The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal: Learn from the Legend
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Overview
Mikhail Tal was one of the greatest geniuses of chess history. The magician from Riga, as he was known because of his dazzling attacking games, took the chess world by storm and in 1961, at the age of twenty-three, he won the world championship.
His sacrificial style made Tal immensely popular with chess players all over the world. In this book Grandmaster Karsten Muller and chess journalist Raymund Stolze have created an instructional chess tactics guide by investigating and explaining the secrets of his breathtaking combinations. Moreover, the authors have selected from the games Tal played one hundred exercises which will teach amateurs how they can finish a game with a stunning sacrifice.
If you love Tal, you’ll love this book. If you love solving puzzles, you’ll love this book. If you love chess history, you’ll love this book. An instant classic that’s suitable for players of all ratings (beginner to grandmaster).
--Jeremy Silman; How to Reasses Your Chess
I am really thrilled by this book, everything is spot-on.
--Martin Rieger; Rochade Europa
There is much to be enjoyed and years of training material provided. The pen portraits are icing on the cake content-wise and will bring a fresh perspective for many readers who will feel as if they have come to know Tal on a more personal level.
--Michael McGuerty; ChessCafe
A combination of biography and tactics manual, and this makes it quite interesting indeed. A very special book, both very instructive and enjoyable for all generations of chess players.
--Peter Doggers; ChessVibes
Exceptional, instructive and entertaining.
--KARL Magazine
- Title: The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal: Learn from the Legend
- Authors: Karsten Muller, Raymund Stulze
- Publisher: New In Chess
- Print Publication Date: 2014
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 336
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9789056914561, 9789056914004, 9056914006, 9056914561
- Resource ID: LLS:9789056914561
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-05-02T07:32:55Z