Chess Basics: How to avoid victory in chess

Chess is a board game played between two people and a chessboard with 16 pieces each distributed to the two players. The mission of the game is to win over the opponent's King and say "checkmate".

People who are interested in playing chess and have a strong ambition to become masters in the game and grandmasters learn all the tricks, do persevere and practice a whole lot towards this goal. While there are innumerable books and other materials to teach you how to play the chess, how to improve the chess skills, chess strategies and such other things, there are very few or no material instructing us what you should not do in a game of chess so that you will never say checkmate to the opponent.

I take this opportunity to teach you folks how to avoid victory in the game of chess.

There are some simple dictums or rules that you should follow to avoid victory in chess. They are as follows :

1. Do not concentrate : If you dare to do it, you may know the opponent's plan and try to avoid defeat. Your mission is to avoid victory. So please do not concentrate.

2. Ignore threat from the opponent: This is yet another important point. If you take notice of the threat and take action to avoid that, then it tantamounts to your accepting the opponent to be as smart as you. That cannot be allowed because if he becomes as smart as you, then he will start avoiding victory and your mission will be a failure. So beware.

3. Stick to your plan come what may: You are not supposed to change your game plan whatever may happen in the chessboard. If you give up the planned strategy, then it will expose your weakness and lack of resoluteness to face adversity. So do not do that.

4. If you see a good move, go ahead and make it - Dont hesitate; This is one golden rule. Remember that your first instinct is the best instinct. So, if you happen to see a good move, immediately make that move. Dont think for a second - that is a crime to think.

5. Move the same piece again and again in the opening stages : This is one good point worth considering. You should not develop any piece in the opening. Instead move the same piece more than once. You can move the pawn only one square once so that you can make one more move of the same pawn.

If you follow all or any of the above mentioned tips judiciously, then nobody can force you to say checkmate to your opponent. If you decide not to win, who can stop you from losing or not saying "checkmate"?