Polar explorers know how to deal with isolation. Robert Falcon Scott, Terra Nova Expedition (1910-1913): “Our most popular game for evening recreation is chess; so many players have developed that our two sets of chessmen are inadequate.” #StayHome #chesshttps://t.co/mexnl4wjyc

— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) April 3, 2020

Almost every imaginable aspect of chess lore has been covered by Edward Winter, with emphasis on little-known facts. Perfect for weeks of browsing and study, starting at https://t.co/FKU3llknzH or https://t.co/meArVgPc58. pic.twitter.com/2DLeYHLByN

— Olimpiu G. Urcan (@olimpiuurcan) April 3, 2020

Take a look at our new 3d models of our collections on @Sketchfab - may contain chessmen...https://t.co/SZmeB8IqZY https://t.co/8Nhi4E5D7i

— National Museums Scotland (@NtlMuseumsScot) April 3, 2020

Here is why you are rolling so much "2" in the Royal Game of Ur#indiedev #indiegames #ancientgames #senet #boardgames #royalgameofur #xiiscripta pic.twitter.com/sEQHaVlXwx

— 𓏠 Sullivan 𓋹𓍑𓋴 (@MenesApps) April 3, 2020

…findet die Handreichung unter https://t.co/FWQEk30rQ8 und verlinkt auch über unsere Webseite. Wir wünschen eine gute Lektüre und sagen DANKE #iRightsLaw #iRights! 2/2

— digiS BERLIN (@digiSberlin) April 3, 2020

A big shoutout to @dgriffinchess for enabling hours and hours of pleasure going through his blog on Soviet #Chess history! A real labour of love: https://t.co/T8oXDpo8TN

— Venkat Saravanan (@reachvsara) April 3, 2020

4/ Cultures of Play is another @AmsterdamUPress series I'd been looking forward to talking about at #RenSA20 - two books (covers shown here) have been published so far & there are more in the pipeline. Let us know if you have a project you might like to submit! @sandroarca55 pic.twitter.com/zCx5EYnE69

— Erika Gaffney (@egaffney4) April 2, 2020

Public Humanities, noch nie gehört?
Schaut euch das Serious Game engage! an: https://t.co/AzTGOSCNAT

Hier geht´s um öffentliches Engagement in Bereich der Gesteswissenschaften und des kurturellen Erbes – nicht nur der akademische Forschung! #opensience #dariahTeach @IEG_Mainz pic.twitter.com/dV4MBHOf73

— Diginarium (@diginarium_2020) April 2, 2020

A #medieval rabbit holding a gaming board, nine men's Morris I do believe! #medievaltwitter pic.twitter.com/nzL0pNKqfa

— Dr. Thomas Småberg 🏰🐉🌊 (@ThomasSmaberg) April 1, 2020

My mentor, H Schutkowski, has passed away. He is an amazing person- his warmth, integrity, intelligence, and humor have inspired me for three years now and I strive to be the researcher and teacher he is.

Hug the loved ones near you. And reach out to the ones you can't.

— Chris Stantis, PhD (@ChrisStantis) April 1, 2020

A recent donation from one of @museumofplay's longtime supporters, the diaries of founder of Parker Brothers, George Parker. These will benefit future researchers and scholars of the history of games and game manufacturers in the U.S. They will be housed with @archivesjulia pic.twitter.com/37llx8Hhgo

— Nicolas Ricketts (@Nicketts) April 1, 2020

The first of a five-part series on the first piracy of Hoyle. What can you learn about the publishing and printing process by looking at lots and lots of copies of one book?https://t.co/whLMObbHgP pic.twitter.com/GbpqGerUcL

— David Levy (@BooksOnGaming) April 1, 2020

Neue Folge: Es geht um die Geschichte von Monopoly und warum das Spiel eigentlich ganz anders gedacht war.https://t.co/sgdx41kRrd

— Zeitsprung.fm (@ZeitsprungFM) April 1, 2020

Bilder vom Sperrmauermodell im Edersee an der Bericher Hütte

Vor 250 Jahren stellte Wolfgang von Kempelen in Wien einen berühmten Automaten vor. Der Schachtürke spielte gegen Napoleon und Benjamin Franklin. Im HNF könnt ihr den einzigen funktionsfähigen Nachbau in Europa sehen. Im Blog lüften wir sein Geheimnis. https://t.co/0BM1Ab0JaB pic.twitter.com/Mod6Hxn0WU

— HNF Paderborn (@hnfpb) March 31, 2020

The large Trondheim tafl board is completed. here is a mock up of the original board (above) and the newly finished one. Note the coin is a quarter, indicating how large the board is (and being oak is heavy! :) ) pic.twitter.com/ElUaXpmhUx

— Micel Folcland (@MicelFolo01) March 31, 2020

Thomas Edison's footage of an outdoor hockey game in 1898 pic.twitter.com/325plWV23u

— Mike Commito (@mikecommito) March 29, 2020

A 25 sec movie of Leonardo Torres y Quevedo "El ajedrecista", the first automaton (1914) whose algorithm was able to check mate in the K vs. K+R ending!

You can see the pieces moving on the board! A real jewel!https://t.co/w99HrlZSUO pic.twitter.com/ZJ5ltQMnON

— Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin) March 30, 2020

When a pandemic goes Roccoco. #EpidemicElegance #coronapocolypse pic.twitter.com/G1JY7UfMSo

— Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones (@LloydLlewJ) March 29, 2020

#OnThisDay 1983: "How does it basically know where all the bits are?"

Nationwide featured an emotional chess-playing robot. pic.twitter.com/1oVR3Br65q

— BBC Archive (@BBCArchive) March 29, 2020

That´s the other curve that we are seeing very frequently these days, not exponential though pic.twitter.com/VBqO7t1pJO

— Ana (at Home) (@amrojasmendoza) March 29, 2020

Ladies Playing Chess. Attributed to Har Jaimal. India, Himachal Pradesh, Nurpur, circa 1760.

Opaque watercolor on paper

Los Angeles County Museum of Art pic.twitter.com/QaD0v5U5mh

— Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin) March 29, 2020

#DigitalesMiteinander in Vereinen während der aktuellen Lage. Mit ⁦@DAKU_eV⁩ @AgileVerwaltung⁩ ⁦@AgilStoryteller. #Kulturfördervereine #Vereine #Vereinsarbeit #Ehrenamt #AgileKultur | https://t.co/ybspgghA2Y https://t.co/W9xAR4cfVp

— Christopher Vila (@cvila_museum) March 30, 2020

Footage of Bobby Fischer playing by teletype in the 1965 Capablanca memorial held in Havana.
Fischer shared second place with Geller and Ivkov. Smyslov won the tournament although Fischer defeated him in round two. pic.twitter.com/x3O9e7Q0KU

— Chess History (@MrMarksTV) March 29, 2020

#tabletopgames #chess #gamer #indiedev #spiel #Essen #SundayFunday #gamedev #DnD #cards #gaming #games #GamersUnite #bored #ComicCon #cardgames #CES2020 #bggplay #handmade #PAXEAST #indie #pax #cardgame #boardgame #bgg #StayHome #PlayInside #SundayThoughts https://t.co/TlAGLOmDNG pic.twitter.com/4Quox1y0QI

— BustedKnuckleRustic (@BustedKnuckleRC) March 29, 2020

Chess: an essential part of your astronaut training! :)

Cosmonaut Hotel crew quarters in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, Expedition 34/35. Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn (left) and Flight Engineer Chris Hadfield (right). Dec. 13, 2012. @NASA /Victor Zelentsov pic.twitter.com/1NeWB2gJXX

— Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin) March 29, 2020

True religion and rational sport must ever go hand in hand. pic.twitter.com/5gZt78rS8i

— Howard Staunton (@HowardStaunton) March 29, 2020

Hauptillustration zum Thema "Brettspiel" in der Wikipedia https://t.co/FGh6TIFoOB pic.twitter.com/F6ZWiF6qwG

— Daniel Bernsen (@eisenmed) March 28, 2020

Chess Problem; late 14th century from the manuscript Ludwig XV 15, fol. 96v. Northern France. Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment.

Gold!

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/nxXZE2PIH1

— Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin) March 28, 2020

@hvdriel Ter info, vandaag artikel in bijlage van het @parool over schaken in films 1/2 pic.twitter.com/I679NvWv7K

— Jesús Medina Molina 🤸‍♂️ (@jmedinamolina) March 28, 2020

Chess before cell phones and tablets (2) pic.twitter.com/RkdYXsgb8a

— Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin) March 28, 2020

Alex Bernstein on a IBM 704 computer in 1957.

1st prototype of a selective forward pruning Shannon Type B program; it searched 4 plies minimax (no alpha-beta pruning) in around 8 minutes, evaluated material, mobility, area control and king defense.

IBM Watson Media pic.twitter.com/dnmZdmFTpo

— Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin) March 28, 2020

Digitales Museum in Göttingen freut sich auf Besucher https://t.co/E1Lga80p1G #hna #korbach

— HNA WAFK (@HNA_WAFK) March 28, 2020

Viennese Café: The Chess Players. Moriz Jung, 1911

This is just wonderful, I lived in Vienna for almost 3 years, and I must say this is certainly a Viennese scene! pic.twitter.com/l85RwEgdVi

— Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin) March 27, 2020

Absorbed in a Ssangyuk Chess Game - Shin Yun-bok 1758/1858
Google Arts & Culturehttps://t.co/Jhk8xJ79YX vía @googlearts

— Diego Rasskin Gutman (@drasskin) March 27, 2020

Archive: The Landlord’s #Game https://t.co/XBLaNqlkbc #economics

— Game Studies 101 (@gamestudies101) March 27, 2020

Informationen zum Online-Spielbetrieb (Spielabend und Training per Videokonferenz, Turniere auf Schachservern)

The Board Game Studies Colloquium XXIII was canceled. It's the right decision, but sad anyway. The info isn't yet on the homepage, though. https://t.co/WxrLeZxdRE#boardgames #BoardGameStudies #gamestudies #BGS2020

— Jonas Richter (@JonasJRichter) March 27, 2020

Human chess in 1924, St. Petersburg, Russia. pic.twitter.com/TAKDPKY9dq

— Things from the past 📷🎥 (@moodvintage) March 26, 2020