[Event "01 Riga"]
[Site "01 Riga"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Zeid, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 Nxc3 8. bxc3
a6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ng5 h6 11. Ne4 e6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Rxa3 O-O 14. O-O Nd7 15.
f4 Qe7 16. Ra1 Nb6 17. Qd2 Nxa4 18. f5 exf5 19. Nf6+ Kh8 20. Rxf5 Rfd8 21. Raf1
Bc8 22. Rh5 Qf8 23. Rf4 Nxc3 24. Rfh4 Nxe2+ 25. Kf2 g5 26. Rxh6+ Qxh6 27. Rxh6+
Kg7 28. Qxg5+ Kf8 29. Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "02 Riga"]
[Site "02 Riga"]
[Date "1952.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Klasup, K."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

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 Nxe5 10. dxe5 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nd7 12. f4 Qe7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Qb3 f6 15.
Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Ne4 fxe5 17. Kh1 exf4 18. exf4 Nf6 19. Ng5 Ne4 20. Nf7+ Rxf7 21.
Bxf7 Nf2+ 22. Kg1 Nd3+ 23. Kh1 Qe2 24. Bb2 Bh3 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Bd5 cxd5 27.
Qxd5 Kh8 28. Qg5 Bd4 29. gxh3 Rg8 30. Rae1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "03 Riga"]
[Site "03 Riga"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Pasman, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Qc7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Bg5 Qd8 15.
Nf5 Bxf5 16. Rxf5 Nfd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd5 Qd6 19. Qg4 g6 20. Raf1 f6 21. h4
Kh8 22. R5f3 f5 23. exf5 Qxd5 24. fxg6 Rxf3 25. g7+ Kg8 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rxf3
Ne4 28. h5 Ndf6 29. Qg6+ Kg8 30. h6 Ra7 31. Kh2 Re7 32. Rh3 Nh7 33. Rd3 Qa8 34.
Qxe4 Qxe4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. g8=Q+ Kf6 37. Rd6+ Kf5 38. Qg6+ Kf4 39. g3+ Ke3 40.
Rd3+ Qxd3 41. Qxd3+ Kf2 0-1

[Event "04 Riga"]
[Site "04 Riga"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Saigin, V."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. Bg2 e5 7. Nf3 d4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. e3 Be7 10. exd4 exd4 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Re1 O-O 13. b3 Qd7 14. Bb2 Rad8
15. a3 a5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 b6 18. Nf3 Bc5 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Ree1 d3 21. Rf1
Qd6 22. Qc3 f6 23. Rad1 Rfe8 24. Rd2 Bf5 25. Ng5 Ne3 26. fxe3 Bxe3+ 27. Kh1
Bxd2 28. Qxd2 Re2 29. Qc3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "05 Wilna"]
[Site "05 Wilna"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Klavins, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

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
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 0-1

[Event "06 Riga"]
[Site "06 Riga"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Solovyov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. Kb1 Re8 11. g4 a6 12. Ng3 Nf8 13. d5 N6d7 14. h4 c5 15.
Be2 Rb8 16. Rdg1 b5 17. h5 b4 18. Na4 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Rxb6 20. Qd3 Rb7 21. Qd2 f6
22. hxg6 Nxg6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Nf4 25. Bd1 Kh8 26. Qh2 h6 27. Bxf4 exf4
28. Rg6 Qf8 29. Qxf4 Kh7 30. Ba4 Rd8 31. Rhg1 Ra7 32. Qh4 Rc7 33. Bd1 Re8 34.
Be2 a5 35. Bf1 a4 36. Bh3 a3 37. b3 Rf7 38. Bg4 Ra7 39. Bh5 Rd8 40. Rxg7+ Rxg7
41. Bg6+ Kg8 42. Qxh6 Qe7 43. Bh7+ Kh8 44. Bg6+ Kg8 45. Kc1 Rd7 46. Rh1 Kf8 47.
f4 Rc7 48. Kd2 Rd7 49. Kd3 Rc7 50. Re1 Kg8 51. e5 dxe5 52. fxe5 fxe5 53. Rh1
0-1

[Event "07 Riga"]
[Site "07 Riga"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Furman, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. Nf3 Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f5 Nb4 14. a3 Nc6
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Be7 17. Be2 Kd8 18. Rhf1 Rb8 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Rxf6 b4
21. Rf5 e5 22. Qa7 Qb6 23. Qxb6+ Rxb6 24. Nd5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Rb8 26. f6 Bf8 27.
axb4 Kd7 28. g4 Rg8 29. h4 h6 30. Rg1 e4 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 Ke6 33. Bc4 Ke5
34. g6 Bh6 35. Ne7 Rgd8 36. g7 0-1

[Event "08 Leningrad"]
[Site "08 Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin, A."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O a6 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Bb3 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 O-O 13. fxe6 Bxe6 14. Rad1 Rac8
15. Kh1 Rfd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Qf4 Bf6 19. Bd4 Re8 20. c3 Re7 21.
Bc2 Bxd4 22. Qh4 Nf8 23. Rxd4 Re2 24. Bf5 Rce8 25. Rg4 Rd2 26. Be4 Qe7 27. Qe1
Rxd5 28. Qf2 Re5 29. Bd3 Nd7 30. Rf4 Nc5 31. Rxf7 Nxd3 32. Qf3 Re1 33. Qd5 Qxf7
34. Qxf7+ Kh8 35. Kg1 Rxf1+ 36. Qxf1 Re1 0-1

[Event "09 Leningrad"]
[Site "09 Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Simagin, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 e6 10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 h6 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. f5 dxe5 14. fxe6+
Kxe6 15. Rb1 Qxb1 16. Qc4+ Kd6 17. Ba3+ Kc7 18. Rxb1 Bxa3 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Qxb7+
Kd6 21. dxe5+ Nxe5 22. Rd1+ Ke6 23. Qb3+ Kf5 24. Rf1+ Ke4 25. Re1+ Kf5 26. g4+
Kf6 27. Rf1+ Kg6 28. Qe6+ Kh7 29. Qxe5 Rhe8 30. Rf7 Bf8 31. Qf5+ Kg8 32. Kf2
Bc5+ 33. Kg3 Re3+ 34. Kh4 Rae8 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. Qxc5 R8e6 37. Qxa7+ Kg6 38.
Qa8 Kf6 39. a4 Ke5 40. a5 Kd5 41. Qd8+ Ke4 42. a6 Kf3 43. a7 Re2 44. Qd3+ R2e3
45. Qxe3+ 0-1

[Event "10 Leningrad"]
[Site "10 Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Tolush, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nfd7 12. Ne4 Qxa2 13. Rb3 Qa1+ 14. Kf2 Qa4
15. Bb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Re1 Ra6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ Kf7
21. Rf3 Qh4+ 22. Kf1 e5 23. Qd5+ Be6 24. Nd7+ Kg6 25. Nxe5+ Kg7 26. Rg3+ Qxg3
27. Qxb7+ Nd7 28. hxg3 Rb6 29. Qc7 Bc5 30. Nxd7 Bc4+ 31. Re2 0-1

[Event "11 Uppsala"]
[Site "11 Uppsala"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Ivkov, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15. b4
cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Re3 Bf8 19. Bb2 Bh6 20. Ra3 Qb7 21. dxe5
Qxb4 22. Qd4 Nh5 23. exd6 Bg7 24. e5 Bc6 25. Re3 Bxf3 26. Bc3 Qb5 27. gxf3 Rad8
28. f4 Re6 29. Rb1 Qc6 30. Rb6 Qc8 31. Bd1 Bh6 32. Bxh5 gxh5 33. f5 0-1

[Event "12 Tiflis"]
[Site "12 Tiflis"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Yukhtman, Y."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Qe2 e6 10. a3 Be7 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rad1 Qh5 14. Qe1 g5
15. e5 Ng4 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Bd5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 dxe5
21. Rxe5 O-O 22. Rxe7 Rac8 23. Qe4 b5 24. Re1 Rcd8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qg6 27.
Ra7 Rfe8 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. g3 Re6 30. Kg2 Rf6 31. Ra8+ Kh7 32. Rd8 Rxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Qf6+ 34. Ke3 Qxd8 35. Qd3+ Qxd3+ 36. Kxd3 Kg6 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. g4 Ke6 39.
b4 h5 40. gxh5 f5+ 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. a4 g4 43. b5 0-1

[Event "13 Moscow"]
[Site "13 Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson, L."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qg6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Rxe4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Bf6 13. Bd2 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Bc3 Bf5 16. Nh4 Bxh4 17. Rxh4 Rae8 18. Qe3 h6 19. b4 Qf6 20. b5 Nd8 21.
Bd5+ Kh8 22. f4 exf4 23. Qd2 Qb6+ 24. Bd4 Qg6 25. Qxf4 Kh7 26. Qxc7 Bb1 27. Be5
Ne6 28. Qd6 Qf5 29. Bf4 Ng5 30. Qb4 Be4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Rf1 Re2 33. Qd6 Rxa2
34. Qd5 Qc2 35. c5 Rd8 36. Bd6 Re8 0-1

[Event "14 Moscow"]
[Site "14 Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres, P."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. a3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Rxc4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qd5 14. Qc2 f5
15. O-O Bd7 16. Rd1 Rac8 17. Be3 Na5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Qe2 Bd6 20. Ne5 Ba4 21.
Re1 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rd8 23. b4 Bc6 24. f3 Qxd3 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26. bxa5 Rxa3 27.
Bxa7 Rxa5 28. Bd4 Ra2 29. Rb1 Rd2 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. Bd4 Kf7 32. h4 Kg6 33. Rb4 h6
34. Rb2 Rxb2 35. Bxb2 Kh5 36. Ba3 Kxh4 37. Bf8 Kg3 38. Bxg7 h5 39. Bh6 Bxf3 40.
gxf3 Kxf3 41. Kf1 b5 42. Bd2 h4 43. Bb4 h3 44. Kg1 Ke2 0-1

[Event "15 Moscow"]
[Site "15 Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze, B."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 Na6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. a4 b6 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. h3 Nxf2 15.
Kxf2 Qh4+ 16. Kf1 Bd4 17. Nd1 Qxh3 18. Bf3 Qh2 19. Ne3 f5 20. Ndc4 fxe4 21.
Bxe4 Ba6 22. Bf3 Re5 23. Ra3 Rae8 24. Bd2 Nxd5 25. Bxd5+ Rxd5 26. Ke2 Bxe3 27.
Rxe3 Bxc4+ 0-1

[Event "16 Moscow"]
[Site "16 Moscow"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Tolush, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. d5 c5 10. g4 a6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. h4 Qa5 13. Bh6 Nf8 14. h5 Qc7 15. Bd3 b5
16. O-O-O bxc4 17. Bb1 Bh8 18. Rdg1 Rb8 19. Nf5 N6d7 20. Bg5 Bg7 21. Nxg7 Kxg7
22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. f4 exf4 24. Qxf4 Qd8 25. hxg6 Nxg6 26. Qh2 Nde5 27. Bf4 Nf8
28. Qh6 Neg6 29. Bg5 f6 30. e5 Rxe5 31. Bxg6 Rb7 32. Ne4 fxg5 33. Rf1 Rxe4 34.
Bxe4 Rg7 35. Rf6 Bxg4 36. Rhf1 Nd7 37. Rxd6 Qe7 38. Rxa6 Kh8 39. Bxh7 Nb8 40.
Bf5+ Kg8 41. Be6+ Bxe6 42. Rxe6 0-1

[Event "17 Reykjavik"]
[Site "17 Reykjavik"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mititelu, G."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. Qd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rfe8 15.
Qd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Qa5 17. Bg5 Qb4 18. Rae1 Ned7 19. Bd3 b5 20. Kh1 c4 21. Bc2 Qa5
22. f4 b4 23. Nd1 Rab8 24. Qf2 Qc5 25. Qf3 Qd4 26. Bh4 Qc5 27. g4 Nb6 28. Bf2
Qa5 29. Bd4 b3 30. Bb1 Nbxd5 31. f5 g5 32. h4 h6 33. hxg5 hxg5 34. Ne3 Nf4 35.
Nxc4 Qb4 36. Qc3 Qxc3 37. Bxc3 Nxg4 38. Rg1 Bxc3 39. bxc3 Nf2+ 40. Kh2 f6 41.
Nxd6 Red8 42. e5 N2d3 43. Ne4 Nxe1 44. Nxf6+ Kg7 45. Rxe1 Nd3 46. Nh5+ Kh6 47.
Rh1 Nf2 48. Rf1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "18 Vienna"]
[Site "18 Vienna"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Teschner, R."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 Re8 13. Be3 Qa5 14. h3 Qa4
15. Rfe1 b5 16. Bg5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qd2 b4 19. c4 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21.
Rac1 Bd3 22. Re3 Bxb2 23. Rxd3 Bxc1 24. Bxc1 Rxc4 25. Bd2 Rb8 26. Be3 a5 27.
Rd2 a4 28. Bf1 Rc1 29. Rb2 Ra1 30. Kg2 a3 31. Rc2 b3 32. axb3 a2 33. Be2 Rg1+
34. Kxg1 a1=Q+ 35. Kg2 Rxb3 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc4 Qa8 $138 0-1

[Event "19 Milan"]
[Site "19 Milan"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ferrantes, G."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Bd3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. O-O Nh5 14. g4 c6 15.
gxh5 cxd5 16. cxd5 Qf6 17. Bc4 b5 18. Be2 Re8 19. Qd3 Qf4 20. Rfe1 Rxe4 21. Qd2
Bb7 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Nd2 d3 25. Bxd3 Rd4 26. Nb3 Rxd3 27. Nc5
Rxd5 28. Nxb7 Rb8 29. Na5 Bxb2 30. Nc6 Rg5+ 31. Kf1 Bxa1 32. Nxb8 Bd4 33. Nc6
Bb6 34. Re4 Rc5 35. Nb4 a5 36. Nd3 Rc3 37. Nf4 Rf3 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Nd5 Rxf2+
40. Ke1 Bc5 41. Nc7 Rxa2 42. Nxb5 Rh2 0-1

[Event "20 Riga"]
[Site "20 Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Tolush, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. axb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Nbd5 14. Bc5
Re8 15. Re1 Rxe1+ 16. Qxe1 b6 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Be5 Qb5 20. Bxf6 gxf6
21. Qe4 Qxb4 22. Nd4 f5 23. Qe5 Ne7 24. Qf6 Bd5 25. Nc6 Qxb3 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27.
Re1 Be6 28. Nxf5 0-1

[Event "21 Riga"]
[Site "21 Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh, Y."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Qb1 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bf5 14. Nfd2 Nxd5
15. Bxd6 Nf6 16. Bf3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Qxd6 19. Qc2 Re7 20. Bf3 Rae8
21. Rad1 Bd4 22. a4 b6 23. b3 Re5 24. Rd2 h5 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Bxe2 h4 27. Kh1
Qf4 28. g3 Qf6 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Bg4 Bxf2 31. Qe2 Rd2 32. Qe8+ Kg7 33. gxh4 Qd4
34. Bh3 Qd3 35. Bg2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "22 Riga"]
[Site "22 Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov, A."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qa5 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ne5 13. Bf1 a6 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
Be3 c5 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Nd2 Nc6 18. b4 Ng4 19. hxg4 Bxc3 20. Rc1 Bg7 21. Nb3
Rad8 22. Nd2 Qc7 23. Rb1 Ne5 24. Be2 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Bxg4 27. Be2 Qd7
28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bg5 Bd4 31. Re2 f6 32. Bf4 g5 33. f3 Nf2 34. Rxf2
Bxf2 35. Kxf2 gxf4 36. gxf4 Qa7 37. Qb3+ c4+ 38. Qe3 Qxe3+ 39. Kxe3 d5 40. Rg1+
Kf7 41. Ke2 c3 42. Nb3 dxe4 43. Rc1 exf3+ 44. Kxf3 Rd3+ 45. Kf2 c2 46. Nc5 Rd2+
47. Kf3 Re1 48. Rxe1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "23 Riga"]
[Site "23 Riga"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Geller, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. b4 cxb4 13. cxb4 Nc4 14. Nbd2 d5 15.
exd5 exd4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Qxd4 Bxb4 18. Rb1 Bxe1 19. Rxb7 Re8 20. d6 Qc8 21.
Bg5 Re2 22. Rc7 Qe6 23. Nxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kh2 Rd8 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Re7 Qxd6+ 27.
Qxd6 Rxd6 28. Rxe1 Rd2 29. Rc1 Rxf2 30. Be4 Rxa2 31. Rxc4 a5 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33.
Rc7 0-1

[Event "24 Varna"]
[Site "24 Varna"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Djurasevic, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 Qb6 12. Bc4 O-O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qf2
Nd7 15. f4 b5 16. Be2 Qb7 17. a3 Be7 18. Bf3 Nf6 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Qxe4 22. Bb6 Rd7 23. Rhe1 Qb7 24. exd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. Qd4 Bc7 27.
Bxc7 Qxc7 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Qxd8+ Qxd8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Kd2 Kd7 32. Kd3 Kd6 33.
c4 bxc4+ 34. Kxc4 e5 35. fxe5+ Kxe5 36. b4 f5 37. b5 axb5+ 38. Kxb5 f4 39. a4
g5 40. a5 g4 41. Kc4 0-1

[Event "25 Portoroz"]
[Site "25 Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Fuster, G."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. Qe2 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O h6 11. Bh4 Ne4 12. g4 Bh7 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. fxg3
Qc7 15. Ne5 Bd6 16. h4 f6 17. Bxe6 fxe5 18. dxe5 Be7 19. Rhf1 Rf8 20. Rxf8+
Bxf8 21. Qf3 Qe7 22. Qb3 Rb8 23. Bd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Qf7+ Be7 26. e6+
Kd8 27. Qxg7 0-1

[Event "26 Portoroz"]
[Site "26 Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rossetto, H."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. e4 e6 11. h3 exd5 12. cxd5 b5 13. Bf4 b4 14. Nd1 Re8 15. Re1
c4 16. Qc2 Ra7 17. Be3 Rae7 18. Nd2 b3 19. axb3 Nxb3 20. Ra4 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bf5
22. Qxc4 Nxd2 23. Qxa6 Ne4 24. Qb6 Qc8 25. g4 Nc5 26. Ra7 Rxa7 27. Qxa7 Nd3 28.
Rf1 Be4 29. Qa3 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qc4 31. Qxd6 Bf8 32. Qc6 Qe4+ 33. Kg1 Ne5 34. Nc3
Nf3+ 35. Kh1 Qe5 36. Kg2 Nh4+ 37. Kg1 Bd6 38. Rd1 Qh2+ 39. Kf1 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "27 Portoroz"]
[Site "27 Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Larsen, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rad1 Ne5 12. Bb3 g5 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. f4 gxf4
15. Bxf4 Nh5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Kh1 Nf6 18. Nf3 Qh5 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 O-O-O
21. Ng3 Qg4 22. Nxe5 Qh4 23. Qc3+ Kb8 24. Nxd7+ 0-1

[Event "28 Portoroz"]
[Site "28 Portoroz"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Panno, O."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 exd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. e5 dxe5 15.
Nxe5 Nbc4 16. Qd3 f5 17. Bb3 f4 18. Bd2 Nxb3 19. Nc6 Nxa1 20. Nxd8 Bf5 21. Qf3
Raxd8 22. Rxe7 Bxb1 23. Bxf4 Rxd4 24. Qg4 Bg6 25. Qe6+ Bf7 26. Qf5 Nc2 27. b3
Bg6 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Bh6+ Kxh6 30. Qxf8+ Kg5 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. g3 Be4 33. h4+
Kg4 34. Kh2 Bf5 35. Qf6 h6 36. Qe5 Re4 37. Qg7+ Kf3 38. Qc3+ Ne3 39. Kg1 Bg4
40. fxe3 h5 41. Qe1 Rxe3 42. Qf1+ Ke4 43. Qxc4+ Kf3 44. Qf1+ Ke4 45. Qxa6 Kd4
46. Qd6+ Kc4 47. a4 Re1+ 48. Kf2 Re2+ 49. Kf1 Ra2 50. Qa6+ Kd4 51. a5 c4 52.
Qb6+ Kd5 53. a6 Ra1+ 54. Kf2 c3 55. a7 c2 56. Qb3+ Kd6 57. Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "29 Munich"]
[Site "29 Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Darga, K."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Be3 Rb8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qh5 Qd6
15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bg5 g6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Qh6 Qe7 21.
Rd3 f6 22. Nh4 g5 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Kh8 25. Red1 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. h4 g4 29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Kh2 Kg8 31. Qh5 Qd2 32. Qxg4+ Kf8 33. f3
Qxb2 34. Qxc4 Qf2 35. Kh3 0-1

[Event "30 Munich"]
[Site "30 Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walther, E."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nd2 d5 5. c3 dxe4 6. dxe4 g6 7. Qc2 Bg7 8. a4
O-O 9. Nc4 Na5 10. Nf4 e5 11. Nd5 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nb3 13. Ra3 Bf5 14. Qe3 Nxc1
15. Qxc5 Re8 16. Qe3 Bf8 17. Nb4 a5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Qxc1 Bxb4 20. cxb4 Qxb4+
21. Rc3 Qe4+ 22. Be2 Rxa4 23. f3 Qb4 24. g4 e4 25. f4 Ra2 26. gxf5 Rxb2 27. O-O
Rxe2 28. Rc8 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Rxc8 30. Qxc8+ Kg7 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. f5 Qf6 33. Qxb7
Qe5 0-1

[Event "31 Tiflis"]
[Site "31 Tiflis"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Polugaevsky, L."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rad1 Nc5 11. Rfe1 Bd7 12. a3 Qc7 13. b4 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe6 Qxc2 17. Qd4 Kf7 18. Rc1 Qa2 19. e5 dxe5 20. Qxe5 Qxf2+
21. Kxf2 Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5+ Kg6 25. Ne6 Rhe8 26. Re3
Rac8 27. Rf1 Bb5 28. Rg3+ Kh6 29. Nxg7 Rf8 30. Re1 Rf6 31. h3 Rc2 32. Re4 Rc4
33. Re5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 0-1

[Event "32 Tiflis"]
[Site "32 Tiflis"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Bronstein, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Qb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Be6 15.
Ne3 Rad8 16. Qe2 g6 17. Ng5 c4 18. a4 Kg7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rb1 Na5 21. Nf3 Qc7
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rfe8 24. Qxe5 Qxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxd5 26. Ra1 Nb3 27. Bxb3
cxb3 28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Nc6 Rc8 30. Rad1 Rxc6 31. Rxd5 f6 32. Rxb5 g5 33. Rxb3
Kf7 34. Rb7 Re6 35. Rxe6 Kxe6 36. h4 Rg8 37. f4 Bc5+ 38. Kf1 gxh4 39. Rb5 Rc8
40. f5+ Kd6 41. b4 h3 42. Rxc5 h2 43. Bf4+ 0-1

[Event "33 Tiflis"]
[Site "33 Tiflis"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikitin, A."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
Qd2 e6 9. O-O h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Rae1 Ne5 12. Bb3 g5 13. Bg3 Bd7 14. f4 gxf4
15. Bxf4 Qc7 16. Nf3 O-O-O 17. Kh1 Rhg8 18. Be3 Bc6 19. Qd4 Rg6 20. Re2 Rdg8
21. Qa7 Nxe4 22. Bb6 Nxc3 23. Bxc7 Nxe2 24. Bb6 Rxg2 25. Ba4 Rg1+ 26. Bxg1
Rxg1+ 27. Qxg1 Bxf3+ 28. Rxf3 Nxg1 29. Rc3+ Kd8 30. Kxg1 d5 31. Rg3 Bg5 32. b4
b5 33. Bb3 f5 34. c3 Ke7 35. a4 f4 36. Rh3 Nc4 37. axb5 axb5 38. Kf2 Kd6 39.
Ke2 e5 40. Bxc4 bxc4 41. Rh5 e4 42. h4 f3+ 43. Kd1 Bf4 44. Rf5 0-1

[Event "34 Zurich"]
[Site "34 Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Keller, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. a4 Qb6 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 cxd5 12. exd5 b4 13. a5 Qc7 14. dxe6 bxc3 15.
Nd4 Rg8 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. g3 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Kc8 19. bxc3 Bc5 20. e7 Nc6 21. Bg4+
Kb7 22. Nb5 Qe5 23. Re1 Be4 24. Rab1 Rxg4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Nd6+ Kc7 27. Nxe4
Rxe4 28. Qd1 Re5 29. Rb7+ Kxb7 30. Qd7+ Kb8 31. e8=Q+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kb7 33.
Qd7+ Kb8 34. Qxc6 0-1

[Event "35 Zurich"]
[Site "35 Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walther, E."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 d5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bd2 c5 12. exd5 c4 13. Be4 exd5 14. Bf5 Bc5+
15. Kh1 g6 16. Rae1+ Kf8 17. Na4 d4 18. Qh3 Kg7 19. Nxc5 Qxc5 20. Re5 Qc6 21.
Rf3 Rhe8 22. Rg3 c3 23. bxc3 dxc3 24. Rxc3 Qb6 25. Be3 Qb1+ 26. Bg1 Be4 27.
Bxe4 Nxe4 28. Rf3 Rad8 29. g3 Rxe5 30. fxe5 Qb7 0-1

[Event "36 Zurich"]
[Site "36 Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Olafsson, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 d4 13. Nb5 Nd5 14. Bg3 Be6
15. Re1 Qd7 16. h3 a6 17. Nd6 Nf6 18. Qf3 Kh8 19. Rad1 Nh7 20. Bxh7 Kxh7 21. c3
dxc3 22. Ne4 Qc8 23. Qxc3 Ne7 24. Nc5 Nf5 25. Bc7 b5 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qc6 Ne7
28. Qxe6 Qxc7 29. Qxe7 Qb6 30. Re3 Rad8 31. Rd7 Rxd7 32. Qxf8 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rd8
34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. Re6 Qc7+ 36. g3 Qd7 37. Qe5 Qd2 38. Kg2 Rf8 39. Qe2 Qd5+ 40.
Kg1 Rc8 41. Qe4 Qd2 42. Qe5 Rf8 43. Qe2 Qc1+ 44. Kg2 Qc8 45. b4 Qb7+ 46. Kg1
Qc8 47. Qe3 Kg8 48. h4 Kh8 49. Re7 Qg4 50. Kg2 Qf5 51. Qd4 Qf3+ 52. Kg1 Rf7 53.
Re6 Kg8 54. Rxa6 Re7 55. Qd8+ Kf7 56. Qd2 Kg8 57. Rd6 Qf8 58. Rd5 Re8 59. Rxb5
Qf6 60. Ra5 Kh8 61. Qd5 Rf8 62. Qd2 Qf3 63. Rd5 Qxa3 64. Rd8 0-1

[Event "37 Zurich"]
[Site "37 Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blau, M."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nc2 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 O-O 10. g3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nexd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14.
Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Nb4 16. Rc1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Nxa2 18. Rc7 Be4 19. f3 Rfd8 20. e3
Bd5 21. Bh3 Nb4 22. O-O a5 23. Bg2 a4 24. Rfc1 Nd3 25. R1c2 g6 26. Kf1 b5 27.
Nxb5 Rab8 28. Nc3 Be6 29. Ra7 Nxb2 30. Nxa4 Nd1 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. Kg1 Nxe3 33.
Bf1 Ra2 34. Ra6 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "38 Bled"]
[Site "38 Bled"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h5 12. h3 Nh7 13. h4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nhf6 15.
Bh3 Nb6 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. b3 Na3 19. Rc1 Bxg4 20. Bxf6 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
Bxf6 22. Nb1 Qa5 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Nxa3 Bxh4 25. Nc4 b5 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. Bf5 Bg5
28. Rcg1 Qb2+ 29. Kf3 Bf4 30. Rg2 Qb4 31. Nd7 Rc8 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kg8 34.
Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Qa3+ 37. Qb3 Qxb3+ 38. axb3 gxh5 39. Ra1 h4 40.
Kg4 Be3 41. Rxa6 Bc5 42. Kxh4 f5 43. exf5 e4 44. b4 Bxb4 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Ra7+
Ke8 47. f6 0-1

[Event "39 Bled"]
[Site "39 Bled"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Smyslov, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. d4 dxe4 6. Nxe4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Ngf6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Nd6 Qa5 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bd2 Qa6 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Qh4
bxc4 15. Qg5 Nh5 16. Nh6+ Kh8 17. Qxh5 Qxa2 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Qxf7 Qa1+ 20. Kd2
Rxf7 21. Nxf7+ Kg8 22. Rxa1 Kxf7 23. Ne5+ Ke6 24. Nxc6 Ne4+ 25. Ke3 Bb6+ 26.
Bd4 0-1

[Event "40 Bled"]
[Site "40 Bled"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer, R."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O b5 11. f5 b4 12. Na4 e5 13. Ne2 Bb7 14. Ng3 Nbd7 15. Be3
Bc6 16. Bf2 Qb7 17. Rfe1 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Nf4 20. c4 g6 21. fxg6 f5 22.
g7 Kxg7 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. Nec5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 26. Nxc5 Qc7 27. Qe3 Rae8 28.
Re2 Nxe2+ 29. Qxe2 Bxg2 30. Nxa6 Qa7+ 31. Kxg2 Rg8+ 32. Kh3 Qg7 33. Bd1 Re6 0-1

[Event "41 Bled"]
[Site "41 Bled"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Benko, P."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Be2 Rb8 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Bf1 b5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. e5 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxa4 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Rde1 f6 21. e6 f5
22. Rh4 Bxb2 23. Bf8 Rxf8 24. Qh6 Rf7 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Bg7 27. Rh6 Qg8
28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Ng5 Qxd5 30. Rh8+ 0-1

[Event "42 Zagreb"]
[Site "42 Zagreb"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Gligoric, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d6 11. Bd3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. a4 a5 14. Rb1 g4 15.
Nh4 Nf6 16. d5 Qe7 17. O-O Nd7 18. dxe6 Qxe6 19. Bf5 Qxc4 20. Rfd1 Nf6 21. Rd4
Qc6 22. Be6 Rg8 23. Bc4 Kf8 $4 24. Bb5 Qc5 25. Rc4 Qe5 26. Rxc7 Be4 27. Bd3 d5
28. Rc6 Rb8 29. c4 Rg5 30. c5 d4 31. exd4 Qxd4 32. Bxe4 Qxe4 33. cxb6 Qxc2 34.
Rxc2 Nd7 35. b7 Nc5 36. Rb5 Nxb7 37. Rcb2 Rxb5 38. Rxb5 Ke7 39. Nf5+ Kd7 40.
Nxh6 Kc7 41. Nxf7 Rf8 42. Nh6 Rd8 43. Rg5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Ra1 45. Rxg4 Nc5 46. Rc4
Kc6 47. Nf5 Rxa4 48. Nd4+ Kb6 49. Rxa4 Nxa4 50. g4 Nc3 51. Kg3 a4 52. Kf4 a3
53. Nc2 a2 54. g5 Kc5 55. g6 Nd5+ 56. Kg5 Kc4 57. g7 Ne7 58. f4 Kc3 59. Na1 Kb2
60. f5 Kxa1 61. f6 Kb1 62. fxe7 a1=Q 63. e8=Q Qa5+ 64. Kh6 0-1

[Event "43 Zagreb"]
[Site "43 Zagreb"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, P."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. O-O e5 8.
Nd2 Qc7 9. a4 Nf6 10. Qf3 Bc5 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Ne3 Re8 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bxe6 Rxe6
15. Nf5 g6 16. Nh6+ Kg7 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Bg5 Qd4 20. h4 Qxb2 21.
Rd1 Bd4 22. Rd3 Qxc2 23. Rxd4 exd4 24. e5 Kf8 25. exf6 Qc3 26. Qg4 Qe1+ 27. Kh2
Qxf2 28. Qh3 Qe1 29. Qb3 b5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. Qa3+ b4 32. Qb3 Qe5+ 33. Kh1 Qe1+
34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Kh1 Qd6 36. Kg1 d3 37. Qd1 Qc5+ 38. Kh1 Qc2 39. Qf3 d2 40.
Bxd2 Qxd2 0-1

[Event "44 Zagreb"]
[Site "44 Zagreb"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Olafsson, F."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. Bc2 Be6 14. e5 Qd7 15.
Nb3 Na4 16. Bg5 Nb4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb1 h6 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Nc5
g6 22. Bxg6 Nxc5 23. Rxc5 fxg6 24. Qxg6 Rf7 25. Qxh6+ Rh7 26. Qf6+ Qxf6 27.
exf6 Nd3 28. Rc6 Bd7 29. Rxa6 Rg8 30. h4 Nf4 31. g3 Nh3+ 32. Kg2 Bg4 33. Ne5
Nf4+ 34. Kh2 Be6 35. Re1 Bf5 36. f7 Rf8 37. gxf4 Rxh4+ 38. Kg3 Rh3+ 39. Kg2 Kg7
40. Re3 Rh5 41. Rg3+ Kh7 42. Rg5 0-1

[Event "45 Zagreb"]
[Site "45 Zagreb"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Fischer, R."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. O-O Qe8 11. Nd2 Nh7 12. b4 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Nhxf6 14. Nb3 Qe7 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Qe3 Ng8 17. c5 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 dxc5 21. Bd3
cxb4 22. Rae1 Qf6 23. Re6 Qxc3 24. Bxf5+ Rxf5 25. Qxf5+ Kh8 26. Rf3 Qb2 27. Re8
Ndf6 28. Qxf6+ Qxf6 29. Rxf6 Kg7 30. Rff8 Ne7 31. Na5 h5 32. h4 Rb8 33. Nc4 b5
34. Ne5 0-1

[Event "46 Riga"]
[Site "46 Riga"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Johannessen, S."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
Qb3+ Kf8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Qc4 Qf5 18. h3 Ne8 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Qb4 b5
21. Rc6 Qf7 22. Nc7 Nxc7 23. Rxc7 Qe6 24. Rdc1 Nb6 25. Rxe7 Nd5 26. Rxe6+ Nxb4
27. Bd6+ 0-1

[Event "47 Moscow"]
[Site "47 Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3
Ne7 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 cxd4 11. Kd1 Bd7 12. Qh5+ Ng6 13. Ne2 d3 14. cxd3 Ba4+
15. Ke1 Qxe5 16. Bg5 Nc6 17. d4 Qc7 18. h4 e5 19. Rh3 Qf7 20. dxe5 Ncxe5 21.
Re3 Kd7 22. Rb1 b6 23. Nf4 Rae8 24. Rb4 Bc6 25. Qd1 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Ng6 27. Rd4
Rxe3+ 28. fxe3 Kc7 29. c4 dxc4 30. Bxc4 Qg7 31. Bxg8 Qxg8 32. h5 0-1

[Event "48 Moscow"]
[Site "48 Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik, M."]
[Black "Tal, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qb6 10. d5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nc5 12. Ne1 Bd7 13. Nd3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Rfc8
15. Rb1 Nh5 16. Be3 Qb4 17. Qe2 Rc4 18. Rfc1 Rac8 19. Kh2 f5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Ra1 Nf4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bd2 Qxb2 24. Rab1 f3 25. Rxb2 fxe2 26. Rb3 Rd4 27.
Be1 Be5+ 28. Kg1 Bf4 29. Nxe2 Rxc1 30. Nxd4 Rxe1+ 31. Bf1 Be4 32. Ne2 Be5 33.
f4 Bf6 34. Rxb7 Bxd5 35. Rc7 Bxa2 36. Rxa7 Bc4 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39.
Ra3 d5 40. Kf2 Bh4+ 41. Kg2 Kd6 42. Ng3 Bxg3 43. Bxc4 dxc4 44. Kxg3 Kd5 45. Ra7
c3 46. Rc7 Kd4 0-1

[Event "49 Moscow"]
[Site "49 Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Na6 11. Rac1 Qd6 12. Ne5 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 Rac8 14. Qa5
dxc4 15. Nxc4 Qc7 16. Qe1 Qb8 17. e4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nc7 19. Bh3 e6 20. Bc1 Qa8
21. Bg5 Re8 22. Qd2 f5 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Re7 25. Re1 Rf8 26. Rc5 Qd8 27.
Re5 Ref7 28. Qd2 Qd6 29. Bf1 Rd7 30. exf5 Rxf5 31. R5e4 Rf6 32. h4 Kg7 33. h5
gxh5 34. Rh4 Kg8 35. Bd3 Rg7 36. Re5 Rff7 37. Qh6 Qe7 38. Rexh5 Nd5 39. Qd2 Nf6
40. Rh6 Qd6 41. Rf4 Qf8 42. Qe3 Nd5 43. Rxf7 Qxf7 44. Qe5 Nc7 45. Qc5 Qf3 46.
Bxh7+ Rxh7 47. Qg5+ Kh8 48. Qd8+ Kg7 49. Rxh7+ Kxh7 50. Qxc7+ Kg6 51. Qxb7 Qe4
52. Qa6 Qe1+ 53. Kg2 Qe4+ 54. Kf1 Qb1+ 55. Ke2 Qc2+ 56. Kf3 Qf5+ 57. Ke3 Qg5+
58. Ke2 Qh5+ 59. Kd2 Kf6 60. Qxc6 Qa5+ 61. Qc3 Qxa2+ 62. Ke3 Kf7 63. d5 exd5
64. Qc7+ Kf6 65. Qc6+ Ke7 66. Qxd5 Qa1 67. Qe4+ Kf7 68. Kf4 Qc1+ 69. Kg4 Qa1
70. Qd5+ Kf8 71. Kf5 Qb1+ 72. Kf6 0-1

[Event "50 Moscow"]
[Site "50 Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, M."]
[Black "Botvinnik, M."]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Rb1 a5 11. a3 Nd8 12. e4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf7 15.
Bh3 Qf6 16. Bd2 d5 17. Qe2 dxc4 18. Bf4 Nd6 19. Ng5 Re8 20. Bg2 Ra6 21. Ne4
Nxe4 22. Bxe4 b5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Qxb5 Rf8 25. Qxb3 Rb6 26. Qe3 Rxb1 27. Bxb1
Bb7 28. Ba2 Bd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Bxc7 a4 31. Rd3 Qf5 32. Be5 Bh6 33. Qe2 Rc8
34. Rf3 Qh3 35. Bc7 Bf8 36. Qb5 Qe6 37. Be5 Qc6 38. Qa5 Ra8 39. Qd2 Rc8 40. Kg2
Qd7 41. h4 Qg4 0-1

