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fleiman

Do you remember, who is this ?

billwall

Michael Adams losing to Hydra

wormrose

GM Raymond Keene

Kupov

hahahahahaha

batgirl

"Do you remember, who is this ?"

 

The very great Hungarian player, Andor Lilienthal.

wormrose

23 Oct 2006 14,000 chess players in Mexico City.

wormrose

Mecking

anonym

Bruce Pandolfini & Josh Waitzkin

phishcake5
joaoporto wrote:

Who is Walter Browne ?


 He was U.S champion among other things.  Great attacking player.

EnamouredKnight

thx everyone for posting, a big thumbs up for a great thread!

fleiman
batgirl wrote:

"Do you remember, who is this ?"

 

The very great Hungarian player, Andor Lilienthal.


 Right, but Soviet-Hungarian (He lived many years in the USSR).

kaichess

cool!

wormrose

Bent Larsen

phishcake5

Nona Gaprindashvili  Photograph Guram Tikanadze

The first woman to hold the title of International Grandmaster.  If anyone has any more photos of young Nona please share they are hard to come by.

phishcake5

Textured shot for those who will never get a chance to visit.

Alex_Kovach
billwall wrote:

 

Marcel Duchamp playing strip chess (he is winning)


Thank Gawd (that he is winning)...

anonym

Tenth World Champion Boris Spassky, Czech Republic, January 2006

joaoporto
phishcake5 wrote:
joaoporto wrote:

Who is Walter Browne ?


 He was U.S champion among other things.  Great attacking player.


 Thanks cake 5 Cool

billwall

Jan Timman

billwall

Karpov-Kasparov, 1999

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