AThe Guardian London, Greater London, England Saturday, March 22, 1958
Miscellany - World Chess
Tal calculates faster than any player in the world, and therefore moves exceedingly quickly; he also has a habit of glaring at his opponents while waiting for them to move. Small wonder that he has been nicknamed “The Demon.” Many other masters to-day are in their early twenties. The United States champion, Bobby Fischer, is a mere 14. Prodigies are not unknown in chess, but Fischer may well turn out to be the best of them all, since he is already ahead of Capablanca and Morphy (who both became the best players of their time) at the same age.
