A Game for All Ocassions
Chess is a perfect companion for all occasions.
At weddings, for instance,
Wedding in Little America Hotel, Cheyenne, WY
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The Red October restaurant, Moscow
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Hochzeit! Wedding German way. Who do you think is going to deliver a Schachmatt?!
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When dating (a game in a cozy & vintage atmosphere, Hôtel Bourg Tibourg, Paris, between seduction and elegance)
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In bars. Pigalle Sacré-Coeur, Paris, France
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On the film sets (Anthony Quinn and Alain Delon on the set of Lost Command)
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At fashion shootings (the 1946 Bernardo sandals)
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More fashion shootings (Lilah Summer & Steffy Argelich photographed by Jason Lee Parry)
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In flight
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On the train (the rap group Run DMC on the road between Virginia and New York, 1986. foto: Eli Reed)
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Underground (nothing like a 3am chess in NYC subway)
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Underwater, too
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While taking a bath
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When sunbathing during the short 1950 Summer on the Arctic Ocean's Novaya Zemlya ("New Land")
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Of course, they play our game on the neghboring Yamal ("End of the Land") penninsula as well (foto: Sergey Anisimov, 2016)
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During blackouts (Red Hook Houses, Brooklyn, after Hurricane Sandy passed in Nov, 2012)
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Doesn’t matter if it snows, rains or shines. Two Street Warriors on the Union Square, New York
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During Fall rains. Kalemegdan Park, Belgrade, Serbia
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When trapped in ice (Frank Hurley and Leonard Hussey aboard the Endurance in 1915)
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In medieval knights tournaments
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In war (Captain Flora Sandes, the only British woman to bear arms in WW1 and the only female officer in the Serbian Royal Army, in-between battles)
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In war (somewhere on the Russian front, 1943)
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In hospitals (foto: Stuart Franklin. Dr Ben Gupta playing chess with Malik (15) who lost a leg in an explosion . Al Ramtha hospital, Jordan 2013)
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Outside fine tailor's shops. Jodhpur, Rajasthan Blue City (foto Steve McCurry)
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Inside antique shops (Alvaro Collao)
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On picknicks (Airstreamin’ apes, by James Quantz Jr)
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At the zoo
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While socializing with kids (the fashion model Jennifer Pugh)
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During babysitting (foto Stoyan Shopov)
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On parades (the 1963 Mayday parade, Prague, Czechoslovakia foto: Jiří Všetečka)
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During protests. Sofia, Bulgaria
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When in the gym
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During Tomatina (a traditional festival held in the Valencian town of Buñol, Spain; participants stop their tomato-fighting to play a game)
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When having a meal, L'Ogre de Bakou by Miss Boll (French)
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In theatrical plays (Checkmate in a 2007 Royal Ballet performance)
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On chess calendars (here Leslie McAllister's Miss June)
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On sand-dunes of Sahara Erg Chebbi
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Before night rest
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Chess is a fine option on birthdays, too. "Happy birthday! Chess or ...?"
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