Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for July 22, 2023

Checkmate…..

He’s no rookie.

I bet all the queens there moved away from you any which way they could.

I don’t find that amazing. Now if the bishop had moved orthogonally, that would be different…

What’s the difference between bird flu and swine flu?

One requires tweetment and the other requires oinkment.

That doesn’t seem right/fair. If the bishop didn’t move diagonally, it sounds like the listeners were rooked.

I chess don’t get it.

Maybe he felt he was a pawn in the whole thing…

OK, all available puns have been used…. I’m board now.

checkmate

Chess sayin’, some bishops have a checkered past.

Surprised the vicar didn’t take exception to Shoe’s remark ! ! !

You were rooked.

The bishop had a lot to get off his chess.

Dia Gon Alley is for Wizards, not Bishops…

Rare comics chess reference.

…..instead, he just jumped all around ‘L’.

Probably because there was only one square.

I paid for a front row seat. Felt rooked.

terrible terrible pun

Rim shot!

Do people still play chess? I have the feeling it’s become a lot less popular since computers have gotten so good at it.

It’s either black or white for that bishop.