Chess Players

Chess Players is an outdoor sculpture from 1964, set in the central part of Wyspa Bielarska in Wrocław, within the Stare Miasto district.

A sculpture from sixty years ago

The work is by sculptor Łucja Skomorowska. It was created in 1964 and has stood on Wyspa Bielarska ever since, a small island on the Oder in the centre of Wrocław.

Practical information

• Address: Wyspa Bielarska, Stare Miasto district, Wrocław
• Getting there: on foot from Tumski Bridge and the Botanical Garden of the University of Wrocław, both less than a kilometre away
• What to expect: a small outdoor sculpture to see while walking around the island, with no plaque describing the subject of the work