From a new book by Andy Soltis. This a dapper Spassky vs Tal in the final round of the 1959 USSR Championship. Bow ties could be the wave of the future.
Tal, Petrosian, Spassky and Korchnoi: A Chess Multibiography with 207 Games
By Andrew Soltis
Gotta love the huge old analog chess clocks that were used in Russia in that period! I have a couple of old clocks from Europe that do not come close to that size.
That clock is one of the larger ones I’ve ever seen. I wonder how many jewels were in its movement.