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starwomyn 70F
5508 posts
11/16/2021 10:56 am

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11/26/2021 9:38 pm

Check Mate!!!!

My 0lder s0n learned to play chess at a very young age. He taught his s0n who is F0UR to play. The grands0n knows how to set up the board and how the pieces move but still has the attention span of a F0ur year 0ld.

I was playing chess with my grands0n. He was getting a lot of coaching from his father. I commented, "I want Kal-el in checkmate. He comments, "I want GRANDMA in Checkmate." It was so cute, I had to laugh! Eventually his attention span went else where and his Dad finished the game so Grandma went into Checkmate.

My s0n did comment that I play better than he remembered. LOL! So many things that my grands0n says and does reminds me of my s0n at that age.

My s0n and I frequently played chess while I was visiting. He say he was glad to have a chess partner because he usually plays with a F0ur year 0ld. Don't worry, I told him, in a few years Kal-el will be beating him in chess. That's the goal. We always want our to do better than us.



Abracadabra


starwomyn 70F
8872 posts
11/16/2021 11:00 am

There was also cards with Yoga positions. My grands0n was showing me yoga position. I told him that Grandma can't do yoga positions without the help of yoga blocks and even then it's not a pretty sight.

Abracadabra


Koffla 68M
12226 posts
11/16/2021 11:09 am


I taught my ex-wife to play chess, then she started to beat me.



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starwomyn replies on 11/16/2021 9:31 pm:
I could have easily beat either of my husbands in Chess. I taught my son and now he beats me every time.

Rocketship 79F
18564 posts
11/16/2021 12:09 pm

** Ahhhh........ Sweet~~~


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
11/16/2021 12:19 pm

Sounds like a nice visit.......precious family time.....


MrsJoe 76F
17377 posts
11/16/2021 12:29 pm

Chuckling here, I haven't played chess in decades! My first husband liked checkers, but not chess and the only one of the kids that seemed interested at all was my oldest son. When he was in high school, if I was the only one still awake when he got home, I would be sitting at the table with the chess board set up.
He would say, "You want to lose again, Mom?" I would respond, "Sit your butt down and lose!" He actually did win about 75% of the time.


Be a prism, spreading God's light and love, not a mirror reflecting the world's hatred.


Maudie1 74F
8151 posts
11/16/2021 1:18 pm

Clever little boy.


Koffla 68M
12226 posts
11/16/2021 2:01 pm


Your post inspired me to upload to my profile a picture of my chess board!




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starwomyn 70F
8872 posts
11/16/2021 2:20 pm

    Quoting Maudie1:
    Clever little boy.
My 0lder b0y has a genius level IQ. I suspect that my grands0n is the same. Another grands0n is due May 1st 2021.

Abracadabra


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
11/16/2021 4:20 pm

Several years ago I was walking in the forest and spotted a square corner poking out of a hollow under a tree root.....I had to dig out quite a lot of Squirrel left-overs and moss, but eventually I found a travelling Chess set in a folding tin box......I stuck it back in the hole....I tried to imagine why someone stored it there.....


B0B77021 80M
494 posts
11/16/2021 4:26 pm

If y'all haven't already watched The Queen's Gambit miniseries, I recommend it highly.

It's available on Netflix.


starwomyn 70F
8872 posts
11/16/2021 9:29 pm

    Quoting sparkleflit:
    Several years ago I was walking in the forest and spotted a square corner poking out of a hollow under a tree root.....I had to dig out quite a lot of Squirrel left-overs and moss, but eventually I found a travelling Chess set in a folding tin box......I stuck it back in the hole....I tried to imagine why someone stored it there.....
Someone could have been Geocaching or Letterboxing.

Abracadabra


Maudie1 74F
8151 posts
11/16/2021 10:39 pm

    Quoting starwomyn:
    My 0lder b0y has a genius level IQ. I suspect that my grands0n is the same. Another grands0n is due May 1st 2021.
Congratulations


Maudie1 74F
8151 posts
11/16/2021 10:47 pm

    Quoting B0B77021:
    If y'all haven't already watched The Queen's Gambit miniseries, I recommend it highly.

    It's available on Netflix.
Watched it and thoroughly enjoyed it . Brilliant miniseries.


jiminycricket1 74M
13732 posts
11/17/2021 3:03 am

    Quoting B0B77021:
    If y'all haven't already watched The Queen's Gambit miniseries, I recommend it highly.

    It's available on Netflix.
Me too..It was amazing... not only the story and the acting.. but it returned me to the sixties. like no other show has ever done.
Cars, clothing, buildings, and hairdos can be duplicated..
But where in the hell.. did they get that "wallpaper".


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
11/18/2021 3:08 pm

    Quoting starwomyn:
    Someone could have been Geocaching or Letterboxing.
The box contained only the chess set......


sparkleflit 76F
10271 posts
11/18/2021 3:56 pm

    Quoting B0B77021:
    If y'all haven't already watched The Queen's Gambit miniseries, I recommend it highly.

    It's available on Netflix.
I enjoyed that too....really well done.


TwilightSpirit 56F
1243 posts
12/10/2021 2:47 pm

Beautiful!