Qc1 32. Rf2 f5 33. g4 Qe1 34. Re2 Qh4+ 35. Nh3 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Milan"]
[Site "Milan"]
[Date "1975.09.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Ljubojevic, Ljubomir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1975.08.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 b4 9. Ne4 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. e4 Be7 12. Qe2 ({RR} 12. e5 Nd7 13. Be4 O-O 14. h4 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qb3 Nxe4 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Qxe4 Bd6 19. Qd3 Qa5 20. Ng5 Qf5 21. Qxf5 Rxf5 22. Be3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. O-O h6 25. Bxc5 hxg5 26. Bxb4 gxh4 {Krasenkow,M (2527)-Murzin,V (2554) New Delhi IND 2023 ½-½ (70)}) 12... Qb6 13. O-O $146 ({RR} 13. Be3 c5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rxc5 Rxc5 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Nb5 Qe7 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. e5 Qc1+ 21. Qd1 Qxd1+ 22. Kxd1 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Bf3+ 24. Be2 Bxe2+ 25. Kxe2 Nh5 26. Rc1 O-O 27. Nxa7 Nf4+ {Landa,K (2570)-Alavkin,A (2375) Smolensk 1997 0-1 (41)}) 13... Rc8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4 c5 16. Ne5 g5 17. Bg3 cxd4 18. Nc4 Rxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxe4 20. Be5 O-O 21. Rad1 Rd8 22. Bd3 Nc5 23. Qh5 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Qb5 25. Qe2 Ba6 26. Rfd1 Qd5 27. h4 Bxd3 28. Rxd3 f6 29. Bxd4 e5 30. Rd2 Qxa2 31. Qe4 Bf8 32. Be3 Rxd2 33. Bxd2 a5 34. Qc6 Kf7 35. Be3 gxh4 36. Qd7+ Be7 37. Bc5 Qe6 38. Qa7 b3 39. Bxe7 Qxe7 40. Qxa5 Qd7 41. Qb4 Qd1+ 42. Kh2 h5 43. Qb7+ Kg6 44. Qe4+ Kg5 45. Qe3+ Kf5 46. Qh6 Ke6 47. Qf8 Qc2 48. Qg8+ Kd6 49. Qd8+ Kc5 50. Qe7+ Kc4 51. Qxf6 Qxb2 52. Qc6+ Kd3 53. Qd5+ Ke2 54. f4 Qc3 55. fxe5 b2 56. Qe4+ Kd2 57. Qf4+ Qe3 58. Qb4+ Kc2 59. Qc4+ Kd1 60. Qa4+ Kd2 61. Qb4+ Qc3 62. Qf4+ Kc2 63. Qf5+ Qd3 64. Qf2+ Kc3 65. Qc5+ Qc4 66. Qe3+ Kc2 67. Qf2+ Kb3 68. Qf3+ Ka2 69. Qa8+ Kb1 70. Qf3 Ka1 71. Qa3+ Qa2 72. Qc3 Qa4 73. Kh1 Ka2 74. Qd2 Qe4 75. Qa5+ Kb3 76. Qb5+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "Match/Republics LIT-LAT (6-3; 4,5-4,5)"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1959.04.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "ChessBase/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1959.04.04"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Lithuania"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LTU"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. cxd5 (7. Qc2) (7. Nf3) 7... Nxc3 8. bxc3 exd5 9. Qb3 c6 {Le thème du match Capablanca-Marshall} 10. Nf3 (10. c4 O-O 11. Nf3 {0-1 Marshall,F-Lasker,E World Championship 07th 1907 (15)}) 10... O-O 11. c4 (11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Rab1 {½-½ Marshall,F-Capablanca,J USA m New York 1909 (21)}) 11... Be6 (11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 {1-0 Capablanca,J-Dolde,H Pittsburgh sim 1916}) 12. Be2 $146 (12. Bd3 Nd7 13. O-O Rab8 14. Rab1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Rb8];½-½ Vajda,A-Schweiger,J Budapest 1921}) (12. Rb1 $5 Nd7 13. Bd3 (13. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5] Essaye de gagner un tempo en retardant la sortie du } Rab8 14. a5 {[%csl Rb7]} b6 15. a6 $5 {[%csl Ra7]}) 13... dxc4 14. Bxc4) 12... dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Nd7 15. O-O c5 $146 ({RR} 15... Rab8 16. a4 Rfc8 17. a5 h6 18. Rfc1 b5 19. axb6 axb6 20. h3 b5 21. Qb3 c5 22. dxc5 Rxc5 23. Nd4 Qd6 24. Rxc5 Qxc5 25. Ra5 Qc1+ 26. Kh2 Qc7+ {0-1 (26) Mikhailova,I (2166)-Petersen,M (2276) chess.com INT 2026}) ({RR} 15... Kh8 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Nb6 18. Qc5 Qe6 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Qxa7 b5 21. Qc5 Rbc8 22. Rbc1 b4 23. Ne5 f5 24. Nxc6 Nf4 {1-0 (24) De Souza,C (2018)-Dushyant,S (2416) Chess.com INT 2022}) 16. Rac1 (16. Rfc1 $5 {[%cal Ga1b1]}) 16... cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nb6 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. Qc5 Rfe8 20. Nd6 Re5 21. Qb4 (21. Qa3 $5 {[%csl Ra7,Ra8]}) 21... Qe7 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Rd4 $6 (23. Qa3 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Nb5 Qxa3 26. Nxa3 $11) 23... Rd5 $15 {} 24. Qxb6 $6 (24. Rxd5 Nxd5 $15) 24... axb6 25. Rxd5 g6 $17 {[%csl Rd6] Les compensations Blanches sont insuffisantes} 26. Rcd1 Ra8 27. R1d2 Ra5 28. e4 Qc7 29. g3 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qc2 31. a3 f5 32. f3 Kf8 33. Kf1 fxe4 34. fxe4 Qxh2 35. Rd3 h5 36. Rf3+ Ke7 37. Nc4 Qc2 38. Ne3 Qxe4 39. Kf2 b5 40. Rf4 Qd3 41. a4 g5 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Ba6 Bxa6 12. Qxa6 c6 13. Rc1 Qc8 14. Qa4 Qb7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rac8 17. Bg3 $146 ({RR} 17. Qc2 g6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ng4 20. Bg3 Bc5 21. h3 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. b4 Bxb4 24. Nxd5 Be7 25. f4 Re6 26. f5 gxf5 27. Nf4 Re5 28. Qf2 Kh7 29. Nd3 Ra5 30. e4 fxe4 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 {Kelecevic,N (2320)-Duport,N (2114) Biel 2009 1-0 (37)}) 17... Bf8 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nd7 20. Bg3 Nf6 21. Ne2 c5 22. dxc5 bxc5 23. Rc2 Re4 24. Qa5 d4 25. exd4 Rce8 26. Be5 cxd4 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Kf1 R8e5 29. Qd8 Qa6 30. Qd7 h5 31. Rdd2 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 d3 33. Rc3 dxe2+ 34. Ke1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Hilversum KRO m"]
[Site "Hilversum"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1988.12.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1989.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Nbd7 11. g3 Bb7 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. exf6 O-O-O 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bh6 18. h4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qc6+ 20. f3 Rh5 21. a4 $146 ({RR} 21. Rh1 Rxg5 22. Rh7 Rdg8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxg3+ 25. Kh2 Qd5 26. Rd1 Rg2+ 27. Kh3 R8g3+ 28. Kh4 Qg5# {0-1 (28) Piantoni,P (1965)-Pierandrei,C (1963) Milan 2011}) 21... b4 22. Nb5 Kb7 23. Rad1 Nd3 24. Qe3 Qb6 25. Qe4+ Kb8 26. g4 Rh4 27. Kg3 Rdh8 28. Rxd3 cxd3 29. Qe5+ Ka8 30. Qe4+ Kb8 31. Qe5+ Ka8 32. g6 Rh3+ 33. Kf4 a6 34. Qe4+ Kb8 35. Qe5+ Ka8 36. Qe4+ Kb8 37. Qd4 Qxd4+ 38. Nxd4 fxg6 39. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Bugojno"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1978.03.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[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 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. a3 Ba5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. cxd5 (10. Bd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Ne2 Bxd2 15. Qxd2 Ng4 16. Ng3 Qg5 17. Be2 $16 {Donner-Nicolac, Opatija 1953}) ({RR} 10. b4 Bc7 11. e4 e5 12. exd5 exd4 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 dxc3 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Bf4 Qh4 18. Bg3 Qh5 19. Qxc3 Bd7 20. Qd4 Rfe8 21. Qe4 Rad8 22. h3 cxd5 23. cxd5 Nf6 24. Qd4 Nxd5 {Kim,S (2295)-Owezdurdiyeva,J (2078) chess.com INT 2023 0-1 (39)}) ({RR} 10. Bd2 Bc7 11. Rae1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qh4 e4 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. f3 Nd5 20. Qxe7 Nxe7 21. Bb4 Re8 22. fxe4 Be6 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Rd1 b6 {Mendeleyevsky-Tal,M Riga 1949 1-0 (39)}) 10... exd5 11. Bd2 {xd5} Bxc3 $146 (11... Bc7 12. Nb5 $1) ({RR} 11... Qd8 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. b4 a6 15. Bc3 Nf8 16. Rae1 Be6 17. Ne5 N6d7 18. f4 f6 19. Nf3 Bc7 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. Ba1 Bf7 22. Nf5 Kh8 23. a4 Nc8 24. Nb3 Nd6 25. a5 Nxf5 26. Bxf5 {Kortschnoj,V (2650)-Huebner,R (2620) Brussels 1986 1-0 (64)}) 12. Bxc3 Re8 13. Bb4 Qd8 14. Ng5 (14. Bd6 Ne4 15. Bf4 Nf8 $14) 14... g6 (14... h6 $2 15. Bh7+) 15. h3 $14 Nf8 16. Bxf8 (16. a4 {a3, b4}) 16... Rxf8 17. b4 Ne8 18. Nf3 Nd6 19. Rfb1 a6 20. a4 Bd7 21. Qc5 Ne8 {..f5} 22. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "San Francisco"]
[Site "San Francisco"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[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. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Rc1 O-O 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Rxc3 c6 11. e3 a5 ({RR} 11... Bg4 12. Qb3 Nd7 13. Qxb7 Rab8 14. Qxc6 Rxb2 15. Bd3 Qxc6 16. Rxc6 Rfb8 17. O-O R2b3 18. Ba6 Rxa3 19. Bc8 Ra2 20. Rc7 Bxf3 21. Rxd7 Rxc8 22. gxf3 a5 23. Rxd5 Ra8 24. Rb1 a4 25. Rdb5 Kh7 26. R5b2 {Bu,X (2644)-Jakovenko,D (2691) Wijk aan Zee 2007 ½-½ (44)}) 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Nxd7 Bxd7 14. Bd3 $146 ({RR} 14. Be2 a4 15. Bg4 Be8 16. Qf3 Qd6 17. Bf5 g6 18. Bc2 Bd7 19. O-O Ra5 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. hxg3 f5 22. g4 fxg4 23. Bxg6 Kg7 24. Bd3 h5 25. g3 Kh6 26. Rfc1 Rf6 27. Rc5 Ra8 28. R1c2 Be6 {Lushenkov,M (2441)-Ni,H (2646) Olginka 2011 0-1 (60)}) 14... Qg5 15. O-O Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jurmala"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1985.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tukmakov, Vladimir B"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. d4 {Krasenkow,Michal} e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 ({RR} 6... Nbd7) ({RR} 6... h6) 7. dxc5 ({RR} 7. cxd5 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbc6 13. g3 b6 14. Bg2 Bb7 ({RR} 14... Ba6 15. Nd4 Bb7 16. Ndb5) 15. Rd7 Rab8 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. Nb5 a5) 7... dxc4 ({RR} 7... d4 8. O-O-O Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Be6 12. Kb1 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Bc4 Qd8 15. h4 Rc8 16. Ng5 g6 17. Ne4) ({RR} 7... Qa5 8. cxd5 exd5 ({RR} 8... Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. e3 Qxc5 11. Bd3) 9. e3 Qxc5 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Nb4 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Bxa4 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nxc5 14. Bc2 Be6 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Rac1 g6 17. Rhd1 Rfd8 18. Bb1) ({RR} 9... h6 10. Bh4 Nc6 11. Be2 Qxc5 12. Rd1 Be6) 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Be6 12. O-O h6 13. Bh4 Ne4 ({RR} 13... g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. exd4 Qc6 17. Bb5 Qb6 18. Nxe4 Qxb5 19. Nc3) ({RR} 13... Rac8 14. Qb1 Rfd8 15. Nd4 Ne5 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Rd4) 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nd4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rac8) 8. e3 ({RR} 8. e4 Nfd7 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. e5 Be7 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. O-O ({RR} 12. c6 bxc6 13. O-O) 12... Qa5 13. a3 Qxc5 14. Qe4 Rd8 15. Rac1 Qa5 16. Rfd1 a6 17. Qf4 b5 ({RR} 17... Rb8 18. Ne4) 18. Nd5 Bf8 19. Ba2 Bb7 20. Nc7) ({RR} 8... Qa5 9. e5 ({RR} 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. O-O Rd8 ({RR} 11... Ng4 12. Bf4 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb3) 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. e5) 9... Nd5 10. Bxc4 ({RR} 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxc4 Qxc5 12. Bd3 Nbc6 13. O-O) 10... Nxc3 ({RR} 10... Bxc5 11. Bxd5 exd5 12. O-O Be6 13. a3 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Bb6 15. Qd2 Nc6 16. Nxd5) 11. O-O Qxc5 12. Qxc3 Nc6 ({RR} 12... b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Qb3 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 Qxe5 16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. Rce1) 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. a3 Bd7 15. Qe3 ({RR} 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. b4 ({RR} 16. Qe3 h6 17. Bd3 Be8 18. h4 a5 19. Qe4 f5 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Bc4) 16... a6 ({RR} 16... b5 17. Bxb5 Nxb4 18. Bc4 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Be8 20. Bd3) 17. Qe3 Be8 18. Bd3 Na7 19. Bb1 Bc6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Ne4) 15... Rfd8 16. Bd3 Be8 17. Qe4 g6 18. Qe3 Nb8 19. Be4 Bc6 20. Qh6 Qf8 21. Qh4) ({RR} 8... Nc6 9. Bxc4 ({RR} 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. O-O Ng6 14. Bb3 b6 15. h3 N4e5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. Rfd1) 9... Nd4 ({RR} 9... Qa5 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. bxc3) 10. Qd3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Qd4 12. Bb3 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. O-O Bd7 15. Bd2 Bc6 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bc2) 9. Bf4 ({RR} 9. h4 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e5 b5 13. Bxe7 ({RR} 13. Bd3 Nxd3+ 14. Rxd3 Nc6 15. Bxe7 Nxe7) 13... Qxe7 14. Bd3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 ({RR} 15. Rxd3 Nd7) 15... Nc6 16. O-O h6) 9... b5 ({RR} 9... Nc6 10. Bxc4 Bxc5 ({RR} 10... Nxc5 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. a3 Nd7 13. O-O Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Bg3 a6 17. Kh1 b5 18. f4 Re8 19. f5 Nf8 20. Bh5) 11. Rd1 ({RR} 11. O-O-O Qf6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. h4 h6 14. h5 Qh7 15. Bf4) 11... a6 12. e5 Be7 13. O-O Nb4 ({RR} 13... Qc7 14. Bd3 h6 15. Ne4) 14. Qe4 Rb8 15. a3 b5 16. Bb3 Bb7 17. Qd4 Nc5 18. Qxb4) 10. cxb6 Nxb6 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Be2 Na6 13. Ne5 Nb4 14. Qc1 Ba6 15. a3 Nc6 16. b4 Bf6 ({RR} 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bb7 18. O-O f5 19. f3) 17. Nf3 ({RR} 17. Nxc6 Qxc6) 17... Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Qc8 ({RR} 18... f5 19. Bd6 Rf6 20. Qe3) 19. O-O Bb5 20. Bd6 ({RR} 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4) 20... Rd8 21. e5 h6 ({RR} 21... Nd5 22. Qc2 Nf4 23. Ng5 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 g6 25. Qxe2) ({RR} 21... a5 22. Ng5 h6 23. Ne4 axb4 24. axb4 Nd5 25. Qg3 Kh8) 22. Nd4 a6 {Kramnik,V (2760)-Inarkiev,E (2688) Moscow 2014 CBM 164 [Krasenkow,Michal] 1-0 (40)}) 8... Qa5 ({RR} 8... h6 9. Bh4 Qa5 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. O-O Rac8 14. a3 a6 15. b4 Qa7 16. Qb3 b5 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Be8 19. Qc2 g6 20. Qb2 Nh7 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne4 a5 23. Nc5 {Radovanovic,N (2426)-Markovic,Z (2313) Banja Vrujci 2022 ½-½}) 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 $146 ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bh4 a6 12. O-O Nc6 13. a3 b5 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ne4 Qxc2 17. Rxc2 Be7 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rfd8 21. Be4 Na5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Nd2 Bb7 {½-½ (24) Lechtynsky,J (2420)-Prandstetter,E (2405) Decin 1978}) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Na6 14. Qa4 Qb4 15. Nd4 Qxa4 16. Nxa4 Nb4 17. Be2 Rac8) ({RR} 10... h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 12. a3 Bd7 13. Rd1 {½-½ (13) Kostic,V (2315)-Kelecevic,N (2385) Liechtenstein 1988}) 11. a3 h6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Bh4 a5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxc7 Bxb4+ 16. axb4 Nxc7 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 axb4 19. Rxa8 Nxa8 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Be7 Re8 22. Bd6 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Goglidze Memorial"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ubilava, Elizbar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1986.11.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[EventCategory "10"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. a3 Nd7 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Qc2 c5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Be4 $146 ({RR} 16. b4 Bd6 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Be4 Bc7 19. c5 Rb8 20. b5 Bd7 21. a4 Be8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. h3 Ba5 25. Ne5 Rc8 26. c6 bxc6 27. Bxc6 Qb4 28. g3 Bb6 29. Kg2 a6 30. Qe2 Qxa4 {Gulko,B (2600)-Nikolic,P (2600) Novi Sad 1990 ½-½ (36)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga-ch"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1953.10.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Udris"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]
[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 c5 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bg4 11. Nd4 $146 ({RR} 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. Nd4 Bxd4 13. Bxg4 Be5 14. h3 Rad8 15. f4 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rfe8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qd2 g6 19. Rad1 d4 20. exd4 h5 21. Bf3 Nxd4 22. Qf2 b5 23. Kh1 Qxf4 24. Bb7 Qc7 25. Bxa6 Nf5 {Tishin,D (2269)-Kuzmin,G (2469) Alushta 2008 0-1 (31)}) ({RR} 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Nd4 Be6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Bb8 19. Bf3 Bf5 20. Re1 Qf6 21. Bd4 Qe6 22. Qd2 Bd6 23. g3 Ba3 24. Bb2 Bf8 25. b4 Be4 {Gajewski,G (2618)-Piorun,K (2601) Warsaw 2020 ½-½ (64)}) ({RR} 11. Bb2 Ba7 12. Re1 Re8 13. a3 Qd6 14. Rc1 Rad8 15. Na4 Ne4 16. Nd4 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. exd4 Qxa3 20. f3 Nf6 21. Qd3 Qb4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Qc3 Qe7 24. Qd2 h6 25. Nc5 a5 {Lishoy Gengis Paratazham,D (2180)-Roe,S (2199) England ENG 2026 ½-½ (41)}) ({RR} 11. Bb2 Rc8 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. h3 Be6 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Bd3 b5 16. Nc3 f5 17. Ne2 Bb8 18. Nf4 Qd6 19. Bb1 g5 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Qd4 Nc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Nxg5 Qe5 24. Qxe5 Bxe5 25. Ngxe6 Rf6 {Jacobi,G (1959)-Surak,S Portland 2016 1-0 (36)}) 11... Bxe2 12. Ndxe2 Qd6 13. Nf4 Rad8 14. Qf3 d4 15. Rd1 Ne5 16. Qg3 dxc3 17. Rxd6 Rxd6 18. h3 Ne4 19. Qh4 Rd1+ 20. Kh2 c2 21. Ne2 Bd6 22. f4 Nd3 23. Nd4 g5 24. Qh6 gxf4 25. Nf5 f3+ 26. g3 Bxg3+ 27. Nxg3 f5 28. Nh5 Rf7 29. Qe6 f2 30. Bd2 Rxd2 31. Qc8+ Rf8 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Rf1 c1=Q 34. Qd4+ Nf6 0-1

[Event "Naestved Nimzowitsch Memorial"]
[Site "Naestved"]
[Date "1985.09.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1985.09.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "MCL"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 Na6 9. Rd1 c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. cxd5 Nxc5 12. Qd2 Rd8 13. Nd4 exd5 14. Be2 Qb6 15. O-O Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Bf5 $146 ({RR} 17... Be6 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Qb1 Rc7 20. Rd2 Rdc8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bg4 Rc4 23. h3 Qc6 24. Qd3 Kh8 25. Rfd1 a5 26. b3 Rc3 27. Qe2 Rf8 28. Bh5 b5 29. Bg6 Bd8 30. Bd3 b4 31. Qg4 Qe8 32. e4 {Karpov,A (2720)-Kasparov,G (2700) Moscow 1985 1-0 (63)}) 18. Qd2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial-04"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1983.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Veingold, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[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. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. O-O Qe7 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. Rad1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 ({RR} 15. c6 Nxc6 16. Qxc3 Rac8 17. Qd2 Rc7 18. Bb5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Rdc8 20. Qe2 Nc4 21. b3 Nd6 22. Bd3 Ne4 23. Qb2 Qf6 24. h3 a5 25. Rfe1 Nc5 26. Bf5 Ne6 27. Rd2 Rd8 28. Nxe6 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 fxe6 {Stern,R (2521)-Wacker,P (2306) Bad Wiessee 2016 1-0 (37)}) 15... bxc5 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Rc2 ({RR} 17. Qa3 Qf6 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. h3 a5 20. Ne1 Rac8 21. Qb3 Qxb3 22. axb3 g6 23. Bb5 Nb6 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Nd3 Rdc8 26. Ne5 Kg7 27. Ra3 Kf6 28. Ng4+ Kg7 29. Rda1 c4 30. Rxa5 cxb3 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Carlsen,M (2881)-Georgiev,K (2644) Dubai 2014 1-0 (58)}) 17... Rdc8 $146 ({RR} 17... Rab8 18. b3 Qe6 19. Rd1 Qb6 20. Ne1 Rbc8 21. Bg4 Qg6 22. Bh3 Rc7 23. Nd3 Nf6 24. Qa5 Ne8 25. Rxc5 Rxc5 26. Qxc5 {1-0 (26) Kortschnoj,V-Geller,E Moscow 1971}) ({RR} 17... Rac8 18. Qa3 Rc7 19. Rfc1 Rdc8 20. Nd4 a6 21. Bg4 Kh7 22. h3 Qe5 23. Bf5+ g6 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxc5 Re8 26. Qc3 Ree7 27. b4 {1-0 (27) Renet,O (2480)-Santo Roman,M (2360) Epinal 1986}) 18. Qa3 a5 19. Rfc1 Qf6 20. Bb5 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Rxc6 22. Qd3 Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-25"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1982.11.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Wirthensohn, Heinz"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1982.10.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Switzerland"]
[BlackTeam "Soviet Union"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "URS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Be2 Be7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Qd6 12. Rc1 Ba7 13. Re1 ({RR} 13. Na4 Rd8 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bd4 Bxa4 17. bxa4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qa3 19. Rc7 b5 20. axb5 {½-½ (21) Khenkin,I (2509)-Indjic,A (2605) Germany 2022}) ({RR} 13. Na4 Ne4 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nc3 Nxf2 17. Rxf2 Bxe3 18. g3 f5 19. Bf3 Rae8 20. Ne2 f4 21. g4 Qg6 22. Nd4 h5 23. Nxc6 Bxg4 24. Kh1 Bxf2 25. Qxd5+ Qe6 26. Ne5 Qxd5 27. Bxd5+ Be6 {Andyka,P (2153)-Nguyen Van Huy (2372) Johor MAS 2025 0-1 (35)}) 13... Re8 14. a3 $146 ({RR} 14. Nb1 Ne4 15. Nbd2 Qh6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. Bc3 Rac8 19. Qc2 Nd4 20. exd4 Bxd4 21. Bc4 Bxf2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 b5 {0-1 (23) Helmers,K (2405)-Petursson,M (2425) Reykjavik 1980}) 14... Bg4 15. Rc2 Rad8 16. Rd2 d4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Bxd4 19. Bxg4 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Nxg4 21. Ne4 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 Qh1+ 23. Ke2 Qxg2 24. Kd1 Qf3+ 25. Qe2 Qh1+ 26. Qe1 Qf3+ 27. Qe2 Qxb3+ 28. Ke1 Ne5 29. Ng5 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Tallinn"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "1971.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Zaitsev, Alexander N"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1971.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[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. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Bg4 ({RR} 11... Bb4 12. Qxd5 Bg4 13. Be3 Qxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rfd8 16. Nxb4 Nxb4 17. Rfc1 Nd5 18. Kf1 f6 19. Rc5 Kf7 20. Rac1 Ke6 21. h4 h5 22. Ke2 Re8 23. a4 Rad8 24. Kd3 Rd6 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Rc8 {Kotanjian,T (2510)-Savchenko,B (2602) Khomeyn 2017 ½-½ (80)}) 12. Qxb7 Nb4 ({RR} 12... Rc8 13. Be3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 15. f4 Qh4 16. Qb5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qxf4 19. Kg2 Qxh2+ 20. Kf3 Rfe8 21. Be3 Qh5+ 22. Kg2 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 Qh2# {0-1 (24) Mammadov,Z (1663)-Shahinyan,V (2207) chess.com INT 2025}) 13. Ne5 $146 ({RR} 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Bd6 {½-½ (14) Thal,O-Mueller,K Goerlitz 1972}) 13... Rb8 14. Qxa7 Ra8 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga Junior-ch Final"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1949.04.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zilber, Israel"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1949.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3 b4 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Nf4 ({RR} 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 c5 12. Ng3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Bc2 O-O 15. b3 Rfd8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 e5 19. Nf3 e4 20. Nxe4 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxd3 22. Nxd3 Ne4 23. Rac1 a5 24. Rc4 Nd6 {Bluebaum,M (2647)-Dziuba,M (2590) Warsaw 2020 ½-½ (47)}) ({RR} 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Ng3 c5 13. e4 Bxg3 14. hxg3 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Nxe4 20. Rc7 Nb6 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Nxf7 Nb5 23. Nh6+ gxh6 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 {Radhakrishnan,S (2224)-Aradhya,G (2422) chess.com INT 2026 1-0 (60)}) 10... Bd6 11. Nd3 $146 ({RR} 11. e4 e5 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Qb3+ Ke8 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Ne6 Qe7 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Kb1 Bc4 20. Rc1 Bxb3 21. Rxc5 Bd6 22. Rcc1 Be6 23. e5 Be7 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Be3 c5 {Gonzalez,M (2220)-Korneev,O (2565) Las Palmas 1997 0-1 (41)}) 11... Qc7 12. O-O h6 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Ba4+ Ncd7 17. Nd4 O-O 18. Bd2 Rab8 19. Nc6 Rb6 20. Nxb4 Bb7 21. Rc1 Qe5 22. Bc3 Qg5 23. f3 Ne5 24. Kh1 Nh5 25. Qe2 Ng3+ 26. hxg3 Qh5+ 27. Kg1 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+ 30. Kxf3 Qh5+ 31. Kg2 1-0

