I went to the Fluxus Art Show at the Zimmerli Art Museum today to play some chess. It was a fun experience and an interesting challenge to play a game using fruits and vegetables in place of pieces. I played an interesting game against Lev Zilbermintz, which I have reconstructed and annotated. Though not a lot of chess players showed up, it was a fun event and definitely representative of the Fluxus art philosophy, which often incorporates audience members into a spontaneous performance of art made up of found objects. It was a very relaxed atmosphere and one of the most fun games I have played in a long time. Though my opponent got confused by the crazy board and dropped a piece early in the game, he battled as best he could until I was able to put together a deadly mating net (see diagram below).
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| Black to play and win most quickly. |
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