Tal: The Chess Alchemist (hardcover) Spielmaterial balanced between understandable examples

balanced between understandable examples

while avoiding loads of opening theory

perhaps even more importantly: where do you stop

Centralization of the figures

Peter Heine Nielsen is by now a familiar name in chess circles

Tal: The Chess Alchemist (hardcover) Spielmaterial balanced between understandable examplesMikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal's most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician himself in a variety of sources, many of which have been translated