How Correct Were Mikhail Tal's Sacrifices? - Part 3
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Important Information
Note that this article will be updated from time to time as I haven't finished writing all of the articles yet (as of early June 2024; I hope to finish by August).
This article (part 3) as well as the first, second, and fourth articles of this series (parts 1, 2, and 4) is a "master" article which includes all the important information you need to read the remaining, analysis-driven parts of this project. Thus, keep referring to parts 1, 2, 3, and 4 as you read the remaining parts.
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Andre Lombard vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 57 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ulf Andersson, 1976, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Gennadi Sosonko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Liberzon vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tigran Petrosian, 1976, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Lajos Portisch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 35 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Petrosain vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tigran Petrosain, 1976, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Lajos Portisch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Tigran Petrosian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lajos Portisch, 1976, 64 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Kupreichik, 1976, 43 moves (EBTDNS)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 30 moves (positional queen sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Iossif Dorfman, 1976, 41 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Vasily Smyslov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 56 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander I Zakharov, 1976, 57 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 30)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Gulko, 1976, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
Anatoly Karpov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 37 moves (opposite-side castling pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Polugaevsky, 1976, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vitaly Tseshkovsky, 1976, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Nukhim Rashkovsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Mark Taimanov, 1976, 35 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 12 and 24)
Efim Geller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1976, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Balashov, 1976, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Ken Panzel vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Iossif Dorfman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eduard Gufeld, 1977, 64 moves (EBTDNS)
Boris Gulko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Axel Ornstein, 1977, 39 moves (returning the gambited pawn)
Pertti Poutiainen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Harry Pohla, 1977, 37 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 22)
David Bronstein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Josef Pribyl, 1977, 42 moves (proximal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Iivo Nei vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 43 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Dragoljub Velimirovic, 1977, 35 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 33 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Hillar Karner, 1977, 45 moves (EBTDNS)
Aivars Gipslis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 41 moves (queenside attack pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Wolfgang Uhlmann, 1977, 57 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Valter Heuer vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Wolfgang Unzicker vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 33 moves (distal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. John Nunn, 1977, 25 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Josef Augustin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 48 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Dragoljub Velimirovic, 1977, 42 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Istvan Csom, 1977, 52 moves (EBTDNS)
Helmut Pfleger vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Georgi Tringov, 1977, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Tony Miles vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1977, 30 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Andras Adorjan vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 42 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 18)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bent Larsen, 1977, 36 moves (pawn sacrifice to advance passed pawns)
Angel Martin Gonzalez vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Juan Bellon Lopez, 1977, 35 moves (excluded because Tal just psuedo-sacrificed on moves 21 and 25)
Sergio Antonio Cabrera vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 36 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Stefano Tatai, 1977, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Browne vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 21 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 16)
Mikhail Tal vs. Roberto Luis Debarnot, 1977, 53 moves (EBTDNS)
Jose Garcia Padron vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 52 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Karpov, 1977, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Balashov, 1977, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Vasily Smyslov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Guillermo Garcia Gonzalez, 1977, 34 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 31 and 32)
Florin Gheorghiu vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oleg Romanishin, 1977, 36 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 27)
Mark Taimanov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 16 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 10)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Kochyev, 1977, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Jan Smejkal vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1977, 40 moves (returning the gambited pawn and pawn sacrifice to advance passed pawns)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lothar Vogt, 1977, 46 moves (EBTDNS)
Anatoly Karpov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 60 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zoltan Ribli, 1977, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Milorad Knezevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 40 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 11)
Sergio Mariotti vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 42 moves (opposite-side castling pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gennady Kuzmin, 1977, 37 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 25)
Andras Adorjan vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Lubomir Ftacnik vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 52 moves (EBTDNS)
Efim Geller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 65 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Petrosian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Mihai Suba vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 46 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Joaquim Durao, 1977, 43 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 40)
Mikhail Tal vs. Liuben Spassov, 1977, 35 moves (opposite-side castling pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Igor Zaitsev, 1977, 22 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 18 and 22)
Mikhail Tal vs. Valerij Zhuravliov, 1977, 50 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Nukhim Rashkovsky ,1977, 42 moves (pawn sacrifice to advance passed pawns)
Nikolai Krogius vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Hillar Karner, 1977, 28 moves (open king pawn sacrifice)
Alexander Panchenko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zlatko Klaric, 1977, 48 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Robert Murray Jamieson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Efim Geller, 1977, 37 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Boris Gulko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Alburt, 1977, 29 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Bagirov, 1977, 28 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Balashov, 1977, 42 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tigran Petrosian, 1977, 41 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity, exchange sacrifice, and equalizing sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Polugaevsky, 1977, 51 moves (EBTDNS)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 38 moves (pawn sacrifice for activtiy and kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vasily Smyslov, 1977, 40 moves (proximal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Gennady Kuzmin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 49 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 25 moves (material imbalance)
Alexander Kochyev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Iossif Dorfman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1977, 27 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Karen Grigorian, 1977, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Kochyev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 32 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 21)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Kochyev, 1978, 35 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. I Ikars, 1978, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Milan Vukic, 1978, 56 moves (open king piece sacrifice)
Vlastimil Hort vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Robert Byrne, 1978, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Enver Bukic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lajos Portisch, 1978, 30 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 27)
Bent Larsen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Borislav Ivkov, 1978, 59 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 15)
Anatoly Karpov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 23 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Balashov, 1978, 19 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 12)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Svetozar Gligoric, 1978, 63 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Robert Huebner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tony Miles, 1978, 28 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 25)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Spassky, 1978, 66 moves (material imbalance)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Bagirov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Efim Geller, 1978, 30 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Gulko, 1978, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 17 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Lev Polugaevsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 34 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oleg Romanishin, 1978, 42 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Iossif Dorfman, 1978, 47 moves (gambit pawn sacrifice and material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Tukmakov, 1978, 27 moves (open king pawn sacrifice)
Gennady Kuzmin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 43 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 23)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gennadij Timoscenko, 1978, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Razuvaev, 1978, 26 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 17)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 41 moves (material imbalance)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Sergey Makarichev, 1978, 33 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 32)
Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 46 moves (EBTDNS)
Tamaz Giorgadze vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 64 moves (returning the gambited pawn sacrifice)
Aivars Gipslis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 35 moves (EBTDNS)
Tamaz Giorgadze vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 62 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Andres Vooremaa, 1979, 41 moves (positional queen sacrifice and material imbalance — a Schrödinger sacrifice!)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rainer Knaak, 1979, 58 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Jose Luis Vilela de Acuna vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 44 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Gyula Sax vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 52 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 24)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1979, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
David Bronstein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 15 moves (returning the gambited pawn)
Tigran Petrosian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Iivo Nei, 1979, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Valery Zilberstein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 49 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Veingold, 1979, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
William Hartston vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 27 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 13)
Bozidar Ivanovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Vlastimil Hort vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1979, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Robert Huebner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Lajos Portisch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Karpov, 1979, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lubomir Kavalek, 1979, 46 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 38 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vlastimil Hort, 1979, 58 moves (EBTDNS)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Robert Huebner, 1979, 41 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Bent Larsen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 31 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Dragoljub Velimirovic, 1979, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Dragoljub Velimirovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lajos Portisch, 1979, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Anatoly Karpov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Lubomir Kavalek vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1979, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladmiir Bagirov ,1979, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Kupreichik, 1979, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Spassky, 1979, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Dmitry Kayumov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 33 moves (EBTDNS)
Anatoly Lutikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 27 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Iivo Nei vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 37 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Leonid Yurtaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Gennady Kuzmin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 27 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Slim Bouaziz, 1979, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
James Tarjan vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bent Larsen, 1979, 51 moves (EBTDNS)
Yehuda Gruenfeld vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1979, 57 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Herman van Riemsdijk vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 44 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Edmar Mednis, 1979, 52 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 18, 21, and 22)
Zoltan Ribli vs. Mikhail Tal, 197, 21 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 15)
Mikhail Tal vs. Florin Gheorghiu, 1979, 64 moves (material imbalance)
Francisco Trois vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 44 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Andras Adorjan, 1979, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tony Miles, 1979, 54 moves (EBTDNS)
Ruben Rodriguez vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 69 moves (defensive exchange sacrifice)
Nukhin Rashkovsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Efim Geller, 1979, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Balashov, 1979, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1979, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Viktor Kupreichik vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 50 moves (EBTDNS)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 57 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Beliavsky, 1979, 41 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 36)
Artur Yusupov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 58 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 75 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Sergey Makarichev, 1979, 48 moves (EBTDNS)
Yur Razuvaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Konstantin Lerner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1979, 53 moves (desperate sacrifice)
Yuri Anikaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Sergey Dolmatov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1979, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vitaly Tseshkovsky, 1979, 43 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tamaz Giorgadze, 1979, 40 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 27)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zoltan Ribli, 1980, 34 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 17 and 22)
Vlastimil Hort vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Liberzon, 1980, 38 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Svetozar Gligoric, 1980, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Lev Polugaevsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 42 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Polugaevsky, 1980, 70 moves (open king piece sacrifice)
Lev Polugaevsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 17 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Lev Polugaevsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Polugaevsky, 1980, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Polugaevsky, 1980, 33 moves (distal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Vlastimil Hort vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Borislav Ivkov, 1980, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1980, 19 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Polugaevsky, 1980, 27 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Lubomir Kavalek vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 59 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Svetozar Gligoric, 1980, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Bent Larsen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1980, 28 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 25)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zurab Sturua, 1980, 35 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Evgeny V Mochalov, 1980, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Iivo Nei vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Mihai Suba, 1980, 25 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oleg Romanishin, 1980, 40 moves (endgame pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Milorad Knezevic, 1980, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Henryk Dobosz, 1980, 69 moves (EBTDNS)
Vitaly Tseshkovsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Smbat Lputian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Arshak Petrosain, 1980, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Laszlo Vadasz vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 38 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 27)
Mikhail Tal vs. Karen Grigorian,1980, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Alvis Vitolinsh vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eduard Mnatsakanian, 1980, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 58 moves (EBTDNS)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 40 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 24)
Jaime Sunye Neto vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 61 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bent Larsen, 1980, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 30 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Robert Huebner, 1980, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Lubomir Kavalek vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ulf Andersson, 1980, 59 moves (positional pawn sacrifice and material imbalance)
Lajos Portisch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 33 moves (EBTDNS)
Vlastimil Hort vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 16 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gennadi Sosonsko, 1980, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Anatoly Karpov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Antonio Palacios, 1980, 37 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 20)
Franz Hoelzl vs. Mikhail Tal, 1980, 33 moves (proximal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ivan Radulov, 1980, 28 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 18 and 23)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gyula Sax, 1980, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Plachetka, 1980, 70 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Viktor Kupreichik vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 43 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Kochyev, 1981, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Yuri Averbakh vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Kochyev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Averbakh, 1981, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Bagirov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Stefan Djuric, 1981, 38 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Hillar Karner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 43 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Margeir Petursson, 1981, 35 moves (EBTDNS)
Eduard Gufeld vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Veinigold, 1981, 37 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 18)
Iivo Nei vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Andres Vooremaa, 1981, 29 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Gunnar Uusi vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 37 moves (positional queen sacrifice)
Laszlo Barczay vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. David Bronstein, 1981, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
LaszloHazai vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lothar Vogt, 1981, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Aivars Gipslis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lubomir Ftacnik, 1981, 47 moves (distal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Reynaldo Vera, 1981, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Juan Bellon Lopez vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Angel Martin Gonzalez, 1981, 33 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Manuel Rivas Pastor vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jose Luis Fernandez Garcia, 1981, 100 moves (material imbalance)
Istvan Csom vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ricardo Calvo, 1981, 35 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Victor Ciocaltea vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Drazen Marovic, 1981, 57 moves (EBTDNS)
Viktor Kupreichik vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 37 moves (pawn sacrifice for activtiy)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Spassky, 1981, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mark Taimanov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Tamaz Giorgadze vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 43 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice, material imbalance, and conversion sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafail Klovsky, 1981, 43 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Iivo Nei, 1981, 28 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 23 and 28)
Georgy Agzamov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 44 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tigran Petrosian, 1981, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Borislav Ivkov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oleg Romanishin, 1981, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Nukhim Rashkovsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 15 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mihail-Viorel Ghinda vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 19 moves (gambit pawn sacrifice and exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Goran Cabirlo, 1981, 65 moves (material imbalance)
Arshak Petrosian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 45 moves (distal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Konstantin Lerner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 17 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 9)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Buturin, 1981, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Savon vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Beliavsky, 1981, 27 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Iossif Dorfman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
Andras Adorjan vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Bagirov, 1981, 41 moves (distal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Borislav Ivkov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oleg Romanishin, 1981, 20 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 18)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vitaly Tseshkovsky, 1981, 44 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 29)
Erling Mortensen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Janis Klovans vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 31 moves (positional pawn sacrifice and pawn sacrifice for activity)
Evgeny Ermenkov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 53 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and exchange sacrifice)
Edvins Kengis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alvis Vitolinsh, 1981, 32 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 16)
Jan Ambroz vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 40 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 36)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lothar Vogt, 1981, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Arshak Petrosian, 1981, 24 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Peter Ostermeyer vs. Mikhail Tal, 1981, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vlastimil Hort, 1982, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
John Van der Wiel vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tamaz Giorgadze, 1982, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Milorad Knezevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Helmut Reefschlaeger vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 43 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Murray Chandler, 1982, 76 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Larry Christiansen, 1982, 57 moves (EBTDNS)
John Nunn vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 32 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vlastimil Hort, 1982, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Predrag Nikolic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lubomir Kavalek, 1982, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Hans Ree vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 61 moves (EBTDNS)
Yuri Balashov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 18 moves (gambit pawn sacrifice)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 45 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Bagirov, 1982, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Karl Robatsch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 32 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Bosko Abramovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 33 moves (EBTDNS)
Ivan Farago vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Smbat Lputian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Arshak Petrosain vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Savon vs. Mikhail Tal, 982, 13 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 9)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lvon S Eolian, 1982, 58 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Krum Georgiev, 1982, 10 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Karen Grigorian, 1982, 29 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 25 and 28)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zurab Sturua, 1982, 39 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 23 and 24)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yevgeniy Vladimirov, 1982, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
David Bronstein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 41 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and exchange sacrifice)
David Bronstein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 23 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
David Bronstein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 46 moves (EBTDNS)
David Bronstein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 48 moves (pawn sacrifice to advance passed pawns)
Efim Geller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Peter Szekely, 1982, 21 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Mikhail Tseitlin, 1982, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Anikaev, 1982, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Heikki Westerinen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Valery Chekhov, 1982, 38 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Igor Zaitsev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bosko Abramovic, 1982, 24 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Wolfgang Unzicker, 1982, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Yuri Razuvaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 34 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 14)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rainer Knaak, 1982, 55 moves (EBTDNS)
Eduard Meduna vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 43 moves (EBTDNS)
Jacob Murey vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 38 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ruben Rodriguez, 1982, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Efim Geller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Florin Gheorghiu, 1982, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Dragoljub Velimirovic, 1982, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Larry Christiansen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 25 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gyula Sax, 1982, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Guillermo Garcia Gonzlez vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 31 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Miguel Angel Quinteros, 1982, 35 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Roberto Cifuentes Parada vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bozidar Ivanovic, 1982, 79 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Eric Lobron vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 58 moves (positional pawn sacrifice and material imbalance)
Andrew Jonathan Mestel vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 57 moves (EBTDNS)
Heinz Wirthensohn vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 29 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 28)
Lars-Ake Schneider vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Jacob Ost-Hasnen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 8 moves (EBTDNS)
Efim Geller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Psakhis, 1982, 24 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oleg Romanishin, 1982, 40 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 29)
Predrag Nikolic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Anatoly Vaisser vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Semen I Dvoirys, 1982, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Panchenko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Orest Averkin, 1982, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Semko Semkov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Yuri Razuvaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jonathan Speelman, 1982, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Evgeny Pigusov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1982, 11 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ulf Andersson, 1983, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 27 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice and positional pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ulf Andersson, 1983, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 60 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ulf Andersson, 1983, 22 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 14)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 51 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tigran Petrosian, 1983, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Bosko Abramovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Hillar Karner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 52 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jon Arnason, 1983, 49 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vlastimil Jansa, 1983, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Harry Schussler, 1983, 47 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Uwe Boensch, 1983, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Jaan Ehlvest vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 27 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lembit Oll, 1983, 40 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Veingold vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Efim Geller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 44 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tigran Petrosian, 1983, 29 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Konstantin Lerner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 45 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1983, 23 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Tukmakov, 1983, 40 moves (open king pawn sacrifice)
Yuri Razuvaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 29 moves (exchange sacrifice and material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Aivars Gipslis, 1983, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Murray Chandler, 1983, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oleg Romanishin, 1983, 41 moves (proximal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Konstantin Lerner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 44 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Edvins Kengis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 57 moves (material imbalance)
Janis Klovans vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 41 moves (opposite-side castling pawn sacrifice)
Zigurds Lanka vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 27 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gordan Dizdar, 1983, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Arshak Petrosain vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alvis Vitolinsh, 1983, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Guillermo Garcia Gonzalez, 1983, 29 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Jose Luis Fernandez Garcia vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 41 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Leonid Yurtaev, 1983, 29 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 23)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Beliavsky, 1983, 41 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Anatoly Lutikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 17 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Karpov, 1983, 24 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 11)
Tamaz Giorgadze vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 19 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 8)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1983, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Mark Taimanov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 41 moves (conversion sacrifice)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 25 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 15)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bozidar Ivanovic, 1983, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Bent Larsen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 88 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Spassky, 1983, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tony Miles, 1983, 60 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and positonal pawn sacrifice)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1983, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 33 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Svetozar Gligoric, 1983, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Yasser Seirawan vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 41 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tigran Petrosian, 1983, 19 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 16)
Gyula Sax vs. Mikhail Tal, 1983, 40 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Istvan Csom, 1984, 25 moves (kingisde attack piece sacrifice)
Ivan Farago vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 9 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Psakhis, 1984, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 69 moves (EBTDNS)
Nigel Short vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Uwe Boensch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 32 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tamaz Giorgadze, 1984, 19 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 18)
Mikhail Tal vs. Adrian Mikhalchishin, 1984, 40 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 11)
Dragutin Sahovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Vereslav Eingorn vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Kiril Georgiev, 1984, 66 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Iossif Dorfman, 1984, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Tamas Horvath vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 37 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 23)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Malaniuk, 1984, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Kovacevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Lev Psakhis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 59 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Svetozar Gligoric, 1984, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Bent Larsen v.s Mikhail Tal, 1984, 28 moves (pawn sacrifice to advance passed pawns)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bozidar Ivanovic, 1984, 39 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Zoltan Ribli vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 21 moves (queenside attack piece sacrifice)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 41 moves (distal kingside attack pawn sacrifice and exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Semeniuk, 1984, 41 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 28)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Polugaevsky, 1984, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eugenio Torre, 1984, 33 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 20)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vasily Smyslov, 1984, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Boris Spassky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 11 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Beliavsky, 1984, 16 moves (open king pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. John Nunn, 1984, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. John Nunn, 1984, 45 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, 1984, 33 moves (EBTDNS)
Nino Kirov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jiri Lechtynsky, 1984, 30 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Nikola Spiridonov, 1984, 61 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tihomir Toshkov, 1984, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Efim Geller, 1984, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Psakhis, 1984, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Vaisser, 1984, 66 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 23)
Uwe Boensch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Dragan Barlov, 1984, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Georgy Agzamov, 1984, 85 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Attila Groszpeter vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 40 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Josef Pribyl vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Evgeny Sveshnikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Jouni Yrjola vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Peter Lukacs vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 38 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Elizbar Ubilava, 1984, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Korchnoi, 1984, 62 moves (EBTDNS)
Sergey Kudrin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 27 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Slavoljub Marjanovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 15 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 8)
Mikhail Tal vs. Mark Taimanov, 1984, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Miso Cebalo vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 11 moves (EBTDNS)
Istvan Csom vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Bozidar Ivanovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Petar Popovic, 1984, 31 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 15 and 29)
Stefan Djuric vs. Mikhail Tal, 1984, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Dragoljub Velimirovic, 1984, 24 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 10)
Semen I Dvoirys vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 73 moves (EBTDNS)
Igor Novikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Veingold vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jaan Ehlvest, 1985, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jouni Yrjola, 1985, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Milan Drasko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Gavrikov, 1985, 23 moves (open king pawn sacrifice)
Alexander Kockyev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 11 moves (EBTDNS)
Kalle Kiik vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 38 moves (defensive exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Sergey Dolmatov, 1985, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Lembit Oll vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gennady Kuzmin, 1985, 43 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Hillar Karner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 49 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tibor Karolyi Jr., 1985, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eduardas Rozentalis, 1985, 40 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 25)
Mikhail Tal vs. Leonid Yurtaev, 1985, 43 moves (positional pawn sacrifice and endgame pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jingxuan Qi, 1985, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Miso Cebalo vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Lev Alburt vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 25 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 23)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oleg Romanishin, 1985, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Simen Agdestein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 25 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Marcel Sisniega, 1985, 26 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Jesus Nogueiras vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1985, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Eduard Prandstetter vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 67 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Walter Browne, 1985, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Kevin Spraggett vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jonathan Speelman, 1985, 9 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ventzislav Inkiov, 1985, 54 moves (EBTDNS)
Daniel King vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 44 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 10)
Mikhail Tal vs. Edvins Kengis, 1985, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Tamas Utasi vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Shabalov, 1985, 39 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 26)
Alvis Vitolinsh vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Bagirov, 1985, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Balashov, 1985, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Aivars Gipslis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Carsten Hoi, 1985, 43 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice and kingside attack exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Predrag Nikolic, 1985, 43 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Nigel Short, 1985, 30 moves (open king pawn sacrifice and material imbalance)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 18 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Walter Browne, 1985, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
John Nunn vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Curt Hansen, 1985, 41 moves (proximal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Simen Agdestein vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 41 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lubomir Ftacnik, 1985, 31 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Murray Chandler vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ulf Andersson, 1985, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Bent Larsen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 46 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Milan Draskko, 1985, 48 moves (EBTDNS)
Milan Drasko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Jesus Nogueiras vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Andrei Sokolov, 1985, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Vasily Smyslov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 22 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Boris Spassky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1985, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Lajos Portisch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 24 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 17)
Mikhail Tal vs. Artur Yusupov, 1985, 19 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 8)
Yasser Seirawan vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Kevin Spraggett, 1985, 63 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Timman, 1985, 22 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1985, 23 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1985, 50 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zurab Azmaiparashvili, 1986, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Olivier Renet vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 33 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Svend Hamann, 1986, 43 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Walter Henke, 1986, 28 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Olivier Renet, 1986, 47 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Semeniuk, 1986, 41 moves (duplicate)
Michael Wiedenkeller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Svend Hamann vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Elizbar Ubilava vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tibor Karolyi Jr., 1986, 35 moves (EBTDNS)
Boris Kantsler vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Sergey Arkhipov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 9 moves (EBTDNS)
Gennadi Zaichik vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 29 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 14)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ognjen Cvitan, 1986, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Neil McDonald vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 44 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gregory Kaidanov, 1986, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Malaniuk vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ales Pekarek, 1986, 35 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Michael Wiedenkeller vs. 1986, 42 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity: the queen muncher and exchange sacrifice)
Ashot Anastasian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 43 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Lexy Ortega vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 27 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 15 and 19)
Mikhail Tal vs. Karen Grigorian, 1986, 64 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eduard Mnatsakanian, 1986, 23 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 8)
Mikhail Tal vs. Arshak Petrosian, 1986, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Jouni Yrjola vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 22 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Julian Hodgson, 1986, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Lev Psakhis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mark Taimanov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Balashov, 1986, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Istvan Csom, 1986, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Michal Konopka vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 47 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 25)
Smbat Lputian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jens Kristiansen, 1986, 30 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
David Olafsson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 35 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Johann Hjartarson, 1986, 26 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Margeir Petursson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 44 moves (EBTDNS)
Efim Geller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Curt Hansen, 1986, 31 moves (pawn sacrifice to trap piece)
Mikhail Tal vs. Florin Gheorghiu, 1986, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Luben Popov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ovidiu-Doru Foisor, 1986, 48 moves (EBTDNS)
Petar Velikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 61 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 17)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eliahu Shvidler, 1986, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Guillermo Garcia Gonzalez, 1986, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Julian Hodgson, 1986, 54 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Yakovich, 1986, 21 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Evgeny Sveshnikov, 1986, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vereslav Eingorn, 1986, 36 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Chernin, 1986, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Svetozar Gligoric vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Constantin Ionescu, 1986, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Yuri Razuvaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Eduard Meduna vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 38 moves (EBTDNS)
Efim Geller vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 57 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Vasily Smyslov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1986, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Artur Yusupov, 1986, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 30 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Beliavsky, 1987, 53 moves (EBTDNS)
Miguel Angel Quinteros vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 50 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Miguel Angel Quinteros, 1987, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Miguel Angel Quinteros, 1987, 45 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jose Luis Fernandez Grcia, 1987, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Miguel Angel Quinteros vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 44 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Miguel Angel Quinteros, 1987, 35 moves, 35. Rc1 (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 16)
Miguel Angel Quinteros vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 27 moves (positional pawn sacrifice and open king piece sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ilja Gervics, 1987, 55 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1987, 37 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 15)
Miguel Angel Quinteros vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 21 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 18)
Miguel Angel Quinteros vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 43 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Lajos Portisch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 24 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Lev Polugaevsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Helgi Olafsson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Simen Agdestein, 1987, 47 moves (EBTDNS)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 38 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 15)
Jon Arnason vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 11 moves (semi-gambit pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Margeir Petursson, 1987, 46 moves (EBTDNS)
Nigel Short vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1987, 32 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bent Larsen, 1987, 33 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 17)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1987, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Richard Meulders, 1987, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
John Van der Wiel vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Nigel Short vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Anatoly Karpov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 60 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eugenio Torre, 1987, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Korchnoi, 1987, 24 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Eugenio Torre vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 51 moves (EBTDNS)
Anatoly Karpov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 51 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1987, 66 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Viktor Korchnoi vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 51 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Korchnoi, 1987, 64 moves (material imbalance)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1987, 42 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Nigel Short vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 72 moves (EBTDNS)
Gennadi Sosonsko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 32 moves (distal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gennadi Sosonsko, 1987, 53 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Bent Larsen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 65 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1987, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. John Van der Wiel, 1987, 74 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 62 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
John Van der Wiel vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 44 moves (EBTDNS)
Robert Huebner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 35 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Robert Huebner, 1987, 56 moves (EBTDNS)
Vasily Smyslov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Jun Xu vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gyula Sax, 1987, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Alburt, 1987, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Amador Rodriguez Cespedes vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 60 moves (semi-gambit pawn sacrifice, positional queen sacrifice, and material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ahmed Ibrahim Hamed, 1987, 46 moves (EBTDNS)
Alonso Zapata vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 57 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zoltan Ribli, 1987, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Chernin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Short, 1987, 25 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Petar Popovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 57 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Thomas Ernst vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 59 moves (endgame pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Edvins Kengis, 1987, 30 moves (kingside attack exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oscar Panno, 1987, 70 moves (EBTDNS)
Jorge Szmetan vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 52 moves (material imbalance)
Anthony Kosten vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 28 moves (positional queen sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Artur Sygulski, 1987, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Josef Pribyl vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Yuri Razuvaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Bagirov, 987, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Aivars Gipslis, 1987, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Psakhis, 1987, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Shabalov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 10 moves (EBTDNS)
Jon Arnason vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 40 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Jorge Rubinetti vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Carlos Garcia Palermo vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Roberto Cifuentes Parada vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 23 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 7 and 8)
Mikhail Tal vs. Luis Marcos Bronstein, 1987, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jorge Gomez Baillo, 1987, 19 moves (material imbalance)
Lev Polugaevsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1987, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Miguel Angel Quinteros, 1987, 26 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 26)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Spassky, 1988, 56 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 28)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jaan Ehlvest, 1988, 37 moves (kingside attack exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Psakhis, 1988, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Tukmakov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Roderick McKay, 1988, 35 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice and defensive exchange sacrifice)
Mark Condie vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 43 moves (EBTDNS)
Larry Kirk vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 42 moves (positional queen sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. John Van der Wiel, 1988, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Sosonko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1988, 42 moves (kingside attack exchange sacrifice)
Robert Huebner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ivan Farago, 1988, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Karpov, 1988, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Predrag Nikolic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Agdestein, 1988, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Paul van der Sterren vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 54 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jeroen Piket, 1988, 30 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 21 and 25)
Kiril Georgiev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Branko Damljanovic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Jaan Ehlvest vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Yuri Razuvaev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Daniel Mauricio Rodriguez Pineda vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 59 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Barth Sahl, 1988, 46 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Smbat Lputian, 1988, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Ventzislav Inkiov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 47 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bozidar Ivanovic, 1988, 32 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 18 and 21)
Mikhail Tal vs. Aivars Gipslis, 1988, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Dmitry Gurevich vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Dmitry Gurevich vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 46 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Dmitry Gurevich, 1988, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Jesus Nogueiras vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 54 moves (EBTDNS)
Jesus Nogueiras vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 44 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jesus Nogueiras, 1988, 44 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Chernin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 84 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and material imbalance)
Alexander Chernin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 67 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Chernin, 1988, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Chernin, 1988, 38 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1988, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Artur Yusupov, 1988, 39 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 63 moves (material imbalance)
Rafael Vaganian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 39 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Artur Yusupov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 35 moves (EBTDNS)
William I Maddex vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 46 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Joseph P Eversole, 1988, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
John Meyer vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Charles Grotts, 1988, 57 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Robert Seltzer, 1988, 39 moves (positional queen sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Huntington, 1988, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Frederick Rhine, 1988, 57 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. James Rizzitano, 1988, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1988, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Gyula Sax vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 42 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 28 and 34)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Karpov, 1988, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 36 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Valery Salov, 1988, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Jesus Nogueiras vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Luc Winants, 1988, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lajos Portisch, 1988, 27 moves (equalizing sacrifice)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 51 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1988, 60 moves (opposite-side castling pawn sacrifice and material imbalance)
Ljubomir Ljubojevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jonathan Speelman, 1988, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Predrag Nikolic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Korchnoi, 1988, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Igor Novikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 55 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Arshak Petrosian, 1988, 44 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Vaisser, 1988, 49 moves (semi-gambit pawn sacrifice)
Vladimir Epishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 34 moves (desperate sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Valery Tsarev, 188, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Magaram Magomedov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 35 moves (material imbalance)
Vladimir Muratov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 31 moves (semi-gambit pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Iossif Dorfman, 1988, 34 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 15)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1988, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Eduard Gufeld vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Valentin Lukov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
Igor Novikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Stuart C Conquest, 1988, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eduard Prandstetter, 1988, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Sznapik, 1988, 28 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Elizbar Ubilava, 1988, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Gennadi Zaichik, 1988, 55 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 16 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 9)
Predrag Nikolic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 52 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yusupov, 1988, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Zoltan Ribli vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 29 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lajos Portisch, 1988, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Johann Hjartarson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Andrei Sokolov, 1988, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Margeir Petursson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 18 moves (returning the gambited pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Korchnoi, 1988, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
John Nunn vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 18 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Spassky, 1988, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 34 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Timman, 1988, 20 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 11)
Gyula Sax vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jaan Ehlvest, 1988, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Adam Lief, 1988, 42 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1988, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 39 moves (gambit pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Timman, 1988, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Jan Timman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1988, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Bachar Kouatly vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Iossif Dorfman, 1989, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Miodrag Todorcevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 42 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eric Lobron, 1989, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zdenko Kozul, 1989, 41 moves (positional pawn sacrifice and open king exchange sacrifice)
Olivier Renet vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Jean-Rene Koch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Franco vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 49 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jesus Maria de la Villa Garcia, 1989, 72 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Antonio Palacios, 1989, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Boris Spassky, 1989, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Kevin Spraggett, 1989, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Michael Adams vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viswanathan Anand, 1989, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Joel Lautier vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Renet, 1989, 33 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and positional pawn sacrifice)
Alexander Beliavsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 49 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vasily Smyslov, 1989, 27 moves (EBTDNS)
Vasily Smyslov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 23 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 8, 9, and 10)
Mikhail Tal vs. Simen Agdestein, 1989, 38 moves (desperate sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Predrag Nikolic, 1989, 17 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 16)
John Nunn vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 14 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Robert Huebner, 1989, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Gyula Sax vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 29 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1989, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yasser Seirawan, 1989, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Zoltan Ribli, 1989, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Ulf Andersson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 80 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Karpov, 1989, 33 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Korchnoi, 1989, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Lajos Portisch vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Valery Salov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 41 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 9)
Nigel Short vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Jaan Ehlvest vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Eckhard Schmittdiel vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 50 moves (material imbalance)
Oliver Reeh vs. Mikhail Tal, 1989, 55 moves (EBTDNS)
Robert Huebner vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jan Smejkal, 1990, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Wolfgang Unzicker vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 44 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and exchange sacrifice)
Jules Armas vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 24 moves (EBTDNS)
Jules Armas vs. Mikhail Tal, 1900, 31 moves (same first 24 moves, possible duplicate)
Sergey Yuferov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 53 moves (kingside attack exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Anatoly Kremenietsky, 1990, 37 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Meyer, 1990, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Karl-Otto Jung vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 52 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Rafael Vaganian, 1990, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Semen I Dvoirys vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 20 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 16)
Mikhail Tal vs. Evgeny Sveshnikov, 1990, 37 moves (kingisde attack piece sacrifice)
Andrey Lukin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Neverov, 1990, 27 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Barry Spiro, 1990, 49 moves (kingside attack exchange sacrifice)
Ofer Bruk vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Yehuda Gruenfeld vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 61 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Cramling, 1990, 33 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 14 and 24)
Mikhail Tal vs. Shimon Kagan, 1990, 33 moves (open king piece sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ehud Lahav, 1990, 41 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 15)
Ronen Lev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 33 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Matthias Wahls, 1990, 76 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 28)
Mikhail Tal vs. Collin Madhavan, 1990, 32 moves (gambit pawn sacrifice)
Nigel Davies vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Roman Dzindzichashvili, 1990, 45 moves (EBTDNS)
Psakhis vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Pigusov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 39 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Evgeny Sveshnikov, 1990, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Leonid Yurtaev, 1990, 18 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Utemov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Andras Adorjan vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Efim Geller, 1990, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Gata Kamsky vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 45 moves (material imbalance)
Georgi Orlov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Michael Rohde vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 30 moves (material imbalance)
Elizbar Ubilava vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 10 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tom Wedberg, 1990, 35 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Konstantin Lerner, 1990, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Leonid Yudasin, 1990, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Maxim Dlugy, 1990, 15 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 12)
Gennadij Timoscenko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 10 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Igor Naumkin, 1990, 23 moves (EBTDNS)
Vereslav Eingorn vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 38 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yevgeniy Vladimirov, 1990, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Krunoslav Hulak vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Johann Hjartarson, 1990, 26 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Nick de Firmian vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lembit Oll, 1990, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Vladimir Malaniuk vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 9 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Gavrikov, 1990, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Evgeny Pigusov, 1990, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Sergey Makarichev, 1990, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Gurevich vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Mihail Marin, 1990, 30 moves (EBTDNS)
Vasil Spasov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 53 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ivanovic, 1990, 44 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and exchange sacrifice)
Johann Hjartarson vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 35 moves (queenside attack piece sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Tony Miles, 1990, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Boris Gulko vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 19 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Roman Dzindzichashvili, 1990, 15 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Walter Arencibia Rodriguez vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 36 moves (gambit pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ljubomir Ljubojevic, 1990, 55 moves (EBTDNS)
Lubomir Ftacnik vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Smbat Lputian, 1990, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Soenke Maus vs. Mikhail Tal, 1990, 28 moves (EBTDNS)
Ralf Appel vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexander Dukhov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eldar Mukhametov, 1991, 54 moves (EBTDNS)
M Zudov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Evgeny Sveshnikov, 1991, 74 moves (EBTDNS)
Fred Feibert vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 32 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and exchange sacrifice)
Evgeni Dragomarezkij vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 34 moves (kingside attack piece sacrifice and kingside attack rook sacrifice)
Elena Krasenkowa vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 32 moves (EBTDNS)
Heiko Kummerow vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 40 moves (EBTDNS)
Efim Narodizki vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 34 moves (proximal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander I Zakharov, 1991, 21 moves (returning the gambited pawn and open king exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Karl-Otto Jung, 1991, 41 moves (material imbalance)
Yuri Gusev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 61 moves (open king pawn sacrifice and material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Eldar Mukhametov, 1991, 39 moves (exchange sacrifice)
Lev Lukovski vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Peter Szekely vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 11 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Carsten Saenger, 1991, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Matthias Niesel vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 42 moves (open king pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Evgeni Ragozin, 1991, 8 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Sergey Arkhipov, 1991, 7 moves (EBTDNS)
Alexandar Budnikov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 10 moves (EBTDNS)
Roman Dzindzichashvili vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 35 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Roman Dzindzichashvili vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 44 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Roman Dzindzichashvili vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 70 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Roman Dzindzichashvili, 1991, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Roman Dzindzichashvili, 1991, 30 moves (defending by counter-sacrificing)
Eric Lobron vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 41 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 38)
Mikhail Tal vs. Hubert Seibold, 1991, 29 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 29)
Mikhail Tal vs. John Grefe, 1991, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Patrick Wolff vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 55 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Joel Benjamin, 1991, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
Walter Browne vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 22 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Polgar, 1991, 15 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 11)
Mikhail Tal vs. Utut Adianto, 1991, 17 moves (EBTDNS)
John Fedorowicz vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Larry Christiansen vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 38 moves (defensive exchange sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lubomir Ftacnik, 1991, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Eugenio Torre vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Michael Adams, 1991, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Gerardo Barbero vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 15 moves (EBTDNS)
John Fedorowicz vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Julio Ernesto Granda Zuniga vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 41 moves (endgame pawn sacrifice)
Gilberto Milos vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 20 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Carlos P Boissonet, 1991, 44 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bent Larsen, 1991, 51 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on moves 26 and 32)
Mikhail Tal vs. Roberto Cifuentes Parada, 1991, 26 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Oscar Panno, 1991, 35 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Sergey Dolmatov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Pablo Ricardi, 1991, 31 moves (EBTDNS)
Claudia Noemi Amura vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 43 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Jesus Nogueiras, 1991, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Bela Badea vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 25 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. Bela Badea, 1991, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Alexander Panchenko, 1991, 10 moves (EBTDNS)
Boris Kantsler vs. Mikhail Tal 1991, 11 moves (EBTDNS)
Grigory Serper vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 35 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Yuri Kruppa, 1991, 41 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Peter Korzubov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 61 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vladimir Malaniuk, 1991, 20 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Sergey Kiselev vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 37 moves (distal kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Igor Naumkin, 1991, 16 moves (EBTDNS)
Evgeni Maljutin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Valery Chekhov, 1991, 41 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Mikhail Tal vs. Konstantin Sakaev, 1991, 29 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Lev Gutman, 1991, 22 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Dario Doncevic vs. Mikhail Tal, 1991, 36 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Vicente Landero Luna, 1992, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Francisco Jose Jimenez Villena vs. Mikhail Tal, 1992, 50 moves (material imbalance)
Mikhail Tal vs. M Romero, 1992, 34 moves (EBTDNS)
M Gomez vs. Mikhail Tal, 1992, 38 moves (positional pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Miguel Illescas Cordoba, 1992, 13 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 12)
Lembit Oll vs. Mikhail Tal, 1992, 41 moves (EBTDNS)
Jordi Magem Badals vs. Mikhail Tal, 1992, 42 moves (defensive pawn sacrifice)
Orestes Rodriguez Vargas vs. Mikhail Tal, 1992, 21 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Ivan Sokolov, 1992, 13 moves (EBTDNS)
Iossif Dorfman vs. Mikhail Tal, 1992, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Viktor Korchnoi, 1992, 14 moves (EBTDNS)
Oleg Romanishin vs. Mikhail Tal, 1992, 25 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Tal vs. Francisco Ochoa, 1992, 12 moves (EBTDNS)
Mikhail Gurevich vs. Mikhail Tal, 1992, 44 moves (EBTDNS)
More Games
Secret blitz match between Mikhail Tal and Garry Kasparov (does not seem to be apocryphal!):
(Thanks to C-JinCheng for uploading the study to Lichess
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1978, 24 moves (open king pawn sacrifice and open king piece sacrifice)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 50 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity and positional queen sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1978, 32 moves (kingside attack pawn sacrifice and kingside attack piece sacrifice)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 51 moves (excluded because Tal did not sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1978, 44 moves (excluded because Tal just pseudo-sacrificed on move 17)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 48 moves (semi-gambit pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1978, 27 moves (positional queen sacrifice)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 37 moves (excluded because Tal did not sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1978, 28 moves (pawn sacrifice for activity)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 53 moves (gambit pawn sacrifice)
Mikhail Tal vs. Garry Kasparov, 1978, 36 moves (kingside attack pawn sacrifice)
Garry Kasparov vs. Mikhail Tal, 1978, 22 moves (material imbalance)
Sources
Mikhail Tal quote. (n.d.). A-Z Quotes. https://www.azquotes.com/quote/601531
pseudosacrifice - Wiktionary, the free dictionary. (n.d.). Wiktionary. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pseudosacrifice
See part 4
