Chess for Girls

My 4 year old daughter likes to play around with my chess pieces now and then to "play chess." Today I let her do just that. After a few minutes of illegal, random moves and nonsensical captures, she decided the pieces needed to "get married." So there was pairing up of like shaped pieces. Soon the larger pieces were even having babies (the pawns, of course). They were living on the chess board in little family units. Thoroughly adorable.

Many years ago Saturday Night Live feature a "commercial" for a product called "Chess for Girls." My wife and I are fond of quoting this sketch whenever our daughter decides to "play chess." For your viewing pleasure, the original "Chess for Girls":

http://www.videosift.com/video/SNL-ad-Chess-for-Girls

"She smells like Strawberries!"

We are sure that the writer of this fine bit of comedy must have been inspired by similar circumstances with his own daughter.