Chess as Plot
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Something surrounding a seed might do, if worked properly...a flower must die for its seed to be planted, in the hopes of a greater harvest to come...that sort of thing.
Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass" integrates chess into the story and plot in interesting and unexpected ways. One could also read the book as a chess game from start to finish.
Chess, by virtue of having an opening, middle, and endgame, clear goals and set conflict, already has all the elements of Aristotlean plot structure.
Your idea to mimic an existing famous chess game would be an fun exercise!
I've written superhero stories with that very same idea. It is lots of fun.
Hi everyone. OK, here's an idea that I've had for a long time, but I know I'm not going to take the time to do it. But if I share the idea, maybe someone will be inspired to try it.
The idea is this: Take a chess game, and write a short story in such a way that the pieces are embodied as characters and the moves as the plot. It would be fun to do this with some famous game, like Fischer's windmill game or the Evergreen game or Morphy's Paris opera game, etc.
You can imagine the plot element that might correspond to a piece sacrifice. You get the idea.
It would be some work, but if done properly it could be VERY cool indeed. If any of you decide to take this up as a challenge, please let me know.
In the meantime, please read my blog and leave me a comment. (I thrive on the feedback.) http://blog.chess.com/kurtgodden
-Kurt