Chess develops decision-making skills

With Errol Tiwari

‘Every man gotta right to decide his own destiny’

Making those critical and irreversible decisions over the chessboard determines the outcome of our game. We win or lose by our decisions. When we lose our game we sometimes become bitter. Perhaps we should have consolidated on the queenside before launching an attack on the kingside.

We may not be aware of it, but intuition and instinct contribute greatly to our decision-making process on the chessboard and also in our daily lives. We don’t think about why we turn left on the road instead of right on our way home. We just do it. A chess player can just look at a position and without analyzing spot a checkmate if there is one. This is instinct.