Great metaphor. You interpreted the topic literally, a chess move as one of the voters remarked. I thought the whole thing was excellent; this was my third time reading it but I was probably reading it with a biased edge before now because our battle was being determined.
I liked all three stanzas equally, maybe the first one most because the inner dialogue wasn't so consuming.
I'd like to nominate this for the HOF section. There aren't any Baron Mynd verses in there, and this one defeated me, so why not? Also, I think my new & edited verse might've put up more of a challenge to this one, but alas, we'll never know. ; )
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