Yikes! Talk about sudden death.

Thanks.

Here's an example of a more current advertising that uses chess theme:

 

As far as the meaning - there can be a few interpretations.  One of them being PS3 bringing more realism to games. 

Cigars and whiskey are my preference - specifically those of "Quality."

cgs: "From Hungarian hussar attire there is only the shako (csákó in Hungarian) and boots. It is not complete."

 

I hope it's not complete.  The huszárs would get quite cold in such a complete costume!

Right, the Knight is named in Hungarian language Hussar (punctually: huszár), at describes of game is type H, as Hf3. From Hungarian hussar attire there is only the shako (csákó in Hungarian) and boots. It is not complete. 

nice brick-a-brack.

cgs: "From this exhibition I had conclude that every things begins with Morphy and finally there is a woman, for the moment in costume of a Hungarian knight."

Morphy is always a good place to start.  I didn't know the woman was dressed in Hungarian Knight attire.   Would that be the renowned Hussars?

 

jeterave: "Where did you get the Miller High Life poster?"

I have no idea. I've had the picture for years.

 

BILL_5666: "How do you find all this stuff Batgirl?"

Shrug. Finding stuff is what I do.

 

Pretty cool.  How do you find all this stuff Batgirl?

Remember the Marine recruitment TV commercial? It ran for some time with the chessmen doing battle. The knight checks the King in the end. Man, I loved that commercial!

Where did you get the Miller High Life poster?  That's AWESOME!  I want to hang it up in my apartment.

The one with Coke is pretty interesting. Never would’ve thought, there would be a soft drink advertisement that involved chess. Now you’ve me wondering if there was one with Pepsi…oh never mind – I see it now. Where there was one made with Coke, there would be one made with Pepsi!

 

Thank you for sharing this.

From this exhibition I had conclude that every things begins with Morphy and finally there is a woman, for the moment in costume of a Hungarian knight.

I feel strangely compelled to buy paper products

Weirdly, a posting such as this one serves to make life worth living. Why, I don't know.

Five Stars.

"I think if you look closer at the first whisky bottle, you'll see it reads "Highland Queen" not "Richland". "

 

Correction noted; changes made.

Thanks, Mr. Sulivan.

Pretty cool. In a way, when you look at all that, it tells you that Chess is for everybody... smokers, drinkers (drunkards?), the thirst, blondes, the old, the young,the romantic...

Another way to look at it is... If you just add Chess to what you are doing, it will elevate it to another level. 

as i'm majoring in advertising, i found this to be a very interesting blog. thanks for posting it! 

Hi! I think if you look closer at the first whisky bottle, you'll see it reads "Highland Queen" not "Richland". The curve of the bottle may have misled. 

The Stouffer's dinners one gave me an air of "one of these things is not like the other" as regards class, but it was a really interesting juxtaposition. Echoing prior sentiments, the post was really an intriguing look at the crossover between chess and commodification. Thanks for posting it!

Quite interesting post. A glimpse into the psychology of advertising and its association with chess,intelligence, and class. That being said, the Douglas Aircraft "Missile Chess" advert was slightly chilling, where as the anti-drug advert was quite heart warming.

Some of them were somewhat abstract but artisitic. The final advert for the paper company was quite interesting, with a visibly unclothed vivacious woman, parading with a saber and minimal calvary gear. Thought provking perhaps, but what thoughts does it provoke? An interesting choice of the old "sex sells' idea.

As always a interesting post, well compiled and presented. Thx!