Blacks kingside empty except for the whites queen & rook
Tal vs I Zilber, 1949  (C07) French, Tarrasch, 33 moves, 1-0
A knight on f6 that....was white
Tal vs T Zeids, 1952  (D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 29 moves, 1-0
White queen takes the kings place in the castle
Tal vs Lozov, 1952  (E18) Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3, 23 moves, 1-0
Tal pushes the black King e8-c8-h5-e5 for a swift ending
Tal vs K Klasup, 1952  (A80) Dutch, 64 moves, 1-0
Thanks for placing your king on f2...
Klevetzki vs Tal, 1952  (B28) Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation, 37 moves, 0-1
A dangerous knight in...h8!
Tal vs P Kampenuss, 1953  (C67) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
First queen sacrifice
Udris vs Tal, 1953  (A60) Benoni Defense, 34 moves, 0-1
Piece sacrifice in move 10 for an 2K 1P winning endgame
Tal vs Straume, 1953  (C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 1-0
Those pawns in the blacks castle are.....white!
Tal vs M Pasman, 1953  (B93) Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4, 40 moves, 1-0
Dont go eating rooks on h1 with blacks guardian knight
Tal vs N Valiev, 1953  (D45) Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, 31 moves, 1-0
Second queen sacrifice
I Birbrager vs Tal, 1953  (A70) Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3, 38 moves, 0-1
Patiently strangling
Tal vs V Soloviev, 1955  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 53 moves, 1-0
Rook and the queen on the h file
A Bannik vs Tal, 1955  (E65) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O, 31 moves, 0-1
Nxf3!
D Rovner vs Tal, 1955  (C05) French, Tarrasch, 26 moves, 0-1
Opening the center
J Szukszta vs Tal, 1956  (E86) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6, 20 moves, 0-1
When the king is out
Tal vs Simagin, 1956  (B07) Pirc, 45 moves, 1-0
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