PHOTO #110593, 23 x 16 cm. December 1948, Moscow, All-Union Chess Championship. The Central House of Culture of Railway Workers, where the All-Union Chess Championship is taking place, cannot accommodate all those wishing to attend the final round of the competition. The contenders for the title of USSR Champion are Bronstein and Kotov, who scored 11.5 points each by the final round. In the photo: grandmasters A. Kotov/Slena and D. Bronstein at the chessboard. Press photo agency. PRINTED IN THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

This item originates from the chess book collection of Zahari Stanchev, (April 27, 1920 - January 27, 1980) from Sofia, Bulgaria. Stanchev was Bulgaria's representative to FIDE in the 1960s, a writer of chess books, and an international arbiter.