London SE1 Community Website

2023-05-20 08:08:02

On this day 35 years ago, @thetimes published an article by Boris Johnson about an archaeological discovery in SE1. Unfortunately the claims he attributed to his godfather Colin Lucas were fabricated, so Johnson was sacked from the paper.

Ruhi Chess

2023-05-13 03:07:12

The bronze sculptures of Confucius and Einstein playing chess at UTAR's Kampar Campus, Malaysia is a symbol of merging eastern and western wisdom, importance of cross-cultural exchange and collaboration.

#chess #chessart

Dr. Klaus Herdepe

2023-05-08 04:00:00

Guten Morgen, ihr Lieben!
Ludwig Knaus (1829–1910) 🎨 🇩🇪
Spaziergang in den Tuileriengärten, 1855 🖼️
Louvre, Paris 🏛️
#ArteYArt #Genre #Realism #ChildrenInArt

David Llada ♞

2023-05-05 06:58:09

Joe Dassin tests an "Atkin Chess" chess computer at the Palais des Congrès in Paris in 1979. Photo by Michel Clément.

KIU • Russian Officers killed in Ukraine 🇨🇿🇺🇦

2023-05-03 09:05:46

Reminder: all WW2 memorials in Russia bear only the years 1941–1945. The first two years of WW2 do not exist. The Soviets were busy attacking Poland, the Baltics and Finland and making friends with the Nazis when they divided Poland between them.

Sparkassen Chess Trophy

2023-05-02 17:25:31

5️⃣0⃣ Years of International Dortmund #Chess Days

A look back at the history Part 2: The 1980s sparkassen-chess-trophy.de/index.php/en/n…

Picture: Oleg Romanishin vs Eric Lobron, Dortmund 1982

Koninklijke Nederlandse Schaakbond

2023-05-04 07:14:31

Bij de Nationale Sportherdenking bij het @olympisch staat dit jaar de schaaksport centraal. Voor veel mensen in gevangenschap was schaken een manier om te overleven. We werkten samen met het Max Euwe Centrum aan het programma. knsb150.nl/nationale-spor… #4mei #herdenking #knsb150

orpheus

2023-05-03 17:19:13

@DrJEBall Greece 4th century bc

Dr Jo Ball

2023-05-03 17:07:12

Other similar balls have been found too, so this may have been a popular toy in Roman Egypt (& probably before) - I suppose it is no surprise that children through the ages are drawn to the same sorts of toys, but it is good to see archaeological evidence of this! (📷 BM)

Dr Jo Ball

2023-05-03 17:04:38

A toy ball from #Roman-period Egypt, made of linen strengthened with strips of reed painted red & green; it also has stone chips inside that make it rattle when shaken. Amazing to think of someone playing with this toy 1500+ years ago! (📷 BM) #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

Jewish Community

2023-04-27 00:37:03

Medieval gaming piece unearthed in UK excavations: Tablemen were used to play numerous board games. The recently discovered one thought to be from the medieval period. dlvr.it/Sn7Tdl JPost

Dr Donna Yates

2015-09-25 19:48:36

92 walrus ivory game pieces were found in Lewis Chessmen hoard. Not all are figures: pawns & tablemen a bit bland

CARAA

2021-06-23 06:57:57

When found, the hoard contained 93 artifacts: 78 chess pieces, 14 tablemen and one belt buckle. Today, 82 pieces are owned and usually exhibited by the British Museum in London, and the remaining 11 are at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

Adrián Maldonado

2019-07-26 08:36:23

Hidden away in a tray of 19th-century toys and games I spotted these medieval tablemen/playing pieces from Forfar, Kirkwall and Lour. I am photographing objects like these to be made available online shortly on the @NtlMuseumsScot catalogue

#FindsFriday

Sardonicus

2020-01-02 20:05:39

'On Tuesday March 5th, 1968 John Cage & Marcel Duchamp performed "Reunion" at the Ryerson Theatre in Toronto.
Duchamp won the first chess match almost immediately, so a second game lasting over 4 hours, was played between Cage and Duchamp's wife, Teeny'
hyperallergic.com/424124/marcel-…

Jane Hoodless

2019-10-02 09:15:45

Marcel Duchamp–who died #OTD 1968–pretended to abandon art & devote the rest of his life to chess, though secretly continued to make work. "I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists."

𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌

2021-09-02 15:52:57

Marcel Duchamp and Raoul de Roussy de Sales Playing Chess, 1925
Man Ray •
#blackandwhite #photography

Xerses phus

2021-12-19 11:51:48

#ChessAutomaton1769 2/n
"Lettres sur un automate qui joue aux échecs" [1772] by Louis Dutens
E-Book by @amandine_bizet and Nadine Lobo
#chess #automaton #ChessTurk #WolfgangVonKempelen #LouisDutens
Edition 1772: catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb3…
E-Book and pic: behance.net/gallery/611083…

Xerses phus

2021-12-20 05:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 64/n
Two kings play chess
in: Roman du Roy Meliadus de Leonnoys
Naples, Italy
circa 1352
British Library, London; Add. 12228, f.23
#chess #VisualArts #IllustratedManuscript

Alison Fisk

2021-12-17 07:08:41

This Ancient Egyptian game of ‘Hounds and Jackals’ is almost 4,000 years old! It was discovered in 1910 by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in the tomb of an official named Reniseneb at Thebes. It is made of ebony and ivory and dated c. 1814–1805 BCE. 📷 The Met NY.

#Archaeology

Annemarieke Willemsen

2021-12-16 14:58:28

Opening right now: exhibition on #rattles of collector Heinz Keijser in Jewish Museum Amsterdam @jckamsterdam & presentation of beautiful book w/my essay on 4000-year history of rattles. I know it's niche, but there are hundreds of 'm & they are stunning. Exh until June 6, 2022!

Martin Hahn

2021-12-14 20:36:58

🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄

Caissa wünscht frohe Weihnachten!
—
Preisausschreiben der Schachzeitschrift aus dem Jahr 1948 mit Fragen zu einer Spanisch-Partie zwischen
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Rein… und
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Ha…

Diane Doniol-Valcroze

2021-12-13 18:17:23

“Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good and it trains you to think objectively when you’re in trouble.” - Stanley Kubrick

Dr Jo Ball

2021-12-12 18:24:00

Three (toy) balls, found in #Egypt & dating to the #Roman period. They were hollow, made of linen & reed, painted in red & green, & had stone chips inside, so they rattled when shaken. These ones might be ancient, but you'd find balls nearly identical in a toyshop today! (📷 BM)

Prof Susan Oosthuizen 💙

2021-12-11 17:49:08

Isn't this beautiful? It’s the weekend and here’s a multifaceted #medieval #ivory die just aching to be let out to play in one of the >600 dice #games known from the period. MT @museecluny. #iwantonetoo

Angela O'Brien

2021-12-12 09:15:00

Ancient Egyptian wooden cat-shaped toy with moving jaws, bronze teeth and eyes made of inlaid rock crystal. The jaw can be moved by pulling the string. Found in Thebes, Egypt. New Kingdom, ca. 1350 BCE. The British Museum, 1885,0618.11. britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…

Diego Rasskin Gutman

2021-12-12 13:00:37

This chess set is from the 2nd half of the 19th century, made of bone and wood, in Russia. Boats are Rooks; Elephants are Bishops. In Russian, the bishop is still called elephant слон (pronounced "slon"); in Spanish "alfil" literally "the elephant".

The State Hermitage Museum

Ellen Hagen 𓅃

2021-12-11 16:01:32

How wonderful is this. A Medieval carved walrus, word in Norwegian ‘hvalross’, from a walrus tusk, photos via Nidark, Norway.
Dated to: 1225-1275.
Foto: Åge Hojem /N28915/Nidark
#archaeology #animals

ᴄᴏʟʟᴇᴇɴ ᴇ. ᴅᴀᴡꜱᴏɴ

2019-09-24 02:34:06

Chess players from the Willehalm Codex by Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1334

Xerses phus

2021-12-08 05:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 59/n
Illustration from Jacobus de Cessolis' 'Schachzabelbuch'
Southern Germany
c. 1390-1400
Research Library of the University of Erfurt, Gotha; Cod. Chart. B 155, f. 69r
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #JacobusDeCessolis #Schachzabelbuch

Diego Rasskin Gutman

2021-12-06 12:55:55

The far side...

Xerses phus

2021-12-06 05:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 58/n
Johann Erdmann Hummel
Chess Game
Oil on canvas
1818/19
Old National Gallery, Berlin
#chess #VisualArts #painting #JohannErdmannHummel #Hummel1818

Howard Staunton

2021-12-02 14:02:01

Chess is not a game. A proceeding that may be carried out for six or seven hours in silence cannot be called a game.

Howard Staunton

2021-12-01 08:01:24

If subjected to a violent attack, you may often disconcert your opponent by compelling the exchange of two or three pieces.

Botschaft Israel

2021-11-24 13:12:59

Ein 11-jähriges Mädchen hat in #Jerusalem eine seltene 2.000 Jahre alte Münze entdeckt, die vermutlich von einem jüdischen Priester kurz vor der Zerstörung des Zweiten Tempels geprägt wurde.

📸Yaniv Berman/@cityofdavid/@AntiquitiesIL

israelnetz.com/gesellschaft-k…

Xerses phus

2021-11-26 23:11:21

Report of a chess collector on his visit to a #chess #exhibition in the #ThULB #Jena and his visit to the #Löberitz chess #museum in eastern #Germany.
Cf. kwabc.org/en/newsitem/ch…
#UniJena #library #ChessExhibitionThULB2021 #ChessMuseumLöberitz
@JenaKultur @UniJena
📷 S. Schönle