It looks like a recent poster closed his account and we lost a few of his posts. I liked this pic he offered and am happy to keep it alive.
Kmoch v. Ahues San Remo 1930 (One of Alekhine's best tournaments-- he thoroughly dominated).
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goldendog: re the Fischer/Petrosian blitz - loving the size of that clock!
Apr 11, 2010
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This is Stanley Kubrick and George C. Scott playing chess on the set of Dr. Strangelove. Kubrick used chess as a way to win his actors' respect as he was an expert player.
AnthonyCG wrote:
Here's one I found of Fischer going over a game with someone and Tal is watching. I'm not sure who he was playing or who is behind them.
It looks like Spassky playing and Polugaevsky watching.
Dr. Greg Chamitoff, a NASA astronaut who played in the Earth vs Space match back in 2008. He was playing from the International Space Station.
In 2010, Magnus Carlsen became a model and spokesperson for the clothing line, G-Star. G-Star and Chess.com teamed up and facilitated the Magnus Carlsen Against the World event. In time, this image might become a classic photo along with the iconic photos that have been posted here.
Apparently, NASA already had a chess-related press release as early as 30 years ago!
In this picture dated Nov 14, 1970, Chris Daley, who worked for the NASA Administration, was operating the chess program that ran on a Varian Data Machine 620/1 computer. The program placed Second in the First Computer Chess Championship.
love it
Nov 8, 2010
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#671
If you enjoy this thread, you might also enjoy this one:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/the-chess-art-thread
Nov 9, 2010
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#672
LIFE May 18, 1942, with America at war with Japan, published a rather involved article on the Japanese game of Go. The article inclded this photo of Edward Lasker (who was possibly the main proselytizer of Go in America).
as well as this one of Go at Chumley's
Thx, batgirl.
That's a nice one of Sammy, batgirl!
Nov 10, 2010
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#677
If you have a chess room in your home, be sure to adorn it with Armstrong Temlok!
Thank you for sharing these rare Edward Lasker images where he's playing his other passion, BatGirl. 
Man, I need one of those clocks!