First-move advantage in chess draw given best play prevails. Even if it cannot be proved, this assumption is considered "safe" by Rowson and "logical" by Adorján. Watson agrees that "the proper result of a perfectly played chess game ... is a draw. ... Of course, I can't prove this, but I doubt that you can find a single strong player who would disagree. ... I remember Kasparov, after a last-round draw, explaining to the waiting reporters: 'Well, chess is a draw. World Champion Bobby Fischer thought that "it's almost definite that the game is a draw theoretically". Similarly, British grandmaster Nigel Short wrote that
Chess in the arts readers that it singlehandedly inspired other authors to create poems about chess. In the 20th century, artists created many works related to the game, sometimes taking their inspiration from the life of famous players (Vladimir Nabokov in "The Defense") or well-known games (Poul Anderson in "Immortal Game", John Brunner in "The Squares of the City"). Some authors invented new chess variants in their works, such as stealth chess in Terry Pratchett's "Discworld" series or Tri-Dimensional chess in the "Star Trek" series. Palatine Chapel in the Norman Palace in Palermo you can admire the first painting of a chess game that