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dansisti@gmail.com's avatar

Great post, Nick. I’m an anesthesiologist with a similarly chaotic schedule. I really liked your identification of how mental habits of medicine don’t translate well to chess!

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Mike Mills's avatar

One thing I have noticed for myself is that I often have to get into “tournament mode” my first game will often not be in that vein so to get my habits to be right I will use things like adjusting the pieces before the game to be in the right headspace.

If you have a routine that gets you into the right playing mode you might find you perform better. You might solve a tactic or play out the moves of an opening It’s like stretching before a workout. Part of it is to prepare your mind to do the task you’re about to do.

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