human chess, outdoors, 1924
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thats amazing
hhmm.. i couldn't tell you that. From the background, I'd guess England, but could be France. If anybody knows what this building is, please inform us!
Nov 11, 2015
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#5
Could also be plaza Zocalo in Mexico City - at least for size if not for actual shape of buildings.
St Petersburg Russia, 1924
Thanks Bluzuner! 
Cool
Nov 22, 2015
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#9
That was my Great Grandparents backyard. The building was their Guest House.
Nov 22, 2015
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#10
Actually, the locale was the Palace Square in Leningrad (at that time, the great city hadn't been St. Petersburg for a decade).
The game played was a draw between two masters of that time, Peter Romanovsky and Ilya Rabinovich with the moves transmitted by telephone. This Live Chess spectacle, put on July 20, 1924, lasted 5 hours and attracted an audience of 8,000. The Black pieces were represented by members of the Red Army. The White pieces were represented by members of the Red Fleet.
This was an annual event, designed to promote chess in the USSR, that had taken place since 1921 at different venues: 1921 in Smolensk, 1922 in Kerch, 1923 in Omsk and 1924 in Moscow.
Nov 22, 2015
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#11
In Smolensk, on August, 23rd, 1921, the first such game was put on at the initiative of local Vsevobucha. The board was created using chalk and sand for the squares.
Nov 22, 2015
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#12
Well I guess it was not my Great Grandparents backyard. Nice research batgirl! I now know who to ask for answers when I cannot solve a problem or need an answer to a question I am unable to answer. Thanks for the photo Doc and the answer batgirl.
nana nana nana nana nana nana nana nana BATGIRL! (Oh and you're welcome Rich ).
Can someone play chess with me?I'm a begginner.[go easy on me]
Wow I only just realized my comment is the first 
Nice thread and impressive pic. Thanks fo sharing and thanks to batgirl for the info..
Cool! It looks like a Scotch Gambit. Anyone know if the game is in a database somewhere?
Mar 8, 2017
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#18
The game, as far as I know, isn't in a database. Fortunately, It WAS published however.
Mar 9, 2017
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#19
Huge board they created.
Looks like it's on grass and they created the white squares with lime.
Looks like it's on grass and they created the white squares with lime.
