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

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

Douglas Griffin on X: Brussels, 1987. @JamesPlaskett, Mikhail Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Genna Sosonko. (Photo source: #chess / X

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: Problem-solving at the Moscow Interzonal, Sep. 1982: Miguel Najdorf, Tigran Petrosian, Aleksandrs Koblencs (trainer of Mikhail Tal), Isaac Romanov (historian), Iosif Dorfman, Viktor Kart (famous trainer of Lvov

Douglas Griffin on X: Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal (b. Riga, 1936; d. Moscow, 1992), pictured at Wijk aan Zee, January 1988. (📷: #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: At the FIDE Interzonal in Moscow, 1982. Round 11, 21st September. Guillermo García Gonzáles faces ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal. The Cuban grandmaster started this event with 6½/8. (Photo

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: Moscow, USSR. August 1983. Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal is pictured in play in the traditional open blitz championship, held in Sokolniki Park. (📷: A. Fedorov, #chess /

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

Douglas Griffin Soviet Chess History

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