Tal,Mihail - Botvinnik,Mikhail [C18]
World Championship 23th Moscow (1), 15.03.1960

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Sc3 Lb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Lxc3+ 6.bxc3 Dc7 7.Dg4 f5 8.Dg3 Se7 9.Dxg7 Tg8 10.Dxh7 cxd4 11.Kd1 Ld7 12.Dh5+ Sg6 13.Se2 d3 14.cxd3 La4+ 15.Ke1 Dxe5 16.Lg5 Sc6 17.d4 Dc7 18.h4 e5 19.Th3 Df7 20.dxe5 Scxe5 21.Te3 Kd7 22.Tb1 b6 23.Sf4 Tae8 24.Tb4 Lc6 25.Dd1 Sxf4 26.Txf4 Sg6 27.Td4 Txe3+ 28.fxe3 Kc7 29.c4 dxc4 30.Lxc4 Dg7 31.Lxg8 Dxg8 32.h5 1-0

Tal,Mihail - Gipslis,Aivars [B43]
URS-ch25 Riga, 1958

1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 a6 5.Sc3 b5 6.Ld3 Lb7 7.0-0 Dc7 8.Te1 Sc6 9.Sxc6 Dxc6 10.a4 b4 11.Sd5 Sf6 12.Ld2 Sxd5 13.exd5 Dc5 14.Le4 f5 15.Lf3 Lxd5 16.Lxb4 Lxf3 17.Dxf3 Dc8 18.Lc3 Kf7 19.Tad1 Le7 20.g4 Tf8 21.gxf5 Kg8 22.Dg2 Lf6 23.Lxf6 Txf6 24.Txd7 Dxd7 25.Dxa8+ Tf8 26.Dxa6 1-0

Spassky,Boris V - Tal,Mihail [E30]
Tallinn Tallinn, 1973

1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 e6 3.Sc3 Lb4 4.Lg5 h6 5.Lh4 c5 6.d5 b5 7.dxe6 fxe6 8.cxb5 d5 9.e3 0-0 10.Sf3 Da5 11.Lxf6 Txf6 12.Dd2 a6 13.bxa6 Sc6 14.Le2 d4 15.exd4 Txf3 16.Lxf3 cxd4 17.0-0 dxc3 18.bxc3 Lxc3 19.Dd6 Txa6 20.Lxc6 Lb4 21.Db8 Txc6 22.Tac1 Lc5 23.Tc2 Da4 24.Db3 Df4 25.Dg3 Df5 26.Tfc1 Lb7 27.Df3 Dg5 28.Db3 Tc7 29.g3 Lxf2+ 30.Kxf2 Df6+ 31.Ke1 De5+ 32.Kf1 La6+ 33.Kg1 Dd4+ 34.Kg2 De4+ 35.Kg1 Lb7 36.h4 Dh1+ 37.Kf2 Tf7+ 38.Ke2 De4+ 0-1

Tal,Mihail - Portisch,Lajos [C13]
Candidates qf1 Bled (4), 1965

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Sc3 Sf6 4.Lg5 dxe4 5.Sxe4 Sbd7 6.Sxf6+ Sxf6 7.Sf3 c5 8.Lc4 cxd4 9.0-0 Le7 10.De2 h6 11.Lf4 0-0 12.Tad1 Ld7 13.Txd4 Db6 14.Dd2 Lc6 15.Lxh6 Se4 16.Df4 gxh6 17.Txe4 Lxe4 18.Dxe4 Tad8 19.b3 Lc5 20.Df4 Kg7 21.De5+ f6 22.Dg3+ Kh7 23.Te1 Tg8 24.Dh4 Td6 25.Kf1 f5 26.h3 Tg6 27.g4 Td7 28.Txe6 Td1+ 29.Kg2 Txe6 30.Lxe6 fxg4 31.Dxg4 Td8 32.Se5 1-0

Tal,Mihail (2605) - Hjartarson,Johann (2555) [C99]
Reykjavik Reykjavik, 1987

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.Lb5 a6 4.La4 Sf6 5.0-0 Le7 6.Te1 b5 7.Lb3 0-0 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Sa5 10.Lc2 c5 11.d4 Dc7 12.Sbd2 Ld7 13.Sf1 cxd4 14.cxd4 Tac8 15.Se3 Sc6 16.d5 Sb4 17.Lb1 a5 18.a3 Sa6 19.b4 g6 20.Ld2 axb4 21.axb4 Db7 22.Ld3 Sc7 23.Sc2 Sh5 24.Le3 Ta8 25.Dd2 Txa1 26.Sxa1 f5 27.Lh6 Sg7 28.Sb3 f4 29.Sa5 Db6 30.Tc1 Ta8 31.Dc2 Sce8 32.Db3 Lf6 33.Sc6 Sh5 34.Db2 Lg7 35.Lxg7 Kxg7 36.Tc5 Da6 37.Txb5 Sc7 38.Tb8 Dxd3 39.Scxe5 Dd1+ 40.Kh2 Ta1 41.Sg4+ Kf7 42.Sh6+ Ke7 43.Sg8+ 1-0

Lanka,Zigurds (2345) - Tal,Mihail (2620) [B80]
Jurmala Jurmala (1), 1983

1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 Sc6 5.Sc3 a6 6.g3 d6 7.Lg2 Ld7 8.0-0 Sf6 9.Sxc6 Lxc6 10.De2 Dc7 11.a4 Le7 12.a5 0-0 13.Le3 Sd7 14.Tfd1 Tac8 15.f4 Tfd8 16.Td2 Lf6 17.Dc4 b5 18.axb6 Sxb6 19.Db4 Lb5 20.Sxb5 axb5 21.Lf1 Sc4 22.Lxc4 bxc4 23.Ta7 Dc6 24.Db7 Dxb7 25.Txb7 c3 26.bxc3 Lxc3 27.Td3 La5 ½-½

Tal,Mihail - Filip,Miroslav [B17]
Moscow Moscow, 1967

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Sc3 dxe4 4.Sxe4 Sd7 5.Sf3 Sgf6 6.Sg3 e6 7.Ld3 Le7 8.De2 c5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Td1 cxd4 11.Sxd4 Te8 12.b3 Db6 13.Lb2 Sf8 14.Sf3 Ld7 15.Se5 Tad8 16.Se4 Sxe4 17.Lxe4 Lc8 18.Dh5 Sg6 19.Sxf7 Kxf7 20.Dxh7 e5 21.Txd8 Txd8 22.Dh5 De6 23.h3 Lc5 24.Kh1 Ld4 25.Td1 Td6 26.La3 Ta6 27.Txd4 exd4 28.Ld5 1-0

Arencibia,Walter (2555) - Tal,Mihail (2580) [E76]
Manila Interzonal Manila (10), 1990

1.d4 d6 2.c4 g6 3.Sc3 Lg7 4.e4 Sf6 5.f4 0-0 6.Sf3 c5 7.d5 b5 8.cxb5 a6 9.Ld2 Db6 10.a4 axb5 11.axb5 Txa1 12.Dxa1 e6 13.dxe6 Lxe6 14.Sg5 Lb3 15.Le2 Te8 16.e5 dxe5 17.0-0 exf4 18.Txf4 h6 19.Sge4 Sd5 20.Sxd5 Lxd5 21.Lf3 Lxe4 22.Txe4 Txe4 23.Lxe4 Dxb5 24.Lc3 Lxc3 25.bxc3 De2 26.Ld5 De3+ 27.Kh1 Sd7 28.h3 Se5 29.c4 h5 30.Dg1 Dxg1+ 31.Kxg1 h4 32.Kf2 Kg7 33.Ke3 f5 34.Kf4 Kf6 35.Ke3 g5 36.Lg8 0-1

Rossetto,Hector - Tal,Mihail [E66]
Portoroz Interzonal Portoroz (10), 1958

1.c4 Sf6 2.Sf3 g6 3.g3 Lg7 4.Lg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.d4 Sc6 7.Sc3 a6 8.d5 Sa5 9.Dd3 c5 10.e4 e6 11.h3 exd5 12.cxd5 b5 13.Lf4 b4 14.Sd1 Te8 15.Te1 c4 16.Dc2 Ta7 17.Le3 Tae7 18.Sd2 b3 19.axb3 Sxb3 20.Ta4 Sxd5 21.exd5 Lf5 22.Dxc4 Sxd2 23.Dxa6 Se4 24.Db6 Dc8 25.g4 Sc5 26.Ta7 Txa7 27.Dxa7 Sd3 28.Tf1 Le4 29.Da3 Lxg2 30.Kxg2 Dc4 31.Dxd6 Lf8 32.Dc6 De4+ 33.Kg1 Se5 34.Sc3 Sf3+ 35.Kh1 De5 36.Kg2 Sh4+ 37.Kg1 Ld6 38.Td1 Dh2+ 39.Kf1 Txe3 0-1

Tal,Mihail - Bolbochan,Julio [B89]
Havana ol (Men) fin-A Havana (12), 1966

1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 e6 5.Sc3 d6 6.Le3 Sf6 7.Lc4 Le7 8.De2 0-0 9.Lb3 a6 10.0-0-0 Da5 11.Kb1 Te8 12.Thg1 Ld7 13.g4 Sxd4 14.Lxd4 Lc6 15.g5 Sd7 16.Td3 g6 17.h4 Sc5 18.h5 Sxb3 19.axb3 e5 20.Le3 Dc7 21.Ld2 Tad8 22.Th1 Lf8 23.Dg4 b5 24.Dh4 b4 25.Sd1 d5 26.Se3 dxe4 27.Sg4 f5 28.Sf6+ Kf7 29.hxg6+ Ke6 30.Sxe8 Txe8 31.gxh7 Lg7 32.Tdh3 Ld5 33.Dh5 Kd7 34.Dxe8+ 1-0

Tal,Mihail (2705) - Spassky,Boris V (2615) [C95]
Tilburg Tilburg, 1980

1.e4 e5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.Lb5 a6 4.La4 Sf6 5.0-0 Le7 6.Te1 b5 7.Lb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Sb8 10.d4 Sbd7 11.Sbd2 Lb7 12.Lc2 Te8 13.Sf1 Lf8 14.Sg3 g6 15.a4 c5 16.d5 c4 17.Lg5 h6 18.Le3 Tb8 19.Dd2 h5 20.Sg5 Sh7 21.Sxh7 Kxh7 22.Tf1 Kg8 23.Kh1 Lg7 24.axb5 axb5 25.f4 exf4 26.Lxf4 De7 27.Lg5 De5 28.Lf4 De7 29.Lg5 De5 30.Tf3 Ta8 31.Taf1 Tf8 32.Sxh5 gxh5 33.Tf5 De8 34.e5 dxe5 35.Lh6 Ta6 36.Lxg7 Kxg7 37.d6 f6 38.Tg5+ Kf7 39.Lg6+ Ke6 40.Lf5+ Kf7 41.Dd1 Th8 42.Lg6+ Ke6 43.Lxe8 Txe8 44.Dxh5 Td8 45.Tg7 Kxd6 46.Df7 1-0

Polugaevsky,Lev - Tal,Mihail [D41]
URS-ch37 Moscow (2), 07.09.1969

1.c4 Sf6 2.Sc3 e6 3.Sf3 d5 4.d4 c5 5.cxd5 Sxd5 6.e4 Sxc3 7.bxc3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Lb4+ 9.Ld2 Lxd2+ 10.Dxd2 0-0 11.Lc4 Sc6 12.0-0 b6 13.Tad1 Lb7 14.Tfe1 Sa5 15.Ld3 Tc8 16.d5 exd5 17.e5 Sc4 18.Df4 Sb2 19.Lxh7+ Kxh7 20.Sg5+ Kg6 21.h4 Tc4 22.h5+ Kh6 23.Sxf7+ Kh7 24.Df5+ Kg8 25.e6 Df6 26.Dxf6 gxf6 27.Td2 Tc6 28.Txb2 Te8 29.Sh6+ Kh7 30.Sf5 Texe6 31.Txe6 Txe6 32.Tc2 Tc6 33.Te2 Lc8 34.Te7+ Kh8 35.Sh4 f5 36.Sg6+ Kg8 37.Txa7 1-0

Tal,Mihail - Fischer,Robert James [E93]
Candidates Tournament Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (6), 15.09.1959

1.d4 Sf6 2.c4 g6 3.Sc3 Lg7 4.e4 d6 5.Le2 0-0 6.Sf3 e5 7.d5 Sbd7 8.Lg5 h6 9.Lh4 a6 10.Sd2 De8 11.0-0 Sh7 12.b4 Sg5 13.f3 f5 14.Lf2 De7 15.Tc1 Sf6 16.c5 Ld7 17.Dc2 Sh5 18.b5 fxe4 19.Sdxe4 Sxe4 20.fxe4 Sf4 21.c6 Dg5 22.Lf3 bxc6 23.dxc6 Lg4 24.Lxg4 Dxg4 25.Le3 axb5 26.Lxf4 exf4 27.Sxb5 Tf7 28.Dc4 Tc8 29.Tf3 Le5 30.Tcf1 Kg7 31.a4 Ta8 32.Kh1 Dg5 33.g3 Taf8 34.gxf4 Lxf4 35.Sd4 Dh4 36.Txf4 Txf4 37.Se6+ Kh8 38.Dd4+ T8f6 39.Sxf4 Kh7 40.e5 dxe5 41.Dd7+ 1-0

Tal,Mihail (2620) - Uhlmann,Wolfgang (2570) [C07]
Alekhine mem Moscow (6), 30.11.1971

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Sd2 c5 4.Sgf3 Sc6 5.Lb5 dxe4 6.Sxe4 Ld7 7.Lg5 Da5+ 8.Sc3 cxd4 9.Sxd4 Lb4 10.0-0 Lxc3 11.bxc3 Dxc3 12.Sf5 exf5 13.Te1+ Le6 14.Dd6 a6 15.Ld2 Dxc2 16.Lb4 axb5 17.Df8+ Kd7 18.Ted1+ Kc7 19.Dxa8 1-0

Tal,Mihail - Taimanov,Mark E [B48]
URS-ch30 Yerevan (7), 01.12.1962

1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 Sc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 e6 5.Sc3 a6 6.Le3 Dc7 7.Le2 Sf6 8.a3 Sxd4 9.Dxd4 Ld6 10.Dd2 Le5 11.Ld4 Lxd4 12.Dxd4 e5 13.Db4 b6 14.0-0-0 Lb7 15.Td6 Lc6 16.Thd1 0-0 17.g4 Tfc8 18.g5 Se8 19.T6d2 b5 20.Lg4 a5 21.De7 b4 22.Txd7 Lxd7 23.Txd7 Dc4 24.b3 Df1+ 25.Sd1 Sd6 26.Dxd6 Dg2 27.Dd5 Kh8 28.Dxf7 Tg8 29.Dh5 Dxe4 30.Lf3 Df4+ 31.Se3 Ta6 32.Ld5 Tb8 33.Tf7 Dd4 34.Df3 Da1+ 35.Kd2 Dd4+ 36.Ke2 Dc5 37.a4 Ta7 38.g6 Ta6 39.Txg7 Txg6 40.Txg6 hxg6 41.Df6+ Kh7 1-0