My son has found a way to beat me at chess – replace all the pieces with Minecraft Lego

‘I haven’t a clue who or what I’m playing against at any point in any game.’ Photograph: Getty Images

My son stares at the board. I’ve slid my rook to corner his closest pawn. He wavers over his zombie for the briefest moment, before manoeuvring and taking my rook with his skeleton.

My son’s obsession with chess has waxed and waned since he started playing – and teaching me – the game, around this time last year. Lately, however, this interest has resumed with a passion, and with it several novel adaptations to the game itself.