A game of Chess may appear to be just black and white superficially but playing a game of chess can add a variety of colours to your life. There are many important life lessons that we can learn from the game of chess. So, let’s play chess, the game of life, and from it learn to live a life with amazement.
Chess teaches us to think and make the right move right from the start: Chess begins with thinking. It involves thinking ahead and making the moves. It puts a lot of emphasis on playing to make the right move. In life too, we should get into a habit of thinking about important things.
We should also train our minds to think ahead and think in terms of the probability of directing efforts to bring about beneficial changes. This quality of the game of chess can help students prepare well for their projects, presentations and examinations. It can be helpful for adults and the elderly to plan their careers and retirement life.
Chess teaches you to be intellectual and creative
A game of chess cannot be played without any introspection. It requires you to observe, think, decide and be creative in making every move work.
Even in situations where we are stuck, chess teaches us to make consistent efforts, and come up with alternative plans, strategies, and moves that imply creative thinking. This is good learning to apply in real life when we want to face a difficult situation when something is not working out or when we are falling short yet want to move ahead towards our goals.
Difficulties are obvious in life and playing chess can help us learn to overcome these difficulties creatively with consistent efforts.
Chess prepares you to always be on the go (involved)
Playing a game of chess hardly leaves us with any time to stay too comfortable for very long. It, in fact, keeps us involved in the process of improvising, defending, winning and learning from losing.
In life too we should be involved in the process of improvising and doing things in a better way.
Chess helps build critical thinking skills
Playing chess can help in problem-solving, abstract reasoning, pattern recognition and strategic thinking. Problem-solving helps us deal with situations rather than running away.
Abstract reasoning and pattern recognition imply considering the minute details, thinking about the big picture, assessing a current situation and being cautious about the consequences of each move or decision that we make. Strategic thinking helps in building appropriate plans, executing them and balancing losses as well as opportunities.
Chess and mind
A game of chess makes us learn to keep our minds calm under pressure. It is generally a lengthy game and hence, teaches patience. Players have to stay patient till the opponent makes a move, remain, patient, till they make their own move and till the game gets over the players have to stay focused and patient.
This virtue of patience is an essential quality in human beings because right from waiting for your chance, preparing something, awaiting results or living per se requires us to have patience as life too can be considered a lengthy process.
Chess and a positive attitude
Last but not the least, on today’s list, is how chess can help develop a positive attitude. When playing chess each player has to be ready to accept defeat, loss and failure. This can be directed to stimulate a positive attitude in the players by accepting the results and learning from the game, working on the errors and mistakes, without getting too disappointed or disheartened in times of loss.
People can learn to look at the game and its results positively to play better the next time. And remember that there is always the next time in life too.
On this positive note, we would like to wind up saying, play a game of chess today, tomorrow and always and keep living life to the fullest with glaze.
