This young boy became one of the best in the world. Do you recognize him?
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This young boy became one of the best in the world. Do you recognize him?
Leko?
looks like leko
I think its Ivanchuk
yes im sure now.. its definitely GM Ivanchuk!!
That’s Yasser Seirawan.
yes definitely Taz. He was so handsome back then.
We all are so handsome when we are young.
I like some of his pictures where he had a mustasch.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://sakk.terasz.hu/pic/playerpic/126-pic.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sakk.terasz.hu/index.php%3Fm%3Dplayer%26p%3Dshowplayerpictures%26playerid%3D46&h=180&w=140&sz=21&hl=en&start=218&tbnid=0J8xY0BGdrnUIM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=79&prev=/images%3Fq%3DYasser%2BSeirawan%26start%3D200%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN
If it where Ivanchuk the picture would have been in Black & White, It has to be Leko.
King.
Boris Spassky ?
I’d guess Leko
Tal?
It’s Judit Polgar!!!
My first guess was peter leko. then i read some guessing Yasser. well Yaz it might be.
So these are the 2 contenders for the answer. I will give a slight edge to peter leko.
can anyone make a definitive identification? Can anyone say it is not Yaz or not Leko?
That is Seattle transplant Yassir Seirawan.
At a recent local class tournament, a fellow told the following story about his first encounter with Seirawan, when both were teenagers:
He walked by my game, stopping only briefly to look. Later when someone’s parents were driving us home, Seirawan suddenly explained to me a few winning variations I could have played (no chess board was open in the car). I knew then that Seirawan was something special.
Indeed, Seirawan was a WCChampion candidate multiple times. At times in his younger days, Seirawan seems cocky to some, insisting that he would win the WCChamp title some day. I presume he was trying to leverage the power of positive thinking.
Seirawan recently relocated to San Diego.
GeneM
Spassky?
Young Leko, before the moustache, glasses and tai chi.
Look here as well:
http://www.bu.edu/cgs/bcc-photos/Famous%20chess%20players%20collected%20by%20Steve%20Stepak_1/images/peter-leko,1994.jpg