I always hated chess. I just didn't get people that not only spent hours and hours sitting and staring at a chess board, but even worse - they also spent hours watching other people play! But suddenly, my opinion turned for 180 degrees. I don't know exacly why and when, but sometime last year I began playing it, and I began liking it very much. Than, when I started analizing the games of chess masters, watching video tutorials, and did some chess.com training, I almost got addicted for a moment.
It opened a whole new world to me. It wasn't just moving the figures around, but it was planning the attack few moves ahead, and also guessing oponent's moves as correctly as possible. Well, of course - no shit Sherlock! That's what chess is all about! What I wanted to say is that I started to love it because I never played ''thinking games'' in my youth, I rather skipped them, and played anything else, or just watched TV. As did the majority of kids. And even today it's no different. Let's admit it - chess is not the most popular game around. Especially in school.
It's unusual how one can feel that chess can open his mind in general, which is so many times transferable into real life. Chess can redirect player's thinking from linear to wider, more three dimensional one. It trains you to recognize the big picture, not just the action around your main point of interest. Is it really always the most obvious solution also the right one? Maybe you should sacrifice something to gain promotion later? But you should always keep one eye on the king, and make sure he has a way to escape in critical situations.
And what the figures in chess symbolize in real life, I think it obvious. But then again - it is up to your imagination.
It opened a whole new world to me. It wasn't just moving the figures around, but it was planning the attack few moves ahead, and also guessing oponent's moves as correctly as possible. Well, of course - no shit Sherlock! That's what chess is all about! What I wanted to say is that I started to love it because I never played ''thinking games'' in my youth, I rather skipped them, and played anything else, or just watched TV. As did the majority of kids. And even today it's no different. Let's admit it - chess is not the most popular game around. Especially in school.
It's unusual how one can feel that chess can open his mind in general, which is so many times transferable into real life. Chess can redirect player's thinking from linear to wider, more three dimensional one. It trains you to recognize the big picture, not just the action around your main point of interest. Is it really always the most obvious solution also the right one? Maybe you should sacrifice something to gain promotion later? But you should always keep one eye on the king, and make sure he has a way to escape in critical situations.
And what the figures in chess symbolize in real life, I think it obvious. But then again - it is up to your imagination.