Young Master Bertie had set his little heart on teaching poor Uncle Nigel just the rudimentaries of a game of chess.
Now, where Nigel will think nothing of spending hours playing all manner of board games with the little ones, Mousetrap, Build a Pizza, Cluedo, Haunted House etc. ……..
……. he just couldn’t get his head round this one, even though we had all very much enjoyed watching “The Queens Gambit” on Netflix a while back, in fact we binge watched it.
A very patient Bertie explained the rules and regulations to the little fella in the very simplest of terms, but nothing made sense
In the end the closest they got to playing a game was setting up the board…..
…… before Bertie finally admitted Nigel had defeated him, in more ways than one.
Poor Nigel, he so wanted to prove himself to be a Grand Master, but any suggestion of moving his “prawns” just made him think about what he’d rather order instead from takeaway menu of The River Avon. What is he like?
A valiant effort, Master Bertie. Never mind.
ReplyDeleteMaybe there are some videos on YouTube that would help. Perhaps videos where Nigel could imagine himself sitting atop the chess piece and seeing how it moves.
I never quite got into chess, although my brother was quite the champion in his school days. (RIP dear bro)
ReplyDeleteWell done Bertie - you go young man.
JantheFan x
p.s. can't quite believe I'm finally up to date on all your super blog posts! What a year! JtF x
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