In this day and age of rapid technological and social shifts, we are faced with the challenges of preserving and presenting cultural heritage in an innovative way. This thesis focuses on chess history and presents some events, individuals and moments that bear significance within our local geographical context. Our objective was to employ 3D-modelling, animation and video editing to demonstrate our potential contribution to the preservation of cultural heritage and the promotion of historical content recognition through modern technologies. 3D-
We adopted an experimental methodology that involved converting the original Dubrovnik chess set into a digital format, using the techniques of modelling, animation and video editing, we aimed to explore the role of modern digital content creation programs in preserving cultural heritage. We used various procedures including scanning, photogrammetry, and modelling. Subsequently, we animated the selected game using the figures modelled in the Blender program. The animation was exported and further edited with Adobe Premiere Pro.
With the research results, our intention was to present interconnected events that arerelevant to the Slovenian geographical area. We specifically focused on the seventeenth game of the 1972 World Chess Championship in Reykjavik between Spassky and Fischer. Fischer's very first utilization of the Pirc defence in this match, coupled with his expressed fondness for the Dubrovnik chess set, underscored the intricate web of historical connections we sought to illuminate..
This defence is named after Vasja Pirc, the Slovenian grandmaster who, among other achievements, led his team to victory at the 1950 Chess Olympiad held in Dubrovnik, the very city for which the chess set presented in our animation was made.
We discovered that modern technologies could enable us to take innovative approaches to presenting historical events, in our case in the realm of chess, and contribute to the spread of understanding, knowledge and respect for cultural heritage, instead of posing a threat to it.
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