Duffer1965 wrote:
I'm assuming that "Hort" "no last name available" is a young Vlastimil Hort.
Indeed and here is what he looked like in 1962, age 18:
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Bogart was one of those Hollywood chess fanatics that enjoyed, and impelled no doubt, the chess fad in Tinsel Town. He was also quite a serious player, pegged at about USCF Expert strength. Though he couldn't beat a blindfold Koltanowski in a few tries, he was able to draw Reshevsky in a simul--and Sammy was a very effective simul player who didn't like to give up even a half point.
One story has Hollywood restaurateur Mike Romanoff trouncing him in a long run of straight wins, then after Bogart left receiving a call from him, challenging him to yet another game over the phone. Romanoff accepted and was quickly crushed. Bogart's secret? He had Herman Steiner, current US Champion, at his elbow for the game, making the moves for him.
It is noted in one of Bogart's biographies that he measured his friends by how well they could drink and how well they could play chess.
He also liked dogs. What's not to love?
goldendog wrote:
Duffer1965 wrote:
I'm assuming that "Hort" "no last name available" is a young Vlastimil Hort.
Indeed and here is what he looked like in 1962, age 18:
Great picture. He's one of my favorite players.
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now you drink everytime i post this pic
Is it Fischer ?
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Go Bobby!!
Merry Christmas batgirl!
I hope you don't have this one yet. Nona Gaprindashvili playing Kushnir for the Women's title May 15 1969. The final game, which Nona won.
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goldendog wrote:
Merry Christmas batgirl!
I hope you don't have this one yet. Nona Gaprindashvili playing Kushnir for the Women's title May 15 1969. The final game, which Nona won.
Great pic, and I love those 1960s hair styles!
Just a quickie addition, as I've already posted a few Klaus Junge pics (see #358 in this thread).
As it appeared is the German magazine Signal 1942 (http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/index.html)
I wonder what Junge might have achieved if the idiot hadn't got himself killed in the final days of the War?
He'd be 31 in 1955, right? So he'd have been right in there with Tal and Smyslov and Petrosian and Spassky and Fischer around his peak years. It does make one ponder.
Hes a Nazi..
killing jews like that.. yeah he got what he deserved.. sorry just speaking the truth.
I'm assuming that "Hort" "no last name available" is a young Vlastimil Hort.