Tal the Magnificent

003 Photo: Tal at Cannes 1989

PART ONE

005 Chapter One: Biography

006 Chapter Two: The road to the Title

019 Chapter Three: Life after Championship

PART TWO-GAMES

032 Tal vs Simagin, Leningrad 1956

040 Tal vs Tolush, Moscow 1957

046 M. Bobotsov vs Tal, Bulgaria 1958

051 Tal vs Geller, Riga 1958

058 Tal vs Panno, Portoroz 1958

066 Tal vs Smyslov, Bled 1959

071 Tal vs M. Botvinnik, Moskow 1960

075 M. Botvinnik vs Tal, Moscow 1960

083 Toran vs Tal, Oberhausen 1961

087 Tal vs H. Hecht, Varna 1962

094 Tal vs Letelier, Havana 1963

099 V. Smyslov vs Tal, Moscow 1964

107 Tal vs. Larsen, Bled 1965

115 I. Bilek vs Tal, Moscow 1967

120 Tal vs J. Donner, Wijk aan Zee 1968

125 Tal vs B. Gurgenidze, Alma-Ata 1968-9

130 V. Tukmakov vs Tal, Moscow 1969

135 G. Barcza vs Tal, Tallinn 1971

138 B. Spassky vs Tal, Tallinn 1973

144 Tal vs U. Andersson, Stockholm 1976

149 Tal vs R. Byrne, Biel 1976

154 Tal vs B. Larsen, Las Palmas 1977

160 Tal vs D. Velimirovic, Yugoslavia 1979

166 I. Polugayevsky vs Tal, Riga 1979

171 B. Spassky vs Tal, Montreal 1979

175 Tal vs J. Flesch, Lvov 1981

181 Tal vs K. Grigorian, Erevan 1982

186 Tal vs l. Ftacnik, Naestved 1985

191 Tal vs J. Hjartarson, Reykjavik 1987

197 Tal vs J. Speelman, Reykjavik 1988

202 Dedication