Mikhail Tal playing the Modern Benoni as Black

Player: Mikhail Tal
Opening: Benoni Defense (A56-A79)

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 74  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Mileika vs Tal 0-1 23 1953 URS A60 Benoni Defense 2. Birbrager vs Tal 0-1 38 1953 Kharkov A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 3. Keres vs Tal ½-½ 38 1954 Tallinn, Est-Latvia team m A60 Benoni Defense 4. V Saigin vs Tal ½-½ 47 1954 Riga A61 Benoni 5. I Zdanovs vs Tal 0-1 28 1955 Vilnius A60 Benoni Defense 6. Birbrager vs Tal   ½-½ 53 1955 URS A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3 7. S G Lebedev vs Tal 0-1 44 1955 Riga A61 Benoni 8. G Borisenko vs Tal 1-0 41 1955 Riga A61 Benoni 9. A Buslaev vs Tal 1-0 71 1956 Tbilisi A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 10. Antoshin vs Tal   ½-½ 42 1956 USSR Championship A61 Benoni 11. Gurgenidze vs Tal 0-1 27 1957 USSR Championship A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 12. E Romani vs Tal 0-1 43 1957 Italien A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 13. A M Giustolisi vs Tal   0-1 36 1957 Italien A61 Benoni 14. G Mititelu vs Tal 0-1 48 1957 Reykjavik A65 Benoni, 6.e4 15. Averbakh vs Tal 0-1 35 1958 USSR Championship A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 16. Averbakh vs Tal   ½-½ 19 1958 Portoroz Interzonal A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 17. R Skuja vs Tal 0-1 34 1958 Latvia A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 18. J H Donner vs Tal 0-1 28 1959 Zurich A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 19. Furman vs Tal ½-½ 40 1959 USSR Championship A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3 20. A Niemela vs Tal 0-1 27 1959 Riga A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 21. K Klasup vs Tal 0-1 40 1959 Riga A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 22. Geller vs Tal 0-1 42 1959 USSR Championship A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 23. Gligoric vs Tal 0-1 46 1959 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 24. J Penrose vs Tal 1-0 39 1960 Leipzig Olympiad Fin A65 Benoni, 6.e4 25. Botvinnik vs Tal ½-½ 44 1960 Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match A61 Benoni  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 74    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tal wins | Tal loses