Tag Archives: Irving Finkel Lewis Chessmen

Chess a genteel game? … full-contact body and mind

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dave

Not all chess matches have had a happy, sportsmanlike end.Does chess encourage violence or discourage it? It may not be a leisure activity of refinement and erudition that many outsiders hold the image of it to be. In fact the … Continue reading →

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enchanted chessmen: passion and mayhem

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Dave

It is an Island, in the outer Hebrides, that has left behind a legacy of ghosts and spirits that centuries of austere, harsh and sometimes reactionary Christianity have been helpless in extinguishing. They are called the Lewis Chessmen and their … Continue reading →

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Finding bobby fisher: Back to Iceland?

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Dave

Maybe the celebrated American chess champion knew something, a secret on the game he never disclosed. On the isle of Lewis on the outer fringe of the Northern Hebrides, the existence of giant chessmen does not go unnoticed. Here, as … Continue reading →