Monday
Apr132009
Chess the Two of Us
Monday, April 13, 2009 at 10:23PM
Christian loves to relax with a good game of Chess.
Of course, Mike and I have no real idea how to play the game. In fact, I just learned the rules trying to teach Christian to play a couple of months ago. Christian has the basic moves memorized and knows (for the most part) which way each piece can go.
However, as far as strategy, we are all clueless...research is in order.
Speaking of order, order is in order. No, that doesn't have anything to do with anything, other than it's a true statement that just seemed to go right there.
So, Christian and Mike set up the Chess game the other day, and I got some pictures because I thought they were cute. And cute is what you're going for when you're playing Chess, right?
Christian is very deliberate, but he plays Chess the same way he plays Chinese Checkers (there is a lot of,"If I did this...you could do this...).
Christian had fun explaining the rules to Mike, but I'm not so sure that they were all that clear...
This is a game that I could obsess about. I like to win. I like a challenge, a puzzle. I am trying to decide if I should remain in my blissful (not really, it drives me crazy not to know the point/strategic process of this game) state of ignorance or learn up on the "why" of Chess. Hmmm. I will have to come back to this.
In the meantime, it's fun to pretend like we know what we're doing. And it's good time spent with Christian...who will probably turn out to be some kind of mad Chess playing, all-time undefeated champion.
And we can say it all started here!
Christian is very deliberate, but he plays Chess the same way he plays Chinese Checkers (there is a lot of,"If I did this...you could do this...).
Christian had fun explaining the rules to Mike, but I'm not so sure that they were all that clear...
This is a game that I could obsess about. I like to win. I like a challenge, a puzzle. I am trying to decide if I should remain in my blissful (not really, it drives me crazy not to know the point/strategic process of this game) state of ignorance or learn up on the "why" of Chess. Hmmm. I will have to come back to this.
In the meantime, it's fun to pretend like we know what we're doing. And it's good time spent with Christian...who will probably turn out to be some kind of mad Chess playing, all-time undefeated champion.
And we can say it all started here!
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Reader Comments (3)
If you figure it out, you can explain it to me. :) We set our son up on a computer because I didn't have the patience to learn it, much less teach it.
Evan loves playing chess. Andrew knows the rules, not me. It's a fun thing they do together. Evan tries to teach me but I keep getting mixed up.
Sounds like he's a real strategic thinker!
I'd learn chess if there was a simple "basic" game of it, kind of like how I play an adapted "white-man's" version of MaJongg. Now that game, if you ever get to watch 4 old chinese women play (Hubby's side), is INTENSE! On second thought, maybe pursuing chess is safer...