Talk:Marshal and Tim Play a Game of Chess/@comment-31584402-20180502141118/@comment-28266772-20180502152407

You win chess by cornering the king and ensuring that the opposing player has no moves available for that piece. The story is an accurate description of chess' rules. Queens are "essential" pieces to the board but only in that they are considered to be the most powerful piece. They are, however, not vital to winning or losing, and many tactics in chess involve luring a player into a false sense of security by sacrificing your own queen. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_sacrifice You can read more about that approach here. ] You can also find more about the rules of chess here which clearly state that the queen can be lost, but not the king.

Or you can just google it. It's one of the oldest games in the world, and the rules are readily available for all from a thousand different sources.

Also I thought this was a good story, and I look forward to seeing more from its author.