Mikhail Tal — Top Opponents
Mikhail Tal's most-played opponents, ranked by number of games.
Botvinnik, Mikhail44Kortschnoj, Viktor40Petrosian, Tigran V40Larsen, Bent39Spassky, Boris V38Geller, Efim P34Timman, Jan H33Gligoric, Svetozar32Portisch, Lajos32Bronstein, David I31Polugaevsky, Lev31Andersson, Ulf31Smyslov, Vassily26Keres, Paul26Vaganian, Rafael A26Romanishin, Oleg M22Karpov, Anatoly20Beliavsky, Alexander G20Gipslis, Aivars19Taimanov, Mark E18Ljubojevic, Ljubomir18Ivkov, Borislav17Balashov, Yuri S17Kholmov, Ratmir D16Hort, Vlastimil16Stein, Leonid14Fischer, Robert James13Savon, Vladimir A13Dzindzichashvili, Roman13Tukmakov, Vladimir B13Huebner, Robert13Kasparov, Gary12Benko, Pal C12Bagirov, Vladimir12Kuzmin, Gennadi P12Sveshnikov, Evgeny12Gufeld, Eduard11Averbakh, Yuri L11Vasiukov, Evgeni11Nei, Iivo11Gurgenidze, Bukhuti11Olafsson, Fridrik11Ribli, Zoltan11Lutikov, Anatoly S10Grigorian, Karen Ashotovich10Tseshkovsky, Vitaly10Gulko, Boris F10Suetin, Alexey S9Furman, Semen Abramovich9Shamkovich, Leonid9Filip, Miroslav9Najdorf, Miguel9Kupreichik, Viktor D9Smejkal, Jan9Razuvaev, Yuri S9Short, Nigel D9Lein, Anatoly8Szabo, Laszlo8Unzicker, Wolfgang8Uhlmann, Wolfgang8
Top 60 most-played opponents in Mikhail Tal's games.
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