cigoLogic wrote:
Again, I suggest that the OP plays on ICCF and become a World Champion. That would make me, and most others I think, take the OP seriously.
I would give everything in this world so that you take me seriously.
Then, you might even consider buying my book.
I will travel, play OTB, play exhibitions, simuls, during the night and day, everything, just that you take me seriously.
Indeed, why should you read the book and try to understand it(this requires effort, you know), when you can simply come up with different demands.
hmm myabe sitting at home next to your pc is the secret of chess?
I need an anechoic chamber.
All that noise, at tournaments, and even at home, just kills me.
People are now watching the Winter Olympics, the US does not have a budget, the North Korean's sister is in South Korea and all that makes a lot of unnecessary noise.
Still, home conditions definitely have some relative advantages:
- I can choose my best-suited settings in the GUI, large screen, favourite colours, etc.
- in OTB, the pieces and colouts are as they are, you can not choose them, and I simply hate that brown, as well as the contrast FIDE came up with
- SF does not talk, at least to my knowledge, neither makes any beeping sounds during games, this is a big advantage, as OTB many would like to talk, where you play or next table, some just to distract you
As simple as that, that is why home conditions are generally better suited for higher-quality chess, leaving aside North Korea and the US budget.
How do you know you need an anechoic chamber? Have you ever played chess in one? That's like a professional golfer saying he needs conditions with no wind, no rain, no temperatures above or below 72 degrees, and no shadows. The conditions are the same for everyone. If you need an anechoic chamber, which no one else needs, it makes me think that your concentration (which is essential for chess) is very poor. I have often heard that people who are at the top of their profession have such good concentration that they get into a zone where almost no distractions matter. They dont hear or see anything other than what they are concentrating on. Professional athletes often say they never saw or heard the crowds yelling and screaming because they were so focused on what they were doing. BTW, that joke about living in Copenhagen when really you dont. Hilarious. Love that Bulgarian humor.
This year, this February, this day, it is very noisy, everybody tries to distract you, it is the Korean dictator, the Russians and all the bad spirits in the world.
This is not a Bulgarian humour, it is international.
Why do Yogi then require complete silence, when they try to concentrate.
1500 does not need concentration, especially if living in Central America, I need, Fischer needed and everyone who plays good chess or does something creative of worth needs.
But don't you really know ALL the best works of art and literature/poetry have been written during the night, when it is usually quieter?