Humanoid History

2021-09-26 20:16:43

Chess between human and computer, as seen in "Robotics: Isaac Asimov's (Clank! Clank!) Artificial Man," 1976.

Michael Lorenz 🇺🇦

2021-09-26 13:09:43

One of Georg Marco's wills. In 1916 Marco had married his housekeeper Johanna Szamuely. #Chess

Xerses phus

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…

Xerses phus

2021-09-24 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 27/n
Daniel Garber
Mother and Son
Oil on canvas
1933
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, USA
#chess #VisualArts #painting #GarberDaniel #Garber1933

Xerses phus

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…

Diego Rasskin Gutman

2021-09-23 16:38:27

Finally, I have the whole world, in my hands...

StoMouseio

2021-09-23 06:00:12

Terracotta group of 'knucklebone' (astragalos) players, 330 - 300 BC, British Museum, @britishmuseum

#stomouseio #BritishMuseum #terracotta

Topschach Benny

2021-09-20 09:01:56

@babel56 Here is a picture, where he plays chess.

Open Culture

2021-09-20 20:01:14

Monopoly: How the Original Game Was Made to Condemn Monopolies & the Abuses of Capitalism

openculture.com/2015/02/the-or…

Diego Rasskin Gutman

2021-09-20 15:23:00

The Chess Waltz, by Arthur Roby, early 20th c.

Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford

Christina Ludwig

2021-09-20 08:44:32

(1) Neuer Ausstellungs-Thread! #letsplay

Das Stadtmuseum #Dresden geht neue Wege, im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. 16. Okt. Eröffnung "Let's play", denn #Corona brachte uns ein Revival der Spielekultur. 2 x 350 qm für viel Interaktivität und Spaß (ja, im Museum!)

Anthony Princiotti

2021-09-19 15:00:47

On this day in 1908, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Prague. The least-performed of his symphonies, it contains a wonderfully creative sound-palate; the orchestration includes instruments like the Tenor horn (a sort of mini-Tuba), the Guitar and the Mandolin.

Xerses phus

2021-09-20 08:46:42

@Ingram_Braun Thanks!
Here the copy:
Stadtmusem, Leipzig
#ChessInVisualArts 25a/n #chess #VisualArts #painting #Hanfried

Michael Lorenz 🇺🇦

2021-09-20 07:10:28

The signatures on the will of Ignaz Deutsch (1850-1914), the father of Otto Erich Deutsch. Ignaz Deutsch's lawyer, who signed the will as a witness, was chess master Dr. Julius Perlis. #Chess

Xerses phus

2021-09-20 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 25/n
Jan Cornelisz #Vermeyen (attr.)
Johann Friedrich I. in captivity plays chess with a spanish guard
Oil on panel
1548
Friedenstein Palace, Gotha, Germany
#chess #VisualArts #painting #Vermeyen1548 #Hanfried

Archäologie Online

2021-09-19 08:55:33

Prähistorische Menschen wählten selten Cousins oder Cousinen als Partner: Gegenwärtig werden weltweit mehr als zehn Prozent aller Ehen zwischen Cousins und Cousinen ersten oder zweiten Grades geschlossen. Während diese Ehen in einigen… dlvr.it/S7rqq4 #archäologie

Patricia Gamliel

2021-09-19 06:17:25

September 18, 1928: Isabelle Choko, Holocaust survivor and professional chess player, is born in Lodz. Isabelle survived Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen camps. In 1956, she became French Women's Chess Champion.
Today is her 93rd birthday! @FIDE_chess

Applied Game Studies

2021-09-19 10:47:30

“Jens Junge ist der einzige Spielewissenschaftler im deutschsprachigen Raum.” (Quelle: Artikel im Print Profil) 🤔 Liebe Twitter #gamestudies Community - helfen wir @profilonline bei der Recherche. Bitte taggt im Thread Spielewissenschafler*innen im deutschsprachigen Raum...

Michael Lorenz 🇺🇦

2021-09-18 19:25:13

The empty space between the two stones in the foreground marks the grave of chess master Dr Maximilian Fleissig (1844-1919), elder brother of Bernhard Fleissig. #Chess #Vienna

Diego Rasskin Gutman

2021-09-18 18:39:16

There it goes again, it's so so good!

The very famous picture of Karpov playing an exhibition game at the XVIII Komsomol Congress, in 1978.

Utopian/Dystopian Chess!

Photo: Vladimir Rodionov

Michael Lorenz 🇺🇦

2021-09-17 20:25:39

The grave of chess master Bernhard Fleissig #Chess

Xerses phus

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.

RomanCircus

2021-09-16 12:40:18

ROMAN HERITAGE OPEN DAY
Saturday 18 September 2021, 10am-4pm
FREE entry to Visitor Centre, FREE guided tours of the chariot racing track archaeological remains.
Meet the Romans – learn about life in Britannia in the year 200 CE.
Learn to play Aquila, an ancient Roman board game.

@dehypotheses@fedihum.org

2021-09-17 07:37:21

Bei #BLM Protesten wurde seine Büste gestürzt - nun fragte eine Podiumsdiskussion: Wohin mit Blumenbachs Erbe?

Malin Wilckens über den "Vater der #Anthropologie", dessen Klassifizierungen der Menschen die Grundlage für rassistische Einteilungen bildete:

vergleichen.hypotheses.org/692

Nina Willburger

2021-09-17 07:30:53

This rag-doll looks kind of creepy these days, but it was certainly loved by a child in the past. The doll from the #Roman period in #Egypt is made of linen and stuffed with rags and papyrus. A blue glass bead attached to the head's left side suggests a hair ornament. 1/3

Alison Fisk

2021-09-16 12:04:08

Evidence of Roman gaming at Richborough Fort. Bone, glass & samian ware counters, 2 pieces of a single game board cut from reused marble from the Richborough triumphal arch & fragments of bone inlay from a dice tower used to reduce cheating c.AD300
#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology

CARAA

2021-09-16 15:45:07

Queen Nefertari Playing Senet, ca. 1279–1213 B.C., Original New Kingdom, Ramesside, This facsimile copies of one of the paintings from Nefertari's tomb, Met museum.

Deutscher Schachbund

2021-09-16 11:30:19

Ab Sonntag werden 8 unserer Kaderspieler:innen in Berlin auf Titeljagd gehen. Bei den beiden Rising-Stars-Normenturnieren werden die aufstrebenden Talente dazu jeweils auf eine Auswahl internationaler Titelträger treffen.
schachbund.de/news/rising-st…

Xerses phus

2021-09-16 04:00:01

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

Xerses phus

2021-09-15 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 23/n
Mickey Mouse
German edition: 12/1981
Micky Maus
Lern-Schach
#chess #VisualArts #design #comics #MickeyMouse

John McCafferty

2021-09-13 16:49:35

Catherine of Aragon, boxwood games piece after Hans Kels, Germany c. 1530-1540

(Victoria & Albert Museum , London)

Xerses phus

2021-09-13 04:00:00

#ChessInVisualArts 22/n
Miniature of Ulysses playing chess in his tent during the Trojan War
in: L'Épître Othéa by Christine de Pisan
France, Central
c. 1410-1414
British Library, London; Harley 4431, f.133
#chess #LegendOfOrigin #Ulysses #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript

Hnefatafl Board Game

2021-09-13 00:20:33

Historic Hnefatafl Pieces, Part 4 dlvr.it/S7Rc6f

Thomas Småberg 🏰🐉🌊

2021-09-12 09:57:23

A gaming piece with a #Runic inscription found in a well in Lund, Sweden. Dating to before the 13th century, it tells the tale of love lost. "Rolf, son of Thorger carved this. The snow-white woman caused him heartache" (from Kulturens yearbook 2021)

Iain Cameron

2021-09-11 20:18:05

A real treat today to see some of the Isle of Lewis chess pieces in Stornoway. Some 800 years old, they’re carved from walrus ivory and whale teeth and were found near Uig, buried in the sand. They were thought to be carved in Norway.

AIC: Modern Art (Bot)

2021-09-09 23:44:13

Marcel Duchamp, Pocket Chess Set, 1944 artic.edu/artworks/21044… #artinstituteofchicago #marcelduchamp

World Chess Hall of Fame

2021-09-10 22:00:16

Did you know we have a chess set featuring furry friends from the land down under? Visit "Pawns and Passports: Chess Sets from Around the Globe" to see this adorable set from Australia featuring the Sydney Opera House as the rook. worldchesshof.org/exhibit/pawns-…
#PawnsandPassports

Xerses phus

2021-09-10 04:00:01

#ChessInVisualArts 21/n
Honoré Daumier
Chess players
Oil on canvas
ca. 1863-1867
Musée des Beaux-Arts de la ville de Paris, France
#chess #VisualArts #painting #DaumierHonoré #Daumier1863_1867