Moscow. The Kremlin Stars-94 International Speed Chess Tournament, April 17-24, 1994. Grand masters Harry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik confront each other at the State Kremlin Palace.23.04.1994#8451818
The USSR Women's Bandy Championship for the All-Union Trade Unions Council Cup. A goal keeper defends her goal.01.11.1988#6582284
Sovetsky Sport Newspaper International Rugby Tournament, which took place in Moscow on September 16-26, 1988. Players in action during the match between the USA (white uniform) and the USSR-1 national teams.25.09.1988#5968616
Sovetsky Sport Newspaper International Rugby Tournament, which took place in Moscow on September 16-26, 1988. Players in action during the match between the USA (white uniform) and the USSR-1 national teams.25.09.1988#5968827
Tyumen, Russia. Members of a karate hobby group train at the Dzerzhinets (Dzerzhinsky Fan) Extra-Curricular Club for Teenagers, located in an old local water tower since 1966.10.03.1987#8534376
Games 13 through 24 of the rematch for the chess world champion title between the current champion Harry Kasparov, right, and ex-champion Anatoly Karpov at in the hall of Hotel Leningrad, now Hotel St. Petersburg.13.09.1986#9013064
Games 13 through 24 of the rematch for the chess world champion title between the current champion Harry Kasparov, second right, and ex-champion Anatoly Karpov, third right, at in the hall of Hotel Leningrad, now Hotel St. Petersburg. Getting ready for the next game.13.09.1986#9013061
July 5-20, 1986. The Goodwill Games in Moscow. Judo competitions at the Druzhba (Friendship) Universal Sports Hall. Winners in the half - middleweight category (78 kg) following the medals ceremony: Vladimir Shestajov of the Soviet Union won gold, Marcel Petrie of France won silver, Giorgio Vismara of Italy and Zhambalyn Ganbold of Mongolia won bronze.20.07.1986#8832518
November 10, 1985. The Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow. A news conference with world chess champion Harry Kasparov. Third left: Klara Kasparova, the champion's mother, with other event participants.10.11.1985#8584307
Three-time world weightlifting champion Anatoly Pisarenko at home with his son Vladislav in Kiev, the Ukrainian SSR.10.12.1983#8577194
Shota Morchiladze (Tbilisi, the Georgian SSR), silver winner of the USSR Greco-Roman Wrestling Championships (1980), during a bout. 100kg weight class.01.04.1980#788438
Valery Udovik (right), USSR champion in 67kg weight class. The 39th USSR Boxing Championships, the Lithuanian SSR.01.07.1973#693215
Anatoly Klimanov (left), USSR champion in 75kg weight class. The 39th USSR Boxing Championships, the Lithuanian SSR.01.07.1973#693214
Viktor Litvinov (right), USSR champion in 51kg weight class. The 39th USSR Boxing Championships, the Lithuanian SSR.01.07.1973#693213
Vyacheslav Lemeshev (b. 1952), left, an Olympic champion in 75kg weight class, and Finland's Reima Virtanen after the final match. The 20th Summer Olympics, the Federal Republic of Germany (August 26-September 10).01.09.1972#693220
Vyacheslav Lemeshev (b. 1952), an Olympic champion in 75kg weight class. The 20th Summer Olympics, the Federal Republic of Germany (August 26-September 10).01.09.1972#693219
The 26th USSR Women's Chess Championships in the Ukrainian SSR. Photo: 17-year old Nana Alexandria from Tbilisi defeats Tatiana Zatulovskaya from Baku and becomes 1966 USSR champion.06.12.1966#6096607
The World Fencing Championships in Moscow (July 6-16, 1966). The fencing facility at the Sports Palace of the Lenin Central Stadium, now the Luzhniki Olympic Complex. Photo: France's Claude Bouquard confronts silver medalist Yury Smolyakov (sword team) from the Soviet Union.16.07.1966#6102945
