Chess the game of thrones

  

 Chess the game of thrones

The most popular board game in the world is chess. This millenary game is for some too slow or too time consuming, so is backgammon or monopoly. The history of chess spans some 1500 years. The earliest predecessor of the game probably originated in India, before the 6th century AD. From India, the game spread to Persia. When the Arabs conquered Persia, chess was taken up by the Muslim world and subsequently spread to Southern Europe. In Europe, chess evolved into roughly its current form in the 15th century. The "Romantic Era of Chess" was the predominant chess playing style down to the 1880s. It was characterized by swashbuckling attacks, clever combinations, brash piece sacrifices and dynamic games. Winning was secondary to winning with style. These games were focused more on artistic expression, rather than technical mastery or long-term planning. The Romantic era of play was followed by the Scientific, Hypermodern, and New Dynamism eras.  In addition there is the Chinese chess (Xiangqi ) a little bit different because it uses artillery and some moves out of this world, but still a battle of wits in a checkered square. Here in the Aurora Inn we have the privilege to accommodate in one of our fine units the great Russian master Mikhail Sykov.

Mr. Zykov approach is not about rules but about style especially about the styles of the three main schools of chess; the Japanese, the Russian and the American. In the American school two masters stand out, Paul Murphy and Bobby Fisher. While in the Russian School the standout is the great champion Gary Kasparov famous for defeating the super computer IBM (big blue,) just to be defeated later by an updated version of Big Blue. The Russian style is aggressive is almost as aggressive as Russian politics. The number one and most precious principle of the Russian school is; to control as much squares as possible in one move. An example of this principle would be to move the pawn in front of the king 2 squares ahead or E2-E4. In opposition the most stupid first move would be A1-A2.Russia is the largest country in the world because principle number one, and to understand this principle look at the map of Russia.
Russian principle number 2, attack is the best defense. Putin is attacking Obama is defending; life imitates chess and chess life.  

Once you learn to play the game, is natural to want to be an outstanding player, and the only way to become brilliant is to play, and, play, and to play again, and to loose, and to lose again, and then you can win. The Lion is considered the king of the jungle for his outstanding power, force, and fierceness, but in reality for every 10 tries the lion accomplish two kills 20%. Nevertheless still a formidable hunter. (usually is the lioness who hunts for her mate.)