Chess tournament
Arunav had a chess tournament yesterday starting at 9.00 finishing at 5.00. It was hard on the nerves for the little children and adults, but it was amazing to see how much more resilient they are - I know it sounds cliche! But it is amazing when you see it.
Having never been to such level competition and being one of the youngest (it does matter, specially the concentration level and maturity to take longer to make moves), he lost the first match in exactly 5 minutes. He came out as if nothing has happened, tried to talk of other things, went to the toilet and then talked about the match. He said,' I dont know why I kept making silly moves.' After a little bit of talk, he felt better and when asked whether he felt like going in there again for the next round, he gave a surprised look and said,' Of course!'
I was impressed by that spirit in ALL the children. They lost, they went in again - lost again, yet they were enthusiastic to go in again - and then they won! He won two matches, which is not a lot but is very impressive considering he is playing for only 4 months now, first time in any competition and without any proper coaching. We felt so happy when the professional coach came and told us,'He is a natural - he just needs training.'
posted by Tuya @ 15:08
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