The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal

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Everyman Chess
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars from Amazon
Author: Mikhail Tal
Pages: 468 pages
Publisher: Everyman Chess, 1997
Language: English
ISBN - 13: 9781857442021

Mikhail Tal, the "Magician from Riga", was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and this enchanting autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career with charm and humor.

Dazzling games are interspersed throughout with anecdotes and witty self-interviews, and in typically objective fashion he relates both the downs and ups of his encounters.

An inveterate smoker and drinker, Tal's life on the circuit was punctuated by bouts in hospital with kidney problems, but nothing could dull his love for chess and his sheer genius on the chessboard.

His illustrious tournament record, up to his death in 1992, is included here in full, along with 100 complete games and nearly as many positions.

Tal's annotations in this book are a world apart from ordinary games collections.

No reader could fail to be swept along by his passion and vitality as he sets the scene for an encounter and then recounts every psychological twist and turn.

"Mikhail Tal was a remarkable man. His brilliant successes in the years leading up to his World Championship victory excited the chess world; his very name became synonymous with brilliance and attacking flair.

The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal is one of those rare chess books which is not only splendidly instructive, but also conveys a real impression of the author's personality."

John Nunn

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