Karolyi/Aplin: Genius in the Background improvers Tal lived his life to

Tal lived his life to the fullest and thrilled chess fans with his unrivaled skills in blitz chess shortly before his death in 1992

And who regularly win blitz tournaments high on marijuana

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Karolyi/Aplin: Genius in the Background improvers Tal lived his life toGenius in the Background introduces brilliant chess that will be unfamiliar to even well read chess players. Twelve chess stars are profiled with examples of their greatest achievements, but these stars are not famous they are geniuses who stay in the background. For example, Pervakov and Afek are not household names but they compose chess studies and puzzles of such elegance and cleverness that they deserve to be famous. Top players such as Garry