My First Game of Chess
Posted in Blogs on 01/16/2009 10:19 pm by pratanu banerjee
I have seen my father playing chess for quite a long
time. I have seen him playing with his
friends and college colleagues. He is
presently working as a Professor in
I have neglected his advice of starting to play chess as I thought it
would be quite a 'difficult game.' I am now 28 years old. For a month, I have started playing Sudoku
after learning from a memory improvement book that it stimulates brain and help
you to think in a better way. After
solving many puzzles, one win each day, I decided to start learning chess from
my best teacher, father. From him I have heard and now I read in the newspapers
many young children are playing even at international level. But my stimulus came rather late. My father motivated me and told me that
nothing is late and today he told me a recent motivational line of the reputed
Indian Chess player Vishwanathan Anand that you can succeed only in the field
where you love the most.
I am going to tell you the lesson I learnt from my father
today. He told me about the following things as an introduction:
1. He told me the
position of the players.
2. It is 64-square
game.
3. The basic movement
of the white and black pieces.
4. How one check
mates and castling and other things.
5. The way it is
written in newpapers like the staff notation of music. Here it is different with alphabets a, b, c,
d, e, f, g, h and the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
Chess has similarity with Sudoku in the fact that you use
your imagination to see what is going to happen. It really enriches the brain and stimulates
it to the maximum extent. This is a
thrilling experience I found while playing Sudoku. I can never forget January 16, 2009 when
father taught me the beautiful mind game.
I can never forget this winter evening!!