ChessboardTheworldisachessboardonwhichweplayedthegamethatwillbeneversupposedtobefairbutstillexciteuswithitsnumerouspossibilities.WhenIwas16,mydadrecommendedthatIshouldsignupforachessclubandlearnhowtoplay.SoIwentandmylevelwasonlygoodenoughtoplayagainstabunchof10-year-olds.What'sevenmorehumiliatingwasthatIactuallyhadahardtimeplayingagainstthem.Soreasonably,Ibecameskepticalofthegameandthoughtthatitwasunfair.Youknowonthechessboard,there'saKing,aQueen,Rooks,Bishops,KnightsandPawns.Differentpieceswithdifferentstatusandimportanceareprocessingdifferentcapabilities.Theystandintheirstrictlydrawnlittlesquaresandlineupaccordingtotheirvalue.Andlet'sfaceit.It'sthesameinreallife.Someofusmatterwhilesomeofusdon't,atleastnotthatmuch.Amongtheveryfirstlineofthedeclarationofindependence.Thisonegoes,weholdthesetruthstobeself-evidentthatallmenarecreatedequal.Whatabeautifulline.Buthowcanweconvinceourselvesthatwearebornequalwhileourancestorsdidn'tdieequal?Ihatetosaythis,butwedoinheritmostofthesocialcapitalsthatgettodecidewhatkindofrolewestartwithwhenwecometotheworld.However,Thegamestillgetsplayedforareason.Theboardof64littlesquaresismagicallyenoughtocreateastageforwonderfulthingstohappeninjust4firstmoves.Thereare318billiondifferentwaystoplay.Andinagamebetween2equalplayers,therewillbearound50movesintotal.Andjusttothinkaboutit,howmanymoveswetakeinlifetime?I'llsaycountless.AndnooneisabletopredictwhatisgoingtohappennextwhichIthinkisthetruebeautyofourworld.Andthatjustpaintsasilverlininglikealittlesoldierlikeyouandme.Becausewithalittlebutsufficientabilitytocheckmateandwinthegame.Byplanningmytacticsandencounteringthecoincidencealongtheway,ImaysomehowwalkthewayupuntilthelastrankandbecomeaQueenattheendofthegame.Theworldisnotfair,butitdoesn'tmakeitanylessworthyofliving.Sogoplaywithwhatyouhave,carefullybutboldlyatthesametime,tounleashtheunknownposbilitiesoflifeorchangethegame.Thankyou.