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Mikhail Tal

1936 - 1992

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Mikhail Tal

Michail Nechemevitsj Tal (Lets: Mihails Tāls) (Riga, 9 november 1936 – Moskou, 28 juni 1992) was een Lets schaker en de achtste wereldkampioen. Hij leerde de regels van het schaakspel toen hij 7 jaar oud was. Vanaf het midden van de jaren vijftig begon hij aan een razendsnelle opmars naar de wereldtop. In 1956 bereikte hij voor het eerst de finale van het kampioenschap van de Sovjet-Unie en werd daarin vijfde. Lees meer op Wikipedia

His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2024). Mikhail Tal is the 5th most popular schaker (down from 4th in 2024), the 3rd most popular biography from Latvia (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Schaker.

Mikhail Tal is most famous for his chess playing. He was a Soviet chess grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion. He was also a chess writer and a chess coach.

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Among Schakers

Among schakers, Mikhail Tal ranks 5 out of 461. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz, Bobby Fischer, Boris Spassky, and José Raúl Capablanca. After him are Alexander Alekhine, Emanuel Lasker, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Karpov, Tigran Petrosian, Max Euwe, and Garry Kasparov.

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Wilhelm Steinitz
1836 - 1900
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 1
Bobby Fischer
1943 - 2008
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 2
Boris Spassky
1937 - 2025
HPI: 78.00
Rank: 3
José Raúl Capablanca
1888 - 1942
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 4
Mikhail Tal
1936 - 1992
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 5
Alexander Alekhine
1892 - 1946
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 6
Emanuel Lasker
1868 - 1941
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 7
Mikhail Botvinnik
1911 - 1995
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 8
Anatoly Karpov
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 9
Tigran Petrosian
1929 - 1984
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 10
Max Euwe
1901 - 1981
HPI: 73.69
Rank: 11
Garry Kasparov
1963 - Present
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, Mikhail Tal ranks 11. Before him are Mario Vargas Llosa, Yves Saint Laurent, Robert Redford, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Barry Barish, and Amancio Ortega. After him are Ismail Kadare, Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy, Margaret Hamilton, Ken Loach, Valery Legasov, and Harald zur Hausen. Among people deceased in 1992, Mikhail Tal ranks 9. Before him are Grace Hopper, Alexander Dubček, Willy Brandt, Friedrich Hayek, Astor Piazzolla, and Menachem Begin. After him are Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, Francis Bacon, Barbara McClintock, Giovanni Falcone, and Li Xiannian.

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Mario Vargas Llosa
WRITER
1936 - 2025
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 5
Yves Saint Laurent
FASHION DESIGNER
1936 - 2008
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 6
Robert Redford
ACTOR
1936 - 2025
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 7
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2019
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 8
Barry Barish
PHYSICIST
1936 - Present
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 9
Amancio Ortega
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 10
Mikhail Tal
CHESS PLAYER
1936 - 1992
HPI: 75.71
Rank: 11
Ismail Kadare
WRITER
1936 - 2024
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 12
Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy
NOBLEMAN
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.44
Rank: 13
Margaret Hamilton
BUSINESSPERSON
1936 - Present
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 14
Ken Loach
FILM DIRECTOR
1936 - Present
HPI: 74.28
Rank: 15
Valery Legasov
CHEMIST
1936 - 1988
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 16
Harald zur Hausen
BIOLOGIST
1936 - 2023
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 17