Checkmate! Leaders come and go

Leadership and sucession in politics is like a game of chess. Opponents facing each other must concentrate intensely, read each other's moves, make tactical moves as requierd, but, crucially, protect the King, the most important piece on the chessboard.

Gaining power is to a politician what grandmasters like Gary Kasparov, Judit Polgar, Magnus Carlsen and Soweto-born Watu Kobese felt each time they outwit an opponent and captured his or her King after shouting excitedly "Checkmate!" . Grandmasters come and go. So do political leaders . Grandmasters and politicians require high-end self-care, prayers and caring.