DISSOLVE TO Later: the game has advanced. Daphne: I'm talking about a dog. Designed by Jean- Francois Blon, while attending L'Ecole des Beaux Arts! For centuries, people have set aside their differences to play a game of chess. Frasier bats his arm, signaling him to knock it off. Frasier closes the door, gets a book of matches out of the hallway bureau, and tears one out. Frasier emerges from the kitchen with his chess set. Frasier: That's how he did it. I'm much smarter than he is!" Martin: Hey, Niles. Martin: Is this a checkmate? Niles: Well, I took to heart Daphne's suggestion the other day about a need for companionship since my separation from Maris, so I went out and got a new lady in my life. Then, he slaps it with the back of his hand. This is about losing to me. Why should I?
Plan: A: Frasier; Q: Who has acquired a 19th-century Parisian chess set? A: l'École des Beaux-Arts; Q: Where did the student who designed the chess set study? A: Niles; Q: Who is in awe of the chess set? A: his father; Q: Who does Frasier ask to play chess with Niles? A: Martin; Q: Who wins the first chess match? A: a match; Q: What must Martin lose to win a rematch? A: Daphne; Q: Who suggests that Niles get a dog? A: companionship; Q: What does Daphne think Niles needs? A: a single command; Q: What does the dog Niles brings back from the pet shop refuse to heed? A: Maris; Q: What is the name of Niles's wife? Summary: Frasier has acquired a 19th-century Parisian chess set, designed by a student of l'École des Beaux-Arts . Niles is in awe, but Frasier cannot persuade him to play, so he asks his father. Martin professes not to know much about the game but wins conclusively. Frasier demands rematches, but cannot win until Martin deliberately loses a match. Meanwhile, Daphne suggests to Niles that if he needs companionship, he should get a dog. The animal he brings back from the pet shop is extremely thin, highly strung, and refuses to heed a single command, resembling descriptions of his unseen wife Maris.