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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/

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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

#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…

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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

#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
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/