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How titled players lie to you

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I like this post, however I also think that many titled players/coaches aren't deliberately dishonest, they just don't have the introspection and self-awareness to understand how their own improvement worked. I have tried a few competitive hobbies and intellectual activities in my life, I happen to be much more talented at some than others, it's not that I didn't "train properly" that I never became a pro sportsman or indeed chess player, for example. In fact when a student I trained very hard at a particular sport, under top quality coaching....and reached a decent club level, with no prospects of ever being much better. OTOH I became a "pro mathematician" fairly easily, which I could try to attribute to a specific form of study, but it would be more honest and accurate to simply acknowledge that I happen to have a natural aptitude for that stuff, along with being nurtured early.

I like this post, however I also think that many titled players/coaches aren't deliberately dishonest, they just don't have the introspection and self-awareness to understand how their own improvement worked. I have tried a few competitive hobbies and intellectual activities in my life, I happen to be much more talented at some than others, it's not that I didn't "train properly" that I never became a pro sportsman or indeed chess player, for example. In fact when a student I trained very hard at a particular sport, under top quality coaching....and reached a decent club level, with no prospects of ever being much better. OTOH I became a "pro mathematician" fairly easily, which I could try to attribute to a specific form of study, but it would be more honest and accurate to simply acknowledge that I happen to have a natural aptitude for that stuff, along with being nurtured early.

Thanks for the article, I loved it.

Thanks for the article, I loved it.

@HGabor said in #1:

Comments on lichess.org/@/hgabor/blog/how-titled-players-lie-to-you/ickXiOem
Hello, how old are you?
How do you feel about Soviet chess players?
Thank you. You're right.

@HGabor said in #1: > Comments on lichess.org/@/hgabor/blog/how-titled-players-lie-to-you/ickXiOem Hello, how old are you? How do you feel about Soviet chess players? Thank you. You're right.

@avetik_chessmood in case you need this stuff said by a titled player to take it seriously ;)

@avetik_chessmood in case you need this stuff said by a titled player to take it seriously ;)

how do you get >2100 likes

how do you get >2100 likes

Hi, What should we talk about maybe chess?

Hi, What should we talk about maybe chess?

Anyone replying on this forum?

Anyone replying on this forum?