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Mikhail Tal: The Shooting Star of Chess
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The Shooting Star of Chess
Morphy, Charousek, Pillsbury, Fischer... the history of chess is illuminated by shooting stars who burn briefly across the chess firmament, only to vanish without trace. The parabolic career of the Latvian genius Mikhail Tal conforms all too well to this astonishing pattern.
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The Shooting Star of Chess
Morphy, Charousek, Pillsbury, Fischer... the history of chess is illuminated by shooting stars who burn briefly across the chess firmament, only to vanish without trace. The parabolic career of the Latvian genius Mikhail Tal conforms all too well to this astonishing pattern. As a virtually unknown student in 1957 Tal swept aside the revered phalanxes of Soviet Grandmasters and ultimately annihilated the Red Czar of Soviet chess himself - Mikhail Botvinnik - all within a mere three year period. Yet, within a further two years, Tal had been crushed by Botvinnik in their revenge match and then finished in a share of last place in the Candidates' Tournament won by Tigran Petrosian.
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- Casa editrice Hardinge Simpole
- Code TSSOC
- Pagine 163
- Isbn 9781843820796