THE GAME OF STRATEGY: CHESS AND ITS RELATIONS TO THE PURSUIT OF KNOWLEDGE

Author: Jean Claude Ted Isidor

Editors: Yanxi Chen and Hwi-On Lee

Artist: Kevin Li

“The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us.” game are what we call the laws of Nature The player on the other side is hidden from us ”

“The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the

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Have you ever heard of a man named Bobby Fischer? He was a terrific chess player who went mad from playing the board game he loved Chess is a game unlike no other: each move you and your opponent make must be calculated and executed precisely. Matches can be as short as mere seconds to as long as several hours, but how can it be that a board game with 64 squares has the power to turn someone mad? Well, it might come as a surprise but the game does have some psychological effects on players

First, one must understand the rules of this thousand-year-old game: Two opponents on either side of the board compete against one another to trap the opponent’s king–a checkmate To complete such a simple but frustrating task, one must use the abilities of their respective chess pieces with great accuracy and cleverness. Pawns can only move up, bishops move diagonally, rooks move vertically and horizontally, queens can move vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, and knights move in an L-shaped manner The king moves one space to squares where he is not at risk of getting captured With this newfound knowledge, we can now advance to chess and its portrayal in the modern era.