They say Playing chess teaches us lessons of life. I never understood this as a child or a teenager. But ever since I started teaching people how to play chess- it became clearer to me that there is a striking similarity between Chess and many aspects of life, I see players lose and win, I see them get disappointed and excited, disdains and come backs and these are few points that strike a chord. Read on... 1) Perseverance: Yes all games more or less need it but this quality