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: Surely one of the greatest photos of Mikhail Tal. Leipzig, 28th October 1960. The 1st round of the 14th Olympiad finals, the match USSR v. Bulgaria. The then-World

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, 15th January 1968. In the 5th round of the Hoogovens tournament, Viktor Korchnoi faces Hans Ree. Standing by the board are Milko Bobotsov, Mikhail Tal & Victor Ciocâltea. (📷: #chess

Douglas Griffin on X: Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal gives a simultaneous display in Philharmonic Square, Riga. 1980s. (Photo source: archive of the Latvian Sports Museum.) #chess @sovietvisuals / 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: 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: 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: Anatoly Karpov & Mikhail Tal, pictured in play during the 39th USSR Championship, Leningrad, September-October 1971. (Photo: N. Naumenkov / TASS.) #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.