Remember the Chinese fable of the mighty emperor who agreed to give a wily supplicant one grain of rice for the first square on a chess board, double that for the second square, double again for the third and so on, before he realised that he would be giving away his whole kingdom's supply before the board was half-finished.

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You just have to move a different piece on the chess board and see what happens.

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Ultimately, this case will get resolved, but with so many different pieces on the chess board, it is not likely to happen now.

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One of the items on display was a full chess set (including the board).

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This is like playing chess with only two kings left on the board.

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As a fan, I could "see, " for example, that chess pieces are not static entities but rather their power is constantly evolving based upon where they are positioned on the board and how effectively they are functioning relative to other pieces and chunks of empty space.

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