thats a great story..
myself i like to collect game collections of the past champions but i also collect some of the interesting characters of chess.. George Koltanowski, fischer,alekhine,morphy, bronstien, spassky,and one of my favorite GM's that i have been fortunate to meet.. Leonid Shamokovich...
that man reminded me of "YODA" , nice, kind on the outside.. but YOU don't want to see him play against you!!!!
I was at a US OPEN once and saw him give a lecture and he proceeded to demolish the field.. in one of those weekend blitz tourneys that take place there.. it was fantastic.. watching him parry, attack and defeat players who were younger than him.
This topic is great..