Kostya, thanks for another excellent article. You are on a Substack heater. I’m sorry that the short term result of your article on Ivanchuck was to struggle with expectations. But from a purely selfish standpoint, i am so grateful that you wrote that piece. First, let me take a quote from you current post:
“There’s something about good chess writing which inspires players to work harder, …”
Reading your portrait of one of my chess heros and seeing how hard that he works on chess definitely inspired me. I’m an adult lmprover with many of the typical challenges that it brings. Since reading the Chucky article, I have made a serious, and mostly successful effort to find more time to study chess. At the same time I’ve focused on the process of learning and my love of the game, rather then, my imediate results. Your good chess writing has helped me to work harder, and hopefully smarter. So, thank you for that.
Kostya, thanks for another excellent article. You are on a Substack heater. I’m sorry that the short term result of your article on Ivanchuck was to struggle with expectations. But from a purely selfish standpoint, i am so grateful that you wrote that piece. First, let me take a quote from you current post:
“There’s something about good chess writing which inspires players to work harder, …”
Reading your portrait of one of my chess heros and seeing how hard that he works on chess definitely inspired me. I’m an adult lmprover with many of the typical challenges that it brings. Since reading the Chucky article, I have made a serious, and mostly successful effort to find more time to study chess. At the same time I’ve focused on the process of learning and my love of the game, rather then, my imediate results. Your good chess writing has helped me to work harder, and hopefully smarter. So, thank you for that.
Thanks for this! Of course no regrets on writing the article, the story was too good not to share ☺️
What an amazing trip covering multiple events.