Talk:Mikhail Tal

lengthy quote (about his personality)

His first wife, actress and singer Salli Landau, described Tal's personality: Template:Quote

I removed the above quote from the article because quotes of such length are against policy. A summary of the quote can be written and placed in the article. And it might be nice to add other details about his personality that don't come from Salli Landau. Kingturtle = (talk) 13:10, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Kingturtle - my suggestion if you don't like the length of a quote is not to remove it, but just trim out some of what you feel is unnecessary. If you just revert the addition, Wikipedia does not move forward, and you end up disrespecting the efforts of others. He was married to Salli for years. She is an excellent source on Tal. Billyshiverstick (talk) 17:02, 13 August 2024 (UTC) thanks for listening

"Every game"

"Every game, he once said, was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem." Is this a reference to every game of chess, or all of his games? Toccata quarta (talk) 07:46, 17 May 2013 (UTC)

I think it refers to the games he played, because that is his way of approaching chess, and life. Billyshiverstick (talk) 16:59, 13 August 2024 (UTC) Other people's games are not his concern. Compare him to Tigrosian, lol.

'Personality' section removed

Article shortened and made less informative, I would argue unnecessarily, with this deletion Knot Lad (talk) 12:16, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

It was done by this change: [1] Bruce leverett (talk) 12:53, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

I'm with you, knot. I hate wholesale deletions. You were on the right track. People would be better to build on what you did, or improve it, than revert. Billyshiverstick (talk) 16:38, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

It looks like the section consisted of a single quotation, which was appropriately sourced, so you could consider bringing it back. The editor who removed it suggested putting it in a "Personal life" section rather than a "Personality" section, which seems like a reasonable suggestion, since a lot of biographical articles about chess players have "Personal life" sections. Bruce leverett (talk) 03:12, 14 August 2024 (UTC)

No mention of his personal life?

There are a lot of stories about his relationships with his wife and other women. None of them appear. Sadly missing from this piece on his life. They are who he is. Billyshiverstick (talk) 16:37, 13 August 2024 (UTC)

Quotations

I started a Wikiquote page for Mikhail Tal. I'm having trouble sourcing some of his most well known / widely attributed quotes, so if anyone who could help with that it would be appreciated. IOHANNVSVERVS (talk) 20:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)

Tone rework

Would anyone with MOS experience be willing to help rework this article? The style and tone are quite flawed, especially for something with top/high-importance to several projects. I've removed some of the more egregious errors and will do what I can. Thanks. BrotherGunk (talk) 15:54, 21 February 2025 (UTC)

Thanks, this needed to be done. Bruce leverett (talk) 17:30, 24 February 2025 (UTC)

Of course! :) BrotherGunk (talk) BrotherGunk (talk) 18:13, 24 February 2025 (UTC)