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I binge watched The Queen’s Gambit over the holidays and, although I am not a chess player, it did something to me. In the evenings, as I lay on my pillow, I’d look at the ceiling with big almond eyes (poetic licence) and there, before me, I’d see the whole Coronavirus vs Malta game unfold in 3D. And, every evening, I’d realise that what should have been a straightforward checkmate for Malta was turning out to be a veritable stalemate. Let’s take a look at the state of play. Malta has a population of, give or take, half a million. The long-awaited vaccine arrived on our shores on December 26 with much pomp and fanfare – vide the government’s spin video called “Malta tinsab lesta!” full of slow-motion close-ups of freezers opening up to welcome the needles. ....