17th Chess Olympiad, Havana, Cuba, autumn 1966. Amidst the crowd, on the top left, 9th World Chess Champion Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian takes a picture of the very spot where 11th World Chess Champion Robert James “Bobby” Fischer (bottom left) is showing Fidel Castro (seated in front of him) something from a chess book. Photo: Mariano Ferré.
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11th World Chess Champion Robert James “Bobby” Fischer holding a conversation at Hotel Habana Libre’s restaurant in Havana, Cuba on October 28, 1966 during the 17th Chess Olympiad. Photo: WorthPoint.
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17th Chess Olympiad; Havana, Cuba, 23 October – 20 November 1966. Rare film footage featuring (among others) Robert James Fischer, Boris Vasilievich Spassky, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian and Prime Minister of the Republic of Cuba Fidel Castro.
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