Mikhail Tal, the former world champion who recently died in Moscow at the age of 55, was an authentic genius of chess. So awesome were his mental powers that one famous grandmaster complained that ...

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 ...

Mikhail Tal was world champion for only one year but the "magician from Riga" has gained the accolade of "genius" more than any other player in chess history because of the imaginative fantasies ...