Instant Views [o.] Chess tournament (1920s – 1960s) | Photos by Rene Burri / Pierre Jamet / Erwin Volkov / Boris Ignatovich
Boris Ignatovich, Chess tournament, 1935
Erwin Volkov, Ukraine, 1957
Pierre Jamet, Chess players, 1936
Teenage boys playing chess, Germany, mid 1930s
John Lennon, 1965
National Chess Tournament, Cuba, 1967 Rene Burri, Chess players in Mykonos, Greece, 1964
Chess tournament, 1920s
Ringo playing chess A group of young men playing outdoor chess, 1960
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You cannot play at Chess if you are kind-hearted
-French Proverb
Chess is ruthless: you’ve got to be prepared to kill people
-Nigel Short
When your house is on fire, you cant be bothered with the neighbors.
Or, as we say in Chess, if your King is under attack you don’t worry
about losing a Pawn on the Queen’s side
-Gary Kasparov
In blitz, the Knight is stronger than the Bishop
-Vlastimil Hort
Chess is above all, a fight!
-Emanuel Lasker
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