Wood floats. It's a simple principle with a more detailed scientific explanation available. It's also the genesis of every successful mercantile fleet that has ever taken to the sea. These two pawns come from opposite ends of the earth - tiny floating splinters from two great trading empires. The one was a spar fished out of a Venetian canal; the other a fallen flagstaff on Miyajima Island, Japan. Much travelled, smartly turned, well seasoned, both are now brothers in arms facing their new foes across a wooden chessboard in Johannesburg. How did that happen?
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