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

Douglas Griffin on X: Tigran Petrosian, Mikhail Tal and Rafael Vaganian at the 43rd USSR Championship (Yerevan, 1975). (Photo: #chess / X

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

Douglas Griffin på X: In the press room during 27th match-game Karpov-Kasparov, World-ch, Moscow 1984; Mark Taimanov & Mikhail Tal. (Photo: B. Dolmatovsky) #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: Three portraits from the Keres Memorial in Tallinn, March 1977 - Mikhail Tal, Oleg Romanishin & Boris Gulko. Tal took 1st place, Romanishin 2nd; Gulko finished in 4th-6th. (

Douglas Griffin on X: Baku, 11th December 1961. The 16th round of the 28th USSR Championship. Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal (Riga) makes his opening move v. Bukhuti Gurgenidze (Tbilisi). Tal won the

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: 50 years ago this month - Mikhail Tal and Viktor Korchnoi, at Wijk aan Zee, January 1968. Korchnoi won this tournament by a huge margin, finishing 1st with

Douglas Griffin on X: Anatoly Karpov & Mikhail Tal, pictured in play during the 39th USSR Championship, Leningrad, September-October 1971. (Photo: N. Naumenkov / TASS.) #chess / X