fabelhaft wrote:
Some Armenian kids in 1998:
the one in red is Aronian?
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GreenLeaf14 wrote:
fabelhaft wrote:
Some Armenian kids in 1998:
the one in red is Aronian?
Yep, it's Petrosian, Aronian, Akobian and Sargissian. Three of them won Olympiad gold recently and the fourth moved to USA and had a replacement with the same name (but spelled with p instead of b) win the gold instead.
the_knife wrote:
Nice timing for your photo, fabelhaft.
Yes, but Movsesian was missing from the old photo so there has to be one of him as well:
One of the nicest guys to ever pass 2750:
http://e3e5.com/ is a goldmine of old chess photos from Russia, it's just to click on the numbers under the photo and look at photos of old masters and active players like Svidler above or Grischuk below:
fabelhaft wrote:
http://e3e5.com/ is a goldmine of old chess photos from Russia, it's just to click on the numbers under the photo and look at photos of old masters and active players like Svidler above or Grischuk below:
He looks like him(Grischuk)..who would imagine that this kid would have won 2 blitz world championships with the most recent the one in Astana in 2012 and another in 2006
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AndyClifton wrote:
Dang, I don't know that easy American one.
Santasiere, of the 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b4 (aka "Santasiere's Folly") fame.
Sep 10, 2012
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Who are the contestants in this 1943 photo? If you know the contestants, who's the observer?
Great pictures. Fantastic thread!
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#993 I don't know the contestants are but the observer looks like Susan Polgar.
Prokofiev & Oyster.
fabelhaft wrote:
http://e3e5.com/ is a goldmine of old chess photos from Russia, Grischuk below:
Great photograph! Thank you for posting it, as well as the link. One of Movsesian is pretty fabulous too.
Probably an easy one...
Korchnoi?
Some Armenian kids in 1998: