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Photo taken at the Castle Kyburg in Kyburg, Switzerland.

Chessboards at Queen & Church, Toronto

Which one... Grayscale or Color? I know that the focus is off on the person, Gotta Work on that for my next project. Got the idea from Berty through Fishers suggestion!

Durbar Square, Nepal

Checkmate! Today's chess match. Gracias Ruy Lopez

(Ignore the fact that this scenario is, I think, impossible. Ask me if I care :D)

 

It was like David and Goliath; I hadn't played chess since I was four, and he was the one who taught me how to play. Making it perfectly clear that if he let me win that I would have to kill him, the game began... as did my subsequent butt-whooping. With two pieces left, a bishop and my king, I made one last ditch attempt at his king that I knew could only fail. "Check." And then the phone rang, pulling him into a thirty-minute conversation with his mother. Finally, his last move, which should have been one to take out my bishop. Instead, he moved some random piece moving for my king on the other side of the board. "Umm... end game?" Accusing me of never saying check, using his mother as a distraction, and finally congratulating me, I'm still certain that somehow my padre still weaseled his way into letting me win.

 

Edit: Exposure and contrast adjustments

ODESSA, UKRAINE - AUG98 -- Retirees playing chess in the central park.

Checkmate Cafe Dubai

speciality coffee & soul food

Live @ Le Batofar [07/04/2013]

The one on the left is giving up on the confrontation.

Chesspiece-like adornments on top of La Pedrera - the ones on the left are decorated with broken bottles

The master becomes the student!

Beetle plays chess while Daddy sets up his classroom

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Looks like a battle royal!

The stack of vintage beads look like chess pieces, and I think the red and white bead adds a nice pop.

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