Simple Pleasures: Chess...

So Chess is kind of a big deal in our house right now. Since the boys got tablets for Christmas we put a chess app on them. Which means they can learn even more chess through lessons, puzzles and videos. They can also play each other, or their friends who are online at the same time as them. I find it amusing when the sit right next to each other and play chess together on their tablets.

I checked out a few chess books for myself the other day so I could learn more as well. I got this one out and started placing the pieces as it's written in the book. Chess lingo is a whole new language almost, but Lucius wasn't confused for one minute. I read it out loud and he put the pieces right where the were supposed to go. He impresses me with all his chess knowledge daily.

The other night I played Lucius and I checkmated him. That might not sound too impressive but with my limited skills and his aggressive chess tactics- it was a hard feat to accomplish. Plus it took me a month of studying chess daily to get that far. Of course once finally checkmated him I never won a game since.