Elegy about Michael Tal

Don`t forget about Tal.

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• Tal
• chess
• schach
• szachy

[dondiegoparis]

"My head is filled with sun." Those were his words when he became WC. Our hearts are filled with the sun of your games Micha!

[CubanColonel]

Misha, I lack the words to properly describe what your games and legacy mean to this humble and mortal follower of the path you lightened. Your chess jewels will forever be proof that God walked among us and decided to taught us how to play chess. Honor and glory to you, Misha! Chess pieces live and breathe through your games. Thank you for your legacy!

[DavidVIIIcool]

@laputadetumadre11 Tal was sick even in his youth, look at his kidney operation in 1961, well before the effects of smoking and drinking really set in

[gotaids]

@laputadetumadre11 What about my post led you to believe that I was a "hipster asshole?" Or do you just add whatever descriptors you find most fun to your sentences? I may have been misinformed, but you are clearly a dickwad.

[laputadetumadre11]

@gotaids no you hipster asshole, its well known that drinking and smoking killed him.

[gotaids]

@samirhossain Although drinking and smoking are definitely not trademarks of healthy living, I don't think that was what did him in... I could easily be wrong, but I can assume it might have had a lot to do with genetic conditions and other factors.

[AlexDraifinger]

Tal was the greatest attacking chess player. His brilliancy transcends the spirit of what chess is all about. It is about creating something out of nothing , and that can only take place between people not machines. His games are mesmerizing and as brilliant the other world chaps were , Tal was the most inspiring and probably inspired Fischer and Kasparov.

[PhillipCreeper]

A great man and chessplayer. He would no doubt had been world champion longer had it not been for bad health.

[Horace3157]

Tal il migliore giocatore degli ultimi 100 anni, purtroppo non supportato da una buona salute. Viva Tal.

[legalrule]

@cibrashers

Thank you for the info!!

Yes! He was Jewish I just got the info from a Rabbi! I think he was one of the all time greats too bad he was stuck in Russia where the state controlled the game.

Take care

[cibrashers]

@legalrule 1. "short" is relative. 2. Yes, he had a deformed right hand. You rarely get to see it in photos because he was very self conscious about it. 3. Not sure if he was Jewish, but seems like I've heard that too

[DerPingelige]

A wonderful chessplayer and person.