The second book about the work of Mikhail Tal covers the period 1962-1967, when, having become the youngest ex-world champion in the history of chess, which, according to him, did not cause a crisis in his work, he threw himself into battles for the lost chess throne. Alas, now it was necessary to fight not only with rivals. More and more often, a second front was opened by illnesses, which sometimes overtook him at the most decisive moments of chess battles. This is how the Candidates Tournament in Curacao in 1962 failed. But these years are characterized not only by relative failures at the “highest level”. During this period, Tal twice became an Olympic champion (as a member of the USSR national team), winning competitions on his board, replenished the collection of awards from the national championships with a full set of medals (gold, silver, bronze), won six international tournaments, becomes a winner in three more. However, open the book - Mikhail Tal himself will tell you about all this and much more. You will enjoy his unique intonation, humor, and learn a lot of interesting and useful things. This book contains many more games commented by Tal, and the selection of his “light genre” continues. Rare photographs, friendly cartoons, drawings, tables await you. Compiled by V. F. Kirillov