Tip That Will Help You Improve In Chess
An amateur and non-master chess tournament is up in a week or two!
Wondering how to play better than you'd usually do? Clueless how to maximize your performance and improve in chess for the tournament? No problem! While you can't gain 200 rating points worth of playing strength in just a very short time (2 weeks), while playing like a master all of a sudden would take a miracle, there are a couple of things...practical tips that will help you play chess better!
Grab your notebook and pen. Get ready to jot down notes!
A Practical Chess Improvement Tip You Shouldn't Miss!
Chess tournaments, especially if you are NOT used to it, can be a psychologically daunting event. Round after round, you are in battle...you are at war. And you better be tough inside and out unless you don't want to be everybody's 'favorite' opponent (favorite because you are giving away free points).
Doubting yourself and your chess playing skills is a surefire way to lose! By coming at the chess tournament with the mind set like: "I'm the underdog here. Everyone is higher rated. Sure I will lose! I will make a draw if I can", you have already lost every round's game before it even started.
Let me show you how having strong psychology and winning chess mindset can strongly influence your performance: we all know the 3rd world champion of chess - Jose Raoul Capablanca. Like us, he started as an amateur.
When he was matched against the reigning champion of Cuba - E. Corzo, he wasn't too confident about winning it...let alone win the whole match: "He knew all the openings when I knew none. Not to mention he knows all of the tricks along with it."
That's what he told himself. And he was duly crushed by E. Corzo in the first 2 games. HOWEVER, in the third game, he was able to draw. This changed Capablanca's psychology towards the match: "BUT in the third game where I was able to draw, I realized something. He has weaknesses that I was able to exploit. Realizing this, I started to play with confidence and went on to win the 5 games needed to win the match!"
That's it! That's how powerful psychology can be when it comes to improving your chess and your performance!
Confident in his own chess playing skills, Capablanca later on took on all challengers and went on to become the third world chess champion. If he hadn't changed his mindset, his psychology in that match against E. Corzo, perhaps he won't become champion. Maybe his name would NOT even be remembered!
True, we are NOT playing for the world chess championship, BUT it's the same game! And like in Capablanca's matches, we need to be confident about chess playing skills. We need to have a winning psychology NOT just to make us feel at ease in competitions BUT to help us improve in chess and win MORE chess games.
Improve in chess and maximize your performance by having a positive and winning mindset! Actually, that's just one of the 3 primary preparations one should make before he heads to a tournament! And the other 2 are physical and actual chess preparation. If you are focusing on only one, you are missing out and not bringing out the best of your chess! Source
Wondering how to play better than you'd usually do? Clueless how to maximize your performance and improve in chess for the tournament? No problem! While you can't gain 200 rating points worth of playing strength in just a very short time (2 weeks), while playing like a master all of a sudden would take a miracle, there are a couple of things...practical tips that will help you play chess better!
Grab your notebook and pen. Get ready to jot down notes!
A Practical Chess Improvement Tip You Shouldn't Miss!
Chess tournaments, especially if you are NOT used to it, can be a psychologically daunting event. Round after round, you are in battle...you are at war. And you better be tough inside and out unless you don't want to be everybody's 'favorite' opponent (favorite because you are giving away free points).
Doubting yourself and your chess playing skills is a surefire way to lose! By coming at the chess tournament with the mind set like: "I'm the underdog here. Everyone is higher rated. Sure I will lose! I will make a draw if I can", you have already lost every round's game before it even started.
Let me show you how having strong psychology and winning chess mindset can strongly influence your performance: we all know the 3rd world champion of chess - Jose Raoul Capablanca. Like us, he started as an amateur.
When he was matched against the reigning champion of Cuba - E. Corzo, he wasn't too confident about winning it...let alone win the whole match: "He knew all the openings when I knew none. Not to mention he knows all of the tricks along with it."
That's what he told himself. And he was duly crushed by E. Corzo in the first 2 games. HOWEVER, in the third game, he was able to draw. This changed Capablanca's psychology towards the match: "BUT in the third game where I was able to draw, I realized something. He has weaknesses that I was able to exploit. Realizing this, I started to play with confidence and went on to win the 5 games needed to win the match!"
That's it! That's how powerful psychology can be when it comes to improving your chess and your performance!
Confident in his own chess playing skills, Capablanca later on took on all challengers and went on to become the third world chess champion. If he hadn't changed his mindset, his psychology in that match against E. Corzo, perhaps he won't become champion. Maybe his name would NOT even be remembered!
True, we are NOT playing for the world chess championship, BUT it's the same game! And like in Capablanca's matches, we need to be confident about chess playing skills. We need to have a winning psychology NOT just to make us feel at ease in competitions BUT to help us improve in chess and win MORE chess games.
Improve in chess and maximize your performance by having a positive and winning mindset! Actually, that's just one of the 3 primary preparations one should make before he heads to a tournament! And the other 2 are physical and actual chess preparation. If you are focusing on only one, you are missing out and not bringing out the best of your chess! Source
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