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The Power of Will Power

@Hrithika1234 said in #10:

i read this post today and pulled off a miracle

i was so angry with myself after qd3 and falling into this basic trap( my opponent was a 2100 fide rated i am a 2300 )i just blundered in the opening with no hope of surviving then i sat down and managed to calm myself , then this happened he accepted my draw offer

Sometimes you just have to put the pressure on them to convert, if you're stubborn enough they'll mess up winning positions. Eventually true level starts to show.

@Hrithika1234 said in #10: > i read this post today and pulled off a miracle > > > > > i was so angry with myself after qd3 and falling into this basic trap( my opponent was a 2100 fide rated i am a 2300 )i just blundered in the opening with no hope of surviving then i sat down and managed to calm myself , then this happened he accepted my draw offer Sometimes you just have to put the pressure on them to convert, if you're stubborn enough they'll mess up winning positions. Eventually true level starts to show.

Nice!
A fun fact: GM Tomáš Polák (Tomas Polak according to the databases) wrote a book A Rook against Two Minor Pieces many years ago, and in the example from the blog exactly that material imbalance appeared.

Nice! A fun fact: GM Tomáš Polák (Tomas Polak according to the databases) wrote a book A Rook against Two Minor Pieces many years ago, and in the example from the blog exactly that material imbalance appeared.

@RealDavidNavara said in #12:

Nice!
A fun fact: GM Tomáš Polák (Tomas Polak according to the databases) wrote a book A Rook against Two Minor Pieces many years ago, and in the example from the blog exactly that material imbalance appeared.

Interesting!
I was preparing for Tomas last year at Skalica Open and came across this example. He gave me a ride to Olomouc after, a very nice guy!

@RealDavidNavara said in #12: > Nice! > A fun fact: GM Tomáš Polák (Tomas Polak according to the databases) wrote a book A Rook against Two Minor Pieces many years ago, and in the example from the blog exactly that material imbalance appeared. Interesting! I was preparing for Tomas last year at Skalica Open and came across this example. He gave me a ride to Olomouc after, a very nice guy!

I love the article, simply great. I never wanted to improve my game, I just played around and had fun untill I reach some decent level. I started with it because it was beautiful, artistic and bit competitive, what keep to into it was just this, the amount of cool things that chess teach you and can be aplied in other areas. I'm a musician, getting my college degree at the moment and enjoying the journey. Take care, buddy :) sry for bd inglish

I love the article, simply great. I never wanted to improve my game, I just played around and had fun untill I reach some decent level. I started with it because it was beautiful, artistic and bit competitive, what keep to into it was just this, the amount of cool things that chess teach you and can be aplied in other areas. I'm a musician, getting my college degree at the moment and enjoying the journey. Take care, buddy :) sry for bd inglish

I'm not sure why it's not in the wikipedia page, but the marshmallow study has been largely debunked as predictive of success https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/new-study-disavows-marshmallow-tests-predictive-powers/ I think the point stands without the use of the study though.

I'm not sure why it's not in the wikipedia page, but the marshmallow study has been largely debunked as predictive of success https://anderson-review.ucla.edu/new-study-disavows-marshmallow-tests-predictive-powers/ I think the point stands without the use of the study though.

Gattaca is a great movie at a number of levels. There are several stylistic and symbolic references to genetics. A couple of examples:

  1. GATTACA is a DNA sequence based on Guanine (G), Adenine (A), Thymine (T) and Cytosine (C).
    2, The spiral staircase that the real and crippled Jerome Morrow crawls up is reminiscent of the double helix of human DNA,

There are classical Hollywood movie references and the whole style of the movie is art deco accordingly.

The movie is also more hard science fiction than most science fiction genre movies. Almost everything shown looked possible in the future at the time the movie was made.

The reference to the power of will power is perhaps pop psychology. A better possible explanation of abilities not captured by genetics might be found in the field of emergent epigenetics. So it's a lesson perhaps against science being too reductionist.

Ref: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg3142

Gattaca is a great movie at a number of levels. There are several stylistic and symbolic references to genetics. A couple of examples: 1. GATTACA is a DNA sequence based on Guanine (G), Adenine (A), Thymine (T) and Cytosine (C). 2, The spiral staircase that the real and crippled Jerome Morrow crawls up is reminiscent of the double helix of human DNA, There are classical Hollywood movie references and the whole style of the movie is art deco accordingly. The movie is also more hard science fiction than most science fiction genre movies. Almost everything shown looked possible in the future at the time the movie was made. The reference to the power of will power is perhaps pop psychology. A better possible explanation of abilities not captured by genetics might be found in the field of emergent epigenetics. So it's a lesson perhaps against science being too reductionist. Ref: https://www.nature.com/articles/nrg3142

I like that problem where the only winning move is Ra3!!
Also good point about diet and exercise. It helps even in chess. The mind is part of the body.

I like that problem where the only winning move is Ra3!! Also good point about diet and exercise. It helps even in chess. The mind is part of the body.