life · Working draft

Just one more game

A chess board, a good room, and a reason to stay for another game.

I won the Braemar championship and the Hart House U1800 summer blitz championship. The results are good memories, but I still mostly enjoy sitting down across from someone and finding out what happens.

A chess board beneath a carved chair at Hart House — Board 28.

The chess championship hall at Hart House — A good room for a tournament.

There is something lovely about having the same pieces and the same rules every time, and still never having quite the same conversation.