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Chess through the Modern time        - The incomparable Paul Morphy - Historical pictures - Hastings 1895 - 1904 Cambridge Springs - Jose Paul Capablanca & Alexander Alekhine - Fischer-Spassky: The 1972 World Chess Championship - The Rook Endgame Machine of Torres y Quevedo - Art & Chess in Sculpture, Design & Painting - Deep Blue & Hydra - ... and simply: "Chess"!

- The incomparable Paul Morphy -
Paul Morphy (June 22, 1837- July, 10, 1884)
- Image copyright © chessgraphics.net/ - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. chessgraphics.net/ - Chess & Modernity - The incomparable Paul Morphy)

- À l’aube des Temps Modernes, -
"...les officiers et leurs subordonnés apprécient
ce joli jeu de stratégie, qui se pratique aussi
bien dans les tavernes que dans les plus riches
palais." - Image copyright © MJAE - Europe Echecs -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. MJAE - Europe Echecs - Chess & Art - À l’aube des Temps Modernes,)

- Paulsen-Morphy in New York 1857 -
palais." - Image copyright © www.endgame.nl/match -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. www.endgame.nl/ - Chess history - Paulsen-Morphy in New York 1857)

- Morphy-Löwenthal in London 1858 -
palais." - Image copyright © www.endgame.nl/match -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. www.endgame.nl/ - Chess history - Morphy-Löwenthal in London 1858)

- Paulsen-Lange in Leipzig 1864 -
palais." - Image copyright © www.endgame.nl/match -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. www.endgame.nl/ - Chess history - Paulsen-Lange in Leipzig 1864)

- International Chess Congress - Hastings 1895 -
Back row (left to right): Albin, Schlecter, Janowski,
Marco, Blackburne, Maroczy, Svhiffers, Gunsberg, Burn,
Tinsley Front row (left to right): Vergani, Steinitz,
Tchigorin, Lasker, Pillsbury, Tarrasch, Mieses, Teichmann
- Image copyright © Hastings International Chess Congress
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Hastings International Chess Congress - Hastings 1895)

- Le XIXème est un siècle sanguinaire... -
- Image copyright © MJAE - Europe Echecs -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. MJAE - Europe Echecs - Les Échecs sont un jeu de guerre)

- 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress -
In the spring of 1904 Americans and Europeans squared off
in a single round-robin tournament, where each of the 16
players played each other player one game. Seven of the world's
top ten players participated, including the following:
* World Champion (Emanuel Lasker)
* Russian Champion (Mikhail Chigorin)
* Austrian Champion (Carl Schlechter)
* French Champion (Dawid Janowsky)
* U.S. Champion (Harry N. Pillsbury).
However, the young American, Frank J. Marshall of Brooklyn,
NY won the tournament by going undefeated, winning the first
prize of $1,000. - Image no copyrighted © Public domain
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress
- The Steven W. ETZEL's Website: «1904 Cambridge Springs» )

- 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress -
Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania (USA) -
Photograph taken by Steven W. ETZEL (1904 CS Webmaster)
- Image copyright © Steven W. ETZEL / 1904 Cambridge Springs
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress
Photograph taken by Steven W. ETZEL (1904 CS Webmaster))

- 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress -
Cambridge Springs, Pennsylvania (USA)
The Missing Chess Sets (See explanations)
Photograph taken by Steven W. ETZEL (1904 CS Webmaster)
- Image copyright © Steven W. ETZEL / 1904 Cambridge Springs
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. 1904 Cambridge Springs International Chess Congress
Photograph taken by Steven W. ETZEL (1904 CS Webmaster))

- La Russie entre à son tour dans la ronde... -
- Image copyright © MJAE - Europe Echecs -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. MJAE - Europe Echecs - Les Échecs sont un jeu de guerre)

- William Lewis - Wilhelm Steinitz - Mikhail Chigorin -
- Image copyright © endgame.nl/cc-history -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. endgame.nl/cc-history - Correspondence chess events)

- Eduard Dyckhoff - Marcel Duchamp - Paul Keres -
- Image copyright © endgame.nl/cc-history -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. endgame.nl/cc-history - Correspondence chess events)

- Chess History - Jose Paul Capablanca -
Jose Paul Capablanca - b. 1888 - d. 1942
World Chess champion: 1921 to 1927 -
J P Capablanca and his second wife Olga Chagodaev
- Image copyright © World Chess Welcome -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. World Chess Welcome - Chess History - Jose Paul Capablanca)

- Chess History - Alexander Alekhine -
Alexander Alekhine - b. 1892 - d. 1946
World Chess champion: 1927-1935 & 1937-1946
- Image: no copyright © Public domain -
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Commons Wikimedia - Chess History - Alexander Alekhine)

- Ex-libris par B. Malinin pour A. Sazonov -
MJAE: "L'ex-libris échiquéen"
- Image copyright © WWW.MJAE.com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. WWW.MJAE.com - Chess History - "L'ex-libris échiquéen")

- Fischer-Spassky: The 1972 World Chess Championship -
"The 1972 World Chess Championship" by Jon Edwards
- Image copyright © www.queensac.com/ - Jon Edwards
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Fischer-Spassky: The 1972 World Chess Championship)

- Fischer-Spassky: The 1972 World Chess Championship -
"The 1972 World Chess Championship" by Jon Edwards
- Image copyright © www.queensac.com/ - Jon Edwards
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Fischer-Spassky: The 1972 World Chess Championship)

- "If you have a chance to ask the legendary
Bobby Fischer one question, what would it be?" -
Posted by Susan Polgar on his Chess Blog
- Image copyright © Susan Polgar Chess Blog
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Susan Polgar Chess Blog - The Legendary Bobby Fischer )

- The Rook Endgame Machine of Torres y Quevedo -
By Ramón Jiménez on ChessBase (20.07.2004)
Gonzalo Torres y Quevedo showing his
rook endgame machine to Norbert Weiner
- Image copyright © ChessBase.com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. ChessBase.com/ - Gonzalo Torres y Quevedo )

- The Karpov & Kasparov area -
Kasparov vs. Karpov, Moscow, 1985 (middle)
Kasparov: Age 16, 1980 (left) Age 21 1985 (right)
- Image copyright © GKasparovAgent.Com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. GKasparovAgent.Com/ - Chess History - Karpov & Kasparov area)

- Chess instead of atomic bombs -
In 1946 the Hungarian/American mathematician
John von Neumann was given the task of designing
a powerful calculation machine to speed up the
task. In 1950 a giant machine called MANIAC...
- Image copyright © ChessBase.Com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. ChessBase.Com/ - Chess History - Chess instead of atomic bombs)

- The Master of the Art: Oleg Raikis -
Elizabeth Gann Chess Sets - presenting
The Master of the Art: Oleg Raikis
- Image copyright © Elizabeth Gann
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Elizabeth Gann Chess Sets - The Master of the Art: Oleg Raikis)

- Garry Kasparov vs IBM's Deep Blue -
Robotics - Universal Robots - The
history and workings of robotics
- Image copyright © Photo courtesy of IBM
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Robotics - Universal Robots - Garry Kasparov vs IBM's Deep Blue)

- The Master of the Art: Oleg Raikis -
Elizabeth Gann Chess Sets - presenting
The Master of the Art: Oleg Raikis
- Image copyright © Elizabeth Gann
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Elizabeth Gann Chess Sets - The Master of the Art: Oleg Raikis)

- Images taken from the Thinking Machine 4 -
Thinking Machine 4 explores the invisible,
Play chess against a transparent intelligence,
its evolving thought process visible on the board
before you. - Image copyright © Thinking Machine 4
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Thinking Machine 4 - Images taken from the Thinking Machine 4)

- Chess king Kasparov sees Russian political endgame -
Image copyright © Susan Polgar Chess Blog
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Susan Polgar Chess Blog - Chess king Kasparov sees Russian political endgame)

- Chess with lasers -
Image copyright © Susan Polgar Chess Blog
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Susan Polgar Chess Blog - It's Chess with lasers)

- Cinq pièces, Fou devant -
Digeon, Dominique - "Cinq pièces, Fou devant" -
(2005) - Prélude à l’Immortelle
Image copyright © Digeon, Dominique
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. Digeon, Dominique - Cinq pièces, Fou devant)

- Michael 'Mickey' Adams vs HYDRA -
Man versus Machine: the battle for supremacy
Are we all just pawns in a computer world?
Image copyright © ChessBase.com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. ChessBase.com/ - Michael 'Mickey' Adams vs HYDRA)

- Michael 'Mickey' Adams vs HYDRA -
The HYDRA project is financed by the Abu
Dhabi-based PAL Group, and programming
has been managed by Chrilly Donninger, Ulf
Lorenz, GM Christopher Lutz and Muhammad
Nasir Ali. - Image copyright © ChessBase.com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. ChessBase.com/ - Michael 'Mickey' Adams vs HYDRA)

- Michael 'Mickey' Adams vs HYDRA -
Housed in a secure server room in Abu Dhabi,
HYDRA is a 64-way cluster computer – 64 computers
connected and operating as if they are a single machine.
Each computer has an Intel Xeon 3.06 Ghz.
- Image copyright © ChessBase.com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. ChessBase.com/ - Michael 'Mickey' Adams vs HYDRA)

- Chess and mathematics -
ChessBase: "A short history of computer chess"
The main problem of chess programming is the
very large number of continuations involved.
- Image copyright © ChessBase.com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. ChessBase.com/ - A short history of computer chess)

Waite, Kurt - "In the Tomb of Tomes" -
Kurt Waite's Chess Art on ChessVille.com/
- Image copyright © Kurt Waite - Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. ChessVille.com/ - Chess & Art - Kurt Waite: "In the Tomb of Tomes")

...and simply: - "Chess" - (chess tournment, Paris, may 2006)
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elite 5400 - Image copyright © www.flickr.com/
Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
(cf. www.flickr.com/ - "Chess" - (chess tournment, Paris, may 2006))

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