My son has found a way to beat me at chess – replace all the pieces with Minecraft Lego | Séamas O’Reilly

To be fair, it’s proven to be a very successful tactic…

My son stares at the board. I’ve slid my rook to corner his closest pawn. He wavers over his zombie for the briefest moment, before manoeuvring and taking my rook with his skeleton.

My son’s obsession with chess has waxed and waned since he started playing – and teaching me – the game, around this time last year. Lately, however, this interest has resumed with a passion, and with it several novel adaptations to the game itself.

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