taken in Jeonju, South Korea
Is Water Chess Nuts?
Two men sat on the bench in the park, a controller between them that changed the water jets streaming out of the stone chess board.
“Knight to E4. Check.”
“E4? How is that check?”
“Your king is on F6.”
“No, that’s your piece, and it’s a rook.”
“But the rook is only supposed to be 1.6 meters high, not 1.9 meters high like the king.”
“That is only 1.6 meters. And see? It’s a straight stream like all the black pieces. The white pieces are more of a misty stream.”
“It looks misty from here.”
“It’s not. See only those three pieces aren’t misty: your king, your rook and that knight.”
“I have more than three pieces. Don’t I?”
“No, I captured the rest. Don’t you remember?”
“Are you positive?”
“Are you calling me a liar?”
At that moment, a group of squealing kids ran onto the chessboard and jumped into the jets of water. In an instant, the game was over and the men’s friendship was saved.
The Green-Walled Tower 
July 7th, 2013 at 10:57 pm
Awesome. What a fascinating way to play chess. Probably impossible on a hot day, though, with kids running across the game all the time.
July 8th, 2013 at 12:02 am
Yes, I’m sure there are much easier ways to play that don’t take as much memory of what’s what. 🙂
July 8th, 2013 at 12:32 am
I’m sure many a fight has broken out over a chessboard. But, much fun is enjoyed under the water jets. My husband taught me how to play chess, although we haven’t played it for quite a while as he always beats me since he has the experience and I don’t. I developed a bit of an attitude over my inability to play as good a game as he. 🙂
July 8th, 2013 at 2:24 pm
Yeah, my wife and I don’t play chess anymore together. It gets too competitive. 🙂
July 9th, 2013 at 4:25 am
Ha Ha. I know how that is. My husband even beats me at ‘scrabble’ anymore, which is my favorite game, but I still love playing that, and the challenge of coming up with words from practically nothing. 🙂
July 8th, 2013 at 10:54 am
What a game – what an imagination 🙂
July 8th, 2013 at 3:52 pm
God bless those kids!
July 8th, 2013 at 8:35 pm
Sounds like great fun actually…..what is the dress code? 😀
July 9th, 2013 at 9:08 am
Hmm, you should be able to play in your bathing suit, and maybe even stand in for the pieces sometimes. That would add an interesting element to the game.
July 9th, 2013 at 4:47 pm
I have posted mine 🙂
July 9th, 2013 at 7:35 pm
I saw it. I really liked it. 🙂