Chess Collection (page 3)

Chess set made from gun cartridges, WW1
A chess set made by Staff-Sergeant H. Henshaw, Royal Engineers, Wireless, Palestine constructed entirely from British and French small-arms cartridges with the help of a small file

Scouts relaxing at Baden Powell House, London
Boy scouts relaxing in a seating area at Baden Powell House, South Kensington, London. Two of them are playing a game of chess. Date: circa 1960s

Buying games for the Tatler scheme, WW1
Cartoon showing a lady leaving her car after spending a day buying various games to contriubte to the Tatler magazines Games Bureau

John Jacob Lowenthal
JOHN JACOB LOWENTHAL Hungarian-English chess player Date: 1810 - 1876

South Korea - Chosen - Playing traditional local board game Date: circa 1920s

Vietnam - Quang Yen - Living Chess Game
Participants in a Living Chess Game at Quang Yen in the Quang Ninh province in the northeastern region of Vietnam. Date: circa 1910

Alfonso X, called The Wise (1221-1284). Book
" Alfonso X, called " The Wise" (1221-1284). Book of Chess, Dice and Tables. 1283. Fol. 1v. Scribe monks. Romanesque art. Miniature Painting. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial

The Game of Chess by Jacobus de Cessolis (15th c.). Engraving

Interior of a coffee in a city of Morocco. 20th c. Engraved color. Engraving

Alexander Alekhine
ALEXANDER ALEKHINE Russian (French after 1917) chess master, defeated Capablanca in 1927, world champion to 1935, 1937-1946, on left, playing Niemzowitsch Date: 1892 - 1946

Firefighters playing chess during a break

A game of chess

Paris Luxembourg
The garden front of the palais : the gardens are popular with children, chess-players and simple strollers. Date: circa 1904

Pocket Chess & Draughts
Pocket chess and draughts, combined with a metal holder to fix on the board, to keep it steady in its leather case. Date: 1930s

Silhouette of a chess game
Charming silhouette scene depicting two men playing a game of chess. Date: c.1830

Old Men Playing Chess
Old men enjoying a game of chess on the Danube Promenade, Budapest, Hungary. Date: 1930s

Spa / Germany / Leuk / C18Th
At the healing waters in Leuk, where people were provided with floating chess boards and writing tables due to the long periods of time spent in the water Date: Eighteenth century

London Chess Club
Members of the City of London Chess Club playing a new game of chess, invented by Polish composer Ludomir Michal Rogowski. 81 (not 64) pieces and even a Dictator piece! Date: 3 October 1932

Little Women / Game Chess
A game of chess. Date: First published: 1868

Woman and patients at the Medical Centre, Hendon
Scene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing a woman in overalls discussing a game of chess with three patients in a hospital ward

Playing Chess in Algeria
Four Algerian men playing chess in a shady section of a secluded courtyard

Boys Club evening activities, February1930
Evenings at a Boys Club needn t be a dull affair with plenty of activities to get involved in, including chess, playing the piano, playing cards, and reading. Not a Playstaton or iPod in sight!

Boys Club evening activities, Chess, March 1929
Two boys sit for a game of chess. Eight spectators look on

Howard Staunton (1810-1874), English Shakespearean scholar, actor and chess player. World chess champion from 1843-1851, he also wrote, The Chess-Players Handbook, published in 1847

Danican (Philidor)
Known by the family nickname Philidor, Francois-Andre Danican became one of the noted chess players of the 18th century, devising Philidors defence

Pietro Carrera
PIETRO CARRERA Italian historian, poet and writer about the game of chess

Tolstoy Playing Chess
Russian author Leo Tolstoy plays chess

Game of chess by telegraph
A game of chess played between London and Portsmouth, through the electric telegraph of the South Western Railway on April 10th, 1845. Suggested by Mr

PLAY THE QUEEN
Play the Queen !

Caxton / Chess Player
A chess player : from William Caxtons The Game and Playe of the Chesse

Michel Ivan Tchigorin
MICHEL IVAN TCHIGORIN Russian chess-player

Caxton / Bishops
THE BISHOPS - represented as Judges Date: 1474

Caxton / Queens Pawn
PAWN - the pawn that stands before the Queen represents a physician and apothecary

Caxton / Sixth Pawn
THE SIXTH PAWN - a hostler

Caxton - Second Pawn
THE SECOND PAWN which stands before the Knight represents a smith who provides the knight with bridles, saddles etc

Caxton / Third Pawn
THE THIRD PAWN - who stands before the Bishop and represents a clerk

Caxton / Fourth Pawn
THE FOURTH PAWN - the pawn placed before the King on the board represents a merchant and moneylender

Caxton / Rook
THE ROOK - who represents a legate of the king

Caxton / Chess Board
THE CHESS BOARD

Caxton - Bad King
A bad king slain by his servant

Caxton / King
THE KING

Caxton / King and Queen
KING & QUEEN

Caxton / Philosopher
The philosopher teaches the king to rule through the allegory of Chess

Caxton / First Pawn
THE FIRST PAWN - representing the common man and labourer without whose work the nobles cannot rule. He stands on the board before the Rook (officer of the king) whom he serves

Chess on Timor
Chinese ladies playing chess on the island of Timor

Indian Chess Game
A European and a native Indian play a game of chess, while servants hold flambeaux to illumine the board : probably illustrating a work of fiction

Boys Play Dominoes
Evening relaxtion at the Kings Youth Hostel, Dolgelly, Wales, as dominoes and chess are played

Knights Play Chess
Two English knights relax over a game of chess, though a colleague seems to be urging them to leave the chessboard for the battlefield

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