Welcome one and all. Motivated by Grin's fabulous chess analogy, I invite everyone to join in on an endeavor of entertainment value of the highest quality. It's the game of kings and world rulers. It is a game of long-term strategy and sacrifice. It is the game that take take you to the apex of your full intellectual capacity, while at the same time dismantling the very foundation of your mind and burying you in a dark bottomless pit of your own making. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, the game of which I speak is known as.... *dramatic drumroll*... Chess!

To play, simply challenge an opponent of your choosing, and begin. It is strictly the responsibility of the opposing players to maintain their integrity and keep track of their moves. Any disputes shall be settled by naked arm wrestling between the two competitors.

Since Whitefire and I already started a game in Grin's parable thread, I shall carry our opening moves over here so that we may continue. Everybody else, please pair up and... LET THE GAMES BEGIN!...