Mikhail Tal - Wikipedia
WEBMikhail Nekhemyevich Tal [a] (9 November 1936 – 28 June 1992) [1] was a Soviet - Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential players in chess history. Tal played in an attacking and daring combinatorial style.
Mikhail Tal | Top Chess Players - Chess.com
WEBMikhail Tal was a Latvian grandmaster and former world champion. Learn more about the Magician of Riga and his legendary attacking skills.
Mikhail Tal: "The Only Man Kasparov Feared" - The Chess Journal
WEBNov 21, 2021 · Welcome to the Chess Player profile of the legendary Mikhail Tal, one of the best Chess players of all time who also had a 175 IQ score. You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one. – Mikhail Tal.
Mikhail Tal | World Chess Hall of Fame
WEBWorld Chess. Hall of Fame. Inducted 2003. The 8th World Champion, Mikhail Tal was the fiercest attacking player ever to hold the title. As a young and irresistible force, he won the Soviet Championship in 1957 and 1958.
Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal | World Champion, Grandmaster ...
WEBMikhail Nekhemyevich Tal (born November 9, 1936, Riga, Latvia—died June 28, 1992, Moscow, Russia) was a Latvian chess grandmaster who in 1960, at the age of 23, became the youngest world chess champion when he upset the defending champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, by a score of 12 1/2 to 8 1/2.
In memory of Mikhail Tal | ChessBase
WEB11/9/2021 – The ‘Magician from Riga’, Mikhail Tal, enchanted the chess world in the 1950s and 1960s with his amazing combinations. He was ill all his life, but nevertheless belonged to the absolute top of the chess world for decades, even after losing the World Championship title.
Mikhail Tal - Chess.com
WEBJul 11, 2007 · Mikhail Tal won 11 games, drew 19 games, and lost 12 games in world championship play. His highest Elo rating was 2700. Here is a game he played where he sacrificed a knight and a queen to win the game to win the game in 21 moves.
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