00:00Game face on, ready to make the next move.
00:06I just think it's such a beautiful game that brings people in from every culture, language.
00:12There's no barrier outside of the game.
00:14International Chess Day.
00:15Across 800 registered events worldwide, players are hoping more games of chess are played
00:21today than any other day.
00:23Events across Australia contributing to the goal of cracking at least one million matches.
00:28In Canberra today, more than 50 players came together for their weekly pub tournament,
00:34a ritual many have been doing for more than two decades.
00:37We have players as young as six years old taking part, up to 82 year olds taking part.
00:42It's one of these things, like riding a bike, that once you learn you're never going to
00:45forget.
00:46I just enjoy the challenge, enjoy the intellectual stimulation, although I wasn't particularly
00:51intellectually stimulated in my last game, I got wiped off the board.
00:55For a chess novice like me, the first thing to know is exactly what these chess pieces
00:59do, and I think I've got that under control.
01:01The next thing to know is to trap the king so it can't escape, and I think I'm going
01:06to go here.
01:14Is that checkmate?
01:15Yes, it is.
01:17Being good at chess is something that is, on the one hand, difficult to do, but if you
01:22are able to do it, it's quite rewarding, because using your brain to solve problems is always
01:27something that most people at least enjoy.
01:29And practice makes perfect.
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