Mikhail Tal (1936 – 1992) was a Soviet Latvian chess grand­master 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".

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