Battered rook and powdered knight,
salted bishop, set to fight.
King and queen are in the castle.
Leave the prawnlike pawns to hassle.
In this world of sixty-four,
refined moves define each score.
Every route and battle path
boils down to essential math.
Behold now the L-shaped knight.
Salted bishop stays on white.
Pawns move two then hesitate.
King spends life avoiding mate.
While the bold and mighty queen
captures all and in between.
King is like a nervous wreck
waiting to pick up the check.