Quote from Sophia in Henny Penny - Straight, No Chaser
Sophia: Yes! I've got that tub of guts where I want her. My queen's knight attacks her king. Banzai! Dorothy: Ma, how did two Sicilian peasant girls ever become interested in chess? Sophia: Chess is like war, only cheaper. It's the perfect game for Sicily, a country very warlike and dead-ass broke.