Getty Images (selected chess history)
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Getty Images (selected chess history)
Some examples from Getty Images of chess history. They vary from standard to interesting mysteries and conundrums. Caption information always needs double-checking.
(1) International Women's Chess Tournament at Emmen (1957)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1404442433
I think it is the woman on the left who is Hilda Chater, a brief biography of whom is here:
https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/pl ... cal-sketch
She is playing Dutch player Fenny Heemskerk.
EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny_Heemskerk
(2) Danlonlustrum chess tournament (1960)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485913047
Quite a few pictures available from this tournament. Fenny Heemskerk is (I think) standing at right in the first photo, and also features in this one as well.
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485897864
(3) 26th Highoven chess tournament in Beverwijk (1964)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485890907
(3) Chess championships in the Netherlands (1954)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485890066
No idea if something has been lost in translation?
(4) Blast furnace chess tournament (1957)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485838798
There are lots of chess photos on the Getty Images website keyworded "blast furnace". I think this is an automated translation issue (the Dutch word 'hoogoven' translates as 'blast furnace'), and these are from the Tata Steel tournament (Hoogovens), but may be wrong (might be mixing this up with Wijk aan Zee).
(5) Pensive Nigel Short (1987 'blast furnace' tournament)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485838983
(6) Young Jan Timman (1985 'blast furnace' tournament)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485839028
(7) Wrongly captioned photo (1984)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485838992
This is not Nigel Short at left, but who is it, or is that Beliavsky? I think this is actually Korchnoi playing Beliavsky in the 11th round.
(8) Korchnoi versus Beliavsky (1985)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485839071
Same opponents as previous photo, but different year and different round (different colours as well). It would be trivial to match up the photos with the games here.
(9) Tough photo parade (1962)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485790029
Anyone want to try and identify those 8 Russian chess masters? (The answers are probably to be found in other photos from the chess tournament they played in.)
(10) Bit of a mystery
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485708145
"Assignment Antara chess tournament" - anyone able to work this one out?
EDIT: I think this is a match from the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam. The date of 7th September may be misleading. It that possibly Lothar Schimd shaking hands with the Columbian captain?
(11) Another Tal simultaneous display
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1414087614?
Somwhere, the Dutch equivalent of Britbase is trying to identify the participants in this simul...
(12) 1873 Varsity Match
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... /929044208
(13) Chess with living pieces, Guildhall, Winchester (1883)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... /931852704
(14) Chess contest between England and the USA (1910)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... /548146707
I presume this is the 1910 Anglo-American cable match:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Ame ... ss_matches
I wonder how many of the chess players in that photograph can be identified? Can the game be identified from the position on the board? Were all the games played out on large boards like that? Quite bizarre!
I will stop there (that was only 11 pages of 27 from the search I made on "chess" and "history"). Lots of interesting material there.
(1) International Women's Chess Tournament at Emmen (1957)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1404442433
I think it is the woman on the left who is Hilda Chater, a brief biography of whom is here:
https://www.ulsterchess.org/archives/pl ... cal-sketch
She is playing Dutch player Fenny Heemskerk.
EDIT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenny_Heemskerk
(2) Danlonlustrum chess tournament (1960)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485913047
Quite a few pictures available from this tournament. Fenny Heemskerk is (I think) standing at right in the first photo, and also features in this one as well.
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485897864
(3) 26th Highoven chess tournament in Beverwijk (1964)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485890907
(3) Chess championships in the Netherlands (1954)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485890066
No idea if something has been lost in translation?
(4) Blast furnace chess tournament (1957)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485838798
There are lots of chess photos on the Getty Images website keyworded "blast furnace". I think this is an automated translation issue (the Dutch word 'hoogoven' translates as 'blast furnace'), and these are from the Tata Steel tournament (Hoogovens), but may be wrong (might be mixing this up with Wijk aan Zee).
(5) Pensive Nigel Short (1987 'blast furnace' tournament)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485838983
(6) Young Jan Timman (1985 'blast furnace' tournament)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485839028
(7) Wrongly captioned photo (1984)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485838992
This is not Nigel Short at left, but who is it, or is that Beliavsky? I think this is actually Korchnoi playing Beliavsky in the 11th round.
(8) Korchnoi versus Beliavsky (1985)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485839071
Same opponents as previous photo, but different year and different round (different colours as well). It would be trivial to match up the photos with the games here.
(9) Tough photo parade (1962)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485790029
Anyone want to try and identify those 8 Russian chess masters? (The answers are probably to be found in other photos from the chess tournament they played in.)
(10) Bit of a mystery
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485708145
"Assignment Antara chess tournament" - anyone able to work this one out?
EDIT: I think this is a match from the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam. The date of 7th September may be misleading. It that possibly Lothar Schimd shaking hands with the Columbian captain?
(11) Another Tal simultaneous display
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1414087614?
Somwhere, the Dutch equivalent of Britbase is trying to identify the participants in this simul...
(12) 1873 Varsity Match
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... /929044208
(13) Chess with living pieces, Guildhall, Winchester (1883)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... /931852704
(14) Chess contest between England and the USA (1910)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... /548146707
I presume this is the 1910 Anglo-American cable match:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Ame ... ss_matches
I wonder how many of the chess players in that photograph can be identified? Can the game be identified from the position on the board? Were all the games played out on large boards like that? Quite bizarre!
I will stop there (that was only 11 pages of 27 from the search I made on "chess" and "history"). Lots of interesting material there.
Last edited by Christopher Kreuzer on Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:54 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Getty Images (selected chess history)
The position is from:Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:21 pm(14) Chess contest between England and the USA (1910)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... /548146707
I presume this is the 1910 Anglo-American cable match:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Ame ... ss_matches
I wonder how many of the chess players in that photograph can be identified? Can the game be identified from the position on the board? Were all the games played out on large boards like that? Quite bizarre!
I'd have said spectators watching one of the games, except that the person sitting behind the black King and Queen does look like Blackburne.
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Thank you, Ian. Wonder if there are any other photos of that or the other matches.
(15) Good Training for Chess Champion aka 'Different times'
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1053604130
"Good Training for Chess Champion, Little Elaine Saunders, of St. Margaret's, Twickenham, the ten year old chess champion, is a fine young horsewoman, and regularly rides in Richmond Park. - Elaine Saunders ready for her morning ride in Richmond Park."
(Not sure you would ever get that sort of 'news' coverage today.)
(15) Good Training for Chess Champion aka 'Different times'
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1053604130
"Good Training for Chess Champion, Little Elaine Saunders, of St. Margaret's, Twickenham, the ten year old chess champion, is a fine young horsewoman, and regularly rides in Richmond Park. - Elaine Saunders ready for her morning ride in Richmond Park."
(Not sure you would ever get that sort of 'news' coverage today.)
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The tough photo parade is probably the Russians at Schipol prior to the Candidates Tournament in Curacao in 1962. The front row is Keres, Geller, Petrosian, Korchnoi and A.N other. It may be that Tal is just behind. Doesn't much look like him but he was. of couse, ill. The remainder are seconds and other hangers-on. It should be easy to identify the remainder of the Soviet party to Curacao.
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Number 10 is not Lothar Schmid, but looks like Vassily Smyslov to me.
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Number 10 is not Lothar Schmid, but looks like Vassily Smyslov to me.
Edit but the date sort of works for Lothar Schmid and Boris de Grieff in a game which de Grieff won.
Edit but the date sort of works for Lothar Schmid and Boris de Grieff in a game which de Grieff won.
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Thanks John. There are two other "Assignment Antara chess tournament" images that Getty have. I will label them 10a and 10b. They appear to be from a match, but only two of the boards. The flags are visible. It does look to be USSR playing and if the date of 7 September is right, then it should be possible to identify the match on Olimpbase. No idea who the other person is in photo 10.
10a) "Assignment Antara chess tournament" (1954 Olympiad)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485708133
10b) "Assignment Antara chess tournament" (1954 Olympiad)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485708119
10a) "Assignment Antara chess tournament" (1954 Olympiad)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485708133
10b) "Assignment Antara chess tournament" (1954 Olympiad)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485708119
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I think from here:
https://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954ea03.html#urs
The USSR were playing Austria on 7 September 1954, so both 10a and 10b show Smyslov playing Robatsch and Bronstein playing Beni. Presumably 10 shows Smyslov shaking hands with the Austria captain? Unsure.
EDIT: 10 must show Smyslov shaking hands with someone else from another team. I suspect the Colombian team?
EDIT: Apologies John, I see now that Boris de Greiff is Colombian and likely to be the person in 10.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_de_Greiff
Though looking at pictures of Boris de Greiff, I am not convinced now...
https://www.olimpbase.org/1954/1954ea03.html#urs
The USSR were playing Austria on 7 September 1954, so both 10a and 10b show Smyslov playing Robatsch and Bronstein playing Beni. Presumably 10 shows Smyslov shaking hands with the Austria captain? Unsure.
EDIT: 10 must show Smyslov shaking hands with someone else from another team. I suspect the Colombian team?
EDIT: Apologies John, I see now that Boris de Greiff is Colombian and likely to be the person in 10.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_de_Greiff
Though looking at pictures of Boris de Greiff, I am not convinced now...
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Re: Getty Images (selected chess history)
I presume 'Spaggelt' should be 'Spraggett'.Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Fri Sep 15, 2023 10:21 pm
(6) Young Jan Timman (1985 'blast furnace' tournament)
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1485839028
The 1873 Varsity match appears not to be using clocks, though there are some large egg-timers on the table!
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Christopher Kreuzer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 16, 2023 1:42 amThank you, Ian. Wonder if there are any other photos of that or the other matches.
(15) Good Training for Chess Champion aka 'Different times'
https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/ne ... 1053604130
"Good Training for Chess Champion, Little Elaine Saunders, of St. Margaret's, Twickenham, the ten year old chess champion, is a fine young horsewoman, and regularly rides in Richmond Park. - Elaine Saunders ready for her morning ride in Richmond Park."
(Not sure you would ever get that sort of 'news' coverage today.)
To add to the above, Elaine Saunders (later Pritchard) was feted in her time as detailed in the excellent feature article here by Edward Winter:
https://www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/saunders.html