Overhearing Chess Conversations

 I was sitting in a restaurant a few months back while discussing a chess situation with a friend of mine. The conversation centered around my tendency to overlook obvious mates because I get distracted trying to promote a pawn. The game we were discussing had been played with a female aquaintance.

Me:   "So that's when I missed it?"

Him:   "Yeah, all you needed to do was move your bishop"

Me:   "She always gets away, next time I'll get the forced mate."

Him:  "You just get distracted."

Me:    "I've got to learn to ignore my promotion opportunities and go after the  mate."

 It really didn't occur to me until later that well, maybe we should always call it checkmate :)

Well atleast she didn't maintain the tension.

Haha! Thanks for sharing that with us.