The art of Tal
Friday, November 16 2012 00:00
By Zaldy Dandan – Editor
NOVEMBER 9th would have been the 76th birthday of, quite possibly, the most beloved former chess champion of the world, Latvian-Soviet GM Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal. He died from kidney failure on June 28, 1992. He was 55. Considered as the best attacking player of all time, Misha was also known as the “Magician from Riga” and the “Paganini of Chess.” Bobby Fischer considered him one of the 10 best players in history.
From 1957 to 1960, Tal was twice champion of the USSR, had the best result at the 13th Olympiad, Munich 1958, the Interzonal, the Candidates tournament, Zurich and was world champion at 23 years old. (The youngest in history, until Kasparov, then 22, won the crown in 1985.) Unfortunately, he also smoked and drank a lot and suffered from a chronic kidney ailment all his life, requiring many operations, including the removal of one of his kidneys.
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Tal was amazing.
moves missing in the game score as given:
19. … Be7
20. Qxb7+ Kd6
etc
here:
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1125166
Thanks for filling those in!
At move nr 6 is bxc3 instead Bxc3