Museum of Chess Glory named after Mikhail Tal

The Museum named after the Eighth World Chess Champion Mikhail Tal is located in the City of Chess - City Chass in Elista. It is a major social, business and cultural center of the city. Initially, the museum was opened as a chess museum, and it has become the only museum in the world of such a plan. The discovery took place in 2001. And in 2011, the museum was named after the great chess player, and personal belongings of Mikhail Tal appeared in the museum.

The museum consists of two parts. In the first there is an exposition completely devoted to chess: various chess tournaments and chess players, there are also interesting chess boards and pieces, cups, winning trophies, paintings, documents. In the second part you can see the personal belongings of Mikhail Tal, there are about 3000 of them. In the museum you can always play chess, tables with boards are placed in special game halls, which are never empty.