Mikhail Tal

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Daniel3

Does anyone know if The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal is worth it? It's expensive (about $25) and I heaar it's not that much of an instructive book.

Sigmarsson

One of the all-time classics.  You can read it as an autobiography of one of the most beloved players of all time; as a study manual with some amazing sacrifices; or both!

Highly recommended!

batgirl

Ditto.
Possibly one of the best and most readable chess books ever written, proving Tal was incomparable on so many levels.

victhestick

Without a doubt one of the top ten, probably top five

books relating to chess.

Daniel3

Cool! Matbe I'll pick it up sometime then.