FoxTrot by Bill Amend for July 08, 2018

seriously? chess in bed?

What else would Roger want to do there, besides sleep?

Alpha Zero, the top chess computer program, prefers d4.

Don’t worry, Andy. It’s not like it’s going to be a long game. You’ll checkmate him in six moves tops!

I think the opening move would be Pawn to K4. I’ve never heard of E4.

It….doesn’t really seem like chess would be Roger Fox’s game… :P

Hey, I’ll let you play with my bishop if you let me play with your rooks!

Funny and sad at the same time.

It seems to me that the LEAST Roger could do is let Andy go first.

That would never work for me, I want quiet and sleep. Fortunate husband does not play board games.

That is one big bed.

Andy Fox, fool’s mate.

Yep, that’s Jason’s Pop. :D

Don’t worry Andy, you will have checkmate in 2 moves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fool%27s_mate

Wrong. Marriage vow covers EVERYTHING! Deal with it.

Knowing this comic, I knew he was begging her to play chess from panel one. It’s a well-known running gag with Roger and the rest of the family.