Ron's chess-playing skills (was Howgarts Clubs - Art, Music, and Chess).

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 85777

> 
> > Ron can't be a better chess player or logician that Rowling is. 
Maybe 
> > he can be now, but while Rowling was writing the first book she 
may 
> > not have had the easy access to chess masters she presumably does 
now.
> 
> 


Angel:
> I know this has been discussed before, but I'll try to settle a 
question
> about wizarding chess. I am a reasonably good chess player myself 
so I tried to figure out what the game between Ron and McGonagall's 
chess set looked like. After thinking about it for a while, I am 
99,9% sure that :
> 
> _either Ron or the chess set is an extremely bad player,
> 
>

Geoff:
Speaking as someone who was sufficiently good many years ago to hold 
down a board position in my College team, I find it difficult to see 
how someone can reconstruct the game in PS from the sketchy evidence 
provided. Only on about six occasions does the narrative refer to a 
specific move and, often, the move is vaguely described. Then we have 
comments that Ron darted round the board fending off white's attacks 
or that several pieces were taken. I don't think even my logic could 
put together the game.

Can anybody pull together the clues better than I can and justify the 
critical comments made about Ron's game of rebut them?

Geoff