Shahmatnoe tvorchestvo. 1968-1973

Tal' Mihail Nehem'evich (9.11.1936-28.06.1992) vos'moy chempion mira (1960-1961), mezhdunarodnyy grossmeyster (1957). Chempion Latvii 1953, 1965 gg. Chempion SSSR 1957, 1958, 1967, 1972, 1974, 1978 gg. Vos'mikratnyy pobeditel' Vsemirnyh shahmatnyh olimpiad v sostave komandy SSSR, shestikratnyy chempion Evropy i trehkratnyy chempion mira sredi studentov v komandnom zachete. Pobeditel' pervogo neoficial'nogo chempionata mira po blicu (1988). Pobeditel' mezhzonal'nyh turnirov 1958, 1964, 1979 gg., turnira pretendentov 1959 g., uchastnik dvuh matchey na mirovoe pervenstvo i semi matchey pretendentov. Oderzhal pobedy v 44 mezhdunarodnyh turnirah. Naibolee polnyy sbornik partiy M. Talya rasschitan nashirokiy krug lyubiteley shahmat.