Probably one of the most elegant descriptions of science I've seen. (HT @madgestar on Twitter).
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Feynman's Elegant Explanation of Science Through Chess
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That whole documentary is fantastic, by the way.
Of course, simply knowing the rules of chess does not imply you can win a game, it only makes it possible. In a similar way, knowing the basic rules of elementary particles still makes it incredibly difficult to understand a larger (for example biological) system.
Feynman said something similar when he explained the chess analogy during the Messenger ectures if I remember correctly.