Someone once declared, a picture is worth a thousand words. For decades, those words have echoed resonantly in my mind. During the tasteful Tata Steel chess tournament which was conducted in the Netherlands, and at which the current world champion and some of the world’s top ten players participated, official photographer for the Chessbase website, Alina l’Ami, treated chess lovers to a dazzling array of still images. She travels the universe to bring chess images to the populace of five continents.