Bernard O'Shea: My daughter is my new checkmate

When my 10-year-old joined a chess club, she taught me a valuable lesson — one pawn at a time.

Bernard O'Shea: "I naively assumed that my draughts experience would give me a tactical edge. But chess is no draughts — it's draughts on steroids with a side of existential crisis. This wasn't just an upgrade to game night; it was like moving from training wheels to the Tour de France."

“G rown-ups never understand anything by themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them. ” —  Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince

I thought parenthood would be filled with life lessons, during which I would pass on my ‘wisdom’.