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Tal, Mihail

Total Games

2431

Wins

982

Draws

1175

Losses

273

40.4% wins48.3% draws11.2% losses

Most Played Openings

A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit40D41 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense29C92 - Ruy Lopez: Closed29A34 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation28B85 - Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Main Line26B48 - Sicilian Defense: Taimanov Variation, Bastrikov Variation, English Attack24B17 - Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation24B43 - Sicilian Defense: Kan Variation, Wing Attack23B06 - Modern Defense23B07 - Pirc Defense22

Most Faced Opponents

Botvinnik, Mikhail44 gamesKortschnoj, Viktor41 gamesPetrosian, Tigran V40 gamesSpassky, Boris V39 gamesLarsen, Bent39 gamesGeller, Efim P34 gamesTimman, Jan H33 gamesGligoric, Svetozar32 gamesPortisch, Lajos32 gamesPolugaevsky, Lev31 games

Featured Games

FCGFCG
0-1

Vaganian, Rafael A vs Tal, Mihail

Wch-blitz

1988

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FCGFCG
0-1

Gurevich, Dmitry vs Tal, Mihail

Wch-blitz

1988

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FCGFCG
1-0

Tal, Mihail vs Jussupow, Artur

Wch-blitz

1988

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FCGFCG
1-0

Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail

World Championship 23th

1960

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FCGFCG
0-1

Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail

World Championship 24th

1961

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FCGFCG
0-1

Szukszta, Janusz vs Tal, Mihail

WchT U26

1956

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FCGFCG
1-0

Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail

World Championship 24th

1961

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FCGFCG
1-0

Tal, Mihail vs Botvinnik, Mikhail

World Championship 23th

1960

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FCGFCG
1-0

Tal, Mihail vs Portisch, Lajos

WchT U26

1958

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FCGFCG
0-1

Tal, Mihail vs Smyslov, Vassily

Biel Interzonal

1976

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Games (2431)

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Tal, Mihail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1971 C67
Bronstein, David I vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Parnu 1971 B83
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1971 E07
Tal, Mihail vs Smyslov, Vassily
1/2-1/2
URS-ch39 1971 C42
Tal, Mihail vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1971 E18
Bronstein, David I vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1971 B87
Tal, Mihail vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2
Tallinn 1971 E14
Tal, Mihail vs Karpov, Anatoly
1/2-1/2
URS-ch39 1971 E19
Geller, Efim P vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
URS-ch39 1971 B49
Keres, Paul vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Parnu 1971 D94
Keres, Paul vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Tallinn 1971 D94
Tal, Mihail vs Bronstein, David I
1-0
URS-ch39 1971 B13
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Tal, Mihail
1-0
URS-ch39 1971 A49
Spassky, Boris V vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1971 B82
Najdorf, Miguel vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Belgrade URS-World 1970 E69
Tal, Mihail vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Belgrade URS-World 1970 B48
Tal, Mihail vs Najdorf, Miguel
1-0
Belgrade URS-World 1970 B80
Fischer, Robert James vs Tal, Mihail
1-0
Herceg Novi blitz 1970 A49
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Herceg Novi blitz 1970 A68
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Herceg Novi blitz 1970 D43
Tal, Mihail vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
1-0
Herceg Novi blitz 1970 B40
Tal, Mihail vs Smyslov, Vassily
0-1
Herceg Novi blitz 1970 C98
Najdorf, Miguel vs Tal, Mihail
1-0
Belgrade URS-World 1970 D41
Tal, Mihail vs Fischer, Robert James
0-1
Herceg Novi blitz 1970 B30
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Eersel cm-3pl 1969 C41
Tal, Mihail vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2
URS-ch37 1969 C93
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Eersel cm-3pl 1969 E99
Petrosian, Tigran V vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-ch37 1969 D40
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Eersel cm-3pl 1969 B04
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Eersel cm-3pl 1969 B63
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1-0
Eersel cm-3pl 1969 D32
Tal, Mihail vs Bronstein, David I
1/2-1/2
Tbilisi 1969 C09
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Eersel cm-3pl 1969 D41
Tal, Mihail vs Larsen, Bent
0-1
Eersel cm-3pl 1969 B65
Smyslov, Vassily vs Tal, Mihail
1-0
URS-ch37 1969 A38
Larsen, Bent vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Eersel cm-3pl 1969 E68
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Tal, Mihail
1-0
URS-ch37 1969 D41
Geller, Efim P vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Gori 1968 D66
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-ch36 1968 A64
Portisch, Lajos vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1968 D22
Geller, Efim P vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-chT 1968 E54
Bronstein, David I vs Tal, Mihail
1-0
URS-chT 1968 C32
Tal, Mihail vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2
URS-chT 1968 D56
Tal, Mihail vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1967 C93
Tal, Mihail vs Petrosian, Tigran V
1-0
Moscow 1967 C96
Najdorf, Miguel vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1967 A43
Tal, Mihail vs Bronstein, David I
1-0
Moscow 1967 B01
Portisch, Lajos vs Tal, Mihail
1-0
Moscow 1967 E62
Tal, Mihail vs Geller, Efim P
1-0
Budva 1967 C81
Smyslov, Vassily vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Moscow 1967 E05
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