Magic of Mikhail Tal

by Joe Gallagher

Overview

In this book Grandmaster Joe Gallagher takes a fresh look at Tal's games and career, focusing on the previously neglected period from 1975 to 1992 during which he played some of his most accomplished chess. Despite periodic bouts of ill-health Tal occupied a place in the world's top ten for most of this period, winning many top-class events and securing dozens of wonderful victories, many of which are annotated in detail here.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857442663
Publisher:	Everyman Chess
Publication date:	01/01/2001
Series:	Everyman Chess Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joe Gallagher is a highly respected author of numerous best-selling chess books including being co-author of the single volume openings work Nunn's Chess Openings

Table of Contents

	Bibliography	5
	Preface	7
	Introduction: The Early Years	9
Chapter 1	1975-1978: Ups and Downs	37
1	Butnorius-Tal, USSR Team Championship, Riga 1975	40
2	Tal-Stean, Moscow 1975	45
3	Doroshkievich-Tal, 43rd USSR Championship, Yerevan 1975	48
4	Tal-Sosonko, Wijk aan Zee 1976	51
5	Tal-Andersson, Stockholm 1976	54
6	Hubner-Tal, Biel Interzonal 1976	60
7	Tal-Larsen, Las Palmas 1977	64
8	Tal-Dorfman, USSR Championship, Tbilisi 1978	68
Chapter 2	1979: Some Great Results	74
9	Sax-Tal, Tallinn 1979	76
10	Tal-Rantanen, Tallinn 1979	80
11	Tal-Larsen, Montreal 1979	83
12	Spassky-Tal, Montreal 1979	86
13	Tal-Hubner, Montreal 1979	91
14	Tal-Velimirovic, USSR-Yugoslavia, Teslic (1st matchgame) 1979	96
15	Polugayevsky-Tal, Riga Interzonal 1979	101
16	Gheorghiu-Tal, Riga Interzonal 1979	107
Chapter 3	1980-1984: Mixed Results	113
17	Tal-Spassky, Tilburg 1980	119
18	Tal-Flesch, Lvov 1981	124
19	Tal-Van der Wiel, Wijk aan Zee 1982	129
20	Tal-Grigorian, Yerevan 1982	132
21	Tal-Van der Wiel, Moscow Interzonal 1982	137
22	Tal-Ftacnik, Sochi 1982	140
23	Tal-Chandler, Sochi 1982	146
24	Tal-Andersson, Malmo (1st matchgame) 1983	151
Chapter 4	1985-1986: Improvement - A Candidate Again	156
25	Tal-Ftacnik, Naestved 1985	160
26	Tal-Korchnoi, Montpellier Candidates 1985	164
27	Ribli-Tal, Montpellier Candidates 1985	169
Chapter 5	1987-1988: Playing with the Good Guys Again	173
28	Tal-Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1987	177
29	Tal-Speelman, Subotica Interzonal 1987	183
30	Tal-Ivanovic, St John 1988	187
31	Tal-Zaitschik, Tbilisi 1988	191
32	Tal-Speelman, Reykjavik 1988	196
Chapter 6	1989-1992: The Final Years	200
33	Tal-Lautier, Barcelona 1992	204
34	Tal-Akopian, Barcelona 1992	210
	What They Said About Tal	216
	Index of Games	219
	Career Record from 1975	221