Mikhail Nekhemyevich Tal: Quick Facts


Facts

Born November 9, 1936 • Riga • Soviet Union
Died June 28, 1992 (aged 55) • Moscow
Awards And Honors International Grandmaster (1957)

Garry Kasparov in 2019, wearing a light gray jacket over a black shirt, looking at the camera with a neutral expression.
Garry Kasparov
Soviet-born chess player
Boris Spassky
Boris Spassky
Russian chess player
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Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik
Soviet chess player
Viktor Korchnoi.
Viktor Korchnoi
Russian chess grandmaster
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Nona Gaprindashvili
Soviet chess player
Chiburdanidze, Maya
Maya Chiburdanidze
Soviet chess player
Gukesh Dommaraju
Gukesh Dommaraju
Indian chess player
Viswanathan Anand wearing glasses, a blue suit jacket, and a checkered shirt, standing in front of a black-and-white chessboard pattern background.
Viswanathan Anand
Indian chess player
Susan Polgar.
Susan Polgar
American chess player
Zhu Chen
Zhu Chen
Chinese chess player
Stefanova, Antoaneta
Antoaneta Stefanova
Bulgarian chess player
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Olga Nikolayevna Rubtsova
Russian chess player
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Xu Yuhua
Chinese chess player
Hou Yifan.
Hou Yifan
Chinese chess player
Karpov, Anatoly Yevgenyevich
Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov
Russian chess player
Petrosyan, Tigran Vartanovich
Tigran Vartanovich Petrosyan
Soviet chess player
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Aron Nimzowitsch
Latvian chess player
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Vasily Vasilyevich Smyslov
Russian chess master
Magnus Carlsen
Magnus Carlsen
Norwegian chess player
Ding Liren
Ding Liren
Chinese chess player