Cool photos, keep 'em coming!

Both amazing pictures, Karpov had real style.

 I've had that photo in the NY Times magazine since 1971 and it's not the greatest for detail, so it's hard to know where they came from. They definitely are not the same style Jaques pieces used in the Spassky match but they appear to have the Jaques lines, older and better lines.

I recall that at first the organizers wanted to us the same equipment from Capablanca-Alekhine, but they later reconsidered and wanted  to have equipment that they could say, "Here are the men and table from the Fischer-Petrosian match."

Comparing the Capa-Alekhine equipment (previous photo) to the hard-to-inspect photo from 1971, they look a lot alike. If I had to put my money down I'd say the organizers found another antique Jaques and used that.

The terms and conditions of the match might even state explicitly what men they were to use.

Does anyone else think that old Karpov looked like a movie villain? or at least...right hand man to a movie villain.

Yes, like a James Bond movie villain

Villains don't have time to shampoo, he has to use that time to plot dastardly deeds.

"hahahahaah Mr. Bond... you're far too late, checkmate Mr.Bond"

Korchnoi and Bill Wall, 1979

Did Tal have a hand deformity I never heard about?  0.o

 It wasn't really a secret. Two fingers and a thumb on his right hand.

Walter Browne and Bill Wall, 1975

Bobby Fischer today

Campomanes, 1990

John Donaldson and Bill Wall, 1991

John Donaldson and his wife Elena

Early Tal--1954--just a punk kid...playing Keres.

Karpov and Hjartarson, World Quarter Finals Championship in Seattle 1989

Kasparov - Karpov, New York 1990

George Koltanowski

Yasser Seirawan, 1989