Political Chess Master Gifts

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

'Don't waste too much time in Congress, son. You've got a really great future as a lobbyist!'

"Your son is asking a lot of questions about the giant hands in the sky that controls everything."

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

"You moved two spaced and then one space to the side? Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, that sure sounds illegal."

'So, now we have ascertained who is responsible...'

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

To attract a bigger audience, the world chess federation allow fans to distract an opponent when it's his move.

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

"Frankly, we’re concerned about your checkered past."

"My computer beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick-boxing!"

A gorilla plays chess with his keeper.

Prawn Amend

'I can not get this game, the pieces all move like cats.'

AIDS prevention

Existential Risk

"It's a 12 inch chess board - the game's a foot."

Trojan Chess

'Some game dog you are. That's the fifth time in a row you've fallen for the King's Gambit.'

Bored Baker

Chess on TV

Spike Milligan

"The militant hard-liners are making demands, the fanatical zealots are issuing threats, and the moderate centrists are offering suggestions."

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

Syria

'It's true that money can't buy everything, Caldwell, but it's not healthy to dwell on it.'

Pawn Stars

Margaret Thatcher as the rad queen in [Alice] Through the Looking Glass. Her clothes display symbols of her policies, such as a map of the Falkland Islands and policemen's helmets

"I'm not worried because somehow all this is your fault."

'Maybe it's me, but I have a feeling we're being used as pawns.'

"Where do you see yourself in five moves?"

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

"He was right, you know - a queen can move as many spaces as she likes."

Chess player looking dazed playing computer,"He's crashed."

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