This checkerboard table is in a park near the Brooklyn Bridge.
The only Christmas gift I got in 2008 was from my mother. She got me a very nice electronic chess set. It reminded me that I do, at some time in my life, want to play checkers or chess with the speed players in New York's public parks. The serious chess players I have known are somewhat dismissive of the chess played in public parks, saying that the chess players in the park are strictly "speed" players.
An electronic chess set is an interesting thing for an individual to confront. It invites both company and solitude, with the promise of either a human or electronic opponent. The public table in this picture seems to invite only human competition.
The only Christmas gift I got in 2008 was from my mother. She got me a very nice electronic chess set. It reminded me that I do, at some time in my life, want to play checkers or chess with the speed players in New York's public parks. The serious chess players I have known are somewhat dismissive of the chess played in public parks, saying that the chess players in the park are strictly "speed" players.
An electronic chess set is an interesting thing for an individual to confront. It invites both company and solitude, with the promise of either a human or electronic opponent. The public table in this picture seems to invite only human competition.