Games On Stamps... Playing Cards, Board Games, Video Games

Slovenia
World Youth Chess Championship 2012
September 28, 2012

Yugoslavia
Chess olympics in Dubrovnik
August 20, 1950

Here are images of the three semi-postal (charity) stamps in a set depicting chess pieces (Rook, Knight and Bishop) and an emblem, designed by German artist Heinrich Ilgenfritz (1899-1969), engraved by Oswin Volkhamer (1930- ) (two stamps) and Margot Sachs-Bitzer (one stamp), and issued by East Germany (DDR) on September 19, 1960 to publicize the 14th Chess Olympiad, held in Leipzig, Scott Nos. B67-B69, Michel Nos. 786-88.

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Netherlands
Max Euwe
April 3, 2001
Machgielis "Max" Euwe, PhD (1901 – 1981) was a Dutch chess Grandmaster, mathematician, and author. He was the fifth player to become World Chess Champion (1935–37). Euwe also served as President of FIDE, the World Chess Federation, from 1970 to 1978.
The stamp designs show his decisive chess game against Alexander Aljechin in 1935.

Romania
15th Chess Balkaniad: Baile Herculane 1983
February 20, 1984

Here are images of the two stamps (the second of which is airmail) in a set depicting chess pieces (respectively, rook & knight; pawn & bishop), printed by lithography, and issued by Dominican Republic on June 23, 1967 to commemorate the 5th Central American Chess Series, held in Santo Domingo, Scott Nos. 636 & C152. Note: I have no idea why there is a cowled swordsman also depicted on the airmail stamp!

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Armenia
The 32nd Chess Olympiad
September 15, 1996
The 32nd Chess Olympiad took place between September 15 and October 2, 1996, in Yerevan, Armenia. It includes an open event and women's tournament.

Ireland
Icons of Computer Games
October 16, 2014
Pac-Man is an arcade game developed by Namco and first released in Japan and the United States in 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is virtually synonymous with video games and an icon of popular culture in the eighties.
Space Invaders is an arcade video game developed by Tomohiro Nishikado and released in 1978. It was one of the forerunners of modern video gaming and helped expand the video game industry on a global scale.
Sonic the Hedgehog is the title character of a video game series which was first released in 1991.
Mario is a fictional character in a video game series created by Nintendo. The first game was released in 1981.

Hungary 1982

Rubik cube



World record!

Here are images of the two stamps in a set depicting ivory chess pieces, designed by French artist and engraver Claude Andréotto (1949- ), printed by lithography (EDILA), and issued by Djibouti on April 8, 1982 to honor Russian chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov and to commemorate the World Chess Championships, Scott Nos. 545 & 546.

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Moldova
European Individual Chess Championship for Women
June 10, 2005
The 2005 European Individual Chess Championship for Women was held in Chisinãu, Moldova in June 10 -25. Kateryna Lagno of Ukraine won the gold medal.

Brasil
Postal Chess
November 18, 1980
Postal chess (correspondence chess)

Iceland
Chess Match
September 18, 2008
The stamp commemorates the first chess grandmaster Fridrik Olafsson from Iceland. The design shows the final positions of the chess game between Fridrik Olafsson and Bobby Fischer in 1958.

Yugoslavia
Chess Olympiad Skopje
September 18, 1972
The 20th Chess Olympiad took place between September 18 and October 13, 1972, in Skopje.

Bulgaria
Chess souvenir sheet
May 27, 2002