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

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: Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal, in play at the Hoogovens tournament at Wijk aan Zee, January 1968. (Photo source: #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: 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: A photo of my own, for a change: Mikhail Tal, in play v. Paul Motwani, Glenrothes (Scotland) 1988. #chess / X

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

Douglas Griffin on X: Two World Champions - Tigran Petrosian & Mikhail Tal. I think this photo was taken at the 8th USSR People's Spartakiad, in Moscow, during July 1983. (Photo credit

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: Legends of the chessboard: Mikhail Tal v. @Kasparov63, in play at (I think) the Moscow TV tournament, 1987. (Photo credit: I. Utkin.) #chess / X

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: 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: Tbilisi, December 1978. The 46th USSR Championship final. In conversation, ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal and, at the chessboard, the 15-year-old debutant, and future World Champion @Kasparov63. (Photo source

Douglas Griffin on X: Legendary grandmasters Mikhail Tal and David Bronstein. (Photo credit: B. Dolmatovsky, via #chess / X

Douglas Griffin on X: Mikhail Tal (Latvia) v. Paul Keres (Estonia), 2nd USSR People's Spartakiad, Moscow, August 1959. (Source: TASS archive.) #chess / X