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To Succeed at Chess, Start with WHY

You got a thing wrong here... its his mother, not her mother.

You got a thing wrong here... its his mother, not her mother.

lowkey stole this right from eric thomas

lowkey stole this right from eric thomas

"Let's answer the questions"...lol Gee, that's ironic (for something that says absolutely nothing).

What in the world is the point of this kind of stuff? I mean, besides the obvious: getting people to sign up and fork over their dough.

Seems to me you guys would fit in a lot better over at chess.com (where profit-making is a way of life).

"Let's answer the questions"...lol Gee, that's ironic (for something that says absolutely nothing). What in the world is the point of this kind of stuff? I mean, besides the obvious: getting people to sign up and fork over their dough. Seems to me you guys would fit in a lot better over at chess.com (where profit-making is a way of life).

This was extremely helpful, Thank You So Much

This was extremely helpful, Thank You So Much

One of your best blog posts. Thank you very much, big wisdom. I need to think about my why.

One of your best blog posts. Thank you very much, big wisdom. I need to think about my why.

The reason why is the question. Similar to "To be or Not to be / That is the question", Hamlet's soliloquium in "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark".

The reason why is the question. Similar to "To be or Not to be / That is the question", Hamlet's soliloquium in "Hamlet, Prince of Denmark".

But many chess players and coaches even don't want to investigate why they are offering to coach in the first place. And don't entertain questions about it. GM Noel Studer does the same thing and hardly elaborates or tries to question the system in place and as to why one should enter into chess competitively at this stage.

If it's simply fulfilling a demand and supply scenario, then that it is not a lofty goal.

Even teenagers are able to grasp that traditional chess is inching towards redundancy and while it may not be solved completely, it's getting quite boring that's quite apparent. And a pragmatic chess grandmaster will only highlight this factor that whether we like it or not, the temporary surge of interest from Queen's gambit was just a lifeline to an almost sinking game that has lost its flavour after the introduction of AI. While the process of playing the game, enjoying with friends, exploring strategy is all good, there's no need to pursue it professionally irrespective of the 'why' because classical chess has almost become untenable and all this promotion for coaches is simply turning to a cash cow situation - let me milk it while I can. That's just dishonesty.

But many chess players and coaches even don't want to investigate why they are offering to coach in the first place. And don't entertain questions about it. GM Noel Studer does the same thing and hardly elaborates or tries to question the system in place and as to why one should enter into chess competitively at this stage. If it's simply fulfilling a demand and supply scenario, then that it is not a lofty goal. Even teenagers are able to grasp that traditional chess is inching towards redundancy and while it may not be solved completely, it's getting quite boring that's quite apparent. And a pragmatic chess grandmaster will only highlight this factor that whether we like it or not, the temporary surge of interest from Queen's gambit was just a lifeline to an almost sinking game that has lost its flavour after the introduction of AI. While the process of playing the game, enjoying with friends, exploring strategy is all good, there's no need to pursue it professionally irrespective of the 'why' because classical chess has almost become untenable and all this promotion for coaches is simply turning to a cash cow situation - let me milk it while I can. That's just dishonesty.

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Why?

@Avetik_ChessMood said in #1: > Comments on lichess.org/@/avetik_chessmood/blog/to-succeed-at-chess-start-with-why/kXu15wnn Why?

thanks for giving me my hope back my parents were being a lot of pressure on me but you just gave me my reason to hang on and continue with chess

thanks for giving me my hope back my parents were being a lot of pressure on me but you just gave me my reason to hang on and continue with chess