Become 1% better one day at a time
For most adult chess players, improving could be perceived as a tough challenge for multiple reasons:
- Lack of time
- Lack of direction
- Lack of clarity
These perceived problems can lead to stagnation, frustration and reinforcing of negative thoughts like:
- I’m too old for this
- I am gonna quit chess
- I am not gifted
My proposal for these perceived problems is to become better by 1% every day.
Which means:
- Learn from disastrous games or
- Solve a challenging puzzle
- Study one game from a master
- Attend to a coaching session and make some notes
- Play a quality game in the right environment where you can maintain focus.
If you are already playing every day or regularly, you can canalize that love for the game to study and grow every day.
You can reach a strong level if you put in the effort and time.
