Thanks, I hate it.
The horsies are near the king and queen so they can ride them.
Worse: Back row order is decided by a lottery machine. No intentional symmetry, black and white get unique draws.
Why do children always exchange bishop and knight?
When I was little, I remembered the placement by thinking the king and queen don’t want to stand next to the horse, because it probably smells like shit.
I don’t think most children have ever been near a horse to know and think that
Would you trust a bishop?
Children and Bishop. A bond made in heaven
They must be Patti Smith fans
With the rank and file labels added, you could have flipped the board, or even rotated it by 90°
Hey kid you might be better at this child’s game than me (what did you call it again chest? what oh chess? ha a terrible name to try to market) but guess what kid there won’t be any ice left for penguins before you even get your first grey hair
I lean in close for this part of the monologue to emphasize the wisdom of my words to the camera
Look kid I don’t recommend psychedelics to kids as a rule, which is why reality becoming a bad trip makes this fantasy combat battle game easy for me. Ah you think chess is your ally? You merely adopted the chess. I was born in it, molded by it. I didn’t see chess pieces until I was already a man, by then it was nothing to me but blinding!
Checkmate
My cousin smiles and wanders away from their strange uncle
apparently my little cousin would do better than i do
