Chess Anyone?

My boys in action at a local scholastic chess tournament.


When I took this photo I didn't know why my boy raised his hand. Turned out he had to go... Loved the expression on his opponent's face....

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i think i would of loved some close ups, it's a beautiful thing watching children concentrate and think hard

I have to agree on the close-up idea (if they will let u close that is?) By the way . . . . i would never have thought to photograph chess! Nice idea!

I intentionally used a "less" conspicuous lens, 24-70L, as people might think I maybe up to something more if I take out my long white lens.... But I'll try it next time. There's a demarcation line beyond which parents cannot cross, so I can't get closer than where I was. Thanks for looking!

good work. I love kid's chess. In the fift match shot, I like the stocking feet of your son's opponent.

I'm surprised they even let you in the room.

DavidEB wrote in post #2437903
good work. I love kid's chess. In the fift match shot, I like the stocking feet of your son's opponent.

I'm surprised they even let you in the room.

They do let you observe inside the room as long as parents stay outside the line. These kids' chess tournaments are really fun both for the kids as well as the parents. In January we'll be participating in three touraments as "warm up" for the annual scholastic state chess championship in February, a two-day event. So expect more photos in near future!!

I like the distance since it shows how popular the game is. When I was in the air force, a bunch of us in my barracks played chess ... but with a twist. We called it "ten second limit' chess. You had 10 seconds to make a move or lose a piece. If you lost all your pawns, you would start losing Rooks, Knights, Bishops, and even your Queen. I liked that a lot more than waiting while an opponent pondered a move for half an hour.

Reminds me of the time I worked in a tiddlewinks factory, I had to leave as I found it to be counter productive!!

I like the wide shots, but I would have tried to bring in the longer lens, because a couple of closeups would really have been nice to add.

If your able to talk to the organizers ahead of time and explain what you would like to do, they might not have a problem with it.

Nice shots though... glad to see that chess is still popular with the young crown at this day and age. ( I used to play check when I was a lot younger than I am now... still like to take the computer on in a game once in a while)

Since several of you like to see closer chess shots, I just posted several images in another thread:

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=254770

and

https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=254773

my prior post of a chess shot... >>>click<<<

that one was at a high school scholastic tourney, in the waiting area outside, between matches. They didn't let me into the playing rooms.

DavidEB wrote in post #2447802
my prior post of a chess shot... >>>click<<<

that one was at a high school scholastic tourney, in the waiting area outside, between matches. They didn't let me into the playing rooms.

Who's that playing? I'd love to see more of your chess photos if you have any more. I've recently discoverd chess due to my boys, and I want to do lot more chess shots.

Sys, thanks. that's my son.

DavidEB wrote in post #2450707
Sys, thanks. that's my son.

I hope he does well, but more importantly keep on playing with passion. Fortunately my boys just love to play the game all the time. As I'm typing this, in fact, they're downstairs going over the endgame strategies taught by Josh Waitzkin (from the movie, Searching for Bobby Fischer) in Chessmaster.

SYS wrote in post #2437744
I intentionally used a "less" conspicuous lens, 24-70L, as people might think I maybe up to something more if I take out my long white lens.... But I'll try it next time. There's a demarcation line beyond which parents cannot cross, so I can't get closer than where I was. Thanks for looking!

I can understand the reluctance of pulling out a huge white lens in a situation like this but the reality is that there were probably many parents who had cameras and camcorders with a longer reach than the lens you didn't use.

When friends ask my advice on buying a point-and-shoot camera I tell them to get at least a 10x optical zoom and there are a bunch of cameras with that type of range. So, use the big lens and if anyone questions it just point out that you are taking the same shots as everyone else, just at a much higher quality level.