Checkmate! : the love story of Mikhail Tal and Sally Landau
Landau, Sally2019
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"Sally's breathtaking story, first published in Russia in 1998 and which has been reprinted multiple times, is a memoir of her time with Tal, with whom she remained friends long after they divorced right up until his death in 1992. Full of detail about Tal and their life together, it is a tale of triumph and tragedy, love, parenthood, sorrow, jealousy, betrayal and revenge. Colored by a historical and social background including the Second World War, the Soviet chess scene, Rigan high society, the shadow economy in the Soviet Union, and Jewish emigration, it contains a fascinating portrait of Misha's mysterious family and is illustrated with photos from Sally's private archive. And it all just happens to be true ... "Page 4 of cover.
Main title:
Checkmate! : the love story of Mikhail Tal and Sally Landau / Sally Landau.
Author:
Landau, Sally, author
Imprint:
[Russia] : LLC ELK and Ruby Publishing House, 2019
Collation:
223 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9785604176962
Language:
EnglishRussian
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BRN:
2613248
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