#chess #russianchess #amateur
I sat down at a park board in Moscow last summer. Old man with a plastic bag. No rating. No clock. He crushed me in 17 moves without saying a word.
Them: "Amateur."
No studio. No permits. Just a battered Zenit camera, a roll of Svema film, and the quiet grey magic of a St. Petersburg courtyard.
#hockeyfights #russianhockey #scouting
Me: "So… what does that mean?"
#filmisnotdead #russianamateur #analogvibes #streetphoto russian amateur
— a paradox?