Chess Zeitgeist
Submitted by on Sat, 08/15/2009 at 11:06am.
Summat special is happening with chess and its allied games. As a youngster I played at club level, but upon discovering women and beer I neglected the game for over twenty years.
In April this year I stumbled across chess.com and ever since chess has been my obsession. Not content with chess I decided to learn Xiangqi - the wonderful Chinese version of the game. I nipped into the Red Lion takeaway on London Road yesterday and while they prepared a chicken fried rice for me I played them at Xiangqi. Their star player beat me convincingly, but it was a lovely experience and everyone enjoyed it.
Carry a chess set with you at all times. When the oil runs out and the lights go out a chess set will be worth a million play stations.