Chess challenges the mind’s abilities, as well as the body’s stamina. Chess is mental and physical, but can it be conceptual? If you’ve ever taken a modern art course, your professor likely talked ...

Portable chess set invented by Marcel Duchamp (1943) (All images by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise specified) BRIGHTON, UK — Swapping out pieces in a game of chess is only a smart move ...

In his 1995 book The Private Worlds of Marcel Duchamp, historian Jerrold E. Seigel wrote that, for the French sculptor and painter, “the absence of habit was an important condition of freedom.” Indeed ...

In the 1920s, Marcel Duchamp claimed to no longer be making art, and began to devote considerable time to chess. He’d grown up battling with his older brothers, Raymond and Jacques, and in his later ...

Last week we published a history of the Staunton chess set, which was developed, in part, out of a need to standardize pieces for international competition. In a response on his blog, Jason Kottke ...

Viswanathan Anand hardly has space to play a game of chess inside his house. Art has taken over a bulk of the space at his luxurious residence in Chennai’s Kotturpuram. If a painting of lord Hayagriva ...

Chess boxing. We freely admit that we are doubtful, even aghast about it, but apparently it is a new sport-art that continues to function. What is it? Well, it is a combination of chess and boxing, ...