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Cover of Chess for Children (Collins, 1958).
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Illustration by Patricia Lindsay from Chess for Children, 1958.
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Chess set by Josef Hartwig from 1924, featured in the 2012 Bauhaus exhibition at the Barbican, London.
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A wonderfully compact example of a chess set from MoMA designed in 1966 by F. Lanier Graham. The pieces form a perfect cuboid in the box.
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Scandinavian chess piece from about AD 1150-1200, composed of elaborately worked walrus ivory and whales' teeth.
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A really intelligent, sustainable Chess Set by Matthew Livaudais made from matching laser-cut plywood.
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Noguchi Chess table (1947) Manufactured by Herman Miller Black, composed of corroded plywood, lacquered cast aluminium and plastic inlays.
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Cloth chess ‘board’ by Studio Frith, 2012.
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Überschach (Super Chess) – Paul Klee, 1937
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Marcel Duchamp. Photograph by Arnold T. Rosenberg, 1958.
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The game of chess famously appeared in The Seventh Seal (Ingmar Bergman, 1957), where a knight plays Death at chess in order to distract him.
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Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).
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Chess is found in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy where each suspect is assigned a chess piece. This is the great Paul Smith poster for the recent film adaptation.
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Typographic acrylic chess set designed by author Jim Sutherland, 2012.
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Typographic acrylic chess set designed by author Jim Sutherland, 2012.
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Cover of Chess for Children (Collins, 1958).
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Typographic acrylic chess set designed by author Jim Sutherland, 2012.
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Chess is found in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy where each suspect is assigned a chess piece. This is the great Paul Smith poster for the recent film adaptation.