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I will make an inference using three examples from Ygartua’s work. It

is the beginning of the game. the singular is pronounced. the pieces

are in place. Pieces have formal values at the beginning of a game of

chess: Queen is worth 8 points, rook 5 points, knight and bishop 3

points each, and pawn 1 point. the pieces are ready to change from

one plane to another. the journey begins.

we have come to the middle game. the singular is enmeshed within

the whole. the pieces are less pronounced. bit by bit we sink deeper

into the game, that is, reality, and pieces start to lose their “relative”

value. they become images in our minds in proportion with their

position on the board and relevant influence.

It is now the end game, and the pieces are almost nonexistent. their meaning

lies in their interaction and they find echoes in our minds to the extent of

their significance within the whole of the position. the pawn may even be

worth more than 20 points or maybe it is worth everything. the queen is

null. what is significant is the content as a whole, which is as it is reflected

in our minds. the subject is freed from its apparent “arbitrary” nature, as in

abstract paintings, devoid of its “random” nature at the outset. the game is

not over but the construct has completed. For what it’s worth in terms of

stepping back for understanding, this construct is a new beginning.

SYnthESIS oF thE bEGInnInG and thE End bY kuVaY SanLI
thE dEPutY PrESIdEnt oF thE turkISh chESS FoundatIon, IStanbuL turkEY

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