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Main Menu Home Online Chess Chess Software Theory Chess Games Database World Chess Championship        1990-2007 Fide/Pca      1948-1990 Fide        1886-1948 Pre-Fide        Unofficial Events FIDE Grand Prix Chess Tournaments Chess Curiosities Chess Informant Online Databases Chess Links Chess Archeology Chess Books Fide Ratings Banners 1948-1990 FIDE   1990 - Kasparov - Karpov (V)   1987 - Kasparov - Karpov (IV)   1986 - Karpov - Kasparov (III)   1985 - Karpov - Kasparov (II)   1984 - Karpov - Kasparov (I)   1981 - Karpov - Korchnoi   1978 - Karpov - Korchnoi   1975 - Fischer - Karpov (forfeit)   1972 - Spassky - Fischer   1969 - Petrosian - Spassky   1966 - Petrosian - Spassky   1963 - Botvinnik - Petrosian   1961 - Tal - Botvinnik   1960 - Botvinnik - Tal   1958 - Smyslov - Botvinnik   1957 - Botvinnik - Smyslov   1954 - Botvinnik - Smyslov   1951 - Botvinnik - Bronstein   1948 - FIDE Title Tournament by Mikhail Tal Editorial Review: Mikhail Tal, the 'magician from Riga,' was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and this enchanting autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career with charm and humor. by A. Raetsky, M. Chetverik Editorial Review: Mikhail Tal was simply a chess phenomenon. The magician from Riga stunned the chess world when he became the youngest ever World Champion (at that time) in 1960, and he won countless supporters for his scintillating tactical play and his infectious enthusiasm for the game.        World Chess Championship - FIDE    1979  Riga - Interzonal Tournament     View all games in full screen N°  NAME 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 TOTAL 01    Mikhail Tal 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 14.0 02    Lev Polugaevsky 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11.5 03    Adorján András ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 11.0 04    Zoltan Ribli ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 11.0 05    Oleg Romanishin 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 10.5 06    Florin Gheorghiu 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 10.5 07    Bent Larsen ½ 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 10.0 08    Gennadi Kuzmin 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 9.0 09    Vitaly Tseshkovsky 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 9.0 10    Anthony Miles 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.0 11    James Tarjan 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 8.0 12    Yehuda Gruenfeld ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 7.5 13    Ljubomir Ljubojevic 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 6.5 14    Her. Van Riemsdijk ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 5.5 15    Slim Bouaziz ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 5.5 16    Edmar Mednis 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5.5 17    Francisco Trois 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 5.0 18    Ruben Rodriguez 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 4.0         Books - Books - Mikhail Tal The Magic of Mikhail Tal - by Joe Gallagher Life & Games of Mikhail Tal - by Mikhail Tal Mikhail Tal's Best Games of Chess - by Peter H. Clarke Attack with Mikhail Tal - by Mikhail Tal, Iakov Damsky, Ken Neat

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