by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Jun 9, 2014 | Chess, Chess Strategies, Strategic Thinking
Chess and investments have a common theme: in order to be successful in either one you need to know how your pieces work together. This requires a specific skill that cannot be overestimated—the ability to think things through clearly. In chess, a player’s strength is... Click for more
by Douglas Goldstein | May 14, 2014 | Chess, Chess Strategies
Welcome to the Rich As A King podcast, which shows you how the wisdom of chess can make you a grandmaster of investing. In this first episode, find out about disruptive technology and how it affects the markets and life in general.... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Dec 5, 2013 | Chess Strategies
Have you ever studied a chess game and seen a move that just didn’t make sense? Worse yet, have you ever made a chess move that, as soon as you made it, you knew it was wrong? Every chess player probably has made a move that at the time, seemed like a good move,... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Nov 26, 2013 | Chess Strategies, Decision Making
There’s a saying among chess players that the game is won by the player who made the next-to-last mistake. Most every chess game has errors, some serious, some not so much. Some are apparent as soon as they are made, others are only discovered several moves... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Nov 16, 2013 | Chess Strategies, Decision Making
Soon after the end of the first game of the World Chess Championship Anand/Carlsen match, I looked back at the last World Champion match, which started the same way, with a draw. In this case, instead of making a tie with Gelfand, Anand tied with Carlsen. Anand’s... Click for more
by Doug Goldstein CFP® | Nov 13, 2013 | Chess Strategies, Decision Making
When I showed a pre-publication copy of Rich As A King to Jim Bob Duggar (of the TLC reality show “19 Kids and Counting,”) he made the comment, “Chess teaches the basic principles of life” (see below for his complete quote). His words reflected the twists and turns of... Click for more
