Mikhail Tal at West Berlin, 1986.

Mikhail Tal took part in the 1986 edition of the 'Berliner Sommer', an event which was one of the largest 'opens' in Europe.  Despite his relative unfamiliarity with Swiss systems, and despite the difficult playing conditions, he succeeded in taking 1st place (on tie-break).  He later wrote a report on the event for the Soviet…

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