[buserror]

Ah, I had stopped reading immediately after looking at the picture for the same piece placement.

In this picture, G Kasparov is earning a paycheck by posing in front of a chessboard while trying not to look at the camera.

Good for him, too ;-)

[gus_massa]

I hope you didn't see the first stock image of a hand moving a pawn. It's horrible, don't look at it.

It looks like this article was written by someone that doesn't play chess, so I don't think that it is a reliable person to make conclusions about the subject.

[dalke]

I didn't really look at the images past the first one.

I looked. It is horrible. I can only hope it's a picture of a person putting the last piece onto the board, rather than black making the first move in a match.

Looking now, did you see the fingers "typing" on the German keyboard, where most of the fingers are positioned between keys?

Edit: But it could be legal! If white moved a knight out, and black moved the pawn by one, then white pulled it's knight back, then this could be the move from f6 to f5. That sort of ridiculous move is still not what the author means by the metaphor.

[idancali]

Wow, I have to commend you on your keen sense of observation. I really did not notice that. I was looking for a clean picture with a light background, but I know what I'm looking for next time I search for a picture of someone typing :) Thanks for reading though, I do appreciate it.

[idancali]

Lol, I agree, pretty horrible stock photo, I do play chess - somewhat - and you're right, I should've used a better photo :)