Mikhail Tal
by Harry Golombek
ISBN-10
184382079X
ISBN-13
9781843820796
List Price
$27.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade PaperPublisher
Hardinge Simpole LtdPublished on
Mar 1, 2004Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
5.50x0.39x8.50 Inches
Weight
0.49 Pounds
About the Book
Morphy, Charousek, Pillsbury, Fischer... the history of chess is illuminated by shooting stars who burn briefly across the chess firmament, only to vanish without trace. The parabolic career of the Latvian genius Mikhail Tal conforms all too well to this astonishing pattern. As a virtually unknown student in 1957 Tal swept aside the revered phalanxes of Soviet Grandmasters and ultimately annihilated the Red Czar of Soviet chess himself - Mikhail Botvinnik - all within a mere three year period.