Life is like how you play chess.
Do you know how to play chess?
It’s not too late to learn how to play this game. Here are some benefits of playing chess based on my experience. It can increase your memory concentration, Critical thinking skills in decision making, calculations in trading pieces and strategic planning of capturing the king. This benefits are very applicable and can be use in the real life situation. In memory concentration, this skill is very helpful when you are eager to achieve something, you will focus and concentrate to that goal. When you play chess, you already practice memory concentration. While playing chess your opponent will give problems or puzzle then as you solve this problem you already develop critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills is very helpful specially in assessing facts from opinion. As you gather information, you must think critically in valuing information.
Being a student, critical thinking skills is very essential. As you learn more information you must think critically and systematically. Learning information from different sources and valuing what is fact and opinion is really important.
Do you want to practice this skill? Let’s play chess.
Are you tired of learning Math Lessons? Or you are not motivated to solving problem? While playing chess your problem solving skill develop and this skill helps improve your calculations specially during trading pieces. You have an advantage if you calculate your trading in advance and get more points you already presume what will be the consequences of doing that move then you can create an advance strategic action.
Do you want to practice this skill? It is not too late to learn how to play chess.
Based on the good calculations you can formulate an effective strategy. In real life calculation of your actions must coordinate with proper strategic planning. The best example of this is if you have a problem before you do an action, it’s better to calculate first what will be the possible solution towards that problem. Strategic planning with effective action will follow.
Do you want to practice this skill? Start playing now!
If you already know the function of every chess pieces and its role next is you must study the three main important part in playing chess, this is for advance level or even for the beginner one.
First is the opening strategy. To prepare in life you must know your direction or your goal and then comply all the requirements to that goal. The opening strategy is the stock knowledge you have gain from schools (elementary, secondary and tertiary). In chess this is how you start your 10-15 moves. Learning variety of opening is advantage due to experience. If you prepare your opening well you have good structure of your piece and to survive for the rest of the game.
Second deep middle game. This part of your life that you have chosen a career. This is how you deal problems in your life career. This time based on your opening you can have a good or bad career in the future. The battle of middle game determine who has a deep preparation on the opening. In this part you will apply all your learnings in life. Hard work is the key on this level but constant repetition with the correct program will achieve more and more.
Third is the end game. It doesn’t matter how you open and to survive in the middle game. If you have equal pieces in the end game. The result depends on how you handle critical moves and decision in life. In chess end games this is only a matter for perfect move in every single action. The endgame is the most crucial part of the game, and call for a certain accuracy to play. For example, a minor mistake in the middle game probably you can adjust and bounce back, but putting your pieces on the wrong square in an endgame can lose you the game. Endgames will decide if you win, draw or lose a game.
Hope that upon reading this, you will get interested on playing this game.
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Published date: March 2, 2022
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What a splendid life lesson sir. I know some basics in playing chess and good thing you relate it in life. Sometimes we need to take risk in order for a good outcome.