Mikhail Tal
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His nickname was "Misha", a diminutive for Mikhail, and he earned the nickname "The Magician from Riga". Both ''The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games'' and ''Modern Chess Brilliancies'' include more games by Tal than any other player. He also held the record for the longest unbeaten streak in competitive chess history with 95 games (46 wins, 49 draws) between 23 October 1973 and 16 October 1974, until Ding Liren's streak of 100 games (29 wins, 71 draws) between 9 August 2017 and 11 November 2018. In addition, Tal was a highly regarded chess writer.
Tal died on 28 June 1992 in Moscow, Russia. The Mikhail Tal Memorial chess tournament has been held in Moscow annually since 2006. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Gerard Elberg, Sigal Liraz-Zaltsman, Fanny Reichert, Takashi Matozaki, Michael Tal, Shlomo RotshenkerGet full text
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3by Lena Muchnik, Asad Adawi, Ariel Ohayon, Shahar Dotan, Itai Malka, Shalhevet Azriel, Marilou Shagan, Maxim Portnoi, Daniel Kafka, Hannie Nahmani, Angel Porgador, Johnatan M. Gershoni, Donald A. Morrison, Andrea Mitchell, Michael Tal, Ronald Ellis, Ron Dagan, Yaffa Mizrachi NebenzahlGet full text
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4by Lena Muchnik, Asad Adawi, Ariel Ohayon, Shahar Dotan, Itai Malka, Shalhevet Azriel, Marilou Shagan, Maxim Portnoi, Daniel Kafka, Hannie Nahmani, Angel Porgador, Jonathan M Gershoni, Donald A Morrison, Andrea Mitchell, Michael Tal, Ronald Ellis, Ron Dagan, Yaffa Mizrachi NebenzahlGet full text
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5by Lena Muchnik, Asad Adawi, Ariel Ohayon, Shahar Dotan, Itai Malka, Shalhevet Azriel, Marilou Shagan, Maxim Portnoi, Daniel Kafka, Hannie Nahmani, Angel Porgador, Johnatan M. Gershoni, Donald A. Morrison, Andrea Mitchell, Michael Tal, Ronald Ellis, Ron Dagan, Yaffa Mizrachi NebenzahlGet full text
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6by Yaffa Mizrachi Nebenzahl, Karin Blau, Tatyana Kushnir, Marilou Shagan, Maxim Portnoi, Aviad Cohen, Shalhevet Azriel, Itai Malka, Asad Adawi, Daniel Kafka, Shahar Dotan, Gali Guterman, Shany Troib, Tali Fishilevich, Jonathan M Gershoni, Alex Braiman, Andrea M Mitchell, Timothy J Mitchell, Nurith Porat, Inna Goliand, Vered Chalifa Caspi, Edwin Swiatlo, Michael Tal, Ronald Ellis, Natalie Elia, Ron DaganGet full text
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