‘El jugador de Ajedrez’ (Luis Oliveros)
‘El jugador de Ajedrez’
Luis film is all about passion. About a profound passion for the game of chess and an equally desperate passion between … Read the rest
Category: video
Chess in cinema, commercials, etc
Recent entries
Some recent examples of the use of chess in videos. A theme that I like to explore on this blog. Today we will … Read the rest
Today’s chess art…
Casting God for ‘ A Game of Chess’
Johana Munzarova was born in Prague in 1962 and is a popular actress. You can visit her
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WANTED: Saucy, risqué, and spicy !
If Jessica Rabbit immediately came to your mind, then good choice, but… you would be looking in the wrong
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From the era of the silent film !
‘The Double-Incarnation of William Sheep’ (1913)
How many silent films that have chess as a principal theme
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Here is a cool recruitment add for the Singapore Police Force.
The Singapore Police Force is the Republic’s main police agency tasked with maintaining law … Read the rest
Chess, humour and Art
“There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. ”– Federico Fellini
The Man Who Watched Trains Go … Read the rest
Chess, humour and Art
Blackburne or Pillsbury?
Chess scene from ‘The White Cliffs of Dover’ (1944)
Filmed during WWII by Hollywood, mostly as a propaganda film designed to boost
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Trying to integrate a new feature into this blog. Chess-humour and/or chess-art in film and commercials. Thanks to YouTube, Vimeo and other sources–and especially to
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If you are a competitive chess player, like me, then you will get a BIG kick out of this short film! The scene starts off
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Dracula versus Frankenstein
Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff play a chess game, reminiscent of their match in The Black Cat, in an episode of
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Chess and other nonsense
The following is a cute commercial using a game of chess. I think it is excellent, the producer clearly understands that chess has negative
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There are many facets to the Apocalypse in film and literature, some using the game of chess directly, indirectly or even as a metaphor. Below
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