Subject: Re: Chess board wrong?
From: rhaller@oregon.uoregon.edu
Date: 1991-01-22, 10:13
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <119434@uunet.UU.NET> rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
[commenting on a previous article]
> >I don't believe Lynch and Company know anything about chess other than
> >that it's supposed to be a battle of wits. And it's rich with metaphors
> >(sacrificing pawns, the king must die, etc). However, in all my
> >"chess deals", I never heard of the opening 1. P-K4 P-Q4.
> >I don't believe anyone of any strength would play this.
> >
The opening, '1. P-K4 P-Q4',is known as the Center Counter Game and is very
ancient, but not much thought of these days. '2. P-Q4' is completely off the
wall. I discussed this in a previous posting, but it doesn't appear to have
propagated outside our local net.

> >And yes, the board was pretty bogus. White's KNP and KN were gone.
> >I don't believe that the discrepancy can be explained by the body
> >knocking them down. If I were W.E., I would set the board up last
> >and make sure it was correct.

My guess is that the missing  KN is a comment on the death of the last Renault
brother.

> >And wasn't the body female?
> >-- 

Not according to the credits.  Just a long-hair :-)

> >        Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net>
> >        Close the gap of the dark year in between
> >