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 (November 9, 1936 – June 28, 1992) was a Soviet Latvian chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion (from 1960 to 1961)., Widely

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GM Marian Petrov is here to go through some of Tal's best games and show what an attacking monster he was, right up there with Alekhine and Kasparov.

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