The day before yesterday, I had a monstrous dream. A real dream. I’m not kidding. So there I am, moderating a debate between Ryzhkov and Belov. And then Belov suddenly pulls out a checkers set and says: "Why waste time talking? Let’s play checkers. Whoever wins, wins the debate." (Something similar happened in the fairy tale *After Rain on Thursday*.) And I laugh cheerfully: "Sasha, have you lost your mind? Checkers?" And the whole audience is thrilled by the idea: "Yes, yes, let them play. This is very interesting." That’s when I woke up in a cold sweat. Come, friends, to Debate-9. We definitely will not be playing checkers.