World Chess Champions - Kings of Chess
[ Finish of the chess Game presented on the front side of cover. ]
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William Steinitz
Prague,1836 - New York,1900

Emanuel Lasker
Berlinhingen,1868 - New York,1941

José Raoul Capablanca
Havana,1888 - New York,1942
 

Alexander Alekhine
Moscow,1892 - Estorial,1946

Max Euwe
Amsterdam,1901 - Amsterdam,1981

Mikhail Botvinnik
Kuokkala,1911 - 1995
 

Vasily Smyslov
Moscow,1921

Mikhail Tal
Riga,1936 - 1992

Tigran Petrosyan
Tbilissi,1929 - Moscow,1984
 

Boris Spassky
Petersburg,1937

Robert Fischer
Chicago,1943

Anatoly Karpov
Zlatoust,1951
 

Garry Kasparov
Baku,1963

Yugoslav PTT
Commemorative stamps