#Chess concepts

[theroundbartable]

Uther hates playing chess.

It's not that he hates the game, he just has terrible opponents. His son, Arthur, is a worthy match, but his prince duties are increasing lately and Uther is tired of Arthur's complaints that Uther 'only wins because he's the King'.

The problem is that it's true. No one wants to win against a King except another King. But how often does Uther get to challenge one except for endless bouts through letters?

Until -

Arthur: he's a terrible servant! He doesn't listen to me and treats me like a commoner!

Uther: *perking up* that servant?

Arthur: *realizing whom he's talking to* ... Yes, but- he's not that bad! An idiot, one who doesn't care about propriety but he's a good one. And it's sort of refreshing to not be-

Uther: You misunderstand. It's fine. Do you think he knows how to play chess?

Arthur: ... I don't know? I mean, he can read and write, which is surprising, and he speaks more languages than you'd expect, so maybe?

Uther: wonderful. I'd like to try it our

Arthur: *irritated* yes, Sire.

...

Uther: go on then. You do know how to play?

Merlin: *nervous* A little. My mother taught me

Uther: wonderful. And do not be afraid to put in a fight, I'm so bored of easy wins.

Merlin: am I not being executed if I win?

Uther: *shocked at Merlin's bluntness* excuse me?

Merlin: ... Am I being executed for asking?

Uther: ... I think this is gonna be fun. You take the white pieces.

Merlin: alright, Sire.

...

Uther: *shellshocked*

Merlin: may I leave, Sire?

Uther: how on earth did you-

Merlin: I was allowed to win, right?

Uther: of course. But how-

Merlin: it's in the strategy. You like to sacrifice your pawns to make space for your knights and bishops. And you barely move your Queen.

Uther: I'm protecting the King! The most important piece on the field!!!

Merlin: A good King wouldn't sacrifice his people for no reason. There is no shame in trying to save them all.

Uther: that's what Arthur would do and how he would keep losing. You didn't do that at all! You basically sacrificed every single piece on the field in a suicide mission!

Merlin: *blinking dumbly* I'm protecting my King. The most important piece on the field.

Basically...

[maokaw]

original art by : @sibyllinesketchblog

Checkmate diorama fanart

I did this bit of fun based on @sibyllinesketchblog' s original artwork.

I loved to working on this, was a challenging an interesting journey.

Original character & concept by: @sibyllinesketchblog

3D diorama by : Me

Made with Nomad sculpt & Procreate & Blender

[threetrenchcoatsinatrenchcoat]

queen's gambit, one of the first phrases in the album (usually just referring to a gambit involving the queen's pawn), acontextually just means queen's sacrifice, aka losing a powerful woman to gain something more, aka the plot of the album

[vintage-tigre]

Legendary artist and chess player Marcel Duchamp with composer and music theorist John Cage, in a unique installation of art and music played on a hybrid chess board / musical instrument called "Reunion".

The original chess board instrument was designed by Lowell Cross and used sixteen audio inputs connected to eight speakers surrounding the audience in the hall. The squares of the chessboard acted as switches by way of photoresistors, which were activated whenever a particular square was covered or uncovered via the movement of the pieces.

Reunion premiered in 1968 in Toronto, when Cage played against Duchamp, who had taught Cage the game himself. Duchamp, of course, was Master strength and had competed alongside Alexander Alekhine for the French Olympiad team in the 1930s, so he won the game in short order despite giving Cage knight odds. Unfortunately, there is no record of the moves, nor any film or video recording. But, in any case, it was the resulting sound generated by the game that was most fascinating.

It was avant-garde in its day and still feels novel in digital recreation today.

Pictured: Duchamp and John Cage at the Ryerson Theatre in Toronto, March 5, 1968 | Photo: Eldon Garnet

[amemenojaku]

my mission online since august 2023 is to draw zanmu as fuckable as possible. especially if she's wearing monk robes. the truth is out

[vaguely-concerned]

increasingly intrigued by the idea of creating a vashoth crow!rook to make part of the reason viago's so pissed at them be that they could have been a perfect undercover/double agent against the antaam if they would just THINK before acting for ONCE in their fucking lives for fuck's SAKE rook

[witchhazelevesque]

You know how in movies and shows from the days where corded home phones were the norm, when a character would twirl the cord around their finger when talking to their love interest? I think Frank would do that with the celestial bronze drawstring of his fire proof pouch when talking to Leo.

[divorcedwife]

omg someone on instagram drew one of my chess girls, how cute

[enthusiastic-nim]

Some sketches of Argyle I almost forgot to post!!

Since Argyle's team is all based off of chess, I wanted them to all have black "pawn" theming to their MG designs (so I literally took a pawn piece and transformed it into an outfit).

I'm having a hard time deciding how I want to incorporate their primary colors- Like if they should be just the underskirt or the line art, or if they should have color-coordinated tights.

[mushyfart]

Human Chess

Squid Game except Gi-hun's mind just breaks before the next game due to all the emotional turmoil he'd endured by watching/hearing his friends die and he's under the influence that he and the other players are being puppeteered by the VIPS and that he's going to have to kill the rest of his friends during "Human Chess"

...pls like this my hands are so sore🙏🙏💔💔(24hr)

[chessboredom]

PV should push Smilk into a pit of spikes. Just saying.

[pencilbrony]

Chess Spinoff Series

[keepingitneutral]

Chess Set Design

Courtesy: Begüm Kılınç

[matteobuccolistudio]

Villa

Matteo Buccoli Studio

[lightandfellowship]

"I paved a path for him to succeed, if he had only followed it to the end."

[retrocgads]

UK 1982