Not a gambit, just a blunder

McQueen turns the runway into a chess board to debut his Spring/Summer 2005 collection.

Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall playing chess at their home

(which is perhaps what is happening in George Goodwin Kilburne’s painting A Game of Chess)

Part of the reason that Chess is so frequently played in Star Trek is because Leonard Nimoy is an avid chess enthusiast and asked the writers to work it into stories whenever possible.

A Chess Game Gone Wrong, Renaud de Montauban — Loyset Liédet

The Rev. J.T. Crane, who previously disapproved of reading novels, turns his attention to another frivolous time-waster: the game of chess.

chess inspired fashion

"Everything was finely imagined; but the gods, before the endgame, put the middlegame."

Magnus and Fabi play on the 21st and 22nd in classical time control Freestyle Chess matches

report card tal mikhail. birth year — 1936. he is accorded the greatest care of his parents. he gets straight As. he has an exceptional memory. he recites artistically; quickly performs mental calculations with large numbers. despite his extraordinary abilities in science, he behaves appropriately in class. he’s obedient and diligent. his handwriting is poor due to an abnormality of his right hand: he was born with three fingers. tal was elected to school’s editorial board. he oversees the publication of the class wall newspaper, and does it successfully. misha reads newspapers and follows foreign policy. he gives excellent presentations. may 6th, 1946. 6th grade

che guevara at mikhail tal's simultaneous game session at the capablanca memorial. havana, 1963.

fidel castro and che guevara playing golf at colina villareal. havana, 1961. shot by alberto korda.