Chess by Cable: On the Interrelation of Technology and Sports in the Making of the Modern World (2013)
Müller-Pohl, Simone (Author)
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology
Volume: 19
Pages: 113-131
Publication date: 2013
Language: English
This article on 'chess by cable' explores the intricate relationship between sports and technology set within the enormous societal, economic and technological changes entailed in the making of the modern world. It shows how telegraphic chess playing epitomised these developments - in its global reach, its emphasis on speed and time-keeping and the incorporation of the middle-class. For both inventors of telegraphy as well as players of chess, the merger secured publicity and served media-marketisation of their respective products. The peculiar match of telegraphy and chess, however, was grounded in their intricate relationships with notions of scientific and economic progress as well as civilisation, peace and supremacy of the Euro-American world. The article opens up new avenues in the history of Victorian sports and its intricate relationship with industrialisation and modernity.
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