Play It By Trust
All white chess set by Yoko Ono (1966)

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Play It By Trust
All white chess set by Yoko Ono (1966)

‘Play it for as long as you can remember 
who is your opponent and 
who is your own self.’

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Chess Records sleeve
Founded in 1950 by two brothers, Leonard and Phil Chess.
Home to Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, John Lee Hooker and Etta James. 

Alfil Negro (Black Bishop)
Promotional poster for a Spanish agency called Alfil Negro (Black Bishop) showing bishop moves 

Noguchi Chess table
(1947)
Manufactured by Herman Miller
Black corroded plywood, lacqered cast aluminum, plastic inlays 

Type(chess)set
Laser cut acrylic pieces
Jim Sutherland 2012 

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Type(chess)set
Laser cut acrylic pieces
Jim Sutherland 2012 

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World Chess Identity 2012
John Rushworth at Pentagram  

Russian magazine Covers
c.1966

The Luzhin Defense
by Vladimar Nabakov
Design Paul Sahre
1999 

Chessboard
(1931) 
Paul Klee

Projection #3 
Koltanowski vs. Duchamp, Paris, 1929
Tom Hackney

Chess Painting No.22
Duchamp vs. Davidescu, Paris, 1924
(Gesso on linen)

Tom Hackney, 2012