to be really good at chess you need to

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bcoburn2

be really sneaky and coniving

Raspberry_Yoghurt

Knightly_News

... crush minds. - Bobby Fischer.

arcticusfennicus

Openings, yep. Tactics, uh huh. Checkmates, yes. Mind crushing? Hmm. Can anybody recommend a book?

Knightly_News

War and Peace. That should be just about heavy enough.

huddsbluenose

Have an obsessive mind. The more obsessive, the better...

arcticusfennicus

How can I get better at chess if I'm running to wash my hands every five minutes?

dockers88

Try a little tenderness!

blastforme

Like in everything else in life, its just a matter of having all the right pieces in all the right places :oP

huddsbluenose

I didn't say OCD ;-)

Knightly_News

Not OCD? Not OCD??? Not OCD??? Not OCD????????

July_Summer

for good chess you to need be me :p

lisa_zhang_tok

be psychic Laughing

GideonDerTactician

practice!

bcoburn2

autistic helps

Knightly_News

...  be unconcerned with winning and losing and How I Met Your Mother re-runs on TV. Just be focused in the moment, pointedly broadminded, with a singular multifaceted purpose. Also, it helps if you play a hell of a lot better than you do.

Finally, and perhaps best advice I can give you is,  do as I say, not as I do.

bcoburn2

get a good position and then---let the FORCE be with you.