Originally posted by stevetodd Although part of me agrees with you below is what David Tebb (whose opinion also has to be respected as does Lasker's) said:
"I believe Emanuel Lasker actually said that he could take a person of average intelligence and turn them into a chess master by the end of six months. That sounds right. If an ordinary player in any sport or game is coached for 6 ...[text shortened]... e for 6 months (although I would like to think that I have above average intelligence lol)
http://sport.guardian.co.uk/chess/
This might be of intrest to you, Nigel Short coaching Stephen Moss who are (were in Nigels case I guess) both writers for the Guardian.
10% inspiration 90% persperation. Nothing comes without hard work. Kasparov prepared tonnes of home analysis and he became one of the world elite because of hard work, dont make the mistake of thinking that people came all this way because they were talented. There are loads of talented people who get nowhere because they are lazy.
Originally posted by stevetodd Yeah thanks I did find it interesting, but frustratingly too brief, but then I would have read a 1,000 pages on this subject.
I started training with a WGM/IM today. Quite intresting insights, although still not sure how much it will benefit me.
I think that the Polgar story gives us a lesson in the fact that anyone (short of specific physical handicaps) can master any field so long as their interest is genuine and they devote much of their lives to it.
I believe it also shows that parents should not baby their children as many do. Children are smarter than adults, they just don't know as much. Children intake knowledge at phenomenal rates and when people encourage their children to apply themselves professionally there are often incredible results. For a more famous example of this principle find the incredible true story of Mozart.
Originally posted by spellforce 10% inspiration 90% persperation. Nothing comes without hard work. Kasparov prepared tonnes of home analysis and he became one of the world elite because of hard work, dont make the mistake of thinking that people came all this way because they were talented. There are loads of talented people who get nowhere because they are lazy.
That's me!
At least, I like to tell myself I have talent. 😳
Originally posted by spellforce 10% inspiration 90% persperation. Nothing comes without hard work. Kasparov prepared tonnes of home analysis and he became one of the world elite because of hard work, dont make the mistake of thinking that people came all this way because they were talented. There are loads of talented people who get nowhere because they are lazy.
I do not belive this! of course Kasparove worked extremely hard you do not get to be world champion (or a contender) without hard work, but not everyone can get to that level by hard work alone, are you suggesting if you or I worked hard enough we could win the world championship, of course not and that is because it's a combination of unique talent AND hard work
Ofcourse when it comes to worl championships there is need of talent but the exceptionally hard working players have a great chance to beat talented ones. Theres no reason one should shy away from chess because they arent talented, there are many many ways to improve your chess and I believe that you can achieve master level through hard work.
the polgars and training
05 Nov '06 18:06
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