Some Pictures

Here are some pictures I culled from various Russian chess books. I'll leave the translations to whomever wants to add them [pictures are numbered for reference].

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You spelled shrBlkvrkdZnv wrong :-) But seriously, in the last picture it looks like a Botvinnik (2nd) and Taimanov (4th). Perhaps.

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Hard to explain how it feels to see these... almost like looking at old family photos. There is an odd sense of familiarity with many of these people.

Thanks for sharing.

Jay, old pictures can be very compelling indeed.  all of these photos show very famous chess players.

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Thanks for the pictures. 

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Lots of cool pics. Never saw Tal younger than in #7.

All are holding cigarettes...

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