The essence of chess is the fight between dark and light/ black and white. According to the laws of chess the opposition is unrelenting-irreconcilable. The chessmen – even if they riot against the law, even if they searched at their ambition for reconciliation – have to fail mercilessly. As this law is forced on them by a higher power, by the two players, who consider the figures possessing emotions, really only as „dolls” to shuffle, as instruments in the hand of might.

Only the two enemy pawns stand on stage. During their struggle the White Pawn gains superiority. He comes to the moment when he could do away with his opponent but suddenly he grants pardon to him. The scene closes with their handshake.

Jolly buzz on stage with the participation of the light roleplayers who dance cheerfully, occupy the whole scene integrating the peaceful pawn among themselves. The King and Queen arrive later, join the whirl, then the King motions the pieces and pawns to leave.

The Light King reacts to the situation more quickly, catches his sweetheart’s hand and gently but explicitly strains her to himself and begins to dance with her again, as if he wanted to win her over kindly and stupidly. Finally the Queen frees herself from the arms of her adorer and withdraws with mechanical smiles. The King, offended in his manly pride, falls in to pieces for a moment, then he recomposes himself and leaves the scene.

Dance of the dark royal couple. This is a special „love-dance”, during which the woman wants to win the man’s heart. Now and then she forces the King to dance violently but he would like to escape. Thereafter he submits to the woman’s will, then resists again. Finally, in an unguarded moment he leaves her on stage.

The twice humiliated Queen panting for revenge takes up a more and more self-exciting furious dance. She calls her men into the scene then goes from one to the other, dances with everybody in order to inflame them, to transmit her anger.

But one of her people – the Dark Knight –doesn’t accept the „call to dance”, makes a deep bow then beckons: the disconcerted Dark Queen should listen – cunning intrigue instead of violence!  The Knight shows how they could trap the Light Queen.
They simulate the trapping accurately, step by step. The trick is: the Dark Knight attracts her victim with the same rose in hand which the opposed rulers used at the moment of their finding each other while the other officers let them go on a diagonal corridor…

Suddenly the combative light army marches in – without the royal couple. The Dark Queen is rescued by her men, instead of her the dark bevy troops in.
It comes to a struggle. The Dark Queen is rescued by her men and instead of her the dark troops march in. A struggle ensues. During the battle the Light Pawn, who saved the life of the peaceful Dark Pawn earlier, is almost knocked down. This time the Dark Pawn comes to his aid. The peaceful pawns, back to back, find themselves standing opposite the antagonistic party. An officer each on both side wants to execute the pawn of opposite colour but the murderous movement stops in the air.

At this time the two blokes emerge from the sink (by uplifting the trap door). Player 2 asks for break. Player 1 shrugs his shoulders then stands up and quits. The other waits only for that moment, he changes two chess-pieces with well visible motions on the board. Cockeyed grin on his face, after that he takes himself off leisurely, munching a sandwich, very pleased with himself…

The chilled warscene returns but the peaceful pawns, still with their backs to each other, stand opposite their own troops. The officers are just about to stab them when they suddenly realise that those are their own fellow fighters.
A special dance evolves. The Dark Pawn begins to dance a series of movement alone and repeats it continually. The Light Pawn joins him. The other adversaries join the slow series of movement as well, which symbolizes peace on the language of dance.
It comes to a responding dance between the opposing parties as if they were dancing with each other. The opposing troops find themselves almost in an entire agreement when the Dark King and the Light Queen appear.

The appeased troops give way towards each other happily and leave the lovers alone appreciatively.  Enchanting love-dance unfolds slowly.

The trap is complete: at the end of the diagonal the prideful Dark Queen waits for her rival triumphantly. The Dark Knight hands over the rose to the Dark Queen with mocking elegance. The duel of the Queens begins – an unequal fight between the two women, as the trapped Light Queen is unarmed… The Dark Queen gains superiority and is about to stab her weakened, defenceless opposer, who is unable to flee, when the Light Bishop appears, tears along the diagonal and dashes against the Dark Queen. He grasps her arm which is raised to thrust and stabs her with the rose in her hand. There is momentary consternation and then the Dark Knight flees sneaking, the other pieces lift their dead Queen and carry her on their shoulders with dignity and withdraw from the scene in a funeral procession. Watch the scene on !

The Light Queen picks up the Dark Queen’s mantle from the floor. Her true rescuer, the Light Bishop calls her to return to their own side but the Light Queen wouldn’t go. The music of the love-dance with the Dark King starts again. She strains the dark mantle to herself with love, as if she hugged her lover, after that she puts it on. She changes her colour for her lover, turns into dark, so that they could belong to each other. She sets out to her pair fluttered.

…she is late. Both kings march in at the head of their troops. The fight gets more and more inconsiderate and stylized at the same time. No rules, no laws exist any more – the struggle is not about chess any more… and in a supreme moment the Light King falls. Watch the scene on !

At this moment arrives the loving, flitting Light Queen, while her lover, who has just changed to light from dark for her, got to the opposite side again. They run to each other’s arms happily, but before they arrive at each other, they realise that they are still, or again of inverse colour. They tear off each other’s mantle but it is in vain. They are on the opposed side again.

As a sharp contrast to the apocalyptic scene, the two Chessplayers stand up smiling and shake hands. Then they change place slowly, ceremonially with their particular ludicrous movements, shake hands again and sit down to board.

Silence, then Player 2 catches a chess-piece, raises it and the next game/ war begins… but THERE IS A RESTART.