Mikhail Tal's First Brilliancy? - Tal vs. Simagin, 1956

In his first Soviet Chess Championship, Mikhail Tal scored 10.5/17 and tied for fifth place - an excellent showing for a 19-year-old; however, the next year he would radically improve his score and win his first of a record six Soviet Championships. Tal's most memorable game from the championship was

The great Mikhail Tal

Tal vs. Simagin; XXIII USSR Championship(s); 1956. (text-score)

Szabó-Tal (Moscow, 1963) with annotations by Tal.

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Cover 2006.qxp - London Chess Centre

Mikhail Tal vs Vladimir Simagin - Russian Championships

The Gligorić-Tal Candidates' Quarter-final (Belgrade, 1968), with annotations by Gligorić & Tal.

Chess Notes by Edward Winter

Off the Wall Chess Trivia - Bellaire Chess Club

Did Bobby Fischer consider Mikhail Tal a friend and why? - Quora

The great Mikhail Tal

Mikhail Tal at the 'Tournament of Stars' (Montréal, 1979).

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