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2021-11-16 05:00:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 16&17/n
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) and Leonid Kogan (1924-1982)
#chess #ChessPlayer #MstislavRostropovich #cellist #LeonidKogan #violinist #legend
📷 via twitter.com/playinglesshur…

https://twitter.com/playinglesshurt/status/1203322675818569728

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2021-11-05 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 45/n
Franz von Defregger
A chess game
Oil on canvas
c. 1874
Private collection
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #FranzVonDefregger #DefreggerFranzVon #Defregger1874
Cf. tiroler-landesmuseen.at/ausstellung/de…

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2021-10-29 04:05:00

#ChessInVisualArts 42a/n
Follower of Caravaggio
Chess players
Oil on canvas
17th century
Private collection
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #Caravaggio #CaravaggioFollower
Cf. dorotheum.com/en/l/5137217/

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2021-10-29 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 42/n
Follower of Caravaggio
Chess players
Oil on canvas
1610s
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #Caravaggio #CaravaggioFollower
Cf. gallerieaccademia.it/en/chess-playe…

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2021-10-26 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 40/n
Thomas Eakins
The Chess Players
Oil on wood
1876
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
#chess #VisiualArts #painting #EakinsThomas #Eakins1876 #ChessPlayer

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2021-10-21 04:00:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 13/n
Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993)
#OnThisDay in 1917 he was born.
#chess #ChessPlayer #DizzyGillespie #trumpeter #legend
📷Charles “Teenie” Harris, DG playing with Harold Keith, Feb. 1958, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
📷Jet Magazine June 17, 1954

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2021-10-14 04:00:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 11&12/n
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) and Zino Francescatti (1902-1991)
#OnThisDay in 1990 Leonard Bernstein died.
#chess #ChessPlayer #LeonardBernstein #conductor #composer #pianist #ZinoFrancescatti #violinist #legend
📷 via pinterest.com

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2021-10-06 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 32/n
J. H. W. Tischbein
Conradin of Swabia and Frederick of Austria receiving their death sentence while playing chess
Oil on canvas
1784
Ducal Museum, Gotha, Germany
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #TischbeinJHW #Tischbein1784

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2021-10-02 04:00:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 10/n
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
#OnThisDay in 1968 the French artist and chess player died.
#chess #MarcelDuchamp #DuchampMarcel #ChessPlayer #artist #legend #ChessInVisualArts #VisualArts #photography #PerformanceArt

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2021-10-02 04:05:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 10a/n
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
#OnThisDay in 1968 MD died.
#chess #MarcelDuchamp #DuchampMarcel #ChessPlayer #artist #legend #ChessInVisualArts #VisualArts #photography #PerformanceArt

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2021-10-01 04:05:00

#ChessInVisualArts 30/n
King and queen playing chess
Illustration from the 'Schachzabelbuch' by Konrad von Ammenhausen
Germany
15th century
British Library, London; Add. 11616, f.5v
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #Schachzabelbuch #KonradVonAmmenhausen

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2021-09-30 04:00:01

#LegendsPlayingChess 8&9/n
David Oistrakh (1908-1974) and Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
#OnThisDay [N.S.] in 1908 David Oistrakh was born.
#chess #ChessPlayer #SergeiProkofiev #composer #pianist #conductor #DavidOistrakh #violinist #legend
📷en.chessbase.com/post/the-1937-…

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2021-09-29 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 29/n
Ludovico Carracci (attr.)
Chess players
Oil on canvas
c. 1590
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #LucovicoCarracci #CarracciLudovico #Carracci1590

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2021-09-25 04:00:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 7/n
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
#OnThisDay [N.S.] in 1906 he was born.
#chess #ChessPlayer #DmitriShostakovich #composer #pianist #genius
📷 British Chess Magazine, Nov 1946
📷 Nicholas Tikhomirov
Cf. chess.com/blog/RoaringPa…

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2021-09-23 17:00:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 6/n
Ray Charles (1930-2004)
#OnThisDay in 1930 he is born.
#chess #ChessPlayer #RayCharles #singer #songwriter #composer #legend
📷The Ray Charles Foundation
📷Neal Preston via Pinterest
📷youtube.com/watch?v=lj1gf0…

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2021-09-17 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 24/n
Entr' Acte
Director: René Clair
Starring: Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, ...
1924
France
#chess #VisualArts #film #SilentFilm #DuchampMarcel #MarcelDuchamp #ManRay #RenéClair #ChessPlayer #EntrActe1924
Film online: bit.ly/38HzVzG
Chess scene: 4:18 ff.

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2021-09-16 04:00:01

#LegendsPlayingChess 5/n
Humphrey Bogart
#chess #ChessPlayer #HumphreyBogart #BogartHumphrey #Bogie #actor #legend

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2021-09-07 14:00:01

#LegendsOfChess 3/n
François-André Danican Philidor (1726-1795)
#OnThisDay in 1726 the French #composer, #ChessPlayer, 1st (unofficial) world chess champion and mastermind of modern chess Philidor was born.
#PhilidorFrançoisAndréDanican #Philidor #chess #WorldChessChampion

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2021-09-03 08:11:28

#ChessInVisualArts 18a/n
Julian Wasser
Duchamp playing chess with a nude (Eve Babitz)
Duchamp Retrospective, Pasadena Art Museum, California, 1963
#chess #VisualArts #photography #MarcelDuchamp #DuchampMarcel #TheLargeGlass #EveBabitz #ChessPlayer #WasserJulian #Wasser1963

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2021-09-01 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 17/n
Moritz Retzsch
The chess players
Oil on panel
1831
Private collection
#chess #VisualArts #painting #RetzschMoritz #Retzsch1831 #ChessPlayer

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2021-08-25 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 14/n
Gerhard Marcks
Chess players
Bronze sculpture
1944
Screenshot: "Deutschlandspiegel" 100/1963, 05.02.1963, Federal film archive (Bundesfilmarchiv), Berlin, Germany
bit.ly/3ybGPrY
#chess #VisualArts #sculpture #MarcksGerhard #Marcks1944 #ChessPlayer

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2021-08-24 04:00:01

#LegendsPlayingChess 3/n
Stanley Kubrick
#chess #ChessPlayer #KubrickStanley #StanleyKubrick #FilmDirector
Watch the fantastic video essay "What Chess Taught #Kubrick About Filmmaking": youtu.be/ohFIPUV4NCQ

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2021-07-22 16:00:01

Schiller's private #chess set can still be admired today in the German Literature Archive in Marbach (@DLAMarbach).
#UniJena #AllStarTeam #jena #ChessPlayer #ChessHistory #AlmaMaterJenensisAllStarChessTeam #SchillerFriedrich #Schiller #ChessSet #ChessPieces

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2021-08-03 10:00:00

#LegendsPlayingChess 2/n
Bob Dylan
#chess #ChessPlayer #BobDylan #Dylan #singer #songwriter #poet #artist #NobelLaureateInLiterature #legend

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2021-08-04 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 5/n
Marcel #Duchamp
Portrait of chess players
Oil on canvas
1911
Philadelphia Museum of Art, USA
#chess #VisualArts #painting #DuchampMarcel #Duchamp1911 #ChessPlayer

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2021-07-30 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 3/n
Gunther von Hagens
Chess player
Plastination
2006
Plastinarium, Guben, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #sculpture #plastination #HagensGuntherVon #ChessPlayer
photo: dpa/shp pzi ent