Liliya Lifanova
Garry Kasparov(w) vs. Anatoli Karpov(b), Moscow, 1985. Classic Russian Attack
2009
Acrylic, pencil, and ink on paper.
50 x 37 1/2 inches
This record of a match between two legendary chess masters of the former U.S.S.R. was selected as a possible performance script to be carried out by 32 participants embodying various chess pieces. An organizational tool for the artist and a visual representation of the match, this drawing illustrates, simultaneously, all decisions made by the two players throughout the game, depicting each piece's past, present and future positions on the grid. As an attempt to chart the imaginary realm or the "fourth dimension" that chess masters are said to access during play, this drawing winds up illustrating motion as a static entity in order to better understand causality and implication of relational movement.

[1) e4/e5, 2) Nf3/Nf6, 3) Nxe5/d6, 4) Nf3/Nxe4, 5) d4/d5, 6) Bd3/Nc6, 7) 0-0/Be7, 8) c4/Nf6, 9) Nc3/0-0, 10) h3/dxc4, 11) Bxc4/Na5, 12) Bd3/Be6, 13) Re1/Nc6, 14) a3/a6, 15) Bf4/Qd7, 16) Ne5/Nxe5, 17) dxe5/Nd5, 18) Nxd5/Bxd5, 19) Qc2/g6, 20) Rad1/c6, 21) Bh6/Rfd8, 22) e6/fxe6, 23) Bxg6/Bf8, 24) Bxf8/Rxf8, 25) Be4/Rf7, 26) Re3/Rg7, 27) Rdd3/Rf8, 28) Rg3/Kh8, 29) Qc3/Rf7, 30) Rde3/Kg8, 31) Qe5/Qc7, 32) Rxg7+/Rxg7, 33) Bxd5/Qxe5, 34) Bxe6+/Qxe6, 35) Rxe6/Rd7, 36) b4/Kf7, 37) Re3/Rd1+, 38) Kh2/Rc1, 39) g4/b5, 40) f4/c5.]
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