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Earlier this year, I was walking through Harvard Yard, and I walked by this series of chess games. It seemed to be a fairly regular occurrence, with at least some of the participants knowing each other. I think the part that most appealed to me about this series of photographs is the insight into the character of the players.
The man on the left (Black) is a teacher at a school in Boston. The one on the right (White) I'm not sure about, but from the interplay it was evident that they were fairly good friends, perhaps only from their chess games, but the beauty of a setting like this is that it allows people who might never have met to come together.
The two observers are students. If memory serves, the one watching over the teacher's shoulder was a political science student at Harvard, something to do with Russia I think. Don't remember offhand what the other was.
I think it's the expression on the teacher's face that really makes this picture.
-David
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