Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal was one of the greatest tactical geniuses ever to play the royal game. A Latvian by birth, he rocketed to the top of the chess world in the late 1950s and wrested the title from the patriarch of Soviet chess, Mikhail Botvinnik in a spectacular title match.

Mikhail Tal was one of the greatest tactical geniuses ever to play the royal game. A Latvian by birth, he rocketed to the top of the chess world in the late 1950s and wrested the title from the patriarch of Soviet chess, Mikhail Botvinnik in a spectacular title match. See less