Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (born 1936)

Mikhail Tal

Soviet and Latvian chess grandmaster (1936–1992)

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…