Russian Chess Champion Returns Home (1958)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Riga, Latvia, Russia, USSR / Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Various shots Mikhail Tahl, the Russian chess champion and Grand Master, being carried from plane on his return from finishing the fourth International Chess Tournament in Portorose, Yugoslavia. He is mobbed by crowds of people and bouquet of flowers. MS and CU Mikhail Tahl showing friends the game he played with Argentinian chess player Panno. CU Hand moving chess men on board. Mikhail Tahl explaining game to friends. CU Abstract painting he received as prize for the best game he played at the tournament. Note: Date on original record: 10/10/1958. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collec