Possible Clues:

• Musical boxes, timeless
• Some sandwiches served that mate can finish on board
• Revolutionary fighting force in activity aimed at downfall of a king
• Game with knight moves
• Game of skill for two players
• Benjamin Franklin's 'The Morals of ___'
• Pastime with pawns
• Spassky's passion
• What may be pursued on board revolutionary ship
• What he's playing on board with hundreds around