Checkmate

Russian chess masters
train backwards their moves
on the board to improve 
their game's strategy.
They seem to have an edge
on their worldwide counterparts.

I ask myself: 
Why don't we play in quick motion 
the full movie of our life
and witness the final moment of strife?

In any case, checkmate will occur 
and some things will remain undone:

Unless Death and I settle for
a surprising gentlemen's draw.