

The World Chess Championship match takes place from October 1 to November 18, 1981 in the Italian city of Merano. Center: Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov with his wife Irina during a reception marking the end of the tournament.
- Categories: Human Interest, Lifestyle & Leisure, Sports
- Location: Italy
- Event date: 18.11.1981
- Date published: 14.09.2023
- Author: Dmitryi Donskoy
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: DP81-3691, 35 mm slide
- Media: JPEG, 5305x3543px, 10Mb