Training track

Psychology

Time management, handling pressure, preparing for tournaments and learning from your own games.

  • Time management
  • Staying calm under pressure
  • Tournament preparation
  • Analysing your own games

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Practical Chess Psychology

Time, nerves, rules and the tournament player · by Kapilash Chess Academy

Most games are not lost to brilliant moves but to hurry, fear, overconfidence and missed threats. Learn a thinking routine for every move, how to use your clock, how to stay calm after a mistake, when never to resign, how to win a won position, the FIDE rules every tournament player must know and how Swiss tournaments work. 107 exercises: engine-checked positions on the board and questions on time, rules and tournament play.

12 Lessons8 Diagrams107 Exercises
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