The Rock Crystal Chess Set: A Study In Timely Warfare
By Tara Meyer Chess is a game of patience and strategy. It is a battle of silent wits where slow and steady often wins the race. The Rock Crystal Chess Set and Board, which is on display in the current exhibit at the World Chess Hall of Fame, titled Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Natural Splendors From […]
Tortoise Shells, Butterflies & Amber: Oh My!
Chess can seem insular. Intimidating. Foreign. It can feel like another dimension, far away from our everyday life. However—as I found on a recent visit to the World Chess Hall of Fame in Saint Louis, MO—a quick peek behind the curtain and it is clear that these ivory king and queen figures, these gilded pawns […]
‘Battle on the Board’ Now On View
Battle on the Board: Chess during World War II, an exhibit which recently opened at the World Chess Hall of fame, highlights artifacts, stories, and imagery related to how chess aided service members as well as how the war affected the world of competitive chess. Though often used as a metaphor for battle, during times […]
ALIVE Q&A: Notable Artist Marcel Dzama Returns to the World Chess Hall of Fame With Dadaist Silent Film
By Krystin Arneson The World Chess Hall of Fame’s new exhibition, “Marcel Dzama: Mischief Makes a Move,” uses Dzama’s 2013 film “Une danse des bouffons” (“A Jester’s Dance”) as its centerpiece. The Dadaist love story is a black-and-white, fictionalized and surrealist account of the movement’s key player, Marcel Duchamp, and his obsession with chess and […]
WCHOF Artifacts On Display at Kingside
Take an extra look around during your next visit to Kingside Diner, which is displaying several artifacts from World Chess Hall of Fame collection! Across the street, the new restaurant serves up a great bonus gallery, presenting chess campus visitors an extra glimpse at several selections from chess history. From colorful mid-century travel chess sets […]
Living Like Kings: Learning Lab Updates
Meanwhile, in Pieces and Placement, Saint Louis artist Stan Chisholm is creating The Queen. His colorful mural alludes to the storied history of the piece, which transformed from a representation of a military advisor only able to move a single square at a time to the most powerful piece on the board. Visitors throughout the […]
Upcoming Exhibition: Jacqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer
Jacqueline Piatigorsky: Patron, Player, Pioneer Preview exhibition September 4-15, 2013, WCHOF First Floor Gallery Full exhibition October 25, 2013-April 18, 2014, WCHOF Third Floor Gallery Jacqueline Piatigorsky’s position as one of the best female chess players of the 1950s and 1960s, as well as her support of the game as a patron, has cemented […]
Cast Your Vote at the World Chess Hall of Fame
America’s election season may be ending today, but the World Chess Hall of Fame’s election cycle lasts until April! Outside our third floor gallery, cast your vote for your favorite chess set in Everybody’s Game: Chess in Popular Culture, running through April 21st! Results will be posted regularly via Facebook and other social media. As […]
Screwed Moves Opening
Thank you to everyone who came to the World Chess Hall of Fame last Friday to celebrate the completion of the Screwed Art Collective‘s work in our first floor gallery! If you missed out on the art-making process, no worries! The street-based, chess-inspired wall-drawing will be on view in our first floor gallery until February […]
Screwed Moves Kick-off Success
The World Chess Hall of Fame opened our latest exhibition Thursday night—Screwed Moves—featuring The Screwed Arts Collective, a group of nine artists who work collaboratively to create site-specific mixed media wall drawings and are native to, or connected to, Saint Louis. They have exhibited in Saint Louis before, at the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission, as well […]
