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Research Paper: Excerpt from the Chess Pawn Speech

2020/04/08

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Research Paper By Maria Shiela Cancino
(Transformational Coach, SINGAPORE)

In life, it doesn’t matter how or where we start because along the way, with the help of our loved ones, we will discover and unwrap our gifts. Excerpt from the Chess Pawn Speech

For me, coaching is like playing chess.  At some point, a client will transform from a pawn into a queen. 

The first part of this research is the correlation between chess and coaching.

The second part is the conclusion of the survey I organized for this research. 

Part I:  Chess and Coaching

In chess, there are three stages:  Opening, Middle Game, and Endgame.

Maria Shiela Cancino Research Paper

Opening

It is the group of first few moves of a game.  There are lots of openings such as the Ruy Lopez or Sicilian Defense. When I played for the World Chess Olympiad in 2018, I used Colle Openings for white.

Middlegame[1]

Right after the opening, middlegame starts.  This is the stage of the game that uses lots of analytical thinking process.

  1. Evaluation

This is the process whereby the players assess the progress they’ve made towards their objectives.

  1. Planning (Strategy)

This is the process whereby a relevant strategy is identified based on the current situation.  The players rely on their calculation skills to check if the idea is safe.  An example of a strategy is a tactic.

Maria Shiela Cancino Research PaperSource: https://chessfox.com/chess-tactics-definition/
  1. Calculation

This is the process whereby the players visualize all the critical variations and tactics that exist in the current position.

Endgame

The stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board.  Everything else equal, a winner can be predicted based on the space occupied and the remaining time.

The Chess Pieces

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  • Knight - The knight can move two tiles horizontally and one tile vertically, or two tiles vertically and one tile horizontally. It can skip over any piece.
  • Bishop - The bishop can move and capture in a straight line diagonally.
  • Pawn - It can move one only one tile forward each turn. Exception: If the pawn is in its starting position, it can move either one or two tiles forwards, unless another piece blocks it. The pawn can only capture pieces which are diagonally forward to it.
  • Queen - The queen is by far the most powerful piece in the game! It can move and capture in as many unblocked tiles horizontally, vertically, and diagonally.
  • King - The king can move and capture one tile in all directions. When the king is captured, the game ends, and the player is defeated. When a king is threatened, the player must act to defend their king.
  • Rook - The rook can move and capture in a straight line horizontally and vertically. If it hasn't been touched in the game, it can perform castling

The ICF Competencies[2]

Setting the Foundation

  • Meeting Ethical Guidelines and Professional Standards
  • Establishing the Coaching Agreement

Co-creating the Relationship

  • Establishing Trust and Intimacy with the Client
  • Coaching Presence

Communicating Effectively

  • Active Listening
  • Powerful Questioning
  • Direct Communication

Facilitating Learning and Results

  • Creating Awareness
  • Designing Actions
  • Planning and Goal Setting
  • Managing Progress and Accountability

Maria Shiela Cancino Research Paper

The Correlation Between Chess and Coaching 

Interestingly, chess and coaching are somewhat similar. 

In Chess, players adhere to Chess rules. Each chess piece has its movement, and the game would start with the opening, then the middle game, and proceed to end. In coaching, coaches adhere to the ICF Core Competencies. Coaching also starts with opening, which is establishing the coaching agreement, proceed with the sessions then end the coaching with designed actions that the client will undertake.

Opening

The chess pieces are positioned during the opening game.  The coaching agreement sets the foundation between the coach and the client in coaching.   

Middle

In chess, a player that knows combinations and patterns very well can easily plan the attack.  A player can plan the early checkmate of the opponent’s king or capture the opponent’s chess pieces to gain materially. In chess, being smart is good, but what I’ve learned is knowing more patterns is better than being smart.  Only a skillful player can win the game.

In coaching, coach skills such as establishing trust and intimacy with the client, coaching presence, active listening, powerful questioning, direct communication, creating awareness are essentials during the discussion.  This is the moment that the client finds out what’s the issue underneath the issue that she brought up.  Only a skillful coach can bring that experience to the client by using powerful questions as a tool.

End

In chess, once the board is analyzed as to the amount of space, values of the pieces, the tactics are ready to be executed. In coaching, once the client realizes the real issues, the next steps are designing actions, planning, and goal setting and managing progress and accountability. 

Pawn into Queen = Stagnant into Successful Client

Promotion in chess is a rule that requires a pawn that reaches its eighth rank to be immediately replaced by the player’s choice of a queen, knight, rook, or bishop of the same color. Since the queen is the most powerful piece, the vast majority of promotions are to a queen. Promotion to a queen is also called queening.[3]

As explained in the ‘Coaching Model: Chess Pawn to Queen’, for the client to be transformed, there are various stages that he/she needs to undergo: (1) Pawn – the beginning stage; the “present” of the client and where the coaching agreement is established, (2) Self-exploration – the stage where the client would explore his/her limiting beliefs, that will eventually lead into building his/her confidence and understanding his/her life’s goal/s, (3) Taking Actions – the stage where the client will design the steps that he/she needs to take to finally proceed to the last stage, which is becoming a (4) Queen – where talents, treasures, and successes are found.

Part 2:  Survey Result

I conducted a survey among my circle of friends on how they were transformed from being a pawn into a queen, and keys they used to open their treasure boxes.

Thirty people participated in the survey. Below are the age groups of the participants:

Maria Shiela Cancino Research Paper

The participants currently live in different cities: Singapore (SG), Hong Kong (HK), Bangkok (TH), Abu Dhabi (UAE), Bangalore (IN), Chicago (USA), Laguna (PH), Cavite (PH) and Metro Manila (PH). Their current job/positions are Vice-President, Supervisor, Managers, Assistant, Researcher, Team Leader, Accountant, Engineer, Nurse, Server, Students, etc.

Inspiration:

The result of the survey of Inspiration as one of the keys is: 70% of the participants considered that family and loved ones are their inspirations, 15% said that their mentors/role models are, and the rest are God, friends, and others.

Maria Shiela Cancino Research Paper

Motivation:

Another key to how they succeeded is their motivation. Below are some of the factors that were mentioned in the survey that motivated the participants:

  • God
  • Family and loved ones
  • Mission and purpose
  • Aspirations and goals in life
  • Prizes and rewards

Passion:

As the participants step forward into reaching their goals, passion has become one of the keys that move them into opening their lives’ treasure boxes. Some of the mentioned answers in relation to this are:

  • Passion for what they do
  • Passion in writing
  • Passion in managing a business
  • Passion as a mom

The participants also shared the challenges they faced during the process, but because of their inspirations and their motivations, they were able to succeed and even discovered their skills and strengths. These skills and strengths that they found are some of the treasures in their treasure boxes that are being revealed to them as they continued pursuing what they want to achieve: writing, public speaking, communication skills, critical thinking, leadership, organizational skills, business management, confidence, focus, patience, determination and many more.

Now that the pawn is equipped strategically with the required skills and strengths and with a strong foundation of inspirations and motivations, finally, the pawn has become a queen. A queen with her treasure box already opened by the keys she possesses. Some of the achievements that were mentioned by the survey participants are:

  • Promotion
  • Good career
  • Becoming a mother; successful children
  • Post-graduate certification like CPA, MBA, etc.
  • Dream travel with loved ones
  • Diploma / Graduation
  • Public speaking award
  • And many more

In closing, coaching is like playing chess.  The game will start from opening, continue with the middle game and proceed with the end. At some point, a client will transform or promote from a pawn into a queen. During the process, like chess, strategies, and tactics are needed to win. So the client needs to explore himself/herself to know his/her keys (inspiration, motivation, and passion) that will help to discover his/her skills and strengths, and the client takes action to become a queen. And once the client has been transformed into a queen, he/she will be able to unlock all the treasures in his/her life’s box.

Maria Shiela Cancino Research PaperTreasure Box

References:

Global Home 2019

https://coachfederation.org/app/uploads/2017/12/CoreCompetencies.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_(chess)

https://chessfox.com/

https://www.ichess.net/shop/chess-openings-for-white-colle-system/

https://www.ichess.net/blog/5-types-chess-tactics/

https://www.chessusa.com/chess-rules.html

How to Beat Your Dad at Chess and Chess Tactics for Kids by Murray Chandler      

The Analytical Thinking Process by Louis Holtzhausen

Coaching Model: Chess Pawn to Queen by ShielaCancino, Transformational Coach

[1]https://chessfox.com/get-free-chess-tips/

[2]https://coachfederation.org/core-competencies

[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promotion_(chess)

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