Chess World.net presents: How do we handle the pain of losing #2 Aronian vs Navara example

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A new part to this series!

Kasparov on making mistakes in chess
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2KKfOGaR_w

Losing quotations
http://www.chessquotes.com/topic-losing

Navara Analysis his game vs Aronian
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=132E6bk4pBI

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[polishchess]

Hi, Love the channel big time! I think this kouluampuja96 chappy is not being realistic about trying to bannish psychology from chess. Chess, like any other competitive game or sport is ALL ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY. what we call being in or out of 'form' is pure psychology and confidence is at the centre of that. If I lose games that I shouldn't - by blunders when I was in winning positions - it eats away inside. I tend to lose more games following. Question - how to regain that confidence?

[kingscrusher]

@polishchess He must be talking about his bullet chess played on Yahoo or something I guess. In OTB chess and especially FIDE rated games that take a day, the pyschological war is started the day before - trying to find weaknesses and strengths in the opponent and trying to find weaknesses in their pet lines etc. In world championship matches, the psychological war is prepared months before I guess. Gelfand must have been preparing all this time for the weaknesses an strengths of Anand.

[kwbarr1]

kingscrusher just do you, know what I'm saying. Win some loss some...yada yada

[kingscrusher]

@kwbarr1 But I am referring to where time investment is high - not just online casual blitz games. In those, there is no pain. I am talking about very long games of chess - OTB FIDE for example, or just OTB club games.

[kouluampuja96]

this psychology aspect of chess is BS. thinking about previous wins gets u overly optimistic and thinking about losses gets u too pessimistic and then u want to think about positions and u get carried away and your opponent gets optimistic because u have gotten pessimistic/optimistic and that is why u win or lose. this is absolute nonsense.

[kingscrusher]

@kouluampuja96 What do you mean by these comments?! Did you see the link in the description from the GM in question here - he did seem concerned about not throwing away a good position if you check his comments. His previous losses had impacted him psychologically, but he did find positivity in his position being good.

[pitstainz]

Love this topic KC, you're awesome. Navara definitely has some IRON bollocks to come back and play a great game like this against the leader after 5 grueling, time-consuming losses. The longer the time OTB the more it hurts IMO. I think I take losses even more heavily as I'm just a class player trying to move up the ranks, if I were a NM like some other people in my club I think I could brush it off easier. But then again, I bet Navara was a GREAT loser early in his career...

[proudstr8]

chess is gay

[kwbarr1]

@kingscrusher

I understand. From watching your videos, I've notice that sometimes your chess confidence is very low. For example, after the london classic and dealing with computer users.

How about the next time you lose a big game. Think about all the people you've helped win games because of your videos.

Also, do you ever consider what you do to people when you win? How you make them feel. For every 1-0 there is an 0-1. What about the pain you cause when you win

[cubs12day25]

pi videos!

[ZebraLad112]

nerd

[MrEmanuel1223]

great vid,yeah i can see where in the upper levels of chess each game is very important as to time and money spent[alot of high level players pay for coach and insite info] to get pass the guy in front of you...

[kaewonf8]

A bit ADD this video, cycling between player's psych, then tournament, a few game moves, back to tournament, few more moves, then more psych... I prefer to concentrate on one or the other, but that's me.