Soviet Women's Championship, Odessa 1950.
Seated: 3rd from left - Ludmilla Rudenko, World Champion 1950-1953 4th from left - Olga Rubzova, World Champion 1956-1958 5th from left - Elizaveta Bukova, World Champion 1953-1956, 1958-1962.
Front: Assistant TD Roman Pelts, age 13 (right.)
Back: TD Samuel Kotlerman 7th from left. At this time Kotlerman was one of the top chess coaches in the Soviet Union. His early students included the great Efim Geller and Roman Pelts.
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In 1961, Roman Pelts played in a prestigious tournament in Sochi, Russia, featuring Soviet masters and grandmasters.
Front: 2nd left GM Alexey Suetin, 4th left GM Andrei Lilienthal, far right GM Avram Hasin. Back: 2nd left FM Roman Pelts, 6th left GM Vladimir Simagin, 7th left GM Simon Furman, far right GM Anatoly Lutikov.
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USSR Chess Semi Finals in Vladimir 1974.
Back: 7th from left Roman Pelts.
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Soviet Chess Championship Semi-Finals, Minsk, 1962.
Back: 1st from right Roman Pelts.
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Roman Pelts with World Champion Anatoly Karpov, 1976. The association between these two goes back to 1971, when Roman Pelts was the official trainer for the Soviet team at the World Student Team Chess Championship.
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Roman Pelts with his wife Luba Pelts and Toronto Mayor Mel Lastman.
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Former world champion Mikhail Tal and his wife were guests of Roman Pelts while they visited Toronto in 1979.
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Roman Pelts speaking to Garry Kasparov at a function held by Leslie Dan.
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World Champion Anatoly Karpov gave an exhibition in 1979 at the Toronto Eaton Center, in which he played 20 opponents simultaneously. Exhibition organized by Roman Pelts.
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