Play Chess with Nakamura, Aronian: Schein-Friedman Benefit Auction Chess Auction
Hello chess blog friends, this is a cool chess event in the US - Time with Aronian and Nakamura: Schein-Friedman Benefit Auction! FM Aviv Friedman writes at the www.uschess.org.
Need a creative holiday gift idea? Find details on an online auction to benefit the Schein-Friedman Scholastic Recognition Project headlined by lessons with Levon Aronian and Hikaru Nakamura. The two super-GMs face each other in a match later this week in Saint Louis. Also up for auction: A private simul by GM Robert Hess and lessons with GMs Ray Robson, Daniel Naroditsky, Kayden Troff, Sam Sevian, Daniel Naroditsky & FM Alisa Melekhina.
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British Tycoon's Chess Sets with Huddersfield Chess Club to be Auctioned
Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2014
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The Examiner has reported that a historic collection of valuable chess sets belonging to one of the country’s "most flamboyant and controversial tycoons" is set to be auction. Lord Kagan, a Lithuanian Jew and textile magnate, was like many East Europeans, a seriously keen chess player.
His collection began decades ago, thanks to his friends, who, when they ventured abroad, would invariably bring him back a present.
After Kagan’s death in 1988 the sets mouldered in storage before his widow Lady Kagan, who lived in Bradley, decided in 2008 to donate them to Huddersfield Chess Club. At the time she said: “I thought Joseph would have wanted them to be appreciated.”
The collection includes Russian sets, Indian, Spanish and military ones, a fabulously ornate Alice In Wonderland affair, as well as a gloriously non-PC monkey one. Read further at the Examiner.
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Huge Chess Set Collection Auction by Christie's in London
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
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An 18th century German chess set made from amber, a material favoured for its translucent beauty (estimate: £10,000-15,000, lot 490). Photo: Christie's Images Ltd 2013.
LONDON.- Christie’s will offer chess enthusiasts, collectors and players the opportunity to bid on an unusually large array of chess sets from a European Collection in the Style & Spirit auction on 26 March 2013. As international attention turns to London for The World Chess Candidates Tournament (14 March – 2 April), the 58 chess sets featured celebrate the history of the game and the skill of 18th century to 21st century carvers and craftsmen from around the globe: from Europe, Russia and India, to Cambodia and China. Executed in a wide variety of materials, including ivory, bone, wood, amber and silver, the sets have estimates ranging from £300 to £25,000. Presenting rare and beautiful examples which will enrich existing collections and potentially inspire new ones to be formed, this collection is sure to appeal to all tastes and budgets. A highlight of the sale is a limited edition silver chess set by Man Ray, one of the leading artists of the Dada and Surrealist movements during the 20th century (estimate: £10,000-15,000). One of ten sets made in 2008, the design was originally conceived in 1920 when Man Ray prepared drawings for a chess set in the Dada tradition of taking an object and presenting it in a different form, ultimately creating ‘a symbolic evocation’. For example, Man Ray takes inspiration from the broken neck of a violin for the knight; a pyramid - a symbol of Egyptian Kingship - for the King; and the conical shape - suggestive of a lady’s headdress in mediaeval times - for the Queen. In 1945 Man Ray was given the opportunity to realise these designs, when he was invited to participate in a group exhibition entitled The Imagery of Chess, by Julian Levy. With Man Ray’s photographic portraits currently on exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, this chess set provides additional insight into the variety of his oeuvre. The most valuable set in the collection is an intricate Anglo-Indian ivory chess set, carved in Berhampur near Calcutta in the first half of the 19th century (estimate: £15,000-25,000). This area became renowned for its superior quality of carving when Berhampur was established as a British barrack town in 1765, after the Battle of Plassey. The settlement created a demand for skilled craftsmen to produce export goods, encouraging many talented ivory carvers from Delhi to migrate south. The present example exemplifies the refined skill of these craftsmen.
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Chess board taken by King Charles to his Execution Sells for £600,000 to Private Collector
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The Daily Mail has just reported that the chess board taken by King Charles to his execution sells for £600,000 to private collector Amber games board was believed to be the one King Charles took to his execution. James Rush writes: An amber chess board taken by King Charles 1 to his execution has been sold for a record £600,000.
The board was owned by the controversial King, who was such an enthusiast for chess he was engrossed in a game when a messenger told him he had been betrayed by the Scots to the Parliamentarians during the English Civil War. The news sealed the royal's fate and he was executed on January 30, 1649.Final moves: The amber board opens up to reveal a board for the game backgammon, one of the oldest board games for two players which also involves an element of luck. On the other side of the piece is a board for the game Nine Men's Morris, which has also been known as Cowboy Checkers.
It is known the King took with him two precious possessions to the scaffold where he was beheaded: a Bible and an amber games board, believed to be the one that has now sold for £601,250. Erik Bijzet, an expert in European sculpture at auctioneers Sotherby's, said: 'This board was made by Georg Schreiber who was known as the "King of the Gamesboards".
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The Greatest Secret of Bobby Fischer Revealed!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Book promotion Podgorica: (from left to right) Aleksandar Mihailovic - creator of Bobby Fischer's chess clock, GM Bozidar Ivanovic, Janos Kubat - chess journalist and chess manager, Nenad Nesh Stankovic.
For everyone who emailed us yesterday in response to our Chess Blog post (Special Chess Auction of Bobby Fischer Memorabilia on Oct 14), here's more detailed and interesting information.
On Sunday, October 14, 2012, an auction of one part of chess historic collection owned by Nenad Nesh Stankovic will be held in Philip Weiss Auctions, New York. Offered objects take us 20 years back in time to the “Rematch of XX century” - remake of Iceland chess match from the period of Cold War.
In 1992, “undefeated world chess champion” Robert James Fischer returned after 20 years of self-isolation to the public arena for a never-before held chess event: Fischer - Spassky Rematch.They came to the town of Sveti Stefan, a resort off the coast of Montenegro, 110 km from the civil war in Bosnia, 200 km from besieged Sarajevo. Fischer played despite United Nations sanctions against Yugoslavia and a warning from the United States Treasury Department, which threatened him with severe penalties for playing. The match arbiter was Lothar Schmid, who had performed the same function 20 years earlier in Iceland. Eugenio Torre, GM from the Philippines, served as Fischer's second, while Spassky had Borislav Ivkov as his second.
The prize money was five million dollars and total financial expenditure was about 50 million dollars. There is lot of historic material and memorabilia relating to Bobby Fischer and that event with Nenad Nesh Stankovic - who was Bobby’s personal secretary and had the chance to spend more than 18 months in close and demanding proximity of the great “genius from Brooklyn”.
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That is how the book “The Greatest Secret of Bobby Fischer – Final Truth about the Greatest Chess Player of All Times” was written. It was published last year in Serbian & Montenegro. The book is going to be out this November in English, Russian and Chinese.
For the first time, some of Fischer's most intimate confessions and thoughts would be available to the fans of the great chess champion. The book focuses on the ideas which lead Bobby during his life toward misunderstanding, rejection hatred and contempt would be revealed in the book. A media-historic event "Montenegro Chess Week - Bobby Fischer - Return to Eternity" is scheduled to be held at the end of November as a great homage to the one of the greatest chess players ever.
Book promotion Belgrade: GM Svetozar Gligoric (RIP), Janos Kubat, Nenad Nesh Stankovic and friends.
If you are in NYC on October 14, you just cannot miss the auction. We would love to hear from you if you have already read the book or when you read its English, Russian or Chinese edition.
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Special Chess Auction of Bobby Fischer Memorabilia on Oct 14
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Here is some exciting chess news: An auction of part of the chess-historic collection of Mr. Nenad Nesh Stankovic with exceptional pieces of legacy of Bobby Fischer will be held in Philip Weiss Auctions, New York on October 14, 2012.
Owner of the assets is also an author of the book “The Greatest Secret of Bobby Fischer” which will be published in English, Russian, and Chinese beginning of November.
A special event 'Montenegro Chess Week - Bobby Fischer - Return to Eternity' - media-chess-historic happening - which will be held in Montenegro the end of November, is also on the cards.
We look forward to the auction and wonder who would pick up the priceless Bobby Fischer memorabilia!
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Fischer Chess Notes, Game Sheets to be Auctioned
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PFC Auctions have announced that their upcoming September sale will feature an exceptionally rare collection of handwritten chess notes by the legendary World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer (1943-2008). PFC Auctions is a Guernsey (Channel Islands)-based online auction company that deals in memorabilia, autographs and high-end collectibles.
PFC auctions is offering 20 handwritten sheets of chess notes by the legendary world chess champion. The notes detail eight matches from Fischer’s winning Herceg Novi Blitz Tournament in April 1970 in Yugoslavia. The notes are from matches he played against Viktor Korchnoi, David Bronstein, Vasily Smyslov, Predrag Ostojic, Vlastimil Hort, Samuel Reshevsky and Tigran Pertosian.
Bobby Fischer items rarely appear at auction. His personal chess library was sold for $61,000 in June 2009, and the 1972 chess set used by Fischer and Spassky, signed by both, was sold for $76,275 in 2011. With a minimum bid of just £200 on these Bobby Fischer handwritten notes, collectors are presented with a fine chance to invest in some incredible chess memorabilia, an example of the mental processes of a great chess intellect.
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Spassky-Fischer Chess Memorabilia Auction on June 14 in Copenhagen
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Bruun Rasmussen, based in Copenhagen, Denmark, are auctioning exceptional chess memorabilia on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the greatest chess match in history - Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer in Iceland in 1972. The documentary 'Bobby Fischer against the world' will also be screened in the auction room on the day of the sale, June 14th, from 1 pm to 2.30 pm. The chess memorabilia will be at auction at 5 pm as the first lot on the evening sale.
The greatest chess match in history took place in the summer of 1972, when the reigning Russian World Champion Boris Spassky (1937-) was challenged by the American Bobby Fischer (1943-2008). The venue was Arena Laugardalshöll in Reykjavik, Iceland, midway between Moscow and Washington, at the peak of the Cold War. Thus the match became a symbol of the political confrontation between the two superpowers. Bobby Fischer won the dramatic, hyper-exposed showdown in Reykjavik, making him the first American to win this prestigious title after W. Steinitz in 1886 (The 1st World Chess Champion).
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Staunton’s first chess box goes for £5800 in Carlisle
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
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Do you know this very special chess was cautiously estimated £300-500 (the price of a standard carton-pierre casket) but two telephone bidders and a generous commission bid saw it sell at £5800 (plus 19.5% buyer's premium)?
Well, we have some auction chess news!
Roland Arkell writes the full story in the Antiques Trade Gazette.
By the early decades of the 19th century it was clear that the ancient and cosmopolitan game of chess would require pieces of standardised size and shape as it entered the era of international competition. And it was one Nathaniel Cook, editor of the Illustrated London News, who on March 1, 1849, registered the distinctive design that would achieve that aim.
Cook's Ornamental Design for a set of Chess Men was daring in its relative simplicity and utility (its trademark pieces the knight carved as a stallion's head from the Elgin marbles and the bishop with a diagonal cut to indicate a mitre) and it was quickly embraced by both a Hatton Garden purveyor of fine games and the era's leading player.
The combination of John Jaques, keen to embrace a design that could be produced at relatively low cost, and the endorsement of the product by the English chess master Howard Staunton (1810-1874), proved unstoppable. It was perhaps the first time that a celebrated name had been used to promote a commercial product in this way. It would not be the last.
According to adverts in the Illustrated London News dated September 8, 1849, the first Jaques Staunton pattern sets were available in "the finest African ivory (5 guineas), boxwood and ebony (£1/15 shillings or club size (£2/5 shillings) and Wedgwood's Carrara (£2/12/6 shillings)".
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All chess sets up for auction at Christies this December
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011
Hello everyone,
While we are on the subject of London Chess Classic, how about a little shopping around town? We've just looked up all the chess sets up for auction at Christies this December. Maybe you could pick one up. And, if you do, you must tell us about it too. Even if you don't - enjoy the chess sets.
A LATE VICTORIAN SATINWOOD, EBONY AND MARQUETRY CHESS-BOARD
Estimate£600 - £800
($940 - $1,253)
A CHINESE-EXPORT CARVED IVORY CHESS SET
Estimate
£600 - £900
($940 - $1,409)
A MATCHED SET OF INDIAN IVORY CHESS PIECES
Estimate
£600 - £800
($940 - $1,253)
A NORTH EUROPEAN TURNED BONE CHESS SET
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($1,879 - $2,819)
A NORTH INDIAN GILT-HEIGHTENED ROCK CRYSTAL CHESS SET
Estimate
£2,000 - £4,000
($3,132 - $6,264)
Barry Flanagan, R.A. (1941-2009)
Estimate£1,000 - £1,500
($1,566 - $2,349)
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