Belly of the Beast (Act2, Book2, Chapter3)
We might be a chess team with no pawns but," she leaned down and scritched her fingernails gently behind sinopa's ears. "we have two queens on the board. we can't lose." "actually," evan rubbed the bridge of his nose with a shrug.
The Legend of Spyro: Path of Delusions Book VIII Chapter 1
._ _it's like watching a game of chess, from the outside everything looks quite simple, but only when digging deeper into the soul of the game we see its true worth._ _i believe that the same rule applies to life and the eternal struggle.
Leviathan 01: Name of the Game
chess pieces. this is a good gig, but only if you can shut down."_ if nico thinks of his clients like people, as living-breathing-walking-dreaming people just like him, the sheer weight of the guilt alone would crush him like a boulder.
Student Body Chapter 1 & 2
There will always be your usual suspects, the jocks the preppies the chess team the political achievers who tend to suffer little to no social issues in high school life, or so the movies make you believe.
Expiration Date, Part 2
._ and chess, of course. i'm far less clever about games of strategy than he, but he doesn't begrudge me that. he teases me that my success at gin rummy and cribbage is more because of luck than skill, but i still manage to best him, most of the time.
Outcast - Chapter 20
What kind of favour did they have with the patrons that allowed them to play with other people's lives like pieces on a chess board? surely, this couldn't be the final chapter in all this, could it?
Liberty Scales High
Reeva shook her head in disbelief, "this is why i like you, i was flapping out there like a fish out of water, and you are playing 4d chess!"
LINKS - Chapter 23 - Cracks
Eloise's eyes narrowed as chess's warning echoed in her mind. 'well... i suppose we'll just have to see what that crazy cat was talking about.' end of part 23 special thanks to my patrons: dowel-rod, tokamak, arcania20, technic\_bot, kap?
IO.SYS
So i spent some time training myself back up from the rusty "hello, world"-level of programming skill i'd ended up at, and some more time figuring out how to replace a chessboard with the likely resources that could be found, chess-pieces with robotic factories
Zistopia: Inner City Blues Chapter 9
I always wonder if i keep my job because i'm one of their best performers, or just because i'm some pawn in somebody's political game of chess.
Carnival of Traitors - Chapter II
Hogan now owned probably the only set of chess in many miles round. when young lad's black troops were sweeping white remains of jorg's army, finn felt a strong paw on his arm. his father smiled at him and nodded towards the chest.
Chapter III: The Wall and the Cave
He was their best solider; he was their bishop in their game of chess. he needed to protect his president; their king and for now all that remained was the traitor queen piece and the weak king.