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This is gold!
A copy of Soviet chess magazine from 1961, during the Tal-Botvinnik rematch.
The title of this copy from the left, from Russian to English translates to "The ninth game".

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"Agreeing to draws in the middlegame, equal or otherwise, deprives you of the opportunity to practice playing endgames, and the endgame is probably where you need the most practice."

🔸 Pal Benko

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USSR, 1978. Ex-World Champion Mikhail Tal gives a simultaneous display against schoolchildren.

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Via http://ruchess.ru, 4 photos by B. Dolmatovsky from the Smyslov-Kasparov Candidates' final (Vilnius, 1984).
#1 Kasparov, his mother (left) & trainer, Nikitin (right)
#2 Mr & Mrs Smyslov, Taimanov & Averbakh.
#3 Smyslov
#4 The players at the closing ceremony.

Via http://chesspro.ru, a couple of photos from the event.
#1 The players on their way to the venue (the Palace of Artworkers of the Lithuanian SSR)
#2 One of the match-games about to start, with chief arbiter Vladas Mikėnas on the stage.
(Photo credits: D. Fligelis.)

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Semyon Furman and a young Anatoly Karpov during a training session. No apps, no websites, no sophisticated engines and no tropical resorts for training camps. Just good old-fashioned books, magazines, and the irreplaceable one-to-one connection in a cold Soviet-era flat.

Daily chess puzzle
Fairclough - Sharaibi, Chess Olympiad, Thessaloniki 1988

https://chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/149633