Nobody Noticed This For 195 Years

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James Pratt
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Nobody Noticed This For 195 Years

Post by James Pratt » Sat Oct 17, 2026 1:56 am

My YouTube has stopped allowing me use of hyperlinks but if you still use UT just plug this in for a chess and art history lesson, combined, use the heading 'Nobody Noticed .. ' ~ see above ~ for talk of the :twisted: devil, Morphy and to watch some detailed detective work that verges on the forensic.
Detailed analysis with a charming lightness of touch.
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Re: Nobody Noticed This For 195 Years

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Re: Nobody Noticed This For 195 Years

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sat Oct 17, 2026 8:50 am

As I said earlier, looks like the king on d2.

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Re: Nobody Noticed This For 195 Years

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Sat Oct 17, 2026 8:40 pm

Analysts are still uncovering new stuff in the Evergreen and Immortal games. Chess is quite remarkable at its best.
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Re: Nobody Noticed This For 195 Years

Post by James Pratt » Mon Oct 19, 2026 1:23 am

This painting is in 'Chess In Art' 1100-1900 by Peter Herel Raabenstein (Here Love 2020) p102 and attributed to FMA Retzsch a German painter, draughtman and etcher. His dates are given as 1779-1857.
James

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