The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for January 08, 2025

Just thought I’d check…mare

The Two-Step…..sounds like a real knightmare.

He could do the Bunny Hop, I bet.

They’re probably playing a song from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s “The King and I”.

It was worth the gambit.

I’ve seen the king do the two step with the rook !

His name “Chess-ter”?!

“Get one of my Pawns to do it.”

Is the song “Dancing Queen”?

The best he can do is a sidestep.

What a square.

King to Queen one. Mate!

I’ll go any direction you want … but only one step at a time.

[You can go as far as you want … but you’ll have to go without me.]

Move me onto any black square

Use me anytime you want

Careful, the bishop is watching!

how ’bout the electric slide?

Do you know the Castling dance?

I think its a rook…

Sounds like a stalemate.

He has a checkered past, but he is soon to be mated.

He literally can two step when dancing with the Rook.

where’s the Chesshire cat to knock them off the board?

The Queen certainly gets around, literally all over the place. Meanwhile, the Bishops are working on a slant and the Knights are all saying, “What the L?” The Rooks keep themselves on a straight line. All the Pawns can do is continue trudging forward.

The Queen’s gambit. Check and Mate.