Go game

N° 2 sprog has been getting steadily better at chess and the day has long since been and gone when he first beat me. Nevertheless, if we don’t use the clocks I can still just about hold my own (on a good day, with a fair wind, etc). Now, however, I have had it; my goose is cooked. Through manga reading he developed a taste for the brilliant Japanese game, Go. In the beginning, we concentrated on tactics and neglected the strategy and I managed to beat him once – once! But now he is untouchable. It’s a rite of passage, of course (well, at least, that’s what I am telling myself). However, I also see the game as a metaphor for managerial and political affairs. In particular, local skirmishes may result in a loss of territory and resources, but vast swathes of territory can be changed from one side to another through a sustained overall strategical approach. And so we beat on…