The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal: Learn from the Legend - Couverture souple

Muller, Karsten; Stulze, Raymund

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 9056914006 ISBN 13 : 9789056914004

Editeur : New in Chess, 2012

Synopsis

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.

A special feature are the contributions from many prominent grandmasters like Spassky, Yusupov, Huebner, Uhlmann and Kramnik, who describe their personal impressions and games with the 8th world champion. The result is both an intimate portrait of Mikhail Tal and an instructive guide for lovers of his legendary combinational style.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. Karsten Muller and Raymund Stolze have created an instructional chess tactics guide by explaining the secrets of Tal s breathtaking combinations. The authors have selected from his games one hundred exercises which will teach amateurs how they can finish a game with a stunning sacrifice. As a special feature prominent grandmasters like Spassky, Yusupov and Kramnik describe their personal impressions and games with Tal. The result is both an intimate portrait of Mikhail Tal and an instructive guide.

Biographie de l'auteur

Karsten Müller (1970) is a mathematician and a chess grandmaster from hamburg. He is a prolific writer whose books include the bestselling Bobby Fischer: Career and Complete games and The modern Scandinavian. Raymund Stolze (1945)is a chess trainer and journalist who lives in Berlin.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: New in Chess
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9056914006
• ISBN 13: 9789056914004
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible