Mikhail Tal had 3 fingers

I just recently found out that Tal had the congenital deformity of ectrodactyly in his right hand or “Lobster-Claw Syndrome”. That is, he had only 3 fingers on his right hand.

Does anyone else know of any other "landmarks" about famous GM's?

yes, he had something like this ;)

GM Danny Gormally (England) suffers from depression and punched GM Aronian in the face, cos aronian danced with Arianne Caoili and Gormally fancies her...^_^ proffesionals...

Supposedly Tal's deformity was symmetrical and his right foot was the same.

wow really????

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/TalVisitByFischer.jpg

Ectrodactyly means "monster fingers", so even scientists are insensitive? Apparently he had no problem handling the pieces! We have a friend with both hands affected, no big deal.

edited moderator AndrewSmith 

My favorite Tal quote: "You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."

Someone described Tal, as wrestler which you throw, and beat, and strangle and after only one moment, one move, he is on top of you, and wining.

I have game that perfectly illustrate that statement, but I will need to look for it when I'm home.

Despite this, I hear he played the piano like a boss.

wow I never knew this 

he has 5 but they are mixed up which makes them look like 3

Emanuel Lasker reportedly could smoke a cigar through his penile meatus :-o

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-the-most-attacking-chess-player-in-the-world-Mikhail-Tal-had-3-fingers-in-his-right-hand

Proof positive!

As far as I know Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch the German grandmaster had a club foot. Thankfully in each case they were relatively mild disabilities. 

Is it true Tal had a cameo role in the Tom Cruise's 2005 "War of the Worlds"?