A Unique Game

A Unique Game

P K Routray

A healthy body and a peaceful mind

every man of every walk of life quests to find

It may be by way of physical exercise and exertion

or by yogic postures, breath control or meditation.

Aid the man in his endeavor, his outdoor and indoor games

played on the track or field or over the table frames.

Numerous games are played and developed over the years

competed for recreation and laurel to the winning teams’ cheers.

From among them, the game of chess needs a special mention,

as this game only can be played by players over distant communication.

The game can be played between players irrespective of age, sex and language,

requiring strength, stamina, Intellectual acumen, power of discrimination and courage.

The game teaches the man the process to make a strategy, plan and implement

in opening, middle game and end game phases following or innovating from theories prevalent.

It seasons man to withstand the shocks of missed opportunities and surprised losses

and to maintain equilibrium in the materialistic pleasure and pain of win or losses.

It forces the participants into deep concentration and to a state of meditation

and demands on him pre- physical fitness or the player vanishes into oblivion.

Sharpens it, memory, clarity in thoughts, logical and analytical ability,

the power to discriminate, to tolerate, to withdraw, to pack up and power to face hostility.