CHESMAYNE
Art art link
Mona Lisa jigsaw puzzle - 1,500
pieces. Leonardo
da Vinci’s Mona Lisa (also known as La Gioconda) is transformed into a
high-quality 1,500 piece jigsaw puzzle.Manufactured in
The game of chess, a scene originally painted on a
marriage chest. Attributed to Girolamo
da Cremona or Liberale da Verona.
Sienna approx 1475-1480.
01 A skill or knack, a method of
doing a thing especially if it is difficult - studied action - artificiality in
behaviour. “The beauty of nature
exceeds all art” - G. Bredero. ‘Liberal
arts’, the ‘7 liberal arts’ and ‘artes liberales’. Trivium: grammar, rhetoric and logic
(dialectic). Quadrivium: music,
arithmetic, geometry and astronomy. Sometimes portrayed as a wheel
resting on an encyclopedia (the circle of knowledge). Quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, music and
astronomy along with the Trivium constitute the Seven Liberal Arts. 20+ paintings are titled ‘Checkmate’.
These drawings are
from book 1. in the bibliography.
[Main Graphics Page] http://www.cowderoy.com/graphics/jpg/saz29.jpg
“Art is meant to disturb, science
reassures”.
02 Artful: crafty, cunning,
tricky (tricky-dicky). Skillful in
adapting means to ends - ingenious.
03 Artist: one who exhibits art
in his/her work, or makes an art of his/her employment. An artist has to have lived!
“You can calculate the worth of a wo/man by the
number of h/hes enemies, and the importance of a work of art by the harm that
is spoken of it”.
Thomas
Gainsborough
“The artist must be in his work as God is
in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him/her everywhere but
never see him/her”.
“Why
life? We live to execute a properly conceived life plan whereby each human
being becomes an artistic genius.
The Light’s knowledge and love are the paint and the inspiration that
we, God’s little brushes, apply to earth’s giant canvas, allowing each of us to
add our few, unique brush strokes to God’s Grand Painting of Life.” Michael
Kelley.
04 Artist, Artisan are persons
having superior skill or ability, or capable of a superior kind of workmanship. An artist is a person engaged in some type
of fine art. An artisan is engaged in a
manual enterprise.
"The Art Lesson", Cecchi
05 Artiste: an artist especially
an actor, dancer, or other public performer - thespian.
06 Artistic: aesthetically
excellent or admirable - stormy, emotional, and capricious, as temperament or
behaviour popularly ascribed to artists.
Chess has been used by many artists in courtly, family and group portraitures
and amongst these have been Lucas van Leyden, Henri Matisse and John Singer
Sargent. Chess themes have also been
used in abstract art, illuminated manuscripts, sculptures, mosaics, tapestries
and book-plates ie, Titian’s masterpiece ‘Rest on the Flight into Egypt’, a 16th
century painting, measuring 25” x 18” and set in an elaborate frame showing
Mary cradling the baby Jesus during a rest as they flee into Egypt from KI
Herod’s law, with Joseph looking on (value estimated to be around five million
pounds). Craft or skill. Workers in wood/carpenter (
Lucas
van Leyden was a pioneer of the Netherlandish genre tradition, as witness his ‘Chess Players’ [Staatliche Museen, Berlin] which actually
represents a variant game called ‘Courier’ - and his Card Players [Wilton
House, Wiltshire], while his celebrated ‘Last Judgement’ triptych [Lakenhal Museum, Leiden,
1526-7] shows the heights to which he could rise as a religious painter. It eloquently displays his vivid imaginative
powers, his marvelous skill as a colourist and his deft and fluid brushwork.
Source: http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/bio/l/lucas/biograph.html
07 Artists must be sacrificed to
their art. Like bees,
they must put their lives into the sting they give.
08 Artists who have included
chess in their work: Daumier, Bill Jacklin, Paul Klee, Kandinsky, Juan Gris,
Max Ernst, Escher, Barry Martin and
‘Art’
depicts the human quest for self-knowledge (knowledge of the gods) and the attempt to portray
or magically control the forces that rule life.
Bas-reliefs of the victories of Assyrian KIs express an urgent desire to
render their local glory immortal. In Greece and
“Art is the imposing of a pattern on
experience, and aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern”.
Saraswati (
“A thing of beauty is a joy for ever; its
loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness”.
Beauty of
Chess: “A good chess move is the
expression of creativity. If the
beautiful were not in us, how would we ever recognize it?”
Ray tracing by Thierry Blin
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The picture shows the position as it was before a late
kingside rook brought my opponent down. |
A position from the book “The |
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Mate in five. |
The checkmate of the king by his own troops opens new
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Marc will resign
additional explanation from Thierry (in French) |
These pictures are the work of Thierry
Blin who has kindly allowed me to post them here. Please contact me if you wish to use
them. [Main
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Giovanni
Cantina
Above: Title: Partita surreale a scacchi, 1993. http://www.artegica.too.it/
Vai all'indice della sezione Galleria d'Arte
Above - Author:
Liberale da Verona. Title: I giocatori
di scacchi, circa 1475.
New York –
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Above: Author:
Ginlio Campi. Title: La partite a
scacchi. Corca 1500. Torino – Museo
civico.
Above – Author:
Casimir I. Markous.
Title: Still
life with chessboard – 1912.
Paris – Modern
Art National Museum.
Title:
Whirl. Ritorna
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Chess has been a popular subject of paintings and
sculpture. Marcel Duchamp is perhaps the
most well-known chess player and artist.
He was a French chess master and used chess themes in many of his
paintings. Henry Grob was an International
Master and portrait painter.
Here is a list
of known chess artists or artists who play chess.
Agnel, H.R.; How a World Was Won (1848)
Agnel, H.R.; The Midnight Challenge (1848)
Agnel, H.R.; The Monkey and the Gascon Chess Knight (1848)
Anderson, Stanley (1884-1966); In Check: Scene At A London Eating-House (1932)
Anguissola, Sofonisba (1531-1625); Artist’s Sisters Playing Chess (1555)
Baldini, Johnny
Baumeister, Wili
Bertiglia, A
Bok, Samuel; The Game (1990)
Bok, Samuel; Red Queen (1990)
Bok, Samuel; The Desert Game (1990)
Bok, Samuel; Italian Interlude (1990)
Bok, Samuel; Round Table (1990)
Bok, Samuel; The Leaders (1990)
Bok, Samuel; Knights (1990)
Bok, Samuel; Being There (1990)
Bok, Samuel; Figures (1990)
Bok, Samuel; As Time Passes (1990)
Bordone, Paris (1500-1570); The Chess Players
Bouilly, Louis (1716-1845); The Chess Game
Braque, Georges (1882-1963)
Claunch, Gerald
Clauson, Randy
Cook, Cory; Time Trouble
Cremona, Girolamo de (1467-1473); The Chess Players
Critchlow, M.B.; Checkmate (1947)
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878); A Game of Chess (1835)
Dadd, Richard; The Child’s Problem
Dali, Salvador
Daniels, William (1813-1880); Chess Players
Daumier, Honore
Delacroix, Eugene
DeVilbiss; Morphy vs. Lowenthal
Dore, Gustav
Doyle, John; A Game At Chess: Lord Grey Playing William IV (1832)
Dring, William; Off Watch (1943)
Duchamp, Marcel (1887-1968); The Chess-Players (1910)
Duchamp, Marcel; Portrait of Chess Players (1911)
Duchamp, Marcel; King and Queen surrounded by Swift Nudes (1912)
Eakins, Thomas (1844-1916); The Chess Players (1876)
Ernst, Max
Esmein, Jeanne; Hommage a Marcel Duchamp (1986)
Evans, Ingrid; Knight Moves
Fisher, S. Melton (1860-1939); Chess Players
Friday, Will; The Wizard King, The Royal Knight, Ruthless Dragon
Fry, W.T.; Les Echecs Amoureux (15th Century)
Furniss, Harry; The Knights and Kings of Chess (1885) Punch
Gerome, Jean (1824-1904); The Chess Players (1867)
Gils, Clifford; Picasso Knight
Giorgio, Francesco di
Gris, Juan; The Chessboard (1917)
Grob, Henry
Hasenclever,J.; The Checkmate! (1880)
Hughes, Patrick
Humphrey, G.; A Check (1825)
Illustrated London News; Chess Celebrities (1855)
Induno G; La Partita a Scacchi
Kelly, Maureen; Knight on the Rim
Klee, Paul; Great Chess Game (1937)
Kostabi, Mark; The Final Sacrifice (1993)
Leyden, Lucas van (1494-1533); The Game of Chess (1508)
Loo, van
Ludovico, Carracci; I Giocatori di Scacchi
Mackay, W; Howard Staunton (1883)
Magritte, Rene
Mander, Karel van
Marlet; The Staunton - Saint-Amant Match (1843)
Martin, Barry
Martins de Barros, Andre; Mat (1985)
Matisse, Henri
McCall, Brian
McIntosh, Mimi; Passed Pawn, Doubled on the Seventh, Knight Out
McIntosh, Mimi; Fool’s Mate
Meissonier, Jean-Louis-Ernest; The Chess-Players (1863)
Meitner, Eric
Middleton, Thomas; A Game At Chess (1624)
Mopp, Maximilian
Mussini, Luigi (1813-1888); A Chess match at the Court of Spain
Osborne Co,; Old Heads Are Best (1900)
Pegram, Fred; Fool’s Mate! (1896)
Poyser, Victoria; The Bishop and the Queen
Prokopljevic, Jovan; The Little Man
Ray, Man
Rembrandt
Retzsch, Moritz; Man vs Mephistopheles
Rosatti; Olio su tela
Rosenbaum, A.; Group of Chess Players (1880)
Rothwell, E.B.; Pawn Pun
Rothwell, E.B.; Drawn Game
Rothwell, E.B.; Game of the Century
Rothwell, E.B.; White's Greens
Rothwell, E.B.; Black's Blues
Rothwell, E.B.; Checkmate
Rothwell, E.B.; King Pin
Rothwell, E.B.; B-Q3
Rothwell, E.B.; The Roockery
Rowlandson, Thomas (1756-1827); The Chess Players
Sargent, John Singer; Chess Game
Sickert, Walter
Spitzer, Jim
Sporting Magazine; Philidor Playing Blindfold at Parsloe’s (1794)
Stephenson, J; Paul Morphy
Tanguay, Yves
Tanning, Dorothea; A Game of Chess (1947)
Taulbut, John; Hastings (1979)
Taylor, Martin
Tisch, Lawrence
Unknown; An Evening of Chess (18th Century)
Vasarely, Victor
Venturini, Steve
Vicky
Villon, Jacques; Table d’Echecs
Vlaminck, Maurice
Williams, Dave
Witalis, Ernie
Connections between Music and Chess
by John Greschak
john@greschak.com
Musical Compositions Related to Chess: An Annotated
Bibliography
Musical
Terms that are used in Chess
Other Connections between Music and Chess
The following
resources were used to compile this list:
Absil, Jean. Chess Game, Suite for Piano, op. 96.
Anderson, Jon, and Chris Squire
1971. I’ve Seen All Good People.
Andersson, Benny, Björn Ulvaeus, and
Tim Rice 1984. Chess.
http://hem2.passagen.se/musicals/chess.html and
http://www.chess.ibm.com/reference/html/i.3.g.html.
Bliss, Sir Arthur,
and Ninette de Valois 1937. Checkmate.
http://www.schirmer.com/composers/bliss/bio.html.
Cage, John 1943. Chess
Pieces.
It is not known how this piece is
related to chess. There are many open
questions:
Clément, Murielle Lucie 1996. Sketches
of Chess.
http://www.dds.nl/~schaak/sketchesofchess.htm.
Cohen, Marcia 1971. Chess
Set: for Percussion and Electronic Tape.
Cruft, Adrian 1986. Chess
Pieces (for Trumpet and Piano).
London: Joad Press.
Eberwein 1819. Das Schachturnier (Le tournoi aux échecs).
Hanson, Sten 1979-85. John
Carter Songbook.
http://www.mic.stim.se/engelsk/2/johncarter.html.
Kapr, Jan 1972. Chess Sonata for Two Pianos, or piano and
magnetic tape with the part of 2nd piano.
http://www.vol.cz/SDMUSIC/CZMIC/comp/kapr.htm.
Lacerda, Osvaldo 1971. Cromos:
para Piano. Sao Paulo: Irmaos
Vitale.
MacLean, Dougie
1994. Marching Mystery. Dunkeld Records.
http://www.dirtynelson.com/linen/feature/60dougie.html.
Martinu, Bohuslav.
Échecs au roi.
Noel-Johnson,
Reginald Charles 1953. Sinbad the Sailor on Ice.
Parmerud, Åke
1993. Jeux Imaginaires.
http://www.mic.stim.se/engelsk/2/jeuximaginaires.html.
Reif, Paul 1965. Philidor’s defense: a musical chess game.
Rieti, Vittorio
1945. Chess Serenade: suite for two pianos. New York: Associated Music.
Rorem, Ned 1973.
Day Music: for Violin and Piano. New York: Boosey & Hawkes.
http://www.camellia.org/bmv/bios/ned_rorem.html.
Sabouroff, P. P. Love
Symphony.
Harley, B. 1931. “Music and
Chess.” Music and Letters
12(3): 276-281.
Simon, Ladislav 1971. Sachova
Dama (Chess Queen), Blues for jazz orchestra.
http://www.sdmusic.cz/czmic/comp/simon.htm.
Solare,
Juan María 1986. Ajedrez I
y II (Chess I and II) for voice and piano.
http://www.arcananet.org/composers/JuanMariaSolare/index.html. And
English translation of the poem may be found
at
http://redfrog.norconnect.no/~poems/poems/03771.html (translator:
Flemming Sørensen).
Solare,
Juan María 1992. Ben Oni for Flute, Clarinet and Violoncello.
Stravinsky, Igor
1913. Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring).
http://www.chess.ibm.com/reference/html/i.3.f.html and
http://misc.traveller.com/chess/trivia/b.html.
Chicco, Adriano.
1987. “Uno ‘Scacchiero’ Musicale.” Scacchi
e scienze applicate 5: 6-7.
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Chess in the Schools 1996 - Strong women chess players
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1998 New York Open - The
1999 World Open
A page devoted to Afro-American
Players
Fiction
Literature and Chess by Bill Wall
1. Allen, Woody - Getting Even (Random
House, 1971); The Gossage-Varabedian Papers
2. Anderson, Poul (1926-2001) - The
Immortal Game (F&SF,1954)
3. Arrabal, Fernando - The Tower Struck
by Lightning (Prix Nadal 1983)
4. Asimov, Isaac (1920-1992) - Pebble in
the Sky (Doubleday, 1950)
5. Bard, Benedict - The Black Queen
6. Becket, Samuel (1906-1989) - Murphy
(1938)
7. Berman, Ruth - A Board in the Other
Direction (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 1974)
8. Bierce, Ambrose (1842-1914) – Moxon’s
Master (1893)
9. Bland, Mark - The Four Chessmen
(Morris, 2001)
10.
Bochak, John - The Gamemaster (1995)
11.
Borges, Jorge Luis - The Game of
Chess (Dreamtigers, 1974)
12.
Boucher, Rita - Miss Gabriel’s Gambit
(Avon, 1993)
13.
Brunner, John - Squares of the City
(1965)
14.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice (1875-1950) -
The Chessmen of Mars (Argosy, 1922)
15.
Canetti, Elias (1905-1994) -
Auto-da-Fe (1935)
16.
Caris, John - Reality Inspector
(1982)
17.
Carrol, Lewis (1832-1898) - Through
The Looking Glass (1872)
18.
Chesbro, George – King’s Gambit (New
English Library 1976)
19.
Christie, Agatha - The Big Four
(Collins, 1927)
20.
Cockburn, Alexander - Idle Passion:
Chess and the Dance of Death (Simon & Shuster, 1974)
21.
Contoski, Victor - Von Goom’s Gambit
(Chess Review, 1966)
22.
Couperus, Louis - Het zwevende
schaakbord (1922)
23.
Courtenay, Bryce - The Power of One (Random
House, 1989)
24.
Delman, David - The Last Gambit (St.
Martins 1991)
25.
Devroe, Hans - Het schaakspel van
Leuvren
26.
Doyle, A. Conan – “The Musgrave
Ritual” in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Strand, 1893)
27.
Duerrenmatt, Friedrich - Der
Schachspieler
28.
Dunnett, Dorothy - Pawn in
Frankincense (1969)
29.
Farber, Erica - Kiss of the Mermaid
(Random House, 1996)
30.
Frazier, Robert - Rendezvous 2062
(Fantasy Book, 1982)
31.
Garrow, Simon - The Amazing Adventure
of Dan, the Pawn
32.
Gerrold, David - Chess With A Dragon
34.
Glavinic, Thomas - Carl Haffner’s
Love of the Draw (2000)
35.
Gormley, Beatrice - The Magic Mean
Machine
36.
Hale, Lucretia - The Queen of the Red
Chessmen
38.
Hall, Katy - My Secret Life
39.
Hansen, Brooks - The Chess Garden
(London, 1996)
40.
Harness, Charles - The Chessplayers
41.
Harper, Piers - Checkmate at Chess
City
42.
Hehl, Eileen - Playing Games
43.
Hochberg, Burt - 64-Square Looking
Glass
44.
Huigen, Rene - De meter van Napoleon
(1988)
45.
Ipcar, Dahlov - The Warlock of Night
46.
Jacobs, Linda - Checkmate Julie
(1974)
47.
Jackson, Anita - Deadly Game
48.
Keckhut, John - The Dublin pawn
49.
Keyes, Frances Parkinson - The Chess
Players
50.
Kraus, Robert - Mort the Sport
51.
Krol, Gerrit - Een schaaknovelle
52.
Kuttner, Henry - The Chess
Civilization
53.
Leiber, Fritz - A Pail of Air
54.
Leiber, Fritz - Midnight by the
Morphy Watch
55.
Leiber, Fritz - ChangeWar Story
56.
Leiber, Fritz - The 64-Square
Madhouse
58.
Levy, Elizabeth - The Computer That
Said Steal Me
60.
Martin, George - Unsound Variations
61.
Maurensig, Paolo - Luneburg Variation
62.
Meras, Icchokas - De glimlach van
Busia
63.
Middleton, Thomas - A Game at Chess
64.
Murphy, Warren & Cohran, Molly -
Grandmaster
65.
Murphy, Warren & Cohran, Molly -
Endgame
66.
Nabokov, Vladimir - The Defense
67.
Neville - The Eight (Ballentine,
1988)
69.
Padgett, Lewis - Chessboard Planet
70.
Perez-Reverte - The Flanders Panel
71.
Peyton, Richard - Sinister Gambits
(Souvenir Press, 1991)
72.
Poe, Edgar Allen
73.
Robinson, Nancy - Countess Veronica
74.
Roggeveen, Leonard - Werldkampioen
2003
75.
Russ, Joanna - A Game of Vlet
76.
Saberhagen, Fred - Pawn to Infinity
(Ace, 1982)
77.
Saberhagen, Fred - To Move and Win
78.
Shepherd, William - The Chessmen
79.
Shura, Mary Francis - The Josie
Gambit
80.
Simmons, Dan - Carrion Comfort
81.
Smith - The Sicilian Dragon
82.
Smullyan - Chess Mysteries of
Sherlock Holmes
83.
Snodgrass, Melinda – Queen’s Gambit
Declined
84.
Stewart, Alfred - Reflections on the
Looking-Glass
87.
Sutcliff, Rosemary - Chess-dream in a
Garden
88.
Tan, Amy - The Joy Luck Club
89.
Tepper, Sheri – King’s Blood Four
90.
Tepper, Sheri - Necomancer Nine
91.
Tepper, Sheri – Wizard’s Eleven
92.
Tevis, Walter - The Queen’s Gambit
93.
Timmer, Ernst - Het waterrad van Ribe
94.
Truzzi, Marcello - Chess in
Literature
95.
Vernon, Roger Lee - The Chess
Civilization
96.
Vogt, Alfred - De schakers van nul-a
97.
Waitzkin, Fred - Searching for Bobby
Fischer
98.
Waterman - Poetry of Chess
99.
Watson, Ian - Queenmagic, Kingmagic
100.
Whitney, Phyllis – Hunter’s Green
101.
Wolf, Gene - The Marvelous Brass
Chessplaying Automaton
102.
Woro - Under the Black Sun
103.
Yaffe – Alekhine’s Anguish
104.
Zelazny, Roger - The Unicorn
Variation
105.
Zelman, Anita - The right moves