. . . "Soldat jouant aux \u00E9checs"@en . . "Soldier at a Game of Chess (in French Soldat jouant aux \u00E9checs, or Le Soldat \u00E0 la partie d'\u00E9checs), is a painting by the French artist Jean Metzinger. While serving as a medical orderly during World War I in Sainte-Menehould, France, Metzinger bore witness to the ravages of war firsthand. Rather than depicting such horrors, Metzinger chose to represent a poilu sitting at a game of chess, smoking a cigarette."@en .