| US chess pieces | Russian chess pieces | |
| 1 | Khodorkovsky (LINK) | Snowden |
| 2 | Klitschko (LINK) | Valuev (LINK) |
| 3 | Tymoshenko (LINK) | Yanukovich (LINK) |
Possible long term consequences:
USA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decline_of_the_Roman_Empire
Russia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea
Most of pawns* (*a chess piece of the smallest size and value) desire this outcome:
