1. People go to check out a potential mate => CHECKMATE
2. People decide that their partner is not as perfect as they once thought => STALEMATE
2. People decide that their partner is not as perfect as they once thought => STALEMATE
3. People give up and retire => RESIGNATE
+ this occurs PERPETUALLY*
*unless your TIME on earth RUNS OUT
hence, the most common outcomes of our chess games!
For more on how chess relates to life:
"How Life Imitates Chess" by Garry Kasparov
Note: the joke was created by Hazel and may not relate to the content of the book.