Lev Polugaevsky vs Mikhail Tal

URS-chT · 1962 · Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange · 1/2-1/2 in 34 moves

The Game

White Lev Polugaevsky
Black Mikhail Tal
Result 1/2-1/2
Event URS-chT
Site Leningrad
Date 1962.00.00
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange (D35)
Moves 34
Replay this game move by move →

Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

6k1/3n1p1p/5qp1/3p4/7Q/4PN1P/5PPK/8 w - - 4 35

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 Nf6
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nf3 d5
  4. 4.cxd5 exd5
  5. 5.Nc3 c6
  6. 6.Qc2 Be7
  7. 7.Bf4 g6
  8. 8.e3 Bf5
  9. 9.Bd3 Bxd3
  10. 10.Qxd3 Nbd7
  11. 11.O-O O-O
  12. 12.Rab1 a5
  13. 13.h3 Re8
  14. 14.Qc2 Nf8
  15. 15.a3 Bd6
  16. 16.Bg5 Ne6
  17. 17.Bh4 Be7
  18. 18.b4 axb4
  19. 19.axb4 Nd7
  20. 20.Bxe7 Qxe7
  21. 21.b5 Qd6
  22. 22.bxc6 bxc6
  23. 23.Rfc1 Rab8
  24. 24.Rxb8 Rxb8
  25. 25.Na4 c5
  26. 26.Nxc5 Rc8
  27. 27.Qb2 Nexc5
  28. 28.dxc5 Rxc5
  29. 29.Ra1 Rc8
  30. 30.Ra7 Qc6
  31. 31.Qd4 Ra8
  32. 32.Rxa8+ Qxa8
  33. 33.Qh4 Qa1+
  34. 34.Kh2 Qf6

More Lev Polugaevsky Games

Go Deeper

Step through this game on the interactive board, where you can also branch off and play your own ideas from any position. See every game between Lev Polugaevsky and Mikhail Tal, or browse all Lev Polugaevsky games in the collection. To find out what the engine thinks of it, paste the moves into Analyze Game and Stockfish will mark every turning point.