I personally find getting up and walking around very helpful. I also find certain eye movements helpful to stimulating wakeful feelings to the brain. (Look up Andrew Huberman on this).
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May 13, 2022
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When I play OTB games, I felt like I tended to do better when I hadn’t played a game within the last 24 hours, and when I had done ~20 minutes of tactics warmup a couple hours before the game.
May 13, 2022
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Waking up 3 hours before the round, walking. If I’m hungry, I eat some. If I’m not, I don’t. Nothing else much- anything else would be mental preparation. It helps if you’re focused on winning.
May 13, 2022
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LoukasLusha wrote:
I personally find getting up and walking around very helpful. I also find certain eye movements helpful to stimulating wakeful feelings to the brain. (Look up Andrew Huberman on this).
I definitely agree with taking a walk, in general I always feel better and more focussed after taking one! As for eye movements to stimulate wakeful feelings, I’ll have to take a look into that as it sounds useful! Thank you 
May 13, 2022
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busterlark wrote:
When I play OTB games, I felt like I tended to do better when I hadn’t played a game within the last 24 hours, and when I had done ~20 minutes of tactics warmup a couple hours before the game.
Yeah I don’t usually like to playing right before OTB as well, and I’ve noticed solving tactics helps as well!
May 13, 2022
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B1ZMARK wrote:
Waking up 3 hours before the round, walking. If I’m hungry, I eat some. If I’m not, I don’t. Nothing else much- anything else would be mental preparation. It helps if you’re focused on winning.
Yes waking up 3 hours before the rounds sounds like it helps as you have plenty of time to fully wake up! I also agree with walking and eating. Mental preparation is also a good thing to do!
May 13, 2022
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I once heard some advice that during your own time you should think about tactics and during your opponents time you should think about strategy.
I haven't found that works all of the time, but sometimes it is good advice.
May 13, 2022
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KevinOSh wrote:
I once heard some advice that during your own time you should think about tactics and during your opponents time you should think about strategy.
I haven't found that works all of the time, but sometimes it is good advice.
I’ve heard that as well and it makes a lot of sense in my opinion, but like you said it doesn’t work all the time
May 13, 2022
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I play a puzzle rush before a game. It's kind of like stretching before playing a sport.
Take a cold shower to wake yourself up and then chew on some gum or something throughout the game.
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I feel the best way to prepare for a game is to treat your body right a few days before the game. Do everything that will help you feel better physically and mentally cos your body ends up rewarding you for it by playing good chess. A good way to start is getting good sleep,waking up and exercising on the day of the game(if it isnt an early morning game), meditation and getting your mental preparation right.
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"things to do before/during a game to improve your preformance during a game?"
++ Before a game: outdoor physical exercise, eat a light meal.
Fischer always played tennis before he played Spassky in their match.
++ During a game: play the opening slowly and carefully to reach a state of deep concentration.
Drink to stay hydrated: water / milk / yoghurt.
Caffeine in coffee or tea may be beneficial, but may also make you too nervous.
Some sugar drink or fruit juice may prevent concentration loss due to low blood sugar level.
https://handbook.fide.com/files/handbook/Nutrition%20and%20Exercise%20Doc.pdf
May 14, 2022
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forget who ur opponent is forget who are you forget everything but the position
May 14, 2022
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Anything but bullet
eat healthy and get 8 hours of sleep. Get more pls but don’t oversleep or you feel drowsy or whatever
Hello everyone I was wondering if anyone knew of things to do before/during a game to improve your preformance during a game? I haven't done much research on the topic, but I could see something like drinking green tea during a game helping due to the fact that it has caffeine, but not as much as something like coffee. All suggestions are appreciated