Readiness for a tournament
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Readiness for a tournament
Hello. How can it be decided if we are ready for a tournament?
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Re: Readiness for a tournament
Soheil Hooshdaran wrote:
How can it be decided if we are ready for a tournament ?
If you feel you want to play in it, Play !
How can it be decided if we are ready for a tournament ?
If you feel you want to play in it, Play !
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Re: Readiness for a tournament
Who are "we"? Players or organisers?soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 6:45 pmHow can it be decided if we are ready for a tournament?
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I am a player, so by we, I mean we players.
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I want to see if it is worth investing my time and money.Barry Sandercock wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 7:24 pmSoheil Hooshdaran wrote:
How can it be decided if we are ready for a tournament ?
If you feel you want to play in it, Play !
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Re: Readiness for a tournament
This is a decision only you can make for yourself. Nobody on here can answer that for you.
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Re: Readiness for a tournament
Any metric?IM Jack Rudd wrote: ↑Tue Feb 19, 2019 8:17 pmThis is a decision only you can make for yourself. Nobody on here can answer that for you.
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Re: Readiness for a tournament
My advice is to ensure you get rest from work. No preparation other than to get to venue early & take a walk to get circulation going.
At the board slow down & think problems through. I won my first tournament in 13 years a few months ago & then close to a prize at London Classic.
That is 8/9 until 8/10 (my first loss in 10 games).
Then again I average 1 tournament a year over 20 years.
It is what you can do analysing your games between tournaments.
Some of the old books for professionals were playing about fifty games a year & analyzing the rest of the time.
At the board slow down & think problems through. I won my first tournament in 13 years a few months ago & then close to a prize at London Classic.
That is 8/9 until 8/10 (my first loss in 10 games).
Then again I average 1 tournament a year over 20 years.
It is what you can do analysing your games between tournaments.
Some of the old books for professionals were playing about fifty games a year & analyzing the rest of the time.