Duchamp, Marcel and Vitaly Halberstadt. Opposition et Cases Conjuguées.

Opposition und Schwesterfelder. Opposition and Sister Sqaures ... sont réconciliées par ... are reconciled by Duchamp and Halberstadt. Paris - Brüssel, L'Echiquier, (1932). Many diagrams. 112 leaves. 2 leaves with ads. Publishers original paperback. Glued. 28 cm * 24 cm. L/N 2273. Kieler Schachkatalog 5045.

Marcel Duchamp played on the French national team at the Chess Olympics from 1928 to 1933. The present edition, published in small numbers, deals with pawn endings on a mathematically precise foundation. The text is in German, French and English. An Errata slip is included on the inside of the back cover. A second errata snippet is laid in at the back.

Condition: VG. Rare edition. A sought-after publication not only by chess fans, but also by fans of the artist Duchamp. From David DeLucia's Chess Library.

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