4 Jun 2015

CHECKMATE !

Letter : C


My father never played with me when I was a little girl, at least I can't remember. He always sat there with his Newspaper in front of his nose and glanced from time to time to see what I was doing.

As soon as I was old enough he taught me chess. I learned rather quickly and then we would play together.

I am a spontaneous player and don't think very long which figure I have to move, while he was thinking and thinking about the next move.

So while I did my move in no time, he sat there and calculated and calculated. Finally I got bored and took a book and read while he was still pondering about the next move. The fact that I was reading bothered him very much and he got angry and told me to think harder ! I didn't want to think hard, I moved my figure just like that like a professional gambler.

The worst was that I mostly won, and that he didn't like at all. He was a very bad looser and got angry. He told me that I can't play and that I am not serious at all. I didn't care, I let him think, read my book and so it continued.

When I won too many times he got fed up and didn't want to play anymore. Good for me, because I started to find this game rather boring at least with a partner like that !

Now it's a long time I haven't played chess anymore, but it's still a game I like.




No way !



Jenny Matlock
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12 comments:

  1. YOu described exactly how it was, when my new husband tried to teach me how to play. I am much more spontaneous, and he got very annoyed that it took so little time for me to make a move.. However, I didnt win, and time and time again had to accede,so then I felt murderous and decided that was not a good feeling to have with a new husband!! So we stopped and I have never played again.. I loved to read that post, it was fun to read. Thank you for sharing.. you are part of my blog list anyway, so I wish y ou a happy day today and many more of them.. Jeannine

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  2. I have never played chess. A bit of checkers, but never chess. Neither of my parents played (as far as I know anyway), so I was never taught.

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  3. I am not much of a strategist so I'm definitely not a chess player! But my hubby plays chess online and even goes to chess club to meet up with other local players! Even my 9 year old granddaughter knows how to play!

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  4. My father always played to win. My mother said it didn't matter if the game was Candy Land and we ended up crying when we lost. He liked to win!

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  5. What a great post for C ~ delightful story you share and fun cartoon ~ very creative!

    Happy Weekend coming to you,
    artmusedog and carol

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  6. I can play chess and I'm far from a wiz at it. I don't even recall who taught me.
    I even start to make my self a chess set which are Cowboys and Indians.

    Our family thing was cribbage.

    Coffee is on

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  7. Fun post and cartoon. My brother tried to teach me, but he always won. Not much fun in that!

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  8. ohhhh I know it's like Scrabble players that take forever to make a decision, I would rather put a 3 letter word down than wait 5 mins for a 4 letter one! But maybe that's why us women get so more more done in life?
    Good C letter Gattina!
    Wren x

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  9. Bought a nice marble set that just sits....my kids play with hubby when they come to visit..though we like to play all sorts of board games as a family; Monopoly, Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit, Chinese checkers and Scrabble all come out♪

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  10. Your dad sounds like the older brother. I played like you in chess, but could never win him. But, the game of strategy. Ah ha! I won all the time. He hated that so we always played chess. I didn't mind losing because I got to play with the older brother. :-)
    The View from the Top of the Ladder

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  11. No chess, but my dad and mom taught us to play Scrabble from a young age.

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  12. Loved the cute cartoon at the end.

    This was such a neat post. I can visualize the games!

    I was never good at chess...UNO is more my style!

    Thanks for a cool link for the letter C.

    A+

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