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Kramnik: The development of beauty in chess never depends on you alone. No matter how much imagination and creativity you invest, you still do not create beauty. Even if you play perfectly, a fault of your opponent's can destroy the entire beauty of the game. Sometimes a game takes an unexpected turn, in which beauty begins to emerge. Both players are always instrumental in this. To a certain extent it is like a dance. Both dancers must be creative, in order to keep the creativity flowing.
Jacques-Clément Wagrez (1846-1908) "The Chess Players"
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Jean Wauquelin Histoire d’Alexandre le Grand. XVe siècle Cassiel et Phésona jouant aux échecs
Manuscrit du roman Guiron le Courtois de Rusticien de Pise (1370 - 1380) Arthur jouant aux échecs
Christine de Pizan (1364 - 1430) Épître d'Orthéa Ulysse jouant aux échecs
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Minnekästchen Schachspiel (1351 - 1375) Niederrhein Un homme et une femme jouant aux échecs Voir détail
Guillaume de Tyr, Histoire de la guerre sainte. Nord de la France XIVe siècle Croisés refusant de combattre Source : BNF, Manuscrits (fr. 2824 f° 94v°)
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Maître anonyme XIVe siècle La Dame de Verzù jouant aux échecs avec le chevalier de Bourgogne
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1301-1333 Zürich Le Roi Otto IV de Brandenburg jouant aux échecs avec une femme Manessische Liederhandschrift oder Große Heidelberger Liederhandschrift
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Coffret à miroir en ivoire (1300 - 1325) The game of chess represented both love and war in the Middle Ages and the contest is mentioned in many of the romances of the period, including the story of Tristan and Iseult. It appears on caskets, combs, plaques and mirror covers throughout the fourteenth century in both France and Germany, and the three finest examples, of which this object is one, appear to come from the same Paris atelier, and perhaps from the hand of the same carver.
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Delaine Martin Anyone know where I can buy this chess set?