Dharma Chess Academy

chess is a magical game. It is no time to be playing chess when the house is on fire.
Italian proverb.
a board game of strategic skill for two players, played on a chequered board on which each playing piece is moved according to precise rules. The object is to put the opponent's king under a direct attack from which escape is impossible ( checkmate ).

One chess master declared after winning 10,000 master games that he had never defeated an opponent who was in perfect health at the time of his defeat.