Lady Howe checkmates Benjamin Franklin, a painting (1774) by Edward Harrison Mays. Behind the table is Richard Howe with a box with hush-money, an illicit commision for B.F. 
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For good order's sake : Benjamin Franklin refused to accept the money.
R.H. had asked B.F. to encourage the rebelling American colonies to accept the British rules. "No" -- and the American Revolution was unavoidable.
Benjamin Franklin was thinking a few moves ahead when he allowed Lady Howe to checkmate him.
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May 27, 2014
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The model in the photograph, above, was Eve Babitz. This is from an interview with Babitz many years later:
EDIT: I have removed the text of the interview
(The interviewer was Lili Anolik of "Vanity Fare"; the photograph was circa 1963; the photgrapher was Julian Wasser.)
JamieDelarosa wrote:
The model in the photograph, above, was Eve Babitz. This is from an interview with Babitz many years later:
Interviewer: O.K., let’s start with the Duchamp photograph: you, 20, naked, playing chess with him, 76, fully clothed. Eve, I have to tell you, that is one seriously boobalicious bod you’ve got going on there. I mean, hubba hubba.
Babitz: Yes, I know. I’m normally a 36 double D. But that was the one time in my life I was on birth-control pills. My breasts blew up. They wouldn’t fit into any of my dresses. And they, you know, they hurt. But they were—well, I thought they should be photographed, really.
I: How come?
B: So they were immortalized.
I: Because they were something else?
B: Yes. That’s right.
(The interviewer was Lili Anolik of "Vanity Fare"; the photograph was circa 1963; the photgrapher was Julian Wasser.)
Babitz is correct. Birth control pills will cause your breasts to enlarge, especially if the pill contains progesterone.
I can't believe that was from an actual interview (?) I thought you made it up.
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/02/eve-babitz-nude-duchamp-interview
May 27, 2014
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#8
Right, that was a great interview to post...
Why don't you post some more interviews with models here, that way every testosterone-fueled moron can feel liberated in posting Playboy interviews?
May 27, 2014
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#9
Sandrasandrita wrote:
Why did they such a photo?
Art. Duchamp was a very famous artist who happened to be an expert-level chessplayer. He frequently played at GM Nicolas Rossolimo's studio in New York City. Babitz was an up-and-coming model who part part of the "beautiful people" scene throughout the 1960s and 1970s.
This is just a guess, but some of the works of art in the gallery are probably those of Duchamp.
EDIT: the photograph was taken at the Pasadena Museum of Art. Eve Babitz was quite an fascinating and talented artist in hier own right. Her godfather was Igor Stravinsky, according tp the wikipedia entry on her.
May 27, 2014
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trysts wrote:
Right, that was a great interview to post...Why don't you post some more interviews with models here, that way every testosterone-fueled moron can feel liberated in posting Playboy interviews?
The photo is a period piece. I did not post it, only an interview describing the circumstances of photo. .I am ambivalent about the photo, but it is a work of art, and it is chess-related. I probably would have preferred a link only.
Eve Babitz is now over 70 years old. I can tell you from my own experience, ladies, record your youth!
In terms of the circumstances of the photo and the period of time it records, it was the beginning of the women's liberation movement. Throwing off societal constrictions (such as one's feminine clothing) was very liberating. That's why many of us burned our bras (figuratively, if not literally)! It freed us to try to reach our full potential.
You are correct to be concerned, Trysts. We do have quite a few "testosterone-fueled morons" on the site. I appeal the the "better angels" of their nature.
From the utterly useless.... Chess spelled backwards is... backwards!
May 27, 2014
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Sandrasandrita wrote:
JamieDelarosa escribió:
trysts wrote:
Right, that was a great interview to post...Why don't you post some more interviews with models here, that way every testosterone-fueled moron can feel liberated in posting Playboy interviews?
The photo is a period piece. I did not post it, only an interview describing the circumstances of photo. .I am ambivalent about the photo, but it is a work of art, and it is chess-related. I probably would have preferred a link only.
Eve Babitz is now over 70 years old. I can tell you from my own experience, ladies, record your youth!
Sorry, but I feel chilly easily!
The photo was taken in warm and sunny Los Angeles. You would feel right at home. ;^)
May 27, 2014
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JamieDelarosa wrote:
trysts wrote:
Right, that was a great interview to post...Why don't you post some more interviews with models here, that way every testosterone-fueled moron can feel liberated in posting Playboy interviews?
The photo is a period piece. I did not post it, only an interview describing the circumstances of photo. .I am ambivalent about the photo, but it is a work of art, and it is chess-related. I probably would have preferred a link only.
Eve Babitz is now over 70 years old. I can tell you from my own experience, ladies, record your youth!
The photo--oh wait, The Art!--has been reposted here for years. The "interview" is embarrassing, and probably will continue the trend in the forums of posting threads and pictures of women in the most superficial way imaginable. But hey, if that's good with you, then enjoy.
May 27, 2014
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#14
I am sorry if the interview offended you. I have edited some of my comments to expand on my thinking. Would you prefer I take it down?
May 27, 2014
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#15
It takes a brave and courageous woman to defy conformity and act against the constraining ideas of feminity and break the mold for the progress of women....we need more women like her...
May 27, 2014
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#16
JamieDelarosa wrote:
I am sorry of the interview offended you. I have edited some of my comments to expand on my thinking. Would you prefer I take it down?
I'm just one voice. You know you can do whatever you wish, it's not my website. I only commented because the interview was silly and everywhere I look now in the forums there are children wanting to change the forums into TMZ. Who knows, maybe the forum goers like that kind of poop.
May 27, 2014
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#17
Point well-taken, Trysts. I will try to be more mindful in the future.
May I ask, are you female? If so, I did not mean to offend. With the whole females-here-are-99%-male-posers stuff going on, I am torn between remaining silent or providing the adolescent abusers with an education concerning the treatment of women in society.
TheManWhoLovedWomen wrote:
Marcel Duchamp playing chess (he's on the right).
Nice! Not many people use chess to seduce ladies :)
http://enjoychesslearning.wordpress.com/
May 27, 2014
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#19
JamieDelarosa wrote:
Point well-taken, Trysts. I will try to be more mindful in the future.
May I ask, are you female? If so, I did not mean to offend. With the whole females-here-are-99%-male-posers stuff going on, I am torn between remaining silent or providing the adolescent abusers with an education concerning the treatment of women in society.
Yes, I'm female, and a feminist. The interview is seriously what you would hear on TMZ, and I can't stand TMZ. But I can't stand Real Housewives, Game of Thrones, or really any mainstream media depiction of women. So maybe I'm totally anti-establishment, but I'm so good with that;)
Anyway, yes, there are males posing as women on the Internet, but I just can't care about it. I tried, but it doesn't inspire me. I think males are hurt by the deception, but hey, there are actually important things worth thinking about. If I were you, and even since I am me, providing an education on the history of feminism is a much more important topic. For men and women.
May 27, 2014
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#20
trysts wrote:
JamieDelarosa wrote:
Point well-taken, Trysts. I will try to be more mindful in the future.
May I ask, are you female? If so, I did not mean to offend. With the whole females-here-are-99%-male-posers stuff going on, I am torn between remaining silent or providing the adolescent abusers with an education concerning the treatment of women in society.
Yes, I'm female, and a feminist. The interview is seriously what you would hear on TMZ, and I can't stand TMZ. But I can't stand Real Housewives, Game of Thrones, or really any mainstream media depiction of women. So maybe I'm totally anti-establishment, but I'm so good with that;)
Anyway, yes, there are males posing as women on the Internet, but I just can't care about it. I tried, but it doesn't inspire me. I think males are hurt by the deception, but hey, there are actually important things worth thinking about. If I were you, and even since I am me, providing an education on the history of feminism is a much more important topic. For men and women.
I hear you. I removed the text of the interview, although it has been quotes in some replies.
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Entry #1
Benjamin Franklin is in the Chess Hall of Fame:
"In 1999, Benjamin Franklin was elected to the US Chess Hall of Fame. He joined 28 others among the greatest players, writers, and leaders in American chess .... Franklin, among his many other pioneering achievements in many fields, has long been recognized as one of the earliest writers, popularizers, and players of chess in America." - John McCrary
One of his famous essays on chess is posted here:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/benjamin-franklin-on-the-morals-of-chess