which mikail is better?

Goodbye / Tal was more loved, more gifted, and more ingenious than Botvinnik. This is no contest. Tal's style influenced a greater number of chess players then just about any other Champion! His aggressive sacrificial style made chess even more exciting and fun than it already was with us chess enthusiasts. Tal was second to none / He was a creative genius as were other champions I could name ... including Fisher, Kasparov, and Magnus.

both great players obviously. Ill vote for Tal though.

Tal gets points for battling bad health. When I look at Botvinnik games and the other guy makes a bad move I am picturing the KGB standing in the corner nodding approvingly

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I will keep on trolling!  Thanks.

And I hereby vote for Kevin Mikail!

thanx for the entertainment

You're welcome!

And speaking of entertainment:  if Tal was here, he'd probably do card tricks for us or something.  What would Botvinnik do?  Probably just go off in a corner and read.