Not another chess article Jimmie!
The reason I like chess is a multi part answer. I’m an administrative assistant. As one, there is no ladder, if you will, to climb to the top of the organization. The metaphor of ‘up’ in English means progress and success. With progress and succes, that means I change in income, role, and education.
Chess is a game that gives you a rating. 1200 is considered beginner and peaks at the world’s best of 2800 roughly. In between the two numbers people are climbing the ladder to find themselves progessing and succeeding. To stay a 1200 player year after year says that ladder is laying on the ground, and many people may be happy or simply content walking one rung at a time towards death.
Rather, I see my life as a good book with it’s peaks and valleys of climaxes, hopefully moving higher and stronger towards the end.
This article is putting me in a bad mood…or is it the phone at work, blaring in my left ear: “Jimmie, come back to reality, a patron needs your wonderful customer service!”
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh!!!! I’m still a 1200 player.
