Player: Lev Polugaevsky
Player profile: Mikhail Tal

Classical games: Lev Polugaevsky beat Mikhail Tal 8 to 2, with 25 draws.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Polugaevsky vs Tal ½-½ 35 1955 Soviet Union tt B30 Sicilian 2. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 48 1956 USSR Championship B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 3. Polugaevsky vs Tal ½-½ 48 1956 URS-ch sf D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 4. Polugaevsky vs Tal ½-½ 67 1958 USSR Championship E46 Nimzo-Indian 5. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 41 1961 USSR Championship 1961b A43 Old Benoni 6. Polugaevsky vs Tal ½-½ 34 1962 Ch URS (team) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Polugaevsky vs Tal ½-½ 34 1962 Leningrad tt E10 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 18 1968 Ch URS (team) D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 9. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 18 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 10. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 15 1972 Olympiad URS E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 11. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 29 1973 Tallinn A17 English 12. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 30 1975 USSR A17 English 13. Tal vs Polugaevsky ½-½ 41 1976 USSR Championship A15 English 14. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 34 1978 USSR D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 15. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 40 1980 Alma_Ata B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 16. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 20 1980 Alma_Ata E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 17. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 27 1980 Bugojno 29/ B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 18. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 33 1980 Alma_Ata B44 Sicilian 19. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 17 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/4) D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 20. Tal vs Polugaevsky ½-½ 36 1980 Match B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 21 1984 URS 37/73 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Tal vs Polugaevsky ½-½ 21 1984 Cup URS A46 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 21 1984 SSSR A46 Queen's Pawn Game 24. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 16 1987 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) D85 Grunfeld 25. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 20 1987 Reykjavik (Iceland) A15 English  page 1 of 1; games 1-25 of 25    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Polugaevsky wins | Polugaevsky loses