I need 2 photos of Mikhail Botvinnik

He was World chess champion many decades ago.

The photos needs to be at least 500 pixels, preferablely 700.

It would be great to have one of him deeply in thought, and one of him
mentally immersed at a chess game.

thanx in advnce,
Jim West

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Request for Question Clarification by hlabadie-ga on 14 Jan 2004 07:01 PST

A search of TassPhoto for Mikhail Botvinnik produced eight
photographs, seven of which were from the Botvinnik Memorial
Tournament, the eighth of which was a large B&W photo of Mikhail
Botvinnik. If you register with Tass and agree to the terms limiting
the use of the photograph, you can download it.

A search of Corbis produced two portraits and several pictures of
Mikhail Botvinnik in competitions. The watermarked photos can be seen
here:

http://pro.corbis.com/images/HU032981.jpg?size=67&uid={62f72ffa-aaa1-48bf-9b69-ef2dd0a4cd4c}
http://pro.corbis.com/images/HU032973.jpg?size=67&uid={6d14f4e4-4dfa-4baa-9642-a5e019586b1e}

Copies without the watermarks can be purchased.

Do any of these meet your needs?

hlabadie-ga

None of these have the resolution you want, but perhaps you can find
something useful here:

http://images.google.com/images?q=Mikhail+Botvinnik

Best wishes,
gwagner-ga

For photos of the size that you require, it will probably be necessary
to purchase them from a news photographic archive.

You can search Tassphoto, for instance:

http://www.tassphoto.com/?lang=2

Or you might have some luck if you contact the World Chess Federation (FIDE):

http://www.fide.com
http://www.fide.com/home/contacts.asp

hlabadie-ga