The Mother Before the Chessboard

From E2.3, Gav, Talkhand, and Chess. It illustrates E2.3.540–546:

E2.3.540
King Gav, the great and good, took deep delightIn chess, born from the tale of Talkhand’s fight.
E2.3.541
His mother watched each piece and studied long,Her heart consumed by grief, her sorrow strong.
E2.3.542
Hour after hour she sat before the game,While anguish fed within her like a flame.
E2.3.543
Her eyes remained fixed always on the board;For Talkhand all her thought and longing poured.
E2.3.544
Her whole desire was centered on his fate,And grief within her heart grew ever great.
E2.3.545
She shed red tears and turned to chess for aid,As though its moves might soothe the wound it made.
E2.3.546
She neither ate nor stirred from where she stayed,Until her span of mortal life decayed.