For one to be a GM, that person has to have talent, and to work on his/her chess a lot.
They acclimate their mind by playing, studying and living chess hours upon hours every day.
Of course, chess positions are almost limitless in number, but they have looked over thousands of masters games, they have played unimaginable number of games themselves and have tremendous experience in the positions they play. All of that helps them when they make a decision on which move to choose.
So, some talent and a lot of hard work is behind such a high level. Basically the same story as with any other top professionals in a certain field.
What makes Grandmasters exceptional?
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Feb 8, 2023
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You shouldn't be making blunders at all, let alone 1-2 (unless blundering is part of your mate strategy). And it's easy not to blunder, just don't move your pieces to squares that aren't protected and try not to get pinned. (I blunder a lot bc I have brain injury pls don't check my archive) Also you should take lessons to learn the most popular moves in chess (idk mayets mate and queens gambit and opera mate and arabian mate and etc.) and i use a different app that has chess puzzles to practice which helps your brain understand the board maybe idk idk just do whafever
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"what makes chess grandmasters so capable, confident, and consistently auccessful"
++ They work hard and analyse many games.
Kramnik worked 10 h / day 7 days / week and analysed 10,000 games / month.
"How do they know the right moves to make" ++ They know patterns by analysing many games.
"grandmasters make only about 1-2 blunders during a standard game"
++ At the Tata Steel Masters 2023 they made average 0.57 errors / game.
"How have they acclimated their mind to this level of success?"
++ They play slowly using all available time and they reach a state of deep concentration.
Nothing makes them exceptional except dedication. You could be born the most talented chess player of all time, and if you weren't willing to put in the time and effort you wouldn't even get to GM most likely, you'd peter out as an IM.
Don't get me wrong, there are lots of skills and strategies that GMs use to get so good, and you can absolutely be talented in ways that fundamentally put you ahead of the curve. Super GMs, for instance, usually have absolutely incredible memory (Although part of that is usually how they start so young, meaning their brain quite literally developed in a way that facilitates a strong memory and in which we cannot replicate). But none of those talents, skills, or strategies is enough by itself. There are literally THOUSANDS of brilliant people that have spent decades playing chess and know enough strategy to even teach it well, even being able to help low-mid 2000s players. If there was anything magical that would let them take the next step, they would've done so long ago.
Dedication, practice, review, getting a coach, and just in general living, breathing, eating, and sleeping chess is the only answer. Chess has to be the first thing you think about when you wake up and the last thing you think about when you go to sleep. It's straight up a job. You have to be willing to put in multiple hours a day, 6+ days a week, and be willing to stick to that schedule for as long as it takes to reach GM level. Again, lots and lots of IMs could reach GM if they are willing/able to do that, but for a lot of people they simply don't have either the time or the willingness to make the sacrifices involved.
Which is totally fair by the way! Your goal shouldn't BE to become a GM or even train and play like a GM (unless you really, really want to...and are still young). Trying to imitate GMs when you aren't right at pre-GM level may very well be harmful to you and your chess game. Instead of worrying about what they have and you don't, you want to just focus on yourself and learning to get better. One step at a time.
Hello All.
Its been a while since I have played chess with serious mental focus and undivided attention. I have decided to get back into it because it will help me solve should I say psyche health issues I had in the past. I briefly went to an artsy type school that had a design program.
I realize my mind ad brain need a lot of structure. Which getting back into chess will provide.
That said, I would like to know what makes chess grandmasters so capable, confident, and consistently auccessful.
These are the specific questions I have:
- How do they know the right moves to make even when they haven't come across the situation before? It is said that grandmasters make only about 1-2 blunders during a standard game. How have they acclimated their mind to this level of success?
- And any tips from someone who could more or less be called a beginner?
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