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Streatham Cemetery yields another chess burial (Front block L): W. T. Marshall (1857-1919), main man at Nightingale Lane Chess Club 1890s to his death. NLCC then fizzled out. Also active in City of London CC. Lived in Balham.
@summerstown182 @StreathamSoc #Chesshistory
A nice interview with @retorquere , author of the @zotero BBT (Better Bib(La)TeX) extension, and hey, BBT now properly handles the four #software entries from #biblatex-software too! fiduswriter.org/2017/01/15/emi… #latex #biblatex
Mike Romanoff, one of Humphrey Bogart's chess-playing friends, was quite a character. In the October 29, 1945 issue of @LIFE, he was described as "the most wonderful liar of the 20th-century U.S." bit.ly/33xSXpG
Chess Museum / Schaakstukkenmuseum Rotterdam bit.ly/3ewB2py #chess #schaakstukkenmuseum @rotterdam #rotterdam @chesscom @chess24com @ChesscomNews @MagnusCarlsen @FIDE_chess #schaken @tatasteelchess @NorwayChess @theworldchess @GothamChess @jordenvforeest @ifthenisnow
This Royal Game of Ur board was excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley in 1926. It is dated to 2600 BC, and is considered one of the oldest board games in the world!
It is now held in the @britishmuseum, under a very very thick layer of glass!
#royalgameofur #boardgames #history
Schafkopf zu spielen ist wegen Corona gerade fast nicht möglich. Das Online-Spielen ist ein guter Ersatz - hat aber auch Nachteile.www.sueddeutsche.de
#DieSchuleBrennt. Ein fiktiver Thread
Lothar Wieler: Die Schule brennt.
Wolfgang Wodarg: Brandwunden sind auch nicht schlimmer als ein einfacher Sonnenbrand.
Homöopathen: Wer sein Immunsystem mit Vitaminen und Globuli stärkt, hat von Rauchgas nichts zu befürchten.
BGSJ 15: On misconceptions. De Voogt on mancala's assumed antiquity; Crist evaluates evidence of senet's age & diffusion; Schmidt-Madsen uncrosses cruciform confusion; Schädler rights wrong ideas re. Roman games; I attempt to unravel tafl sciendo.com/issue/bgs/15/1
#boardGameStudies
Check out the new edition of the Board Game Studies journal, which focuses on setting the record straight on some common misconceptions about ancient games, in clueing a chapter by our own @CuseKicks on Senet!
https://twitter.com/eddieduggan/status/1388450545086746624
We had a special guest @MuseumnanEilean yesterday for the launch of @scattyscribbler’s book #TheLewisChessThief Barbara Henderson had a chat with us about the book and the chess pieces. Find out more @eSgoil from 2pm today and @WILibraries #britishmuseum #lewischessmen
Excited to announce this edition of Board Game Studies, dedicated to correcting common misconceptions. Alex de Voogt on mancala, me on senet, Jacob Schmidt-Madsen on pachisi/chaupar, Ulrich Schädler on Roman games, and @eddieduggan on tafl!
Open Access!
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The first @SscipChildhood online biannual lecture is taking place on 18th May 2021. The wonderful @LCreightonAvery will be our first speaker of the series. Further details can be found here:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/society-for-…Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past Biannual Lecture
Gendered Childhood Diets: An Analysis of Dietary Stable Isotopes in Tooth Dentine in Roman Gaulwww.eventbrite.co.uk
Detail showing play with cat, The painting was made on a dish called “hydria” used to carry water. The object dates to the V- IV century BCE and is located in the Museo Nazionale Palazzo Jatta, Ruvo di Puglia. Source: imperiumromanum.pl/en/curiosities…
Endstation für ESV Rot-Weiß Göttingen im Halbfinale der Online-Liga goettinger-tageblatt.de/Sportbuzzer/Sp…Endstation für ESV Rot-Weiß Göttingen im Halbfinale der Online-Liga
Sie hatten virtuelle Heim- und Auswärtsspiele gegen Teams aus dem gesamten Bundesgebiet. Im Halbfinale der Deutschen Schach Online Liga war für die erste Mannschaft des ESV Rot-Weiß Göttingen Schluss. Sie musste sich deutlich geschlagen geben.www.goettinger-tageblatt.de
Gustav Mahler's payslip as "Artistischer Director in der VI. Rang Classe" of the K.u.K. Hof-Oper in Vienna. Note the "Wagenpauschale" and the "Dienstloge N° 12". The table ends with the note "Ausgetreten 1907". #Mahler
Phillip Ruby @MeepleRiot hat sich das kooperative #Paleo (@hig_games/@Asmo_dee) von @PeterRustemeyer angeschaut und seine Eindrücke in Worte gefasst:
"Für Fans der Steinzeit ein absoluter Pflichtkauf!"
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#publichistory #archaeologie #boardgames
