Chess
Chess is a board game with a long history. In this gallery, discover players, pieces and papers relating to chess from across Europe.
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Poet painter of Stoke Newington 98 but still keen on chess .x000D Elijah Wheeler , the 98 year old Poet painter of Stoke Newington , still enjoys a game of chess and can give the experts many a tough problem to consider .x000D Elijah Wheeler at the chess …
Miss Fatima makes a move .x000D A study of Miss Fatima , the protegee of Sir Umar Hyat Khan , as she made a move in her match against Mrs E Abrahams , during the British Chess Championship at the Empire Chess Club in London .x000D 17 August 1932
13 1 / 2 year old competitor in Margate chess congress .x000D Chess champions from every part of the world are competing in the second annual Chess Congress which has opened at the Grand Hotel , Margate . x000D One player has established a new record by t…
Stalemate .x000D Chess champions from every part of the world are competeing in the second annual chess congress which has opened at the Grand Hotel , Margate . x000D One player has established a new record by travelling from the Philippine Islands to co…
Ten year old girl youngest competitor .x000D Chess champions from every part of the world are competing in the second annual Chess Congress which has opened at the Grand Hotel , Margate . x000D One player has established a new record by travelling from th…
Chess in the open air .x000D Clapham ' s unusual club opens season .x000D Boards set out under shady trees , members of the Clapham Open Air Chess and Draughts club have commenced their season in the open air on Clapham Common . This year they have be…
Portrait of several years of children while playing chess. Most likely, Stefan Grabalowski’s nephews. At the table on which the party of chess is spread sits a few years old boy with glasses, on the opposite side sits a younger girl, also wearing glasses.…
Two men on a break playing chess. Two men are sitting on a short, rough plank bench with a chess board balanced in between them. One of them is wearing a rough suit and the other a knitted thick jersey and sack apron: both of them have cropped hair and ar…
Chess Prodigy Aged Ten Years Wins in Masters Tourney_x000D_ Samuel Rzechewski a 10 year old Polish prodigy chess player , who has just defeated at New York the famous master David Janowski . The experts say that the game between these players will rank as…
Dartford ' s veteran ' s open air chess .x000D 1938
Schoolgirl chess champion shows her prize .x000D Eileen Wadley , aged 14 years , won the schoolgirl ' s chess championship for girls under fifteen years , at the Empire Social chess club in London .x000D Eileen Wadley proudly displaying her prize afte…
British Chess Championship in London .x000D A general view of the opening games in the British Chess Championship , at Whiteley 's London .x000D 15 August 1932
International Chess masters take part in Hastings tournament . Miss Menchik , German champion .x000D 27 December 1934
Spanish girl competes in Margate chess congress .x000D Chess champions from every part of the world are competing in the second annual Chess Congress which has opened at the Grand Hotel , Margate . x000D One player has established a new record by travelli…
Lost in her game .x000D Chess champions from every part of the world are competing in the second annual Chess Congress which has opened at the Grand Hotel , Margate . x000D One player has established a new record by travelling from the Philippine Islands …
Chess in the open air .x000D Clapham ' s unusual club opens season .x000D Boards set out under shady trees , members of the Clapham Open Air Chess and Draughts club have commenced their season in the open air on Clapham Common . This year they have be…
Three chess pieces one of them with snake-stick. Small graphic, art
Schackautomat, Fidelity Chess Challenger Champion. Spelet ställs upp med svarta pjäser i övre ändan, mot displayen. Vid korrekt uppställning står vit kung på E1, svart på E8. Om man väljer att spela passivt ska vit kung stå på D8 och svart på D1. Genom at…
Schaaktafel van been, het rechthoekig blad rust op een stam op drie s-vormige poten. Aan de vier hoeken van het bord zijn ringen bevestigd. Op het bord staan zeven schaakstukken.
Portrait of Josep Maria Reitg and Dolores Reitg in front of a chair with a chessboard.
Indian girl concentrates in chess championship .x000D Mrs Perin Mursah , an Indian girl who played in native sari , concentrating on a move during her match against Mr A J Duke in the British Chess Championship at the Empire Chess Club in London .x000D 17…
Famous boy violinist , Yehudi Menuhin , on holiday .x000D Yehudi Menuhin , the 15 year old boy violinist who has already won world fame , is spending a holiday near Paris before coming to London for a season . He will tour America later in the year .x000D…
The thinker .x000D Chess champions from every part of the world are competeing in the second annual chess congress which has opened at the Grand Hotel , Margate . x000D One player has established a new record by travelling from the Philippine Islands to …
Study in thought at Hastings in the national press Congress. x000D Many of the world's leading chess masters are taking part in the International Hastings Christmas Chess Congress, which has opened at the white rock video, Hastings , (Sussex).x000D Ph…
Group of curates of the military sanatorium in Busku-Zdroju. The two men play a chess party on the park bench, the others watch the players. One of the men in uniform, they remained in civilian clothes. The first from the left is Lieutenant Stanisław Bera…
Bibliographical Reference: Rol, 106645; Part of the documentary ensemble: Pho20Rol; Press image
Women's champion runs city cafe devoted chess. Sitting tense in a silence broken only by the rattler coffee cups, chess 'friends' have found a haven in a City of London cafe, aptly named 'The Gambit' in Budge Row. The only cafe in the …