This is all true. It is too bad that we have cast a bright light upon this whole, silly, pock-marked, touristed conversation. Chess is a great game between two players... over coffee, over wine...
Over politics, over ego, it remains a puffy, weak male response to that echo, that reverberation which insinuates that the game implies some wisdom. The game is just a game. Please, everyone, try to find a way to make some friends. It is time to open some windows and breathe....