ha I couldn’t follow any strategies in chess and was constantly getting beat by a friend of mine that we would meet once a week to play chess…was so much fun…I never beat him once…he was pretty good…haha…I would do it again if I could find someone to play. I always loved that scene in James Bond (can’t remember which movie), plays chess on a giant taller than a tree chess set with his nemesis…haha you like chess? I like checkers too.
note…there is a couple oklahomans that patented this game called “pente”…it involves clear jewel like beads on a vast pattern of overlying graph…the motive of winning is capturing the opponent’s beads in a straight line…first one to five in a row beads wins…exciting game and so cool to look at…thought I’d share…I have a Pente game sitting right here…friends love it and young ppl can play it too…like ten and older.