The Chess Storytelling Game

1. Start off a chess-related story with a sentence or two in the chess.com forums.

2. The next person in the chat will continue the story with their own sentence or two.
Each subsequent person will add their own sentence or two to the story, building on what has been written before.

3. The story should have a chess theme or incorporate elements of chess, but can be as creative and imaginative as the participants like.

4. The game will continue until the story reaches a satisfying conclusion, or until the participants decide to end it.

Example: In a dark alleyway, two chess players faced each other across a small table. The pieces were set up at random, and the only light came from a flickering street lamp overhead

Post your story clip here

One player swore quietly to himself as he realized he just blundered his queen. He paused and pondered the board, wondering how best to get his pawn that one more square forward for promotion.