If you’re thinking that the meaning of the “king” in the title is a male monarch or someone who wears a crown, then you got me wrong. What I meant about it was a piece in in whose defense is played.Yeah, this entry of mine is about my experience in chess tournament.
It was summer that time and I was still in grade four.I was chosen to be a player of a sports fest event in Danao (my city).I was going to compete with the other players from different schools in Danao.It was held in the plaza because that time, there was still no place to hold the chess tournament not like now, we already have a building just for chess tournament event.As I watch my opponents,I can’t control the sweating of my hands.When I asked them on what grade they were in, some answered grade six and grade five which made my hands more sweaty.It was a round robin game, meaning all of us have the chance to compete with each other.The game started and I already have four wins and two loses.It was my last game because we are just seven competitors.This last game was in favor to me at first but then because of my carelessness, my queen was eaten!That really distracted me in my concentration and I just realized that one by one, my chess pieces were getting eaten by my opponent’s pieces.Until,the last piece left was my precious king.The only pieces that were also left in her is her castle and her king which is favorable to her.I thought that I was going to lose already but luckily,I realized that my opponent doesn’t know how to checkmate me using a king and a castle.So even if my chances of winning the game was 0%, I still continue on moving my king.My opponent’s moves were being counted because there’s a limitation of moves when you are going to checkmate the king which is the only piece left in the game.She continued moving her king to the wrong direction and I continued moving my king away from her king and towards her castle.We just continued doing that until the maximum moves to checkmate me ended.Though she really was in favor of winning the game, it was considered a “draw” or equal.I ranked 2nd with four points and a half,the one half was my score on that “draw” game.The first placer was up by one half point!Her score was five! I was really disappointed for not winning the last game, I could have gotten the chance of winning the first place.But I am still happy being the second placer in the game.During my last game, I really felt a connection between me and my king. I don’t know why but that time, I just kept on telling myself that there was still a chance as long as my king is alive.And I was right! Even though I did not win the game, I still didn’t lose.
So that’s my experience of being a chess player when I was a in elementary.You, do you have any experience in sports during your elementary years??
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