One interesting note is that Pope John Paul II, who replaced the "probably murdered" Pope John Paul, had a game included in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings around the time of his ascendancy to the head of the Catholic See.
I don't have my collection of those anymore, but - going on nearly 40 year old memories - I believe his game was in the third volume (C). I definitely remember that it was listed under his birth name of Karol Wojtyla.
Maybe his game would be important, so I looked it up. It was a four-knights opening, which is in Vol C, so my guess above was correct.
http:// www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1357020
Just thought I'd throw this out, considering the importance chess is taking in the Q world.
Call me OldChessFag. I decided around the age of 25 to work in real life instead of trying to make a living playing chess. I probably wasn't good enough in chess to be a real contender, but I have beaten senior masters at the game (and once drew an IM). I've done some positional analyzing in chess questions on infinitychan as I've seen them, so if you want to know something about the chess strategy/side of these games, let me know.
If this was a waste of your time, I apologize in advance. I don't know if it applies to anything, but Pope and Chess together seems to be too big to be just a coincidence.
Pope JPII was also the longest-serving Pope of the 20th century. (I'll take "Pope Trivia for 400, Alex.')