Then I ask Brian to set his pieces up. He has trouble with the Queen but....
he does better with the rooks and knights....
and knows where the pawns go...
So I'm thinking, "Holy crap! Bobby Fischer has been reincarnated!"
Well, that's about the end of that thinking...
Explaining how pieces move or the order or any of the rules results in "Bam! I got your piece!" So he's good at seeing what I did and copying it, but that's about it.
Oh well! Maybe some day.