New Fiction Idea: Eli White

For some people, chess is more than just a game. It is a life. An all-consuming obsession. It ceases merely to be chess, and becomes Chess - a game with a life all its own, with all the intricacies of a human being, all the infinite decisions of the next move - but without humanity's downside: mortality. With Chess, death is not final. There is always a chance for life anew. All it needs - all it asks for - is two players, black and white, hands to guide it, and the fierce passion to win in order to give it life.

And just now, a player has awakened. Meet Eli White.