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

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: 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: Legendary grandmasters Mikhail Tal and David Bronstein. (Photo credit: B. Dolmatovsky, via #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 my own, for a change: Mikhail Tal, in play v. Paul Motwani, Glenrothes (Scotland) 1988. #chess / X

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: @SovietVisuals Another Soviet World Champion, Mikhail Tal, pictured at the 30th USSR Championship (Yerevan, 1962). / X

Douglas Griffin on X: Mikhail Tal was born 87 years ago today. A reminder that translations of his annotations to a selection of his later games, as published in the contemporary Soviet #

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: 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: 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. (