The Final Position 2
20 x 20
Oil on Stretched Canvas
This chess position was reached in the "game of the century" (the last century)
between 26-year-old Donald Byrne and 13-year-old Bobby Fischer.
Fischer of course won.White (Byrne) is in checkmate.
The painting is square, though oriented as shown - as a diamond, and the black backgound is not part of the painting.
The original and first "Final Position"
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