The commentator Genna Sosonko, an old friend of Tal and author of the evocative book Russian Silhouettes, said bluntly that, if Tal was a young man today, he would never have taken up chess ...

Mikhail Tal (1936-1992), a Soviet/Latvian chess player, was an interesting man. He was a grandmaster at 21, a world champion at 23 (that record has since ...

Clarke learned Russian during his national service and translated many chess books, as well as writing the biographies of Mikhail Tal and Tigran Petrosian. He also authored, or collaborated on ...

In the World Championship game of Mikhail Botvinnik vs Mikhail Tal, which appears below, black’s amazing 21st move has been discussed ever since it was played. Those who are familiar with Tal ...

Magnus Carlsen has won the Mikhail Tal Chess Memorial second time in a row. He had also pulled up a crucial victory in the last round against Hikaru Nakamura in 2011 as well. You can take a look ...