Comfort Is the Graveyard of a Sharp Mind
A chess position is a riddle to unravel.
We improve only when we strip away the noise
and keep the essence.
Through repetition, the mind encodes structure:
the geometry of material,
the tension in the center.
Repetition deepens retention
until the puzzle dissolves into pattern.
Pattern matures into structure—
structure into recognition.
The heavy pondering begins to fade.
Patterns transform into understanding,
and understanding sharpens every choice.
Intuition grows in swifter decisions;
frantic calculation softens into quiet instinct.
What once demanded effort
becomes fluid.
Yet plateaus are built from habit.
Reflex hardens into routine.
Routine feels safe—
like a familiar opening—
but safety dulls the edge.
To sharpen the mind,
you must fracture comfort.
Court the unfamiliar.
Sense the risk before the blunder.
Stay vigilant. Stay proactive. Stay precise.
Embrace the themed puzzles
you once avoided.
Do the training, lessons, the walkthroughs are written by other chess players. I do all my puzzles, training, and lessons on chess.com. This site is too cluttered it affects my sensory overload. But if you do all I mentioned you'll start to see patterns as well as get an idea of how and where to move. You'll make mistakes a lot in games, but how else are you going to learn?
My endgame was the bits until I start doing the lessons that walk you through steps (interactive).
@TheSicilianScholars..... >>>> I think I didn't quite understand what you were trying to convey!
Just about everything on this site is people driven, meaning, all the puzzles, trainings, and walkthroughs (interactive trainings) are written by other chess players like you and I.
I used to think chess.com had better trainings, puzzles, lessons, etc. until I started exploring this site and I take a little from here and a little from chess.com and apply those to my games. Also, what I learn on chess.com I come here for the same thing, and vise versa.
Esse é ultimo diagrama que fiz para um concurso que tinha algumas particularidades interessantes !!!
Esse é ultimo diagrama que fiz para um concurso que tinha algumas particularidades interessantes !!!