Grand Chess Tour: Art of Chess 2017

The permanent collection of the WCHOF contains trophies, photographs, scoresheets, periodicals, chess sets, and other artifacts related to significant players and events from chess history. One highlight of the collection is the Paul Morphy Silver Service, presented to the legendary player after his 1857 victory in the First American Chess Congress. The Sinquefield Collection contains many important artifacts related to both the art and culture of chess, including Yoko Ono’s Play It by Trust (Roskilde Version), 2002, and numerous periodicals and books that once belonged to World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer (U.S. Chess Hall of Fame, 1986; World Chess Hall of Fame, 2001).

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website