"Football and chess are different but they have similar things because in both there is everything, even dirty tricks"
(Veselin Topalov).
Although they are completely different sports in actions and movements, these two sports have a very marked similarity and their similarities and parallels are very appreciable for those who have the virtue of knowing the essence and/or objective of this wonderful sport. For example; in football, which is the better known and practiced sport of the two, the main objective is to score goals and not to be scored; in chess, it is to give "Checkmate" and not to be given it to you.
In both football and chess, you have to form or assemble preconceived strategies, or what is known as prepared moves, this means an advantage for what you prepare against what you have no preparation in this type of move.
In both sports, a defense must be set up to prevent or control the opponent's attacks and also to substantiate an opponent's attack without neglecting the defense.
Chess is not a game that can be reduced to a simple arithmetical sum and each element can be understood in isolation, but even so, it is necessary to fight for the cause that in football is the goal and in chess is checkmate.
In chess, you must organize a good defense very carefully before formulating a proper plan and if not you will have to move the pieces without a fixed direction.
In football you must also organize a good defense before going on the attack with prepared plays or laboratory and if not the players will be moving without a fixed direction or a defined strategy.
Even though in a game of football you see a lot of violence and in the game of chess you see a desperate calm in both games or sports similar attacks and defenses are deployed and similar strategy or plans and tension are not lacking in any of the important and closed games.
And it is not only in the system of the actual sport that these two sports are similar but also in the way of organizing the championships in which the wins have a different score than the draws and losses. In another point, a little more in-depth, where these sports are very similar, is in the artistic plays.
In soccer it is very attractive to see these plays where art is mixed with science or the preciousness of a masterful play generates management in soccer lovers.
Likewise in chess the moves called "Signs of admiration are the enjoyment of those who follow this wonderful game because they are moves where major pieces are sacrificed and many times it is the minor ones that give the much sought after checkmate.
It is, therefore, the paragon of chess and soccer that makes the comparison between chess and soccer with a war between two armies where the one who uses the team's game best will triumph.
The most accentuated difference between these two sports is that chess besides being a scientific game is an individual game and the result depends exclusively on one player.
And soccer is a more violent game and the synchronization of the whole team is fundamental for the triumph, it is a game where the physics is fundamental and the result depends on the synchronized, harmonic timed order that the whole team can have.
You must think before you move in both games.
That's right, my dear brother, and it must be done quickly and accurately