#chess boards

[blake447]

nD chess is now on android!

The apk is hosted on itch.io. future versions will be cross play compatible, and feature partial controller support. Now you can horrify your friends on the go!

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📷 A.N.

[chessmadefun]

This wood folding chess set in Hiram is made for children and adults of all skill levels, with a low-key style for anyone who plays chess. This elegant piece is designed to be played on an everyday basis without the need to devote lots of space. For more information about this game, visit our website: https://bit.ly/3A89NN1.

[weirdlandtv]

Jean Frisano cover art to Strange #168 (1983).

For some reason I’m always fascinated by chess boards in sci-fi or fantasy art. Perhaps they remind me of 1980s computer grids: of something high tech—promise. The future.

“The future, for me, is already a thing of the past”, Bob Dylan sang.

Did Iron Man’s suit always have nipples?

It was only when people started joking about Batman’s nipples in Batman Forever that I noticed them.

I liked Uma Thurman as Poison Ivy though; she seemed to be channelling Marilyn Monroe a little in her seduction scenes. Or was that the other Schumacher film?

Uma Thurman looks almost unrecognizable today.

(Random thoughts.)

[blake447]

Alright, this is getting a little better. The set doesn't quite tile perfectly with a regular grid so I think I need to experiment with different tilings. Maybe mandelchess is hexagonal? The exact behavior of points inside the set is usually convergent, with a little bit of a twist. Imposing a chess set on the mandelbrot is certainly an interesting challenge. Creating a lot of really pretty pictures in the process

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[chessforhumans]

Pen and ink board by Thomas Tallock, 1831

exhibited at the World Chess Hall of Fame from May 3, 2013 - September 15, 2013 (caption by the collector)

England 26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in. Photo © Bruce M. White, 2013 The incredible detail on this board is achieved through pen and ink drawings, setting it apart from other chessboards that more commonly feature designs of inlaid stone or wood. The artist, Thomas Tallock, surreptitiously hid his name and the set’s date of completion in a bird and a leaf that adorn the perimeter of the board.  His choice of a blue and white theme, as well as the drawings themselves, call to mind Chinese export porcelain, which was popular in Europe and later North America from the sixteenth through the twentieth centuries.

[chessforhumans]

Living history: two very old chess boards

exhibited at the World Chess Hall of Fame from May 3, 2013 - September 15, 2013, with captions by the collector.

Embriachi Chess Board-Box, 15th Century

Italy Certosina wood, bone, and horn 7 1/4 x 6 in. Photo © Bailey Dolenc Beginning in the late fourteenth century, the Embriachi workshops in Venice and Florence met the growing European demand for ivory or imitation ivory products. Baldassare Degli Embriachi started the firm around 1390, and later his two sons, Antonio and Giovanni, carried on his work. Bone, as in the case of this combination chess/backgammon board-box, often served as an acceptable substitute for the precious and expensive ivory. Also characteristic of Embriachi craftsmanship is the certosina technique, in which wood, bone, ivory, or mother-of-pearl are inlaid in a piece to create geometric patterns.

Chessboard, c. 1625-1650

Spain Ivory and wood 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. Photo © Bruce M. White, 2013 This board, from the early seventeenth century, reflects the influence of Muslim Moorish culture (sic) on that of Spain, particularly in the art and architecture of the region. Featuring designs of wood inlay, the geometric patterns on this board are common in Islamic art.