| Jan-06-04 |
| Whitehat1963: Is this the famous surrealist artist? If so, he plays a mean game of chess against perhaps the greatest (or certainly one of the greatest) blindfold simul players of all time. Interesting. |
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| Jan-07-04 |
| Lawrence: 'Tis indeed. In the bar up the Costa Brava where Duchamp used to take on all comers they now hold an annual computer-chess competition. |
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| Jul-15-04 |
| Jesuitic Calvinist: Bravo Marcel! |
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| Jul-15-04 |
| uzeromay: I know i'm just pointing out the obvious here, but 16. Rxf2 Bxf2 will be followed by 17...Nxd3. |
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Jul-15-04
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| acirce: I'm not sure "surrealist" is an accurate label. |
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| Jul-15-04 |
| Jesuitic Calvinist: Yes, acirce - "dadaist" is perhaps more accurate, but then, Marcel didn't like to be labelled. |
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Oct-19-04
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| Willem Wallekers: < 16. Rxf2 Bxf2 will be followed by 17...Nxd3.>
Or 16. Rxf2 Qg5 threatening Qxg2# and Nh3+ + Qxd2 ?
(17. Kf1 Bxf2 18. Qxf2 Bxg2+ 19. Ke1 Nxd3+) |
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| Jan-18-05 |
| Abaduba: <"dadaist" is perhaps more accurate>
How about "worthless"? I blame readymades for starting the trend in modern art where "creativity" becomes more important than having actually achieved something beautiful. Even so, Duchamp is definately a decent chess player. Too bad for him that they didn't let him take an Alekhine masterpiece and write his name on the score. I'm surprised he never thought of it. |
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| Jan-18-05 |
| aw1988: "Worthless" is not what I would call it, at all. |
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| May-07-05 |
| WorldChampeen: Surprisingly, one of the catalog houses sells two volumes of his games; I gather. Also, from what I know of Duchamp on Art; his was a questioning of Art or in other words "what is art?" I believe he is actually a forefather of Dada art; if that can be said, he helped inspire it. I can do without the "fountain" but in his art, not only do I see the roots of Dadaism; but it is easy to see how more recent artists were influenced by him. A good sumation here; http://www.angelfire.com/art2/rober.... Curiously, https://www.schachversand.de/detail... deals with that second volume of Duchamp's chess career. |
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| May-18-07 |
| Whitehat1963: Obviously, Duchamp had no fear of Koltanowski's "Knight Ascending a Chessboard." |
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Jul-28-08
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| Domdaniel: I have declared <chessgames.com> a readymade work of art for Marcel's birthday. I might get around to drawing a moustache on it later. |
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sac: 14...Nxf4