{"id":7756,"date":"2020-02-26T15:29:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T13:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-chancellors-golf-day-copy\/"},"modified":"2020-04-18T18:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T16:26:24","slug":"spu-chess-champion-simon-maupa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-chess-champion-simon-maupa\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess champion: Game a good life analogy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7756\" class=\"elementor elementor-7756\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ec8dbc1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ec8dbc1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30957904\" data-id=\"30957904\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa80d6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aa80d6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With over 10 years of game experience, SPU\u2019s chess champion, Simon Maupa, says chess is a great game that teaches one how to think and instills an attitude of winning.<\/p><p>\u201cNot only does chess enhance one\u2019s creativity and planning abilities, it also helps to earn a deeper understanding of life because chess is in itself a good analogy of life,\u201d states Simon.<\/p><p>As a relatively young team, the SPU chess team including Simon has some impressive silverware which bears testament to their skills.<\/p><p>\u201cOur former president got to play the International Master Providence and drew with the master which is also a great<br \/>achievement for the club,\u201d says an excited Simon.<\/p><p>He says that SPU is a credible team: \u201cOur team consists of 20 nationally rated (Chess South Africa) players with 10 being<br \/>internationally rated by the FIDE International Chess Federation.<\/p><p>He says that he has also been fortunate to set a record at the SPU chess club as \u201c\u2026 the only player who beat the chess world champ, Magnus Carlson, through his mobile application,\u201d he explains.<\/p><p>\u201cIn the last three years, I have played 11 major tournaments with my greatest achievement to date being winning the B-section of the Sol Plaatje University Open Tournament and playing a blitz game at the International Master Providence,\u201d concludes Simon.<\/p><p>To read about another SPU chess champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/xolani-takes-gold-at-top-chess-championship\/\">Xolani Mathebula<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With over 10 years of game experience, SPU\u2019s chess champion, Simon Maupa, says chess is a great game that teaches one how to think and instills an attitude of winning. \u201cNot only does chess enhance one\u2019s creativity and planning abilities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/spu-chess-champion-simon-maupa\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,57],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-7756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-spu-student-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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