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Monday, November 28th, 2011

Chess picture from Afghanistan

This picture was sent to me by a fellow ChessManiac serving in Afghanistan.  Unless I miss my guess, the queens are .50 BMG rounds, the kings .50 BMG casings, the rooks 40mm grenade casings, the bishops 7.62mm rounds, the knights taped 7.62mm casings, and the pawns 5.56mm casings. And it looks like the bases are water-bottle caps.

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