The Pale Chessman
The Grim Reaper is not very good at chess and is often beaten, forcing to let his intended victims to continue living. However, the winners of the games soon decay and turn into zombies. This results in an over-crowded realm of the living and the zombies demand to continue their lives just like when they were alive; meanwhile, the living refuse to allow the zombies to live among them when their time is suppose to be up. Death demands that the zombies leave for the afterlife and requests for them to stop challenging him to a game of chess. However, Dr. Frankenstein (who is now a zombie) challenges Death to a game of chess against his monster with the following stipulation: if Death wins, all the zombies agree to leave, but if he loses, the zombies have the right to stay. Although Frankenstein's Monster has proven to be an expert chess player, The Grim Reaper accepts and now has to train hard in order to beat such an opponent.
