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World Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov playing in Moscow, 1978. (lemmy.world)
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Karpov is the one on the right.

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[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Based on my knowledge of chess tournaments from this time (binge watching The Queen’s Gambit), they have a guy whose job it is to update a large representation of the board on the wall as the game is taking place, so the audience can see

[–] HakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

That guy is also shown in the first scene after the opening credits to From Russia With Love.