1973 18 Original Autographs Chess Chessboard Karpov Tal Larsen Byrne Russia
Original paper – chessboard from original hand SIGNED by all 18 grandmasters Eugenio Torre, Mikhail Tal, Robert Byrne, Svetozar Gligoric, Viktor Korchnoi, Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov, Bent Larsen, Jan Smejkal, Mark Taimanov, Vladimir Tukmakov, Wolfgang Uhlmann, Robert Hübner, Miguel Quinteros, Miguel Cuéllar, Ivan Radulov, I. Rukavina, Guillermo Estévez Morales, Gennady Kuzmin played on the World Chess Championship – Leningrad Interzonal tournament which was in June 1973. It was an eighteen-player round robin, with the top three players qualifying for the Candidates matches.There was a tie for first place with 13.5/17 between Karpov(+10 =7 -0) and Korchnoi(+11 =5 -1).In third place was Byrne with 12.5,and just missing out with 11 was Smejkal. http://www.worldchesslinks.net/ezdn2.html
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In Russian language.
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Condition: Please, see scans. Imperfections visible on the pictures. Folded and repaired on the back.
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