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

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 /

X에서 Douglas Griffin 님 : Mikhail Tal and Mikhail Botvinnik. (Date, place & photo credit unknown. Late 1960s?) #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: 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: 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 Soviet Chess History

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: 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: 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