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3 Excuses That Prevent Us from Becoming Stronger Chess Players

Written by Yury Markushin
Friday, 22 August 2014 00:00

Today I have compiled a list of the 3 most common excuses that chess players all over the world
make, that they think prevent them from becoming a stronger chess player.

Curious? Maybe these are the very same excuses you make as well? Lets find out!

1. I dont have a coach

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2. Im too old
That is another very common excuse that many chess players make nowadays. They say oh no, Im too old to improve I should ve
started playing when I was a kid. You may think that only somebody who is at least 65 years old would say something like that.
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3. I dont have time

Thats the last excuse chess players use to show that theyre absolutely certain that they dont have resources to become a
stronger chess players. They all have busy lives, jobs, responsibilities which surely cannot let them work on their chess. When you
ask them how much time they spend playing chess weekly, many say, oh, not that much maybe 2 hours at the chess club twice
per week and some 3-4 hours of online blitz.

Indeed thats no time to improve . If they would just take 2-3 hours to study chess out of these 7-8 hours they spend on playing
weekly, the results wouldnt take long to come.

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#11 Tushar Srivastava 2016-07-23 05:28 0
Thank u 4 d article. U have motivated me especially with d 2nd point. I liked it d most.
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#10 chessbibliophile 2015-05-14 23:40 +1
The primary source for anything on Fischer is Frank Bradys early biography, Profile of a prodigy. Kasparov also
relied on the same. Carmine Nigro and Jack Collins were Fischers early mentors. They were both connoisseurs of the
game and showed young Bobby the finer points of the game. They were expert players of master strength, but were
not professional trainers. Late Larry Evans played an important role in editing Fischer's book,"My 60 Memorable
games". Bobby employed him as a second in the Candidates, 1971 and Lombardy in the World Championship 1972.
He did receive help, support and advice from fellow players, but worked alone most of the time.
Brady updated his biography of Fischer. More on the book is here:
kingpinchess.net/.../...

kingpinchess.net/.../...
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 #9 Jesse 2015-05-14 12:47 +1
Fischer didn't train alone. He had master class training since he was 12. His first trainer was a low class master who
is well known because of Kasparov's book on Fischer. And anyone who tells you he didn't have trainers for the World
Championship should go talk to Evans and William Lombardy. On this post. I am 40. I started when I was 12. My
rating at 16 was 900. My rating now is 1980. I didn't mature till I was 30. Do the math. Good post. I plan to break 2000
this year. I also bought this system 3 months ago. I like the advice. I probably will upgrade. Why did I buy it? It will
either help me get 2300, or I will use it to improve my kids by proxy. Then I encourage all I see to pay for it because it's
becoming part of my lesson plan and would hate for people to get lost along the way. This is one of three systems I
advocate and teach and believe in. And I don't say that lightly. I hope people I send are doing it in groups.

Quoting Mel Griffin:

#1 was never an issue with me. I knew Fischer trained alone, and let's face it, the trainers of Kasparov,
Karpov and Carlsen et al are not stronger players per se, but have a regimented plan and will (for the
lack of a better term) enforce discipline on their pupils.

#3 Also was not a factor as I spend 14 hours a week on a very structured routine that was once
acknowledged by Bruce Pandolfini in correspondence as a "levelheaded approach to chess
improvement".

However, #2 was always a nagging thorn in my side. At 48, I never thought of myself as too old for
improvement, but too old to be a Master. With this article alone, I feel a weight has been lifted from my
shoulders.
Also, after purchasing the "Complete Package" and the Ontario Open just 7 weeks away, I have never
been more focused than I am now.
Thanks Yury!

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#8 Yury 2015-05-07 14:12 +3
There is no age limit, when it is already too late to improve. It's all about correct guidance, hard work and dedication.
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#7 PAUL B TOMAINO 2015-05-06 14:10 +2
Thanks for encouragement, considering I'm 84 and still young enough to improve!!.....
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#6 Todd 2015-04-09 05:08 +2
Thanks for the article. I am 41 and had wondered if I am too old to get CM. I have a 7 year old son who keeps me
busy, but thought if I could teach him chess I could also find time to work on my game as well. I have all the
intentions of doing so, but I got to get disciplined with my daily and weekly schedule. Part of the solution is to get
enough exercise in so that I can have the physical and mental energy to concentrate; having a sedentary job the past
20 years has robbed me of normal energy, so I have begun to address this matter as well.
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#5 Mel Griffin 2015-03-22 19:44 +1
#1 was never an issue with me. I knew Fischer trained alone, and let's face it, the trainers of Kasparov, Karpov and
Carlsen et al are not stronger players per se, but have a regimented plan and will (for the lack of a better term) enforce
discipline on their pupils.
#3 Also was not a factor as I spend 14 hours a week on a very structured routine that was once acknowledged by
Bruce Pandolfini in correspondence as a "levelheaded approach to chess improvement".
However, #2 was always a nagging thorn in my side. At 48, I never thought of myself as too old for improvement, but
too old to be a Master. With this article alone, I feel a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.
Also, after purchasing the "Complete Package" and the Ontario Open just 7 weeks away, I have never been more
focused than I am now.
Thanks Yury!
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#4 Sidhartha Nayak 2014-11-09 02:47 +3
All these were my excuses, but now no more excuses.
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#3 Ghali 2014-09-18 11:04 +3
Thank you for clarify things for us !
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#2 Yury 2014-09-11 21:01 +3
Thanks Aaditya Dubey, I'm very glad that you liked it :)
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