Chess identically with the sport that is
very exhausting, not
in tired physically, but tired
psyche and mind. People
who are too lazy to think clearly
can not be comfortable to play chess. But there are also people who would sit for hours
to play chess.
Not like the other sports, chess rely on brainpower
than muscle.
Chess trains us to
be more confident, patient, strategy skills, as well as the appropriate
decision-making and limited
by time. As we know,
every step in
the calculation of chess there, why do people do
this and that.
Chess is a game
played two players. This game can train the brain activity because we will find
the strategy to be a winner. Before the match, chess players would
choose beans that
he played. There are two colors to differentiate
chess pieces or
seeds, such as black and white. Holders of the white pieces start first, which in turn is followed by black pieces holder by turns until
the game is completed.
In Indonesia, Chess is
Catur. In sansekerta language Catur is four (4). So, Chess have four corner. The game took place on
a board consisting of 8 column and 8 rows of black and white
(or light and dark) is Intermittent. The
game starts with 16 pieces
on each side, which was composed specifically lined on
each side of the chessboard
are face to face. One piece can only
occupy a single plot.
At the forefront of
each line - there are 8 pawns, followed
behind the two forts,
two horses (in
English called knight-warrior), two elephants (in
English called a bishop, the bishop), a minister
or a queen or
ster, as well as a
king (In Indonesia called Skak).
The purpose of this game is to reach checkmate position. This
could happen if the King is threatened and
no way to escape to another plot. Not
always the game ended
in defeat, because it could happen
anyway, or mussels (remis) in a series of events
where both parties could no longer
continue the game because they can not reached checkmate.
Chess principles also used in Bali.
The usual statue in
front of the house, always
use a glove like
a chessboard. Black and white.
There are significance why chess is used as a
traditional principle in Bali.