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#ChessHistorians 1/n
Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818-1899)
#OnThisDay in 1818 the chess master, chess theoretican and chess historian was born.
#chess #TassiloVonHeydebrandUndDerLasa #ChessMaster #ChessHistorian
📷 Illustrirte Zeitung, Leipzig, Aug. 1853 (detail)

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Chess combines fascinations of opposite kinds, a quality entirely special to itself; it is peaceful, and at the same time warlike; it is light, and yet profound.

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#ChessInVisualArts 36/n
Chess fever
Directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin and Nikolai Shpikovsky
1925
Soviet Union
#chess #VisulaArts #film #SilentFilm #ChessFever1925 #ChessTournamentMoscow1925
Film online: bit.ly/3DPzrFR (with english subtitles)

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Chess photogram from the Soviet film by Sergei Eisenstein (1944), "Ivan the Terrible"

The shadow...

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#ChessInVisualArts 35/n
- Willehalm and Arabel playing chess
- Common meal after chess game
Illustrations from the 'Weltchronik' by Heinrich von München
Bavaria, Germany
around 1400
Berlin State Library; Ms. germ. fol. 1416, f. 277r, 278v
#chess #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript

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Verbandsliga Ost 20/21, Heimspiel der ersten Mannschaft gegen Caissa Wolfenbüttel. Endlich wieder Schach am Brett nach der langen Corona Pause. #Schach #Göttingen

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The physician, mineralogist, and art historian Ernst Carl Rincolini (1785-1867) who was Ernst Falkbeer's godfather. #Chess

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#ChessmenAndChessSets 1/n
Chessmen
16th century (?)
South Germany (?)
Wood, oil, silver and gold color
Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Austria
#chessmen #16thCentury
Cf. khm.at/de/object/960e…

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@olimpiuurcan Tartakower's features in 1924: height, and color of hair and eyes.

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#ChessInVisualArts 34/n
Johannes Samuel Blaettner (attr.)
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while receiving his death sentence
Oil on convas
around 1660
Privat collection
#chess #VisualArts #painting #Blaettner1660 #Hanfried

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#ChessInVisualArts 31/n
Peter Troschel (attr.)
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while receiving his death sentence
Engraving
1645
in: F. Hortleder: Von Rechtmässigkeit ..., 2nd ed., Gotha: Endter, 1645
#chess #VisualArts #engraving #Troschel1645 #Hanfried

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„Ich habe mich als Ältester der noch kampffähigen Meisterschaftsanwärter entschlossen, den Schachweltmeistertitel provisorisch zu übernehmen. Es ist ungerecht, der jungen Generation ohne fairen Kampf gegen die alten Meister den Titel zu schenken“.

Efim Bogoljubow
(Caissa 12/47)

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#ChessInVisualArts 33/n
The Book of #Chess (Liber de ludo scacchorum, ca. 1300)
Author: Jacobus de Cessolis
Straßburg: Knoblochtzer, 1483
Woodcuts, touches of watercolor
Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
#VisualArts #IlluminatedIncunable #woodcut #JacobusDeCessolis1483 #MiddleAges

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Wegen der Sperrung des Bahnhofs infolge der Bombenentschärfung am Weender Tor ist der Bahnhof gesperrt, so daß ich nicht nach Göttingen kommen kann. Deswegen fallen alle Trainingsmaßnahmen heute aus: Liveticker. #Bombe #Göttingen #Schach

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Este fin de semana, ¡todos a Donostia!
Explorando las conexiones infinitas del ajedrez en compañía inmejorable:
@illescasmiguel
@chessolja
@davidllada
@leontxogarcia
@JuanJoseGomezC1

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#ChessAndPolitics 2/n
A game at chess (Caricature of Napoleon I.)
Artist: C. Williams (1797-1830) (attr.)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Bodleian Library Curzon b.3(154)
Cf. digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/c1b9c0…
#chess #politics #ChessInVisualArts #VisualArts #cartoon

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#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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[share author='National Museums Scotland' profile='https://twitter.com/NtlMuseumsScot' avatar='https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1057566439077568512/LX9nCQs0.jpg' link='https://twitter.com/NtlMuseumsScot/status/1445023682238234627' posted='2021-10-04 13:51:07']Nothing says 'fun evening in' like shouting "SHIELD WALL!" and sending the other player's wee Vikings to Valhalla. Good times.

Hnefatafl sets are available from the National Museum of Scotland shop and online⚔️shop.nms.ac.uk/collections/to…

Two teams of chess-like pieces carved as Viking warriors stand on a checkerboard cloth. A blue box in the background has a Viking ship carving and the word 'Hnefatafl'.

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Die Bangkok Post hat einfach die schönste Brexit Karikatur überhaupt gehabt

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The house Schweglerstraße 10 in Vienna where on January 22nd, 1885, Josef Emil Krejcik was born. #Chess

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#OnThisDay #Duchamp
Playing chess with a nude, or: Naked #chess
a) Eve Babitz vs. Marcel Duchamp, 1963, 📷Julian Wasser
b) @JenShahade vs. Jason Bretz, 2009, 📷 Daniel Meirom
#MarcelDuchamp #EveBabitz #JenniferShahade #ChessInVisualArts #photography
Cf. en.chessbase.com/post/jennifer-…

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'Chess is a school of silence...When we talk it's usually nonsense.'
Marcel #Duchamp died on this day in 1968.

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#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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Spinett-Regal, 1587.

This object combines a spinettino & regal with a surprise. Closed, it is a square coffer with inlays for game boards for nine-men’s-morris, chess & backgammon. When the cover is lifted, the musical instruments are revealed.

(Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien)

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Soviet postcard, 1955

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True religion and rational sport must ever go hand in hand.

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Chess in the 18th century did have Beth Harmon vibes.

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Ein Ausstellungsraum im Festungsmuseum widmet sich den Themen Spielen und Kindheit im Mittelalter. Einen speziellen Stellenwert hatte Schach: Als Teil der ritterlichen und höfischen Erziehung haben vor allem adelige Menschen Schach gespielt.

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To close our #ArchaeologyInspired challenge, we want to invite you to explore an incredible resource - @NtlMuseumsScot’s 3D collection online! 🤩

They have a fantastic selection of 3D models showcasing some of the most iconic pieces in their collection

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Chess lover Anthony Quinn and Ingrid Bergman between scenes of The Visit
Anthony Quinn bought the chess set he is using in the picture in Paris in the 1960’s.
Around 1999, he visited Chess Forum on his way to JFK,hoping we can find him a replacement piece he lost from that set.

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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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#ChessInVisualArts 28/n
Christian Richter
Johann Friedrich I. (background: Johann Friedrich I. in captivity playing chess while receiving his death sentence)
Oil on panel
c. 1635
Friedenstein Palace, Gotha, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #painting #Richter1635 #Hanfried

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