As for this being my first photo entered on dpchallenge I am very pleased with the results. I lost to my sister by .033. And to think I was leading her all week.
Interesting idea. Composition is a little tight at the top. I'd have shot at a slightly higher angle to give the chess pieces some more room and avoid the oof leading edge of the board. BG (carpeted wall?) is too busy, IMO. More contrast would be good to take advantage of the B/W.
Neat idea matching the two old games against each other. You almost covered the grey scale and you could have had a little more contrast. Good job though.
Great idea, though I don't think the black n white really works for the subject. I think the red/black colors are necessary so people can relate to the checkers.