As I've already bragged, B is quite the young chess player. So, in the interest of keeping everyone intellectually alive around here - I have taken up the game.
Z won't play with me (he likes the idea of playing, but not the implementation).
I won't play with J - I am a bit too old to feel comfortable with my husband spotting me pieces at the start of the game, and he is simply too good at spatial relations for me to take. That said, he isn't fond of playing scrabble with me either (I clean his clock there).
But, I'll play with B. The sad thing is that we play about even right now. While I will improve as I can visualize how the pieces move more effectively, I may only get a year of chess play in before I am completely outclassed by him.
We've played about eight games now. He's beaten me in seven. I took him by check-mate once.
I've never enjoyed losing more, even though I am really trying to win.
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My father has coached several local homeschool groups. They'll play in tournaments and stuff. You might see if B would like to play others. His game will greatly improve.
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