භාවනායෝගී ක්රීඩාවක්
Ivan makes the case for chess as a discipline for Sri Lankan youth, regretting that it is confined to elite urban schools. He calls it a kind of intellectual and aesthetic meditation that builds self-restraint and depth of thought and gives a non-violent outlet to the aggression of youth. He notes its Eastern origins and its popularity among Buddhist monks in ancient Lanka, likens its constant change of position to the Buddhist teaching of impermanence, and describes its notation, its vast literature and its place as the one field where human minds still outplay computers.