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Archive - July 20th 2024, International Chess Day 

Magnum Photographers 

Founded in 1924, July 20th marks the annual celebration of International Chess Day. 

Lua Ribeira 2021

UK. January 6, 2021. Playing chess. Kensington Gardens, London... 

Mikhael Subotzky 2017

South Africa. Johannesburg. 2017. A Pictorial Ensemble. 

Alec Soth 2014

USA. Athens, Georgia. 2014. Richard McIntyre. 

Jonas Bendiksen 2013

The photographer’s son Milo and wife Anna play chess at home... 
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Abbas 2009

CHINA. Sichuan Province. Chengdu. The QING YANG Taoist Temple.... 

Richard Kalvar 2017

USA. New York. Brooklyn. Coney Island. A game of chess on the... 

Guy Le Querrec 1991

REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA. Yerevan. Chess players in the public park... 

Stuart Franklin 2009

ARMENIA. Jermuk. 2009. 9 year old Milena Khorotian at the Jermuk... 

Stuart Franklin 2009

ARMENIA. Jermuk. 2009. 11 year old Manuel Petrosian at the Jermuk... 

Peter Marlow 2009

GB. England. Bath. Visiting friends. Fiona reads to Theo. 2009.... 

Carolyn Drake 2008

PAKISTAN. Karachi. 2008. Boys hang out in their dorm room playing... 

Jerome Sessini 2008

CUBA. Santiago de Cuba. June 25, 2008.
Men play chess in downtown... 
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David Hurn 2001

USA. San Diego. Chess on Mission Beach, San Diego. 2001. 

Guy Le Querrec 2002

BULGARIA. Sofia. City garden.
Thursday 19th September, 2002. 

Stuart Franklin 2002

THAILAND. Bangkok. Old Chinese men playing Chinese Chess in Lumphini... 

Martine Franck 2000

RUSSIA. Moscow. Childrens chess club. March 2000. 

Stuart Franklin 1999

CHINA. Beijing. A family play Chinese chess on a hospital bed... 

Martin Parr 2000

HUNGARY. Budapest. Szechenyi thermal baths. 1999. 

Martin Parr 1997

SPAIN. Benidorm. 1997. 

Ian Berry 1997

GB. ENGLAND. Lancashire. Bolton. Spectacle-wearing child playing... 

Bruno Barbey 2019

CHINA. 2019. Shenzhen. Chess young players. 

Ian Berry 2019

China. Guangdong. Shenzhen. Outside a hotel a mother plays... 

Alex Webb 1997

USA. Miami, Florida. 1997. Little Havana. 

Bruno Barbey 2019

CHINA. 2019. Shenzhen. Chess young players. 

Elliott Erwitt 1995

USA. New York City. World champion Gary KASPAROV and opponent... 

Carl De Keyzer 1994

HUNGARY. Budapest. Szechenyi thermal baths. 1994. 

Elliott Erwitt 1995

USA. New York City. 1995. Russian World champion Gary KASPAROV... 

Elliott Erwitt 1995

USA. New York City. 1995. Indian chess grandmaster Viswanathan... 

Elliott Erwitt 1995

USA. New York City. World champion Gary KASPAROV at tenth match... 

UME 1993

UKRAINE. Crimea. 1993.

Ferdinando Scianna 1993

VIETNAM, Ho Chi Min City, children in a orphanage. 
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Chris Steele-Perkins 1991

RUSSIA. Aeroflot. Workers take a chess break, Illushin design... 

Thomas Hoepker 1989

USA. Cupertino, California. 1989. Steve PERLMAN, software engineering... 

Carl De Keyzer 1988

RUSSIA. Sochi. Russian riviera. 1988. 

Guy Le Querrec 1991

REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA. Yerevan. Chess players in the public park... 

Guy Le Querrec 1991

Republic of Armenia. Yerevan.

Ferdinando Scianna 2015

MEXICO, CIUDAD DE MEXICO, people in a garden 
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Ferdinando Scianna 1987

COLOMBIA. Llano: Chess players in a cafe. 1987. 

Eli Reed 1986

USA. 1986. Beastie Boys' DJ, DJ Hurricane, and RUN DMC's DJ,... 

Peter Marlow 1981

SOVIET UNION. Russia. Chess games in Sochi. 1981. 

Cornell Capa © International Center of Photography 1972

USA. Attica, New York. 1972. Attica Correctional Facility. 

Philippe Halsman 1967

USA. New York City. Halsman's studio. 1967. Bobby FISCHER, US... 

Burt Glinn 1960

USA. San Francisco. 1960. Earl Bostic and his trumpet player... 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson 1954

SOVIET UNION. Uzbekistan. Tachkent. 1954. 
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George Rodger 1941

JORDAN. Emir Abdullah playing chess.1941. 

Robert Capa / International Center of Photography 1936

SPAIN. Madrid. November-December 1936. Republican soldiers. 

Paolo Pellegrin 2016

FRANCE. Meaux. 25 Novembre 2016. Penitentiary center of Meaux.... 

Carl De Keyzer 2015

Holguin, Cuba 2015. Book 'Cuba, La Lucha'. 

Carl De Keyzer 1995

BULGARIA. Sofia. 1995. 
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