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
