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It is described to have been made by Favén during his Paris years 1902–1913 by the referenced Finnish chess magazine from 1980. It depicts <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_de_la_R%C3%A9gence" class="extiw" title="en:Café de la Régence">Café de la Régence</a>, a meeting place for international chess enthusiasts. It's also described to depict many old chess masters such as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siegbert_Tarrasch" class="extiw" title="en:Siegbert Tarrasch">Siegbert Tarrasch</a> back left, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Marshall" class="extiw" title="en:Frank Marshall">Frank Marshall</a> smoking a cigar in the center and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossip_Bernstein" class="extiw" title="en:Ossip Bernstein">Ossip Bernstein</a> playing in the front on the right.</div>
<bdi><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4355228" class="extiw" title="d:Q4355228"><span title="Finnish painter (1882-1948)">Antti Favén</span></a>
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