Author: Andres Valverde
Date: 13:34:43 07/31/05
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On July 31, 2005 at 15:57:03, Mark Young wrote:
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>I have a chess book signed by Viktor Korchnoi. The Book is Play Better Chess by
>Leonard Barden Foreword by Victor Korchnoi. Signed in at the US Open 1983:
>Pasadena . It is for sale for the right price.:)
this has reminded me a curious story. In 1993 I began trading fruits and
vegetables to a Russian company located at St. Petersburg. The russian was a
very kind guy and I send him a chess book ("Training chess" Koblenz) to be
signed by Mark Taimanov, who was his neighbour.
Some months later, the russian company became bankrupt (this was very usual in
the former USSR at that time), and I didnt receive the payments for the 3-4
latest deliveries.
I was resigned when, four months later, I received a money order from .. New
York! (the total due amount) and the promised signed book with cheers from Mr.
Taimanov.
I have not ever know anymore about this russian knight.
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