When I grew up as a child, I think of my granpappa’s chess sets. He was very good at playing chess and also truly just enjoyed playing chess. He would sit down with me at the kitchen table and teach me the names of all the chessmen and the movements, patiently permitting me to pick up and move the men even when it was not my play.
He owned at least ten unique chess sets in his collection. He had sets constructed of plastic, wood, marble and pewter to list a few. My preferred of his chess sets was the one that was constructed of marble. It was constructed of black marble pieces and set up on its own black marble playing board.
The pieces were so massive to me and cold to the touch. I remember placing them on my forehead when I would get hot and my grandpa would just bellow laughing at me. I have a great deal of good memories surrounding the game of chess, and I cannot play to this day.
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