Here are some chess problems taken from the games of Mikhail Tal. The dot on the right side indicates which side moves first.
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70) ----------------------------------------------Solutions 1) White Mates in in 6. Tal vs Boris Gulko, exhibition, 1949 [ Rf7+ ]
2) White Mates in in 8.
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Tal vs Israel Zilber, Riga, 1949 [ Ne6+ w/Qg7+ ]
3) Black Mates in 3. Igor Glek vs Tal, Riga, 1955
9) Tal vs Bent Bent Larsen, Larsen, Reykjavik, 1957 [ b4 w/Ra3 ]
[ ...Qf5+ Kh4 Nf6+ ]
4) A Os Ostrauskas trauskas vs Tal, Tal, Vilnius, 1955
10) Tal vs Konstantin Klaman, Moscow, 1957 [ Rxe7+ w/Qh4+ ]
[ ...Bg2+ Kxg2 Rf2+ ]
5) Black Mates in 5. Kira Zvorykina, Vilnius, 1955 [ ...d3 if Ke1 Rc2 or if Rxd3 Rc1+ ]
6) Black Mates in 4. E Chukaev vs Tal, Tbilisi, 1956 [ ...Re1+ if Bd1 Rxd1+ Ka2 Qxa3+ ]
11) Anatoly Bannik vs Tal, Moscow, 1957
[ ...Rxd1+ Rxd1 Qg4 Ne1 Qxd1 ]
[ ...Nxf1 ]
17) Alexandre Abrosimov Abrosimov vs Tal, Riga, 1959 [ ...Rad8 if Rfd1 Rxe4 ]
18) White Mates in in 2. 12) Black Mates Mates in in 6. Hector Rossetto vs Tal, Portoroz, 1958
Tal vs Pal Benko, Bled, 1959 [ Rh8+ ]
[ ...Qh2+ Kf1 Rxe3 ]
13) Tal vs Harry Golombek, Munich, 1958
14) White Mates in in 6. Tal vs P Skuja, Latvia CH, 1958 [ Ne7+ ]
8) Tal vs Alexander Koblenz, Riga, 1957 [ Rf6+ w/Bh6+ ]
16) Max Blau vs Tal, Tal, Zurich, 1959
[ ...Nxe2+ ]
[ Rf4 w/Rxh4 ] 7) Mark Taimanov vs Tal, Moscow, 1957
[ Qxd7+ ]
15) Tal vs Georgy Tringov, Munich, 1958
19) Tal vs Vasily Smyslov, Bled, 1959 [ Qxf7 ]
20) Tal vs Robert Fischer, Yugoslavia, 1959 [ Nd4 w/Ne6+ ]
21) Tal vs Dieter Keller, Zurich, 1959 [ Rb7+ ]
22) Tal vs vs Klaus Klaus Darga, Darga, Hamburg, 1960 [ Re6 w/Rd6 ]
23) Tal vs Mikhail Botvinnik, Moscow, 1960 [ Rxa6+ ]
[ ...Ra1+ Kc2 Na5 ] 29) White Mates in in 5. Tal vs Georgy Tringov, Amsterdam, 1964 [ Bxf7+ ]
[ Bxf7+ w/Qb3+ ]
[ ...Nxd4 ]
31) Tal vs Kiriukov, Riga, 1965
32) Tal vs A Sh Shmit, mit, Riga, 1965 [ Qh7 w/Nd7+ ]
26) Tal vs vs NN, USSR, 1963 [ Rd6 if Bxd6 Qxe6+ Bc4 & Rf1+ ]
37) Tal vs NN, USSR, 1970 [ Bxg5+ ]
[ Rxe6 ] 25) Ortega vs Tal, Habana, 1963
[ ...Bh3+ if Kxh3 Ng5+ Kg2 Qe4+ mates or if Kg1 Nf3+ mates ]
30) Tal vs Alexander Koblents, 1965 [ g6 ]
24) Tal vs Wolfgang Unzicker, Stockholm, 1961
36) Anatoly Ufimtsev vs Tal, Moscow, 1967
33) Tal vs Svend Hamann, Kislovodsk, 1966
38) Gedeon Barcza vs Tal, Tallinn, 1971 [ ...Rd8 if Qe3 Qxc2 mates ]
39) Tal vs Andres Vooremaa, Tallinn, 1971 [ Ne6+ w/Rxf7 Qxf8+ & Qxf7+ ]
[ e5 ] 27) Larry Evans vs Tal, Tal, Amsterdam, 1964 [ ...h5+ Kxh5 Qf3+ Kg5 Qxf6+ ]
40) Karoly Honfi vs Tal, Tal, Sukhumi, 1972 34) Tal vs Robert Wade, Palma de Mallorca, 1966
[ ...Rxc3+ if Kxc3 Bb4+ Kxb4 Qa5+ Kc4 Qa6+ ]
[ Ne6 ] 28) Tal vs vs Pal Benko, Amsterdam, 1964 [ Rd8+ ]
35) Edgar Walther vs Tal, Habana, 1966
41) Tal vs Orest Averkin, Moscow, 1973
[ Nd5 if Rxa4 Ne7# ] 48) White Mates in in 7. 42) Tal vs William Hartston, Hastings, 1973
Tal vs Michael Stean, Hastings, 1973 [ h5+ ]
54) White Mates in in 4. Tal vs Prschibyl, Tallinn, 1977 [ Qg4+ ]
[ Rxf7 w/Bxg6 & Qh7+ ] 49) Tal vs Rafael Vaganian, Dubna, 1973 43) White Mates in 3. 3.
[ Qh5+ w/Qf3 ]
Tal vs NN, 1973 [ Rxf7+ ]
44) Tal vs vs NN, 1973 [ Qb5+ if Qd7 Rxe5+ Be7 Bc6 Rxc6 Ra8+ ]
55) White Mates in in 4. Tal vs Ivan Radulov, Leningrad, 1977 [ Rd1 ]
50) Tal vs Zaitsev, Aanval, 1973 [ Rc7+ w/Qxe7+ Qd6+ & Qc5+ ]
56) Tal vs Sergey Makarichev, Tbilisi, 1978 [ Rxb4 w/Qc3+ ]
51) White Mates in in 5. 45) Tal vs Kick Langeweg, Wijk aan Zee, 1973
Tal vs Anton Deze, Novi Sad, 1974 [ Qe7 ]
[ Qg4 w/Bxg6 ]
46) White Mates in 7. 7. Tal vs NN, 1973
Tal vs Igor Platonov, Dubna, 1973 [ Qh6 ]
Tal vs Yrko Rantanen, Tallinn, 1979 [ Bxg7+ w/Bh8 ]
52) Tal vs Thomas Paehtz, Halle, 1974 [ Rxe6 ]
[ Qf8+ ]
47) White Mates in 4. 4.
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53) Tal vs Tigran Petrosian, Moscow, 1974 [ Rxd7 if Qxd7 Qh4 mates or if Bxd7 Bxf7+ Rxf7 Qxf7+ ]
58) Boris Spassky vs Tal, Montreal, 1979 [ ...Ng4 if Re1 Rh1+ mates ]
59) Tal vs Boris Spassky, Tilburg, 1980 [ Rg5+ ]
60) Tal vs Iivo Nei, USSR, 1981 [ Qxf8+ ]
61) White Mates in 4. 4. Tal vs Ricardo Calvo Minguez, Malaga, 1981
Tal vs Johann Hjartarson, Reykjavik, 1987 [ Ng4+ ]
67) Tal vs Miguel Quinteros, St del Esterol, 1987 [ Rxf5 w/Nce4 ]
[ Qe7+ ]
62) Robert Huebner vs Tal, Wijk aan Zee, 1982
68) Tal vs Alexander Chernin, St John, 1988 [ g5 ]
[ ...Bxf3 if gxf3 Nh5 ]
63) White Mates in 4. 4. Tal vs David Bronstein, Tbilisi, 1982 [ Ng6+ if hxg6 Qd8+ ]
64) Klaus Bischoff vs Tal, Albena, 1984
69) Siegfried Maus vs Tal, Germany, 1990 [ ...Re1+ ]
70) Tal vs Vladimir Akopian, Barcelona, 1992 [ Qe5+ w/Rd8+ ]
[ ...Nc4 ]
65) Miguel Quinteros vs Tal, Argentina, 1987 [ ...Bc5 if Nc2 Ra8 ]
66) White Mates in 5. 5.
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