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The Kennedy Kids
Jon's Mailbox Q. I love reading about your adventures in “The Kennedy Kids”! You really know how to get into trouble – and how to get out of it, too! I think you missed another possible “swindle,” however. I read a story about a Scottish chess set that was “life size” – the pieces were so large and heavy that Mary would never be able to make her first move (and she would lose on time). It worked against my little sister. Your friend, Jared. A. Great idea, Jared! Know
those “magnetic” chess sets, the ones with the magnets in the bases of the
pieces, so they don’t fall off the metal board? What if I attached a
powerful electromagnet to the board? They would stick so tight, I
could keep anyone from moving a piece – or I could reverse the polarities
and make it impossible for them to put a piece back down on the square they
want to! Q. You won’t believe this: I played “chocolate chess” the other day with my brother. His pieces were made out of dark chocolate, mine were white chocolate, and whenever either one of us captured a piece, we got to eat it! I sacrificed several pawns quickly, and he ate so many, he got sick. After that, he was afraid to capture anything else, and my pieces ran around doing whatever they wanted! Good luck with this one! Best wishes, Kim. A. Yum! Or is that Yuck?
What possibilities your idea opens up! How about a “veggie” chess set,
where you have to eat all of the broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower
you capture? So much for the Masters’ notion that “the only way to
refute a gambit is to accept it”! I will have to try your Chocolate
Chess Gambit the next time Mary is on a diet. Q. I like to “cool down” after a hot and sweaty game of soccer with a quick game of chess. Sometimes, I admit, my hands are muddy or slimy, and the chess pieces I touch pretty much get that way, too. Not everyone wants to touch them, after that. An effective, if not elegant, way of “protecting” a piece, no? A tip for free, from Emilio A. My kind of thinking! A
battle won without losing a piece: bravo! A veritable “Star Wars”
defense… (You don’t have any disgusting habits that might make this strategy
even more, er, effective, do you? Shudder. I think I’ll go toss
some handy wipes into my chess bag, along with the board, pieces and clock!) Index of Fiction at Chessville
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