The pair played behind glass at one of Russia's top museums, the State Tretyakov Gallery, watched by hundreds of chess fans.

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Filatov has previously merged his love of chess and art by sponsoring this year's World Chess Championship Match at Moscow's Tretyakov Gallery.

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The original piece, painted in 1947, won the Stalin Prize and remains in the Tretyakov State Gallery in Moscow.

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