This week we take off our 'lovers of chess' cap. After blowing off the dust accumulated since Valentine's Day 2004, we put on our 'chess for lovers' cap. Although chess and love don't have much in common, creative people always manage to find interesting connections. Here are a few spotted on the Web.

• Game of Love • (Photo) 'Taken with a table of chess and a red rose from my love.'
  
  
• Personals Interested in chess • (Chess player seeks same) 'Search our photo personals for singles who share your interests'
  
  
• CheckMating • (Video) 'A woman tests her dates over games of chess, with each contest taking on the mood of the relationship.'
  
  

These are more off-the-wall.

• Classic Games Meet Romance • (Relationships) 'Every time you take over a partner's piece you are entitled to 5 minutes of a romantic "treat" of your choice.'
  
  
• Chess Player In Love • (Poetry) 'You are for me the Queen on d8. And I am the pawn on d7', attributed to GM Eduard Gufeld.
  
  
• Endgame • (Video) 'The mating habits of homo sapiens are explored when a friendly game of chess between a man and a woman erupts into a battle of the sexes.'