Playing This Chess Game Called Life
A lot of it boils down to understanding how the sequence of events plays out.
The game of chess is a 2-player strategic board game that can last for hours. Each player has 16 pieces to control and move, and there are so many different permutations and combinations to move those pieces that it can be absolutely mind blowing.
The players who know how to play have many different variations of opening their offensive or defensive strategies that it would be impossible to cope with the memorisation of that sheer lot of them. In moving the pieces, too, we see a common theme approaching — it is a sequential process.
One has to make a coordinated, sequential and strategic effort to checkmate the other side; or if one is on the losing end, at least make the most out of it and force the game into a draw. A series of blunders and missteps throughout the game can easily turn the game around, even for players at grandmaster level. Contingency planning and a lot of “what-ifs” are key here — considering all angles helps them to see the big picture more clearly. That is why some players are also willing to sacrifice high value pieces to be able to get to the final checkmate point — though we have to admit sometimes that they can be blundering moves (oops!).
