game, like any chess game, it s the thinking ahead that keeps you one step ahead of the guy. what does it feel like for you now when you walk past where the chess shop used to be? i feel as nervous as if it was 1995. today. it s funny. this is something i didn t expect at this moment. for years this street was the front line of a bitter war between the chess forum and the chess shop which closed in 2012. it was right across the street and known by his former boss and then rival. in the 90s, the two men shook hands and agreed that after five years of sweat equity and learning the ropes, kashan would be an owner. that s when he made the move and started the civil war on