You are the recently formed collective consciousness of the white pieces. You currently have one goal: capture or mate the enemy king, and it is your turn. What will you do?
You've decided that your extant pieces are far too valuable to risk moving on the opening move. Obviously you should play it safe and move an imaginary piece instead, specifically your G5 pawn to E5.
Black responds to you moving this imaginary piece by moving their pawn to E5 as well, as your imaginary pawn lacks the necessary reality to claim hold of the E5 square.
Drat, the enemy has seen right through your ploy. It seems you've lost the opening initiative you once had, but this war is far from over. What will you do?
After the less than desirable results of your last imaginary pawn move, you've decided to go back to the basics and with move your first real pawn from C2 to C4.
To which black responds with a likewise down to earth, basic move: knight to F6
With a piece already developed, the enemies forces look very intimidating. Luckily they are no match for the combined tactical acumen of the white pieces, What will you do?
[X] Offer the pawn on E5 a sizeable bribe if he simply turns to your side and slays the knight on F6. If he refuses, move your own knight from b1 to c3 while threatening terrible vengeance for his shortsightedness.
You devise a plan to create dissent within the enemy ranks by bribing the E5 pawn to turn on his ally knight at F6, however it seems the enemies comradery is currently too high for them to be bribed. Luckily you had a backup plan, moving your knight to C3 as a threat to the E5 pawn for daring not to accept your generous offer.
The black pawn on E5 is so unshaken in the belief of their allies that it marches forward to E4, confident in their allied knight protecting them.
Because of the black pawn's foolhardy advance on to E4, for the first time in the game you have a non-imaginary piece in position to take out one of your enemies pieces. What will you do?
[X] Push your d pawn to d3 and taunt the e pawn with the knowledge that it is his last day of life due to his foolishness
This pawns days are numbered. You decide not to risk you're knight this early into the game though, and instead of capturing it immediately, you send forward your D2 pawn to D3 to meet their advance, sealing their fate.
The black E4 pawn is in quite the tricky situation now. Their reckless charge into the white side of the board has left them in under threat by an enemy pawn. Luckily for them though, they remember a technique employed by white's own imaginary E5 pawn and move sideways to D4, threatening the knight.
The enemy has resorted to dirty tricks to escape your defenses. Moving an imaginary pawn to the side is one thing, but to employ the same move on a real pawn? Outrageous! What will you do?
[X] Just as planned, our C4 Pawn will kill the black Pawn via En Passant to D5. That will show him to steal our secret techniques.
They think they've escaped into safety, however your enemy has played right into your hands. You take your pawn on C4 and move it to D5, activating en passant and vanquishing the enemy pawn that dared to cross the center of the board.
The black side is fairly certain that's not actually how en passant works, but they don't know french so unfortunately for them they cannot call foul on the move. Instead they move pawn to C6, threatening the pawn who achieved first blood.
Being up two pawns, one real and one imaginary, you feel very much in control of the game right now. It is only a matter of time before your enemy falls by your hand. What will you do?
Taking advantage of your superior position you move a pawn to E4, taking control over the center of the board.
Blood for blood; the black pieces choose to continue the cycle of violence and take revenge on white's D5 pawn using their C6 pawn.
Your enemy has struck back, taking out your most battle-hardened pawn with ease. Such a maneuver has left your enemies pawn overextended however, leaving you the opportunity to take back the D6 square. What will you do?
The time for passivity and measured responses is over, it's time to send in the cavalry. You take your knight and ruthlessly capture the enemy pawn on D5.
The knight on D5 is too much of a threat for black to let sit. If their queen were waylaid for even a moment then the knight would be able to fork the king and rook. The only option is a suicide attack, attempting a trade of knights.
With this attack your enemy has shown that they clearly do not value the lives of their soldiers. Their attack on your knight was successful, but it leaves their knight completely undefended from reprisal. What will you do?
You send your E4 pawn forward to avenge your fallen knight. This leaves you once again in control of the center of the board.
Cautious after the bloodbath at the middle of the board, black now sends a pawn forward at the left flank to B5.
Your enemy is on the ropes now. Not only have they seemingly given up the fight for the center-board, but for the first time in the game their king is open to attack! What will you do?