Mikhail Tal
Mikhail Tal was a Soviet and Latvian chess player and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential players in chess history. Tal played in an attacking and daring combinatorial style. His play was known above all for improvisation and unpredictability. Vladislav Zubok said of him, "Every game for him was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem".
Tournaments won by Mikhail Tal
| Tournament | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| World Blitz Chess Championship | 1988 | Saint John (Canada) |
| Konex Master Chess Tournament | 1987 | Buenos Aires (Argentina) |
| Tallinn International | 1983 | Tallinn (Estonia) |
| Tallinn | 1983 | Tallinn |
| Chigorin Memorial | 1982 | Sochi |
| Sochi | 1982 | Sochi |
| Tallinn International | 1981 | Tallinn (Estonia) |
| Montreal | 1979 | Montreal |
| Riga (Interzonal Tournament) | 1979 | Riga |
| 1978 USSR Chess Championship | 1978 | Tbilisi |
| Chigorin Memorial | 1977 | Sochi |
| Tallinn International | 1977 | Tallinn (Estonia) |
| Leningrad | 1977 | Leningrad |
| Sochi | 1977 | Sochi |
| 1974 USSR Chess Championship | 1974 | Leningrad |
| Chigorin Memorial | 1973 | Sochi |
| Tallinn International | 1973 | Tallinn (Estonia) |
| Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee | 1973 | Wijk aan Zee (Netherlands) |
| Hastings | 1973 | Hastings (England) |
| Tallinn | 1973 | Tallinn |
| Sochi | 1973 | Sochi |
| 1972 USSR Chess Championship | 1972 | Baku |
| Tallinn International | 1971 | Tallinn (Estonia) |
| Tallinn | 1971 | Tallinn |
| Gori | 1968 | Gori |
| 1967 USSR Chess Championship | 1967 | Kharkiv |
| Reykjavik Open | 1964 | Reykjavik (Iceland) |
| Amsterdam (Interzonal Tournament) | 1964 | Amsterdam |
| Hastings | 1963 | Hastings (England) |
| Bled | 1961 | Bled |
| World Chess Championship 1960 | 1960 | Moscow (Soviet Union) |
| Candidates Tournament 1959 | 1959 | Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade (Yugoslavia) |
| Zurich | 1959 | Zurich |
| Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade (Candidates Tournament) | 1959 | Bled/Zagreb/Belgrade |
| 1958 USSR Chess Championship | 1958 | Riga |
| Portorož (Interzonal Tournament) | 1958 | Portorož |
| 1957 USSR Chess Championship | 1957 | Moscow |
Photo:
E. Ekekyan
Born: Monday, November 9, 1936
Died: Monday, June 29, 1992