Player: Mikhail Tal
Player profile: Ratmir Kholmov

Classical games: Mikhail Tal beat Ratmir Kholmov 3 to 1, with 17 draws. Including rapid/exhibition games: Mikhail Tal beat Ratmir Kholmov 6 to 1, with 17 draws. Only rapid/exhibition games: Mikhail Tal beat Ratmir Kholmov 3 to 0.     *The figures above are based only on games present in our database which may be incomplete.

page 1 of 1; 24 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kholmov vs Tal 0-1 21 1949 Riga D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 2. Tal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 28 1955 Vilnius C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 3. Tal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 36 1956 USSR Championship C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 4. Kholmov vs Tal ½-½ 35 1957 USSR Championship D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 5. Tal vs Kholmov 0-1 41 1959 Lithuania - Latvia Match D53 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 38 1959 USSR Championship A46 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 77 1961 USSR Championship 1961b B53 Sicilian 8. Kholmov vs Tal   0-1 42 1962 USSR Championship A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 9. Kholmov vs Tal 0-1 45 1963 Blitz 5 Minute Game B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 10. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 24 1964 USSR Championship 1964/65 B25 Sicilian, Closed 11. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 29 1966 Kislovodsk 2/281 C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 12. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 25 1968 URS B89 Sicilian 13. Tal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 32 1968 USSR Championship 1968/69 C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 14. Tal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 43 1968 Riga m E17 Queen's Indian 15. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 21 1968 Riga C49 Four Knights 16. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 47 1969 URS Tch E91 King's Indian 17. Tal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 42 1969 Tbilisi A22 English 18. Tal vs Kholmov   1-0 36 1969 USSR Championship C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 19. Kholmov vs Tal 0-1 42 1971 Moscow 5' B23 Sicilian, Closed 20. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 42 1972 Suhumi A04 Reti Opening 21. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 15 1972 USSR Championship E15 Queen's Indian 22. Kholmov vs Tal   0-1 63 1972 Moscow 5' B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 23. Kholmov vs Tal   ½-½ 16 1973 Sochi D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Tal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 29 1975 Moscow C10 French  page 1 of 1; 24 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tal wins | Tal loses