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| From | Message | Posted by jstack
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8/26/2008
10:35:25
Play online chess |  Subject: How to recover.
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I have a question for you OTB players. How do you recover after a very disappointing tournament result. What do you do to get your confidence back?
| Posted by lighttotheright
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8/26/2008
10:58:23
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Study the games you played during the tournament. Find out where you could have done much better. You need to look at it as an opportunity to improve your play.
Identify you weaknesses and work to improve them.
You might also take a few days for a well deserved break, before you delve into those games. Do something else that you enjoy and then come back to the game. Just don't take a break for too long.
You need to 'get back onto the horse' and ride after you have brushed yourself off a bit. A few wins under your belt and your confidence will return quickly. Just look at any loss as an opportunity.
| Posted by spurtus
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8/26/2008
14:35:15
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lightotheright has the right idea
You have to lose to become better, to raise the ante, to dig deep and play a newer game.
| Posted by jstack
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9/02/2008
10:57:30
Play online chess | Thanks
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thanks for the replies. At first I thought how can I possibly learn anything from such losses. Such losses where I completely outplay my opponent up to a certain point...then blunder and lose. It had me thinking why do I bother playing. Then last tuesday I played in a small tuesday night tournament. I played a little combination that won a pawn. But instead the life master blundered away a rook to me. If such things can happen to a life master, who am I to complain when it happens to me.
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by the way, I let the master have a draw. I did not want my first win against a master to be due to a blunder. There was also a distraction in the tournament hall which seemed to caused the blunder. more on this see.. www.bacon.blogspot.com
(you just got to play the game).
| Posted by chessnovice
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9/04/2008
15:34:37
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When I started out, I remember my strategy for recovering was more impulsive. I threw a fit and kicked a glass cup that was sitting on the ground, which shattered down the hotel corridor.
A few years afterwards, I changed my strategy to going over games with some of my friends, since they were at or near master level and were a good resource. I started playing a few blitz games with them, and then when I inevitably lost we went over the game move by move. Seeking guidance from more experienced people is probably the best way to go.
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