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On Jan 17, 2008: #BobbyFischer, American #chessplayer (world champion 1972-75), died of #renalfailure at 64.
#RIP 🕊️🤍

Three-Year-Old Becomes #Youngest #ChessPlayer To Ever Earn An International Rating After Beating Multiple Opponents In Their 20s

https://brobible.com/sports/article/three-year-old-india-youngest-rated-chess-player-ever/

Celebrating International Chess Day.

#chessday #chessboard #chessgame #chessplayer #chesslover #chessmaster #chessmoves #chesslife #checkmate #chessclub #chesspuzzle #chesstournament #ajedrez #chesspiece #chesstactics #chessnotcheckers #chessislife #chessmemes #magnuscarlsen #chessproblems #schach #chessset #xadrez #chesspuzzles #scacchi #fide #echecs #art #chessiesofinstagram #chesslove

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/celebrating-international-chess-day/

Celebrating International Chess Day.

#chessday #chessboard #chessgame #chessplayer #chesslover #chessmaster #chessmoves #chesslife #checkmate #chessclub #chesspuzzle #chesstournament #ajedrez #chesspiece #chesstactics #chessnotcheckers #chessislife #chessmemes #magnuscarlsen #chessproblems #schach #chessset #xadrez #chesspuzzles #scacchi #fide #echecs #art #chessiesofinstagram #chesslove

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/07/20/celebrating-international-chess-day/

I think I like chess now, it's actually fun, really! Lol, I didn't know how to play chess for years and in just two days I have known all the basics. It was so much fun getting my first ever checkmate in my life. I have to play it routinely every day now.

#chess #chessplayer #chessplayers #game #games #checkmate #fun #lol #sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ

Getting thoroughly outplayed by a skilled chess master in Budapest back in 2000.

#Chess #ChessLife #ChessPlayer #ChessCommunity #ChessGame #ChessClub

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Bob Dylan, The Avid Chess Player, Has Also Made Nobel Prize-Winning Music
Bob Dylan, born on this date (May 24) in 1941, is well known for his impact on pop culture. His music and lyrics have had profound political, social, philosophical, and literary influences during a career that has spanned more than 60 years. Often overlooked is what an avid chess player he has been.

https://www.chess.com/blog/raync910/bob-dylan-play-chess-lyrics

#BobDylan #ChessPlayer #NobelPrizeWinner #Chess

The Chess Player, 1904

Beryl Fowler, née Menzies (1881–1963), English painter

#berylfowler #chessplayer #chess #paintingoftheday #painting #painter #oilpainter #oilpainting #art #artist #artworld #worldofart #peinture #kunst #künstler #échecs #schach #шахматы #satranç

The #TragicStory of the #worlds #Greatest #ChessPlayer | #newsthink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BPBAooq7PY

Extremely Rare 1788 Letter of Composer and Chess Master Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, Writing to His Wife from London on Playing Chess Blindfolded - Bid now!

#french #chessplayer #philidor #composer #chess #chessmaster #chesshistory #rare

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Extremely Rare 1788 Letter of Composer and Chess Master Francois-Andre Danican Philidor, Writing to His Wife from London on Playing Chess Blindfolded - Bid now!

#french #chessplayer #philidor #composer #chess #chessmaster #chesshistory #rare

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https://barbarapicci.com/2023/03/28/streetart-lekto-france/ #chessplayer #closeup

Me (on the Right) playing in a tournament a long time ago!

#chess #thequeensgambit #chessopenings #chessgames #chessplayer #queensgambit

#ChessInVisualArts
Unknown artist
Chess players
Panel of civil stained glass from the Hôtel de la Bessée in Villefranche-sur-Saône, France
54.2 x 54 cm
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Musée de Cluny, Paris
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #StainedGlas #15thCentury
📷 @museecluny

#ChessInVisualArts
James Cook (1904-1960)
The chess players
Oil on board
1958
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #JamesCook
📷 collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/39490

#ChessInVisualArts
Isidor Kaufmann (1853-1921)
Chess problem (The chess players)
Oil on wood
1889
Wien Museum, Vienna, Austria
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #IsidorKaufmann
📷 Birgit and Peter Kainz, Wien Museum
➡️ sammlung.wienmuseum.at/objekt/43419-s…

#ChessInVisualArts
The chess players
from
Carmina Burana
Illuminated manuscript
Styria/Carinthia or South Tyrol
around 1230 - 14th c.
BSB Munich, Germany; Clm 4660, f.92r
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #IlluminatedManuscript #CarminaBurana #MiddleAges
➡️ digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb000…

#ChessInVisualArts
Raffaello Sorbi (1844-1931)
Osteria at Fiesole
Oil on canvas
1889
Private Collection
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #RaffaelloSorbi #Tuscany
➡️ chess.com/blog/MomirRado…

#LegendsPlayingChess
#ChessAndMusic
Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)
#OTD #BOTD
#chess #ChessPlayer #composer #conductor #EnnioMorricone #music
📷 Ennio Morricone at home in 2016. Photo by Roberto Messa. Via @GMIanRogers, 2020-07-06

#ChessInVisualArts
Ludwig Deutsch (1855-1935)
The game of chess
1896
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #Ludwig Deutsch
📷 WikimediaCommons

#ChessInVisualArts
David Hockney (b. 1937)
Man Ray
Lithograph on paper
1976
National Portrait Gallery, Washington D. C.
#chess #ChessPlayer #ManRay #VisualArts #lithography #DavidHockney

#PhilosophersPlayingChess
Bertand Russell (1872-1970)
#chess #ChessPlayer #philosopher #BertrandRussell #LegendsPlayingChess
📷 Getty (via news.yahoo.com/bertrand-russe…)

#ChessInVisualArts
Charles Meer Webb (1830-1895)
A game of chess
Oil on canvas
2nd half of the 19th century
Private Collection (?)
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #CharlesMeerWebb
📷 Wikimedia Commons

#ChessInVisualArts
Cornelis de Man (1621-1706)
The chess players
Oil on canvas
c. 1670
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #CornelisDeMan

#ChessInVisualArts
Charles Meer Webb (1830-1895)
Checkmate
Oil on canvas
1864
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #CharlesMeerWebb

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Follower of Caravaggio
Chess players
Oil on canvas
17th century
Private collection
#chess #ChessPlayer #VisualArts #painting #Caravaggio #CaravaggioFollower
Cf. dorotheum.com/en/l/5137217/