Russian chess player Natalya Pogonina and Igor Levitin, Russian presidential aide, a member of the Guardian Board of the Russian Chess Federation, at the opening ceremony of the World Chess Championship 2014 in Sochi.

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Russian chess player Alexandra Kostenyuk and Igor Levitin, Russian presidential aide, a member of the Guardian Board of the Russian Chess Federation, at the opening ceremony of the World Chess Championship 2014 in Sochi.

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Russian chess player Alexandra Kostenyuk at the opening ceremony of the World Chess Championship 2014 in Sochi.

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Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Presidential Aide Igor Levitin during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand and his wife Aruna during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Former world chess champion Boris Spassky at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen, left, at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Indian chess player Viswanathan Anand at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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World chess champion Magnus Carlsen, left, and former world chess champion Anatoly Karpov during the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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Former world chess champion Boris Spassky at the opening ceremony of the Chess World Championship in Sochi.

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