Hay, MATE
Two chessplayers and friends for life also share their interest for spiritism. So, one day they make an agreement: Whoever dies first will contact the other from the beyond. After many more games of chess finally the day has come that one of two chessplayers dies.
A couple of weeks later his friend visits a medium. During the séance, suddenly, a known voice is heard:
-"Hey! It is me - from heaven."
-"Oh, wonderful", his friend replies. "How is it up there?"
-"the good news is everything is great, the kibutzers get an immediate elevator ride, the great ones are there to give you help when you need it, you can watch any historical match that you want with the finest chess annotators telling you what is going on and you can see videos of what is going on in the players minds - perfect conditions ..."
"... but the bad news is that you are playing Bobby Fischer next Saturday morning."
ps: plagiarism is a cheap starter for lazy authors
Chess players mate all night and in all different positions...
Yeah that's pretty horrible, isn't it? Oh well, I tried.