Spassky - Fischer, 1972 . Logo

One of the logos for the match of the century. Its design is very 1970s. An idealized world and a black and white king. The winner of this match would be considered the king of the chess world. So many things have been said about it that I feel lazy to elaborate.

Alabaster chess set in Volterra, Tuscany (Italy)

I saw this chess set in Volterra, a Tuscan town famous for its alabaster. It is an steep chessboard. Tough job for the pawn to reach the 8th rank.

Long game?

I came accross a few chess cartoons by Jerry King. I especially liked the one above, but you can also see: (1, 2, 3, 4 ,5 ), all of them from section "Cartoons" at impressive, if poorly designed "Chessville".

Nothing on the chessboard is very visible . The joke goes around the idea, commonplace outside the chess world, that playing chess takes loooong time... then, those people get impressed by blitz games... even if classical chess takes long I'm always short of time... time is relative

Games You Can Play with your Pussy

...And Lots of Other Stuff Cat Owners Should Know.

Apparently this a real book. Not sure if a chess book at all, but at least the cover pays hommage to the King of the Games.

Notice the black-and-red 7x5 chessboard, only White pieces (one Knight, one Pawn and probably one Queen)

I found it funny, the chessboard, the cat... you know...

D69 Queens's Gambit

This is a position of the ECO, coded D69. It always struck me that an ECO code had a pseudo-ending as starting position. Indeed D69 is not one of the most played lines, probably it is the most unused code.

I just used this one to test the new ECO Opening Database recently added to chessvideos.tv