Chess Soul

Playing Chess on the Terrace - Charles Bargue - 1883

(Hansel Mieth. 1939)

Journey of chess from India to rest of the world.

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@soot-and-snide The Enochian chess set

My pipe and chess, they work well together.     

A chess battle between lithuanian politician, intellectual, author, music and culture historian Vytautas Landsbergis and World Chess Champion Tigran Petrosian.

Throwback to 1770. Hungarian inventor Wolfgang von Kempelen created a chess-playing automaton called The Turk whose human-like playing qualities amazed audiences across Europe and America. Some observers guessed the secret that was a mystery for most of its career: the source of its playing strength was a human chess player hidden inside.

Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Marlon Brando, Marlene Dietrich, Lauren Bacall, Ava Gardner, Humphrey Bogart, Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando, James Dean

 Chess pieces… 

Jillian Tackaberry “Pinned Chess”.