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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

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

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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

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

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Zunächst waren einige Hindernisse zu überwinden. Mangels Fahrer fuhren wir in einem geliehenen Bus, dessen Reifendruck zu niedrig war. Wegen Sperrung der A7 mußten wir sehr früh losfahren. … #Fallersleben #Göttingen #Schach #Wolfsburg

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

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

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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

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@davidwjgill @Durotrigesdig There are similar (but less visually striking) sets of pieces in Bologna Archaeological Museum, and also in Ancona. It would appear to be a four player game (6 pieces per player). It could be a strategy game, or it could be a race game. See Schädler (2019) dx.doi.org/10.47245/archi…

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These gorgeous tiny glass gaming counters from a group of 24 (6 white, 6 green, 6 yellow, 6 red) were found in a Late Iron Age grave at Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire in 1965 😍

Sadly the rules of the game are now lost

© Trustees of the British Museum #FindsFriday

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Hélàs, encore une soirée absinthe backgammon...
Quelle atmosphère, Moi qui rêve d'Andegemon !

🎨 Jean Béraud - Les joueurs de Backgammon -

#Art #AndegemonArt #Chess #Paris #Rêverie #Peinture #France 🇫🇷
#Backgammon #BonJeuBonPlaisir #AndegemonRDV #BelleEpoque🌼

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Quand les joueurs y consacrent le temps nécessaire, le jeu devient un véritable art de vivre, un pur instant d'évasion et d'élégance.

🎨 Achile Glisenti 🇮🇹 - Salotto Veneziano -

#BeauxArts #Italie #AndegemonArt
#Echecs #ChessArt #AndegemonRDV
#BonJeuBonPlaisir #Venise #Peinture

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L'intelligence, c'est l'imprévisible.
Michel Serres 🖋️

🎨 Alfred Lyndon Grace 🇬🇧 - CheckMate -

#BonneNuit

#Œuvres #FineArt #ChessArt #Philosophie #Chess
#BonJeuBonPlaisir #AndegemonArt #PhiloFairPlay ♟️

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Men skal det være zen, så.....

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Wonderful Viking gaming piece. An amber figure of a bearded man, probably used in the board game ‘hnefatafl’. Found at Feddet, Zealand. National Museum of Denmark.

#Archaeology

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👉#Ausstellung Uni Kassel bis 09.01 im Stadtmuseum Kassel
👉#Podcast ,,Wunderkammer Modern“ mit Kuratorin Prof. Sitt
🔗 tinyurl.com/2net6h59
👉Vortrag zur Austellung: Prof. Bürkert über Ökosysteme in Oasen
🗓24.11.21; 18:00 Uhr/ Stadtmu.
✒️ Anm.: stadtmuseum.aufsicht@kassel.de



Joshua Hoke neuer Bezirksmeister
Vom 22.–24.10 fand in Bad Salzdetfurth die diesjährige #Bezirksmeisterschaft der Herren statt. Gespielt wurde in der IGS. Die Räumlichkeiten waren echt schön . #BadSalzdetfurth #BEM #Schach #Göttingen

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The OI at U Chicago has some great examples of ancient games! a beautifully preserved mehen, a very fancy ivory and gold 58 holes, and two nice 20 Squares games.

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On December 31st, 1925, the Kronen-Zeitung reported about the women's chess tournament in Vienna. #Chess

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Hallo, ich heiße Ingram Braun und bin Schachtrainer. Ich unterrichte auch (noch) nicht impfbare Kinder u12. Um sie vor Ansteckung zu schützen, bin ich vollständig geimpft und werde mich sobald als möglich boostern lassen. Bitte laßt Euch impfen! #allesindenArm


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Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007) and Leonid Kogan (1924-1982)
#chess #ChessPlayer #MstislavRostropovich #cellist #LeonidKogan #violinist #legend
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Quand les joueurs y consacrent le temps nécessaire, le jeu devient un véritable art de vivre, une source de lumière et de chaleur.

🎨 Johannes Hermanus van der Heijden (1825-1907) 🇳🇱
- Soirée échecs -

#Andegemon #Echecs #BonJeuBonPlaisir
#ChessArt #Peinture #AndegemonArt #Art

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13 Nov: feast of Diego or Didacus of Alcalá, Franciscan missionary in the Canaries #otd . He died on 12 Nov 1463.

This 16th century automaton is possibly the one made by Juanelo Turriano at the court of Charles V in the likeness of the saint.

(Smithsonian Museum)

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Vous pensez souvent à vos problèmes ?
Vous êtes perdus dans vos pensées ?
"Le problème d'échecs", huile sur toile de Muriel Boulton de 1906, visible au musée des beaux-arts du Canada à Ottawa, vous aidera à panser vos maux.
Réfléchir avant d'agir !
#EchecsEtArts

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#ChessInVisualArts 48/n
The Touch
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Bibi Andersson, Max von Sydow, …
1971
Sweden, USA
#chess #VisualArts #film #BergmanIngmar #IngmarBergman #Bergman1971 #TheTouch

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A 1965 painting by Russian artist Tatiana Mikhailovna Marchenko.

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Het @Maxeuwecentrum bestaat 35 jaar! Op 8 november 1986 was de feestelijke opening aan de Paleisstraat 1 in #Amsterdam. Ook weduwe Caro Euwe-Bergman en burgemeester Van Thijn waren aanwezig. Op 13-12-1991 volgde de verhuizing naar het Max Euweplein 30a, onze huidige locatie.

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Gyula Breyer, who influenced generations of chess players, died on this day in 1921 aged 28. kingpinchess.net/2017/11/gyula-…

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The Game Time! exhibit at @museumofplay highlights some inspiration from Candy Land-- the sweet & colorful race game designed by Eleanor Abbott in 1948.

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#ChessInVisualArts 46/n
Karl Swoboda
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while hearing his death sentence
Oil on canvas
1858
Private collection
Cf. dorotheum.com/de/l/5493402/
#chess #VisualArts #painting #KarlSwoboda #Swoboda1858 #Hanfried

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The house Czerningasse 7a in Vienna where in apartment No. 6 Josef Krejcik died on January 4th, 1957.

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Kaladlit Okalluktualliait - edited by Hinrich Rink & printed by Lars Møller at Godthåb in Greenland in 1859-63.

These 4 volumes of Greenlandic folktales, illustrated with remarkable woodcuts by an Inuit artist, are amongst the rarest & most extraordinary of exotic imprints. 1/

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