 CHAR: Andy Dufresne is obviously a very intelligent man and fond of  playing chess. However if you take a good look at the shot of the  (nearly) completed chess board in his cell, you see that he put up  the chess board the wrong way. The board should be turned 90 degrees  in order to have the pieces stand right. The square on the lower  left should be black, the one on the upper right too, which they are  not, they are white. Anyone fond of playing chess would never make  that mistake.