Wilhelm Steinitz

Wilhelm Steinitz, 1836 Praha - 1900 New York. Prvni Mistr Sveta v Sachu

I took this picture in Prague, the city where the first world champion of chess was born. Prague belonged then to the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Steinitz's first language was German.

I have learnt a few interesting things about Steinitz reading the article about him in Wikipedia, and also came accoss a picture which is quite the same picture.

So the only thing left to try to improve this post, after the photograph I took is not original at all is to put a map, to help any chess fan who visits Prague to find the plaque in the Jewish district of Josefov. It is in Široká, on the wall of the Faculty of Philosophy, Univerzita Karlovka V Praze.

Topalov - Kamsky cartoons

Today the match between Kamsky and Topalov ended with the victory of the latter in the 7th game. The overall result was 4.5 - 2.5 for Topalov. We already brought the logo of the event to Chess Images.

Extensive coverage may be found on the usual blogs and webpages. We keep refering to chess pictures.

These caricatures were made for the Sofia 2007 tournament. The players do not look handsome and Topalov's nose seems way too big.