For a belated #InternationalChessDay :
Chess set made by #Inuit artist Pacome Qulaut, 1960
slate & walrus tusk
Museum of Anthropology:
http://collection-online.moa.ubc.ca/search/item?keywords=chess&row=2
In each colour there are: 1 large walrus figure w/diamonds around base of pedestal (white piece has inlaid black stone in a band around top of pedestal & at centre of each diamond around base); 1 smaller walrus with bands around base of pedestal; 2 bears; 2 deer; 2 igloos; and 8 birds. All of the figures are at the top of a pedestal base.

This 18th-century chess set was added to the decorative art collection after Montpelier's #archaeology team uncovered tiny fragments of similar #chess pawns in the South Yard.

They closely match pawns from types of sets sold during ca. 1780-1810, including this ‘Washington Pattern” set (named because George Washington owned one!)

#InternationalChessDay #Chess #sschat #histodons #HistoryTeacher #apgov #ushistory @academicchatter #pubarch #scicomm #digiarch #indigarch #histarch

Today is #InternationalChessDay, and, in true NOTCHES social media fashion, it is yet again time to make a tenuous link to past posts. So turn your eyes back to ‘Cao Cao loved him’: Same-sex love at the end of the Han dynasty by Laurie Raye.
#HistSex #Twitterstorians #ThrowbackThursday

Dnes je Mezinárodní den šachu.
#šachy #InternationalChessDay

Happy International Chess Day. It's all about strategy.

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Playing chess not only works wonders for your brain but also makes you a happy person. An expert on how the game can boost memory and mental health.
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https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/international-chess-day-2023-how-playing-chess-can-boost-your-memory-and-mental-health-101689762858075.html