A Most Holy Game

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yollifolli

 

I was wondering if anyone on here could help me decipher the set and also the positions in the following picture. 

 

The picture is of the 6th Rebbe of Lubuvitch playing chess with the 7th Rebbe of Lubuvitch (famously known as the Rebbe).

 

The picture was taken in 1937 in Perchtoldsdorf, Austria, a resort city near Vienna. 

 

Other versions of the picture can be seen here.

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=rebbe+playing+chess&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS738US738&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi08JfF8p_UAhUrxVQKHf-eC-sQsAQIJw&biw=1338&bih=710

 

Some people think that the balls on top of the peaces were placed there after the fact to block out the crosses. 

 

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MickinMD

Recently I won two team games against a guy with "Jesus" in his screen name then won a game against a Argentinian Catholic Priest.

Immediately after, I was paired in our next match with a guy a couple hundred points higher than me who coaches a college team and then learned from my doctor that an MRI shows I need a rotator cuff operation.

I lost my 2nd game to the Priest and soon won a lost game by luck and was paired with lower rated players in my next two team matches.

Please, no more holy games for me!

batgirl

 It was my understanding that the above photo of the Lubavicher Rebbe was taken at the 'Sanatorium Purkersdorf"  in Purkersdorf, Austria in 1935.

 

In a related area you can read about Sammy Reshevsky and Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneersohn,  the 7th Lubavicher Rebbe here: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/reshevsky-and-the-lubavitch-rebbe

zjamkeh

I'm sorry but being that I am a "new player" I am not allowed to share links or images, but for more information about the game visit chabad.org - Google lubavitcher rebbe chess. the balls on the bishops are there because that was the common style in Europe at the time - Google vienese chess set (can also be seen in fiddler on the roof as tevye is giving the tour of the gentile quarter!).

BoruchYonasan

A Holy game indeed! The Rebbe and his father in law, the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe, luminaries and leaders of our generation. I truly wish someone could help decipher the position, and if it’s known what the moves were in the game, and how it finished.

I will try to do some research on the matter and share what I learn here.

DSykes613

I believe the Rebbe would always let his father in law win for a time, out of respect, but his father-in-law told him not to and then from that point I dont know who would have won. So if this photo is from before the Rebbe being told not to let his father-in-law win then the winner would have been his father-in-law.