• 👁 Image 1Edward Harrison May, 1867, Lady Howe mating Benjamin Franklin (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 1Edward Harrison May, 1867, Lady Howe mating Benjamin Franklin (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 2Iranian shatranj set, glazed fritware, 12th century, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of chess)
  
  Image 2Iranian shatranj set, glazed fritware, 12th century, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 3Animation of the Immortal Game, in which Adolf Anderssen, playing White, beat Lionel Kieseritzky in June 1851 (from History of chess)
  
  Image 3Animation of the Immortal Game, in which Adolf Anderssen, playing White, beat Lionel Kieseritzky in June 1851 (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 4Shams-i Tabrīzī as portrayed in a 1500 painting in a page of a copy of Rumi's poem dedicated to Shams (from History of chess)
  
  Image 4Shams-i Tabrīzī as portrayed in a 1500 painting in a page of a copy of Rumi's poem dedicated to Shams (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 5An illustration from a Persian manuscript "A treatise on chess". The Ambassadors from India present the Chatrang to Khosrow I Anushirwan, "Immortal Soul", King of Persia. (from History of chess)
  
  Image 5An illustration from a Persian manuscript "A treatise on chess". The Ambassadors from India present the Chatrang to Khosrow I Anushirwan, "Immortal Soul", King of Persia. (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 6World Champions José Raúl Capablanca (left) and Emanuel Lasker in 1925 (from History of chess)
  
  Image 6World Champions José Raúl Capablanca (left) and Emanuel Lasker in 1925 (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 7Two Georgian writers, Ilia Chavchavadze and Ivane Machabeli, playing chess in Saint Petersburg, 1873 (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 7Two Georgian writers, Ilia Chavchavadze and Ivane Machabeli, playing chess in Saint Petersburg, 1873 (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 8Cocowood chess set (Philippines craft) (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 8Cocowood chess set (Philippines craft) (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 9Niccolò di Pietro, 1413–15, The Conversion of Saint Augustin, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 9Niccolò di Pietro, 1413–15, The Conversion of Saint Augustin, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lyon (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 10John Lavery, 1929, The Chess Players (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 10John Lavery, 1929, The Chess Players (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 11Paris Bordone, c. 1545, Chess players, oil on canvas, Mailand, Wohnhaus (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 11Paris Bordone, c. 1545, Chess players, oil on canvas, Mailand, Wohnhaus (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 12Moors from Andalusia playing chess, Book of Games by King Alfonso X, 1283 (from History of chess)
  
  Image 12Moors from Andalusia playing chess, Book of Games by King Alfonso X, 1283 (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 13RZA at a Hip Hop Chess Federation Tournament (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 13RZA at a Hip Hop Chess Federation Tournament (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 14Hans Muelich, 1552, Duke Albrecht V. of Bavaria and his wife Anna of Austria playing chess (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 14Hans Muelich, 1552, Duke Albrecht V. of Bavaria and his wife Anna of Austria playing chess (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 15Stamp of the USSR devoted to the accomplished Estonian player and analyst Paul Keres, 1991 (from History of chess)
  
  Image 15Stamp of the USSR devoted to the accomplished Estonian player and analyst Paul Keres, 1991 (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 16Richard Creifelds, c. 1886, The Veterans, Brooklyn Museum (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 16Richard Creifelds, c. 1886, The Veterans, Brooklyn Museum (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 17Moors from Andalusia playing chess, Book of Games by King Alfonso X, 1283 (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 17Moors from Andalusia playing chess, Book of Games by King Alfonso X, 1283 (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 18Bauhaus chess set by Josef Hartwig (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 18Bauhaus chess set by Josef Hartwig (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 19A Chess Dispute (1903) (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 19A Chess Dispute (1903) (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 20Wilhelm Steinitz, the first official World Chess Champion (from History of chess)
  
  Image 20Wilhelm Steinitz, the first official World Chess Champion (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 21Gustaf Lundberg, 1775, Portrait of Gustav Badin, pastel, 74 x 57 cm, Nationalmuseum, Sweden (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 21Gustaf Lundberg, 1775, Portrait of Gustav Badin, pastel, 74 x 57 cm, Nationalmuseum, Sweden (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 22Final match of the 1575 tournament in El Escorial. Painting by Luigi Mussini. (from History of chess)
  
  Image 22Final match of the 1575 tournament in El Escorial. Painting by Luigi Mussini. (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 23Honoré Daumier, 1863, The Chess Players (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 23Honoré Daumier, 1863, The Chess Players (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 24Chess Set by Man Ray (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 24Chess Set by Man Ray (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 25Lucas van Leyden, c. 1508, The Game of Chess, oil on oak, 27 x 35 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 25Lucas van Leyden, c. 1508, The Game of Chess, oil on oak, 27 x 35 cm, Gemäldegalerie, Berlin (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 26Sofonisba Anguissola, The Chess Game, 1555, National Museum, Poznań, Poland (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 26Sofonisba Anguissola, The Chess Game, 1555, National Museum, Poznań, Poland (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 27Liberale da Verona, The Chess Players, c. 1475 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 27Liberale da Verona, The Chess Players, c. 1475 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 28Chess game between Tha'ālibī and Bākhazarī, 1896 painting by Ludwig Deutsch (from History of chess)
  
  Image 28Chess game between Tha'ālibī and Bākhazarī, 1896 painting by Ludwig Deutsch (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 29These seven ivory chess pieces are the oldest known, dating to about 700 CE. The ivory came from India. They were excavated in 1977 by archaeologist Yuriy Buryakov, at Afrasiyab in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. They are housed today at the Samarkand State Museum. Photographed during a loan of the pieces to the Silk Roads Exhibition at the British Museum. (from History of chess)
  
  Image 29These seven ivory chess pieces are the oldest known, dating to about 700 CE. The ivory came from India. They were excavated in 1977 by archaeologist Yuriy Buryakov, at Afrasiyab in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. They are housed today at the Samarkand State Museum. Photographed during a loan of the pieces to the Silk Roads Exhibition at the British Museum. (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 30Book of the customs of men and the duties of nobles or the Book of Chess (1473) (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 30Book of the customs of men and the duties of nobles or the Book of Chess (1473) (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 31Bobby Fischer vs. Mikhail Tal (from History of chess)
  
  Image 31Bobby Fischer vs. Mikhail Tal (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 32The Chess Players by Henry Fox Talbot, 1847 (from History of chess)
  
  Image 32The Chess Players by Henry Fox Talbot, 1847 (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 33Iranian courtiers of the Qajar dynasty playing chess in Mazandaran (from History of chess)
  
  Image 33Iranian courtiers of the Qajar dynasty playing chess in Mazandaran (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 34Antonis Mor, 1549, Von Sachsen vs. a Spaniard (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 34Antonis Mor, 1549, Von Sachsen vs. a Spaniard (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 35Karel van Mander, 1600 (attributed to), Les joueurs d'échecs (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 35Karel van Mander, 1600 (attributed to), Les joueurs d'échecs (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 36Krishna and Radha playing chaturanga on an 8×8 ashtāpada (from History of chess)
  
  Image 36Krishna and Radha playing chaturanga on an 8×8 ashtāpada (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 37In 1975, former President of Pakistan Zulfi Bhutto gifted a carved ivory set of chess to the former United States President Gerald Ford. (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 37In 1975, former President of Pakistan Zulfi Bhutto gifted a carved ivory set of chess to the former United States President Gerald Ford. (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 38Persian manuscript from the 14th century describing how an ambassador from India brought chess to the Persian court (from History of chess)
  
  Image 38Persian manuscript from the 14th century describing how an ambassador from India brought chess to the Persian court (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 39Some of the earliest examples of chess-related art are medieval illustrations accompanying books or manuscripts, such as this chess problem from the 1283 Libro de los juegos. (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 39Some of the earliest examples of chess-related art are medieval illustrations accompanying books or manuscripts, such as this chess problem from the 1283 Libro de los juegos. (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 40The 12th-century Lewis chessmen in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland (from History of chess)
  
  Image 40The 12th-century Lewis chessmen in the collection of the National Museum of Scotland (from History of chess)
• 👁 Image 41Thomas Eakins, 1876, The Chess Players (from Chess in the arts)
  
  Image 41Thomas Eakins, 1876, The Chess Players (from Chess in the arts)
• 👁 Image 42Current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju (from History of chess)
  
  Image 42Current world champion Gukesh Dommaraju (from History of chess)

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• 👁 Image 1 Kubrick in 1964 Stanley Kubrick (/ˈkuːbrɪk/ KOO-brick; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. A major figure of the post-war film industry, Kubrick is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. His films were nearly all adaptations of novels or short stories, spanning a number of genres and gaining recognition for their intense attention to detail, innovative cinematography, extensive set design, and dark humor. (Full article...)
  
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  Stanley Kubrick (/ˈkuːbrɪk/ KOO-brick; July 26, 1928 – March 7, 1999) was an American filmmaker and photographer. A major figure of the post-war film industry, Kubrick is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. His films were nearly all adaptations of novels or short stories, spanning a number of genres and gaining recognition for their intense attention to detail, innovative cinematography, extensive set design, and dark humor. (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 2 Polgár in 2013 (Warsaw) Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. She is the only woman to be ranked in the world top 10 (and one of only three to make the top 100, together with Maia Chiburdanidze and Hou Yifan), the only woman to achieve a rating over 2700, reaching a peak rating of 2735, and the only woman to compete in the final stage of a World Chess Championship. She was the top-rated woman in the world from January 1989 until her retirement from competitive chess in 2014. (Full article...)
  
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  Judit Polgár (born 23 July 1976) is a Hungarian chess grandmaster, widely regarded as the strongest female chess player of all time. She is the only woman to be ranked in the world top 10 (and one of only three to make the top 100, together with Maia Chiburdanidze and Hou Yifan), the only woman to achieve a rating over 2700, reaching a peak rating of 2735, and the only woman to compete in the final stage of a World Chess Championship. She was the top-rated woman in the world from January 1989 until her retirement from competitive chess in 2014. (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 3 Carlsen at a tournament in Zagreb, 2025 Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion. Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July 2011, the longest consecutive period, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. Carlsen's peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess at 125 games. (Full article...)
  
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  Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster. Carlsen is a five-time World Chess Champion, reigning six-time World Rapid Chess Champion, reigning nine-time World Blitz Chess Champion and the reigning FIDE Freestyle Chess World Champion. Carlsen has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE rankings since 1 July 2011, the longest consecutive period, and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world. Carlsen's peak rating of 2882 is the highest in history. He also holds the record for the longest unbeaten streak at the elite level in classical chess at 125 games. (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 4 Portrait by Joseph Duplessis, 1785 Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general. (Full article...)
  
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  Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general. (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 5 Algebraic notation Algebraic notation is the standard method of chess notation, used for recording and describing moves. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each square on the board. It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers and software, and is the only form of notation recognized by FIDE, the international chess governing body. (Full article...)
  
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  Algebraic notation is the standard method of chess notation, used for recording and describing moves. It is based on a system of coordinates to uniquely identify each square on the board. It is now almost universally used by books, magazines, newspapers and software, and is the only form of notation recognized by FIDE, the international chess governing body. (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 6 Fischer in 1962 Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Qualifying for the 1972 World Championship, Fischer swept matches with Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen by 6–0 scores. After winning another qualifying match against Tigran Petrosian, Fischer won the title match against Boris Spassky of the USSR, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, the match attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since. (Full article...)
  
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  Robert James Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he won his first of a record eight US Championships at the age of 14. In 1964, he won with an 11–0 score, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. Qualifying for the 1972 World Championship, Fischer swept matches with Mark Taimanov and Bent Larsen by 6–0 scores. After winning another qualifying match against Tigran Petrosian, Fischer won the title match against Boris Spassky of the USSR, in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, the match attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship before or since. (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 7 Kasparov in 2015 Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. From 1984 until his retirement from regular competitive chess in 2005, Kasparov was ranked the world's No. 1 player for a record 255 months overall. Kasparov also holds records for the most consecutive professional tournament victories (15) and Chess Oscars (11). (Full article...)
  
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  Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess grandmaster, political activist and writer, who was the World Chess Champion from 1985 to 2000. His peak FIDE chess rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the highest recorded until being surpassed by Magnus Carlsen in 2013. From 1984 until his retirement from regular competitive chess in 2005, Kasparov was ranked the world's No. 1 player for a record 255 months overall. Kasparov also holds records for the most consecutive professional tournament victories (15) and Chess Oscars (11). (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 8 Bogart in 1940 Humphrey DeForest Bogart (/ˈboʊɡɑːrt/ BOH-gart; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema. (Full article...)
  
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  Humphrey DeForest Bogart (/ˈboʊɡɑːrt/ BOH-gart; December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957), nicknamed Bogie, was an American actor. His performances in classic Hollywood cinema made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema. (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 9 Part of a Staunton chess set Left to right: white king, black rook, black queen, white pawn, black knight, white bishop Chess is a board game for two players, played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, with each piece type having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw. (Full article...)
  
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  Chess is a board game for two players, played on a square board consisting of 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid. The players, referred to as "White" and "Black", each control sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, two bishops, two knights, and eight pawns, with each piece type having a different pattern of movement. An enemy piece may be captured (removed from the board) by moving one's own piece onto the square it occupies. The object of the game is to "checkmate" (threaten with inescapable capture) the enemy king. There are also several ways a game can end in a draw. (Full article...)
• 👁 Image 10 Hassabis in 2024 Sir Demis Hassabis (born 27 July 1976) is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, and a UK Government AI Adviser. In 2024, Hassabis and John M. Jumper were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their AI research contributions for protein structure prediction. (Full article...)
  
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  Sir Demis Hassabis (born 27 July 1976) is a British artificial intelligence (AI) researcher and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, and a UK Government AI Adviser. In 2024, Hassabis and John M. Jumper were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their AI research contributions for protein structure prediction. (Full article...)

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