What happens when you play chess regularly?
When I play chess regularly, I will gain expertise over the game, learn the intricacies of the game, win more games and will become a champion one day.
Is this all that you will gain by playing chess regularly?
What else will I get? Yes. I will spend time usefully with my friend or partner, have fun, relax myself with a game of chess and feel happy when I win the game.
Anything else?
Not sure what else can I get from the game of chess.
You are right. Chess does provide you with fun, excitement, challenge, and relaxation.
Apart from these things, chess gives much more to you and nurtures your life, teaches invaluable things in life that will ultimately help you lead a wonderful and successful life.
What is there in Chess that teaches me invaluable lessons for life? Are you kidding?
I am not kidding, my friend. Read on to know more about this fascinating game.
Chess is one of the ancient games played since the 6th century AD. Originated in India, the game spread to other parts of the world and has been played in its present format since 1475 across the world. The game gained recognition as a professional sport and world championship tournaments are being held since the early 1900s.
The game of chess is a fair game. There is no room for luck or chance in this game. That means, as a player, you are responsible for all the moves in the game. If you make a wrong move, then you should face the consequences of the wrong move.
Yes. What is the big deal in that?
It implies that you should own responsibility for what ever you do. You cannot escape from the consequences of the mistake. Bearing this in mind, you should think twice before you make a move. Is it not?
When you cultivate the habit of playing chess regularly, it is true that your brain and mind are trained to think more than once before taking any decision or acting on any problem. Many a times, a decision taken in haste or out of passion or desire, without thinking about consequences, has led to drastic consequences. Such accidents or mishaps will never recur in life when you cultivate this habit of thinking before acting.
Is this not a useful virtue that the game of chess teaches you?
Yes. I seem to be getting the point. What else does this game teaches me, my friend?
In the game of chess, you need to think before you make a move. Is it not? You are not only thinking before making a move; you are also analyzing the position of the pieces in the game. In other words, you are taking stock of the situation, the advantages, disadvantages, threats and opportunities that the present situation provides you, before take a decision to move. Is it not?
This practice of analyzing the situation, the relative merits and demerits, the opportunities and the threats that the present position presents – all these things help you indirectly, nurture your mind to analyzing the ground realities in a real-life situation more clearly, and then lead you to think about the optimal solution. This reasoning capacity and the understanding of the situation is half of the solution to the problem. One cultivates the good habit of understanding the depth of the situation or the problem before initiating steps to think about a possible solution.
This is yet another important virtue one learns by playing chess regularly. Is it not a virtue worth possessing in your life?
Well. There are so many things like these virtues that one can learn and master that goes a long way in shaping our life.
Now, playing chess has been made much easier. You need not go in search of a partner or allocate any specific time to play the game – such as weekends or holidays to play the game.
You can play chess online using the power of the Internet. All you need is a computer with internet connection. Online chess not only helps you get a partner to play the game. You can also challenge the computer, choosing the computer as the partner.
You will not only learn many virtues by playing chess, you will also learn these virtues at a relatively quicker pace with online chess.
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