The Queen goes on "her" colour.❤️

I thought I knew everything about chess—until I discovered I learnt nothing at all.

Confidence high feeling like I can dominate any board. A light pat on the shoulder reminds me: "Ma'am, you've been placing the queen on the wrong colour."

It's at that exact point of learning about chess that I realised how much, I still had to learn.

My ego convinced me that I knew everything  about chess. The queen on the wrong colour proved I didn’t.

Sometimes the smallest mistake—reveals the biggest lesson.

I didn’t lose my first lesson in chess, on the board… I lost it before the game even started.

MT