Make positive moves: Vishy

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The young audience whi-ch had come to hear chess wizard Viswanathan An-and speak at an event org-anised by the NIIT here on Thursday, got to learn a lot more than about the game he is so good at.

They learnt life lessons from the game of chess that teaches you to out maneouvre opponents fai-rly and win in the most difficult of situations.

Anand told the students it was always advisable to adapt quickly to reality and not keep worrying about lost chances.

“Forget what happened, move on and deal with the reality,” he said, warming up to the theme – ‘Lessons from chess,’ that he was invited to speak on.

Sharing his own experience, the chess master said he lost a game recently in a tournament mainly because he didn’t adjust to the new position on board quickly. “I was forced to demolish my own position to safeguard a material and since I was more engrossed with my situation, I failed to notice a winning line,” he recounted. “Similarly, in life too, we take some decisions that affect our plans, but then we should be willing to face the new reality,” he noted.

Talking about the advantages of playing chess, Anand said besides improving memory power and concentration, the game also helped you in decision-making. “As you have little time to solve all problems on board, you need to prepare well and recall the examples at the right moment,” he added.

Just as chess players went through game after game to be prepared for any eventuality on board, in life too, people should work hard to reach their goals, he suggested, while also advising students to develop varied interests because one never knew where they could lead them.

“Steve Jobs may not have learnt calligraphy to use it in the world of computers , but then it helped him while designing an Apple computer, which was more famous for its design than its technical aspects. Likewise, we do not know where the next connection will come from,” he added.