Subject: Cooper's First Move From: v053qgzj@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (David M Snyderman) Date: 1990-12-22, 12:04 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks Reply-to: v053qgzj@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu What if Cooper has been playing the chess game all along and just never realized it? In other words, the game itself is a metaphor for the Cooper/Earle struggle and Cooper countered Earle's move in real life-- Earle then translated this move to a chess board. It's just now, though, that Earle has bothered telling Cooper that they are playing chess. If this is true, it should help Cooper because it will give him an overall context for the C/E struggle. Finally, are we sure that the orginal move was pawn to queen 4 and not, say, king 4 or 3? If it were King 4 or 3, that would allow for the beginning of a Blitzkrieg 4 move mate-- which would explainwhy Cooper got shot at the very beginning of the game. (an immediate attack on the opposing king). Is there any way that we can correspond characters to pieces? Audrey to Cooper's queen, for example, Hawk and Truman to the two nights, and so on. Dave David M. Snyderman V053QGZJ@UBVMSB