Basic Trope: A character is forced into a contest with a supernatural entity in return for a reward or deal. * Straight: A dying person challenges the Anthropomorphic Personification of Death to a game of chess in exchange for a longer life if he wins, and his soul if he loses. * Exaggerated: * A dying person challenges Death to a game of chess in exchange for a longer life. When one of them loses, a rematch is demanded. Then another one. Then another one... * Alternatively: The person must challenge every Horseman to a different game. * Justified: * The dying man is a wizard who has cast a spell forcing Death to engage in this bargain where normally it wouldn't. * Alternatively, Death (for whatever reason) wants the dying man to live a longer life, so he allows