7 August 2016

Chess

So this has happened - the ankle biters decided they needed to know how to play. Excellent!

The lovely folding set Mrs Rab got me many moons ago from The Shambles in York


I had a really cool how-to book which, along with my dad, taught me the game as a boy


Fortunately, I rarely throw things away so they are getting the same introduction. Happy days!

4 comments:

  1. I had that book, and the fantastic illustrations made me interested in chess when otherwise I probably wouldn't have been. I passed it on to my kids too!

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    1. Apart from getting to play a cool game with Dad, this book is what got me hooked. I looked for a reprint to give as a gift but no luck...

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  2. Thats a pretty cool illustration in the book. I'd probably have gotten interested in chess earlier if I had seen it too....as Scalene just mentioned.

    I enjoy playing chess with my son, it's a great game :)

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    1. Chess is a great game, and the ideas of strategy, positioning, and forward planning are invaluable skills for so many other games. It's definitely one of the Ur-wargames.

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