Chess Flint?

[Rita Winston]

No: HPFGUIDX 19028

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
 
> the book _The Complete Chess Addict_, which on page 206 
> describes "Reverso" chess, 
> The idea being that even if John Q. Death Eater is a Grandmaster, 
> he would be thwarted, because now all conventional opening theory 
> is down Moaning Myrtle's toilet. 

> (Unfortunately, it looks like Voldy read the book too.)

Could Voldy have gotten through the chess game by cheating? He could 
maybe have cast Paralysis Charms on the opposing chessmen, 
Transfigured them from their former selves into Pawns, Charmed them 
all from White to Black so that they would be on his side .... I am 
thinking that McGonagall put something in her spell to keep it from 
being changed, but Voldy was a strong enough wizard to overpower it.

It might have been simpler for him to simply remove the spell that 
McGonagall had put on them (Finite Incantatem), but then they 
wouldn't have been an obstacle to our Trio.