What is Chess?

I want to get hold of The chin of the Queen, and squeeze it (instead of a Knight), for seeing this poetic definition being not from her own creation.

Chess is ancient

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Chess is Siege Warfare in the form of a Game

Siege Warfare is a very old form of warfare.  An example is when Knights in the 12, 13, 14th centuries would surround a castle.  Then would not permit anything including people food or water to enter or leave the castle.  Eventually those people residing in the castle would come out seeking food and water.

In chess the siege strategy is applied with 3 different methods:  (1.RESTRAIN, 2.BLOCKADE, 3.EXECUTE the enemy)  In effect, the same strangulation (siege) process applied to the castle is applied to the opponent's position thru the use of retrain, blockade and execute.