Mikhail Tal (1936-1992), a Soviet/Latvian chess player, was an interesting man. He was a grandmaster at 21, a world champion at 23 (that record has since been broken by Garry Kasparov who won the ...

Mikhail Tal, the “magician from Riga”, was world champion for one year but he has become one of the greatest legends, a true genius. Tal had creative imagination in abundance, helped by a fantastic ...

I have met many fine chess players in my time, but very few I would deign to describe as geniuses: Mikhail Tal was one of them. He was a pitiable physical specimen, short and oligodactyl since birth, ...

It seems chess goddess Caissa is particularly kind to world chess #1 Norway’s, Magnus Carlsen as not only did the talented genius pull off a crucial last-round victory, but the overnight leader ...

Mikhail Tal From a Far is a documentary exploring the unpredictable and tragic life of the genius world chess champion Mikhail Tal Rigas native son Mikhail Tal becomes the youngest world chess ...

The games of yesteryear which are considered elegant masterpieces were contested without the assistance of computers. When we re-examine them with assistance of technology we realize they are ...

Can Magnus Carlsen defeat the legendary Tal? 0:00 Intro 1:40 Game 1 9:03 Game 2 21:34 Game 3 30:55 Game 4 #chess #chessgaming #chessstrategy ...