Test 2018 posts
50 Years Ago Today, Marcel Duchamp and John Cage Played Chess
Spoiler alert: Cage lost … twice.
Chess
Art
Chess as a Comic Book Trope
The World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis features over 200 comic books that use the strategies, conflicts, and battles of chess as a narrative theme.
Books
From Ceramic Sea Creatures to Bauhaus Blocks, a Compendium of Exquisite Chess Sets
A new book features detailed photos and short essays about an eclectic range of elaborate chess sets from across multiple centuries and continents.
Interview
A Chess Set in Homage to Marcel Duchamp, with Mustaches
Last year artists Scott Kildall and Bryan Cera collaborated on a project called "Readymake: Duchamp Chess Pieces," which reconstructed a chess set designed by Marcel Duchamp with a 3D printer.
Art
A Redesign of Chess that Sets Us Up to Lose
In 1924, competitive chess players in Paris founded the World Chess Federation, the first international governing chess organization.
Film
Ghost in the (Chess) Machine
Set sometime in the ’80s, mumblecore maven Andrew Bujalski’s fourth feature, Computer Chess, is an adventurous and peculiar period piece. Chronicling a tournament of computers competing in chess and the programmers who code them, the film endearingly evokes the nascent and heady era before smart pho