It was just a game, right? Yet when Stephen looked into the eyes of Paul it appeared as if the two players had their life’s on the line. Each move built on the other as boundaries were crossed and “a capture” occurred. For a novice like me it was amazing to get drawn into the action as if it was a World Cup Fifa match and I was up close and personal. This transformation occurred in my mirror because I looked at this sport of intelligence with a new lens. This was a lens that magnified the significance of each move not just occurring on the board but in the “hidden” emotions of each player. Their reaction told a different story then the book I expected to be seeing. Moment by moment play by play once you’re drawn in you can’t look away. Chess a game that has the slow burn of a great mystery with an ending that nobody could predict.