Chapter Six
THE CHESS
PLAYERS
Have you seen a very good chess player? They are often very tact in the knowledge of the game. They sink their head in the game letting go any distraction that may be caused by any external influence. If you do want to learn concentration, go sit where a game of chess is being played the nerves of the players are so intertwined to the game. The resolve is victory.
Chess players exemplify the attribute of champions. They are focused and determined to face any obstacle. They know they have to make sound judgment and they won’t waste limited resources on things that won’t matter.
Life requires that we spend judiciously precious resources at our disposal. We thus have to train our minds to be subject to the right character attribute, one of focus and determination.
Some games could run for hours while others may just be for minutes. This depends on the quality of the challenger. In life, we expect that there would be good times as well as challenging difficult times. We have to be dogged to challenge the odds that life presents whether it is the very swift easy going lifestyle or the challenging difficult terminal challenges.
Chess players understand that to play the game perfectly, they have to play and abide by the set down rules of the game. Life has rules that we have to perfect if we will have to play it right. We can’t expect to win if we don’t play right.
Chess players don’t just learn the rules of the game, they also develop themselves on tactic and strategies. They consistently increase knowledge on how best to play the game. Their major goal is to become grandmasters. We must not be content with just playing in the game of life, rather we must strive to play in a masterly manner. We have to learn to perfect our strategies to ensure we get the best out of life. It is not just winning that matters, becoming the best at winning matters much more.
Every chess player on the board wants to win. He is inspired by the desire to win. That is the propelling forces. In life, our drive should be to win. This desire should be the driver to the top. We must be soaked in this desire and let it engulf us. We are not searching for the “average” draw but a “win it all” solution.
Chess players who want to be grand masters challenge in competition. The true test of a player is when he has played and has being able to defeat serious challenger. We can’t expect to get something big in the wrong place. If we must succeed in a global dimension, we would have to be positioned for a global audience. If you must be renowned, you must know how to do big things, you must know how to defeat champions. It is only by challenging big odds that we become champions. We must strive hard to challenge great odds.
Chess players think a lot while they play. Their brain is constantly calculating the next move and how best it would suite their goal. They don’t just make a move, because the other person has made one, rather they consider the gain of their every move relative to the challenge posed by the other player. The next move you are about to take must be considered in the light of its effect on how you fare in the game of life. There is no need to rush into decisions when you have not taken time to study and know the outcome of such decisions. We cannot afford to rush in and face the daily consequences of rushing out. Our decisions in life should be quantified on how best it would help us relative to the challenges posed by life. We need count the cost and always consider the quality of life that we are protecting. Every step or move you make in life counts to your overall success. You therefore have to be decisive and thoughtful when you do make that move decision because it will count.
Chess players do often realize the place of their intuition over every other factor surrounding them on game of chess. They maximize its use and often have to take the decision being guided by their hearts. Our future depends very much on how we can take those decisions. They may seem little but the fact is we have to be take responsibility and make those major decisions in our lives and let our hearts guide us rather than the influences of those standing around us. Jesus Christ our perfect example enjoins us to guard our hearts for out of them are the issues of life. Our hearts has to be protected so as to guide us right.
A Chess player who wants to be a grand master knows the right tools they need is their chessboard. He needs a set of complete pieces. They acknowledge that the game is incomplete without a complete set of pieces. All pieces must be complete. We must have all the tools to propel us to the height we want to reach.
It’s one thing having all the tools, it’s another knowing how to apply the tools. We must guard ourselves with all the right knowledge; everything that we will need to put us at advantage. There is no chance for loopholes, we must seek to perfect our spot by ensuring all the needed knowledge to achieve a task is obtained.
It’s great being a player of life. Players acknowledge they must always be at their best if they must. You are a life player and you have to win. You have to strive to place yourself at the advantageous point where only champions reign.