I have come to the personal conclusion that while all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists.
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[Event "San Antonio, 1994"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Wall, Bill (2200)"]
[Black "Katsampes, Thomas (1800)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
{ My best game was with Bill Wall in 1994. We were both stationed at Kelly
AFB.|He was (and still is) my chess coach.|Here is the game. } 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. a4 a5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Be3 f5 12. f3 Nc5 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Nd3 b6 15. Nb5 c6 { Now
16. Nc3 is best. } 16. d6 cxb5 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. cxb5 Bb7 ( { The Bishop has
better scope on e6: } 18... Be6 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 Rad8 21. Qc1 e4 22. Ne5 Rd4 23. Ra3 Kh8 24. Kh1 Qd6 25. Rh3 ( 25. Nc4 Bxc4 26. Bxc4 Rd2 27. Re3 Bxb2 28. Qb1 ) 25... Bxe5 26. fxe5 Qxe5 27. Qh6 Rf7 28. Rg3 f4 29. Rg6 Bd5 30. Rd6 Bb3 31. Rxb6 f3 32. gxf3 exf3 33. Bxf3 Bd5 34. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 35. Kg1 Rg4# ) 19. exf5 { Playing into black's hands... } ( 19. Nf2 { Solid. } ) 19... e4 20. Qb3+ Kh8 21. fxe4 Bxe4 22. fxg6 Bd4+ 23. Nf2 Qg5 { Allows white to exchange queens and reduce
the threat against the white king. } ( { Black can bring more attackers against
f2 then white can defenders. } 23... Rf6 24. Rad1 Raf8 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qd1 Bxg6 27. Bf3 Qe3 28. Re1 Bc2 29. Qa1 Qb3 30. Qa3 Qxa3 31. bxa3 Bxa4 32. Re7 Bxb5 33. h3 Re8 34. Rc7 d3 35. a4 Bxa4 36. Nxd3 Bb5 37. Nf2 ) 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. hxg3 Bxg6 26. Bf3 Rad8 27. Kh2 Bxb2 28. Ra2 Bd4 29. Nh3 Rde8 30. Nf4 Re5 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Rh1 { Black is better able to take advantage of the
h-file. } 32... Kg7 33. Bg4 Rh8+ 34. Bh3 g5 35. g4 Re4 36. Kg3 Rf8 ( { White's bishop
is out of the game and demoted to the rank of a tall rook pawn. } 36... Re3+ 37. Kh2 Be5+ 38. Kg1 Bg3 39. Ra1 Rhe8 40. Rf1 Re1 { And white is out of
moves. } ) 37. Kh2 Be5+ 38. g3 Re3 39. Rg1 Rff3 40. Rag2 Ra3 41. Re2 Bxg3+ 42. Kh1 Bf2 43. Bg2 Bxg1 { Black trades down into a won endgame. } 44. Bxf3 Rxf3 45. Kxg1 Kf7 46. Kg2 Rf4 47. Rf2 Kg6 48. Rd2 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 Rd4 50. Re2 Kf6 51. Re8 Rxa4 52. Rb8 Kf5 53. Rxb6 Ra3+ 54. Kf2 Rb3 55. Rb8 Kg4 56. b6 a4 57. Ra8 Rxb6 58. Rxa4+ Rb4 59. Ra1 Kf4 60. Rc1 c4 61. Rc3 g4 62. Kg2 Ke4 63. Kf2 Rb2+ 64. Ke1 Kd4 65. Rg3 Ra2 66. Rxg4+ Kd3 67. Rg3+ Kc2 68. Rg2+ Kb1 69. Rg8 c3 70. Rb8+ Kc1 71. Rb3 c2 72. Rc3 Ra8 73. Rc7 Re8+ 74. Kf2 Re5 75. Kf3 Kb2 76. Rb7+ Kc3 77. Rc7+ Kb3 78. Kf4 Rb5 79. Ke3 Kb2 80. Kd2 Rd5+ 0-1