Mikhail Tal playing the Sicilian as Black

Player profile: Mikhail Tal
Opening: Sicilian (B20-B99)

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 344  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Liepin vs Tal 0-1 44 1950 Riga B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 2. Lavrinenko vs Tal 0-1 38 1950 Riga B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 3. Klevetzki vs Tal 0-1 37 1952 Riga B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 4. Kliavin vs Tal   ½-½ 32 1952 URS B58 Sicilian 5. Aevski vs Tal 0-1 20 1952 URS B56 Sicilian 6. Kasparian vs Tal ½-½ 44 1953 Leningrad B30 Sicilian 7. L Listengarten vs Tal 0-1 48 1953 Kharkov B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 8. Kliavin vs Tal 1-0 22 1954 Latvia ch B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 9. Gipslis vs Tal   ½-½ 22 1954 Riga Championship B30 Sicilian 10. R Skuja vs Tal ½-½ 65 1954 URS B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 11. Vinokur vs Tal 0-1 33 1954 Riga B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 12. Suetin vs Tal   ½-½ 56 1954 Tournament B57 Sicilian 13. Chistiakov vs Tal   ½-½ 30 1954 Riga B56 Sicilian 14. Lutikov vs Tal 1-0 25 1955 URS B53 Sicilian 15. Gipslis vs Tal 0-1 57 1955 Tournament B30 Sicilian 16. A Arulaid vs Tal 0-1 45 1955 Lugansk B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 17. Kliavin vs Tal 0-1 44 1955 ch-Latvia B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 18. Neistadt vs Tal   ½-½ 46 1955 Riga sf-ch-URS B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 19. R Renter vs Tal   ½-½ 58 1955 Vilnius B57 Sicilian 20. Suetin vs Tal   ½-½ 32 1955 URS tt B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 21. O Moiseev vs Tal ½-½ 22 1955 Riga B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 22. Polugaevsky vs Tal   ½-½ 35 1955 Soviet Union tt B30 Sicilian 23. A Lein vs Tal 1-0 92 1955 Vilnius B68 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 9...Be7 24. Hanov vs Tal 0-1 61 1955 Riga B24 Sicilian, Closed 25. Krimer vs Tal 0-1 40 1955 Vilnius B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 344    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tal wins | Tal loses

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