Nouveau Réalisme

• Lubomir Kavalek, The Dance of Chess Kings, The Huffington Post, February 9, 2016

The analysis of the game Carlsen – Hóu Yìfán brought us to the wonderful world of Zugzwangs, stalemates and critical, correspondence or conjured squares in the Pawn endgames. The 1932 book L’Opposition et les Cases conjuguées sont réconciliées (Opposition and Sister squares are reconciled) by the dadaist Marcel Duchamp and chess composer Vitaly Halberstadt, dealing with a mysterious connection between empty squares, came to mind. Basically, it is a King dance: the White King steps on one square and it triggers only one correct response of the Black King. The book is not very practical, but it is nice to look at. [Read more].

Magnus Carlsen vs. 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
Photo: Alina l’Ami