Remembering Mihail Tal

Today, 9th November 2016, Mihail Tal would have celebrated his 80th birthday. Tal is one of the most popular World Champions though he reigned only for one year. But this short time on the chess throne was enough to secure him a special place in the history of chess. Not only because of his magical games but also because of his kind and modest nature. His opponents feared the magician from Riga, his fans admired him. The German chess journalist Dagobert Kohlmeyer knew Tal well <a href="[Post:view_link]">and shares memories.</a>

Mikhail Tal And The Modern Benoni

Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Mikhail Tal 1959

Mikhail Tal

Palau Chess: (1954) TRIBUTE TO MIKHAIL TAL by Emil Sutovsky, FIDE

Tal's last game

simul with Mikhail Tal

Chess News

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Mikhail Tal - Wikipedia

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Tal's last game

The chess games of Mikhail Botvinnik

Nezhmetdinov-Tal (29th USSR-ch, Baku 1961), with annotations by

60 years ago: Botvinnik wins return match against Tal