Chess Explorations (64)
By Edward Winter

Photograph 1: Anatoly Karpov
The photograph was taken from Anatolii Karpov v fotografiyakh by D.
Donskogo (Moscow, 1984).
Another portrait from that richly illustrated book:

Anatoly Karpov (left)

Photograph 2: Boris Spassky
This was one of eight shots on a plates page in the 1969 Petrosian v Spassky
match book by I. Boleslavsky and I. Bondarevsky (Moscow, 1970):


Photograph 3: Tigran Petrosian
The photograph appeared on the front cover of Chess Review, March 1966 and January 1969.


Photograph 4: Bobby Fischer
For further details, see the comments regarding photograph 7 below.

Photograph 5: Paul Keres
The photograph section of Mälestusi Paul Keresest by M. Rõtova
(Tallinn, 1983) included this two-page spread:


Photograph 6: Garry Kasparov
Our source was the front cover of Garri Kasparov-Jan Timman (Prague,
1998):


Photograph 7: Mark Taimanov
This was the master who caused entrants the most difficulties. The picture
appeared on the front cover of the July 1971 Chess Life & Review:

See also C.N. 4707, which showed this photograph on the front cover of a very
rare book published in the Philippines, Games of Bobby Fischer.
Another photograph of Fischer with his head buried in his hands was given in
C.N. 5094. The face of his opponent, Bob Hope, was also concealed, as he poured
out a bag of nuts. See our latest feature article, Chess
and Television.
The winners of the inscribed books are:
- Chess Explorations: Jiri Lisy, Prague, Czech Republic
- Kings, Commoners and Knaves: Carlos Mas, San Pedro, Mexico
- A Chess Omnibus: Tony Barnsley, Sheffield, England
- Chess Facts and Fables: Jan Gantar, Vodice, Slovenia
- Capablanca: Hossam Hassan, Zagazig, Egypt.
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to discuss all matters relating to the Royal Pastime". Since then, over 7,100 items
have been published, and the series has resulted in four books by Winter: Chess
Explorations (1996), Kings,
Commoners and Knaves (1999), A
Chess Omnibus (2003) and Chess
Facts and Fables (2006). He is also the author of a monograph on Capablanca
(1989). In 2011 a paperback
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