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ID: 2844060

Michael Tal

FIDE ratings

No FIDE ratings available.

Performance

50 games
44% Win
44% Draw
12% Loss

Michael Tal's playing style

Strong overall score:66%22W 22D 6L over 50 games
Dominates d4 vs 1.e4/1.d4 as Black:61%in 19 games
Strongest in classical:64%in 47 games
Steady recent form:73%10W 9D 1L in last 20 games
Hard to beat — high draw rate:44%of games are draws

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Euwe-Keres Line has the largest White sample, with 2 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Open System, Euwe-Keres Line
50%
50%
2g
Queen's Indian Defense: Classical Variation, Traditional Variation, Main Line
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, l'Hermet Variation, Berlin Wall Defense
100%
1g
Petrov's Defense: Modern Attack, Trifunovic Variation
100%
1g
Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian
100%
1g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation has the largest Black sample, with 3 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation
33%
67%
3g
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation
100%
1g
Indian Defense: Knights Variation
100%
1g
Queen's Gambit Declined
100%
1g

Repertoire

15 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

15 games in this line · White to move

Results for Tal, Michael as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
53%
40%
7%
Move
10 · 67%
60%
40%
2 · 13%
100%
2 · 13%
50%
50%
1 · 7%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Jan 1, 1991
OTB - Codekiddy
FMKummerow, Heiko(2270)
D—
Jan 1, 1991
OTB - Codekiddy
GMAppel, Ralf(2360)
D—
Jan 1, 1991
OTB - Codekiddy
Zudov, Mikhail(1139)
D—
Oct 1, 1988
OTB - Codekiddy
Sitnikov, Ivan A(2640)
D—
Apr 1, 1988
OTB - Codekiddy
Sitnikov, Ivan A(2640)
D—
Jan 1, 1988
OTB - Codekiddy
GMJussupow, Artur(2537)
W—
Jan 1, 1988
OTB - Codekiddy
Garcia , Andy(1167)
D—
Jan 1, 1988
OTB - Codekiddy
GMJussupow, Artur(2537)
W—
Jan 1, 1988
OTB - Codekiddy
GMJussupow, Artur(2537)
W—
Feb 1, 1978
OTB - Codekiddy
GMKarpov, Anatoly(2617)
D—

Research Michael Tal’s games and opening repertoire

Michael Tal plays for Israel.

Michael Tal has FIDE ID 2844060.

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