Corrections, and Bios and Intros I helped edit

Tal played 1st board for Latvia, scoring 7/9. Latvia finished 3d, behind RSFSR and Moscow, ahead of Leningrad, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Lithuania, Armenia and Estonia.

Moves 21-41 of this game are given in Mikhail Tal, "The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal" (Cadogan 1997), p.30.

Tal labels the game "USSR Youth Team Ch, Leningrad."

The tournament can be found here at <Rusbase> [rusbase-2]

Here is the entire game score downloaded from that <Rusbase> page, which also lists the site as <Leningrad>:

Event "Ch URS (team) (juniors)"
Site "Leningrad (Russia)"
Date "1954.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tal Mikhail (LAT)"
Black "Visotskis"
Result "1-0"
ECO "E87"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source "ChessBase"
Remark ""

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 Ne8 8.Qd2 f5 9.O-O-O f4 10.Bf2 Nd7 11.Nge2 Nb6 12.Qd3 g5 13.Kb1 Bd7 14.Nc1 c5 15.dxc6 bxc6 16.c5 Nc8 17.cxd6 Nexd6 18.Bc5 Rf6 19.Be2 Qc7 20.Nb3 Be8 21.Nd5 cxd5 22.Qxd5+ Nf7 23.Qxa8 Bc6 24.Bb6 axb6 25.Rc1 Bxa8 26.Rxc7 Rc6 27.Rc1 Rxc7 28.Rxc7 Ncd6 29.Nd2 Bf8 30.Bc4 b5 31.Be6 Kg7 32.a4 Kf6 33.Bxf7 Nxf7 34.axb5 Bb4 35.Nc4 g4 36.Ra7 gxf3 37.gxf3 Bxe4+ 38.fxe4 Ng5 39.b6 Bc5 40.Ra6 Ne6 41.b7 1-0

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May 10, 2014

Tal vs F Olafsson, 1957

This game is round 12 from the <Reykjavik Student Olympiad 1957>.

"bad player ID is actually Fridrik Olafsson.

Here is the game downloaded from <Olimbase> :

Event "4th StudWTCh final"
Site "Reykjavik ISL"
Date "1957.07.??"
Round "12"
White "Tal, Mikhail URS"
Black "Olafsson, Fridrik ISL"
Result "1/2-1/2"
ECO "C47"
EventDate "1957.07.11"
PlyCount "46"

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 O-O 8. O-O d5 9.exd5 cxd5 10.Bg5 c6 11.Ne2 Bg4 12.c3 Be7 13.h3 Bxe2 14.Qxe2 Re8 15.Rfe1 Rb8 16.Rad1 h6 17.Bh4 g5 18.Bg3 Bd6 19.Qf3 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 Bxg3 21. Qxg3 Rxb2 22.Qe5 Kg7 23.Re3 c5 1/2-1/2

CORRECTED

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May 22, 2014

The score of this game Tal vs Keres, 1964 should be <Tal vs Keres 1-0>

The game was played at Tallinn, in the <USSR Clubs Team Championship Preliminary 1964>.

Tal actually won this game. It should be <Tal vs Keres 1-0>.

Sources for the correction:

Source 1:

Tal says,

"After Kislovodsk, the Team Championship of the country was held in two stages. In the semi-final in Tallinn, old friends and rivals of the 'Daugava' and "Kalyera" teams (at that time essentially the teams of Latvia and Estonia) battled for second place in the Final... In this match of rivals, I defeated Keres, the 'Daugava' team won, and we went forward into the Final which was held in Moscow."

-Mikhail Tal, "The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal" (Cadogan 1997), p.247

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Source 2

According to <Hilary Thomas>, this game was "Adjudicated" as a win for Tal. <Thomas> also gives the correct site/event/date, and the same pgn as does the game on this page, so it's definitely this game he is talking about.

-Hilary Thomas, "Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1960-1966" (Arco 1979), pp.108-109

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Source 3

CD <Mikhail Tal - 8th World Champion>* by Alexander Khalifman et al

gives also <1-0>

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Source 4

Rusbase download: [rusbase-3]

Event "Ch URS (team) (1/2 final)"
Site "Tallinn (Estonia)"
Date "1964.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tal Mihail (LAT)"
Black "Keres Paul (EST)"
Result "1-0"
ECO "C92"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Qxa8 14.d5 Na5 15.Bc2 Rb8 16.Na3 Ba6 17.b4 Nc4 18.Nxc4 bxc4 19.Ba4 Nb6 20.Bc6 Bb7 21.Bxb7 Qxb7 22.Be3 Ra8 23.Qe2 Qa6 24.Nd2 Na4 25.Nxc4 Nxc3 26.Qd3 Nb5 27.Na5 h6 28.Rc1 Rb8 29.Nc6 Ra8 30.Na5 Rb8 31.Qe2 Bd8 32.g3 Bf6 33.h4 Kh7 34.Kg2 Kg8 35.Qd3 Kf8 36.Qf1 Kg8 37.Qe2 Bd8 38.Qd3 Bf6 39.Qf1 h5 40.Ra1 Re8 41.Qc4 g6 42.Qe2 1-0

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Source 5

Olimpbase download: http://www.olimpbase.org/1964sc/196...

Event "4th Soviet Team Cup - prel"
Site "Tallinn URS"
Date "1964.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tals, Mihails"
Black "Keres, Paul"
Result "1-0"
ECO "C92"
EventDate "1964.??.??"

CORRECTED

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May 23, 2014 Duplicate game score

(bad chessgames.com link)

This game is a duplicate of another game- this one here- Polugaevsky vs Tal, 1962 which features the correct move 14.Qe2.

The duplicate gives the incorrect 14.Qc2.

Source for the correct move: Hilary Thomas, "Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1960-1966" (Arco 1979), p.62

CORRECTED

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May 30, 2014

Tal vs J Klavins, 1955

Incorrect opponent.

This game was played between <Tal> and <Janis Klavins>.

In our database "Y. Kliavins" and "Y.Kliavinsh" are in fact Janis Klavins- Janis Klavins

Source 1:

Event "Ch URS (1/4 final)"
Site "Vilnius (Lithuania)"
Date "1955.??.??"
Round "?"
White "Tal Mihail (LAT)"
Black "Kliavinsh Y (LAT)"
Result "1-0"
ECO "D45"
WhiteElo "0"
BlackElo "0"
Annotator ""
Source ""
Remark ""

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd2 O-O 8.O-O-O c5 9.e4 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Bc5 11.Bg5 h6 12.Bh4 Bxd4 13.Rxd4 Qb6 14.Rd2 d4 15.Na4 Qa5 16.Rxd4 Qe1+ 17.Rd1 Qxe4 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Bd3 Nec5 20.Nxc5 Nxc5 21.Bc2 b6 22.b4 Nb7 23.a3 e5 24.Be4 Rb8 25.Bg3 Re8 26.Bc6 Re7 27.Rhe1 f6 28.f4 Bg4 29.Rd4 exd4 30.Rxe7 Nd6 31.Rxa7 Nxc4 32.Bd5+ Kh8 33.f5 Rc8 34.Be6 d3 35.Bf4 Rd8 36.Bxc4 d2+ 37.Bxd2 Rc8 38.Be3 b5 39.Bc5 bxc4 40.Kc2 Bxf5+ 41.Kc3 Be6 42.a4 Rd8 43.Bd4 Bd5 44.b5 Bxg2 45.b6 Kg8 46.a5 g5 47.a6 f5 48.Rc7 f4 49.b7 1-0

Downloaded from Rusbase "Zonal Tournament of 23 Championship of USSR- Vilnius 1955- [rusbase-4].

This is the only event Tal played in Vilnius in 1955, and if you look at the crosstable, Janis Klavins (Kliavinsh Y.) played the event, but Janis Klovans did not.

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Source 2:

According to

Alexander Khalifman et al, "Mikhail Tal - 8th World Champion" (PC-CD),

this game was indeed played in <Vilnius> against Janis Klavins (Y. Klianvish).

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Source 3:

According to

Hilary Thomas, "Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1936-1959" (Batsford, 1980), p.55,

This game was played in <Vilnius> against Janis Klavins (Kliavin).

CORRECTED

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May 30, 2014

J Klavins vs Tal, 1949

Incorrect opponent.

This game was played between <Tal> and <Janis Klavins>.

In our database "Y. Kliavins" and "Y.Kliavinsh" are in fact Janis Klavins- Janis Klavins

Source: -Hilary Thomas "Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1936-1959" (Batsford 1980), p.3

See also this game where a similar mixup has taken place, and for which I already submitted a corrections slip: Tal vs J Klavins, 1955

CORRECTED

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June 4, 2014

Taimanov vs V Liberzon, 1972

The site field is incorrect. This game was not played in <Tiblisi>.

It was played in the <Sukhimi International 1972>: http://al20102007.narod.ru/it/1972/...

PGN download from <Rusbase> [rusbase-5]

Event "Sukhumi"
Site "Sukhumi"
Date "1972.09.04"
Round "15"
White "Taimanov, Mark E"
Black "Liberzon, Vladimir M"
Result "1-0"
ECO "D91"
WhiteElo "2590"
BlackElo "2540"
PlyCount "57"
EventDate "1972.??.??"
Source "ChessBase"
SourceDate "2000.11.22"

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8. Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 Kg7 12. e4 dxe4 13. O-O-O h6 14. Ngxe4 Be6 15. d5 Bf5 16. Nxf6 Qxf6 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qg3 Re8 19. g5 Qe5 20. gxh6+ Kxh6 21. f4 Qe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. h5 Na6 24. hxg6+ Kxg6 25. Bd3+ Kf6 26. d6 Bc6 27. Rh6+ Kg7 28. Rh7+ Kf6 29. Bc4 1-0

CORRECTED

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correction slip sent July 18, 2014

Tal vs M Mukhin, 1972

Tal's opponent here was Mikhail Mukhin, not Evgeny Mukhin.

Here is the tournament crosstable: [rusbase-6]

Pgn of this game downloaded from <Rusbase>, with opponent clearly marked <Mikhail Mukhin>:

Event "Sukhumi"
Site "Sukhumi"
Date "1972.08.30"
Round "11"
White "Tal, Mihail"
Black "Mukhin, Mikhail A"
Result "1-0"
ECO "A16"
WhiteElo "2625"
BlackElo "2420"
PlyCount "97"
EventDate "1972.??.??"
Source "ChessBase"
SourceDate "2000.11.22"

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. d4 e5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. e4 b6 14. Qb3 c5 15. d5 c4 16. Qa4 Bb7 17. Be3 a6 18. Qb4 b5 19. a4 Bf8 20. Qb2 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Bxc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qxb5 Rab8 24. Qa4 Ra8 25. Qc2 Bc8 26. Nd2 Bd7 27. Ra1 Bg4 28. Re1 Rxa1 29. Rxa1 Be2 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 Bb6 32. Qa4 Rc8 33. Qb5 Rb8 34. Qxc4 Qd7 35. Kg2 Rc8 36. Qd3 Qc7 37. Ra6 Qc5 38. Qe2 Bd8 39. c4 Kg7 40. Qg4 Rb8 41. Rc6 Qa7 42. Qf3 Qa1 43. Nb3 Qe1 44. Rd6 h5 45. h4 Be7 46. Rd7 Bf6 47. c5 Rb4 48. c6 Rc4 49. Qe3 1-0

CORRECTED

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Nov 11, 2014

Tal vs B Gasic, 1966

The game ended after 24.Re5

The moves from 24...Rc3 to 28.Rg3 is analysis by Khalifman.

Source: Alexander Khalifman, ed. "Mikhail Tal Games II" (Chess Stars 1995), p.126

O Troianescu vs Spassky, 1953
(C22) Center Game, 40 moves, 0-1
1 game

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