On September 18th, 2015, two time U.S. Women’s Chess Champion Jennifer Shahade played a blindfold chess exhibition at Ryerson University’s Student Learning Center against Aaron Tucker; both of their moves were translated in poems in real time. You can find a full recap by Joshua Arthur Peter White-Crummey at the Ryersonian, complete with additional pictures plus video (included below here) of the event and interviews with the participants at http://www.ryersonian.ca/blindfolded-chess-match-transformed-into-digital-poetry-at-slc/.
You can find further pictures of the event at: http://chesspoetry.com/playingwriting/jennifer-shahade-the-chessbard-a-blindfold-exhibition/
Many thanks to Greg Lord for all the amazing design work on the site. This project also had a large helping hand from
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