Inspired by Willy Hendriks’ book Move First, Think Later, I want to write about a subject I have been thinking about for some time. Before I get to that topic, I will say a few words about the book. Hendriks swings between clever insights, self-professed modesty and falling for the Dunning-Kruger effect 🙂 […]
On request I will talk a bit about goal setting this week. In the general style of this blog, it will not be a to-do-list or in any other way clear advice that will work for everyone. It will be my own reflections and experience with goal setting, which probably will be more interesting
“Good judgement comes with experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.” – Tony Robbins A lot of the people I know suffer a lot when they lose a chess game. Especially younger guys, though I once had the pleasure of being insulted by an old guy rated 600 points lower than I, after I surprisingly prevailed
One thing that confuses younger people asking me for advice is when I tell them to decide first which day of the week is your day off, then do solving 20 minutes a day for the other six days of the week. Get into a regular habit of doing this basic work. Then get back
Pushed by an eager chess fan, wanting to improve, I am starting a weekly blog post on chess improvement. The idea is that we discuss a subject each week; I will come with some inspirational text and maybe a game fragment or similar. Then we discuss it and hopefully all become wiser. As this is