[nfoz]

Love this!

Unrelated, but reminds me of another story featuring Chess and a Duck, and also relevant to the HN audience, which relates to the old videogame Battle Chess: https://bwiggs.com/notebook/queens-duck/

[KyleBrandt]

Also for nostalgia - Archon https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon:_The_Light_and_the_Da...

[iancmceachern]

I loved battle chess!! The animations were so cool at the time.

[jimt1234]

Me too! Battle Chess is what got me into chess back in the 80s.

Apparently there's a new-ish version on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/200150/Battle_Chess_Game_...

[clan]

BEWARE: I was tempted to do an impulse buy. Luckily I read the reviews first - they are not favourable. Seems abandoned and buggy.

[JacobAldridge]

I share that story quite often, as an example of practical thinking to manage a manager.

[Gravityloss]

Maybe, originally, chess did have the duck, but when presented to the emperor, he wanted to have it removed. So duck chess is actually now reverting to the pure, original form!