Matthews Family Herald

Chess has become one of the favorite passions of Micah and a fun past-time for many in the family. I remember that my Dad was and may still be big into chess playing. I recall my Dad owning an electronic chess board and practicing a lot that way. I told Micah about that and so he ordered one of those with some money he earned. We eagerly await its arrival. Micah is also looking forward to playing chess with my Dad someday. He and Leon play over and over and try so hard to beat each other. Micah studies books on chess and then tries out new techniques on his subjects. This picture shows Micah and Jacob playing and we've found Jacob has gotten quite good at chess as well. Even our good Nathan has learned to how to play chess, and he and I enjoyed a fun game together recently. The chess set in this photo is one that the Lord provided for free at a place called "the recycle center" where you can donate things and take things already donated. The pieces have markings on thier base which educate or remind the player of how that particular piece can be used in the game. Pretty cool. A chess training set.

Micah has some long-term plans of arranging a local chess tournament with a cash prize and some of the proceeds going to a good charitable cause.