tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post7235196427764353804..comments2023-12-28T02:11:22.501+00:00Comments on The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog: Chess in Art Postscript: Seriously Seeking EakinsTom Chivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-38176845012178909502012-02-20T12:01:58.366+00:002012-02-20T12:01:58.366+00:00I agree with Richard about the Be5 and Nd2. Not su...I agree with Richard about the Be5 and Nd2. Not sure about the pb3.<br /><br />It must be white to move. Otherwise the players wouldn't be so tense and thoughtful. I guess the position is unclear.Tom Chivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09850710685193416732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-47566533749667924642012-02-19T17:26:41.314+00:002012-02-19T17:26:41.314+00:00Thanks Richard, that would even up the material a ...Thanks Richard, that would even up the material a bit. <br /><br />I don't have Dearden's article to hand anymore, but as I recall he reckoned it was Black's move based on body language. Berger says "[Holmes] left hand waits on the table, index finger slightly uncurled in preparation to make his move. In contrast Gardel sits... [with] his hands held protectively against his body."<br /><br />There is, however, one anonymous article that I looked from 1918 (it's a Berger reference) that goes: "we can almost hear the man on the left (sic) say: 'Check.' And note the restrained smile of triumph on his face...the man on the right (sic) appears visibly worried by the danger...Perhaps is was 'discover-check?' (sic).Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-51605428694932252982012-02-19T11:41:11.000+00:002012-02-19T11:41:11.000+00:00Definitely a bishop on e5 and a N on d2. I think ...Definitely a bishop on e5 and a N on d2. I think maybe a pawn on b3, and possibly (there is no indication either way) even on g2 as well. No shadow, but then not all of pawns are casting shadows. Black is still winning, assuming it isn't white's move!<br /><br />RichardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-9726075417702473792012-02-19T09:58:59.177+00:002012-02-19T09:58:59.177+00:00Thanks for the Danhauser tip, Neill.
The jmrw li...Thanks for the Danhauser tip, Neill. <br /><br />The jmrw link direct to the painting is <a href="http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/pages/187.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The also have a short <a href="http://www.ehow.com/video_4942534_josef-danhausers-game-chess.html" rel="nofollow">video commentary</a> on it, explaining the wager. The transcript is given as<br />"it was a real story, a real happening, which happened a year before as he painted. In 1838 there was a special chess game between the banker Escales and a Hungarian noble woman. And they played because the lover of the noble woman had a big debt to this banker and that was the way she could gain back the debts. At the end, she won the game against the banker."<br /><br />It also says that in it "we can see....other famous composers, like for example, Franz Liszt or piano players from that time in Vienna."<br /><br />Terrific!Martin Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17616856982265044441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37675897.post-59239864847464589952012-02-18T22:16:25.746+00:002012-02-18T22:16:25.746+00:00Not directly related but in Vienna this week we sa...Not directly related but in Vienna this week we saw "Josef Danhauser's - Game of Chess" in the Belvedere which is a fascinating painting from 1839. The final position is clearly mate with P+N vs R,N,2P. I was left wondering how did the lady catch the banker out to win the fortune he had staked on the game? [http://www.jmrw.com/Chess/Tableau_echecs/pages/187.htm]Neill Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695331791734799100noreply@blogger.com