found a foolproof strategy to boost your ELO

😆 nice, well hey look my rating has never been so high approaching 2100! Coincidence?

Certain music boosts elo also that's right guiltykingfu

What's wrong with climbing trees it's make you live longer

Ok it's going back down, see I smoked too much and am about of touch getting punished and moving very sloweeww...

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To be without desire and without purpose is the same state described by Lao Tzu as wu-wei, or "non-doing" or "effortless action" - or what the Zenists call "no-mind".  It's interesting if you achieve the same by your unique idea of "prayer".  You used to hear very strong players talking about playing certain positions "by hand" without thinking, spontaneously. . .and wouldn't it be odd if the highest levels of mastery were nothing but this unique form of "prayer"...and all chess playing is the minds attempt to reach this "no-mind" "prayerful state". . .but all unbeknownst to the person trying quite consciously with great effort to win some rating points for the ego's gratification. If I were a psychologist proposing a theory of the chess playing personality, I might then propose that chess players were among the most ego-divided individuals.  People madly striving for a gratification that can only be achieved by a state of mind that does not strive. . .and the strongest players are therefore the most fractured if they strive and enjoy exorbitant victory when in fact they perceive much truth intuitively, without effortful study and thinking.  To play effortlessly at 2000 elo, and then to seek the effort of struggle and victory for 2200+ divides the ego against itself; the same with every ambition. . .the inherent flaw of the ambitious.    

Euclid5050, thanks for your post, but alas it's not my idea it's been relayed and written down for many generations. Fully resonate with what this zen type state does for people in strategy games. It is kinda ironic and twisted how you described it, it's true! I've had this numerous examples since I play lots of games. My friend and I used to play this game called Destiny and Call of Duty. We just call it "in the Zone". When we are blissful and laughing we would wreck people effort lessly but whenever things and the emotional mood got serious and striving and wanting something too bad it didn't happen. Same thing in Poker, a assymetrical information negotiation session. When you really want to win and need the money it's like the cards turn against you because of your state of mind. A bunch of beta waves and worry and anxiety are seeping in causing the brain to divert it's potential power away from what it doing and it causes bad luck to strike perhaps subconsciously? But when we are propped up, kicked up having a jolly good time and not really thinking Soo hard it's like the good hands come in spades followed by lots of trying the best to hold back laughter to show grace in winning. Same thing in test taking, when you are stressed and anxious you're diverting power away from your ability to answer questions. Same thing in giving speeches. Same thing when sleeping with woman, when anxious and so self concious it causes piss poor performance. Same thing with the body when it's stressed it's more likely to get sick. Am I on track I feel like I might be getting off track. Ohhhh by the way I Love Sunday, we get to do about 2 and a half 3 hour of prayer with a bunch of people . Which will reverberate and echo and make us feel jubilation it's gonna be great!! And the proof is in the pudding!