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THE IMMORTAL

The position of the pieces on the chessboard in this map depicts Black's 22nd move of a very famous game, known as "The Immortal." Two of the most important and famous players of the time, Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky play on June 21,1851 in London. It is White who has to move and it will be checkmate.AVAILABLE IN ITALIAN LANGUAGE

« For it is indeed too sad that in life it should be as it is in chess, when one false move may lose us the game, but with the difference that we can have no second game, no return-match »

Sigmund Freud | psychiatrist

In this map, the texts tell the history and development of the different pieces of the game of chess. Two example: the game of chess was born in the East and originally the figure of the Knight was an Elephant. At that time, the Queen did not exist and the figure next to the King was a Vizier, an advisor. In the 15th century, thanks to the Arabs, the game of chess arrived in Spain and the figure of the Queen was established. The possibility for a Pawn to become Queen alarmed the Church as the King could have become a bigamist. Boxes e7, b4 and g3 contain QR Codes that brings to three of the most famous chess games.

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"THE IMMORTAL"
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AUTHOR: Litterio Cassiodoro.

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“THE IMMORTAL” can be easily framed.

QR Code of box e7 brings to the full game, move by move, that gives this map its title "The Immortal". QR Code of box b4 shows another very famous chess game known as "A night at the opera" played in Paris in 1858 during the opera Norma. Finally, QR Code in box g3 brings to the game known as "The Evergreen" played in 1852. Two further information. In f1 a logic game is explained. Its solution reveals a quotation of a famous writer. A second quotation is hidden in the folds of the texts.