I look on it as a war between two opposing armies.
chess and football
Yeah Gordon
I liken both games as having key pieces or players as part of your over all strategy and openings, middle, and end games as part of your football "play book"

Yeah....in football theres some luck
and in chess its basically all skill.......
(but i think you can still compare them both)
In the thick of the american football season, I love comparing the strategy of a football offense and defense with the strategy of chess!