The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWorld Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov playing in Moscow, 1978.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1149arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1147arrow-down1imageWorld Chess Champion Anatoly Karpov playing in Moscow, 1978.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCarnelian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·5 days agoBased on my knowledge of chess tournaments from this time (binge watching The Queen’s Gambit), they have a guy whose job it is to update a large representation of the board on the wall as the game is taking place, so the audience can see
minus-squareHakunaHafada@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 days agoThat guy is also shown in the first scene after the opening credits to From Russia With Love.
Based on my knowledge of chess tournaments from this time (binge watching The Queen’s Gambit), they have a guy whose job it is to update a large representation of the board on the wall as the game is taking place, so the audience can see
That guy is also shown in the first scene after the opening credits to From Russia With Love.