 The narrator goes on to describe the event as a chess tournament, where the lady is a new participant, and he himself was the Chess Club's new captain.The tournament follows round-robin pairing, as the narrator finds himself facing a thin man, wearing a three-piece suit and half-moon spectacles, an accountant working in Woking.The beautiful stranger finds herself pitted against an elderly gentleman, who was once the club captain, but was now well past his prime.