My daughter likes to play one game of chess with me each night before she goes to bed.

I am not very good and she is pretty good for a 6 year old so we can have a decent game provided I give her a bit of help and remind her to slow down and consider all her options. If she is playing well and giving the game her full attention I will usually let her win.

Last night I was trying to coach her into a checkmate and she made a move which would have led to a stalemate. I said "Are you sure you want to do that, I think that makes the game a stalemate". I am pretty sure she doesn't know what that means but rather than asking she just replied "well, none of your ideas are going to work against me, so..." and made the move anyways. I laughed so hard and she said "don't tell mommy I said that" and I laughed again.

Hahaha the game ends in a stalemate draw but I lose the trash talk battle.

Sats for all, GR