I wanted to bring up another chess game, the one between Jack and Ben in minisode 3. (If you all remember the mini-sodes), in this one, Jack and Ben are discussing the deal they made and playing chess.
Ben says something like, "the day may come when you want to return to the island" and a bunch of other stuff about the island. Anyway, at the end of the scene, Ben makes an "en'passant" move or "castleing" which is a tricky move where the castle and king switch places, (a defensive move).
Well, knowing how detailed the writers often are, I thought I'd take a closer look at the board. Here is a good shot:<ben=black, Jack=white> snapshot20080407184348.bmp
IMO, Jack is playing a sloppy game. He shouldn't have sent his Queen that far forward this early in the game. He's probably just distracted, but Ben tells him he's a skilled player, (just butt-kissing?) Any other chess fans like to examine this game between two main charectars?

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