Sample agenda

You may learn much more from a game you lose than from a game you win. You will have to lose hundreds of games before becoming a good player.

Help your pieces so they can help you.

Chess is a test of wills.

You are never too old to play chess!

Win with grace, lose with dignity!

Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make men happy.

The biggest problem I see among people who want to excel in chess – and in business and in life in general – is not trusting their instincts enough.

I spend hours playing chess because I find it so much fun. The day it stops being fun is the day I give up.