Mikhail Tal playing the Ruy Lopez as White

Player profile: Mikhail Tal
Opening: Ruy Lopez (C60-C99)

page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 258  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs Miglan 1-0 21 1950 URS jr C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 2. Tal vs Sodell 0-1 23 1950 URS C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 3. Tal vs Pliss 1-0 37 1950 Riga C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 4. Tal vs N Darsniek 0-1 26 1950 Riga C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 5. Tal vs M Pasman   ½-½ 56 1951 Riga C74 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 6. Tal vs Gradus 1-0 24 1951 Riga C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 7. Tal vs I Zhdanov 1-0 33 1952 URS C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 8. Tal vs Straume 1-0 58 1953 Riga C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. Tal vs P Kampenus 1-0 37 1953 URS C67 Ruy Lopez 10. Tal vs J Klovans   ½-½ 50 1954 Riga C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 11. Tal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 28 1955 Vilnius C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 12. Tal vs Korchnoi 0-1 33 1955 Riga C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 13. Tal vs Neistadt 1-0 37 1955 URS C78 Ruy Lopez 14. Tal vs V Zurakhov   ½-½ 27 1955 Riga C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 15. Tal vs A Kolarov 1-0 40 1956 Uppsala C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Tal vs Bannik 1-0 50 1956 Leningrad C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense 17. Tal vs Ivkov 1-0 33 1956 Uppsala C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 18. Tal vs Kholmov   ½-½ 36 1956 Leningrad C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 19. Tal vs Spassky ½-½ 31 1957 URS-ch Tbilisi C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 20. Tal vs Antoshin ½-½ 40 1957 Moscow URS ch C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 21. Tal vs Teschner 1-0 27 1957 Vienna C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 22. Tal vs Filip   ½-½ 26 1957 Reykjavik C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 23. Tal vs K Darga 1-0 35 1958 Munich olm C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed 24. Tal vs Lombardy   ½-½ 27 1958 WchT U26 fin-A 05th C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 25. Tal vs J Klovans 1-0 28 1958 URS C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 258    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Tal wins | Tal loses

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