Wouldn't it be sweet if we have a bunch of people acting as pawns for both sides but restricted by classes as well? It's generally a game of intelligence where level does not count. Although, the GMs just need to create a custom chess map with outside spectator seats. Here are the instructions
1) set the pieces (BUT: only certain classes can be those said pieces and is played like normal chess even if pieces are missing)
first class/novice - Pawns
2nd/trans of swordsman -
rook/
knight
2nd/trans of magician -
bishop
2nd/trans of merchant -
rook
2nd/trans of archer -
knight
2nd/trans of aco -
bishop
trans class - Queen
GM - King
2) Roll a dice to see
who goes first (/dice).
3) The decision of a move by the light/dark is decided by
consensus (each shouts the chess pieces current location and where it should go (ie. "Queen A2 to B3", "<name of char> C6 to C4")
Goal: Checkmate
Note: Another alternative too is that those set pieces would fight each other like normal RO style pvp (but note that GMs are King pieces so it might not work well enough). You guys can put more detail to this idea if you want since I did make this on the spot just now. @_@