adjust!

(check!) 
 
 
so. my dad and i have been playing chess. we have maybe, uhm, four games under our belts. it's nice because we're basically on the same level - neither of us use any textbook strategies or algebraic functions to play.
 
which is good. because i don't know any strategems or algebraic functions to use against him. i've glanced at a few in our hoyle  book. but they don't make enough sense to warrant another look.  also in the book are the rules and regulations for chess. including one where if you want to adjust your players you must first say "adjust". if you don't, and you touch a piece, you're in big trouble. there are very specific rules for this game. good thing we don't follow heaps of those rules. (we even allow take-backs. the moving back of a piece if we're very unsure about the move. in the real land of chess you can't touch a piece without moving it and once you move it that's it, buster.)
 
but it's a game i've always wanted to know how to play. and now i do. thanks to my dad. that's where you'll find me now.