6 Secret Teachings hidden in Chess
Chess is unique among board games. It is a highly sophisticated (complicated)
game that demands knowledge, concentration and creativity. Although the rules
for moving the pieces are specific and limited, the possible combinations are
countless Or almost countless. There are dull games, there are wrong openings,
there are great strategies, there is loss and there is victory. But mostly, chess is like
life since each time every game is different from any other that has been played.
1) Every movement is important
During the game, an error can cost us the whole match. Take your next step
wisely. In chess, think twice and observe, what consequences this step may cause.
It is more about having control over your own movements.
2) Logic without imagination (Phantasy) is nothing
You may learn openings, tactics, attacks and many other things, by heart. Yet,
victory will not come only with copying what others have already done. There will
be a point in which you must combine movements in your own way and come up
with something totally new. This applies in the case of education or art too. If you
just copy others, you will never become a winner.
3) Practice makes perfect
Well, being perfect would literally mean you would be a world champion but
anyway, you get the point here. Even if you are highly intelligent and the smartest
person around, you will not make it to beat someone who has practiced a lot. An
ancient Greek proverb was saying that ‟only by playing the guitar, a guitarist
becomes a guitarist”. Talent is essential, but it cannot develop itself without
practice. Just keep on playing or doing the things you want to master.
4) A pawn can become powerful, a king is naked
If you play the chess, you know the rule that a pawn reaching the other edge of the
board can transform into another piece of greater strength such as a queen.
Similarly, a king without pieces protecting him is absolutely vulnerable (weak) and
unable to win the game alone. You know what they say about destiny, and it is
true. We cannot change our birthplace, our parents and many other conditions. But
we can make the best out of the circumstances and reach something better.
5) Girls are powerful and great!!!
Don’t ever think that, chess is boys game. Girls are very intelligent too. Tell us,
who is the most important piece on chess board??? No other than QUEEN…
Queen is of great importance for this game.
6) See the big picture
We also said before also that, thinking in advance, of our movements is crucial for
winning. Chess is a sequence of interrelated events. For example, some things may
happen, because of our game opening or because of some past movements. Also
the position of each single piece is important for the outcome of the game. Even
the absence of a piece or a piece been stucked at some place, makes a lot of
difference in the game.
In short, chess is a game of meditation. It is a small universe that we
understand, when we can observe it in its entirety and see the correlations
between all elements and factors.
