<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xml:lang="en-US" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><id>https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog.atom" /><title>isaackaito's Blog</title><updated>2025-06-25T21:12:20.402Z</updated><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog/confidence-its-not-just-about-playing-well-its-about-believing-you-can/kjE1Kklg</id><published>2025-06-25T21:12:20.402Z</published><updated>2025-06-25T21:12:20.402Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog/confidence-its-not-just-about-playing-well-its-about-believing-you-can/kjE1Kklg" /><title>Confidence: It’s Not Just About Playing Well... It’s About Believing You Can</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:kjE1Kklg:NcENtJKE.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=4a48fb599f560df65e54bafdc5548e49660a1bce&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How to stop letting one bad move ruin your whole game</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:kjE1Kklg:NcENtJKE.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=4a48fb599f560df65e54bafdc5548e49660a1bce"></media:thumbnail><author><name>NM isaackaito</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog/play-till-kings-how-i-became-a-national-master-by-declining-draws/60t62s3f</id><published>2025-07-29T21:44:31.919Z</published><updated>2025-07-29T21:44:31.919Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog/play-till-kings-how-i-became-a-national-master-by-declining-draws/60t62s3f" /><title>&quot;Play Till Kings&quot;: How I Became a National Master by Declining Draws</title><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Endgame" label="Endgame" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Endgame"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:60t62s3f:75zOv1LD.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=1fac7e01ff5bc7f78706ac5ad193aadbb193d69d&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How Saying “No” Transformed My Game And Why You Should Do the Same</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:60t62s3f:75zOv1LD.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=1fac7e01ff5bc7f78706ac5ad193aadbb193d69d"></media:thumbnail><author><name>NM isaackaito</name></author></entry><entry><id>https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog/the-confidence-formula-training-to-narrow-the-gap-between-your-best-and-worst/cAASlhAH</id><published>2025-07-06T04:45:50.489Z</published><updated>2025-07-06T04:45:50.489Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://lichess.org/@/isaackaito/blog/the-confidence-formula-training-to-narrow-the-gap-between-your-best-and-worst/cAASlhAH" /><title>The Confidence Formula: Training to Narrow The Gap Between Your Best and Worst</title><category term="Chess" label="Chess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Chess"></category><category term="Over_the_board" label="Over the board" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Over_the_board"></category><category term="Lichess" label="Lichess" scheme="https://lichess.org/blog/topic/Lichess"></category><content type="html">&lt;img class=&quot;ublog-post-image&quot; width=&quot;880&quot; height=&quot;550&quot; src=&quot;https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;amp;h=550&amp;amp;op=thumbnail&amp;amp;path=ublog:cAASlhAH:9OwVe6U8.webp&amp;amp;w=880&amp;amp;sig=cbf46ccabdc7065136b72411bc444d3904a226a4&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Growing over-the-board confidence stems from developing a consistent foundation you trust</content><media:thumbnail url="https://image.lichess1.org/display?fmt=webp&amp;h=550&amp;op=thumbnail&amp;path=ublog:cAASlhAH:9OwVe6U8.webp&amp;w=880&amp;sig=cbf46ccabdc7065136b72411bc444d3904a226a4"></media:thumbnail><author><name>NM isaackaito</name></author></entry></feed>