Been thinking about analogies and found that trading is exactly like chess

Chess and trading is:
- Zero-sum (one side’s gain = the other’s loss)

- About positioning, not brute force (unless you own majority of the pieces)

- Deterministic rules, but strategic depth

- In crypto, it's all public information (the board is visible)
- Slippage = overextending your pieces

Even when we think about the pieces!
Starting Piece → Retail capital, small, many, easy to lose to stronger pieces

Knights → Speculative trades, high upside, tricky paths

Bishops → Loooong-term theses, strong on diagonals (macro narratives)

Rooks → Institutions / large liquidity, powerful but slow to reposition

Queen → Leverage, Extremely powerful, extremely dangerous, use wisely...

King → Solvency / risk management, Lose it, game over

Every move is information, every trade changes the board

What analogy has helped you perform better in this market?