Only the cleverest of the group
Would find the central game.
Amidst the hedges, tall and vast,
They had one simple aim:

To stay three steps ahead, or more,
Outwit, outthink, change fate,
A master plan when sound and true,
Results in a checkmate.

A Friendly Game of Chess is the 22nd piece in the Idlewild Collection & contains 2 important characters within the story.