I keep hearing faint rumors that Magic Bullet are trying to revive the KC series - not a bad idea, all things considered - but I can't imagine how they're going to manage it... Well, actually, I *can* imagine how they might, but all three solutions carry their own, fairly extreme, degree of mess and retcon to come even close to working...

As for chess... I barely know how to play, as I learned when I was about seven years old and had no interest whatsoever in it, after that...