What do these portraits have in common?
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batgirl
Dec 23, 2010
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#1
Drawn somewhat similarly
People I don't recognize, but I'm pretty sure they're chess players.
Posted by batgirl in post #1 of this thread.
That's all I've got so far.
They're all the same person!!
(That would be a great twist.)
EDIT: Actually, they do look a lot alike.
LisaV wrote:
I performed a crafty computer maneuver, so I kinda know the answer....but since I didn't know offhand, it seems against the spirit of the question, so maybe I'll let someone else who knows their chess provide the answer.
Interesting. :)
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They're from the land before colour.
LisaV wrote:
I performed a crafty computer maneuver, so I kinda know the answer....but since I didn't know offhand, it seems against the spirit of the question, so maybe I'll let someone else who knows their chess provide the answer.
Interesting. :)
... or who knows their submariners.
They were all photographed in incriminating circumstances alongside everyone's favourite Russian spy, and then used in the Rubenstein - Devil pact, in lieu of his soul;
(no, not you this time Xenia)
They could be the same guy...just as the guy is ageing...I don't know enough about old famous people to put a name with the face though 
LisaV wrote:
Sarah, clever gambit you play. ;)
And a clever gambit he played too - I mean, putting electric things in water?!? Even I was taught as a kid that was a bit risky.
The fact that the title stresses portraits rather than people would lead me to believe they share a common creator.
Or, perhaps they're all experts in the forgotten art of still-life hypnotism?
Writch wrote:
LisaV wrote:
Sarah, clever gambit you play. ;)
And a clever gambit he played too - I mean, putting electric things in water?!? Even I was taught as a kid that was a bit risky.
Hey, knock it off!
He had a batcave devoted to chess. If chess is cool, so is he!
Dec 23, 2010
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My guess... same person through the years... from young to old. Now, who is it.. no idea.
Another cool post Batgirl
When will you end this cruel hoax, batgirl?
Same guy - Isaac Leopold Rice in 1865, 1882, 1890 & 1903?
fncll wrote:
Same person... and I believe his last name is also the name of a popular food staple?
Okay, so it's not famous problemist Jose Tortilla.
Dec 24, 2010
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As many people knew, but didn't say, it's indeed Isaac Rice throughout the years.
A century ago, he was one of the most familiar faces in the chess world. I was curious to see how recognizable he is today.
Rice, who made a fortune in storage batteries, railroad refrigeration, electic automobiles and submarines, invented the Rice Gambit and sponsored thematic tournaments at his mansion, the Villa Julia in NY, to attract the best players in order to further the theory of his opening. It seems, though, that few people play the Rice Gambit today. The Rice, like the Muzio, gambits a full piece in a line of the King's Gambit:
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.O-O Bxe5
Rice also supported local and foreign chess clubs, and helped out scholastic chess as a sponsor, organizer and functionary. Among the recipients of his generosity: New York State Chess Association, chess clubs (including the Manhattan Chess Club, the Rice Chess Club, the Brooklyn Chess Club and the St. George's Chess Club of London) and collegiate chess (including Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Brown and Pennsylvania Universities, as well as serving as president of the Triangular College Chess League).
