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HISTORICAL CHESS IN PHOTOGRAPHS

4,020 historical photographs, each with its source and reuse terms. Search by player, year, event, location, scene, photographer or license.

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4,020 photographs

Page 1 of 84; photographs 1–48 of 4,020
Mikhail Chigorin — At-the-Board, 1892
1892 At the Board

Mikhail Chigorin

Public domain
Emanuel Lasker — At-the-Board, 1893
1893 At the Board

Emanuel Lasker

Public domain
Emanuel Lasker — At-the-Board, 1893
1893 At the Board

Emanuel Lasker

Public domain
Frank Marshall — At-the-Board, 1911
1911 At the Board

Frank Marshall

Public domain
Alexander Alekhine and Jose Raul Capablanca — At-the-Board, 1914
1914 At the Board

Alexander Alekhine · Jose Raul Capablanca

Public domain
Alexander Alekhine — At-the-Board, 1922
1922 At the Board

Alexander Alekhine

Public domain
Akiba Rubinstein and Emanuel Lasker — At-the-Board, 1924
1924 At the Board

Akiba Rubinstein · Emanuel Lasker

Public domain
Akiba Rubinstein and Emanuel Lasker — At-the-Board, 1924
1924 At the Board

Akiba Rubinstein · Emanuel Lasker

Public domain
Akiba Rubinstein and Emanuel Lasker — At-the-Board, 1924
1924 At the Board

Akiba Rubinstein · Emanuel Lasker

Public domain
Alexander Alekhine — At-the-Board, 1925
1925 At the Board

Alexander Alekhine

Public domain
Alexander Alekhine — At-the-Board, 1925
1925 At the Board

Alexander Alekhine

Public domain
Alexander Alekhine — At-the-Board, 1925
1925 At the Board

Alexander Alekhine

Public domain
Efim Bogoljubov and Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1928
1928 At the Board

Efim Bogoljubov · Max Euwe

Public domain
Emanuel Lasker — At-the-Board, 1928
1928 At the Board

Emanuel Lasker

Public domain
Alexander Alekhine — At-the-Board, 1930
1930 At the Board

Alexander Alekhine

Public domain
Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1935
1935 At the Board

Max Euwe

Public domain
Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1936
1936 At the Board

Max Euwe

Public domain
Alexander Alekhine and Max Euwe — World Chess Championship 1937, 1937
1937 At the Board

Alexander Alekhine · Max Euwe

World Chess Championship 1937

Public domain
Genrikh Kasparian and Andor Lilienthal — 10th USSR Championship, 1937
1937 At the Board

Genrikh Kasparian · Andor Lilienthal

10th USSR Championship

Tbilisi, Georgia

National Library of Georgia / Owner: David Gurgenidze · Noncommercial use only
Alexander Alekhine and Max Euwe — World Chess Championship 1937, 1937-10-05
1937-10-05 At the Board

Alexander Alekhine · Max Euwe

World Chess Championship 1937

Public domain
Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1938
1938 At the Board

Max Euwe

Public domain
Laszlo Szabo and Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1946-08-07
1946-08-07 At the Board

Laszlo Szabo · Max Euwe

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Daniel Yanofsky and Carlos Guimard and Milan Vidmar — Groningen 1946, 1946-08-12
1946-08-12 At the Board

Daniel Yanofsky · Carlos Guimard · Milan Vidmar

Groningen 1946

Groningen

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László Szabó — Hilversum Zonal 1947, 1947-07-15
1947-07-15 At the Board

László Szabó

Hilversum Zonal 1947

Hilversum

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Alberic O'Kelly — Hilversum Zonal 1947, 1947-07-31
1947-07-31 At the Board

Alberic O'Kelly

Hilversum Zonal 1947

Hilversum

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Ludek Pachman — Zonal Chess Tournament, 1947-08-01
1947-08-01 At the Board

Ludek Pachman

Zonal Chess Tournament

Hilversum

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Laszlo Szabo — Zonal Chess Tournament, 1947-08-01
1947-08-01 At the Board

Laszlo Szabo

Zonal Chess Tournament

Hilversum

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Akaki Pirtskhalava and Viacheslav Ragozin — First USSR Team Championship, 1948
1948 At the Board

Akaki Pirtskhalava · Viacheslav Ragozin

First USSR Team Championship

Leningrad, USSR

National Library of Georgia / Owner: David Gurgenidze · Noncommercial use only
Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1948-02-12
1948-02-12 At the Board

Max Euwe

CC0
Max Euwe and Mikhail Botvinnik — World Chess Championship 1948, 1948-02-26
1948-02-26 At the Board

Max Euwe · Mikhail Botvinnik

World Chess Championship 1948

CC0
Max Euwe and Mikhail Botvinnik — World Chess Championship 1948, 1948-02-26
1948-02-26 At the Board

Max Euwe · Mikhail Botvinnik

World Chess Championship 1948

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Max Euwe and Mikhail Botvinnik — World Chess Championship 1948, 1948-02-26
1948-02-26 At the Board

Max Euwe · Mikhail Botvinnik

World Chess Championship 1948

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Hein Donner — Euwe Donner Match 1950, 1950-02-14
1950-02-14 At the Board

Hein Donner

Euwe Donner Match 1950

The Hague, South Holland

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Max Euwe and Vasja Pirc — World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950, 1950-11-11
1950-11-11 At the Board

Max Euwe · Vasja Pirc

World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Gideon Stahlberg — World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950, 1950-11-11
1950-11-11 At the Board

Gideon Stahlberg

World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Miguel Najdorf and Samuel Reshevsky — World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950, 1950-11-11
1950-11-11 At the Board

Miguel Najdorf · Samuel Reshevsky

World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Nicolas Rossolimo and Savielly Tartakower — World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950, 1950-11-11
1950-11-11 At the Board

Nicolas Rossolimo · Savielly Tartakower

World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950

Amsterdam, North Holland

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Max Euwe and Samuel Reshevsky — World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950, 1950-11-16
1950-11-16 At the Board

Max Euwe · Samuel Reshevsky

World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950

Amsterdam

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Gideon Stahlberg — World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950, 1950-11-22
1950-11-22 At the Board

Gideon Stahlberg

World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950

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Gideon Stahlberg and Miguel Najdorf and Samuel Reshevsky — At-the-Board, 1950-12-04
1950-12-04 At the Board

Gideon Stahlberg · Miguel Najdorf · Samuel Reshevsky

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Miguel Najdorf and Samuel Reshevsky — World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950, 1950-12-09
1950-12-09 At the Board

Miguel Najdorf · Samuel Reshevsky

World Chess Tournament Amsterdam 1950

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Unidentified — Przepiorka Memorial 1951, 1951
1951 At the Board

Unidentified

Przepiorka Memorial 1951

Sopot, Poland

FORTEPAN / Lindner család · CC BY-SA 3.0
Unidentified — Przepiorka Memorial 1951, 1951
1951 At the Board

Unidentified

Przepiorka Memorial 1951

Sopot, Poland

FORTEPAN / Lindner család · CC BY-SA 3.0
Unidentified — Przepiorka Memorial 1951, 1951
1951 At the Board

Unidentified

Przepiorka Memorial 1951

Sopot, Poland

FORTEPAN / Lindner család · CC BY-SA 3.0
Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1951-05-22
1951-05-22 At the Board

Max Euwe

Amsterdam

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Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1954-03-13
1954-03-13 At the Board

Max Euwe

Utrecht

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Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1954-03-13
1954-03-13 At the Board

Max Euwe

Utrecht

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Max Euwe — At-the-Board, 1954-03-13
1954-03-13 At the Board

Max Euwe

Utrecht

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