Charlie shook his head when she asked if he liked it even at such a young age. ''Not really,'' he told her truthfully. ''I didn't understand it at all, thought it was rather boring actually.'' However all of that had changed once he started to understand how to play the game and outsmart his father, as some moves had become very predictable. He wondered what she thought of him learning how to play chess at a young age and whether or not she thought of him as a cool person or an absolute nerd. Probably the latter, the Ravenclaw thought. He chuckled at Rose's comment and said, ''Or at me for my poor teaching skills.'' Although Charlie had just started to explain how to play chess to his girlfriend, he already felt like he was confusing Rose. He nodded his head at the question. ''Yes. The King can move one square in any direction, though you shouldn't move your King into Check.'' He left things such as special moves out of his explanation intentionally because he really did want her to know the basics first before moving onto Castling or Promotion. ''The Queen,'' Charlie continued with his explanation, ''Can move as many squares as you want horizontally, vertically or diagonally as long as those squares are not occupied by any other pieces. The same goes for the Rooks, except they can only move horizontally or vertically. The Knights, however, can move three squares - a good thing to remember is the letter L when you want to move one of your Knights because they can either move two squares forwards, backwards, left o right, and then a turn left or right.'' He stopped to take a quick breath. ''Your Bishops can move as many squares as you want diagonally as long the squares are not occupied. And last but not least, the Pawns can move one square at a time, though only forwards unless one of your Pawns can take out an opponent's piece.'' Charlie really hoped Rose would remember all of this.
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