Duchamp (1887-1968), the French painter and theorist and father of the modern art movement called Dadaism, had one real passion - chess.
In the 1930s Duchamp represented France several times as a member of the championship team. In 1927 he married the daughter of an industrialist. She was so enraged by his preoccupation with the game that she glued the chess pieces to the board. They were divorced four months later.
In March 1968, only 7 months before his death, Duchamp participated in an electronic chess game- concert- artwork called Reunion along with his friend , the composer John Cage. Their "performamce" took place at Ryerson Polytechnic in Toronto. A photo-electronic switching mechanism was attached to the chess board so that the movements of the pieces on the board could generate sounds and light. Duchamp won the game.