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Mihails Tāls

Mikhail Tal

Riga 1926 - Moscow 1992
Soviet-Latvian chess Grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion (from 1960 to 1961)
(Wikipedia)

Oļegs Skarainis
2001

Description

Bronze bust on a column, surrounded by granite boulders.

Inscription(s)

MIHAILS
TĂLS

pasaules čempionam šahā
1960. g. - 1961. g.
pateicīgie rīdzinieki
haims kogans
viktors krasovickis
tēlnieks oļegs skarainis
2001. gada 10. augustā
World Chess Champion
1960 - 1961
The grateful citizens of Riga
Haims Kogans
Viktors Krasovickis
Sculptor Oļegs Skarainis
10 August 2001

Annotation

The architect of the monument are Guntis Sakne and Liene Šterna.

Artist

Oļegs Skarainis, Latvian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Rīgas pieminekļu aģentüra.
Wikipedia, Vērmanes dārzs.

Location (N 56°57'8" - E 24°7'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: lv047; Photograph: 10 July 2013
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