since i only play turned based it is hard to imagine getting worked up for a game of chess. perhaps a 1 minute game would get the blood pumping, but perhaps not.
Do you play with passion or cool reserve
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Gizmodeus wrote:
What's that emotion you feel when you repeat, "Don't screw this up! Don't screw this up!" over and over?
I don't know the name for it, but i've experienced it!
Jun 16, 2011
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Gizmodeus wrote:
What's that emotion you feel when you repeat, "Don't screw this up! Don't screw this up!" over and over?
anxiety seems to fit that description.
planeden wrote:
since i only play turned based it is hard to imagine getting worked up for a game of chess. perhaps a 1 minute game would get the blood pumping, but perhaps not.
I was thinking of otb play, but I guess it would apply more to live than turn based on chess.com.
Jun 16, 2011
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i think i would still need to be playing with someone i know and can joke around with to really get me excited though. trash talk helps with passion.
planeden wrote:
i think i would still need to be playing with someone i know and can joke around with to really get me excited though. trash talk helps with passion.
Maybe we can play.. =)
Jun 16, 2011
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nyLsel wrote:
planeden wrote:
i think i would still need to be playing with someone i know and can joke around with to really get me excited though. trash talk helps with passion.
Maybe we can play.. =)
you know chess trash talk?
Actually, not at all.. But you said that "you need to be playing with someone I know and can joke around with to really get me excited through".. That's all
I know an older guy from Serbia who feels like you have to prove yourself any time you play chess, as if each game were a crucible in which character is forged. My feelings are contrary to his. I don't feel like I have anything to prove to anybody.
Personally I believe reserved is better. It is when I start getting emotional that I start to lose most often.
=)
Don't stereotype - us quantitative people can get just as worked up about chess as everyone else :-P
It's just an game.. So why your feelings (emotional) is above you??
don't focus yourself in what they say, but to the game! trust me it's an good idea.. =o
I had a period when I was younger when I just felt this overwhelming neccessity to completely crush every opponent I played, and nothing less was good enough.
Once I got over this and realised that 1) chess is a draw and 2) chess is not about one person, its about two people testing out their ideas against one another, my rating jumped from 1700 to 2000 :-)
your right..
Depends on my opponent and the seriousness of the game. When I want to play well I tend toward the calm side though.
I've known players who "work themselves up" with various sources of motivation before they play, some positive and some not. They expend a tremendous amount of emotionl energy when they play.
I've also faced players who have advanced degrees in mathematics or computer science who take a calm, steady, problem solving approach to the game.
Like many, I am somewhere in between. Where do you fall on the scale?