his wealth bought him power too , the kind of power that comes with being able to control others lives , even to the point of whether they are able to put food in their mouths the next day , but that was power without fun : in the same way that there is no real enjoyment in slowly manipulating the pawns in a game of chess , the excitement coming from the bold , large moves and sweeping stratagems , a knight diagonally traversing the length of the board or an avenue opening up in front of a rook to allow it free reign , so it was with people .