Player: Anatoli Karpov
Player profile: Mikhail Tal

Overall record:  Anatoli Karpov beat Mikhail Tal 2 to 1, with 19 draws.*
    * Based on games present in our database; may not be complete.

page 1 of 1; 22 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tal vs Karpov   ½-½ 22 1971 URS-ch39 Leningrad ;URS-ch E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 2. Tal vs Karpov ½-½ 103 1971 Alekhin Memorial, Moscow E17 Queen's Indian 3. Tal vs Karpov ½-½ 47 1973 08, Leningrad izt C95 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer 4. Karpov vs Tal ½-½ 21 1973 URS-ch41 Moscow ;URS-ch D46 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. Tal vs Karpov   ½-½ 30 1975 07, Milano ;MCL 02 C43 Petrov, Modern Attack 6. Tal vs Karpov ½-½ 18 1975 Riga ch-Latvia E14 Queen's Indian 7. Karpov vs Tal   ½-½ 37 1976 URS-ch44 Moscow ;URS-ch B67 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 8...Bd7 8. Tal vs Karpov ½-½ 30 1976 01, Tbilisi SU-cup A15 English 9. Tal vs Karpov   ½-½ 19 1977 Las Palmas E12 Queen's Indian 10. Karpov vs Tal   ½-½ 60 1977 cat. 13, It , Leningrad A14 English 11. Karpov vs Tal   ½-½ 23 1978 Bugojno E48 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 12. Tal vs Karpov ½-½ 13 1979 07, Montreal ;MCL 02 C07 French, Tarrasch 13. Karpov vs Tal ½-½ 32 1979 16, Montreal ;MCL 02 A14 English 14. Karpov vs Tal 1-0 34 1980 08, Bugojno D48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran 15. Karpov vs Tal   ½-½ 21 1980 11, Tilburg C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 16. Tal vs Karpov   ½-½ 24 1983 ? C42 Petrov Defense 17. Tal vs Karpov 1-0 30 1987 Brussels Blitz B10 Caro-Kann 18. Karpov vs Tal 1-0 51 1987 Brussels 5' ;CBM 02 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 19. Karpov vs Tal   ½-½ 60 1987 02, Brussels SWIFT A14 English 20. Tal vs Karpov   ½-½ 14 1988 Wijk aan Zee A15 English 21. Tal vs Karpov ½-½ 14 1988 Brussels WCup ;CBM 07 C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 22. Tal vs Karpov   ½-½ 33 1989 12, Skelleftea WCup ;CBM 14 C92 Ruy Lopez, Closed  page 1 of 1; 22 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Karpov wins | Karpov loses

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