My Model UN students know that my number one rule for MUN is that "MUN should be fun." In reality, my number one rule in life is pretty much that life should be fun.
Chess is life, and chess, after all, is a game. It is a game that makes us think, makes us plan and plot, makes us sweat and bleed, makes us agonize and makes us fight. Yet it is a game, and a fun pastime.
Moving pieces, out-thinking your opponent, feeling your enemy, sensing victory... these are thrilling activities.
Playing chess is fun. Living life should be equally fun. In life we sweat and toil but there are always ways to make it enjoyable, even if only in the mind. Frequently when confronted with difficult situations I try to relate them to other things (like chess) and find some silly connection or enjoyable diversion.
That's probably why I am such a story teller, I like to share my silly experiences and get a laugh. Even when things are slow and quiet I can burst into a story. And it is from these moments of crazy story telling that my original maxim "MUN should be fun" was born.
Chess is life, Chess is fun, Life should be fun.
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Monday, April 11, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Positional Analysis- Tampa
So yesterday I went to Tampa with a group of high school and middle school students for a Model United Nations conference. The students did very well, and we left with major victories. Not a chess game, but hey, it's all tactical.
Going to Tampa for something like this clearly moves the king from the first rank. Suddenly, I was among the pawns.
The pawns pulled off a stunning victory, "pawns are the heart of chess" after all. I do also have other friends in the Tampa area. Other pawns. This part of the board is being developed by black.
I don't know white's position here, although I am guessing some of the other school's fell to becoming white pawns after our "pwnage." This puts us into risk of En Passant.
Pride comes before the fall. If these pawns try to move too quickly, a white pawn will be there to take them.
The team did a marvelous job, but can't rest on their laurels. We can't come back to Tampa thinking that we can't be defeated. Take it step by step and develop the board wisely. Keep the larger goal in mind.
And those of you that became my pawns last night, congratulations. Welcome to The Game.
Going to Tampa for something like this clearly moves the king from the first rank. Suddenly, I was among the pawns.
The pawns pulled off a stunning victory, "pawns are the heart of chess" after all. I do also have other friends in the Tampa area. Other pawns. This part of the board is being developed by black.
I don't know white's position here, although I am guessing some of the other school's fell to becoming white pawns after our "pwnage." This puts us into risk of En Passant.
Pride comes before the fall. If these pawns try to move too quickly, a white pawn will be there to take them.
The team did a marvelous job, but can't rest on their laurels. We can't come back to Tampa thinking that we can't be defeated. Take it step by step and develop the board wisely. Keep the larger goal in mind.
And those of you that became my pawns last night, congratulations. Welcome to The Game.
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