Commentary “Tactics is knowing what to do when there is something to do. Strategy is knowing what to do when there is nothing to do.” ― Savielly Tartakower, International Chess Grandmaster of the 1950 Inaugural Class “The enemy gets a vote.” — General James Mattis, U.S. Marines (Ret.) Chess is a metaphor—and even training—for war. It requires opponents to consider not just their own move, but their opponent’s—their “enemy’s”—counter move. Good players can anticipate moves—action and reaction—several steps ahead. If there were good chess players on the Biden foreign policy team, they would not be considering involving SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications, and banks in the sanctions they plan to implement against Russia if it invades Ukraine. Knowing that China has proven itself an adversary, if not an outright enemy, of the United States, here’s how a good chess player might see the moves and countermoves of …