CGI 3D Animated Short: "Illegal Move" - by Sana Srinivasan & Kyle Lopez
Enjoy this awesome CGI short film...Set in a fantastical Chess world, an honorable White Knight must protect his King from his long lost love, the Red Queen:
CGI 3D Animated Short: "Illegal Move" - by Sana Srinivasan & Kyle Lopez
Enjoy this awesome CGI short film...Set in a fantastical Chess world, an honorable White Knight must protect his King from his long lost love, the Red Queen:
Chess Animation - Blender
Project: Animation created using Blender Software and intended to promote Chess Game:
Gambit 2008 wordless Russian animation about living chess pieces:
Animation by Ya. Smorgonski by small animation studio Animafilm
Fun little production about living chess pieces:
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Searching For Bobby Fischer - final game:
Final chess game from the awesome movie: "Searching for Bobby Fischer":
The Greek Gift
by Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta
In this lecture, GM Ben Finegold explains The Greek Gift + discusses + analyzes a few games. This lecture was recorded December 17, 2017 in the U1400 Class at CCSCATL..:
Strategic Ideas for Beginners - WGM Jennifer Shahade
by by Saint Louis Chess Club
WGM Jennifer Shahade presents a lecture about tactics & strategic ideas for beginner players@the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis:
ChessKid Lessons: The Magic Of Chess (by Chess.com)
It's time to learn to play chess. Just watch this one video, so you will be ready to play!
Games of Paul Morphy in the U1400 class, with GM Ben Finegold
GM Ben Finegold discusses the games of Paul Morphy in the U1400 class. This lecture was recorded on Nov. 5, 2017 at CCSCATL in Roswell, Georgia.
Don't Be a Copycat | Learning from Losses - GM Yasser Seirawan - 2013.08.01
by Saint Louis Chess Club
Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan explores the idea of learning from your losses in a beginner-level lecture at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.
The Rook ( رخ ) by Ali Akbar Sadeghi
The Rook (1974) is short animation based on a quick little game of chess. The chess board act as witness to a game in progress. The players move their pieces until two kings remain and the game back to continue from the beginning which represent ongoing metaphor of political power vs. loss of society.
The humorous piece of animation looks at the absurdity of war, politics and stance of society in between these notions.
1. Honorary Diploma for the best short film from Tehran 9th International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults (1974)
2. Honorary Diploma from Krakow 12th International Film Festival (1974)
3. Bronze Medal from Krakow 12th International Film Festival (1974)
4. Gold Medal from the Virgin Islands International Film Festival (1975) it is worthy to note that 38 countries participated in this festival and there were 2000 film entries.
5. Silver Medal from Chicago 11th International Film Festival (1975)
6. Honourable Mention from Los Angeles International festival of Children’s Films
7. Honourable Mention from the 4th International Animation Film Festival in New York
8. The Rook was selected as an outstanding film of the year for presentation at the London Film festival in 1975.
"Check Animate" - A Stop Motion Chess Animation
The production is an animation of a real, historical game of chess played between Henry Atkins and Herbert Jacobs in London in 1915. The intention is to extend the theme of games/gaming & satire used in previous productions to metaphorically represent society's changing relationship with linguistic variety: