{"id":993,"date":"2026-02-22T15:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T15:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/?page_id=993"},"modified":"2026-02-23T09:12:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T09:12:48","slug":"poster-21","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/exhibit\/poster-21\/","title":{"rendered":"poster 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"993\" class=\"elementor elementor-993\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bcd47d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6bcd47d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f86ef29 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f86ef29\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8d22b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c8d22b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/avusturya-1024x625.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-380\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/avusturya-1024x625.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/avusturya-300x183.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/avusturya-768x468.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/avusturya.jpeg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7cfd27 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7cfd27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-486eb829 elementor-widget__width-auto elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"486eb829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\"><div class=\"elementor-widget-container\"><p><strong>The Battleground of Legends: The Austrian Coffeehouse Set (c. 1880) \u2615\u265f\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p><p>Crafted from durable fruitwood with a natural varnish, this late 19th-century Austrian (or Vienna) Coffeehouse set is a true centerpiece of European chess history. Notice the highly stylized, elegant designs of the king and queen pieces with mini-onion dome finale.<\/p><p>Beyond its aesthetic charm, this style of set was the literal battleground for the evolution of modern chess. Its legacy is perfectly captured in the famous photograph from the legendary Carlsbad 1929 tournament, where the event&#8217;s ultimate victor, Aron Nimzowitsch, can be seen gathered around these very pieces alongside Viktor Tietz and World Champion Alexander Alekhine. While early World Champions like Emanuel Lasker and Wilhelm Steinitz famously championed this design, seeing it utilized by the masters of 1929 perfectly encapsulates the vibrant, intellectual cafe culture where the hypermodern chess revolution took shape.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32daf3b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32daf3b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/carlsbad_1929-1024x566.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1277\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/carlsbad_1929-1024x566.png 1024w, https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/carlsbad_1929-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/carlsbad_1929-768x425.png 768w, https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/carlsbad_1929-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/shatranj.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/carlsbad_1929.png 1139w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Battleground of Legends: The Austrian Coffeehouse Set (c. 1880) \u2615\u265f\ufe0f Crafted from durable fruitwood with a natural varnish, this late 19th-century Austrian (or Vienna) Coffeehouse set is a true centerpiece of European chess history. Notice the highly stylized, elegant designs of the king and queen pieces with mini-onion dome finale. Beyond its aesthetic charm, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":743,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-993","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=993"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1377,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/993\/revisions\/1377"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shatranj.art\/am\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}