I like this - it is imaginative and flows cleverly. The personification of the playing pieces was beautiful, as well as the witty and succinct opening, middle and ending lines.

me too.

i like this.

heh

loved the metaphors and the references, life is like that at times...

-ben

One word: wow.

I love the last line so much (:

I like this. It's got a very interesting, sort of witty, original touch. I like that it's still a chess reference (I looked at this because I always lose, and I always pick black, because my chess set is weird glass and the "black" one is this beautiful smoky color) while throwing in historic events and many other things that are really cool. It's different, and it was very nice to read. Great job.

deadly clever and remarkably well written. I love the subtle witty nuances, very well done

I'll say it now, if I could write poetry this good, I'd be a lot happier.

I haven't played chess a long time.

Original! That's the word that suits for this. This was great!

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