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@ soma
2025-04-05 18:13:13
♟️ The scene:
Starting April 11th, 2025, every week in Apaneca, El Salvador - a town so small you’d miss it if you blinked - a quiet revolution will be unfolding.In soma chess, taking place at 📍Estudio Malinche- chessboards aren’t just for play. They’re gateways to a modern kind of culture - one where discipline meets digital curiosity, and where tradition doesn’t mean rejecting tech, but hacking it for growth.
This isn’t about creating grandmasters.
It’s about using chess’s ancient magic to teach:-
Respect (for the game and community, your opponent, and yourself).
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Patience (because the board doesn’t reward haste).
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Perseverance (every loss is a lesson in disguise).
But there’s a twist: We’re not aiming to teaching chess. We’re aiming to teaching how to navigate a world where culture is now built on code, forums, and digital communities.
Chess as a Trojan horse to self-learning, learning better and doing better.
Why Chess?
Chess is the ultimate self-improvement metaphor:
✅ The opponent could leave you a winning position - but can you see it?
✅ You could blame luck - or ask, “Where did I go wrong?”
✅ You could rage-quit - or learn to love the grind.
The hidden curriculum: Where analog meets algorithm
1. Embracing digital curiosity
We’re not teaching openings - we’re showing players how to hunt for knowledge.
2. Mistakes as rituals
Owning blunders, and analyzing them with engines.
3. The long game
Tracking progress and digitally storing your games.
Join us
This isn’t just about Apaneca.
🌍 Your challenge:
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If you’re nearby, come play (every Thursday, 1-5PM, zero expectations).
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If you’re far, do this in your town. We’ll share our playbook.
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If you’re online, follow usnpub1hgmdpalp9tz37vh9kxx49fm5pl75w6vwek2r80r20x2stnvq9jaq705r99 and tag along for the ride.
Final Move:
Chess doesn’t build character. It reveals it - then sharpens it.
And culture and communities aren’t just what we inherit. They're what we build.
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