Benjamin Franklin quote on Chess

“Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems.”

Also exciting. Like: there's a Bishop by a castle, what's going on with that? Who's going to come in? Maybe a King? Or a horse might jump on your head! 

Chess, more than anything else, shows that "intelligence" is often a mirage, or hard work coming out in creative ways. You need discipline, focus, and consistency, and nothing else.

Chess, like life, is mostly mouseslips.

Hehe

lebron james is good at chess