Friends, Lovers and Everybody In Between

[5voicesinurhead]

 Skyler once told me that you will have as many true friends as you can count on one hand. Oh-so wise advice from his oh-so wise step-father. He told me this after my miscarriage. I used to say I didn't have a best friend because I had so many close friends. I used to use the term 'close friends' loosely. Now I have few close friends. Everyone else

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[5voicesinurhead]

I'm trying to recall, you don't really do that for me in real life. You send messages for me in real life. I'm going to have to re-think my metaphor here.

Pawns: They are the least powerful piece on the chess board, but have the potential to become equal to the most powerful.

Rooks: One of the more powerful pieces on the board. The rooks, grouped with the queen, are often thought of as the "major pieces". Rooks are worth a bishop or a knight plus two pawns. If two rooks work with each other they are more powerful than the Queen. They can also do a move called "castling" with the King.

Knights: The knight is the only piece on the board that may jump over other pieces. This gives it a degree of flexibility that makes it a powerful piece. The knight is better in cluttered situations where it can utilize its ability to jump over other pieces. The Knight in conjunction with Queen and Rook is stronger than the Bishop. Definitly more of an attack piece then a defense piece.

Bishop: Bishops are a powerful piece (though less so than the queen or rooks). It is roughly equal in power to a knight or three pawns. Nevertheless, the bishop is a great piece to have in open situations when it can range the board. Power of the Bishop corresponds for practical purposes with its estimated superior mathematical value over the Knight. Two Bishops also work well together in attack and defense.

Queen: The queen is, without doubt, the most powerful piece on the chessboard. She can move as many squares as she desires and in any direction (barring any obstructions). In the diagram on the left, the blue dots indicate to which squares this particular queen may move. As you can see, she can cover 27 squares. This is a healthy percentage of the board.
She captures in the same way that she moves, replacing the unlucky opposing piece that got in her way. (She must, of course, stop in the square of the piece she has captured - unlike the knight the queen does not jump other pieces.)
The queen's power is so great that she is considered to be worth more than any combination of two other pieces (with the exception of two rooks). Thus it would be better, under normal circumstances, to sacrifice a rook and a bishop (for example) than to give up a queen.

King: The king is the most vital, for once he is lost the game is lost

All this said, I think I need more people on my chess board. I really have no clue who you and Alissa are. Josh is, obviously still the Queen and I think Doug is still one of my Knights.