Douglas Griffin on X: Brussels, 1987. @JamesPlaskett, Mikhail Tal

Douglas Griffin on X: Mikhail Tal. Date and place unknown; possibly c. 1980? (Photo source: Latvian Sports Museum.) #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: Mikhail Tal, pictured in play v. Garry Kasparov in the 5th round of the Moscow Interzonal tournament, 5th September 1982. The game, an early example of the 5.Bg5

Douglas Griffin on X: Defending World Champion Mikhail Tal, pictured with (I think) his wife Sally Landau, during his title match v. Mikhail Botvinnik. Moscow, April 1961. (Photographer: M. S. Okushko; source

X에서 Douglas Griffin 님 : Mikhail Tal and Mikhail Botvinnik. (Date, place & photo credit unknown. Late 1960s?) #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: Wijk aan Zee, 19th January 1968. Viktor Korchnoi faces Mikhail Tal in what proved to be the last of eight(!) successive victories at the start of this 15-round

Douglas Griffin on X: Mikhail Tal (USSR) v. Theodor Ghiţescu (Romania), 14th Olympiad, Leipzig 1960. (Source: unknown.) #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: A photo of a frail-looking Mikhail Tal (1936-1992) taken, according to the archive, in 1991. The ex-World Champion was still mentally sharp, however - in 1992 he was

Douglas Griffin on X: Moscow, October 1973. Mikhail Tal and his third wife, Gelya, are seen passing an advert for the 41st USSR Championship, which was then taking place in the Soviet

Douglas Griffin on X: Mikhail Tal and Iivo Nei playing blitz, Tallinn 1977. (Source: #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: Hoogovens, Wijk aan Zee, 23rd January 1973. The 7th-round encounter between Mikhail Tal (USSR) & Hein Donner (Netherlands) is in progress. The ex-World Champion won this game in

Douglas Griffin on X: Wijk aan Zee, 16th January 1976. Pictured in play before their encounter in the opening round of the Hoogovens tournament - ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal (USSR) & Swedish

Douglas Griffin on X: A couple of photos of the 8th World Champion, Mikhail Tal. USSR, late 1970s. (Photo credits: L. Tugalev.) #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: Mikhail Tal v. Tigran Petrosian, 25th USSR-ch, Riga 1958, which featured the trademark positional exchange sacrifice by Petrosian, 31Rf4! Semyon Furman looks on. ('#Chess in the USSR', No.

Douglas Griffin on X: Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal, in play at the Hoogovens tournament at Wijk aan Zee, January 1968. (Photo source: #chess / X