CC-01: Core `chess` Crate Excluded from CI

[chinweobtagaz]

Context: The GitHub Actions workflow explicitly excludes the chess crate, leaving the most logic-heavy module completely untested in CI.
Location: .github/workflows/backend.yml
Acceptance Criteria:

• Remove --exclude chess from the workflow file and ensure it passes cleanly.

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