Below are lists, as comprehensive as possible, of books about
(not by) Paul Keres and Mikhail Tal:
Keres’ Best Games 1932-1936 by F. Reinfeld (New York,
1937)
Keres’ Best Games Part II –1937 by F. Reinfeld (New
York, 1937)
Keres’ Best Games of Chess 1931-1940 by F. Reinfeld
(London, 1941 and Philadelphia, 1942)
Keres’ Bedste Skakpartier 1931-1937 by F. Reinfeld
(Copenhagen, 1947)
Keres’ Best Games of Chess 1931-1948 by F. Reinfeld
(New York, 1949 and 1960)
50 Paul Keresin loistopeliä by E. Ridala (Mikkeli,
1957) plus translations into German and Swedish
Weltgeschiche des Schachs: Keres by E. Wildhagen
(Hamburg, 1960)
Keres Siegt (Hamburg, circa 1960)
Meie Keres by V. Heuer (Tallinn, 1977 and Tallinn,
2011)
Paul Keres by P. Bagnoli (Santa Maria Capua Vetere,
1978)*
Paul Keres by D. Marović (Zagreb, 1979)
Paul Keres 50 parties (1916-1939) by J.-A. Le Monnier
(Besançon, 1979)
Shahmatnyy universitet Paulja Keresa by I. Neishtadt
(Moscow, 1982), plus translations into English, German and
Hungarian
Paul Keres Ausgewählte Partien 1958-1975 by H. Postma
(Hengelo, 1982)
Paul Keres by E. Carl (Hollfeld/Of., 1983)
Mälestusi Paul Keresest by M. Rõtova (Tallinn, 1983)
Paul Keres Inter Pares by P. Kivine and M. Remmel
(Tallinn, 1985)
Paul Keres’ Best Games, volumes 1 and 2 by E. Varnusz
(Oxford, 1987 and 1990)
Das Schachgenie Paul Keres by A. Suetin (East Berlin,
1987)
Keres 222 partidas (Madrid, 1989)
Paul Keres Photographs and Games by H. Olde (Tallinn,
1995)
Paul Keres Der Komponist The Composer by A. Hildebrand
(Vienna, 1999)*
Keres Biografía 53 partidas magistrales by J. Chiappini
(Rosario, 2001)
Klassiki shakhmatnogo mira: Paul Keres by V. Heuer
(Moscow, 2004)
Sigrai kak Keres by N.G. Yakovlev (St Petersburg, 2005)
Le partite per corrispondenza di Paul Keres by C.A.
Pagni (Venice, 2008)
Paul Keres Machine Gun Keres by R. Long (Davenport,
2012)
Meenutusi Paul Keresest by P. Tamm (Võru, 2014)
Keres move by move by Z. Franco (London, 2017).
El extraordinario ajedrez de Miguel Tal by L. Palau
(Buenos Aires, 1960)
The Unknown Tal by V. Zemitis (San Francisco, 1960)
Miguel Tal campeón del mundo (Barcelona, 1960 and 1980)
Selected Games of Mikhail Tal by J. Hajtun (London,
1961 and New York, 1975 and German edition, Düsseldorf, 1961)
The Chess Psychologist World Champion Tal by A.
Liepnieks (Chicago, 1961 and 1975)
Michail Tal by H. Bouwmeester and B.J. Withuis
(Amsterdam, 1961)
Weltgeschichte des Schachs: Tal (Hamburg, 1961)
Mikhail Tal’s Best Games of Chess by P.H. Clarke
(London, 1961 and 1991)
Dorogami shakhmatnikh srazhenii by A. Koblenz (Riga,
1963) + Serbo-Croat translation
50 Selected Games of Mikhail Tal (circa 1972)*
Tal Since 1960 by W.H. Cozens (St Leonards on Sea,
1974)
64 Chess Games of Michail Tal (Makati, 1974)
Tal’s 100 Best Games 1961-1973 by B. Cafferty (London,
1975)
Tal’s Masterpieces and other Select Games 1960-1975 by
A. Karklins (Chicago, 1976)
Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1960-66 by H. Thomas
(London, 1979)
Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1967-73 by H. Thomas
(London, 1979)
Complete Games of Mikhail Tal 1936-1959 by H. Thomas
(London, 1980)
Mihail Talj by D. Marović (Zagreb, 1980)
Selected Games of Thal by Simhadri (K.R. Seshadri?)
(India, circa 1984)*
Tahl 222 partidas (Madrid, 1990)
Tal the Magnificent by A. Soltis (Dallas, 1990)
Mihail Tahl by D. Bjelica (Madrid, 1992)
Mikhail Tal Games 1949-1962 by A. Khalifman (Sofia,
1994)
Mikhail Tal Games 1963-1972 by A. Khalifman (Sofia,
1995)
Mikhail Tal Games1973-1981 by A. Khalifman
(Münster, 1996)
Mikhail Tal Games1982-1992 by A. Khalifman
(Sofia, 1996)
Mikhail Tal Tvortshestvo 1949-1961 (Riga, 1996)
Mikhail Tal Tvortshestvo 1962-1967 (Riga, 1998)
Mikhail Tal Tvortshestvo 1968-1973 (Riga, 1998)
Mikhail Tahl Biografía 100 partidas magistrales by J.
Chiappini (Rosario, 1999)
The Magic of Mikhail Tal by J. Gallagher (London, 2000)
Mikhail Tal Tvortshestvo 1974-1979 (Riga, 2001)
Mikhail Tal Tvortshestvo 1980-1986 (Riga, 2001)
Mikhail Tal Tvortshestvo 1987-1992 (Riga, 2001)
Liubov i shakhmaty by S. Landau (Moscow, 2003) +
English translation
Mikhail Tal Tactical Genius by A. Raetsky and M.
Chetverik (London, 2004) – plus Polish translation
Mikhail Tal: Zhizn i igra by I. and V. Linder (Moscow,
2008)
Casillas Reales. Ajedrez con Mijail Tal by J.S. Morgado
(Buenos Aires, 2009)
Zaubern wie Schachweltmeister Michail Tal by K.
Müller and R. Stolze (Zurich, 2010) + English edition
The Chess Greats of the World: Mikhail Tal by D. Lovas
(Kecskemét, 2010)
Mijail Tal by A. Gude (Madrid, 2011)
Il mondo e gli scacchi di Mikhail Tal by I. and V.
Linder (Rome, 2012)
Estructuras Reales. Ajedrez con Mijail Tal by J.S.
Morgado (Buenos Aires, 2013)
The Magic of Youth by T. Károlyi (Glasgow, 2014)
Tal move by move by C. Lakdawala (London, 2015)
The World Champion by T. Károlyi (Glasgow, 2015)
The Invincible by T. Károlyi (Glasgow, 2017)
Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi by A. Soltis
(Jefferson, 2019).
Books not in our collection are marked with an asterisk. We are
grateful to Pierre Bourget (Quebec, Canada), Michael Clapham
(Ipswich, England), Roderick Hill (Saint John, Canada), Michael
McDowell (Westcliff-on-sea, England), Javier Asturiano Molina
(Murcia, Spain), Claus Montonen (Helsinki), Dan Scoones
(Coquitlam, BC, Canada) and Yakov Zusmanovich (Pleasanton, CA,
USA).
