Chess and the importance of losing.

 

My grandfather loved chess, he played it every day and had 3 chess computers (he said each one had a different play style). Sometimes I would visit and we would have a game or two. He never held back and trashed me every single time. Game after game, he was unbeatable. No, I never got good enough to beat him, he went to his grave unbeaten. But I’m glad he never held back, because with every defeat I learned, and when I played others I improved more and more and so I was difficult to beat too.

Not all losses are bad, get the lesson from them, learn, and use your knowledge to become better.

 

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