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The document discusses chess and its benefits. It notes that chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a 64-square board with the goal of checkmating the opponent's king. It describes some basic rules and highlights that chess improves brain function, memory, cognitive abilities, strategic thinking, and attention. It concludes that you don't need to be smart to play chess, just wise about moves and utilizing strategy well, with a higher power like God ultimately guiding the game like life.

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Checkmate

The document discusses chess and its benefits. It notes that chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a 64-square board with the goal of checkmating the opponent's king. It describes some basic rules and highlights that chess improves brain function, memory, cognitive abilities, strategic thinking, and attention. It concludes that you don't need to be smart to play chess, just wise about moves and utilizing strategy well, with a higher power like God ultimately guiding the game like life.

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“Checkmate”

Board games have long been used as entertainment for all people on different
occasions and situations. There are a lot of board games out there and chess is one of
the most famous board games played in different countries. According to Wikipedia,
Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard with 64 squares
arranged in an 8×8 grid where each player will begin with 16 pieces: one king, one
queen, two rooks, two knights, two bishops, and eight pawns. To win, you must capture
the opponent`s King by moving each piece at every turn of your move. You have to be
resourceful with your moves and use them wisely in planning to trap the opponent`s
king in which it will be hard for its king to escape. Use your visions to build strategic
planning on capturing your opponents` King or others. There are some instances that
the game ends in a draw and sometimes you can win when the opponent voluntarily
quits. But playing chess is very beneficial to many people, especially teenagers or
adults.
According to Laimonas, playing chess results in better brain function, improved
memory and cognitive abilities, strategic thinking, and attention improvement. Playing
chess improves brain function because the player uses his or her brain`s left
hemisphere which deals with the recognition of objects, and right hemisphere which
deals with the recognition of patterns. Playing chess improves memory by adopting the
strategies and tactics used for a good gaming experience. Playing chess also improves
cognitive abilities such as perception, visual and partial processing, motor language,
and executive functions. Playing chess also improves our strategic thinking for we know
that chess is a strategy board game, strategy thinking will be developed as long as you
play and are willing to learn because no one is born with the skills of strategic thinking.
When you know the opponent`s, the move took advantage of you and made the game
critical, of course, you`ll think wisely of one move that might change the game, and this
is also where your creativity will be challenged and developed. There are a lot of things
that playing chess thought me in my life. Life is like a game of chess because it
depends on you where you put yourself on your next move. Sometimes you need to
lose your queen enable to win the game, as in the real world, sometimes you need to
risk one of your most important things to succeed. Another thing that I learned is chess
is like a family, a family that works together for a particular goal. There is a father who is
the king that commands his kingdom. A mother who is the queen helps the king to
depend on and counter the enemies. The elder brothers are the bishops that obey the
king and help the queen and guide the younger children of the family. But before the
kings come there is a great person who tells the king what to do. He is the player. In
real life, he is the God who is the true king of our life.
I, therefore, conclude you do not need to be smart to play chess. You just need
to be wise about your next moves and utilize them well. And there is always a person
behind the game who is a great player. We just need to think before we put ourselves in
color because everything is touch and move.
Don’t Pity your self

Some people may feel pity for someone who is homeless, hungry or in a difficult
situation. The emotion of pity is different than sympathy, which is when someone feels
sorry for another person but doesn't necessarily take action to help them. People often
feel pity for someone when they are going through a difficult time in their life such as
recovering from an illness or losing a loved one. They hope that the person will learn
from their experience and become a better and happier person in the future. Many
people who experience difficult life situations can feel alone and hopeless. When they
hear stories about people overcoming adversity and going on to live happy and fulfilling
lives, it can give them hope and inspiration. But pity to you self is quite harmful.

Self-pity is an emotion in which one feels self-centered sorrow and pity toward the self


in regards to one's own internal and external experiences of suffering. Self-pity has also
been defined as an emotion "directed towards others with the goal of attracting
attention, empathy, or help" It is imperative to note that self pity is characterized by an
individual belief and perception that he or she is a victim of circumstances and as a
result, there is need to be condoled or comforted by other people. As Protinsky and
Gilkey (1996) vividly point out in one of their research studies, self pity is a negative
emotion which, as expected and clearly known, does not assist individuals in dealing
with situations that are adverse. Nonetheless, in a social situation, self pity may trigger
people of goodwill to offer advice or sympathy while in others it can be considered as a
normal occurrence. There are those who may also consider self pity as a healthy
experience of a mental process which does not require any specific medical help.
Nevertheless, for it to be considered healthy or normal, it should result it either
determination or acceptance to change. As I remembered, I am a self pity person
because I always look down to myself for others to have pity on me, to help me in
circumstances. Specially in doing activities, projects ang exams. But little did I know that
pity is harmful. Pity comes from a pride of a person “Both are manifestations of pride.
Boasting is the response of pride to success. Self-pity is the response of pride to
suffering. Boasting says, “I deserve admiration because I have achieved so much.” Self-
pity says, “I deserve admiration because I have sacrificed so much.” Boasting is the
voice of pride in the heart of the strong. Self-pity is the voice of pride in the heart of the
weak. The reason self-pity does not look like pride is that it appears to be needy. But
the need arises from a wounded ego and the desire of the self-pitying is not really for
others to see them as helpless, but heroes. The need self-pity feels does not come from
a sense of unworthiness, but from a sense of unrecognized worthiness. It is the
response of unapplauded pride.” John Piper’s quote.

Therefore I realize that I’m just a self pity person. A person that appeared to be needy to
helped by others. Thinking that I deserve admiration and attention, not knowing that I
actually using this people for my own good.

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