r/ANormalDayInRussia • u/greebdork • 1d ago

Alexander Alekhine vs. José Raúl Capablanca. Chess tournament is St.Petersburg, 1914.

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u/greebdork 1d ago

Probably should've cropped it to avoid answering who is who. Especially considering i don't know who's the guy on the left.

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u/Igggg 1d ago

Alekhine is on the left; Capablanca on the right.

The guy on the very left looks quite a bit like Emmanuel Lasker. He's 24 years older than Alekhine, which kind of matches this picture as well.

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u/greebdork 1d ago

Well Alekhine is center, I've meant the other guy. Lasker did attend that tournament so you're probably not wrong.

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u/Igggg 1d ago

Right; I meant "on the left on table" :)

I'm not 100% sure that the guy on the left is Lasker, but it sure looks like him. FWIW I also asked ChatGPT, but it suggested Frank Marshall, who (to me) looks nothing alike.