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Tournament: Mikhail Tal Simul +23, =2, -2 • 23 of the 27 games
Venue: Knotty Ash, Liverpool • Dates: 18 January 1974 • Download PGNupdated: Wednesday 17 February, 2016 11:03 AM

Mikhail Tal Simul, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, 18 January 1974

Score: +23, =2 (R. Hallmark, A.N. Other), -2 (S. Pimentil, G. Parsonage)

Photo at Liverpool Chess Club website

Source: Jimmy Adams notes, sent to me by Gerald Hartmann.

List of games (n.b. four games not included)

Mikhail Tal 1-0 Chandler,Walter Robert
Mikhail Tal 0-1 Pimentil,Stephen J
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Ripley,John Michael
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Harris,A
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Bodha,Geerjanun
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Wiseman,James K
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Carleton,John Joseph
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Patmore,Brian S
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Lambert,JF
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Pierce,Peter N
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Bridges,L
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Baines,SJ
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Fox,M
Mikhail Tal 1-0 McCulloch,R
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Beach,T John
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Price,MR
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Boswell,Julian
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Barron,C
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Ridgeway,J
Mikhail Tal ½-½ Hallmark,Raymond M
Mikhail Tal 0-1 Parsonage,Griffith
Mikhail Tal 1-0 Hughes,L
Mikhail Tal 1-0 McInnes,G

Summary of Post-Hastings Simuls, 1974

(From CHESS, March 1974, Vol.39/693-4, p161)

Date Place P W D L Winners
15 January - M Tal Camden 30 25 5 0  
16 January - M Tal Halifax 30 29 1 0  
17 January - M Tal Teeside 30 30 0 0  
18 January - M Tal Liverpool 27 23 2 2 GHT Parsonage, S Pimentil
19 January - M Tal Birmingham Lge 26 25 0 1 C Jones
20 January - M Tal Coventry 45 44 1 0  
21 January - M Tal Ilford 31 25 3 3 GL Campbell, JG Murrell, M Woodhams
15 January - L Szabo Chester 31 24 4 3 MA Lee, JA Gorman, J Caamano
16 January - L Szabo Gloucester 44 ? ? ? *
17 January - L Szabo Birmingham Univ 35 33 2 0  
18 January - L Szabo Brentwood 29 21 6 2 K Escott, D Ayres
19 January - L Szabo Starcross Sch, London 43 24 15 4 CS Crouch, DA Curnow, JC Pigott, NP Alexander
20 January - L Szabo London Central YMCA 28 13 9 6 MH Hawley, D Sherman, T Welsh, M Goldschmidt, P Griffin, S Cunliffe
21 January - L Szabo Univ of East Anglia 44 37 5 2 J Pugh, J Woodburn
15 January - G Kuzmin Maidenhead 37 32 4 1 P Barnard

* this simul was mentioned at some length in the text of the article but left out of the table for some reason. N.B. I don't believe this table is comprehensive - there were later (1990s) press mentions of simuls given by Tal and Gligoric in Luton in 1973/74 but no further details have yet come to light.


File Updated

Date Notes
16 September 2020 First uploaded. 23 of the 27 games.
4 June 2023 Score of Tal 1-0 W Chandler updated to include an alternative (though less credible finish) given in a primary source.