Some of my students came over to my house one day to play Dames, which is an African version of checkers that is much more wild and entertaining. Taken in Bagare, Burkina Faso in May, 2008.
This picture was taken in early April, in a park off the pedestrian mall in Bulgaria. The men in the picture were taking turns playing chess in the late morning, getting ready to wrap it up for the day. They had been playing all morning, laughed...