Klavins - Tal
Latvian Championship, 1955
Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 
6.Bg5 e6 7.Qf3 h6 8.Be3 e5 9.Nb3 Be7 10.Be2 Be6 
11.Qg3 g5 12.f3 Nbd7 13.Qf2 Qc7 14.O-O Kf8 15.Rad1 Kg7 
16.Kh1 b5 17.a3 Rac8 18.Rd2 Rb8 19.g3 Qb7 20.Na5 Qc7 
21.Nb3 Qb7 22.Rfd1 Rhd8 23.Na5 Qc7 24.Nb3 Nb6 25.f4 Nc4 
26.fxg5 hxg5 27.Bxc4 bxc4 28.Nc1 Rh8 29.Qe1 Rh5 30.Nd5 Nxd5 
31.exd5 Bg4 32.Ne2 Bf3+ 33.Kg1 Qd7 34.Qf2 g4 35.Rb1 Rbh8 
36.Nc3 Rh3 37.Rf1 f5 38.Ne2 Qe8 39.Nc3 f4 40.Bxf4 exf4 
41.Qd4+ Bf6 42.Qxf4 Qe5 43.Qxe5 Bxe5 44.Re1 Rxh2 45.Rxh2 Bd4+ 
(0-1)


Tal - Lissitzin
Leningrad, 1956
Sicilian Defense

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)


Tal - Tolush
USSR Championship, 1956
Sicilian Defense
Najdorf Variation, Poison Pawn Line

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)


Gurgenidze - Tal
USSR Championship, 1957
Benoni Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 
6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 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)

Averbach - Tal
Russian Championship, 1958
Benoni Defense

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)


Tal - Fuster
Portoroz Interzonal, 1958
Caro-Kann Defense

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)


Tal - Giplis
Riga, 1958
Sicilian Defense

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)


Tal - Golombek
Munich, 1958
Caro-Kann Defense

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)


Tal - Tolush
Riga, 1958
Nimzo-Indian Defense

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)


Tal - Filip
Portoroz Interzonal, 1958
Ruy Lopez

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.Nhf5 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)


Tal - Averbach
USSR Championship, Tblisi, 1959
Ruy Lopez, Neo-Steinitz Defense

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Nf6 
6.d4 Nd7 7.a3 Be7 8.b4 O-O 9.O-O Bf6 10.Be3 b5 
11.d5 Ne7 12.Bb3 Nb6 13.Nbd2 Bb7 14.c4 bxc4 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 
16.Bxc4 c6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Nd2 d5 19.exd5 Nxd5 20.Bc5 Be7 
21.Ne4 Bxc5 22.Nxc5 Nf4 23.Qxd8 Rfxd8 24.Bxa6 Bxg2 25.Rfd1 Bf3 
26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bb7 Nh3+ 28.Kf1 Bxb7 29.Nxb7 Rd2 30.a4 Rxf2+ 
31.Ke1 Rxh2 32.Ra3 Rh1+ 33.Ke2 Nf4+ 34.Kf2 h5 35.a5 Nd5 
36.a6 Nb6 37.Ra5 f6 38.a7 Rh2+ 39.Kg3 Rb2 40.Rb5 Na8 
41.Nd6 Kh7 42.Rb8 Nc7 43.Rc8 h4+ 44.Kxh4 Rxb4+ 45.Kg3 Rb3+ 
46.Kf2 Rb2+ 47.Ke1 Rb1+ 48.Kd2 Rb6 49.Ne8 (1-0)


Tal - Bronstein
USSR Championship, Tiflis, 1959
Ruy Lopez

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 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)


Tal - Duckstein
Zurich, 1959
Queen's Indian Defense

1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 Bb4+ 4.Nc3 b6 5.Bg5 Bb7 
6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Ne4 9.Qc2 d6 10.Bd3 Bxc3+ 
11.bxc3 f5 12.d5 exd5 13.cxd5 Bxd5 14.Nd4 Qf6 15.f3 Nxg3 
16.hxg3 Nd7 17.Bxf5 Nc5 18.Nb5 Qg7 19.Bg6+ Kd7 20.Bf5+ Be6 
21.Bxe6+ Nxe6 22.Nd4 Nc5 23.Qf5+ Ke7 24.Qd5 Qf6 25.O-O-O Raf8 
26.e4 Qf7 27.Nf5+ Kd7 28.Qxf7+ Rxf7 29.Rxh6 Rxh6 30.Nxh6 Rh7 
31.Ng4 Ke6 32.Kd2 b5 33.Re1 a5 34.Ke3 Rh8 35.f4 b4 
36.f5+ Kf7 37.cxb4 axb4 38.Kd4 b3 39.axb3 Rb8 40.Kd5 Rb4 
41.Ne5+ Kf6 42.Nc6 Rxb3 43.e5+ dxe5 44.Kxc5 Kxf5 45.Nxe5 Rxg3 
46.Re2 Ra3 47.Kd4 Ra4+ 48.Nc4 Kf4 49.Kd3 g4 50.Re3 Ra1 
51.g3+ Kf5 52.Re5+ Kf6 53.Re4 Kg5 54.Ne3 Ra3+ 55.Kd4 Kh5 
56.Ke5 Ra1 57.Kf6 (1-0)


Fischer - Tal
Candidate's Tournament, Bled, 1959
Sicilian Defense, Sozin Variation

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)


Tal - Gurgenidze
Club Competition, 1959
Center Counter Defense

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nf3 g6 
6.Nc3 Bg7 7.h3 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Be3 e5 10.d5 Ne7 
11.O-O h6 12.Qd2 Nf5 13.c5 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Nd7 15.b4 a5 
16.a3 axb4 17.axb4 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 e4 19.Nd4 Qh4 20.c6 bxc6 
21.dxc6 Ne5 22.Rf1 Bxh3 23.gxh3 (1/2-1/2)


Kupper - Tal
Zurich, 1959
Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

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 (0-1)


Tal - Olafsson
Zurich, 1959
Sicilian Defense, Scheveningen Variation

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 (1-0)


Tal - Smyslov
Candidate's Tournament
Bled, 1959
Caro-Kann Defense

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)


Unzicker - Tal
Zurich, 1959
Sicilian Defense

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)


Walther - Tal
Zurich, 1959
Sicilian Defense, Kan Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 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)


Tal - Nievergelt
Zurich, 1959
Sicilian Defense

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)


Tal - Botvinnik
World Championship Match, Game 1
Moscow, 1960
French Defense

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)


Botvinnik - Tal
World Championship Match, Game 6
Moscow, 1960
King's Indian Defense
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)


Botvinnik - Tal
World Championship Match, Game 8
Moscow, 1960
Benoni Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 
6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Bg5 O-O 8.e3 Re8 9.Nd2 d6 10.Be2 a6 
11.a4 Nbd7 12.O-O Qc7 13.Qc2 Nb6 14.Bf3 c4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 
16.a5 Nd7 17.Nce4 Be5 18.Qxc4 Qd8 19.Qa2 f5 20.Nc3 g5 
21.Nc4 g4 22.Be2 Qf6 23.Na4 Kh8 24.g3 h5 25.f4 Bd4 
26.Qa3 Rb8 27.Nab6 h4 28.Rad1 Bxb6 29.axb6 Nc5 30.gxh4 Bd7 
31.Qc3 Qxc3 32.bxc3 Bb5 33.Rfe1 Ne4 34.Rc1 Rbc8 35.Na5 Bxe2 
36.Rxe2 Nxc3 37.Rxc3 Rxc3 38.Nxb7 Rexe3 39.Rxe3 Rxe3 40.Nxd6 Re6 
41.Nf7+ (1-0)


Penrose - Tal
Leipzig, 1960
Benoni Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 
6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.Nge2 O-O 9.O-O a6 10.a4 Qc7 
11.h3 Nbd7 12.f4 Re8 13.Ng3 c4 14.Bc2 Nc5 15.Qf3 Nfd7 
16.Be3 b5 17.axb5 Rb8 18.Qf2 axb5 19.e5 dxe5 20.f5 Bb7 
21.Rad1 Ba8 22.Nce4 Na4 23.Bxa4 bxa4 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Qf7+ Kh8 
26.Nc5 Qa7 27.Qxd7 Qxd7 28.Nxd7 Rxb2 29.Nb6 Rb3 30.Nxc4 Rd8 
31.d6 Rc3 32.Rc1 Rxc1 33.Rxc1 Bd5 34.Nb6 Bb3 35.Ne4 h6 
36.d7 Bf8 37.Rc8 Be7 38.Bc5 Bh4 39.g3 (1-0)


Toran - Tal
Oberhausen, 1961
English Opening

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.d4 e4 5.f3 Nf6 
6.Bg2 exf3 7.Nxf3 g6 8.O-O Bg7 9.e4 fxe4 10.Ng5 O-O 
11.Ngxe4 Nxe4 12.Rxf8+ Qxf8 13.Nxe4 Nc6 14.Be3 Bf5 15.Qd2 Re8 
16.Ng5 Rxe3 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Nf7+ Qxf7 19.Bxf7 Rd3 20.Qe2 Bxd4+ 
21.Kg2 Ne5 22.Rd1 Re3 23.Qf1 Be4+ 24.Kh3 Rf3 25.Qe2 Bf5+ 
(0-1)

Korchnoi - Tal
USSR Championship, 1962
Benoni Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 
6.g3 g6 7.Bg2 Bg7 8.Nf3 O-O 9.O-O Na6 10.h3 Nc7 
11.e4 Nd7 12.Re1 Ne8 13.Bg5 Bf6 14.Be3 Rb8 15.a4 a6 
16.Bf1 Qe7 17.Nd2 Nc7 18.f4 b5 19.e5 dxe5 20.Nde4 Qd8 
21.Nxf6+ Nxf6 22.d6 Ne6 23.fxe5 b4 24.Nd5 Nxd5 25.Qxd5 Bb7 
26.Qd2 Qd7 27.Kh2 b3 28.Rac1 Qxa4 29.Bc4 Bc8 30.Rf1 Rb4 
31.Bxe6 Bxe6 32.Bh6 Re8 33.Qg5 Re4 34.Rf2 f5 35.Qf6 Qd7 
36.Rxc5 Rc4 37.Rxc4 Bxc4 38.Rd2 Be6 39.Rd1 Qa7 40.Rd2 Qd7 
41.Rd1 Qa7 42.Rd4 Qd7 43.g4 a5 44.Kg3 Rb8 45.Kh4 Qf7 
46.Kg5 fxg4 47.hxg4 Bd7 48.Rc4 a4 49.Rc7 a3 50.Rxd7 Qxd7 
51.e6 Qa7 52.Qe5 axb2 53.e7 Kf7 54.d7 (1-0)



Portisch - Tal
Amsterdam, 1964
King's Indian Defense

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d6 3.d4 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 
6.c4 Bg4 7.Nc3 Qc8 8.Re1 Re8 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.d5 Na5 
11.Qa4 b6 12.Nd2 Bd7 13.Qc2 c6 14.b4 Nxc4 15.Nxc4 cxd5 
16.Na3 d4 17.Bxa8 Qxa8 18.Ncb5 Rc8 19.Qd1 Ne4 20.f3 a6 
21.Nxd4 Qd5 22.Be3 Rc3 23.Ndc2 Qf5 24.g4 Qe6 25.Bd4 h5 
26.Bxg7 hxg4 27.Nd4 Qd5 28.fxe4 Qxe4 29.Nf3 Qe3+ 30.Kh1 Bc6 
31.Rf1 Rxa3 32.Qc1 gxf3 33.Qxc6 Qxe2 34.Rg1 Kxg7 35.Rae1 Qd2 
36.Rd1 Qe2 37.Rde1 Qd2 (1/2-1/2)


Tal - Larsen
Tenth Match Game, Bled, 1965
Sicilian Defense, Scheveningen Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 d6 
6.Be3 Nf6 7.f4 Be7 8.Qf3 O-O 9.O-O-O Qc7 10.Ndb5 Qb8 
11.g4 a6 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.Bxd4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.Bd3 b4 
16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 f5 18.Rde1 Rf7 19.h4 Bb7 20.Bxf5 Rxf5 
21.Rxe7 Ne5 22.Qe4 Qf8 23.fxe5 Rf4 24.Qe3 Rf3 25.Qe2 Qxe7 
26.Qxf3 dxe5 27.Re1 Rd8 28.Rxe5 Qd6 29.Qf4 Rf8 30.Qe4 b3 
31.axb3 Rf1+ 32.Kd2 Qb4+ 33.c3 Qd6 34.Bc5 Qxc5 35.Re8+ Rf8 
36.Qe6+ Kh8 37.Qf7 (1-0)


Bukic - Tal
Budva, 1967
Benoni Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 
6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 
11.f3 Nc7 12.a4 Nd7 13.Nc4 Ne5 14.Ne3 f5 15.f4 Nf7 
16.exf5 gxf5 17.Bd3 Qf6 18.Rf3 Bd7 19.Qc2 Nh6 20.Bd2 Re7 
21.Ncd1 Ne8 22.Rg3 Qd4 23.Nf2 Kh8 24.Bc3 Qxf4 25.Nh3 Qh4 
26.Rf1 Bd4 27.Rf4 Qf6 28.Bxd4 cxd4 29.Nxf5 Nxf5 30.Bxf5 Rc8 
31.Qxc8 Bxc8 32.Bxc8 Re1+ 33.Kf2 Qe7 34.Be6 Rxe6 35.dxe6 Nf6 
36.Rgf3 Ng8 37.Rf7 Qh4+ 38.Rg3 d3 39.Rf8 Qd4+ 40.Kf1 (1-0)


Ufimtsev - Tal
Spartakiad, 1967
Benoni Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 
6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O Re8 10.Nd2 Na6 
11.Kh1 Nc7 12.a4 Rb8 13.f4 a6 14.a5 Bd7 15.Bf3 Nb5 
16.e5 dxe5 17.fxe5 Rxe5 18.Nc4 Rf5 19.Ne3 Rf4 20.Ne2 Rh4 
21.g3 Re4 22.Bxe4 Nxe4 23.Nf4 Nd4 24.Kg2 Qe7 25.Re1 h5 
26.Ra3 Re8 27.Ne2 Bh3+ 28.Kxh3 Ng5+ (0-1)

Vaganian - Tal
USSR Championship, 1971
Benoni Defense

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 g6 
6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Bf4 a6 8.e4 O-O 9.Be2 d6 10.a4 Bg4 
11.h3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Qc7 13.O-O Nbd7 14.a5 Rfe8 15.Qd2 Rac8 
16.g4 Re7 17.Rfe1 Ne8 18.Bg2 Rb8 19.Bg5 Bf6 20.Bxf6 Nexf6 
21.f4 c4 22.Kh1 Ne8 23.Ra4 b5 24.axb6 Rxb6 25.Rea1 Qb8 
26.R1a2 Nc5 27.Rxc4 Reb7 28.e5 Rxb2 29.Rxb2 Rxb2 30.Qd4 Rc2 
31.exd6 Qb2 32.d7 Nxd7 33.Rc8 Rxg2 (0-1)



Mukhin - Tal
USSR Team Championship
Moscow, 1972
Nimzo-Indian Defense, Rubinstein Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nge2 d5 
6.a3 Be7 7.Nf4 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nbd7 10.Nd3 c5 
11.dxc5 Nxc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.b4 Be7 15.Bb2 Bd7 
16.Ke2 Rac8 17.Bd3 Bc6 18.f3 Nd7 19.Ne4 f5 20.Nd2 Nb6 
21.Bd4 e5 22.Bc5 Rxd3 23.Kxd3 Bb5+ 24.Kc2 Na4 25.Kb3 b6 
26.Nc4 bxc5 27.Nxe5 cxb4 28.Rac1 Nc5+ 29.Kxb4 a6 (0-1)

Kupreichik - Tal
Sochi, 1970
Sicilian Defense

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Nf6 
6.Bc4 Qb6 7.Nb3 e6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.f4 a6 10.Bd3 b5 
11.a3 Be7 12.Qf3 Bb7 13.O-O Rc8 14.Rae1 O-O 15.Qh3 b4 
16.Nd5 exd5 17.exd5 Nb8 18.Bd4 g6 19.Rf3 Bxd5 20.Rfe3 Bd8 
21.Qh4 Nbd7 22.Qh6 Qb7 23.Rg3 Nc5 24.Nxc5 dxc5 25.f5 cxd4 
26.fxg6 fxg6 27.Bxg6 Kh8 28.Qxf8+ Ng8 29.Bf5 Rb8 30.Re8 Qf7 
31.Rh3 (1-0)


Kupreichik - Tal
USSR Championship, 1979
Sicilian Defense, Najdorf Variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 
6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Nb3 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Qc7 10.g4 Be7 
11.O-O-O h6 12.Bh4 g5 13.fxg5 Nh7 14.Bg3 hxg5 15.e5 Nxe5 
16.Ne4 d5 17.Bg2 dxe4 18.Qxe4 Bf6 19.Rde1 Nf8 20.Rhf1 Bg7 
21.Bxe5 Qxe5 22.Qxe5 Bxe5 23.Rxe5 Rxh2 24.Be4 Nh7 25.Na5 Ke7 
26.Rc5 Nf6 27.Rc7+ Kd6 28.Rxf6 Kxc7 29.Rxf7+ Kd8 30.Nc4 e5 
31.Nb6 Rb8 32.Rf8+ Kc7 33.Nd5+ Kd6 34.Nb6 Kc7 35.Nd5+ Kd6 
36.Rd8+ Kc6 37.Rg8 Be6 38.Nb4+ Kc7 39.Rg7+ Kd6 40.Rg6 a5 
41.Nd5 Rf8 42.b3 Rh3 43.Nb6 Ke7 44.Rg7+ Rf7 45.Rxg5 Rf1+ 
46.Kb2 Kf6 47.Rg6+ Kf7 48.Rg5 Kf6 49.Rg6+ Kf7 50.Rg5 (1/2-1/2)



Tal - Spasski
Montreal, 1979
King's Indian Defense
Classical Variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 
6.Be2 e5 7.O-O exd4 8.Nxd4 Re8 9.f3 c6 10.Kh1 d5 
11.cxd5 cxd5 12.Bg5 dxe4 13.fxe4 Nbd7 14.Ndb5 Re5 15.Bf4 Nxe4 
16.Bxe5 Bxe5 17.Nxe4 Qh4 18.h3 Qxe4 19.Qb3 Nf6 20.Bc4 Qh4 
21.Bxf7+ Kh8 22.Rf3 Bf5 23.Nc3 Ne4 24.Nxe4 Bxe4 25.Qc4 Rd8 
26.Raf1 Kg7 27.Be6 Rd2 28.Qc5 Bxf3 29.Qxe5+ Qf6 30.Qxf6+ Kxf6 
31.Bg4 Rxb2 32.Rxf3+ (1-0)


Kasparov - Tal
USSR Spartakiad, 1983
Queen's Gambit Declined
Semi-Slav Defense, Anti-Meran Variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 dxc4 
6.e4 b5 7.e5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Nxg5 hxg5 10.Bxg5 Nbd7 
11.exf6 Bb7 12.g3 c5 13.d5 Qb6 14.Bg2 O-O-O 15.O-O b4 
16.Na4 Qb5 17.a3 Nb8 18.axb4 cxb4 19.Be3 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 Rxd5 
21.Qe2 Nc6 22.Rfc1 Ne5 23.b3 c3 24.Nxc3 bxc3 25.Rxc3+ Kb8 
26.Qc2 Bd6 27.Bxa7+ Kb7 28.b4 Nc6 29.Be3 Be5 30.Rxc6 Bxa1 
31.Rc7+ Kb8 32.Ba7+ Ka8 33.Be3 Kb8 34.Ba7+ Ka8 35.Bc5 Kb8 
36.Rxf7 Be5 37.Ba7+ Ka8 38.Be3 Rd7 39.Qa2+ Kb8 40.Ba7+ Kc8 
41.Qxe6 Qd5 42.Qa6+ Qb7 43.Qc4+ Qc7 (1/2-1/2)


Tal - Akopian
Barcelona, 1992
Sicilian Defense

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 
6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 c4 8.d4 cxd3 9.Bg5 e6 10.Qxd3 Be7 
11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.c4 O-O 14.Nc3 Kh8 15.Rad1 Rg8 
16.Qe3 Qf8 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.f4 Bd7 19.b3 Bd8 20.Nf3 b5 
21.Qa7 Bc7 22.Qxa6 bxc4 23.b4 Qg7 24.g3 d5 25.exd5 Bxf4 
26.Kf2 f5 27.gxf4 Qxc3 28.Qd6 Ba4 29.Rd4 Rg7 30.dxe6 Bc6 
31.Ng5 Rxg5 32.Qe5+ Rg7 33.Rd8+ Rxd8 34.Qxc3 f6 35.e7 Ra8 
36.Qxf6 Be4 37.Rg1 Rxa2+ 38.Kf1 (1-0)


Morphy vs Duke of Brunswick and
Count Isouard de Vauvenargues
Paris, 1858
Philidor Defense
The Opera Box Game

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Bg4 4.dxe5 Bxf3 5.Qxf3 dxe5 
6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Qb3 Qe7 8.Nc3 c6 9.Bg5 b5 10.Nxb5 cxb5 
11.Bxb5+ Nbd7 12.O-O-O Rd8 13.Rxd7 Rxd7 14.Rd1 Qe6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 
16.Qb8+ Nxb8 17.Rd8+ (1-0)


Anderssen - Kieseritzky
London, 1851
King's Gambit Accepted
The Immortal Game

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5 5.Bxb5 Nf6 
6.Nf3 Qh6 7.d3 Nh5 8.Nh4 Qg5 9.Nf5 c6 10.g4 Nf6 
11.Rg1 cxb5 12.h4 Qg6 13.h5 Qg5 14.Qf3 Ng8 15.Bxf4 Qf6 
16.Nc3 Bc5 17.Nd5 Qxb2 18.Bd6 Qxa1+ 19.Ke2 Bxg1 20.e5 Na6 
21.Nxg7+ Kd8 22.Qf6+ Nxf6 23.Be7+ (1-0)


Anderssen - Dufresne
Berlin, 1852
Evans Gambit
The Evergreen Game

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 
6.d4 exd4 7.O-O d3 8.Qb3 Qf6 9.e5 Qg6 10.Re1 Nge7 
11.Ba3 b5 12.Qxb5 Rb8 13.Qa4 Bb6 14.Nbd2 Bb7 15.Ne4 Qf5 
16.Bxd3 Qh5 17.Nf6+ gxf6 18.exf6 Rg8 19.Rad1 Qxf3 20.Rxe7+ Nxe7 
21.Qxd7+ Kxd7 22.Bf5+ Ke8 23.Bd7+ Kf8 24.Bxe7+ (1-0)

Liu Wen Chi - Donner
Buenos Aires Olympiad, 1978
Pirc Defense - Chinese Attack

1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.g4 h6 
6.h3 c5 7.d5 O-O 8.h4 e6 9.g5 hxg5 10.hxg5 Ne8 
11.Qd3 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nc6 13.Qg3 Be6 14.Qh4 f5 15.Qh7+ Kf7 
16.Qxg6+ Kxg6 17.Bh5+ Kh7 18.Bf7+ Bh6 19.g6+ Kg7 20.Bxh6+ (1-0)

Gustavo Mahia - Miguel Quinteros
San Miguel, 1980
Sicilian Defense
Najdorf Variation, Poison Pawn Line
Chess Life, January, 1981

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.Be2 Bb4 13.Rb3 Qa5 14.O-O O-O 15.Bf6 Nxf6 
16.exf6 Rd8 17.fxg7 Rxd4 (17..., Qc5!; 17..., Rxc4 18. Qxd4 Bc5!)            
18.Qh6 Qe5 19.Ne4 Qxe4 (19..., Rxe4 20. Rh3!)  20.Bh5 Rd7              
21.Rd3 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Bd4 23.Rg3 Nc6 24.Bg6 Qxg6 25.Rxg6 Ne7             
26.Rxf7 Kxf7 27.g8Q Nxg8 28.Qxh7+ (1-0)


Mir Sultan Khan - H. Mattison
Prague, 1931
Stonewall Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 d5 
6.Ne5 Bd6 7.f4 O-O 8.Qf3 Nfd7 9.Qh3 f5 10.Ndf3 Nf6 
11.Bd2 Ba6 12.Rg1 Bxd3 13.cxd3 Qe8 14.Ke2 Nbd7 15.Qh4 c5 
16.Bc3 cxd4 17.Bxd4 Nc5 18.g4 Bxe5 19.Nxe5 fxg4 20.Nxg4 Nxg4 
21.Rxg4 g6 22.Rag1 (1-0)

Mir Sultan Khan - Akiba Rubinstein
Prague Olympiad, 1931
Stonewall Attack

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.e3 e6 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.Nd2 Nbd7 
6.f4 Bd6 7.c3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.Qf3 h5 10.Qg3 Kf8 
11.O-O h4 12.Qh3 Rc8 13.Ndf3 Ne4 14.Bd2 Nxd2 15.Nxd2 Nf6 
16.Ndf3 Rc7 17.Ng5 Bc8 18.Rf3 Rh6 19.Raf1 Kg8 20.R3f2 Qf8 
21.Qf3 cxd4 22.cxd4 g6 23.g4 hxg3 24.hxg3 Nh7 25.Ng4 Nxg5 
26.Nxh6+ Qxh6 27.fxg5 Qxg5 28.Kg2 e5 29.Qf6 Qxf6 30.Rxf6 e4 
31.Bb1 Be6 32.R6f2 Rc8 33.a3 Kg7 34.Rc2 Rd8 35.Ba2 Kh6 
36.Bb3 Kg7 37.Rc6 Kf8 38.Bd1 Ke7 39.Rh1 Bd7 40.Rc1 Be6 
41.Be2 Kf6 42.Rh7 Kg5 43.Kf2 Kf6 44.Bf1 g5 45.Be2 g4 
46.Kg2 Rg8 47.Ba6 Rb8 48.a4 Ke7 49.Rch1 Rd8 50.Rh8 Rd7 
51.Rc1 Bb4 52.Kf2 Kf6 53.Re8 Kg7 54.Rc6 Kf6 55.Rg8 Rd6 
56.Rxd6 Bxd6 57.Ra8 (1-0)

Bronstein - Amateur
Simultaneous Exhibition
Sochi, 1950
Center Game

1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qa4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 
6.Bg5 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Qe7 8.O-O-O Qxe4 9.Rd8+ (1-0)

Tchigorin - Clemenz
St. Petersburg, 1880
Sicilian Defense

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 e6 5.d3 Be7 
6.f4 d6 7.Nge2 O-O 8.O-O Qc7 9.b3 a6 10.a4 e5 
11.f5 Bd7 12.Kh1 Nd4 13.Bg5 Nxe2 14.Qxe2 Bc6 15.g4 b5 
16.Bd2 b4 17.Nd1 Nd7 18.g5 f6 19.g6 h6 20.Qh5 Nb6 
21.Ne3 Ra7 22.Rf3 Be8 23.Rh3 (1-0)

Kujoth - Crittenden
Milwaukee, 1949
Stonewall Attack

1.d4 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Bd3 e6 4.f4 Nbd7 5.Nd2 c5 
6.c3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Ngf3 b6 9.Ne5 Nxe5 10.fxe5 Nd7 
11.O-O a5 12.Qg4 g6 13.Bc2 Bg5 14.Nc4 dxc4 15.Bxg5 Qc7 
16.Rxf7 Kxf7 17.Rf1+ Kg7 18.Bh6+ Kxh6 19.Rf7 Qd8 20.Rxh7+ Kxh7 
21.Qxg6+ (1-0)

Lasker - Marshall
14th World Championship Match Game
Memphis, 1907
French Defense

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bd3 c5 5.Nf3 c4 
6.Be2 dxe4 7.Ne5 Bd6 8.O-O a6 9.Nxc4 h6 10.f3 exf3 
11.Bxf3 Bxh2+ 12.Kxh2 h5 13.Bf4 Ng4+ 14.Kg1 g5 15.Be5 Rg8 
16.Bxg4 hxg4 17.Ne4 Nd7 18.Qxg4 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Kf8 20.Rad1 Qc7 
21.Nf6 (1-0)

Gunsberg - Tchigorin
Match, 1890
Stonewall Attack

1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Be7 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.b3 Nbd7 
6.Bb2 O-O 7.Nbd2 Re8 8.Ne5 Nf8 9.f4 c5 10.O-O a6 
11.Rf3 b5 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Rg3 Ng6 14.h4 Qb6 15.Nf1 Nxh4 
16.Nxf7 Kxf7 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qh5+ Ke7 19.Qxh4 Bd7 20.Rg7+ Kd6 
21.Qxf6 Bxe3+ 22.Nxe3 Qxe3+ 23.Kf1 Rad8 24.Re1 Qd2 25.Re2 Qc1+ 
26.Kf2 Kc6 27.Rxh7 Rf8 28.Rxe6+ Kc7 29.Rc6+ Kb7 30.Rb6+ (1-0)

Russ Haag - Frank Metz
ICCF Anglo-Pacific Tournament, 1985
King's Gambit Accepted
Muzio-Polerio Variation

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 
6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.d4 Qxd4+ 10.Be3 Qf6 
11.Nc3 Ne7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Qxd5+ Qe6 14.Rxf4+ Kg8 15.Qg5+ Qg6 
16.Rxf8+ Kxf8 17.Rf1+ (1-0)

Spielmann - Grunfeld
Teplitz - Schoenau, 1922
King's Gambit Accepted, Hanstein Variation

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 g5 5.O-O d6 
6.d4 Bg7 7.c3 h6 8.g3 g4 9.Nh4 f3 10.Nd2 Bf6 
11.Ndxf3 gxf3 12.Qxf3 Rh7 13.Ng6 Rg7 14.Nf4 Bg4 15.Qg2 Bg5 
16.h3 Bd7 17.Nh5 Rh7 18.e5 dxe5 19.Qe4 f5 20.Rxf5 Bxf5 
21.Qxf5 Re7 22.Bxg5 hxg5 23.Rf1 Qd6 24.Bxg8 exd4 25.Qf8+ Kd7 
26.Qxa8 Qc5 27.Nf6+ Kd6 28.Qf8 Qe5 29.Kg2 d3 30.Rf2 Qe1 
31.Qh6 (1-0)


Schlechter - Teichmann
Vienna, 1903
King's Gambit Accepted

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5?! 4.e5 g5 5.d4 g4 
6.Bxf4 gxf3 7.Qxf3 Qh4+ 8.g3 Qg4 9.Qe3 Nc6 10.Be2 Qg6 
11.Nc3 Bb4 12.d5 Nd8 13.O-O-O h6 14.g4 Ne7 15.d6 Ne6 
16.dxe7 Bc5 17.Qg3 Bxe7 18.gxf5 Qxf5 19.Be3 Bg5 20.Nd5 Bxe3+ 
21.Qxe3 Kd8 22.Rhg1 Qf8 23.Rdf1 Qc5 24.Qf3 Rf8 25.Rg8 (1-0)

Krasilnikov - Beckman
Correspondence, 1974/75
Modern Defense, The Terrace

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 d6 4.Be3 c6 5.Qd2 b5 
6.Bd3 a5 7.f3 Nd7 8.d5 cxd5 9.Nxb5 dxe4 10.Bxe4 Rb8 
11.Qe2 Nc5 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.Rd1 Qb6 14.Rd6 (1-0)

Foutelet - Gambin, Correspondence
also Purser - Overhaug
Pirmasens, Germany, 1979
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
Ryder Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3 Qxd4 
6.Be3 Qb4 7.O-O-O Bg4 8.Nb5 Na6 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qxb8+ Nxb8 
11.Nxc7+ (1-0)