We Are Alive! December 18th, 2024 Chess

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After diner, my wife and I were having a conversation and out of the blue she suggested we should play chess. Actually, she wondered if after all the political discussions and strategies, if exercising her brain like that has improved her chess game.

In 13 years of marriage, we haven't played a lot of chess. Hardly any at all. And every time we did play, I won handily. I didn't let this moment pass us buy. After wondering if her chess strategies has improved, I got the board out and set it up.

"Let's find out!" I said with a grin.

We played three games and we made an observation - whereas I did win all three times, they were NOT easy victories. There were several moments where it looked like she might win. This is a big change from when we played years ago, where it was hardly a contest.

The following evening, we played again. And she won! We both came to the conclusion that either my skill at the game has declined since we last played, or her skill has increased!

I demanded we play again and it ended with a stalemate.

Given how careful I was in my strategy to win, my conclusion is that her skill (or ability to strategize) has in fact increased!

Goes to show that strategy is strategy. Whether in discussing politics online or playing chess, it's the same mental muscle that is used.

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You or your wife can create an account in chess.com or lichess.com. Nowadays, it's easy to find somebody to play with unlike before you have to go to chessclub to get an opponent equal your skill level.
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I should look up chess playing opportunities online to sharpen my game. !BBH

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You have made me think of the chess games I sometimes have with my wife, and I tell you as always the Queen, she always wins, no matter what, she always wins.

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The queen is the strongest piece on the board for a reason. !BBH

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Great to see you two enjoying playing chess and that your wife is improving on strategical thinking.

I used to be quite decent at chess too, but I haven't played for a long time now.

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Chess is like riding a bike, once you learn it's easy, but actual skill has to be developed. !BBH

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𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚜𝚘 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚋𝚢 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝. 𝙸𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚢𝚙𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢, 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢, 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚒𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚐𝚑 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜. 𝙰𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚠𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚢 𝚖𝚎𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝. 𝙽𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚜.

𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝙸 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚋𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜, 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚋𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚘𝚗... 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗... 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝'𝚜 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎.

𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚒𝚍 𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚌 𝚜𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 ‘𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗'𝚜 𝙶𝚊𝚖𝚋𝚒𝚝’ 𝚂𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚂𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚕 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗. 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚞𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚎𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚍𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘. 𝙷𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚎𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝙰𝚜 𝚊 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗-𝚞𝚙 𝙱𝚎𝚝𝚑 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚝.

𝙱𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜, 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚞𝚗𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝. 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚜. ‘𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗... 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚗, ..., 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚍𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚙𝚝 𝚒𝚝’.

𝙰𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕 𝚘𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚋𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚐𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚎𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎 𝚍𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎.

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Great thoughts! This is all great advice! Thank you! !BBH

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!BBH !HOPE !LOLZ

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Indeed strategy is strategy.. we improve and learn everyday.. I love the fact that you both play together as couples.. it's lovely to see or hear this. In this generation were people tend to make marriage look like a war zone. Discouraging young folks ideology about marriage.

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I love the fact that you both play together as couples

It's been great, way better than plugging into our own respective phones. :-)

!BBH

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her skill (or ability to strategize) has in fact increased!

That's fantastic, Benjamin! You better be careful around her :P

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That's such a fun and insightful experience.
It's amazing to see how skills from one area of life can translate into another.
Sounds like your wife's strategic thinking has definitely sharpened over the years.

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!BBH

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skills from one area of life can translate into another

There is a certain "synergy" that occurs when doing one activity, that benefits other activities. !BBH

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Say no more, you have to practice. The mind is a muscle in constant training, to keep it strong you have to eat well and study hard.

The board is a battlefield, I know this because chess is one of my favorite board games.

Your skill will improve 100% with every defeat, because a winner is born from failure.

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