The Hardest Game Is Chess

Of all the games I’ve ever tried The hardest one, I think, is chess It leaves me dazed and half cock-eyed Each time I play ~ Why, I regress! The bishop moves diagonal The knight, he hops and skips The rooks, they slide rectagonal The Queen and King, they give me yips I marvel at these Russian kids They take to chess ~ as ducks to water I struggle to keep up with them And brace myself to be slaughtered My mommy says, “It’s just a game” ~ Yet that excuse sounds rather lame