World chess champion Magnus Carlsen, right, during a simultaneous chess session with young players in Yerevan.22.06.2014#2452103
World chess champion Magnus Carlsen, left foreground, during a simultaneous chess session with young players in Yerevan.22.06.2014#2452109
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, right, conducts simultaneous exhibition involving undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409542
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, right, conducts simultaneous exhibition involving undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409517
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, right, conducts simultaneous exhibition involving undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409541
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, right, conducts simultaneous exhibition involving undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409523
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, right, conducts simultaneous exhibition involving undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409539
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, left, conducts simultaneous exhibition involving undergraduate and postgraduate students of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409540
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, left, visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409480
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, left, visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409481
World chess champion Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen, left, visits the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.08.04.2014#2409479
Russian chess player Vladimir Kramnik (left) and Israeli chess player Boris Gelfand, who took 1st place during the Tal Memorial (2013) chess tournamen match at the Krasny Oktyabr Center for New Technologies in Moscow. Exhibition photo bank.23.06.2013#2760288
Boris Gelfand, winner of Tal Memorial-2013 grandmaster chess tournament, Israeli chess grandmaster, at Digital October Center. The exhibition photo bank.23.06.2013#2760292
Russian chess player Alexander Morozevich during a match of the Tal Memorial-2013 grandmaster chess tournament in Moscow. The exhibition photo bank.22.06.2013#2760295
Russian chess player Vladimir Kramnik takes part in the Tal Memorial 2011 chess tournament, Moscow.16.11.2011#989321
From left: The USA's Gata Kamsky and Bulgaria's Veselin Topalov playing in the World Chess Title Challengers Tournament.05.05.2011#907233
The First World Chess Title Challengers Tournament 2011. From left, foreground: Teimur Radjabov (Azerbaijan) and Vladimir Kramnik (Russia).05.05.2011#907230
Alexander Grishchuk (Russia) playing in the World Chess Title Challengers Tournament.05.05.2011#907228
Alexander Grishchuk (Russia) playing in the World Chess Title Challengers Tournament.05.05.2011#907204
From left: Azerbaijan's Shahriyar Memedyarov and Teimur Radjabov to play in the World Chess Title Challengers Tournament.05.05.2011#907206
Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand, International Master and FIDE World Chess Champion, during a chess match. 12.12.2001#3008
Grandmasters Vladimir Kramnik (left) and Garri Kasparov (right) talking after the news conference.07.09.2001#87884
World chess champion Anatoly Karpov at the editorial office of the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper.01.02.1997#845202
World chess champion Anatoly Karpov (center) at the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper office.01.02.1997#845237
World chess champion Anatoly Karpov during a simultaneous exhibition with the heads of diplomatic missions. The Central House of Journalists.25.01.1996#845203
The 1994 Kremlin Stars International Speed Chess Tournament, April 17-24, 1994. A match between grandmasters Garri Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow.23.04.1994#8451819
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov with his wife Natalya in a hotel room in New York.07.10.1990#8717205
Natalya, wife of the Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster Anatoly Karpov, in a hotel room in New York.07.10.1990#8717203
Homemade souvenir shoes in the hotel room of the Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster Anatoly Karpov in New York.07.10.1990#8717199
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov in a toy store in New York. (The World Chess Championship match between Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov took place from October 8 to December 31, 1990 in New York).01.10.1990#9062234
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov with his wife Natalya during a visit to a toy store in New York.01.10.1990#8717208
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov with his wife Natalya in a hotel room in New York.01.10.1990#8717207
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov with his wife Natalya during a visit to a toy store in New York.01.10.1990#8717206
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov with his wife Natalya in a hotel room in New York.01.10.1990#8717204
Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov with his wife Natalya during a visit to a jewelry store in New York.01.10.1990#8717202
Left: Soviet chess player, three-time world chess champion, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR Anatoly Karpov during a visit to a philatelic store in New York.01.10.1990#8717201
Garry Kasparov, international grandmaster, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, USSR champion, world chess champion, during a simultaneous game with young athletes at a chess festival in Moscow.03.06.1989#8449842
Chess enthusiasts during a simultaneous game with international grandmaster Alexei Suetin, in Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow.01.09.1988#6289096
International grandmaster Alexei Suetin during a simultaneous game with chess enthusiasts in Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow.01.09.1988#6289095
Chess enthusiasts during a simultaneous game with international grandmaster Alexei Suetin, in Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow.01.09.1988#6289094
Onlookers watch international grandmaster Alexei Suetin during a simultaneous game with chess enthusiasts in Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow.01.09.1988#6289093
International grandmaster Alexei Suetin during a simultaneous game with chess enthusiasts in Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow.01.09.1988#6289092
International grandmaster Alexei Suetin, right, during a simultaneous game with chess enthusiasts in Gogolevsky Boulevard in Moscow.01.09.1988#6289090
Alexander Goldin, an international chess grandmaster, champion of the USSR among young masters in 1988, winner and medalist at various national and international competitions.01.07.1988#5558815
Vladimir Malanyuk, an international chess grandmaster, vice-champion of the USSR in 1986, repeated participant of the USSR championships, winner and medalist at various national and international competitions.01.07.1988#5558814
Grandmaster Sergei Smagin plays against childrenat the Gaidar Palace of Young Pioneers and School Students in Moscow's Lyublinsky District, now Lyublino.10.06.1988#5495824
Leonid Yudasin, chess player, International Master, champion and prize winner at various USSR and international tournaments. Leningrad (St. Petersburg).01.06.1988#845099
Chess player Eduardas Rozentalis, international grandmaster since 1987, three-time USSR champion among junior grandmasters, champion and prize winner of several USSR and international tournaments. Vilnius (Lithuanian SSR).01.06.1988#845095
