Marital Chessmaster Mugs

Cheers For The Hollyhock Middle School Chess Team

'I went into that meeting with a hidden agenda and then forgot where I put it.'

'As meetings go that was one of my better ones!'

'I think they're up to something.'

'Some people just aren't cut out for adventure gaming, Bruno — maybe you should try chess or checkers.'

'Checkmate I think!'

"It's nothing, go back to sleep. I was just getting a DNA sample."

Peer-reviewed journal publication.

'Well, I'll say this: when the new boss came on board, it was a real game-changer for all of us!'

AIDS prevention

'I bet you could walk down the aisle blindfolded now,eh,Gloria?'

Existential Risk

Chess on TV

"Once inside, the pawns will jump out and take them by surprise."

'With your permission sir... checkmate.'

'Do you want to be red Tory or blue Labour?'

"My wife and I have a love-mate relationship."

'I'll have to let you go, Bob - Ted, from accounting, is challenging my position as alpha male!'

'Almost done.'

'When you said we were going clubbing, I didn't know you meant History Club, Chess Club and Math Club.'

'I'm not here to blame. I'm here to help others blame.'

"I'm leaving you. I would have told you earlier but the time just never seemed right."

"Love the exposed chessboard."

"How do you expect to learn to be a good loser when you win all the time?"

"Our marriage has been experiencing a spot of turbulence lately."

"He called it a 'retreat,' but it looked more like a SCAMPER to me."

"Jyoti, Jyoti, Jyoti… Power is a dangerous thing. Leave it to me."

On the Eve of his epic defeat by 'Deep Blue', Garry Kasparove awoke to an ominous warning,

'By the way, dear, you might like to know...my investment club now owns 51% of your company.'

'Your turn.'

"In this latest reorganization, each department is assigned a graphic icon. So, to understand your new place in the hierarchy, just remember that paper covers rock, rock crushes scissors, and scissors cut paper!"

Deal-Maker Trump