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It's human to relax a bit when you have an advantage--don't. There are always resources in the position for a resourceful opponent. It aint over, until it's really over.

TheProfessor I looked at your recent games and saw only one loss which I think still had quite a bit of play within so it's somewhat difficult to offer a good explanation to your inquiry.  Although there are a lot of good suggestions here, I think Kageri's comment was on point.  Chess is not a game where when you have the advantage it is beneficial to charge in recklessly.  Trading off pieces when you have an advantage can be beneficial, especially when your adversary is a very good player; however you may feel more satisfied with your victories in which you manage to retain most of your material.  In chess hesitation and calculation even when winning is a good course to follow, that's my opinion anyway.

Sit on your hands.

Not kidding. It worked for me. My OTB rating went up about 150 points after I started doing that.

Just because it works for you, doesn't mean it will work for everyone, but I think you should keep doing this OTB blueemu.

I tried that and my hands hurt.

I learned that i picked up the habit from playing 2 minute games at another site then when i came here i started playing SVC. So i get up in between moves or write moves down for some games.

My best bet i think is to pull out the chess board and play the games out. It will break the habit and will not come back unless you start playing in live chess here. It will be hard at first but will get results.

You can tuck them under your knees, rather than actually sitting directly on them.

TheProfessor I think these suggestions about sitting on hands or tucking them under your knees are some kind of stress relief technique.  I wouldn't recommend them, but I don't know about those issues.

Providing even a fraction of a second delay lets your higher brain kick in and tell yourself to stop and think. I don't know how they would relieve stress though (personally I don't do it myself).

Hmmm sounds it would work i test. It feels comfortable.

But..... if i try to play blitz it will mess with my positional technique/behavior i have used that has helped me feel more comfortable playing those games.

I think i might pull out my Playstation but that will take away from my time playing here unless i play when it is not my turn in most games. And i was pretty good when i played with my PS as you have to be patient when playing some games and not move until the right time.

Sitting on your hands is bad-advice. Your thumbs epitomise the force of willpower and self-esteem and should be present at all times.

In internet-chess (where sticking your thumb in your opponent's eye is sadly not possible) is better to do a brief ''thumbs-up'' dance before pressing the ''submit-move'' button and this quickly reveals any unnoticed errors/blunders that give away a win.

Thinking, "oh cool I am up material, I am winning!"  is not nearly as productive as thinking, "how can I improve my position".  

You can improve you sitting postion to help you play. I did it playing Playstation. I did when playing SVC games that would last 18 + hours at chess.com. I did it when i spent all day just playing in live chess. It increased my reaction time by 1/2 sec or 1 sec depending how tired i was when i played.

I found out that they tell you to sit up in job interviews work the same playing any online games or video games.

Yes, the point is that you need to take your hands OUT again before moving, and as you do that it should remind you to look at the board ONE MORE TIME before making your move.

Another technique that worked well for me... until FIDE friggin' BANNED it... was that instead of making my move on the board then pressing the clock and THEN writing it down and relaxing back into my seat (the usual sequence), I would just PICTURE myself making the move on the board and pressing the clock, then I would write it down and relax back into my seat, just as if the move had already been made on the board. Only after waiting a few more seconds, allowing myself time to suddenly realize that the intended move was a blunder, would I actually make the move on the board and press the clock.

Unfortunately, as I say... this technique is no longer legal under FIDE rules.

You could always sit on your thumb, netzach.

Is that a stress relief technique for you?

You arent looking at your self talk and unconscious habits.  When you are winning what do you say to yourself which influences your decisions?  Likely instead of operating from neutality, you instead relax and loosen your focus. Instead a better option would be to attribute no success to a position which may change.  You must realize that the majority of people walking around have no clue about any of their motivations for what they do for anything, and once you realize this, really think hard about what you do before you do it, and your motivation for why you are making what move.  Chess is largely a crunching of positions so no emotion should be involved, irregardless of whether you are ahead or behind.  Ironically the more you can behave like a computer with no emotion in chess, it is possible you would win more.

Sitting on my hands? Or being rude on the Internet?

There's a lot to be said for each method.

No i do not think so. Not in this life time or next. Not even with a gun to my head. ill. Got the image .......

I prefer to grab the bull by the horns and confront an issue head-on rather than bury it in reams of useless-text.

To grab a bull by the horns you do indeed need thumbs that is definite!

Notice you are co-member of ''cheating-forum'' with myself.

Interesting. Must check your stats :)

Please read my forum post

http://www.chess.com/forum/view/general/what-all-chess-players-must-see