What an immense pool of chess talent in that picture! Even the lesser known players like Lilienthal and Makogonov were very strong.
Those Silly Soviets
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Silly isn't an appropriate word, but the game is pretty interesting.
A strong team--and that's without scrubs like Keres.
Jan 19, 2018
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Think other way round - Americans lost to Soviets 4.5-15.5 . Silly Americans!
Jan 20, 2018
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....but it is understandable...this was right after WWII, and I bet you there was not a lot of food to go around!
I analyzed the game and white was winning the whole game
Jan 20, 2018
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Following the link provided in the OP, you would find Al Horowitz' annotations of his two games with Flohr Here is a direct link (this one is the bottom game): http://batgirl.x10host.com/Flohr-Horowitz_annotation.html
In his inimitable style Horowitz writes such things as, "Not the book move; I played the text because I did not know the book move."
This is the Soviet team that decimated (15.5-4.5) the U.S. team in the 1945 USSR-USA Radio Match.
Anyone interested can read the match details -with photos- here