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From nitro_glis@yahoo.com:
very very nicly, and tastfully done. it took me a minute to catch it, but once I
relized this was more than a game of chess it struck me as briliant! A+

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From higginsdj@bigpond.com:
This would make a great political statement piece for something like Time
Magazine

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From philip.chan@home.com:
The modelling of the objects in the scene is done well.  I would have liked to
see a clearer background.

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From tofbouf@oreka.com:
La meilleure image d'echecs du round, parfaitement realisee (jusqu'au
positionnement des 2 fous...:)).
Le blur du premier plan est un peu trop prononce', je trouve.




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From lrwii@joplin.com:
The only thing I would chane is the way things would 
play out. It may be hard to show. But the last move
white makes should put black in mate.

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From StephenF@whoever.com:
The lighting really helps make the scene for me here.  
Good concept, and nice use of small details to support 
it.  I'd prefer a different texture for the chess pieces 
though, and the shape of the pawns doesn't seem quite 
right to me.  

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From gmccarter@hotmail.com:
Quite an unusual twist on the chess game theme.

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From tm-ray@consistent.org:
A great deal of meaning can be read into the situation, but from the
translation problems, I can't understand what you intended.  For
example, is the use of bishops on the black side intended to refer to
the religious fanaticism associated with the attacks?  Is the
portrayal of the USA as White (which moves first) intended to indicate
that the USA started it all by screwing with the Middle East, or to
portray the USA as the "good guys" (which are associated with the
color white)?  Is the idleness of the white "player" indicative of
your opinion of the USA's reponse?

Any of these things might be true, but sadly I cannot tell what you
intended.  Technically, the picture is very good, but in my opinion
any picture relating to these current events should make some sort of
statement, and I cannot tell what yours is. :-/