Oh, but
chess is so much more
humane than that. Pieces are
captured, not
destroyed. One doesn't act out
war crimes on the poor
POW's lined up at the side of the board. In fact, they're kindly and carefully treated with
respect until they are reunited with their
friends on the board or in
the box for the next game. Speaking of being in the box, for many chess sets that is the place and time for
racial integration. The pieces act out their
segregated war games for a while, but for most of their lives, they live in
peaceful,
jumbled equality.
Now, there are sad exceptions to these norms. Certain elitist boxes keep the colors separate even between games, and some cruel players do fail to honor the basic rights of pieces under capture. A pawn who leans awkwardly may be labeled and teased for being a "gimp", and woe to the bishop who manages to lose his hat under a tyrannical commander. These crimes of prejudice, in race and handicap, contribute to the Evil System (tm) of prejudiced chess mentioned in the above writeup, and must be fought when they are discovered.