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»Kasparov vs. Deep Blue«, 2006 by Zachary Kitnick.




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»Thinking Machine 4«, 2004 explores the invisible, elusive nature of thought. It is an artificial intelligence program, ready to play chess with the viewer. If the viewer confronts the program, the computer’s thought process is sketched on screen as it plays. A map is created from the traces of literally thousands of possible futures as the program tries to decide its best move. Those traces become a key to the invisible lines of force in the game as well as a window into the spirit of a thinking machine. By Martin Wattenberg and Marek Walczak.




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“Chess Board” by Richard Rigg.




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»Good versus Evil«, 2003 by Maurizio Cattelan.




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Functional replica of Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen’s Chess Turk recreated by the Heinz Nixdorf Museum in Paderborn (In 1769 the Hungarian engineer Baron Wolfgang von Kempelen built a chess playing machine for the amusement of the Austrian Queen Maria Theresia. It was a mechanical device, shaped like a Turk, and it became the most famous automaton in history).




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“Play It By Trust” (Wood chess tables, wood chairs, wood chess sets, all painted white) by Yoko Ono.




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»Kitchen Set«, 2003 by Paul McCarthy.




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“Tischfußball” by Stephan Kurr.




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»Fin d’Histoire«, 1988 by Guillaume Paris.




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»Chess Set« 2006, by Matthew Lake.




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»Horses Running Endlessly« 1995, by Gabriel Orozco.




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“Getting inside my computer” and

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“Challenging my Laptop to a Chess Match” by Nathaniel Katz.




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“Two years Flaktürme” and more by Adrien Tirtiaux.