Chess players, from orbiting cosmonauts to the Wu-Tang Clan in pictures

"Chess has long been associated with a strategy of seduction, as seen with Faye Dunaway and Steve McQueen in The Thomas Crown Affair, where their match represents an intricate dance of intellect and allure."

"In Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, the allegorical chess match between Death and a knight starkly depicts the human struggle against mortality, making the game a profound metaphor for life itself."

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