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Mikhail Tal
Soviet Union
Career 1957 - 1988
Best year 1960
Total points 99
Best results 1x 1. World Championship
All-time rank
#17

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Disciplines

Contests

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
1988 World Championship Blitz Open 1 7 Mikhail Tal
1983 Tallinn - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1982 Sochi - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1980 ELO Rating Standard Open 2 7 Mikhail Tal
1979 Montreal - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1979 Riga - Interzonal Tournament Standard Open 1 3 Mikhail Tal
1977 Leningrad - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1977 Sochi - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1974 Hastungs Standard Open 1 3 Mikhail Tal
1973 Sochi - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1973 Tallinn - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1973 ELO Rating Standard Open 3 4 Mikhail Tal
1973 Tata Steel Standard Open 1 3 Mikhail Tal
1971 Tallinn - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1970 Herceg Novi Blitz Tournament Blitz Open 2 4 Mikhail Tal
1968 Gori - Tournament 1967-1999 Standard Open 1 1 Mikhail Tal
1968 Candidates Tournament Standard Open 3 3 Mikhail Tal
1967 ELO Rating Standard Open 5 1 Mikhail Tal
1965 Candidates Tournament Standard Open 2 6 Mikhail Tal
1964 Amsterdam - Tournament before 1967 Standard Open 1 2 Mikhail Tal
1964 Hastungs Standard Open 1 3 Mikhail Tal
1961 Bled - Tournament before 1967 Standard Open 1 2 Mikhail Tal
1961 World Championship Standard Open 2 5 Mikhail Tal
1960 World Championship Standard Open 1 20 Mikhail Tal
1959 Zurich - Tournament before 1967 Standard Open 1 2 Mikhail Tal
1959 Candidates Tournament Standard Open 1 10 Mikhail Tal
1958 Portorož - Interzonal Tournament Standard Open 1 3 Mikhail Tal
1957 Moscow - Tournament before 1967 Standard Open 1 2 Mikhail Tal
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