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The Art of Chess
There are many aspects of chess that appear to be beautiful in different ways, let's lean back and take a closer look.
#1 The royal couple
Introduction
The following assumptions may be displayed best with the simple concept that chess is art and art is up to be interpreted by each and every one by and for themself, simplified in this diagram: chess -> art -> interpretation. Though: They interact with each other which means that the diagram can also be read backwards and the items are interchangeable. The blog starts with different pictures, produced by ai. We may encounter other sources of art displaying chess. This blog is about discovering basic feelings one may encounter when looking at the many aspects this blog means to present and discuss.
Description
Many more details could be discussed individually, however, the main difference between the pictures can be found in the style the royal couple is portrayed. In the first picture, the king has all the power, he is wearing the crown - a very large and detailed version to be precise - all the other pieces are seemingly unnecessary, and the queen is just a piece like all the others. The King is even looking down at the player. In the second picture the royalty is all coming from the queen, the golden crown can be seen as a symbol of such. The game is centralized, the pieces are smaller and on one level to the player.
As the first picture arises the suggestion that the meaning of the game is standing above the human (or engine) that is playing it, the second picture is doing the very opposite; with all its coldness it is yet enticing to play. The pieces are there, almost waiting.
Summary
Engine Art is interesting, as an engine-generated picture does not portray a realistic board and realistic pieces. There are many more perspectives to chess than a normal board would evoke. What do you think when looking at this? What are your feelings looking at the pieces and how they are set up?
These 2 engine-generated pictures can help us see chess from a different point of view as they are portraying pieces very much unlike real ones which vice versa draws our attention to their individual meaning rather than looking at them as a set. Are you playing with them or are they existing on their own purpose, rather than executing orders and fulfilling their destiny, achieving the only reason for existence?
Finally, we may ask what this can mean for our daily chess, our gameplay.
Is it possible to think more from the individual perspective of every piece and therefore find better moves than we would when looking just at all of them at once? Is the king really that important or is it the queen that has to be powerful? Sacrificing becomes an emotional act if we think of a royal couple where the queen accepts her death to save her beloved husband. On the other hand, we may find less harmful and subsequently more precise moves when considering the fate of every piece. Is it really necessary to kill all the pawns when there might be a checkmate in reach? Is drawing an option when the alternative is a loss, therefore the possibility of elimination of all the pieces until only a king may be left.
Deduction
The Art of Chess may be the ability to think of pieces not of games.
