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The World Champions 8 – Mikhail Tal The Chess World Champions Mikhail Tal’s reign as World Champion was brief, but his influence is as strong as ever.

The Magician from Riga captivated the chess world with his daring attacking style, fuelled by intuition and brilliant sacrifices.

His legacy is defined by his genius on the board, his charismatic personality and his belief that every chess game should be played like an inimitable poem.

The World Champions 8 – Mikhail

It has been over 20 years since the publication of the five-volume series My Great Predecessors (MGP), portraying the history of the first twelve classical World Champions.

The idea of revising the series thoroughly has been on my mind from time to time, but Everyman Chess did not show enthusiasm for the project.

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In 2021 Everyman Chess was sold to the Play Magnus Group. I recorded a video for Chessable, one of their companies, based on MGP – Volume 4, covering the career of Bobby Fischer.

Play Magnus was soon sold to Chess.com, and in 2024 Everyman Chess was sold again, this time to Chess Elevation, reviving hope that the new owner would want to update the series.

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They declined, but did re-issue the MGP series with a new layout, new cover artwork and nicer paper. These books are now available from Popular Chess –

a rebranding of the old Everyman Chess – keeping this important piece of chess literature in print for future generations. Instead of trying to rewrite MGP,

Chess Elevation suggested that I should work with a new team on a new series, with the same topic, approached differently, keeping MGP with Popular Chess and releasing

the new series under Chess Elevation. For the MGP series, I worked with Alexander Shakarov and Dmitry Plisetsky, and was happy with the outcome.

I want to use this chance to thank them once again.

The World Champions 8 – Mikhail

Garry Kasparov holds the longest reign as World Champion in the modern era, as well as the longest run atop the rating list. He was a lifelong friend of Tal.

Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is widely considered one of the greatest chess authors and trainers of his generation.

Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam is the premier chess journalist of our age and the Chief Editor of New In Chess Magazine

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