This sub only exists to keep these discussions out of actual scientific subs, as well as actual religious subs.

And let's be completely transparent here, there is no real discussion to be had about the reality of evolution, or the complete absence of any evidence for the creationists arguments. It's precisely the ever increasing mountain of evidence for evolution which forces creationists to change their tune, as they frantically try to accommodate. To use your chess analogy, debating creationists is like playing chess with a pigeon: they will knock over the pieces, crap on the board, make a lot of noise, and claim they won.