Gosh.
Now what have I got myself into? And in front of the whole rec room too. What am I doing sitting down against a Vulcan?
Oh well, what's the worst that can happen? Mate in two. But we can discount that since I'd have to actively help out for that to happen, and even then Dr T'Var would have to guess what I'd done. Mate in four? Yes, that's a possibility I need to guard against since the Doctor could theoretically manage that before I had a clue what was going on.
Well, that's doable, and what's more the defence against it fits into my actual plans. Last game Dr T'Var kept her Queen in the rear for a long time, but she could vary her game this time... or she could deliberately not vary it figuring that I would deduce she would, and so on. Logically, she would make a random decision that I cannot predict. Anyway, that doesn't matter, I have to play what I know about and not try to get into a logical guessing-game with a Vulcan.
All right. Start patiently and prepare an advance in force when I'm ready. Here goes.