Product Information
Mikhail Tal was simply a chess phenomenon. The magician from Riga stunned the chess world when he became the youngest ever World Champion (at that time) in 1960, and he won countless supporters for his scintillating tactical play and his infectious enthusiasm for the game. As former World Champion Vassily Smyslov once noted, Tal's appearance in chess had the effect of an exploding bomb, since his style of play was distinguished by extraordinary combinative brilliance. In this book Raetsky and Chetverik revisit Tal's brilliant victories. The authors have carefully picked his most famous and instructive games and combinations, ones which set the chess world alight with admiration. A study of this tactical genius is sure to entertain and benefit the aspiring chess student. *Includes Tal's most brilliant sacrificial attacks *Ideal for the attacking-minded chess player *Perfect for sharpening tactical abilityProduct Identifiers
PublisherEveryman Chess
ISBN-139781857443653
eBay Product ID (ePID)148996967
Product Key Features
Book TitleMikhail Tal: Tactical Genius
AuthorMaxim Chetverik, Alexander Der Raetsky
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicBoard Games
Publication Year2004
Dimensions
Item Height235mm
Item Width152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorMaxim Chetverik, Alexander Der Raetsky
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom