A chessboard in MySQL

[fogus]

http://blog.some-abstract-type.com/2009/12/chessboard-in-mysql.html

[apgwoz]

Obviously, you could write a stored procedure to make a move here and then create some logic elsewhere to play a game, but it'd be neither efficient, nor interesting. So, what other ideas to people have as to why this might be useful?

[e1ven → apgwoz]

It wouldn't be useful, but it would be novel, and that makes it light-hearted and amusing.

[robryan → apgwoz]

Two bored sysadmins could play from the command line