{"id":28414,"date":"2025-03-08T10:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T10:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=28414"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T11:18:09","slug":"naval-and-maritime-academy-hosts-chess-workshop-for-officer-under-trainees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=28414","title":{"rendered":"NAVAL AND MARITIME ACADEMY HOSTS CHESS WORKSHOP FOR OFFICER UNDER TRAINEES"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28414\" class=\"elementor elementor-28414\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6205ccd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6205ccd\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ce5649c\" data-id=\"ce5649c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e23793c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e23793c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\"><p>On March 8<sup>th<\/sup> 2025, a chess workshop was organized by the Physical Training School at the Naval and Maritime Academy Officer Under Trainees, under the directives of the Commandant, Rear Admiral R Joseph. The event, held under the patronage of the Navy Chess pool experts, aimed to promote mental agility and strategic thinking.<\/p><p>Trainees were guided by members of the Navy Chess pool through chess fundamentals, advanced strategies, and live gameplay analysis, which helped them improve decision-making and problem-solving skills. The trainees eagerly participated in friendly matches, showcasing their enthusiasm.<\/p><p>The success of the workshop has sparked plans to make chess a regular part of training, recognizing its value in sharpening strategic minds for naval operations. With continued support from leadership and expert facilitators, NMA remains committed to the development of well-rounded future naval officers.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aec5994 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aec5994\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-62e3931\" data-id=\"62e3931\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45bbeed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"45bbeed\" 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The event, held under the patronage of the Navy Chess pool experts, aimed to promote mental agility and strategic thinking. Trainees were &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/?p=28414\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">NAVAL AND MARITIME ACADEMY HOSTS CHESS WORKSHOP FOR OFFICER UNDER TRAINEES<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28415,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"yes"},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28414"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28453,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28414\/revisions\/28453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/28415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nma.navy.lk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}