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Comment by paland:
NIcely done. The chess board background is perfect.

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Comment by RochesterGal:
I love the humor here.

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Comment by Suntiki:
I like the image, but was hoping for a little more detail here...7

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Comment by pncowley:
Best friends is a stretch since these chess pieces should be enemies. Nice colors, compostion and contrast, though.

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Comment by AllSmiles:
Creative...

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Comment by srdanz:
A very nice take on the challenge. Yes, title is required in this case, but compared to all the other entries where even title can't help them, I am bumping this up a notch.
There the rule of 3rds is followed, although there is something with this image that bothers my eyes, I can't grasp what it is right now. I'll come back for more comments if I figure it out.

I like the blurred background, although the white stand the kings are placed on is a little distracting. Also, I think I figured out what's bothering me: the color of the background is too much like the color of the main objects. If you could have desaturated it just a weeny bit (not to lose all the color, just a little bit) or perhaps converted the whole photo to b/w, maybe it would have been better. Just a thought.

I see this finishing in top 15, easy!

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Comment by suren:
maybe the line should have been a little straight... its distracting

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Comment by marcus_mattsson:
hehe

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Comment by reitsma:
how does a chess metaphor make it into nearly every challenge?
This one is cheeky, but unsurprisingly enough, lacks the sort of emotion that i would want to see in this challenge.

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Comment by DrewLong:
clever. . .