The Ahimsa Principle

@Doooovid
Nice!
Good to know that others also read and research about practices of other cultures.
Sadly, this modern world knows no language other than violence. Someone from this era needs to step up just like Mahatma Gandhi.
Like I always say, war means victory with no survivors.
In the words of Gandhi,
'Satyagraha is not the weapons of the weak, but the weapon of the strong-willed and truth.'
#Peace

Hello,
first of all, @Doooovid , thanks a lot for this really well written and informative blog post. I could not more agree :) Chess-wise, it could mean that you only can win if your partner makes a mistake, and for sure both of you will do plenty of them in an ordinary game. So, of course you should try to make use of your partner's mistake, but the goal might not be to 'punish' him, but to enable him to learn from his mistakes. Also chess-wise, it could mean that - as in the spirit of the old, often religiously or spiritually inspired martial arts - despite them being a necessity if you wanted to survive and protect others from unnecessary harm - you should focus on keeping your 'center' or 'balance', for the slightest 'being out of harmony' - ie., losing flexibility to choose the path of action in the future - could be a deadly mistake. Information theoretic wise, if you have to act in an environment and under circumstances mostly unknown - which is the case in chess, for we don't know the computer evaluation - you should try to keep you options open, until it becomes clear which path to choose. Also, chess wise, it could additionally mean that you should by no means try to win a game unless you have been the better player, which is quite uncommon looking at all these 'x 0' games where you win by being a second faster or so without any chess related chance of winning. That is not what this game was invented for.
So, thanks again, best of wishes and Kudos!
Knud

Thanks @JohnMiller & @Akbar2thegreat @SamannOyB !

i know why, but still... why post this...

@JohnMiller
How are you related to Jack Miller, American chess player?
Seems like you are his son! (jk)

the topic doesn't relate to chess

@godzilla_kingkong said in #26:
> the topic doesn't relate to chess
This a blog discussion and nowhere is mentioned that this is about chess. Go and see again!

@godzilla_kingkong @Akbar2thegreat - Ahimsa does is fact relate to chess, stay tuned. The modern concept of the game has change, but chess is mentioned in the Vedas and has a spiritual understanding.

@Doooovid
Yes I know but the blog doesn't talk about with respect to chess.
Also, nice to know that you follow Vedas, they are holy books of our Hindus.
Personally, I believe that only one religion exists, humanity.

Chess is life because the word reversed is sex sechs
Fischer was right
Anyway , I used to be a religious man , I was Jainist and vegan too until I discovered the cold truth of the universe, determinism /fatalism with gematria- kabbalah . With gematria- you can predict the future events ,when you are going to die and all that stuff