Biography
Mikhail Tal Ros Ros to Wunderkind and managed to find the use of its outstanding intellectual abilities in chess. He became famous thanks to the bright victories and the unique style of the game.Childhood and youth
Mikhail Tal was born on November 9, 1936 in Riga, but was a Jew for national origin. Celebrity parents had to each other with cousins and sisters, but some sources claim that the biological father of the boy was someone Robert, who later became the second husband of his mother.
Misha from birth had weak health. In childhood, he suffered meningitis and until the end of his life suffered from kidney disease. Fortunately, this did not affect the mental abilities of the future chess player. He early learned to read, and in 5 years he knew how to multiply large numbers.
Tal possessed excellent memory and could quote excerpts from books. It is not surprising that little genius took school immediately into the 3rd grade. After her graduation, Mikhail was educated at the University of Riga, where he was a student of the Philological Faculty.
Personal life
Legends went about the personal life of the grandmaster. He was attributed to novels with such famous women as the world Koltsov and Larisa Sobolevskaya. The first big love Mikhail became the actress Sally Landau, with which he met at the celebration of the New Year. The lovers got married in 1958, and soon the chosen was gave birth to Talu Son. But the marriage could not stand the test of strength - she lasted 12 years and ended with divorce.After that, the chess player married Georgian Ira, with which a lush wedding played in her homeland. As a result, it turned out that for the girl the marriage was fictitious, she just wanted to attract the attention of her men, which still managed.
Angelina Petukhova became the next wife of the celebrity. She struggled for the arrangement of the family nest and gave birth to her daughter to Jeanne, but still could not keep him. The last love grandmaster was Marina Filatova, who was with him until the last day of life.
Chess
Mikhail began to play chess under the influence of his father, but really carried away by them only after he was defeated from the relative who came to visit the relative. Tal attended classes at the Poland of Pioneers, where he was engaged in the leadership of Janis Kruzkops, and the teenager began to participate in competitions.
Even before the age of majority, Mikhail received the status of the Republic of the Republic, and in 1957 he won the USSR Championship and became a grandmaster. Then he demonstrated a brilliant game on the European Championship, after which he was waiting for a blow to the death of his father. Because of the experiences, Thale took their legs, and only the support of the mother and love for chess returned him to love for life.
After that, the player put himself a goal to get to the World Cup. He showed himself at the contender tournament and met with the current champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who won the victory over. In his youth, the chess player was distinguished by an aggressive style of the game and easily walked on a risk than called the audience.
Tal knew how to confuse the opponent, pushing on rampant actions, which brought him an advantage. Some even argued that the man owns hypnosis, because it is no wonder he looks so closely looking to the enemy. Because of this, Pal Benko once came to the game with glasses, but it was not saved.
In the status of the world champion, Mikhail stayed for a long time and next year he lost Botvinnik in the match-revenge. At this time, his health problems were aggravated, and soon the grandmaster could no longer live without painkillers and tablets. They even rumored that the chess player uses drugs. At the lecture, he was directly asked, Morphinist whether he, but the player jokingly called himself "Chigorins", making a reference to the Semi Morphy and Mikhail Chigorin.
Over the years, Tal only improved the style of the game, demonstrating technical skills. He spent his best batch games, playing with Bjurry Brown Claussen at the Olympics in 1966 and fighting American Cathy Forbes. A bright moment was the victory at the World Championships in the Blitz, where Mikhail Nehemeyevich walked around Harry Kasparov. The grandmaster actively participated in international competitions and repeatedly won the USSR championship, remaining faithful chess until the end of the life.
Death
Mikhail Nehhemeyvich died in June 1992, the cause of death was the complications of the disease. A month before that, he played the last batch at the Moscow Championship, where he took 3rd place. Celebrity's grave is located in Riga at the Schmerley Jewish cemetery. In memory of him, photos and statements that became aphorisms remained.Memory
- Documentary film "Mikhail Tal. 20 years later "1980
- In the Verper Park in Riga a monument to Mikhail Taly
- Mikhail Tal Street in Riga
- Mail stamp dedicated to Talu
- Since 2006, a chess tournament is held in Moscow - Tale Memorial
- Museum of Chess Glory named after Mikhail Tal in the town of City Chess
Bibliography
- 1961 - "Match Botvinnik Tal"
- 1978 - "In the fire of attack"
- 1983 - "When Figures come to life"
- 2005 - "Success Components"
- 2006 - "On the Altar Kaisa"