Mikhail Tal WHAT A PLAYER

Mikhail Tal WHAT A PLAYER

 Mikhail Tal is the eight-world chess champion, and he reigned for, and he was world champions from 1960-1961 yes only for one year because he lost it back to Botvinnik after that year. 

Date of birth /how he died

He was born in Riga, Latvia, on November 9, 1936, and passed away in 1992 at the age of 55. His death was due to excessive smoking and drinking, which resulted in kidney failure.

Achievements

Youngest world champion:

Mikhail Tal became the World Chess Champion at 23, the youngest to achieve the title at that time.

Unbeaten Streak

Also, another one of his records is that he went unbeaten for 95 games he won 46 and drew 49 until ding Liren broke the record going unbeaten for 100 games. impressive unbeaten streak went for 95 games winning 46 and drew 49 until ding Liren beat hit record with 29 wins and 71 draws.

Soviet Union Champion

He was Soviet Union champion in 1958, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1975 ,1978.

High-Speed World Blitz Champion: Tal won the high-speed world blitz championship in Canada in 1988.

Book Author

  Mikhail Tal is also a good author authorising several books including the life and games of Mikhail Tal, and Mikhail Tal vs Botvinnik in the 1960 world championship match.