"I'll be happy to try." Every time she dropped in, his mind seemed to draw further and further towards anything but the chess board. Maybe by tomorrow he'd have regained some of his senses, but tonight he was off-kilter enough that he was almost certain he'd have lost. Especially since it seemed so clear that she wanted to come. "I don't think you need lessons. Maybe a little more attention to the long view," he said with a bit of a smirk, to make it clear that he wasn't actually lecturing. "But one wonders if that can be taught."