Two players are playing normal game of chess on this board. You cannot interfere/affect what they are doing. (Their names are not revealed, they are not Manifold users).

Setting:

You are caught in a middle of a war conflict. Neither side reports the true situation, mobile services are cut off, independent reporters cannot reach the location, you can only trust what you see.

You play as a Witness.

At the start of the game you are on a random free square of the board.

You can see your square and the 8 squares around it with pieces on them, but you never see the locations of kings (The military command keeps its location secret).

After each move (when both white and black moved) you see the situation and have an opportunity to move (king's move pattern) or to stay.

You can move to an occupied square, but if the piece on your current square gets captured you become a civilian casualty, this market resolves to Death.

If you survive up to the end of the match, the market resolves to the chess match result.

The Witness's move is made through the most upvoted comment.

New gamestates are also communicated through the comment section.