A man executes a checkmate move on his oppenent as a company of eager spectators watch on. People have been gathering here at Trg Oslobođenje (Liberty Square) to spar each other in a game of life-size chess since the past 80 years. In the background stands the Serb Orthodox Cathedral (The Cathedral Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos), the first building to break the Muslim monopoly on monumental edifices in Sarajevo.