Live in Sweden
Sort:
Nov 30, 2016
0
#3
Interesting photo that of Anna Lisa Ericsson flirting with the knight of the enemy camp
It looks like there was a flirt between them starting on the 9th move of the game when black knight tried to capture the Queen and she shyed and backed down to d2 near her King, but her heart leaped after this first encounter and in the 14th move she threw herself in front of the white rook to save the life of the black knight, asking her soldier not to attack him 
Then the black knight risked his life to come closer to Queen Anna Lisa but the white knight was there ready to take the life of black knight on sight. Queen Anna Lisa followed the black knight sacrificing herself in the next move on the very same square the knight has fallen
P.S. The black knight was a Scottish knight because the opening was Scottish game
Most probably Alex Leslie Earl of Leven, who served in the Swedish Army for 30 years. He was knighted by King Gustavus of Sweden
Nov 30, 2016
0
#4
For a Living Chess Game played at the Pan-Am Chess Congress in Hollywood during August 1945, see: The Day the Stars Came Out.
Nov 30, 2016
0
#6
May be you'll like this one too 50 years ago
I found it very interesting
Nov 30, 2016
0
#7
Marostica has been putting on Live Chess shows biennially since forever, it seems. It's more or less there claim-to-fame and most lucrative tourist attraction. The last one was this past September.
Nice film.
Nov 30, 2016
0
#8
Here's an old article on Living Chess: https://www.chess.com/article/view/living-chess
Nov 30, 2016
0
#9
batgirl wrote:
Are females now required to wear the burka for these public performances in Swedenistan?
Marostica has been putting on Live Chess shows biennially since forever, it seems. It's more or less there claim-to-fame and most lucrative tourist attraction. The last one was this past September.
Nice film.
Living Chess Games, when staged properly, offer entertainment, pageantry, promotional benefits and fun.
In 1950 a Living Chess Game was put on in Stockholm that had all these attributes. Not only that, but the game, played between Gosta Stoltz (who would become the Swedish champion the next year) and Kristian Skold (at that time the Swedish champion), was at 20 sec./move before an audience of 30,000. The game was neither pre-planned nor practiced and the moves were announced over a loud speaker. The pieces were portrayed by film stars and sports figures.
The White Queen was Annalisa Ericson; the Black Queen was Sif Ruud.