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Images of Caissa

Images from
The Collection of Riccardo Andreis

Chess collector Riccardo Andreis has amassed an amazing collection of chess images.  While primarily focusing on his philatelic interests, he also has quite a few images of old prints, magazines, post cards, and photographs of famous chess players.

Visit his website today to see all of this wonderful collection, and enjoy the links below to some of them that he has allowed us to share with you here at Chessville.  Also see his Chess Items Market (exchange or sale) and his Want List.

 To begin, enjoy this picture of a young Bobby Fischer...


Now, check out the Images below (taken from Riccardo's gallery of old prints and magazines) to which we hope to add new images weekly:
 
Italian print - 1930 Efim Geller Fischer v Larsen Karpov v Korchnoi
       
Paoli v Karaklaik Spassky v Portisch Tal v Greiff Tal v Smyslov
       
French Print 1940
Les Francais vus par eux memes

French print - 1930
LES JOUEURS D'ECHECS
(the chess players)

Il Gazzettino Illustrato
(an italian magazine - 1932) "Chess players in a Venice's café" famous picture by Giacomo Favretto (1849-1887)

La Domenica del Corriere (an italian magazine 28.11.1920) - illustrator A. Beltrame - (from the cover, the chess game with living pieces played at the Metropolitan of New York)

       

La Domenica del Corriere (an italian magazine 10.6.1923)
- illustrator A. Beltrame -
(from the cover, the very famous chess match with living pieces played
in Compiègne - near Paris - on a board of 40 sq.mt and with 175 people)

La Domenica del Corriere (an italian magazine 27.8.1939)
- illustrator A. Beltrame -
(from the cover, the chess match with living pieces played in Cortina d'Ampezzo)

La Domenica del Corriere (an italian magazine 6.1.1963)
- illustrator Walter Molino -
(from the cover of the magazine, famous people
shown as chessmen on the board)

Central page from the french magazine "L'illustration" 30.7.1904

"chess match at american billionaire G.J. Gould house"

       

French printing (never published) for a journal (about 1880)

"satiric illustration with political men"

Italian etching  -  artist Paola Mussi

- "Nocturnal ambush" - 1999

pages from a french magazine - 1960

- old artistic chessmen -

pages from a french magazine - 1960

- old artistic chessmen -

       

Italian print - (printer Jacaur -Firenze)

- two people sports  - 1998

"La Partita a Scacchi" by Gerolamo Induno, copy from an engraving

Page from "L'illustrazione Italiana" - 1881

"Partita doppia" by P-Bedini, engraving by F.Cantagalli

Page from "L'illustrazione Italiana" - 1886

"La Partita a Scacchi" by S.Frangiamora, copy from an engraving

Page from "L'illustrazione Italiana" - 1895

       
copy from an engraving

Page from "IL Mosaico" - ~ 1900

antique print  (England)

"A game of chess" - ~ 1891

The illustrated London News

"Chess club soirée" -  March 8 1891

Antique print

"A chess player" - ~ 1900

       
Antique French print

St. Rejchan "Gardez la dame" - ~ 1890

Italian Publicity (25x35 cm, supplier Guido Mus)

SEGUIN products - 1925

Italian Publicity (25x35 cm, supplier Guido Mus)

Cosmetics - 1932

USA Publicity (25x35 cm, supplier Guido Mus)

Schiltz Beer - 1967

       
Italian Publicity (22x29 cm)

Imec - 1962

Italian Publicity (25x35 cm)

Swiss Watch - 1950

Italian Publicity (14x19 cm)

Marvin Watch - 1961

Antique deutch print (28x21 cm)

"scene of May 10th 1957" - about 1850

       
Antique deutch print (17x24 cm)

early 20th century

Il Corriere dei Piccoli (an italian magazine february 16th 1964)

(from the cover, the chess , The game of the kings)

L'ECLIPSE (a French magazine October 15th 1871)

(from the cover, Check mate by Alfred Le Petit)

La Tribuna Illustrata (an Italian magazine Juin 3rd 1934)

(from the cover, Aljechin (+34 -4 =12) & Bogoljubov (+40 -3 =8) against 100 players in Monaco (G), May 9th 1934 by V. Pisani)

       

Illustrazione del Popolo (an Italian magazine May 20th 1928)

(from the cover, the chess game in URSS with living pieces by A. Ortelli)

Corriere Illustrato della Domenica (an Italian magazine Feb. 1st 1903)

(from the cover, a chess game in the middle of the atlantic ocean between the passengers of the ships "Filadelfia" & "Lucania" using Marconi's telegraph held in january 16th 1903)

Rosatti - Olio su tela

       
Paul Klee - Great Chess-game (1937) - Kunstmuseum, Zurich Anguissola, Sofonisba - Partita a Scacchi Carracci Ludovico - I Giocatori di Scacchi Induno G. - La partita a Scacchi

 

 

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