Mikhail Tal playing the Modern Benoni as Black

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

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 74  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Birbrager vs Tal 0-1 38 1953 Kharkov A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 2. Mileika vs Tal 0-1 23 1953 URS A60 Benoni Defense 3. Keres vs Tal   ½-½ 38 1954 Tallinn ,Est-Latvia team m (30.01.54) A60 Benoni Defense 4. V Saigin vs Tal ½-½ 47 1954 Riga A61 Benoni 5. Birbrager vs Tal   ½-½ 53 1955 URS A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3 6. S G Lebedev vs Tal 0-1 44 1955 Riga A61 Benoni 7. G Borisenko vs Tal 1-0 41 1955 Riga A61 Benoni 8. A Buslaev vs Tal 1-0 71 1956 Tbilisi A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 9. Antoshin vs Tal   ½-½ 42 1956 Leningrad A61 Benoni 10. R Elio vs Tal 0-1 43 1957 Italien A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 11. A M Giustolisi vs Tal   0-1 36 1957 Italien A61 Benoni 12. G Mititelu vs Tal 0-1 48 1957 Reykjavik A65 Benoni, 6.e4 13. Gurgenidze vs Tal 0-1 27 1957 Moscow URS ch A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 14. Averbakh vs Tal 0-1 35 1958 Riga URS ch A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 15. Averbakh vs Tal   ½-½ 19 1958 Portoroz izt A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 16. R Skuja vs Tal 0-1 34 1958 Latvia A64 Benoni, Fianchetto, 11...Re8 17. J H Donner vs Tal 0-1 28 1959 Zurich A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3 18. Furman vs Tal ½-½ 40 1959 Tbilisi URS ch A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3 19. A Niemela vs Tal 0-1 27 1959 Riga A69 Benoni, Four Pawns Attack, Main line 20. Geller vs Tal 0-1 42 1959 Tbilisi ch-SU A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 21. K Klasup vs Tal   0-1 40 1959 Riga A76 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8 22. Gligoric vs Tal 0-1 46 1959 Bled ct A78 Benoni, Classical with ...Re8 and ...Na6 23. Botvinnik vs Tal ½-½ 44 1960 Tal-Botvinnik World Championship Match A61 Benoni 24. J Penrose vs Tal 1-0 39 1960 Leipzig Olympiad Fin A65 Benoni, 6.e4 25. M Bertok vs Tal 0-1 20 1961 Bled A79 Benoni, Classical, 11.f3  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