“Check mate!” I heard a chess player declaring to his opponent. “Check mate? What kind of a word is that?” As I went near the crowd, I saw two players facing each other. In front of them is a board made of 64 white and black wooden squares. Standing on the board are 32 chessmen. It seems like they are two nations (the white and the black nation) fighting in a war. I also noticed the biggest piece. They say it is the king. “A king, joining a war? Wow! How brave.”
On the next day, I went to our canteen. I decided to join the chess club as a trainee. There are many of us. Some are my batch mates. Since I know the rules of the game, I invited my co-trainees to play with me. We have two coaches, one for the varsities and one for the trainees. They arrived during our dismissal. When the other coach saw our game, he interrupted and taught us the initiative and the objectives of the game. Yes! This is the start of our session. Time to time, I already knew how to defeat my opponent.
I consider playing chess as one of my talents. I started playing chess during my fourth grade. As I turn grade five, I became one of the varsities and I am already part of our school’s chess team. On the first tournament that I joined (shell active chess Tournament), I was a bit anxious. All I was thinking is that I must win. As the tournament progressed, I only got one win out of the seven rounds. My teardrop fell. This was the first time to taste the bitterness of defeat. I felt a shame since I never saw anyone crying except me. Good thing my coach comforted me. “Don’t worry, you’re still young. There are still many tournaments coming for you. Don’t you know that life is like a wheel? Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down. Just remember to practice and pray and you will get what you want.” These words enlightened me. There are many things I learned from sir that connects my talent to my life. From here I made my motto, “Don’t let defeat defeat you.” I should not let myself down. If I lose in a tournament that means I should give more time in practices. If you fall, then you should stand up. Hey! it’s not yet the end of the world. Defeat only happens when you cannot go beyond the wall. You should struggle. God gave you eyes to look for a way, ears to listen his directions, hands to climb on the wall, and feet to walk on the right way.
Now I play chess sometimes. I just receive a silver medal from the Little Milo Olympics two years ago. My journey did not stop here. I must strive to reach the top but my feet should stick on the ground. In this part of my life. I notice that playing chess help me learned who I am and what life is all about. All of us pass on different situations that make us describe the phenomenon of life. For me life is like chess, a war game. You should strive to mate the "king of defeats". How about you, how would you describe life?
On the next day, I went to our canteen. I decided to join the chess club as a trainee. There are many of us. Some are my batch mates. Since I know the rules of the game, I invited my co-trainees to play with me. We have two coaches, one for the varsities and one for the trainees. They arrived during our dismissal. When the other coach saw our game, he interrupted and taught us the initiative and the objectives of the game. Yes! This is the start of our session. Time to time, I already knew how to defeat my opponent.
I consider playing chess as one of my talents. I started playing chess during my fourth grade. As I turn grade five, I became one of the varsities and I am already part of our school’s chess team. On the first tournament that I joined (shell active chess Tournament), I was a bit anxious. All I was thinking is that I must win. As the tournament progressed, I only got one win out of the seven rounds. My teardrop fell. This was the first time to taste the bitterness of defeat. I felt a shame since I never saw anyone crying except me. Good thing my coach comforted me. “Don’t worry, you’re still young. There are still many tournaments coming for you. Don’t you know that life is like a wheel? Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down. Just remember to practice and pray and you will get what you want.” These words enlightened me. There are many things I learned from sir that connects my talent to my life. From here I made my motto, “Don’t let defeat defeat you.” I should not let myself down. If I lose in a tournament that means I should give more time in practices. If you fall, then you should stand up. Hey! it’s not yet the end of the world. Defeat only happens when you cannot go beyond the wall. You should struggle. God gave you eyes to look for a way, ears to listen his directions, hands to climb on the wall, and feet to walk on the right way.
Now I play chess sometimes. I just receive a silver medal from the Little Milo Olympics two years ago. My journey did not stop here. I must strive to reach the top but my feet should stick on the ground. In this part of my life. I notice that playing chess help me learned who I am and what life is all about. All of us pass on different situations that make us describe the phenomenon of life. For me life is like chess, a war game. You should strive to mate the "king of defeats". How about you, how would you describe life?
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