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Fischer in Leipzig, 1960

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Here is the 1st Board result from the 1960 Chess Olympiad in Leipzig, Germany in 1960 (from OlymiBase):



and here is a ratherunusual photo from that event:




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The US almost didn't participate:

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One of the team members was Raymond Weinstein.


Besides being a chess master, Weinstein also became a convicted murderer and was sentenced to a mental institution.

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Lasker1900 wrote:

Ray Weinstein is a tragic case.

Extremely so.

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Four world champions, hell of a team.

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an impressive range of these old photographs,