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GALLERY · SEPTEMBER 28, 2026

15 new photographs in the Gallery

New photographs from the Nationaal Archief and Wikimedia Commons, from Groningen 1946 to the IBM tournaments in Amsterdam.

Mikhail Botvinnik — Groningen Chess Tournament 1946, 1946-09-01
Photo: ANP · Public domain · Photo details

We added 13 Anefo photographs and one ANP photograph from the Nationaal Archief, and one photograph from Wikimedia Commons. They include Mikhail Botvinnik receiving the winner's wreath at Groningen in 1946, five photographs of Genna Sosonko from 1974 to 1979, Hans Ree against Rainer Knaak at the 1974 IBM tournament, and Garry Kasparov at 11 in Vilnius.

Each photograph lists its source, creator and reuse terms.

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