▪️ Mikhail Tal
▪️ Latvian-Soviet chess grandmaster
♦️ Mikhail Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion.
Widely regarded as a creative genius and one of the best attacking players of all time, Tal played in a daring, combinatorial style.
🔸Full name: Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal
🔸Country: Latvia
🔸Born: 9 November 1936 Riga, Latvia
🔸Died: 28 June 1992 (aged 55) Moscow, Russia
🔸Title: Grandmaster (1957)
🔸World Champion: 1960–61
🔸Peak rating: 2705 (January 1980)
♦️Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal was born in Riga, Latvia (annexed by the USSR in 1940). At 6, he learned chess from his father, a medical doctor (source: Tal interview in <Chess Life>, May 1967). He won his first Latvian Championship in 1953, and earned the title of Soviet Master the following year. In 1957, he became the youngest-ever Soviet Champion. In 1960, following a string of victories in strong tournaments (including a second consecutive Soviet Championship, the Portorož Interzonal and the Candidates in Yugoslavia), he became the youngest World Chess Champion with a match victory over Mikhail Botvinnik. This record was broken by Garry Kasparov in 1985. Suffering from poor health, he lost the rematch the next year. He never qualified for a title match again.
♦️Tal was also a noted chess journalist and author. In his autobiography, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal, he annotates 100 of his greatest games.
♦️ A memorable game by Mikhail Tal against Bobby Fischer which known "Stare Wars"👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Tal vs Robert James Fischer
▪️ Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 20, Oct-11
▪️ King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation. Normal Defense (E93)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Latvian-Soviet chess grandmaster
♦️ Mikhail Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion.
Widely regarded as a creative genius and one of the best attacking players of all time, Tal played in a daring, combinatorial style.
🔸Full name: Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal
🔸Country: Latvia
🔸Born: 9 November 1936 Riga, Latvia
🔸Died: 28 June 1992 (aged 55) Moscow, Russia
🔸Title: Grandmaster (1957)
🔸World Champion: 1960–61
🔸Peak rating: 2705 (January 1980)
♦️Mikhail Nekhemievich Tal was born in Riga, Latvia (annexed by the USSR in 1940). At 6, he learned chess from his father, a medical doctor (source: Tal interview in <Chess Life>, May 1967). He won his first Latvian Championship in 1953, and earned the title of Soviet Master the following year. In 1957, he became the youngest-ever Soviet Champion. In 1960, following a string of victories in strong tournaments (including a second consecutive Soviet Championship, the Portorož Interzonal and the Candidates in Yugoslavia), he became the youngest World Chess Champion with a match victory over Mikhail Botvinnik. This record was broken by Garry Kasparov in 1985. Suffering from poor health, he lost the rematch the next year. He never qualified for a title match again.
♦️Tal was also a noted chess journalist and author. In his autobiography, The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal, he annotates 100 of his greatest games.
♦️ A memorable game by Mikhail Tal against Bobby Fischer which known "Stare Wars"👇🏼👇🏼
▪️ Mikhail Tal vs Robert James Fischer
▪️ Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 20, Oct-11
▪️ King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation. Normal Defense (E93)
♦️ Review and download PGN file👇🏼👇🏼
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▪️ Mikhail Tal vs Robert James Fischer
▪️ Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade, YUG Candidates (1959) , rd 20, Oct-11
▪️ King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation. Normal Defense (E93)
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▪️ Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade, YUG Candidates (1959) , rd 20, Oct-11
▪️ King's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation. Normal Defense (E93)
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TataSteel2016_R1-10.pgn
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🔹Games Database of Tata Steel 2018 (Masters & Challengers) - Round 1-10
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🔹 Analyzed by Chessbase Live Servsr
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🔹 PGN format
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📕 1...d4!
A typical move in Isolated Queen Pawn Positions. Black uses the power of the diagonal battery "queen+bishop". The knight on f3 is the main defender of the White's king, and his overload is felt constantly.
A typical move in Isolated Queen Pawn Positions. Black uses the power of the diagonal battery "queen+bishop". The knight on f3 is the main defender of the White's king, and his overload is felt constantly.
📕 1.Qg3!
White offers the queens trade, because of the weakness of d5 pawn. His rooks have also placed in the better position. 1.Re5? and 1.Re3 would be met by 1...Ng4.
White offers the queens trade, because of the weakness of d5 pawn. His rooks have also placed in the better position. 1.Re5? and 1.Re3 would be met by 1...Ng4.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 243
C: B×d5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%
A: h4 – 2
👍 15%
B: Rfe1 – 1
👍 8%
👥 13 people voted so far.
C: B×d5 – 10
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 77%
A: h4 – 2
👍 15%
B: Rfe1 – 1
👍 8%
👥 13 people voted so far.
📕Unity Chess Multiple Choice 244
A: Be4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
C: Rab1 – 2
👍👍 17%
B: a5 – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
A: Be4 – 9
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 75%
C: Rab1 – 2
👍👍 17%
B: a5 – 1
👍 8%
👥 12 people voted so far.
In the international tournament organised by the Moscow Central Chess Club, November 1963, the 9th-round game between Eleazar Jiménez Zerquera (Cuba) and Vladimir Simagin (USSR).
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