Jonah Rowen, "A Staunton Chess Set Cut Into Halves and Then Put Back Together" photo: Brian Rytel via Jai & Jai The LADG: Andrew Holder & Claus Benjamin, "Possible Hidden Courtesans" photo: Brian ...
Unless you’re Beth Harmon on “Queen’s Gambit” — high on a mix of Librium and unrelenting ambition — then you probably can’t play an entire game of chess on the ceiling, from the depths of your own ...
When Tiffany & Co. set out to make a chess set, it did so via an unlikely muse—cardboard. “We were playing around with [it], the way it’s corrugated,” says chief artistic officer Reed Krakoff. Toying ...
From ancient Persian craftsmen to Yoko Ono, artists have reinterpreted the game over the ages. An all-white chessboard as part of the "Sky Is Always Clear" exhibition by artist Yoko Ono at the Moscow ...
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PETOSKEY — Following the success of its Open Chess Classic in June, the Petoskey District Library (PDL) will host its second U.S. Chess Federation (USCF) rated tournament on Saturday, Oct. 21 at the ...
One rare nonpolarizing event in 2020 was the release of Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit.” The miniseries about orphaned, struggling chess prodigy Beth Harmon not only captivated audiences, but it also ...
Sales of chess sets reportedly have exploded thanks to the hit Netflix show “The Queen’s Gambit,” a series that depicts the rise of a young female prodigy in the 1950s. Toronto-based toy merchant Spin ...