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Why Blitz Chess is addictive – Dopamine effect of Chess Blitz
Have you ever wondered Why Blitz Chess is addictive ?
Especially Blitz and Bullet time controls?
Maybe Neuroscience has an answer and can explain why Blitz Chess is addictive as any online player will testify. It has a lot to do with a chemical called…
7 Willpower tips to Maximize winning chances in chess
Here we are not talking about percentages where 99% is considered as almost too good, to be true. In Chess even 99% is a fail mark as chess results largely depend on either checkmating your opponent or getting checkmated yourself. So how to strengthen your win-switch to 100% result?
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6 Amazing Things Chess players can learn from 2 year old baby
Recently I came across a two year old child and after observing his daily activities, I was amazed what we can learn from this. Here is the list of practical tips, that I learnt from him – the 6 Things Chess players can learn from 2 year old baby!
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When Priorities and Desires Change.
When we were just children we had many small desires like buying a comic, a doll or a toy, and we nagged our parents really bad. As teenagers, we wanted to be highly popular and admired by all, an intensity that you may all still retrieve when you see your child doing the same or see your old school pics. Sure enough this desire to be popular, starts to ebb by the beginning of college years. So my thoughts started on what to do when priorities and desires change…
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Learning from Chess Champions and World Chess Championships
Question from VM: I have a doubt regarding learning from Chess Champions and World Chess Championships. Reading all games from world champion is really time consuming process and also tough to understand without the help of annotations. Also many opening lines played before are dropped at high level due to suggested improvements by chess engines. Do you still recommend it? If so what is the order to read? Are there any sites that have world champions games annotated (or at least all world championship games games annotated). What learning process can we can follow (for 1800 player)
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Mind is much more powerful than you think
Mind is the magical wand that fulfills all your desires. You will be amazed at the potential of your mind. Its ability to absorb, analyze and use any such information at the appropriate times, is what makes it effective in completing a complex task. So is it that simple to just train the mind and achieve success? Maybe it is the secret… ?
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