The Chessboard: Mixing metaphors of Chessboards as Erotic Maps of Relationships (+18)

I would prefer that you commit to being a raw freak when engaging in this micro-setting, or even when voyeuristically observing a chessboard or field of play. All arenas are cartographies of relations. While reading this, please remember and consider the deeply transgender act that is promoting a Pawn to a Queen.

The following are excerpt text logs from my notes about chess. These notes inform the design of this micro-metaphor-setting:

“the way that games as agreed-upon microcosms of physics means that a checkmate is literally binding the opponent's king. Predicament bondage fucking game”

“[When placing in Check,] Each possible action is preventing the behavior of the opponent's king, restricting the movement of your enemy and drawing them closer and closer into your sight & snare. Not just hunting but but enfolding. You're desperate to wrap yourself around the taut heart of your opponent”

“To win is to render your opponent bound to your possible agencies such that they cannot move to escape in any way”

“The king is not a powerful piece. It is a beating heart but it's also a nerve ending. It's vulnerable, and there is no true defense because there is no inaction. Every move complicates the board and opens a vector of approach and binding“

“Always support your queen. She's making moves the king never could. Why trade the knights early? Their approach is obfuscating, strange, their forks intoxicating. The bishops, best when stanchioned early where their long will can control long sightlines and pin on diagonals. Rooks, columns to hold up the board and provide threat for the back lines most effectively. “

“And the pawn, ever the beloved pawn, least valued but their potential can do anything to disrupt and complicate. Small but tangible, holding the possibilities of every piece but the king”

Hope this helps