Longopo Antonelli, Turin

I'm actually not sure if this is checkmate or not. But I figure if an opponent is reaching across to touch one of your pieces (and your king especially), it can't be good.

$30

Signed and numbered edition of 36

8.5X11 two color screen print on on 80lb French "Sand" speckle tone paper

My Soom Ai/Yrie hybrid Ayato meets a giant chess-set. Fitting because his style-theme is black-and-white.

Take a seat, tune out the buzz of the city for a nice game of chess in Bryant Park, in midtown Manhattan. For a small fee ($3 for a half hour), the New York Chess & Backgammon Club rents chess, checkers, backgammon and Scrabble boards. Alongside the manicured lawns of the public library, office workers face off while their colleagues hover over the tables munching sandwiches. These two found a quiet spot. And... there's an empty table! Chess anyone?

If you want to learn more about this, visit: www.bryantpark.org/amenities/activities.php

. And read this nice article: New York chess fans take the game to the streets - you will learn where the hot spots of outdoor chess are in the city.

Partida de ajedrez en el tablero gigante de la Max Euweplein, en el Leidseplein.

a shot of a strong mobile chessgame that I defeated for the first time.

PACIFIC OCEAN (May 2, 2017) A F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Checkerboards" of Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312 lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). The ship is underway conducting a group sail training unit exercise with it's carrier strike group. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicholas R. Burgains/Released)

Stanko playing and winning at Washington Square. Truth be said, the game took 25 minutes, so the challenger turned off the clock, since both he and Stanko kept elaborating on the moves while Stanko's time was running out. Second, the finale came after a while of both me and Stanko's opponent prompting Stanko to look for a better move. Third, the guy may not have been playing to his full potential, especially at the beginning. It was still funny to watch his surprise after Stanko's checked his king in the fourth move.

This public chessboard in Stuttgart's Killesberg Park doesn't exactly invite you to play a game ...

Finally I fought myself through to you,

so many obstacles in my way.

But now I stand right before you,

and there I intend to stay.

You can choose to love or to die,

there is no difference, in fact.

So please stop to be shy

and let us connect.

(Copyright Ines Langs, February 1, 2008)

[Not to be taken too seriously. :-)]

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Based on an idea by Simon.

The rise of the machines? Nope, just my old Armatron.

Strobist: 580EX to the right with a cardboard snoot, aiming at the piece. 430EX to the left, aiming at a little portion of the wall.

My Soom Ai/Yrie hybrid Ayato meets a giant chess-set. Fitting because his style-theme is black-and-white.

01/04/09 - Day 4 of 365

Checkmate: 16-year old kid beating dad at chess! This is only the second time he has ever been beaten by his daughter!

This was shot during a hot day in Timisoara.

November's Photo Walk Aarhus. Monthly theme was monochrome - I set a creative constraint for myself, using only my 90mm eq. lens for street. Demanding!

chess-ing with my little brother

Caught a game of chess being played with huge size pieces in Pioneer Square, Seattle Wa

For my "Be Awesome" project, I've been improving my chess game this month - 30 days, 30 games.

Both my boys have been in chess clubs and recently my eldest played at county level. They're very good at kicking my arse. So I have been practising, either against them, against Rob or against a computer.

I can now beat the kids about 50% of the time and I think I lost every single game I played against the computer, but I've learned a lot more about chess strategy this month.

I won this game though :)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 28, 2017) An F/A-18C Hornet assigned to the "Checkerboards" of Marine Strike Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312 launches from the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Theodore Roosevelt is underway conducting a composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) with its carrier strike group in preparation for an upcoming deployment. COMPTUEX tests a carrier strike group's mission readiness and ability to perform as an integrated unit through simulated real-world scenarios. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Alex Perlman/Released)

1960 Checkmate (Teisco) G245

checkmate

Found this massive chess board at Applewood Farm Winery nr Stouffville, Ont. Though I haven't played in a while chess is one of my favourite board games.

This little guy made his way up on the table and was having a ball until his mother noticed.

Attendents at the German Historical Museum (Deutsches Historisches Museum) waiting for visitors, Berlin (Germany)

For more photos of the birdeye series have a look here: Birdeye Set

A lunchtime game of chess, played with coloured beer bottle tops, comes to a sudden conclusion. I just happened to come across this in the backstreets of the Warrorot market in Chiangmai city.

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come on, now who here doesn't have a "dino" chess board?

Based on the Immortal Game played between Adolf Anderssen and Lionel Kieseritzky on 21 June 1851 in London. Of course, I made a mistake when setting this up. Luigi (the queen) should not be there since he was sacrificed by Anderssen to set up the checkmate. Thankfully, Bowser is still in checkmate even with Luigi there.

As for post-processing, I liked the general idea of the Yesteryear Lightroom preset but used different values for shadow tone and highlight tone. Lots of clarity was added and vibrance/saturation was substantially reduced. Peach's face was burned ever so slightly.

In other news, I have Photoshop now. Yay?

Edit: Not an outright checkmate due to my Luigi mistake. Birdo (Knight) can capture Peach (Bishop). I'm pretty sure it's still checkmate in a couple more moves though as Luigi (Queen) can capture Birdo and force checkmate from there.