A high-angle, tilted photograph captures a wooden chessboard with dark brown chess pieces in the foreground, positioned on a light-colored wooden surface

A high-angle, tilted photograph captures a wooden chessboard with dark brown chess pieces in the foreground, positioned on a light-colored wooden surface. The chessboard features alternating dark brown and light squares. The visible chess pieces, including pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, a queen, and a king, are arranged in a standard starting configuration for one side. Beyond the chessboard, through a window, an urban landscape in Liwan District, China, is visible under a partly cloudy sky. The scene depicts numerous high-rise residential and commercial buildings extending towards the horizon. Below, a multi-lane asphalt road runs through the city, with multiple vehicles including cars and motorcycles/scooters, and standard blue and white road signs. Green vegetation, comprising trees and shrubs, lines the road and is interspersed within the urban environment. An area of earthworks, indicative of construction or undeveloped land, is present in the mid-distance. No human figures are discernible, and no explicit actions or interactions are depicted beyond the static arrangement of the chess pieces and the general presence of traffic.