Oskar: Check.
Pavel: It is not check. Your bishop is pinned.
Oskar: Then it is nearly check.
Pavel: Nearly is not a chess term. It is a poetry term.
Oskar: Pavel, I have something to tell you.
Pavel: Not during a game. It is bad manners to talk about life when somebody is losing.
Oskar: You are not losing.
Pavel: I am losing, and you are being kind. Stop it. It is very annoying.
Oskar: My daughter wants me to live with her. In Canada. From October.
Pavel: Ah. Canada. It is a large country. They have a lot of room for old men.
Oskar: I have not said yes.
Pavel: You have bought a suitcase. It is under the bench. I have been looking at it for twenty minutes.
Oskar: Is it so obvious?
Pavel: It is a very new suitcase.
Oskar: I will miss the game.
Pavel: Then we will finish it.
Oskar: It takes months.
Pavel: Months are what we have. Move your queen.
Oskar: And after October?
Pavel: After October, you will play against a Canadian. He will lose, and he will wonder why.
Fiction note: All people, places and events in this dialogue are fictional.