Political Chess Master Mugs

'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!'

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

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

A gorilla plays chess with his keeper.

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

Prawn Amend

AIDS prevention

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

Existential Risk

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

Pawn Stars

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

Trojan Chess

Bored Baker

Syria

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

Chess on TV

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

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

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

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

"Where do you see yourself in five moves?"

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

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

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

The puppet master

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

Cat chess