Moscow’s chess lovers ready to practice
by Lidia Okorokova at 06/09/2010 22:15
Chess on display
Chess also has its own museum in Moscow, established in 1980, but it is currently closed for refitting and renovation.
“The chess museum may be re-opened soon with a new collection of chess that were discovered recently at a construction site in Moscow during an archaeological excavation,” chief Moscow archaeologist Alexander Veksler recently said at a press-conference at Interfax.
The museum’s collection has unique sets of chess pieces from 18th – 20th centuries, including chess boards made from jade and gems from the Urals, so one can only hope that it will be open to the public again soon.
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Hmmmm, seems I missed the announcement. Just what is this "new collection of chess" that were discovered recently at a construction site in Moscow?I mean, if someone tossed away a 19th century Staunton set in Moscow in 1910 and it was buried under the rubble of a building blown up during the Revolution or one or both world wars, who cares? That is hardly earth-shattering news and although such a set might merit interest in a local museum - really - it's hardly worth a news report on the Interfax. I was not able to find anything else online on the discovery and I'm not a subscriber to Interfax so, that's it, folks. Unless someone else out there has further information.
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