Return of the Immortal Game

While on the cruise I watched my sister and nephew play giant chess on the deck of the ship. I was on the deck above calling down moves for my sister to make because I liked to see my nephew suffer.

It had been years since I played. Usually, the only person I could get to play would be my mom, who knew the basic rules but never strategized more than attack, attack, attack. I almost always beat my mom (who also beat my nephew) but when I played my uncles, I got my butt handed to me.

So, I bought myself a small travel chess set and an inexpensive computer program game. At first, I was getting killed since I didn't know how to change the level of the opponent and kept playing the "Chessmaster 9000". Once I figured out how to change my opponent to "Niko, an 8 year old who chases pawns", I was able to fare much better.

Hopefully, once we get the house built, I can get a nice chess table and game set display. I used to have a nice polynesian marble set that my dad bought for me in the 80s but over the years some of the pieces got damaged. I still have the marble board which remains extremely nice but I don't have decent pieces to go with it.

I'm trying to get my nephew to play me correspondence (e-mail) style. Hopefully, he'll have the time to play and his frequent groundings won't disrupt play too much.