Grandmaster Amador Rodriguez of Cuba talks to Alexander Khalifman just after Khalifman has won the FIDE World Chess Championship

From left to right are Ummer Koya, Secretary of the All Indian Chess Federation, Khalifman, Grandmaster Amador Rodriguez, Stefan Loeffler, a journalist, and Norman Harvey, Representative of the Chess Clubs of Las Vegas.
Grandmaster Amador Rodriguez of Cuba talks to Alexander Khalifman


The occasion was a press conference given after Khalifman won the World Chess Championship.

This picture was taken by Sam Sloan, who was sitting behind them all.

This is one of several photographs which were taken by Sam Sloan during the 1999 FIDE World Chess Championship in Las Vegas. Here are some other photographs:


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