Chess is a game, or a record label, and I think it is a type of pie, but mostly it is a game. Depending on who you believe it is between 1400 and 2200 years old, and the rules have been in continuous change throughout that time. One particularly alcoholic variation I recently discovered is called Chess-a-hol. I got the rules from The Campbell Report.
Chess-a-hol - (These rules were described on the local country station here in Southern California.) To play, all standard chess rules apply with the following additions and exceptions.
- If you're going to move, and you must move, you have to drink a shot of beer to start your move.
- If you touch a piece and choose not to move it, you have to drink a beer before you can move another piece.
- If you touch your opponent's piece without taking it, or when you can't take it (without announcing adjusting), you have to drink it's contents (bartender will refill it so game can continue).
- When a piece is captured, owner of lost piece must drink its contents.
- When either side castles, a "Royal Toast" must be done by everyone (including spectators). A "Royal Toast" is a 6 oz. glass with 2 ounces Triple-sec, 2 ounces Grenadine, 1 oz Vodka, 1 oz Rum.
- When checkmate occurs, the winner drinks the contents of the checkmated King; the loser drinks the contents of all pieces left on board.
