[Event "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Geller, Efim P"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A71"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 Ncxe4 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 "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Krogius, Nikolai V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. a4 Rad8 15.
Bg5 Be6 16. Ne3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nc4 18. axb5 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 axb5 20. d5 Bd7 21.
Ra7 Qb8 22. Qa1 Rc8 23. Bd3 Rc7 24. Ra6 Rec8 25. Qa5 Bd8 26. Qb4 Ne8 27. Rea1
Rb7 28. Ba7 Qc7 29. Kh2 g6 30. Nd2 Bg5 31. Nb3 h5 32. Qe1 Kg7 33. Be3 Bxe3 34.
Qxe3 Qd8 35. Na5 Rbc7 36. Nc6 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Rxc6 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Bxb5 Rc5 40.
Qd3 Nc7 41. Bc4 Qb8 42. Rb1 Nb5 43. Rf1 Nc7 44. Qc3 Nb5 45. Qb3 Qe8 46. Qd3 Nd4
47. f4 f6 48. b3 Rc7 49. Ra1 Qb8 50. Rf1 Ra7 51. Qg3 Qe8 52. Qf2 Qe7 53. Kh1
Rb7 54. Qd2 Qd8 55. Bd5 Rc7 56. Ra1 Qd7 57. fxe5 dxe5 58. Qa5 Qc8 59. Bc4 h4
60. Rf1 Qd8 61. Kh2 Rd7 62. Qe1 Nc2 63. Qxh4 Ne3 64. Rf3 Nxc4 65. bxc4 Rc7 66.
Qg4 Rxc4 67. Rg3 Qe8 68. h4 Rc7 69. Qf5 Qf7 70. h5 g5 71. h6+ Kh8 72. Rh3 Qf8
73. Rf3 g4 74. Qxg4 Rh7 75. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nezhmetdinov, Rashid"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B48"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 Nc6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2
Bd6 9. Qd2 Be5 10. f4 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxf4 13. g3 Qc7 14. e5 Nd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O-O b5 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. e6 dxe6 19. Qxg7 Rf8 20. Bh5 O-O-O
21. Rde1 Kb8 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Qxf7 Bc8 24. Kd2 Qa5+ 25. Kd1 Qc7 26. Qf6 Qd6
27. Qd4 Rf8 28. Re5 Bd7 29. Be2 Be8 30. Bd3 Kb7 31. Rg5 Rf7 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33.
Rxe5 Re7 34. Kd2 Kc6 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Kd4 Bg6 37. Bxg6 hxg6 38. Rg5 e5+ 39. Ke3
Rg7 40. h4 Ke6 41. h5 Kf6 42. Rxg6+ Rxg6 43. hxg6 Kxg6 44. b3 Kf5 45. c4 dxc4
0-1

[Event "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Averbakh, Yuri L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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

[Event "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Bronstein, David I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. a3 b5 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Nde2 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. h3 Rac8 14. Kh2 d5 15.
exd5 Ne5 16. Qd4 Ng6 17. Rad1 exd5 18. b4 Ne8 19. f4 Bf6 20. Qf2 Qc4 21. Nd4
Nd6 22. Rfe1 h5 23. h4 Ne4 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. c3 Ne7 26. Rc1 Re8 27. Bxe4 Bxe4
28. Rxe4 Nf5 29. Ree1 Nh6 30. Kg1 Ng4 31. Qd2 Rcd8 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 33. Re1 Rc8
34. Re4 Qa2 35. Qe2 Bxd4+ 36. Rxd4 Rxc3 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ g6 39. Rh8+ Kxh8
40. Qd4+ Kg8 41. Qxc3 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qe3+ 44. Qxe3 Nxe3 45. Bc1 Nf5
46. Kf2 f6 47. Kf3 Kf7 48. Bb2 Ke6 49. Bc3 Nd6 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Bxf6 Ne4 52. Bd8
Nxg3 53. Kd3 Nf5 54. Bf6 Nd6 55. Bb2 Ke6 56. Bc3 Kf5 57. Kd4 Kg4 58. Be1 Nf5+
59. Kc5 Nxh4 60. Kb6 Nf3 61. Bf2 h4 62. Bxh4 Kxh4 63. Kxa6 Nd4 64. Kb6 Kg4 65.
Kc5 Nc2 66. Kxb5 Nxa3+ 67. Ka4 Nc4 68. b5 Kxf4 69. Kb4 Nb6 70. Kc5 Nc8 0-1

[Event "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gurgenidze, Bukhuti"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bd4 Bh6 12. Qd1 Ne5 13. Nd5 e6 14. Ne3 Nc6
15. Ng4 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 e5 18. Ne3 Be6 19. O-O Qa5 20. Qxa5 Nxa5 21.
Rad1 Rad8 22. Rd2 Nc6 23. Bg4 f5 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Bh3 Kf6 26. f4 e4 27. Rfd1
Ke7 28. g3 h5 29. Rd5 Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Nb4 31. Rb5 Nd3 32. Rxb7+ Ke6 33. b3 Rf7
34. Rb5 Rdf8 35. Kf1 Nc5 36. b4 Nd3 37. a3 h4 38. Ke2 hxg3 39. hxg3 Nb2 40. g4
fxg4 41. Bxg4+ Kf6 42. Rg5 Ke7 43. Rg6 Rh8 44. Kd2 Rh2+ 45. Kc3 Nd3 46. Nd5+
Kf8 47. Be6 Rg7 48. Rf6+ Ke8 49. Bf5 Ne1 50. Rxd6 Rg3+ 51. Kd4 e3 52. Re6+ Kf7
53. Rxe3 Rxe3 54. Nxe3 Nf3+ 55. Ke4 Nh4 56. Bd7 Ng6 57. c5 Rf2 58. f5 Nf8 59.
Bb5 Nh7 60. Bc4+ Ke8 61. c6 Nf6+ 62. Ke5 Ke7 63. c7 Nd7+ 64. Kd4 Rf4+ 65. Kc3
Nb6 66. c8=Q Rxc4+ 67. Qxc4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch26"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nikitin, Aleksander S"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1959.01.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Blau, Max"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nc2 Bc5 8.
Be3 Bxe3 9. Nxe3 O-O 10. g3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nexd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Qb6 14.
Qb5 Qxb5 15. Nxb5 Nb4 16. Rc1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Nxa2 18. Rc7 Be4 19. f3 Rfd8 20. e3
Bd5 21. Bh3 Nb4 22. O-O a5 23. Bg2 a4 24. Rfc1 Nd3 25. R1c2 g6 26. Kf1 b5 27.
Nxb5 Rab8 28. Nc3 Be6 29. Ra7 Nxb2 30. Nxa4 Nd1 31. Rc1 Rd2 32. Kg1 Nxe3 33.
Bf1 Ra2 34. Ra6 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 Bc4+ 0-1

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kupper, Josef"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Dueckstein, Andreas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 Ra8 57. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Keller, Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D44"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 14. dxe6 bxc3 15.
Nd4 Rg8 16. Qa4+ Kd8 17. g3 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Kc8 19. bxc3 Bc5 20. e7 Nc6 21. Bg4+
Kb7 22. Nb5 Qe5 23. Re1 Be4 24. Rab1 Rxg4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Nd6+ Kc7 27. Nxe4
Rxe4 28. Qd1 Re5 29. Rb7+ Kxb7 30. Qd7+ Kb8 31. e8=Q+ Rxe8 32. Qxe8+ Kb7 33.
Qd7+ Kb8 34. Qxc6 1-0

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Nievergelt, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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

[Event "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Zuerich"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Walther, Edgar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1959.05.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. d5
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. g4 h5 12. h3 Nh7 13. h4 hxg4 14. fxg4 Nhf6 15.
Bh3 Nb6 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. Qd3 Qc7 18. b3 Na3 19. Rc1 Bxg4 20. Bxf6 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
Bxf6 22. Nb1 Qa5 23. b4 Qxb4 24. Nxa3 Bxh4 25. Nc4 b5 26. Nb6 Rad8 27. Bf5 Bg5
28. Rcg1 Qb2+ 29. Kf3 Bf4 30. Rg2 Qb4 31. Nd7 Rc8 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nh5+ Kg8 34.
Bxc8 Rxc8 35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Qa3+ 37. Qb3 Qxb3+ 38. axb3 gxh5 39. Ra1 h4 40.
Kg4 Be3 41. Rxa6 Bc5 42. Kxh4 f5 43. exf5 e4 44. b4 Bxb4 45. Kg5 Kf7 46. Ra7+
Ke8 47. f6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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. a3 Nc6 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Qf3 Be7 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. g4 g5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
fxg5 hxg5 16. Bd4 Rh6 17. h4 Nd7 18. h5 Qa5 19. Be2 b5 20. Rhf1 f6 21. Na2 Qc7
22. Qb3 Kf7 23. Qe3 Rg8 24. Kb1 Ne5 25. Nc3 Kg7 26. Rd2 Rb8 27. Rfd1 Be8 28.
Na2 a5 29. Qc3 Qxc3 30. Bxc3 Ra8 31. b4 Bc6 32. bxa5 Bxe4 33. Bb4 Kf7 34. Nc3
Bc6 35. Nxb5 Bxb5 36. Bxb5 d5 37. c4 Rb8 38. a6 Rhh8 39. Ka2 Bxb4 40. axb4 dxc4
41. Rd7+ Nxd7 42. Rxd7+ Kf8 43. a7 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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. Nd2 Qe8 11. O-O Nh7 12. b4 Ng5 13. f3 f5 14. Bf2 Qe7 15. Rc1
Nf6 16. c5 Bd7 17. Qc2 Nh5 18. b5 fxe4 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Nf4 21. c6 Qg5
22. Bf3 bxc6 23. dxc6 Bg4 24. Bxg4 Qxg4 25. Be3 axb5 26. Bxf4 exf4 27. Nxb5 Rf7
28. Qc4 Rc8 29. Rf3 Be5 30. Rcf1 Kg7 31. a4 Ra8 32. Kh1 Qg5 33. g3 Raf8 34.
gxf4 Bxf4 35. Nd4 Qh4 36. Rxf4 Rxf4 37. Ne6+ Kh8 38. Qd4+ R8f6 39. Nxf4 Kh7 40.
e5 dxe5 41. Qd7+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d4 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Qd3 c5 10. Ng5 a6 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. b3 b5 14. a3 Ng4 15. Nf3
bxc4 16. bxc4 Rb3 17. Rxb3 Nxb3 18. Rb1 Nd4 19. e3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Ne5 21. Qe2
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 e5 23. Qd1 e4 24. Qa4 Qe7 25. Qc6 f4 26. Rb8 Bh3 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8
28. exf4 Qb8 29. Ne2 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nde2 Qc7 9. O-O Ne5 10. f4 Nxc4 11. Kh1 Be7 12. b3 Nb6 13. e5 Nfd5 14. Ne4 f5
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. N2g3 Nbd5 17. Bb2 O-O 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Qe2 b5 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6
21. Qh5 g6 22. Bxg6 Qe7 23. Bxf6 Nxf6 24. Qf3 Rb8 25. Bd3 Bb7 26. Qe2 Kh8 27.
Rce1 Rbe8 28. Nf5 Qb4 29. Qb2 Rc8 30. Ng3 Qc3 31. Qe2 Rg8 32. Ne4 Qd4 33. Ng5
Rg7 34. Qe3 Qxe3 35. Rxe3 Rc3 36. Rh3 b4 37. Kg1 e5 38. Rg3 e4 39. Bc4 d5 40.
Be2 d4 41. Bc4 e3 42. Rd1 Bd5 43. Bf1 Re7 44. Be2 d3 45. Bxd3 Rxd3 46. Rxd3 e2
47. Rge3 e1=Q+ 48. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 49. Kf2 Ra1 50. Rd2 h6 51. Ke3 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Re7
53. Kf1 hxg5 54. fxg5 Ng4 55. h3 Ne3+ 56. Kf2 Bxg2 57. Rd4 a5 58. h4 Kg7 59. h5
Nf5 60. Rc4 Rd7 61. Rc5 Be4 62. Re5 Re7 63. Rxa5 Rc7 64. Ra6 Rc2+ 65. Ke1 Nd4
66. Ra7+ Kf8 67. g6 Nf3+ 68. Kd1 Rd2+ 69. Kc1 Rh2 70. Rf7+ Ke8 71. Kd1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.09.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Benko, Pal C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Be2 Rb8 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Bf1 b5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. h3 Nf6 15.
Rad1 Bd7 16. e5 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bxa4 19. Bh6 Bh8 20. Rde1 f6 21. e6 f5
22. Rh4 Bxb2 23. Bf8 Rxf8 24. Qh6 Rf7 25. exf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxh7+ Bg7 27. Rh6 Qg8
28. Qxg6+ Kf8 29. Ng5 Qxd5 30. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.04"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E13"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.06"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.07"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.11"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.13"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Benko, Pal C"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. f3
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. g4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. g5 Nd7 14. Nd5 Bd8 15.
a4 Ne5 16. O-O bxa4 17. Nb4 Qb7 18. Rxa4 Bd7 19. Ra3 Be7 20. Qd4 Rfc8 21. Bd2
Bb5 22. Rf2 a5 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Qe3 Rxc2 26. Bc3 Rxf2 27. Nxf2 Qc7
28. Ra1 Qc4 29. h4 a4 30. Kg2 Rc8 31. Qa7 Bf8 32. Rc1 Qb3 33. Qb7 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.18"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. f4
b5 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. a3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Be7 12. Kh1 Rb8 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15.
Qg3 Bf8 16. Rae1 e5 17. Nf5 Kh8 18. Qh4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Ne5 20. Re3 g6 21. Nh6
Bg7 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 f6 24. Be4 g5 25. Qf5 Bxh6 26. Qxf6+ Bg7 27. Qf5 Ng6
28. Rh3 Bxb2 29. Qxg6 Re7 30. Rh6 Rg8 31. Qf5 Bc8 32. Qf3 g4 33. Qd3 Be5 34. c4
bxc4 35. bxc4 Reg7 36. c5 dxc5 37. d6 Qa7 38. Bd5 Rd8 39. Qe4 Bd4 40. Qf4 Rgd7
41. Rf6 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.19"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A78"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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. Rb1 Bd7 12. Re1 Rb8 13. b3 b5 14. Bb2 Nc7 15.
Qc2 Qe7 16. Nd1 Bh6 17. f3 Nh5 18. Nf1 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Qc3 Bg7 21. Qc1
Bxb1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qxb1 Nf4 24. Nfe3 Qe5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Nf5+ gxf5 27.
Rxe5 Rxe5 28. g3 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Kg8 30. Ne3 Nd4 31. f4 Re4 32. g4 Rxf4+ 33. Kg2
fxg4 34. Nc4 Nf3 35. Qc1 Rf6 36. Qe3 Kf8 37. Qe4 Rb8 38. Qxh7 Re8 39. Qh8+ Ke7
40. Qg7 Nh4+ 41. Kg1 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Rg6 43. Qc3 Nd4 44. b4 Kf8 45. Ne3 g3 46. h3
Rf6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade"]
[Date "1959.10.26"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Fischer, Robert James"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B87"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1959.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "28"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.12.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander V"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1959.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Ng3 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f4 d6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. a4 b4 15.
Nb1 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nd2 Bc5 18. Nb3 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nb6 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6+
Kg7 22. Rf3 Nxa4 23. Rh3 Rh8 24. Re1 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Nc5 Nxe5 27. Nh5+
gxh5 28. Nxb7 Nxd3 29. cxd3 Rc7 30. Na5 Rhc8 31. Nb3 Rc2 32. f5 Rxb2 33. Nd4 e5
34. f6+ Kxf6 35. Rf3+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kf8 37. Rxe5 Rc1+ 38. Rf1 Rbb1 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.12.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Franz, Joachim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1959.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bf4 Nf6 4. e3 b6 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 c5 8. h3
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nc4 Ne4 13. Nfd2 b5 14. Ne3 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Bg5 16. Nc2 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne7 18. Bxb5 Ng6 19. Qd6 Qg5 20. Qg3 Qd2 21.
Rac1 Rf6 22. Bxd7 Rd8 23. Qc7 Rxd7 24. Qxd7 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Nf4+ 26. Kh1 Qxf2 27.
Qe8+ Rf8 28. Qc6 g5 29. Rf1 Qh4 30. Rxf4 Qxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg3+ 32. Qg2 Qxf4 33.
Rf1 Qh4 34. d5 exd5 35. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.12.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Johannessen, Svein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1959.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
Qb3+ Kf8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Rfd1 Qa5 17. Qc4 Qf5 18. h3 Ne8 19. Nd5 Qe6 20. Qb4 b5
21. Rc6 Qf7 22. Nc7 Nxc7 23. Rxc7 Qe6 24. Rdc1 Nb6 25. Rxe7 Nd5 26. Rxe6+ Nxb4
27. Bd6+ 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.12.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Niemela, Ilmari"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A69"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1959.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Be2 Re8 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Ng4 12. e6 fxe6 13. O-O exd5 14. Nxd5 Be6
15. Bc4 Ne5 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qxg5 18. Rae1 Rf8 19. Rxe6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rxf3
21. Re8+ Kg7 22. Rxf3 Qc1+ 23. Bf1 Nc6 24. Rxa8 Ne5 25. Rff8 Ng4 26. Rf3 Nf2+
27. Kg1 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.12.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Witkowski, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1959.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nf6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re2 Nh5 14. Qd3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Bd5 Bf5 17. Qe3 Rad8 18. Bg2 Qg4 19. Nd2 Qg6 20. Nf3 Bg4 21. Qg5
Rde8 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Be3 f5 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 f4 27. gxf4
Be6 28. a4 b4 29. cxb4 Rb8 30. b5 axb5 31. a5 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.12.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Pietzsch, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E93"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1959.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

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 a5 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 cxd5 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. f3
b5 16. Bf2 Rb8 17. Nb3 Na6 18. a3 Nh5 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. a4 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Nc7 22.
b3 bxa4 23. bxa4 Bc8 24. Nc4 Ba6 25. Qa2 Rb4 26. Nxa5 Bxf1 27. Nc6 Bc4 28. Qd2
Qd7 29. Nxb4 Ne8 30. Nd1 1-0

[Event "Riga"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "1959.12.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Klavins, Janis"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1959.12.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Be2 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. e5 Bb7 13. exf6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxf6
15. Bxf6 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Rh7 17. Bh5 Rxg7 18. Nxe6 Qc4 19. Rhe1 Rxg2 20. Rxd6 Ke7
21. Rd4 Qxe6 22. Nd5+ Kf8 23. Rxe6 Rcxc2+ 24. Kd1 Rxb2 25. Re2 Rg1+ 26. Re1
Rb1+ 27. Kd2 Rbxe1 28. Ne3 Nb6 29. Rd6 Rxe3 30. Kxe3 Nc4+ 31. Kf2 Nxd6 32. Kxg1
Ne4 33. Bf3 Nc3 34. Bb7 a5 35. Ba6 b4 36. Bc4 a4 37. Kf2 Nxa2 38. Ke3 Nc3 39.
Kd3 Ke7 40. Ba6 Kd6 41. Kc4 a3 42. Kb3 Kc5 43. f5 a2 44. Kb2 b3 45. f6 Kb4 0-1

