First Move - White

White: e4

I imagine that a great number of chess games start with White advancing his King-pawn two squares, and so it was the case with our game.

It was when I e-mailed this move to Bill that I proposed the idea of writing a poem for every move. Regrettably, I wrote no verse for this move (the only one missing from the entire game).

I had always meant to go back and write one, but never did. Now that the game is long over, I don't think that adding one for the sake of completion is reason enough. I cannot go back all these years later and recreate the inspiration and excitement of our creative collaboration.