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46th USSR Championship (1978) Crosstable: [rusbase-1]  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Kasparov vs Bagirov ½-½ 30 1978 46th USSR Championship B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 2. Tseshkovsky vs Bagirov   ½-½ 22 1978 46th USSR Championship B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 3. Bagirov vs Gulko   ½-½ 27 1978 46th USSR Championship A92 Dutch 4. Bagirov vs S Makarichev ½-½ 41 1978 46th USSR Championship A28 English 5. Bagirov vs Tukmakov ½-½ 37 1978 46th USSR Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 6. G Kuzmin vs Bagirov 0-1 57 1978 46th USSR Championship B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 7. Bagirov vs G Timoscenko   ½-½ 41 1978 46th USSR Championship A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 8. T Giorgadze vs Bagirov   ½-½ 36 1978 46th USSR Championship A17 English 9. Bagirov vs Razuvaev   ½-½ 57 1978 46th USSR Championship A33 English, Symmetrical 10. Beliavsky vs Bagirov   ½-½ 36 1978 46th USSR Championship B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 11. Bagirov vs Dorfman   ½-½ 18 1978 46th USSR Championship A56 Benoni Defense 12. Bagirov vs Romanishin   0-1 23 1978 46th USSR Championship D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 13. Bagirov vs Tal   ½-½ 19 1978 46th USSR Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 14. Geller vs Bagirov   ½-½ 30 1978 46th USSR Championship B05 Alekhine's Defense, Modern 15. Bagirov vs A Mikhalchishin   ½-½ 24 1978 46th USSR Championship A09 Reti Opening 16. Sveshnikov vs Bagirov 1-0 42 1978 46th USSR Championship B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 17. Polugaevsky vs Bagirov   ½-½ 49 1978 46th USSR Championship D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 18. Geller vs Tseshkovsky   ½-½ 41 1978 46th USSR Championship A34 English, Symmetrical 19. Geller vs T Giorgadze   ½-½ 52 1978 46th USSR Championship D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 20. Razuvaev vs Geller   ½-½ 19 1978 46th USSR Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 21. Dorfman vs Geller   ½-½ 26 1978 46th USSR Championship E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 22. Gulko vs Geller   ½-½ 22 1978 46th USSR Championship D04 Queen's Pawn Game 23. Tal vs Geller ½-½ 30 1978 46th USSR Championship D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Romanishin vs Geller   0-1 59 1978 46th USSR Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Tukmakov vs Geller   ½-½ 18 1978 46th USSR Championship D37 Queen's Gambit Declined  page 1 of 7; games 1-25 of 153    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   May-25-23    King.Arthur.Brazil: I would like to say an important word about the winner of this tournament. Since not being a World Champion anymore, one could say that Tal stopped in time. This is an outrage! Looking at Tal's trajectory in the years 70, you will find: URSS Championships: (1971) 2nd/3rd with Smyslov 13,5/21 with +9 (wins), (1972) 1st with 15/21 with +9, (1973) bad, 9/12th 8/17 only +3; (1974) 1st/2nd with Beliavsky 9,5/16 with +6, (1975) 2nd/4th 9.5/15 +5; (1976) 6/7th with Smyslov 9/17; (1977) 5/7th 8/15 +4; (1978) 1st/2nd with Tseshkovsky 11/17 +5 and (1979) bad, only 14/15th (7.5/17) +3. However, other victories were added to his carreer: Tallin (1971) 1st/2nd with P. Keres (his idol and friend) ; Tallin (1973) 1st 12/13; Hastings 73/74: 1st/2nd/3rd with Szabo and Timman, 10/15 +5; Simultaneous Liverpool 1974 (20.5/23, +20); Alekhine memorial (1975) 1st 8.5/11 +4; Las Palmas (1975) 2nd/4th 10/14 +8; Chingorin memorial (1977) 1st 11/15 +8; Keres memorial (1977) 1st 11/15 +10; Tallin (1978) 2nd/3rd with Vaganian 11.5/16 +8; Riga Interzonal (1979) 1st 14/17 +11; World Chess in Montreal (1979) 1st/2nd with Karpov 12/18 +6 being one of the topmost World stronger tournament, with ELO above 2620. I guess these are impressive results of Mikhail Tal after being World Champion and show the special class of his great talent. More than being ex-Champion, he produced so much, on this decade. Just to remember that Bobby Fisher, after winning from Spassky (1972), produced nothing worthwhile. This must be more one reason for us to give our homage to this big player. Tal beat Fisher (+4 -2, 5 tied) in the World's memory of Chess and in career production, that's my point. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited. 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