There's a certain chess parallel with the way Rodgers has set us up this season called Kotov-syndrome. It's one where a player takes extraordinary steps to come out of a very complicated situation where he ends up making more mistakes, usually blunders, than if he'd just reacted with his first thought. In essence the player overcompensates for his complicated situation by handing his opponent the game.
Steven Gerrard is the closest you'll come to finding the Queen of chess in football. But much like the queen of chess, Gerrard is often let down by the pawns around him.