Night of the Pawn

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The " Night of the Pawn - das Schachmassaker " (German: Night of the Farmer , acronym : NOTP) is an artist's chess tournament that has been taking place at various locations in Berlin's nightlife since 2008. a. already in the shop for nothing, in the Bar 25 , the Forgotten Bar, the Alt Berlin , the Bar Babette, the Bar Haliflor, the Bar Mysliwska, the Bar Würgeengel, the Club "Apartment" on the former premises of the Bötzow brewery , the Soho House , but also as a guest performance in Zurich , the Italian Embassy and in Munich on the occasion of the exhibition " Marcel Duchamp in Munich 1912". Music is playing during the tournament and smoking is allowed. Artists create posters, including Jay Gard, Philip Grözinger, Gregor Hildebrandt , Michelle Jezierski, Robert Lucander , Jonas Burgert , Caroline Kryzecki, Regina Nieke, Lisa Tiemann and Despina Stokou. Jonathan Meese wrote a "Night-of-the-Pawn-Saalschacherzmanifest" and the artist Uros Djurovic animated films that ironically address the topic of the battle of the war game chess. The electro-pop band ZPYZ wrote the musical intro for NOTP.

Exhibition etc.

In September 2010 there was an exhibition under the title Night of the Pawn in the Leipziger Werkschauhalle, with Norbert Bisky , Jonas Burgert , Birgit Dieker, Gregor Hildebrandt , Jonathan Meese , Sandra Meisel, Lea Asja Pagenkemper and Norbert Schwontkowski , among others . At the opening, Berliners played a chess tournament against Leipzig artists, with the writer Clemens Meyer on the Leipzig side . An edition of eight etchings was published . a. by Philip Grözinger, Gregor Hildebrandt and Jay Gard .

The NOTP is non-commercial and participation is free. However, the name Night of the Pawn was protected by trademark law by the organizer Jan-Philipp Sexauer in order to prevent commercial exploitation by third parties. However, the Federal Patent Court refused to grant trademark protection to the subtitle "Massacre". The Senate was of the opinion that the title " massacre " also offends against morality for chess tournaments or other sporting competitions .

Many of the Berlin institutions and " underground " locations where the NOTP took place no longer exist (e.g. Alt Berlin , Bar 25 , Forgotten Bar, Apartment, Bar Babette). The NOTP's "biography" also reflects the urban development of Berlin over the past ten years.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ THE NEEDLE: Berlin's Underground Chess Scene: Night of the Pawn online at www.needleberlin.com. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Time Out: Sexauer Online at www.timeout.com. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  3. ↑ taz: Uros buy me a drink online at www.taz.de. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ SPIEGEL: Kreuzberger Kunst-Bar Twelve square meters plus toilet online at www.spiegel.de. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  5. ↑ Berliner Zeitung: Kunsttreff Bar Babette has to close in 2018 Online at www.berliner-zeitung.de. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  6. ↑ MONOPOL magazine: Duchamp's heirs: Berlin and Leipzig practice the art of playing chess online at www.monopol-magazin.de. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  7. ^ Atelier for etching: The edition: Etching Three, Night of the Pawn, Duchamp and his heirs. Online at www.radierung-leipzig.de. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  8. ↑ Decisions of the Federal Patent Court online at www.tmdb.de. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  9. ↑ WELT: How Berlin pissed off its creatives Online at www.welt.de. Retrieved February 12, 2018.