1973 41st USSR Championship Tournament Photograph

Author: USSR Chess Federation signed Boris Spassky, Michal Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Beliavsky, Efim Geller, Paul Keres, Victor Korchnoi, Nukhim N Rashkovsky, Gennadi Kuzmin, Vladimir Savon, Evgeni Ellinovich, etcYear: 1973Publisher: USSR Chess FederationPlace: MoscowDescription:Oblong photograph (6 3/4" x 11 1/4") Signed by 14 of the 18 contestants Boris Spassky, Michal Tal, Anatoly Karpov, Alexander Beliavsky, Efim Geller, Paul Keres, Victor Korchnoi, Nukhim N Rashkovsky, Gennadi Kuzmin, Vladimir Savon, Evgeni Ellinovich Sveshnikov, Mark Taimanov, Vladimir Borisovich Tukmakov, Orest Averkin and one non contestant Viktor Davidovich Kupreichik on the verso. The photograph shows the stage were the contest took place with lined up game tables and the participants during the competition. In the foreground a part of the auditorium with seated spectators.In the aftermath of Robert James Fischer's victory over Boris Spassky in the 1972 World Championship, the Soviet Union had been humil