Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsMaking the right moves, an event organised by Pegasystems Inc, a Business Process Management and software for customer centricity unit on Sunday in the city to encourage children to play chess and promote the sport. Alan Trefler, founder and CEO, Pegasystems, played a simultaneous game of chess against 15 young chess players, including children of various age groups who have FIDE ratings at the event. The activity aimed at creating awareness and appreciation for the sport and the values it can instill in children.Trefler, who has played against multiple people simultaneously numerous times, also shared a talk on his journey from an amateur chess player to a founder of a software company, how the game inspired his life and played a crucial role in achieving success in every ventureof his.He suggested that people should take up a sport for life and derive learning from the same. “The game teaches us to be alert, analytical and to take the right decisions, to make the right moves --- both in the game and in life. One learns to be confident and face challenges boldly. Once a person starts giving it their 100 per cent, they will notice the difference it will bear on their future,” he said. first published:August 13, 2012, 09:01 ISTlast updated:August 13, 2012, 09:01 IST
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Making the right moves, an event organised by Pegasystems Inc, a Business Process Management and software for customer centricity unit on Sunday in the city to encourage children to play chess and promote the sport. Alan Trefler, founder and CEO, Pegasystems, played a simultaneous game of chess against 15 young chess players, including children of various age groups who have FIDE ratings at the event. The activity aimed at creating awareness and appreciation for the sport and the values it can instill in children.
Trefler, who has played against multiple people simultaneously numerous times, also shared a talk on his journey from an amateur chess player to a founder of a software company, how the game inspired his life and played a crucial role in achieving success in every ventureof his.
He suggested that people should take up a sport for life and derive learning from the same. “The game teaches us to be alert, analytical and to take the right decisions, to make the right moves --- both in the game and in life. One learns to be confident and face challenges boldly. Once a person starts giving it their 100 per cent, they will notice the difference it will bear on their future,” he said.
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