Harry sighed, a touch wistfully. "You may be right." Adding the extra stress of being overly ambitious in his endeavors was probably not the point of having hobbies. In fairness to himself, doing things in half-measures had never really been his strong suit. He was badly out of practice. He was evidently much better at distraction, though, because he'd nearly forgotten himself that they were rooted to this spot.

"I did know that!" he said. "That was my first introduction to the game. Imagine my surprise when I got to school and discovered wizard chess." He laughed. "Muggle chess isn't quite as exciting, I'm afraid."

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