Mikhail Tal From a Far

Mikhail Tal From a Far is a documentary exploring the unpredictable and tragic life of the genius world chess champion Mikhail Tal Rigas native son Mikhail Tal becomes the youngest world chess champion at 23 The same year he was diagnosed with incurable kidney disease and given only one year to live Through sheer will and reckless abandon he managed to live another 40 years filling them with a string of remarkable chess successes unexplainable failures amorous conquests and a lifethreatening game of cat and mouse with the KGB