The Pikachu’s Gambit

All of us grandkids (four of us) are visiting our grandmother. She’s teaching us how to play chess. My brother isn’t getting it.

Brother: “But why does the Knight have to move like that?”

Grandmother: “It just does. It’s the rules.”

Brother: “And why are those pieces castles when they can move? Castles don’t move!”

Grandmother: “Try not to think of them as literal things; it’s just names we give the pieces to know what they do. Like that game you play with all the monsters. They all have different powers, yes?”

Brother: “You mean Pokémon?”

Grandmother: “Yes. That one. Think of the pieces as Pokémon.”

My brother then reaches across the board and knocks the enemy king over.

Grandmother: “What was that?”

Brother: “I used 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt.”

Grandmother: “…”

Brother: “It was super effective.”