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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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Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 A82
Simon, R. vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Skopje ol (Men) prel 1972 B08
Tukmakov, Vladimir B vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 B61
Tal, Mihail vs Zilberstein, Valery I
1-0
URS-ch40 1972 B12
Lein, Anatoly vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 B08
Beyen, Roland vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Skopje ol (Men) prel 1972 A65
Tal, Mihail vs Gufeld, Eduard
1-0
URS-chT Moscow 1972 B06
Kortschnoj, Viktor vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-chT Moscow 1972 A36
Holm Petersen, Sejer vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 E82
Tal, Mihail vs Benko, Pal C
1-0
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 C08
Toran Albero, Roman vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 A88
Alburt, Lev O vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
URS-ch40 1972 D01
Dzindzichashvili, Roman vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 E90
Tal, Mihail vs Zhidkov, Valery S
1-0
URS-ch40 1972 D34
Tal, Mihail vs Gonzales, Eliseo
1-0
Skopje ol (Men) prel 1972 B31
Tal, Mihail vs Rashkovsky, Nukhim N
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 E63
Tal, Mihail vs Pytel, Krzysztof
1/2-1/2
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 A38
Tal, Mihail vs Danov, Vladimir
1-0
URS-chT Moscow 1972 E04
Tal, Mihail vs Bagirov, Vladimir
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 A34
Hecht, Hans Joachim vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 B40
Lombard, Andre vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 E14
Tal, Mihail vs Kapengut, Albert Z
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 A30
Liberzon, Vladimir M vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Sukhumi 1972 B83
Tal, Mihail vs Furman, Semen Abramovich
1-0
URS-ch40 1972 C94
Tal, Mihail vs Suttles, Duncan
1-0
Sukhumi 1972 B07
Balashov, Yuri S vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
URS-ch40 1972 E09
Tal, Mihail vs Ree, Hans
1-0
Sukhumi 1972 A39
Tal, Mihail vs Kapengut, Albert Z
1-0
URS-chT Moscow 1972 A06
Tal, Mihail vs Kirov, Nino
1-0
Sukhumi 1972 A34
Tal, Mihail vs Gufeld, Eduard
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 B72
Kholmov, Ratmir D vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Sukhumi 1972 A14
Murrey, Jacob vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Sukhumi 1972 B42
Tal, Mihail vs Gufeld, Eduard
1/2-1/2
Sukhumi 1972 B76
Vasiukov, Evgeni vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 B53
Taimanov, Mark E vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Sukhumi 1972 A69
Liebert, Heinz vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 E62
Ribli, Zoltan vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 E68
Honfi, Karoly vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
Sukhumi 1972 B83
Tal, Mihail vs Mukhin, Mikhail A
1-0
URS-ch40 1972 B87
Razuvaev, Yuri S vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 B42
Tal, Mihail vs Jakobsen, Ole
1-0
Skopje ol (Men) prel 1972 B53
Tal, Mihail vs Kuzmin, Gennadi P
1/2-1/2
URS-ch40 1972 C88
Tal, Mihail vs Radulov, Ivan
1-0
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 B61
Ghitescu, Theodor vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Skopje ol (Men) fin-A 1972 A21
Tal, Mihail vs Jansa, Vlastimil
1-0
Sukhumi 1972 A16
Tal, Mihail vs Espig, Lutz
1/2-1/2
Sukhumi 1972 B85
Vaganian, Rafael A vs Tal, Mihail
0-1
URS-ch39 1971 A75
Tal, Mihail vs Byrne, Robert E
1-0
Moscow 1971 B30
Tal, Mihail vs Krogius, Nikolai V
1-0
URS-ch39 1971 C89
Tal, Mihail vs Pohla, Harry
1-0
Parnu 1971 B92
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