A game of Chess

I have a pretty interesting story of a chess game, played between me and my friend. Parthz and I were online, and we had nothing better to do. So we decided to play a game of chess. The first game went smoothly, where Parthz was thinking a lot and losing his time. So I was always putting pressure on him to make his next move. He eventually got disturbed and didn’t think well as much as he would have liked and ended up loosing the game.

But he requested for a second game and came back with vengeance. His moves were so fierce that I lost my bishop and knight so early. Then he moved his knight inside my area, and soon my king could take only 2 steps. He was about to win...

That’s when I started an off topic conversation with him. I talked to him about the latest Ltte attack in Sri Lanka and he was sucked into the conversation. He was discussing with me on how this stupid war is affecting the country. So much into the topic he made a lot of mistakes in his chess. He didn’t see me pawn targeting his bishop and my knight on his. Very soon he lost his mind and quit the game.


Lessons Learnt...

1 - I see how the war in Sri Lanka has affected the people even after leaving.
2 – Its hard to fight back someone with vengeance.
3 – Everything is in the mind of the individual. Make Ur mind strong, u can achieve anything.
4 – Being smart doesn’t mean u cheat!!