I am fascinated reading the quote from a famous billionaire Elon Musk, a businessman known for his leadership of Tesla, founder of the space technology company Space X, and X (formerly Twitter) who articulated that “Chess has a tiny number of degrees of freedom compared to reality. Only 64 squares, no fog of war, no tech tree, no terrain differences, same starting pieces and positions every time and you can't invent new pieces during the game. All of those factors are present in reality of everyday life.” (https://www.chess.com)
The famous theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein captured the intensity of chess as “The game demands so much concentration and focus that even the greatest minds can become fully consumed." Chess has a way of drawing players in so deeply that everything else fades into the background. It's a game that can absorb you completely, making time disappear as you work through its real challenges. (www. houseofstaunton.com)
In this context, I am happy that my two grandkids, 11 years old Ilfi Fatihah Mohd Faiz, and 8 years old Izz Fayyadh Mohd Faiz, from Sri Al-Amin Primary School Cyberjaya were selected among the 134 contestants from various schools to participate in the D'Pulze Chess Championship Under 14 years old. They are fortunate to be trained by a professional coach, Nayyel Ashyraf, who is ranked number 4 national chess player in Malaysia based on Federation International des Echecs (FIDE) - the World Chess Federation Rating of 2366.
As a grandpa to Ilfi Fatihah & Izz Fayyadh, I can only provide motivation for them to excel in chess championship by sharing the success stories of chess grandmaster like Hikaru Nakamura who is 5-time U.S. Chess Champion & the reigning World Fisher Random Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, he earned his grandmaster title at the age of 15 years old, the youngest American at the time to do so. (www.thesportstimes.quora.com; 2700chess.com>players
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