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Saturday, December 24, 2011

Wow chess photo of the week!

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Hello everyone,


Talking of chess stuff on the Internet, whenever we find a lovely chess photo, it just makes our day... week! Here is the wow chess photo for the Christmas week!




Chess Masterpieces: Highlights from the Dr. George and Vivian Dean Collection
World Chess Hall of Fame, St Louis, 9 September 2011 — 12 February 2012

Chess Masterpieces: Highlights from the Dr. George and Vivian Dean Collection celebrates the Deans’ 50th year of collecting together and uses outstanding selected works to trace the development of the game of chess and the design of fine chess sets from the tenth to the early twentieth century. Sets come from Austria, Cambodia, China, England, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Kashmir, Morocco, Persia, Russia, Syria, and Turkey. Among the works on display are ones owned or commissioned by Catherine the Great, Napoleon, Czar Nicolas II, and the British royal family.
You can read all about this and other fantastic chess sets here.


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2 comments:

  1. Ja link do twojewo sajta dal na http://szacharnia.blogspot.com. Ili ty mogla by eto samo sdjelat?
    Wsjewo horoshewo z dniem razhdienia Boha.
    Krzysztof (Polsza)

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  2. wow awesome photo

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