Mikhail Tal playing the Sicilian as White

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

page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 338  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs Ripatti ½-½ 41 1949 Riga B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 2. Tal vs C Weldon 1-0 65 1949 Vilnius B40 Sicilian 3. Tal vs Kliavin 1-0 54 1950 Latvian jr Champ B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 4. Tal vs J Fride 1-0 40 1951 Riga B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 5. Tal vs J I Zilber 0-1 31 1952 URS B56 Sicilian 6. Tal vs M Pasman 1-0 40 1953 LAT-ch [Tal] B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. Tal vs Z Pigit 0-1 19 1953 URS B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 8. Tal vs Darzniek Artur 1-0 30 1953 Riga ch B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 9. Tal vs V Saigin 1-0 18 1954 Riga B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. Tal vs Petrosian ½-½ 27 1954 Riga B95 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6...e6 11. Tal vs Furman 1-0 36 1955 Riga B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 12. Tal vs Vasiukov   1-0 48 1955 Riga B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 13. Tal vs Shamkovich 1-0 47 1955 Tournament B33 Sicilian 14. Tal vs Korchnoi   ½-½ 24 1955 URS B64 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack 15. Tal vs Mileika 1-0 46 1955 URS B56 Sicilian 16. Tal vs Saidy   1-0 44 1956 Uppsala B77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 17. Tal vs J Yuchtman   1-0 43 1956 Tbilisi B94 Sicilian, Najdorf 18. Tal vs Taimanov   ½-½ 57 1956 Leningrad ch-SU B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation 19. Tal vs Lisitsin 1-0 54 1956 Leningrad B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation 20. Tal vs Tolush 1-0 31 1956 Leningrad B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 21. Tal vs Polugaevsky   ½-½ 48 1956 Leningrad ch-SU B62 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer 22. Tal vs Y Barda 1-0 48 1956 Uppsala B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 23. Tal vs K Klaman 1-0 34 1957 Moscow URS ch B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 24. Tal vs Furman   ½-½ 41 1957 Moscow URS ch B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 25. Tal vs Koblents 1-0 37 1957 Riga ;MAINB B63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack  page 1 of 14; games 1-25 of 338    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tal wins | Tal loses

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