
[Event "01"]
[Site "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Lisitsin, Georgy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71/13"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. exd6 exd6 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qf3 d5 12. O-O-O Bf6 13. Bd4 O-O 14. h4 Rb8
15. Qf2 Rb4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. a3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Rxb6 19. Na4 Rb7 20. Bd3 Nh5 21.
Rhf1 Re7 22. f5 gxf5 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Kd2 Ng3 26. Kc3 f4 27. Kd4
Bf5 28. Rd2 Re6 29. Nc5 Rh6 30. Ke5 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Rxh4 32. Kd6 Rh6+ 33. Kc7 Nf5
34. Kb7 Nd4 35. Rf2 a5 36. Rxf4 Ne6 37. Rg4+ Kf8 38. Kxc6 Nxc5+ 39. Kxc5 Re6
40. Kxd5 Rb6 41. b4 axb4 42. axb4 Ke7 43. Kc5 Rf6 44. Rd4 Rf5+ 45. Kb6 Rf6+ 46.
Kc7 Rf5 47. Re4+ Kf6 48. Kc6 Rf2 49. g4 h5 50. gxh5 Kg5 51. b5 f5 52. Rb4 f4
53. b6 f3 54. b7 1-0

[Event "02"]
[Site "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mikhail"]
[Black "Simagin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12/01"]
[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+ R6e3
45. Qxe3+ 1-0

[Event "03"]
[Site "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Khasin Abram"]
[Black "Tal Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88/01"]
[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. Rb4 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 "04"]
[Site "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal Mikhail"]
[Black "Tolush Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97/05"]
[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 1-0

[Event "05 URS ch"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal Mikhail"]
[Black "Ragozin Viacheslav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90/01"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Nd2 gxh4 12. Bxh5 Nf6 13. Bf3 O-O 14. Qc2 dxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qg5 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Ne5 Qf5 18. e4 Qh7 19. Qa4 Ne8 20. Nd3 Rd8 21. Ne2 Nd6
22. Nc5 Bc4 23. e5 b5 24. Qxa7 Nc8 25. Qc7 Bxe2 26. Bxe2 Rxd4 27. Qxc6 Qc2 28.
Bf3 Rc4 29. b4 Bxe5 30. Rae1 Bg7 31. a3 Nd6 32. Rxe7 Nf5 33. Rxf7 Rxf7 34. Bd5
Qe2 35. Rg1 Qe7 36. Qb6 Qf6 37. Qa5 Ne7 38. Nd7 Qf5 39. Bxf7+ Qxf7 40. Qxb5 Rc2
41. Ne5 Qxf2 42. Ng4 Qf7 43. Qd3 Rb2 44. Qe4 h5 45. Ne3 Re2 46. b5 Bh6 47. Nf5
Rxe4 48. Nxh6+ Kg7 49. Nxf7 Kxf7 50. b6 Nc6 51. h3 Ke8 52. Rd1 Nb8 53. Rd5 Re1+
54. Kh2 Rb1 55. Rxh5 Rxb6 56. Rxh4 Ke7 57. Rb4 Rxb4 58. axb4 Nc6 59. b5 Nd4 60.
b6 Kd7 61. h4 Kc6 62. h5 Ne6 63. h6 Nf8 64. Kg3 Kxb6 65. Kf4 Kc7 66. Kf5 Kd7
67. Kf6 Ke8 68. Kg7 Ke7 69. h7 Nxh7 70. Kxh7 Kf6 71. Kh6 Kf5 72. Kh5 Kf6 73. g4
Kg7 74. Kg5 Kh7 75. Kf6 Kg8 76. Kg6 Kh8 77. g5 Kg8 78. Kh6 Kh8 79. g6 Kg8 80.
g7 1-0

[Event "06"]
[Site "Leningrad URS ch"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal Mikhail"]
[Black "Bannik Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75/10"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 Nge7 7. Bb3 h6 8. Nh4
exd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. Qd5+ Be6 13. Qh5+ Kg8 14. O-O
Ne5 15. Nf5 g6 16. Qh3 gxf5 17. exf5 Bc4 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rf3 Bg7 20. Nc3 Nf6 21.
Be3 c5 22. Bf2 b5 23. Bh4 b4 24. Ne4 Bd5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Re1 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 Rh7
28. Rg3+ Rg7 29. Rg6 Rxg6 30. fxg6 Qf8 31. Qd7 Bg7 32. Ng3 Rd8 33. Qg4 Re8 34.
Rd1 Bxa2 35. f5 c4 36. h4 d5 37. Rf1 Bf6 38. Qd1 d4 39. Qa4 Bb3 40. Qc6 Qe7 41.
Nh5 Rf8 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. Nxf6 Qxf6 44. Qb7 Qg7 45. Qxb4 Kg8 46. h5 Qd7 47. f6
Qg4 48. f7+ Kg7 49. Qc5 Qh4+ 50. Kg1 1-0

[Event "07"]
[Site "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aronson L"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A97/11"]
[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 "08"]
[Site "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Taimanov M"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E56/02"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
f6 15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Be3 e5 17. Qd5+ Kh8 18. Qd6 Qc8 19. b5 Bh3 20. Qa3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qg4 22. Ne1 Qxd1 23. gxh3 Qxe1+ 24. Kg2 Nd4 25. cxd4 exd4 26. Bf4 Qe4+
27. Kg3 h5 28. Qd6 Kh7 29. Qd7 Re8 30. h4 Qg6+ 31. Kf3 Re1 0-1

[Event "09"]
[Site "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Bronstein D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90/01"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 c6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bf4 Nc6 7. e3 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 f6 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Be6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qb4 Bf7 15.
Rfd1 e6 16. e4 Rb8 17. Qa3 b5 18. b4 Nc4 19. Qxa7 Be8 20. Bxc4 Rf7 21. Qa3 bxc4
22. exd5 exd5 23. Qb2 g5 24. Qd2 Rxb4 25. Nxd5 Rb8 26. Ne3 Rc8 27. Rac1 Rfc7
28. Rc3 Bg6 29. Rdc1 Bf7 30. d5 Bf8 31. a3 Bc5 32. Rxc4 Bxa3 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34.
Rxc7 Qxc7 35. Qd4 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qb2 37. Qe4 Bf8 38. Nd4 h5 39. Ndc2 Qb7 40. Nd4
Qb2 41. Ne6 Qxf2 42. Nf5 h4 43. Nxf8 hxg3+ 44. Kh3 Qg1 45. Kxg3 Kxf8 46. Qe7+
1-0

[Event "10"]
[Site "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bannik A"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63/02"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bg5
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bg4 10. Qd2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Nd5 Re8 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Rfd1 Nd4 16. Bg2 c6 17. Nc3 Qe7 18. Ne4 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. h4 Rbd8 21.
Qe1 h5 22. Bd2 e4 23. Ba5 Rb8 24. Bc3 Red8 25. Rd2 e3 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27. Qf2
Nxe2+ 28. Rxe2 Qxc1+ 29. Re1 Bxc3 30. Rxc1 Bd4 31. Rc2 Bxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Kg7 33.
b4 Rd4 34. a4 Rbd8 35. Ke2 Rd3 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 cxb5 38. cxb5 Rb3 39. Bxb7
Rxb5 40. Rc7 Re8+ 41. Kf2 Rf5+ 42. Kg1 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Re2+ 44. Kg1 Rb5 45. Kf1
Rd2 0-1

[Event "11"]
[Site "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Klaman K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61/03"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. f4 Rg8 12. g3 e6 13. Bh3 Qc5 14. Qd2 b5
15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ne2 Qc4 17. Kb1 Qxe4 18. Nd4 Qb7 19. Qd3 Be7 20. Qxh7 Rf8 21.
Bg4 Qc7 22. Ka1 f5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Rxe7+ Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kd8 26. Qh4+ f6 27.
Qh6 Qa5 28. Nb3 Qd5 29. Qxf8+ Kc7 30. Qxf6 Re8 31. Rc1 Ba4 32. Qd4 Qb7 33. Rd1
Re6 34. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "12"]
[Site "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Tolush A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81/04"]
[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 1-0

[Event "13"]
[Site "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze B"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78/04"]
[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 "14"]
[Site "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres P"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30/12"]
[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"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Tolush A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53/08"]
[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 1-0

[Event "16"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Averbakh Y"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A76/06"]
[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 "17"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gurgenidze B"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52/01"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. a4 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Na3 Rc8 11. Bg5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Nc4 d5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. exd5 cxd5 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f4 Rb8 18. Qd2 Rb6 19. Re3 a5 20. b4 Rc8 21. b5
Be8 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Qd1 Rb7 24. Qf3 Rbc7 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. f5 Rxc3 27. f6 Rxe3
28. Qxe3 Bxf6 29. Nxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nf3 e6 31. Rc1 Qd8 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. Qd2 Qd8
34. h4 f6 35. Nd4 Qb6 36. Kf1 e5 37. Nf3 d4 38. Qc2 Bf7 39. h5 Kf8 40. Qc8+ Ke7
41. Nd2 gxh5 42. Ne4 Bd5 43. Ng3 Be6 44. Qh8 Qc5 45. Qxh7+ Kd8 46. Qh8+ Kd7 47.
Qg7+ Kc8 48. Qh8+ Kb7 49. Qg7+ Qc7 50. Qxc7+ Kxc7 51. Nxh5 f5 52. Ng7 Bc4+ 53.
Ke1 f4 54. Ne8+ Kd7 55. b6 Ba6 56. Nf6+ Ke6 57. Ne4 Kd5 58. Nf6+ Kc5 59. Nd7+
0-1

[Event "18"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kotov A"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69/09"]
[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 "19"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Taimanov M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40/01"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bb4 9. e5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd5 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. f4 h5 14. Qf3 Nc6 15.
f5 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qc7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Ba3+ Kg8 19. Bd6 Qa7 20. Bc5 Qc7 21. Rac1
Qc6 22. Kg1 exf5 23. Rxc4 Rc8 24. Rfc1 Nb6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rb4 Rhh6 27. Rcb1
Nd5 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. R1b7 Rc7 30. Rxc7 Nxc7 31. Rd8 Ne6 32. Rxd7 Nxc5 33. dxc5
Re6 34. Rd5 f6 35. exf6 Rxf6 36. Rd6 Kg6 37. Rb6 Kf7 38. Kf2 Re6 39. c6 Re4 40.
Rxa6 f4 41. Ra5 fxg3+ 42. hxg3 h4 43. Rc5 hxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Re8 45. Kf4 Ra8 46.
Ke5 Ke7 47. Rd5 Ra7 48. a4 g5 49. a5 g4 50. Rb5 g3 51. Rb7+ Rxb7 52. cxb7 g2
53. b8=Q g1=Q 54. Qc7+ Ke8 55. Qc8+ Ke7 56. Qc7+ Ke8 57. Kd6 Qd4+ 58. Kc6 Qe4+
59. Kb6 Qb4+ 60. Ka6 Qa4 61. Kb7 Qb4+ 62. Qb6 Qe7+ 63. Kc8 Qe4 64. Qb5+ Kf8 65.
a6 Qe6+ 66. Kc7 Qe7+ 67. Qd7 Qc5+ 68. Qc6 Qe3 69. Kb7 Qe7+ 70. Kc8 Qe3 71. Qf6+
Kg8 72. Qd8+ Kh7 73. Qc7+ Kh6 74. a7 Qe4 75. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "20"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Geller E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96/06"]
[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 1-0

[Event "21"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Furman S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65/02"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rd1 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nxd4 Qe8 11. Nc3 f6 12. Nf5 Bd8 13. Qc4+ Ne6 14. Nd4
fxe5 15. Nxe6 d5 16. Nxc7 Qf7 17. N7xd5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxf2+ 19. Kh1 Be6 20. Be3
Qf7 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. c3 Re8 23. Rd2 Rb8 24. Rad1 Bf5 25. Qa4 Bb6 26. Rf1 Qh5 27.
Bxb6 axb6 28. Rdf2 Bd3 29. g4 Qh4 30. Nxb6 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rf8 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33.
Nd7 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1 Re8 35. Nxe5 Qe7 36. Nf3 Qe4 37. Kg2 Qxg4+ 38. Kf2 1-0

[Event "22"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Gipslis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43/08"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. a4 b4 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Bd2 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qc5 14. Be4 f5 15.
Bf3 Bxd5 16. Bxb4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qc8 18. Bc3 Kf7 19. Rad1 Be7 20. g4 Rf8 21.
gxf5 Kg8 22. Qg2 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Qxa8+ Rf8 26. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "23"]
[Site "Riga URS ch"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Spassky B"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E26/04"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
e4 9. Bb1 b6 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. f3 Bxc4 12. Nf5 O-O 13. Nd6 Bd3 14. Bxd3 exd3 15.
Qxd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne8 17. Nf5 d5 18. a4 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Ba3 Nb4 21. Qb3
a5 22. O-O Rfc8 23. Rac1 Qe6 24. Bxb4 axb4 25. Kf2 Qd6 26. h3 Kf8 27. Rc2 Rxc2+
28. Qxc2 g6 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qc6 Qxc6 31. Rxc6 Ra6 32. a5 b3 33. axb6 b2 34. b7
b1=Q 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. b8=Q Ra2+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qxe3 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Qd6+
Qe6 41. Qf4+ Qf5 42. Qd6+ Qe6 43. Qg3 Qe3 44. h4 Re2 45. Qd6+ Qe6 46. Qf4+ Qf5
47. Qh6 Ke7 48. Qf8+ Kf6 49. Qg7+ Ke7 50. Ra8 Qd7 51. Qf8+ Kf6 52. Ra6+ Re6 53.
Qh8+ Ke7 54. Ra8 Re1 55. Kg3 h5 56. Kf2 Re6 57. Rc8 Rd6 58. Qf8+ Kf6 59. Re8
Re6 60. Qh8+ Kf5 61. Qh6 Kf6 62. Qh8+ Kf5 63. Rd8 Qc6 64. Rc8 Qa6 65. Kg3 Qd6+
66. Kh3 Re1 67. g3 Rg1 68. f4 Re1 69. Rc2 Qe6 70. Rf2 Rh1+ 71. Kg2 Qe4+ 72. Rf3
Kg4 73. Qc8+ f5 0-1

[Event "24"]
[Site "Portoroz izt"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Filip M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98/09"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[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 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nf1 Bd6 15.
Nh4 Ne7 16. Qf3 Rd8 17. Ne3 Qb7 18. g4 c4 19. Nef5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21. gxf5
Kh8 22. Kh2 h6 23. Rg1 Qe7 24. Bd2 Bc5 25. Rad1 Rd7 26. Qg3 Qf8 27. Kh1 Rad8
28. Bxh6 gxh6 29. Qxe5 Be7 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. cxd4 Kh7 32. Rd1 Ne8 33. f6 Nxf6
34. Qf5+ Kh8 35. e5 Qg7 36. exf6 Bxf6 37. Rg1 Bg5 38. f4 1-0

[Event "25"]
[Site "Portoroz izt"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Szabo L"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52/06"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Ng5 h6 14. Qh5 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Ne7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. a4 f5 18. f4 Rac8 19. Reb1 Rc4 20. Qd1 Rfc8 21. a5
Nc6 22. Qb3 Rc7 23. Rb2 Kh7 24. h3 a6 25. Qb6 Ne7 26. Qd6 Qe8 27. Rb6 R4c6 28.
Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Rb1 Rd7 30. Qb4 Nc8 31. g4 g6 32. Qf8 Rg7 33. Kf2 Qc4 34. Rb2 Na7
35. Rb6 Nc6 36. Ke1 Qd3 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Nxa5 39. Rxe6 Nc4 40. Bc1 Qxc3+
41. Kd1 Qxd4+ 42. Ke2 Qe4+ 43. Kd1 Qf3+ 44. Kc2 Qe2+ 45. Kc3 d4+ 46. Kb4 a5+
47. Kc5 Rc7+ 48. Kb5 Nxe5+ 49. Kb6 Rc6+ 0-1

[Event "26"]
[Site "Portoroz izt"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Panno O"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92/21"]
[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+ 1-0

[Event "27"]
[Site "Portoroz izt"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rossetto H"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66/01"]
[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 "28"]
[Site "Portoroz izt"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Benko P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B34/03"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bc4 Qa5 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 bxc4 12. Nd5 Qb8 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nd4 e6
15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. Qd4+ f6 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Nxc4 b5 20. Nd6 e5 21.
fxe5 fxe5 22. Rxf8 Kxf8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rd8 26. Rc4 Rd6 27.
Rc5 Re6 28. b4 Ke7 29. c4 Kd7 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Ke3 Rb8 32. b5 cxb5 33. cxb5 Kd6
34. Rd5+ Ke6 35. Kd3 Rb7 36. Kc4 Rb8 37. Rc5 Kd6 38. Rc6+ Kd7 39. Kc5 Rf8 40.
b6 Rf2 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. b7 Rc2+ 43. Kb6 Rb2+ 44. Ka7 Ra2+ 45. Kb8 Rxg2 46. Kc8
Rb2 47. Rxh7 Kf6 48. h4 g5 49. hxg5+ Kxg5 50. Rf7 1-0

[Event "29"]
[Site "Portoroz izt"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Fuster G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17/09"]
[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 1-0

[Event "30"]
[Site "Portoroz izt"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Larsen B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94/06"]
[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+ 1-0

[Event "31"]
[Site "Portoroz izt"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "De Greiff B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37/03"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne4 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qe2 a6 12. Qc2 f5 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Ne5 Qe7 15.
Rac1 Rac8 16. Nc6 Qh4 17. Nf4 Ndf6 18. g3 Qh6 19. f3 g5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. fxe4
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxe3 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Qe2 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 g4 26. a3 Qg5 27. Re1
Nf5 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Bd5 1-0

[Event "32"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Darga K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92/21"]
[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 1-0

[Event "33"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walther Edgar"]
[Black "Tal Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20/09"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[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 Qh4+ 24. g3 Qb4 25. g4 e4 26. f4 Ra2 27. gxf5
Rxb2 28. O-O Rxe2 29. Rc8 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Rxc8 31. Qxc8+ Kg7 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. f5
Qf6 34. Qxb7 Qe5 0-1

[Event "34"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lago Victor Miguel"]
[Black "Tal Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24/02"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Bd2 Nh5 8. Qc1
f5 9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nd5 f4 12. Qc3 Be6 13. Nxf4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Rxf4
15. h4 Qf6 16. Ng5 Nd4 17. e3 Rxf2 18. exd4 Bg4 19. Bf3 Rxf3 20. O-O-O Qf4+ 21.
Kb1 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. Rhg1 Rg3 24. Rxg3 Bxd1 25. Kc1 Bh5 26. Ne6+ Kh6 27.
Nxc7 Rf8 28. Ne6 Rf1+ 29. Kc2 Rf2+ 30. Kc1 a6 31. Ng5 Rf4 32. Ne4 Bf3 33. Nxd6
Kh5 34. Rg5+ Kxh4 35. Re5 h5 36. c5 g5 37. Nf5+ Rxf5 38. Rxf5 Kg4 39. Rf8 h4
40. Rd8 h3 41. Rxd4+ Kg3 0-1

[Event "35"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Beni A"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20/01"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 e6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 Nge7 8. Be2
Nf5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Nd1 dxc4 12. dxc4 Nb4 13. Qc3 Nd4 14. Bd3 b5 15.
cxb5 Bb7 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Qd2 Nb6 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. a3
a6 22. Qe2 axb5 23. Bxb5 Qb6 24. Kh1 Nb4 25. a4 d3 26. Qg4 Nc2 27. Rb1 Rfd8 28.
Bd2 Qd4 29. Bc3 Qd5 30. Rf3 d2 31. f5 exf5 32. Qxf5 Ne1 33. Rg3 Nxg2 34. Kg1
Bc5+ 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Rxg7+ Kf8 37. Qxf4 Qh1+ 38. Ke2 Qe1# 0-1

[Event "36"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal Mikhail"]
[Black "Milev Zdravko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41/29"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb5
a6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. O-O 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 "37"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal Mikhail"]
[Black "Russel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44/14"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 d6 6. Bc4 Be7 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Qa4 Kxf7 10. Qxa5 Be6 11. O-O Kf8 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nc7 Bf7 14. Nd4
Qc8 15. Nxa8 Qxa8 16. Nf5 b6 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. Qg3 Ne7 19. Qxd6 Ke8 20. Bh6 Rg8
21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Bxg7 Nxf5 23. exf5 Be7 24. Rfe1 Be6 25. Rxe6 Rxg7 26. f6 1-0

[Event "38"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Golombek H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12/07"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Ne7 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. O-O
Nb6 9. Bb3 Qd7 10. a4 a5 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. Bc2 Bxc2 13. Qxc2 Ned5 14. Nce4 Nb4
15. Qe2 N6d5 16. f4 g6 17. Ra3 Be7 18. Bd2 Nc2 19. Rd3 Ndb4 20. Bxb4 Nxb4 21.
Rdd1 Rd8 22. Kh1 h5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. exf6 Kf8 25. Ne4 h4 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. f5
gxf5 28. Qe3 b6 29. Qg5 Rh7 30. Rf4 bxc5 31. Rxh4 Rxh4 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qg8+
Kd7 34. Qxf7+ Kd6 35. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "39"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Berhold"]
[Black "Tal Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E79/04"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Nxc6 Bxe2 11. Nxd8 Bxd1 12. Rxd1 Rfxd8 13. Ke2 a6 14. a4
Rac8 15. Bb6 Re8 16. b3 Nd7 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Nc5 19. Rb1 Ne6 20. Rd2 Nxf4+
21. Ke3 Ne6 22. Nd5 Rc5 23. Ra2 Nc7 24. Nxc7 Rxc7 25. a5 Rc5 26. Kd4 Rec8 27.
Rf1 f5 28. Re1 e5+ 29. Ke3 Kf7 30. Rf1 Ke6 31. Rd1 h5 32. Kd3 Rd8 33. Ke3 fxe4
34. Kxe4 d5+ 35. Ke3 Rd7 36. Rc1 dxc4 37. bxc4 Rd4 38. Ra4 Rc7 39. Rb4 Kf5 40.
Rf1+ Rf4 41. Rxf4+ exf4+ 42. Kd4 g5 43. Rb6 g4 44. Rh6 Rd7+ 45. Kc5 f3 46. gxf3
gxf3 47. Rxh5+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "40"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lokvenc Josef"]
[Black "Tal Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94/09"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[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-O b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. f3 Be7 12. Kb1 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. Nf5 Bf8
15. exd5 Qb6 16. Rhe1+ Kd8 17. Re2 Rc8 18. Rde1 Kc7 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bd4 Kb8 21.
Ne3 Nxb3 22. axb3 Qb5 23. Nc4 Nxd5 24. Bf2 Bc6 25. Qd4 Rc7 26. Bg3 Ka8 27. Bf2
Rg8 28. Qh4 Nf6 29. Qf4 h6 30. Rd2 Nd5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. Nb6+ Kb7 33. Qd4 Be6
34. Nc4 Kb8 35. Nxd6 Bxd6 36. Qxd6 Qc6 37. Qxb4+ Ka8 38. Qd2 Rgc8 39. c4 Bf5+
40. Ka2 Rb7 41. Qa5 Bc2 0-1

[Event "41"]
[Site "Munich"]
[Date "1958.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fichtl Jiri"]
[Black "Tal Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96/11"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Qb6 9. Nb3 Qe3+ 10. Be2 Qxf4 11. Bg3 Qe3 12. Bxd6 Nc6 13. Bxf8 Rxf8 14. Qd2
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16. Ke3 O-O-O 17. Rad1 Ne5 18. h3 Bc6 19. Na5 Kc7 20. Nxc6
Kxc6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Nxd1 Kc5 24. c3 a5 25. b3 b5 26. a3 b4 27.
cxb4+ axb4 28. a4 Kb6 29. Nb2 Nfd7 30. Bb5 Nc5 31. Nc4+ Nxc4+ 32. Bxc4 Nb7 33.
Kd4 Na5 34. e5 Nc6+ 35. Ke4 Kc5 36. Be2 Nd4 37. Bc4 h5 38. g4 hxg4 39. hxg4 g5
40. Ke3 Nc6 41. Ke4 Na5 42. Kd3 Kc6 43. Kd4 Kb6 44. Ke4 Nxc4 45. bxc4 Ka5 46.
c5 b3 47. Kd3 Kxa4 48. c6 Ka3 49. c7 b2 50. Kc2 Ka2 51. c8=Q b1=Q+ 52. Kd2 Qb2+
53. Kd3 Qb5+ 54. Kd2 Qd5+ 55. Kc2 Qe4+ 56. Kd2 Qg2+ 57. Kd3 Qg3+ 58. Kc2 Qb3+
59. Kd2 Qd5+ 60. Kc2 Qe4+ 61. Kd2 Qxe5 62. Qa6+ Kb3 63. Qb7+ Kc4 64. Qxf7 Qd4+
65. Ke1 Qxg4 66. Qf1+ Kd4 67. Qf2+ Ke4 68. Qc2+ Kf4 69. Kf2 Qf3+ 70. Kg1 e5 71.
Kh2 Qg3+ 72. Kh1 Qe1+ 73. Kh2 g4 74. Qc4+ Qe4 75. Qf7+ Ke3 76. Kg1 Qd4 77. Kg2
Qe4+ 78. Kg1 Qf3 79. Qe6 Qd1+ 80. Kg2 Qe2+ 81. Kg3 Qf3+ 82. Kh4 e4 83. Qb6+ Ke2
84. Qc7 e3 0-1

[Event "42"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Bronstein D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96/05"]
[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+ 1-0

[Event "43"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Polugaevsky L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94/07"]
[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 1-0

[Event "44"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikitin A"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94/06"]
[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 "45"]
[Site "Tbilisi URS ch"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Geller E"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A71/01"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bg5
a6 9. a4 h6 10. Bf4 Bg4 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Nbd7 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 c4 17. Be2 Rac8 18. a5 Nc5 19. Bxc4 Nfxe4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21.
Rxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxc4 23. Qf3 Qb4 24. Qg3 Qxb2 25. Re1 Qb5 26. Qf3 Bf8 27. h4
Qxa5 28. Rb1 b5 29. h5 g5 30. Qg3 Qa2 31. Rd1 Qe2 32. Rd3 Bg7 33. Qh3 Rc2 34.
Bxd6 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2 36. Rf3 Qg1+ 37. Kg3 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Be5+ 39. Bxe5 Qxe5+
40. Qg3 Qxd5 41. Rd3 Qc5 42. Qg4 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "46"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupper J"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96/15"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Rhe1 Nbd7 12. Nce2 Nc5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g4
Na4 15. c3 b4 16. Bc2 Nxb2 17. Kxb2 bxc3+ 18. Kxc3 O-O 19. Rb1 Qa5+ 20. Kd3
Rac8 21. Qf2 Ba8 22. Rb3 e5 23. g5 exd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 0-1

[Event "47"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Larsen B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77/06"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Kb1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 Qb5 16. Rhe1 a5 17. Qe2 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 a4 19. Bc4 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Ra5 21.
Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Bc6 a3 23. b3 Kf8 24. c4 bxc3 25. Kc2 Ra7 26. b4 e6 27. b5 exd5
28. b6 Re7 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. Re1+ Be5 31. b7 Rb8 32. f4 Ke6 33. fxe5 dxe5 34.
Rb1 Kd6 35. Rb6 d4 36. Ra6 f5 37. Ra8 Kc7 38. Bd5 e4 39. Rxa3 e3 40. Kd3 g5 41.
Kxd4 1-0

[Event "48"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unzicker W"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41/08"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. e5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 d5 11. exd6 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qxd6 13. Rd1 e5 14. Nf3 Qg6
15. Bd3 e4 16. Bb1 f5 17. Nh4 Qe6 18. g3 Nc6 19. Rd5 Qf7 20. O-O Be6 21. Rd6
Bxc4 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Bc2 Rae8 24. Ng2 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Rxf6 26. a3 Ne5 27. Nf4 Bf7
28. Rxf6 gxf6 29. Rd6 Nf3+ 30. Kh1 Rc8 31. Bd1 Rc1 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Kg2 Ne1+
34. Kh3 Nd3 35. Be2 Nxf4+ 36. gxf4 Rc2 0-1

[Event "49"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Nievergelt E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63/01"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Be2 h5 12. Kb1 Qb6 13. Nb3 O-O-O 14. Rhf1
Be7 15. Rf3 Rdg8 16. Bf1 Kb8 17. Rd3 Bc8 18. a3 h4 19. Qe1 Rg4 20. Nd5 exd5 21.
exd5 Ne5 22. fxe5 fxe5 23. Na5 Bd8 24. Nc6+ Ka8 25. Rb3 Qc7 26. Rc3 bxc6 27.
Rxc6 Qb7 28. Rxd6 Ra4 29. Rd3 Bc7 30. Rf6 Bd8 31. Rc6 e4 32. Rb3 Ba5 33. Qe3
Qa7 34. Qh6 Rd8 35. Bxa6 Bd2 36. Qf6 Qd7 37. Bxc8 1-0

[Event "50"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Keller D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44/06"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[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 1-0

[Event "51"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walther E"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43/09"]
[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 "52"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donner Jan"]
[Black "Hein-Tal Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70/02"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nbd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15.
Bh2 Rac8 16. Bc4 Ne5 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd7 19. Rfe1 Qb6 20. Rab1 Qb4 21. Qf1
c4 22. Re2 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Kh1 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rxb5 Qd3 27. Qe1 c3
28. Rb1 Nc5 0-1

[Event "53"]
[Site "Bled ct"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Smyslov V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10/14"]
[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 1-0

[Event "54"]
[Site "Bled ct"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer R"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86/04"]
[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 "55"]
[Site "Bled ct"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Gligoric S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13/09"]
[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 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 1-0

[Event "56"]
[Site "Bled ct"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keres P"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42/11"]
[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 "57"]
[Site "Bled ct"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Olafsson F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92/24"]
[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 1-0

[Event "58"]
[Site "Bled ct"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Fischer R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93/05"]
[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 1-0

[Event "59"]
[Site "Bled ct"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fischer R"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87/05"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f4
b4 9. Na4 Nxe4 10. O-O g6 11. f5 gxf5 12. Nxf5 Rg8 13. Bd5 Ra7 14. Bxe4 exf5
15. Bxf5 Re7 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Qf3 Qxa4 19. Bxd6 Qc6 20. Bxb8 Qb6+
21. Kh1 Qxb8 22. Qc6+ Rd7 23. Rae1+ Be7 24. Rxf7 Kxf7 25. Qe6+ Kf8 26. Qxd7 Qd6
27. Qb7 Rg6 28. c3 a5 29. Qc8+ Kg7 30. Qc4 Bd8 31. cxb4 axb4 32. g3 Qc6+ 33.
Re4 Qxc4 34. Rxc4 Rb6 35. Kg2 Kf6 36. Kf3 Ke5 37. Ke3 Bg5+ 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3
Bf6 40. Rc2 Be5 41. Re2 Rf6 42. Rc2 Rf3+ 43. Ke2 Rf7 44. Kd3 Bd4 45. a3 b3 46.
Rc8 Bxb2 47. Rd8+ Kc6 48. Rb8 Rf3+ 49. Kc4 Rc3+ 50. Kb4 Kc7 51. Rb5 Ba1 52. a4
b2 0-1

[Event "60"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18/04"]
[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 1-0

[Event "61"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Botvinnik M"]
[Black "Tal M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69/11"]
[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 "62"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18/04"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8.
Nf4 Bh7 9. Bc4 e5 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxe2+ 14. Kxe2
Nxc5 15. Rhe1 Nf6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Kf1+ Kf8 18. Bb3 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Nh3 Rg8
21. Red1 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Rd6 Ke7 24. Rad1 Re5 25. Nh5 Bg6 26. Rxd7+ Nxd7
27. Rxd7+ Kxd7 28. Nf6+ Kd6 29. Nxg8 Rc5 30. Nh6 f6 31. Ng4 Bxc2 32. Nxf6 Bxb3
33. axb3 Rb5 34. Nxg5 Rxb3 35. f4 Rb1+ 36. Ke2 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb3+ 38. Kg4 Rb2
39. g3 b5 40. Nfe4+ Kd5 41. f5 b4 42. f6 Ra2 43. f7 Ra8 44. Nh7 b3 45. Nd2 b2
46. Kf3 Kd4 47. Ke2 c5 48. f8=Q Rxf8 49. Nxf8 c4 50. Ne6+ Kd5 51. Nf4+ Kd4 52.
Nb1 1-0

[Event "63"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78/05"]
[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 1-0

[Event "64"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal M"]
[Black "Botvinnik M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87/09"]
[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 1-0

