Ron's chess ability

[grey_wolf_c]

No: HPFGUIDX 38278

Beth wrote:
> I think I agree with you--Ron does seem to "go with his gut" in 
> most situations--but I'm wondering how he can be such a superior 
> chess player and not be logical. Not being even a good chess 
> player, I thought the strategic thinking involved required a great 
> deal of logic. Or is this simply a case of someone having a skill or
> knowledge he doesn't know how to apply? 
> 
> Beth

One of the major points in chess is to know when to sacrifice a piece 
for the greater good. I get to attached to my minions, finding it 
hard to sacrifice them, and it's one of the major reasons I'm not a 
good chess player(the other is that I cannot see to far ahead, much 
less plan). Ron has demonstrated that he's capable of both, and he's 
had loads of practice. You don't really need to be logical to play 
chess: only if you're a computer, and have large amounts of 
(relative) time to think, you can just think of every possibility. If 
not, you've got to trust your own knowledge and "play by heart" 
(instinct, if you like, or just a sense of strategy developed over 
hundreds of games). Ron is GOOD at that.

Which leads me to believe that Ron is going to be one of the major 
planners in the war against V in book 7, and he's going to realize 
that a piece needs to be sacrified: himself (maybe as a bait), just 
as he did in book 1 with his chess knight. That act of heroism would, 
of course, put him forever over all his brothers, getting his wish 
fullfilled (RICK'S THE BOSS: Ron Identified with the Chess Knight: 
Surpasses his Triumfant, Heroic or Excellent Brothers Only by Self-
Sacrifice, my pet theory).

This means that HAGRID WANTS BRASS DRAGONS AS PETS is wrong, since 
Ron doesn't need seer abilities to triumph, but I just created the 
acronym, I never defended the theory...

Hope that helps,

Grey Wolf