Player: Mikhail Tal
Player profile: Lev Polugaevsky

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 2; games 1-25 of 35  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. Tal vs Polugaevsky 1-0 34 1959 USSR Championship B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 41 1961 USSR Championship 1961b A43 Old Benoni 7. Polugaevsky vs Tal ½-½ 34 1962 Ch URS (team) E10 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Polugaevsky vs Tal ½-½ 34 1962 Leningrad tt E10 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 18 1968 Ch URS (team) D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 10. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 18 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 11. Polugaevsky vs Tal 1-0 37 1969 USSR Championship D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 12. Polugaevsky vs Tal 1-0 56 1971 USSR Championship A05 Reti Opening 13. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 15 1972 Olympiad URS E54 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System 14. Polugaevsky vs Tal 1-0 35 1973 USSR Championship A10 English 15. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 29 1973 Tallinn A17 English 16. Tal vs Polugaevsky 0-1 61 1974 USSR Championship E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 17. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 30 1975 USSR A17 English 18. Tal vs Polugaevsky ½-½ 41 1976 USSR Championship A15 English 19. Tal vs Polugaevsky 0-1 51 1977 USSR A13 English 20. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 34 1978 USSR D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 21. Polugaevsky vs Tal 0-1 28 1979 Izt (cat.12) A34 English, Symmetrical 22. Tal vs Polugaevsky 0-1 70 1980 Alma_Ata B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 23. Polugaevsky vs Tal 1-0 41 1980 Ch World (match) (cand.) (1/4) E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 24. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 33 1980 Alma_Ata B44 Sicilian 25. Polugaevsky vs Tal 1-0 42 1980 Alma_Ata D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 35    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tal wins | Tal loses