Comments on: The Fabulous 50s: Fischer takes on Petrosian in Blitz, 1958

By: Paul Denham

Paul Denham — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:25:51 +0000

The guy sitting with the thick glasses could well be Vladimir Bagirov

By: Paul Denham

Paul Denham — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:23:20 +0000

Without a doubt the man standing behind the guy to the right of Fischer is Yakov Neishtadt (He has moustache and prominent nose). Think he was Editor of 64 or one of the other big Chess Magazines. Sosonko covered his life in an article in the book Smart Chip from St Petersburg

By: charles

charles — Sun, 09 May 2010 21:33:09 +0000

there is a gentleman in miami that owns a chess set that was played on in a cuban olympiad between fischer and petrosian… he owns the tournament books with pictures.. craziness.

By: Granny O'Doul

Granny O'Doul — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:38:45 +0000

Actually, there is a resemblance between Evans and the Petrosian of these pics.

By: Dan Scoones

Dan Scoones — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:04:39 +0000

I’ve come to believe that the man in the light jacket directly behind Fischer is Yakov Estrin. Try this link for a photo of Estrin from the early 1980s: http://www.schemingmind.com/articles/1/images/estrin.jpg

With all respect, and although there is a slight resemblance, the man on the left cannot be Larry Evans. The hairline, the nose, the complexion, etc., do not match.

It is a sure bet that all of the spectators are strong players. The USSR Central Chess Club was never a drop-in centre for woodshifters!

By: Granny O'Doul

Granny O'Doul — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:45:27 +0000

Isn’t the guy on the left Jack Kerouac? Anyway, I don’t think it is Evans either, as for one thing he did not play in the Portoroz interzonal and I never heard of him having been Fischer’s second then, so I don’t think he’d have accompanied Fischer on the Moscow trip just prior.

By: nezhmet

nezhmet — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:21:09 +0000

We need to ask some old-timers such as Anatoly Lein, etc. (need an email).

By: Dan Scoones

Dan Scoones — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:00:32 +0000

I don’t know who the guy standing on the left is, but there’s no way it’s Larry Evans! I thought the seated guy might be Evgeny Vasyukov, who is known to have played Fischer at that session, but the evidence of an eyewitness is pretty convincing. The guy in the light jacket right behind Fischer looks familiar from old issues of Shakhmaty v SSSR, etc., but I can’t put a name to him right now.

Why can’t it be Evans? Just curious. Does anyone have Evans’s email?