Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal's most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician himself in a variety of sources, many of which have been translated into English for the very first time here.

Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal’s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician himself in a variety of sources, many of which have been translated into English for the very first time here.

De tous les champions du monde, Mikha l Tal, "le magicien de Riga", fut le plus grand attaquant. Dans cette autobiographie, il retrace sa carri re extraordinaire avec charme et humour. De sant fragile, la vie de Tal sur le circuit chiqu en fut ponctu e par de fr quents s jours l'h pital cause de probl mes r naux chroniques. Cependant, aucun ennui de sant ne put jamais mousser son amour pour le jeu d' checs et son g nie sur l' chiquier. Tal analyse ses parties captivantes en les jalonnant d'anecdotes qu'il raconte un interviewer imaginaire. Sans faux-semblants, il voque les hauts et les bas de ses rencontres contre tous les meilleurs joueurs du monde avec beaucoup d'objectivit . Les annotations de Tal sont particuli rement p n trantes et le lecteur apprendra beaucoup en coutant Tal expliquer comment il pr parait ses rencontres, puis l'entendre raconter les rebondissements psychologiques durant celles-ci. Ce second tome contient l'autobiographie de Tal apr s la perte de son titre de champion du monde en 1961. Une oeuvre qui a fait date dans la litt rature chiqu enne.

THE SEVENTH EDITION OF TAl'S CLASSIC WORK "Mikhail Tal's splendid account of his world championship match victory is one of the masterpieces of the golden age of annotation -- before insights and feelings and flashes of genius were reduced to mere moves and Informant symbols. This is simply the best book written about a world championship match by a contestant. That shouldn't be a surprise because Tal was the finest writer to become world champion." -- International Grandmaster and popular chess columnist Andy Soltis. In 1960 Mikhail Botvinnik was the pillar of "scientific" chess and the iron-willed champion of the world. The young attacking genius Mikhail Tal, the "Wizard of Riga," put the magic back into the game by defeating Botvinnik with spectacular tactics in one of the most dramatic and celebrated world championship matches of all time. This is Tal's own classic work on the contest. In it he sets the stage and explains every one of the 21 games, telling both the on- and off-the-board story of this titanic clash of styles and thought. This seventh edition is supplemented by German grandmaster Karsten M ller's new Foreword and a moving essay by former USCF Executive Director Al Lawrence. Find out why this book is widely regarded as one of the best chess books every written...

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

All the Everyman Chess books are organized in a structured style and are also presented in a series of levels. The styles encompass Openings (O); Games Collections ((G); and Training (T). The levels are arranged as follows: Children [C]; Novice (N); Club (C); and Advanced (A).