chess for lovers
after a long hiatus, i recently returned to Crystalpunk [formerly social fiction] to learn the latest about psychogeography—to my surprise i discovered chess and go instead!
A hand colored engraving by Charles Dana Gibson, creator of the famous "Gibson Girl." Title is "The Greatest Game in the World: His Move." It depicts a young couple facing each other across a chess board, too wrapped up in the romance of the moment to concentrate on the game. [Obviously Mr. Gibson wasn't a chess player, because no true player would ever be too wrapped up by a lover to concentrate on the game!] From Prints Old & Rare.
via Crystalpunk
May 8th, 2007 at 12:56 pm
"Sometimes, a game of chess was used [as] an excuse to allow a young man and woman intimate time alone."
—USCF Chess History