"It might be difficult but not impossible," Anatoly immediately said, picturing the dimensions of such a board in his mind. "You would have to change the line up of the pieces, almost certainly, but it could be done. It would mean all new strategies, of course."

He paused for a moment and laughed, pressing his shoulder against Guy's. "But that's not what you meant. Or is it? Perhaps that is our problem here. We are so used to sixty-four squares that we go on as if that is our venue, when really we have a wider playing field."