2 part questions:
1. Who are the two players in the forefront?
2. Which tournament was this picture taken from?
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the player on the left is clearly Tal. The player on the right looks like Korchnoi, though I’m not positive. It was a tournament in which Tolush played Antoshin…
Tal & Korchnoi at the 1957 Russian Chess Championship
Stein vs Spassky.
My guess is Tal (W) v. Korchnoi (B), Riga, 1955.
The player on the right is Korchnoi.
I’m not sure about the one on the left, reminds me of Tahl, but also of Petrosian!
Tal vs. Korchnoi. By the age of the photo (and of the players), I’m going to guess that it’s the 25th Soviet Championship (1958). I think Tal won the Championship, but lost this game.
Thats looks like Tal without the doughnut bush! dunno the other guy! maybe stein in Russian Championship im guessing!
Tal vs Korchnoi ,USSR ch 1957
Wow that is Korchnoi, never seen that before thanks Suzie! Stuff like this probably what got me hooked on your site! hehe. I didnt start studyin ur old books until the early 80s by then korchnoi was already an Old Bastard! hehehe. Naw ,just kidding thats what we call Walt down at the Burtflickenger Center here in the B-lo! Susan keep the basketball courts hot for me! hahaha.
Tal and korchnoi for sure
http://www.londonchessclassic.com/festival_events/korchnoi_simuls.htm
The London Chess Classic has a short blurb about that picture if you’re interested.
Player on the left is Tal not Petrosian. The right hand is covered or hidden, a big clue.
Yeah, that’s young Korchnoi on the right. Afterwards, he told Tal: “this is the very last time in your life you’re going to beat me.”
Well, the overall lifetime score of Korchnoi versus Tal is 13-6 wins for Korchnoi (with 29 draws, according to chessgames.com).
Quite an impressive dominance by Korchnoi, especially if you watch out that Tal during his meteoric years in the late 50s (with winning the Soviet Championship 1957 & 58, winning then the Interzonal and the Candidates convincingly), finally becoming world champion in 1960 never scored a win against Korchnoi, but faced quite a lot of losses.
After Korchnoi’s defection, boycotted in tournaments by the Soviets from 1976 to 1983, maybe his best years, unfortunately there was no game at all between these great players, afterwards Tal could level the encounters, he played then maybe less tactical, more positionally.
GM Mihail Marin called Tal’s bad record against Korchnoi, the two are maybe the greatest attacking and counter-attacking players in chess history, “the paradox of the century”.