Trivia

Lets get some perspective. I watched a documentary once about a man who wanted to prove a small part of Einstein's theory. And he got a grant. He estimated that he would be able to prove it in a few months. After all it was only a small smidgen.

The program showed him still trying to do it a couple of years later and it ended with him in his 60's still trying and believing he was closer. He started out as a fresh graduate. Some say there are only 4 or 5 people in the world who truly understand what Einstein postulated.

Look at chess. It just doesnt have that type of depth. Dont let them distort the facts and tell you differently. Dont let them mystify technical. The mystery is in the mind.

What chess can really do for you and your kids is to develop thinking and understanding of how the mind works so you do not self sabotage. If this can be done, we too will have a shot at getting world beaters, world level thinkers. But only if we use it correctly. Along this same path we will also find our GM.