I agree, 30 minutes with complete focus is much nicer :)
I study in 2 1h sections from Monday to Friday and 2 1h and 1 30min section at weekends. (Playing chess games is not included in this time)
I usually put my phone away, or if not I activate plane-mode. There were times then I studied while my mobile was next to me. It only disturbs you like you said. The "Chess Zone" is a great idea and I will try it out and also I will put a glas of water on my desk and going to bathroom before the lesson. Thank you. It really helps to concentrate better.
Thanks. Again a great blog by a great author.
I usually put my phone away, or if not I activate plane-mode. There were times then I studied while my mobile was next to me. It only disturbs you like you said. The "Chess Zone" is a great idea and I will try it out and also I will put a glas of water on my desk and going to bathroom before the lesson. Thank you. It really helps to concentrate better.
Thanks. Again a great blog by a great author.
I like your writings.. it's clear and concise, which makes it always readable regarding of the reader's energy level.. I've read your book "The Art of Chess Training" a while ago and I like it very much..
Thank you.
Thank you.
I really wish that app I have to swap desktops in windows 10 would work, but it is buggy and doesn't do what I want it to.
I have no good solution.
I have no good solution.
I like this blog for general context. not just chess. We might know these things. but we need reminders that they are not to be taken for granted, need to pay attention to time and environment.. It easily falls into chaos without reminders. (speaking for myself perhaps).
Following up on what dboing said, this blog post thing is applicable to really anything. I was first going to say to studying an instrument, but it's also true for acting or comedy, or math or anything. I have to read Aristotle the same way you describe studying chess (and taking notes as I go). And you can tell who is doing it this way and who is not in most situations.
Human77, if setting a new user account on the computer isn't working for you, try using a separate browser just for chess. There are so many browsers that are reputable and good and all that. In general I find it good to keep a browser for chess sites, another one for keeping up with news (or avoiding that browser to avoid news) and one for each specific areas of study. I just moved to a new computer and am setting up my browsers now (I'm too much of a luddite to import and export settings and all that). I will set up one that will start up running retractionwatch, PubPeer, a few web pages from the Center for Open Science website with a focus on their work on reproducibility. That browser has to have a lot of good add-ons or extensions for note taking and research. A browser for chess should have similarly good tools, but most chess web sites have those tools built into their features like in lichess' studies here.
I wonder if this is true for beginners. I've had guitar students, and asking them to play an hour a day is tough. It's literally tough on their fingers, and while they have to get over that we can't be cruel about it. I always tell them it's better to space their practice out in 15 minute or 20 minute or half hour segments. That could include taking a break (short or not), or practicing a bit in the morning, practicing after school or work for a bit, and a a bit before bed or after dinner or something. I think the value in this is after we stop practicing, our mind doesn't fully abandon it. This is also useful when learning a new piece of music, and it might be applicable to learning specific end games or openings. This may have been stated much better than I in your Dec 11th blog post.
Human77, if setting a new user account on the computer isn't working for you, try using a separate browser just for chess. There are so many browsers that are reputable and good and all that. In general I find it good to keep a browser for chess sites, another one for keeping up with news (or avoiding that browser to avoid news) and one for each specific areas of study. I just moved to a new computer and am setting up my browsers now (I'm too much of a luddite to import and export settings and all that). I will set up one that will start up running retractionwatch, PubPeer, a few web pages from the Center for Open Science website with a focus on their work on reproducibility. That browser has to have a lot of good add-ons or extensions for note taking and research. A browser for chess should have similarly good tools, but most chess web sites have those tools built into their features like in lichess' studies here.
I wonder if this is true for beginners. I've had guitar students, and asking them to play an hour a day is tough. It's literally tough on their fingers, and while they have to get over that we can't be cruel about it. I always tell them it's better to space their practice out in 15 minute or 20 minute or half hour segments. That could include taking a break (short or not), or practicing a bit in the morning, practicing after school or work for a bit, and a a bit before bed or after dinner or something. I think the value in this is after we stop practicing, our mind doesn't fully abandon it. This is also useful when learning a new piece of music, and it might be applicable to learning specific end games or openings. This may have been stated much better than I in your Dec 11th blog post.
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@Muenzuka said in #8:
> What happens if you get distracted by another chess tab open?
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> Something along the lines of Tab 1: Chesstempo, Tab 2: Lichess, Tab 3: A chess article, Tab 4: Chessable
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> and just skipping between all of them?
Only use one tap. On Windows you can create a "new desktop" and put the tabs you do not need there.
> What happens if you get distracted by another chess tab open?
>
> Something along the lines of Tab 1: Chesstempo, Tab 2: Lichess, Tab 3: A chess article, Tab 4: Chessable
>
> and just skipping between all of them?
Only use one tap. On Windows you can create a "new desktop" and put the tabs you do not need there.
OH ITS CHESS