REWIND WEDNESDAY: Leo and the Magic Chess Set ♞🏁♛

Short Stories for Kids: Bedtime ~ Car Time ~ Downtime

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Education For Kids, Stories For Kids, Kids & Family

4 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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0:00.0	What is it? asked Leo, staring at the beautifully made wooden box. It looked very old,
0:14.9	but also well looked after. His grandparents had left it behind for him following his birthday. But on all the excitement of
0:23.3	the day, he'd not had time to look at it. Leo's sisters, Lily and Rosie, were itching to lift
0:29.8	the brass catch and peer inside, but the chess set had been gifted to Leo. They knew it was up to
0:36.5	him to investigate what was in there.
0:39.0	You're not going to find out what it is just by staring at it, said Lily.
0:43.7	Oh, please just open it, whined Rosie as she bounced excitedly on her toes.
0:49.7	Suppose there's something yucky in there, like a slimy toad or a brain,' mused Leo.
0:56.6	"'That caused the two girls to go quiet, and both screwed up their faces at the thought.
1:02.3	Using his index finger, Leo gently lifted the catch and angled up the lid.
1:07.8	It opened smoothly to reveal a black rectangle. Relieved that it wasn't something
1:14.4	icky, Rosie said. It's not very exciting, is it? But Leo thought he knew what it was. Although the
1:22.3	wooden case was different, he'd seen rectangles like this before. He lifted it out and unfolded it to reveal a
1:30.5	checkered board of black and white squares and beneath the board neatly laid out the playing pieces.
1:38.3	It's a chess set, grin, Leo.
1:41.3	Oh, it's beautiful, admitted Lily, gently lifting out the pieces, carved from wood,
1:48.1	it was in the shape of a rearing horse. Elements such as the mane and bridle were picked out in black.
1:55.5	That's a night, said Leo. I've never seen pieces so detailed before. He quickly set about setting up the board
2:03.4	with all the black pieces arranged on one side and all the white pieces on the other. Set up on
2:10.8	the second row were the pawns, each one an identical soldier. Then behind them on the edge edge of the board, were the rooks in the
2:19.3	corners, then the knights, and then the bishops. This left two spaces in the center on
2:25.6	either side for the king and queen, but those spaces were empty.
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