Dayummmm Man ! it was so interesting and knowledgeable. the information is f***ng gold . I never thought I could even think in that way. It also reminded me of Magnus, when he blunders a piece or hang a mate he just laughs off,..
Thank you for this blog..., <3
Thank you for this blog..., <3
Great post! One point I would add is that playing over-the-board tournaments has a hidden benefit of helping you take online less seriously.
Let me explain... Everyone recommends that you play OTB because you can play longer games, the environment helps you focus, you meet friends who play chess, etc. And all of this is true. But another hidden benefit is that once you experience OTB you will tend to see online as less important by comparison, and this can open up a space for experimentation. In other words, it can be good to have a "biphasic" approach to chess where you have one area for experimentation and another for competition.
If you don't play OTB, another way to try to accomplish this would be to create a new online account and tell yourself that it is purely for experimentation and you won't worry about the rating on that account at all.
Let me explain... Everyone recommends that you play OTB because you can play longer games, the environment helps you focus, you meet friends who play chess, etc. And all of this is true. But another hidden benefit is that once you experience OTB you will tend to see online as less important by comparison, and this can open up a space for experimentation. In other words, it can be good to have a "biphasic" approach to chess where you have one area for experimentation and another for competition.
If you don't play OTB, another way to try to accomplish this would be to create a new online account and tell yourself that it is purely for experimentation and you won't worry about the rating on that account at all.
I can only look 1 move deep, but it is always the best move! www.chesshistory.com/winter/extra/movesahead.html
good title. in itself entertaining.. after so many "think like something". We all want to be glorious toddlers....
ok i missed the point.. still.. having some fun. now i got to read some of the rest.. I prefer discussions... more fitting in my attention span (depends on content awareness catching). so using this thread to figure out the points of the blog..... whatever, i don'T control my reading budget that well anyway... but thread discussions distill content better for me...
so reading above here first.. maybe i will read back from the blog. for content... (for entertainment too of course).
I gather from above that this is about attitude or perspective with own play. Where to be conservative and where to be exploring, the ratio between curiosity and performance drives, and the fact that when can't have both in same rating race. Healthy sustainable attitude.. well isn't there casual mode? online..
I am glad that the question of putting too much stakes into one performance versus enjoying other aspect of chess experience is put forward.. if that was the toddler perspective point (of being hopefully curious about this new world throughout whole life).
ok i missed the point.. still.. having some fun. now i got to read some of the rest.. I prefer discussions... more fitting in my attention span (depends on content awareness catching). so using this thread to figure out the points of the blog..... whatever, i don'T control my reading budget that well anyway... but thread discussions distill content better for me...
so reading above here first.. maybe i will read back from the blog. for content... (for entertainment too of course).
I gather from above that this is about attitude or perspective with own play. Where to be conservative and where to be exploring, the ratio between curiosity and performance drives, and the fact that when can't have both in same rating race. Healthy sustainable attitude.. well isn't there casual mode? online..
I am glad that the question of putting too much stakes into one performance versus enjoying other aspect of chess experience is put forward.. if that was the toddler perspective point (of being hopefully curious about this new world throughout whole life).
@CheckRaiseMate said in #3:
> Great post! One point I would add is that playing over-the-board tournaments has a hidden benefit of helping you take online less seriously.
>
> Let me explain... Everyone recommends that you play OTB because you can play longer games, the environment helps you focus, you meet friends who play chess, etc. And all of this is true. But another hidden benefit is that once you experience OTB you will tend to see online as less important by comparison, and this can open up a space for experimentation. In other words, it can be good to have a "biphasic" approach to chess where you have one area for experimentation and another for competition.
>
> If you don't play OTB, another way to try to accomplish this would be to create a new online account and tell yourself that it is purely for experimentation and you won't worry about the rating on that account at all.
Great advice Nate, going to be getting regular OTB chess in from this summer onwards - that is very exciting, but I can now also hope that it will give me a ''playground'' in my Lichess account!
> Great post! One point I would add is that playing over-the-board tournaments has a hidden benefit of helping you take online less seriously.
>
> Let me explain... Everyone recommends that you play OTB because you can play longer games, the environment helps you focus, you meet friends who play chess, etc. And all of this is true. But another hidden benefit is that once you experience OTB you will tend to see online as less important by comparison, and this can open up a space for experimentation. In other words, it can be good to have a "biphasic" approach to chess where you have one area for experimentation and another for competition.
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> If you don't play OTB, another way to try to accomplish this would be to create a new online account and tell yourself that it is purely for experimentation and you won't worry about the rating on that account at all.
Great advice Nate, going to be getting regular OTB chess in from this summer onwards - that is very exciting, but I can now also hope that it will give me a ''playground'' in my Lichess account!
What a great article. Nailed it on the head with some perfect examples and ideas.
I wish I was a toddler!!
"how to reassess your balloon!"... very hard to read with some much lol spread around. I think the title should have warned me.
Who said the toddler was not studying, though. That is how all toddlers of every animal species study their new world.
Who said the toddler was not studying, though. That is how all toddlers of every animal species study their new world.
Our inner child needs heeling. We have been traumatized during childhood. We have been forced to accept external values of society. To break free again we need to heal our childhood trauma from schooling especially.