our wise leader, a naval gentleman, has fixed up a group of players here
with other teams - i note i am to play some serious boggart rated 2380 from
a bloody serious looking chess country, and another bloke 2250 - in fact the
main opposition team [so far] seem to outrank every hitman by about 150
points

our leader has not shared any strategy so far, such as on giving draws to
much stronger opponents, and so we are all three fourths to the wind without
a paddle, as they say in the navy, thems that can, that is, thems that are
sober even by naval standards [can speak or murmur]

you might be laughing - but this is /your/ honor we are defending

chess one