More Caricatures By Ross

 

Source: see below

Herbert Halsegger notifies us that G. Ross (the initial is taken from the source mentioned below, p. 49) had made many more illustrations of the players in the 1964 Olympiad. The above sketches are taken from the report, "1964 Olympiad - Selected Games" by Hans Kmoch, on pp. 49-53 of Chess Review, February 1965. Many more are found there. See also about Ross in this post.

Achievements in Old Age

 
Source: Chess Review, May 1965, p. 131

Achievements in chess in old age are a matter of historical times. Today, the youngest world champion - only 18 - had just been crowned. In the past many players were active into old age and occasionally won important tournaments, Emmanuel Lasker and Jacque Mieses being two well-known examples. In the above clip, brought to our attention by Herbert Halsegger, it is noted that Miguel Najdorf won at Mar de Plata against a strong field at the relatively old age of 55. All three of these masters were, of course, Jewish. 

The interesting thing is that the winners of the second and third place, Averbakh and Stein, were 12 and 24 years younger, respectively. What is the largest age difference, in a major tournament, between the winner and the runner-up(s)?