THE DISCREET ENCHANTMENT OF CHESS.

      By Fernando Rivera Lazo

      Anand and Carlsen these Kings of chess that are contesting the World Championship 2014 in Sochi, Russia, in the extraordinary Game science and King of the games, have no real spirit of struggle and sacrifice.  In the ninth game of this match, before the repetition of moves he could continue, and there could have been fireworks in the ninth game. In today's game Carlsen does not dare, nor had less interest in fight for Crown his passed pawn. If after several moves, not culminated its efforts, you could only propose tables, apparently I was afraid to make mistakes and lose. Anand, without any chance of victory, accepted immediately. The two next games Anand, to take revenge, in the first instance, must win Yes or Yes, and regain the throne. Ties carry it dead.

       In these battles you must fight decisively to the end and win or surrender with height when all is lost. Then the glory is reached. I won a first game to the world famous chess player GM Miguel Najdorf, then he won me the second, then declared that I: "...Rivera Lazo is one of the best players of chess from Peru".

       So far none of these battles to conquer the global throne in which the generals in this war, Viswanathan Anand, are facing the Hindu Brahmins, and Magnus Carlsen, norwegian viking king, I do not see fire missiles or shines in their swords, or whistling poisoned arrows, or the less intricate struggle of light spears. The blood is not reaching the river. There is no greater thrill in their barracks or in the grandstands.

       A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse! How big are Shakespeare!

       In these struggles of the figurines on the squares emerges not no genius, new strategy, nor the courage to risk in the center of the battle or on the flanks. In openings, middle game or the end. These items are very far from approaching even to obtain an award of beauty or the chess Oscar. They do not have the allure of creativity and adventure of the innovations. There are not even relevant news in any of the three stages of our wonderful game.

       In Sport Science does not win or is lost through aggression or psychological weakness or other psychic aspects. Sit facing the board and make the first move out the frontlines the temple of the chess player and nothing more, the nerves go away.

      At the beginning of the battle neurons activate its electrical exchanges and emerges the genius. Adrenaline enters circulation, defenses are put on guard and histamine is inhibited. The chess player has gotten rid of all previous nervousness and, on the contrary, temple their nerves as the steel of their swords; and, above all, natural and consciously his brain put stakes objective, material and virtually all its intellectual potential, bringing to light all their impetuous aiming to win and shine. And then moves on to the story with unforgettable laurels.

    When both opponents play with that spirit his games win award to brilliance. That is what is missing. Courage is missing them.... Magnus is going to win this match to tip of draws, so easy, and will take nearly a million dollars and Anand just a little more than half a million. Now, if you want to be world champion again, has played all by all, and in this game to played with white must and use of strategies and tactics used in the majority of games played before with the same pieces and won, since he knows them better than any of the others, and can innovate and risk, something that does not can get into his head Magnus nor his advisers in so little time

    Now the two best players in the world opposite quadrilateral battle field, are leading their armies of soldiers walking, flying horses, their official bishops, the protective towers of their kings and their brave amazons, strategists ladies commanders, and sending them to slaughter, winning one and another side, almost with victories to the Pirro, or sometimes retreating to their bunkers without penalty or glory, with their irremediable draws. This should improve.

      In this challenge the stars are not shining. Neither Anand and Carlsen are revolutionizing chess. Most will looking like the match, and the comedy of the mistakes, and repeats. If this meeting were bustling box or soccer the stands would be whistling them. The same would be Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates of boredom.

      It is the height which notable analysts are forced to comment that these items for the Championship of the world are committing errors of beginners, there is to say children, because children there are great, as Magnus, when he was sympathetic. But the kids grow. Youth is vital but it should not be presumed and the experience is an expert but should never be shy. In the stands, the spectators 'chessofans', bars and fans of one and another side, they are screaming "we want to see items that at the end we shout Bravo! And we draw them on shoulders".

     There are not such as the excellent duel to death of the star 'capitalist' Bobby Fischer, U.S., vs. Boris Spassky, the 'red Tsar', Russian, who made that chess was actually the King of games around the world. It was a match memorable, instructive and promotor! Peón.