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Mikhail Tal’s Best Games 2 – The World Champion In this, the second of three volumes, award-
winning author Tibor Károlyi continues his groundbreaking exploration of Tal’s sparkling career.
Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated chess players of all time, and in 1960 he demolished
Botvinnik to become the youngest ever World Champion at the time, at the age of twenty-three.
The World Champion
This book examines some of the golden years of Tal’s career, from 1960 to 1971. Despite losing his
world title in a return match against Botvinnik, Tal remained one of the strongest, not to mention
most popular and entertaining, players in the world. As in the first volume, cutting-edge chess
analysis is complemented by the engaging story of Tal’s life and career. The book also contains
numerous anecdotes from famous players who share their memories of the Magician from Riga.
Mikhail Tal’s Best Games
International Master Tibor Károlyi was Hungarian Champion in 1984 and is renowned as both an
author and a trainer. He won the Guardian Book of the Year prize in 2007.
Another nice touch is that Karolyi has asked many of Tal’s opponents about the games they played
with Tal and their impressions of Tal, which adds an extra human dimension to the book.
Tibor Károlyi
But of course, the most important thing about all these books are the games and the analysis and for
both I have only the fullest admiration. Perhaps the most impressive thing about Karolyi’s
annotations is that he doesn’t only focus on brilliant Tal attacks, but also spends a lot of time on
many of the weird and wonderful endgames that arose as a result of his sacrifices.
It feels a little bit like overdoing things to give 5 stars to a set of three books, but if any Best Games collection has ever deserved it, then this one has! Don’t waste any time: get down to the bookshop and enjoy!.
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