Brigitte Bardot gambling in "Shalako" a 1968 British western film directed by Edward Dmytryk.
Sandrine Bonnaire playing chess in the 2011 film "Queen to Play". Chess becomes here a resource of emancipation.
Cover of a science fiction magazine probably from the good old fiefties. It seems that the cloverleaf will stay a sign of good luck.
"The Chess Players" (1910) by the French history painter Adolphe Alexander Lesrel. Lesrel idealizes here the good old times: music, good wine and a chess game with friends.
"Arabs Playing Chess" (1847) by the French painter Eugene Delacroix. A purely romantic view on oriental live.