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What Chess Psychology Really Looks Like at 2600+ Lichess Rapid

Interesting and well written.

There are other psychological views: 'I like to coax my opponents into attacking, to let them taste the joy of initiative, so that they may get carried away, become careless, and sacrifice material' - Korchnoi

Interesting and well written. There are other psychological views: 'I like to coax my opponents into attacking, to let them taste the joy of initiative, so that they may get carried away, become careless, and sacrifice material' - Korchnoi

Thank you for this blog post. Useful advice on practical play.

Thank you for this blog post. Useful advice on practical play.

Very relatably true at all levels of chess(probably except below 1400). Well explained

Very relatably true at all levels of chess(probably except below 1400). Well explained

I agree completely with the points being made but I would suggest this is even more important the lower the rating is. The higher the level the more the computer analysis matters. In the lower ratings, where mistakes are more common, having the momentum and the easier position matters even more, and the rating can be disregarded even more.

I agree completely with the points being made but I would suggest this is even more important the lower the rating is. The higher the level the more the computer analysis matters. In the lower ratings, where mistakes are more common, having the momentum and the easier position matters even more, and the rating can be disregarded even more.

There is one thing with the analysis bar, though.
When displaying more variants (I choose 5), it shows where you have plenty of possibilities. If it is 0.00 but you constantly have to find the only move (the others being -2 or less), the stockfish evaluation also displays the "psychological" difference.

There is one thing with the analysis bar, though. When displaying more variants (I choose 5), it shows where you have plenty of possibilities. If it is 0.00 but you constantly have to find the only move (the others being -2 or less), the stockfish evaluation also displays the "psychological" difference.

@knightsbridge said in #7:

There is one thing with the analysis bar, though.
When displaying more variants (I choose 5), it shows where you have plenty of possibilities. If it is 0.00 but you constantly have to find the only move (the others being -2 or less), the stockfish evaluation also displays the "psychological" difference.

Yeah, that's a good point

@knightsbridge said in #7: > There is one thing with the analysis bar, though. > When displaying more variants (I choose 5), it shows where you have plenty of possibilities. If it is 0.00 but you constantly have to find the only move (the others being -2 or less), the stockfish evaluation also displays the "psychological" difference. Yeah, that's a good point