Editing Mikhail Tal (section)

==Writings==
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Tal was a prolific and highly respected chess writer, penning a number of books and serving as editor of the Latvian chess magazine ''Šahs'' ("Chess") from 1960 to 1970. His books are renowned for the detailed narrative of his thinking during the games. American Grandmaster [[Andrew Soltis]] reviewed his book on the world championship match as "simply the best book written about a world championship match by a contestant. That shouldn't be a surprise because Tal was the finest writer to become world champion." [[New Zealand]] Grandmaster [[Murray Chandler]] wrote in the introduction to the 1997 reissued algebraic edition of ''The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal'' that the book was possibly the best chess book ever written.