Quoti declare itquots marked out just like a large chessboardquot alice said at lastquotitquots a great huge game of chess thatquots being played shyshy all over the world oh what fun it is how i wish i was one of them i wouldnquott mind being a pawn if only i might join shyshy though of course i should like to be a queen bestlewis carrolls through the lookingshyglass published 1871 is a story thought to mirror in a distorted fashion a game of chess with alice