#39 All the King’s men

 

White move: Bishop moves D5 to C4

Black move: Knight moves E4 to G5

 

He might have taught Aryan the game but he was out of the boys’ league now. He knew the game was a few moves away from the end.

 

White move: Rook moves H2 to F2

 

He looked at the screen waiting for the boy to play.

 

He missed his grandson.

When they moved away they had gifted him the computer. He had been apprehensive of the machine at first but Aryan was a good teacher.

Their afternoon games had resumed but it didn’t feel the same.