S is good at chess because he reads about it, practices-mostly on E, and because he is very good at distracting his opponents! Can you imagine trying to concentrate while the other player is having his pieces talk to each other about their next moves on pretend walkie-talkies, like they are in some army guy game? Or having a pawn peek behind a bishop saying, "I'm just peekin' through the bushes! Peekin' through the bushes! Peekin' through the bushes!" Or a rook and two pawns having a wrestling match in the corner of the board while he is thinking about how to take out your queen with pawn? He just took M's queen with a pawn. He took mine earlier. With a pawn. He is very good with visualizing how the horse pieces move. I am not. So I try to get those first!
