Original: Mikhail Tal (;, Michail Nechem 'evi Tal,; sometimes transliterated Mihails Tals or Mihail Tal; November 9, 1936 & ndash; June 28, 1992) was a Soviet & ndash; Latvian chess player, a Grandmaster, and the eighth World Chess Champion.
Simplified: This made him the youngest-ever world champion, a record later broken by Garry Kasparov.