There has been a notion that only intelligent people play the game of chess.
After all, one needs to be strategic in thinking about each move and what your opponent could possibly do.
But is chess really just for 'brainy' people?
University of Perpetual Help System-Dalta chess coach Kenneth Rovillos denied this claim in the pilot episode of 'Rise Up Stronger: The Road to NCAA Season 96'.
"Pang-matalino lang ba ang chess? For me kasi hindi [ito] totally pang-matalino, pang-matiyaga kasi," the coach of the defending champs in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) chess tournament said.
"Pang-matiyaga mag-isip at saka dapat strategic ka mag-isip. Lahat ng tao mayroon pang pag-asang maglaro," he added.
For Rovillos, playing chess also gives him lessons about life.
"'Yung pag-iisip ko, one step ahead or two steps, three steps. Katulad lang ng chess na kailangan three steps ahead ka sa opponent mo mag-isip ng movement mo."
Chess is one of the sports that will be played in the special 96th season of the NCAA.
Get to know more about the NCAA, its athletes, coaches, and teams, in 'Rise Up Stronger: The Road to NCAA Season 96' which airs every afternoon on GTV.
—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA News
