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This will be the prep for your next one. Good luck!
@fahd-85
What do you want to know?
Secret moves?
Secret techniques?
Forbidden moves?
Forbidden techniques?
What do you want to know?
Secret moves?
Secret techniques?
Forbidden moves?
Forbidden techniques?
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be motivated, prepare an opening repertory, review tactics and do puzzles on Lichess, work on calculation and especially psychology. when you are on the chessboard, be sure of yourself, avoid excess or lack of confidence, find the right balance about confidence. greeting
First you need to know where a tournament is held.
Then the fun begins. Find and sorting the standings list by performance ratings and FIDE member number. Put it on a spread sheet. Then you sort them by performance. You can then see where you fit in the group. Anyone above you should be looked at more closely, like their game play or opening repertoires. Get familiar with those opening repertoires, because if you are good, you will probably be facing a few of them. If you have never been to an OTB tournament, then the first time will be an eye opener. @fahd-85
chessprime.com/tournaments/countries/mar/
ratings.fide.com/tournament_list.phtml?country=MAR
chess-results.com/fed.aspx?lan=1&fed=MAR
lichess.org/swiss/twwgFhzr
Then the fun begins. Find and sorting the standings list by performance ratings and FIDE member number. Put it on a spread sheet. Then you sort them by performance. You can then see where you fit in the group. Anyone above you should be looked at more closely, like their game play or opening repertoires. Get familiar with those opening repertoires, because if you are good, you will probably be facing a few of them. If you have never been to an OTB tournament, then the first time will be an eye opener. @fahd-85
chessprime.com/tournaments/countries/mar/
ratings.fide.com/tournament_list.phtml?country=MAR
chess-results.com/fed.aspx?lan=1&fed=MAR
lichess.org/swiss/twwgFhzr
Don't forget the Rocky soundtrack.
You will hav white 50% of the time.
Train to be flawless with just 1 or 2 openings in white not 5. Don't get burned by the Dutch or Benoni bc you barely work on it.
Put in 20hrs of endgame work so you hav the confidence to just prep pawns (advancing and putting on opposite color as their remaining bishop) and get king ready to move and trade off for a favorable endgame they didn't know was going to start on move 16.
You will hav white 50% of the time.
Train to be flawless with just 1 or 2 openings in white not 5. Don't get burned by the Dutch or Benoni bc you barely work on it.
Put in 20hrs of endgame work so you hav the confidence to just prep pawns (advancing and putting on opposite color as their remaining bishop) and get king ready to move and trade off for a favorable endgame they didn't know was going to start on move 16.
Aim to protect ever move you play.
Don't race the clock, you already have that experience online. Now you have to learn to take your time, even if your opponent is trying to play fast. A well played move is worth the time spent on it. Don't forget to press the clock with the same hand you played with. Don't play on your opponents time !
When writing down moves, errors happen, often caused by stress. Remain focused. Any distraction will require you to review the complete chessboard before playing another move. You adjust the pieces on your move, not theirs. a piece touched must be played so say "J'adoube" before adjusting a piece. If you knock a piece over pick it up before pressing the clock.
Nothing worse than being thirsty during a game or hungry. So eat before playing and drink something during play. Just don't let it get in the way. Bring a cushion to sit on. Wear casual comfortable clothing, unless the tournament dictates others wise.
Some recommend you bring your own clocks. If you don't you might end up having to play with an old clock that you won't like. Black places the clock on the side they want it on. Black starts the clock so that white plays their first move.
At the end of the game, normally the winner is responsible to hand in the results.
Normally the chessboard is setup by the players. So when you leave, if it belongs to the tournament, then you set it up for the next round by first placing the Queen on the d1 or d8 square. Amateurs sometimes place the chessboard co-ordinates or pieces incorrectly. Take the time to make sure all is at it's place. Some leave one king in the middle of the chessboard to show which king won (White or Black).
Don't race the clock, you already have that experience online. Now you have to learn to take your time, even if your opponent is trying to play fast. A well played move is worth the time spent on it. Don't forget to press the clock with the same hand you played with. Don't play on your opponents time !
When writing down moves, errors happen, often caused by stress. Remain focused. Any distraction will require you to review the complete chessboard before playing another move. You adjust the pieces on your move, not theirs. a piece touched must be played so say "J'adoube" before adjusting a piece. If you knock a piece over pick it up before pressing the clock.
Nothing worse than being thirsty during a game or hungry. So eat before playing and drink something during play. Just don't let it get in the way. Bring a cushion to sit on. Wear casual comfortable clothing, unless the tournament dictates others wise.
Some recommend you bring your own clocks. If you don't you might end up having to play with an old clock that you won't like. Black places the clock on the side they want it on. Black starts the clock so that white plays their first move.
At the end of the game, normally the winner is responsible to hand in the results.
Normally the chessboard is setup by the players. So when you leave, if it belongs to the tournament, then you set it up for the next round by first placing the Queen on the d1 or d8 square. Amateurs sometimes place the chessboard co-ordinates or pieces incorrectly. Take the time to make sure all is at it's place. Some leave one king in the middle of the chessboard to show which king won (White or Black).
Wear Nike shoes. Eat Wheaties. You'll run faster, jump higher, and also be regular. Prepped!
Maintain a good balance between defenses and counter-attacks.
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