Sometimes it's pretty dramatic. Spy movies love a dramatic scene over a shiny chess board.

[ He emphasizes shiny, and it's obvious from the look on his face that he's imagining one of these scenes. Unfortunately, he does not realize that there is literally no way that Claude is following along with what he's daydreaming about. He snaps back to reality though, leaning in close and with brow pinched in concentration. He really is not good at masking his emotions from his face, like... even slightly. It's all there, play by play. ]

So these little guys... are like the street soldiers.

[ He will proceed to identify the yakuza ranks of all the others as they go. ]