Cool Chess Tip for Life from CEO Chess Champ: Plan Ahead

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Hi everyone,

We found this interesting chess interview with a chess champ and entrepreneur at PostNoon.

He was the co-champion of the 1975 World Open Chess Championship, but all these years later Alan Trefler is still going strong and inviting young minds to pit their skills against him. When a chess master invites over a dozen children to play against him, there is always a certain level of interest and expectation. And the standards are raised higher when he also happens to be the CEO and Founder of Pegasystems Inc, an American BPM company. After an exciting 1 vs 17 match tournament, Postnoon caught up with Alan Trefler to talk about chess, children, Garry Kasparov and other significant things. The interview was conducted by Rahul Ramakrishna.

As someone who has been playing chess for over a decade, how would you define it?
Chess is a game that demands one to think and plan ahead. It is literally like placing a hurricane over the opponent’s king. But while that may be the sensational bit, it also teaches one to learn how to lose.

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