Teaching Billy the Art of War

Last night, I taught Billy how to play chess. This made me nostalgic since my dad taught me how to play chess but I was older than Billy when I first started. Billy is just 8 and last night he eagerly played game after game after game.

Here I teach him him the different chess moves and the names of the pieces on the board (I had to get him to stop calling the Knight - a horse - since I ended up calling it a horse several times in the game).


The first couple of games, I had to coach him about strategies and forward-planning (learning how to think ahead and plan your next move/attack).



It didn't take him long to realize that one can not only be defensive in the game but also be ruthless and attack. I lost my queen to him several times in some games.


Here I am trying my darnest to concentrate as my little one gets better and better in the game.



Billy tries his darnest to beat Mommy in the game. He didn't win last night but I think if he plays everyday with me, it won't be long when he will be kicking my butt.



I couldn't believe how much Billy got into the game as he asked for another game of chess until his bedtime. He actually cried when I told him that it was time for bed since he had a Saturday school (yeah, korean schools have saturday classes every other saturday). So tomorrow night, this is what will happen again...



Billy and mommy playing chess and having a great time.