Fay’s version of the Daily Bread

Submitted by Fey_Fey on Mon, 03/10/2008 at 1:33pm.

I make all the right moves on a tactical puzzle site, and then I fail to score a single point the following day.

I scored 1600 one week, then slip right down to 1100 the next week.

I see the puzzle that is on the board. I am able to relate to that pattern that is on that puzzle on the board. Then blank, there is no connection from the cranium to the fingers to the mouse. I make a totally dumb move, lose the whole thing, sulk in misery, and then I order a pizza with everything on it that I hate!

I currently have two games that are sure wins, and I can’t seem to finish it off.

Why did this whirlwind of desire to win simply die down to a gentle breeze?

One thing is for sure. When you sit down to analyze a game, or work on puzzles, you better not have any sick feelings in your tummy.

No melancholic thoughts in your head, no worries that plague your heart, no memory of that crummy day at work, no desire for swearing someone, no wishes for that perfect love, no day dreaming of a better life, and no desire for food or water. And hopefully there will be no bathroom breaks. Well, that’s if it’s not a Blitz game.

So stay focused, remain focused, and repeat.

“All you need is one stray mutt in the yard and that will eventually lead the whole pack of mutts to your doorstep.” And I have no clue as to who was responsible for that quote.

-The End-

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Comments:

by Ojibwe - 10 months ago
Kodiak, Ak United States

Member Since: Oct 2008
Member Points: 2

Thank you for making me think. That is all that I requisition from each logician. I have a feeling that there is more that you can teach the average Chess Player.
So please continue to speak Forthrightly.

Ojibwe - Fay

by Firstboard2 - 11 months ago
Westchester County, New York United States

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 11

I just think your eyes are really quite intriguing and mystifyingly attractive. The same eyes that analyze the board and contemplate the positon transposing so rapidly into undiscovered areas of unchartered pathways of the Chess enigma?

by fcpanginen - 12 months ago
FORT WASHINGTON, MARYLAND Philippines

Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 527

Lack of concentration, lack of focusing in the game means a lose of the game. if you have a winning game but still you lose it, maybe there's one factor behind it, and that's a grandmaster's quote "dizziness due to success".

by penpal - 13 months ago
whitford New Zealand

Member Since: Aug 2008
Member Points: 628

its funny sometimes isnt it,on top of your games one day and going down the next.maybe we get to confident when we win,and thats our down fall we become to relaxed.just a guess

by Fey_Fey - 14 months ago
Near the Refrigerator or TV United Arab Emirates

Member Since: Feb 2008
Member Points: 677

Thank you Paul. I will look for it at the local library.

Nice quote Rob.

by BruiserMac - 14 months ago
Orange Walk Belize

Member Since: Nov 2007
Member Points: 205

Get the book "Chess Tactics by the English International Master Paul Littlewood...

by Bob1 - 17 months ago
Lisheen Ireland

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 496

Nice blog..

"Concentration is the only way to discover something new and unusual at the chessboard, the only way to create surprise with fresh ideas."-Garry Kasparov, the best

by Rael - 20 months ago
Calgary Canada

Member Since: Sep 2007
Member Points: 5084

I hear you loud and clear. I have melancholic thoughts in my head and worries that plague my heart. That very likely affects my rating. What you've said = true.

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