Review of The Blackbird

. . . by far the most obscene pieces on the board. These pointy-capped rooster heads zoom around diagonally, incapable of toeing a straight line (like the Queen) or being on the square (such as the knights). THE BLACKBIRD's bishop is a grotesquely misshapen malingering miscreant, behaving exactly like his Real Life counterparts as he pursues lusty forbidden carnal liaisons with multiple skirts, including Polly and Fifi. He's almost as crooked as a papal appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court, willing to lie, cheat, steal and kill to thwart the Will of the People and work to wreck the Common Good. The only silver lining here is that the Bishop croaks in the midst of his infernal Evil Reign, setting a proper example for Lucifer's Justices.