Chess player Grigory Serper, prize winner at the World Junior Chess Championship. Novosibirsk.01.06.1988#845085
The World Chess Championship played in Seville, Spain between October 12 and December 19, 1987. Argentinian International Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf, center right, and Grandmaster Eduard Gufelf, a special correspondent with the Sovetsky Sport newspaper, talk during a game.15.10.1987#5788919
The World Chess Championship played in Seville, Spain between October 12 and December 19, 1987. World champion Garry Kasparov, right, and former world champion Anatoly Karpov. The Lope de Vega Theater.15.10.1987#5788918
Anatoly Karpov with his stamp collection. The days of the world chess championship match between world champion Garry Kasparov and former world champion Anatoly Karpov.10.10.1987#847724
Anatoly Karpov and his wife Natalya Bulanova in the days of the world chess championship match between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and former world champion Anatoly Karpov.10.10.1987#847723
Anatoly Karpov during breakfast at his residence. Grandmaster Igor Zaytsev (left), Anatoly Karpov's wife Natalya Bulanova (right). The days of the world chess championship match between world champion Garry Kasparov and former world champion Anatoly Karpov.10.10.1987#847722
The world chess championship match between world champion Garry Kasparov and former world champion Anatoly Karpov. From left: Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, and president of the World Chess Federation Florencio Campomanes at the match opening ceremony. The Lope de Vega theater.10.10.1987#847720
The world chess championship match between world champion Garry Kasparov (right) and former world champion Anatoly Karpov.10.10.1987#847719
The World Chess Championship played in Seville, Spain between October 12 and December 19, 1987. A news conference with former world champion Anatoly Karpov, center.01.10.1987#5788917
International grandmaster, three-time world chess champion among men, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov during a training session.23.06.1987#8442666
International grandmaster, three-time world chess champion among men, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov during a training session.23.06.1987#8442663
The wedding of Anatoly Karpov, international grandmaster, three-time world chess champion among men, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and Natalya Bulanova.01.06.1987#8442665
The wedding of Anatoly Karpov, international grandmaster, three-time world chess champion among men, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, and Natalya Bulanova.01.06.1987#8442664
Ex Chess World champion Anatoly Karpov analyzing the position with coach Igor Zaitsev (center) and Mikhail Podgaets.01.01.1987#488474
Azerbaijan SSR. Young chess players, students of the Gakh Chess School, analyze chess games on the computer: sitting, right: candidate master, 14-year-old Firuza Velikhanli, USSR champion in chess among girls, winner of the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR (1986) Aynur Sofiyeva, standing in the center, and 15-year-old Volodya Akopyan. All of them are students of Mikhail Botvinnik's famous chess school.01.10.1986#8959480
Aynur Sofiyeva, USSR chess champion among girls, winner of the Spartakiad of the USSR Peoples in 1986, high school student, studies chess literature during theoretical and practical preparation for tournaments. Gakhi settlement, Azerbaijani SSR.01.10.1986#8959466
Center: USSR chess champion among girls, winner of the 1986 USSR Peoples' Spartakiad, high school student Aynur Sofiyeva plays chess with performers of the amateur group of the theater studio of the village of Gakhi, Azerbaijan SSR.01.10.1986#8959440
USSR chess champion among girls, winner of the 1986 USSR Peoples' Spartakiad, high school student Aynur Sofiyeva does physical education in the yard of her house. Gakhi settlement, Azerbaijan SSR.01.10.1986#8959360
Ainur Sofiyeva, USSR women's chess champion, winner of the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, accepts congratulations from residents of her native village of Gakh, Azerbaijan SSR.01.10.1986#8391433
Ainur Sofiyeva, USSR women's chess champion, winner of the Summer Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR, during a training session in the village of Gakh, Azerbaijan SSR.01.10.1986#8391432
The revanche match for the world champion title in chess between current world champion Garri Kasparov, left, and ex-champion Anatoly Karpov. Leningrad Hotel, matches 13-24 (now St. Petersburg Hotel).13.09.1986#9013024
The revanche match for the world champion title in chess between current world champion Garri Kasparov, left, and ex-champion Anatoly Karpov. Leningrad Hotel, matches 13-24 (now St. Petersburg Hotel). During a break, grandmaster Alexei Suetin, left, signs autographs for chess fans.13.09.1986#9013008
The revanche match for the world champion title in chess between current world champion Garri Kasparov, left, and ex-champion Anatoly Karpov. Leningrad Hotel, matches 13-24 (now St. Petersburg Hotel). During a break, USSR pilot and cosmonaut, two-time Hero of the Soviet Union, USSR Merited Master of Sports Vitaly Sevastyanov, sitting left, signs autographs for chess fans.13.09.1986#9012997
The revanche match for the world champion title in chess between current world champion Garri Kasparov, left, and ex-champion Anatoly Karpov. Leningrad Hotel, matches 13-24 (now St. Petersburg Hotel). Right: chief referee Lothar Schmid (West Germany) calls for silence.13.09.1986#9012970
News conference at the Park Lane Hotel in London on the upcoming world chess championship rematch between world champion Garry Kasparov and former world champion Anatoly Karpov (fourth from right).27.07.1986#8587065
News conference at the Park Lane Hotel in London on the upcoming world chess championship rematch between world champion Garry Kasparov (second left) and former world champion Anatoly Karpov.27.07.1986#8587064
Anatoly Karpov (c), International Grandmaster, ex-champion of the world, with delegates to the 27th Congress of the CPSU in the Kremlin Palace of Congresses (now the State Kremlin Palace). 1986.28.02.1986#843248
World chess champion Garri Kasparov takes part in a friendly match against a team of sport journalists at the CSKA Sports Center.11.11.1985#9040828
World chess champion Garri Kasparov, left, takes part in a friendly match against a team of sport journalists at the CSKA Sports Center.11.11.1985#9040827
World chess champion Garri Kasparov, second right, takes part in a friendly match against a team of sport journalists at the CSKA Sports Center.11.11.1985#9040826
World chess champion Garri Kasparov, center, takes part in a friendly match against a team of sport journalists at the CSKA Sports Center.11.11.1985#9040825
World chess champion Garri Kasparov, center, takes part in a friendly match against a team of sport journalists at the CSKA Sports Center.11.11.1985#9040824
World chess champion Garri Kasparov, center, takes part in a friendly match against a team of sport journalists at the CSKA Sports Center.11.11.1985#9040823
World Chess Championship 1985 match. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall. World champion Anatoly Karpov vs. challenger Garry Kasparov.01.10.1985#2979454
The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, July 27 - August 3, 1985. Left: Lev Psakhis, Soviet grandmaster, RSFSR champion, two-time USSR champion, during a chess game on 1,000 boards. CSKA Football and Track and Field Stadium.29.07.1985#8976375
The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow. July 27-August 3, 1985. Iraqi chess player Hassun Muwafaq Abdullah during a chess tournament on 1,000 boards. CSKA Football and Track and Field Stadium.29.07.1985#8973930
The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow. July 27-August 3, 1985. Chess player from Zimbabwe Zimuto Nimro, right, during a chess tournament on 1,000 boards. CSKA Football and Track and Field Stadium.29.07.1985#8973929
The 12th World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, July 27 - August 3, 1985. Soviet chess player, grandmaster Rafael Vaganian during a chess session on 1,000 boards in the football and athletics arena of CSKA.29.07.1985#8970871
The XII World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, July 27 - August 3, 1985. World champion Anatoly Karpov during a 1000-board chess session in the CSKA football and athletics arena.29.07.1985#8581590
The XII World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, July 27 - August 3, 1985. World champion Anatoly Karpov during a 1000-board chess session in the CSKA football and athletics arena.29.07.1985#8581589
The XII World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow, July 27 - August 3, 1985. World champion Anatoly Karpov during a 1000-board chess session in the CSKA football and athletics arena.29.07.1985#8581588
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov with his son Anatoly during a vacation in the Moscow Region.01.07.1985#8581672
Right: Anatoly Karpov, Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, while picking strawberries in a forest near Moscow.01.07.1985#8581671
Anatoly Karpov Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, while fishing in the Moscow Region.01.07.1985#8581670
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov during a vacation in the Moscow region.01.07.1985#8581669
Right: Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov during training with his mentor grandmaster Igor Zaitsev, left, in the Moscow Region.01.07.1985#8581668
Anatoly Karpov, Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, during a vacation in the Moscow Region.01.07.1985#8581667
From left to right: grandmasters Anatoly Karpov, Lev Polugayevsky, Harry Kasparov and Mikhail Tal leaving for the match between USSR national team and Rest of the World.17.11.1984#968621
Garry Kasparov. The world championship match between world champion Anatoly Karpov and the winner of the contenders' competition Garry Kasparov. The Column Hall of the House of Unions.10.09.1984#853544
Anatoly Karpov. The world championship match between world champion Anatoly Karpov and the winner of the contenders' competition Garry Kasparov. The Column Hall of the House of Unions.10.09.1984#853542
The world chess championship match between the world champion Anatoly Karpov and the winner of of the contenders' competition Garry Kasparov. The Column Hall of the House of Unions.10.09.1984#853536
The world chess championship match between world champion Anatoly Karpov and the winner of the candidates competition Garry Kasparov, September 9, 1984 to February 15, 1985 in Moscow. Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov during the match in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.09.09.1984#8580965
The world chess championship match between world champion Anatoly Karpov and the winner of the candidates competition Garry Kasparov, September 9, 1984 to February 15, 1985 in Moscow. International grandmaster, USSR champion Garry Kasparov during a match in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.09.09.1984#8580909
The world chess championship match between world champion Anatoly Karpov and the winner of the candidates competition Garry Kasparov, September 9, 1984 to February 15, 1985 in Moscow. International grandmaster, USSR champion Garry Kasparov during a match in the Column Hall of the House of Unions.09.09.1984#8580908
The World chess championship match between world champion Anatoly Karpov and the winner of the candidates competition Garry Kasparov, September 9, 1984 - February 15, 1985 in Moscow.09.09.1984#8580907
The winner of the contenders' tournament Garry Kasparov at a press conference for Soviet and foreign journalists several days before the world championship match between world champion Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov. The Column Hall of the House of Unions.07.09.1984#853537
International grandmasters Mark Taimanov (right) and Migel Naidorf (Argentine) during the World Chess Championship.01.09.1984#59132
World champion candidate, chess player Irina Levitina prepares for the final match against Maya Chiburdanidze. Volgograd.08.08.1984#6351876
World champion candidate, chess player Irina Levitina prepares for the final match against Maya Chiburdanidze, right. Volgograd.08.08.1984#6351875
