Marcel Duchamp was a champion chess player and played exclusively during the last twenty years of his life.
Marcel Duchamp was a champion chess player and played exclusively during the last twenty years of his life.
He famously played a tournament here in Folkestone, 1933, and when he lost the match, he is reputed to have given up playing competitively!
more info on Duchamp and chess - here
Raymond Savignac playing chess against one of his posters!
photo by Robert Doisneau
Yoko Ono's famous White Chess set 1966 'Play it by Trust' ©Yoko Ono
unusual silk crepe scarf with assorted chess pieces,
c.33" / 84cms.
available at Rennies £45
May 2022
Paul has just discovered the exciting prospect of openair informal chess, the Four Corner Club, round the corner from CSM!
July 2025
Paul and John play Sunday morning games at the Okay cafe, Folkestone.
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