Photograph of Marcel Duchamp, 1958, by Arnold Rosenberg

Tonight from 6–8PM at Francis Naumann Gallery in NYC is the opening reception for Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess. At 7:00 Grand Master Lev Alburt (3x US Champ) will play Grand Master Jennifer Shahade (2x US Woman's Champion and author of Chess Bitch: Women in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport) on Play It By Trust, the chess board with all white pieces designed by [who else...] Yoko Ono. Among others in the exhibition, open through October 30th, are Max Ernst, Salvador Dali, Man Ray, and Sophie Matisse. It proposes that "Duchamp's identity as a chess player is so thoroughly interfused with his work as an artist that the two activities are aesthetically and conceptually inseperable."

More information at Francis Naumann Gallery's website.