Your Mindset Is Killing Your Chess (Fix It Now)

[@extraterrestrial546]

Please don''t ever stop making videos. I love all your videos. They are super helpful.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Happy to hear it, thank you :)

[@Alekhine01]

Playing for a desire to contribute by playing moves I could be proud of. Interesting idea!!

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@Alekhine01 glad you like it :)

[@Alekhine01]

So often the "safe" move is the worst move since it generally allows the opponent to do what he wants. Losing the initiative is rarely "safe.l

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@Alekhine01 yes, absolutely! Easy for you - easy for your opponent

[@Ebobster]

One point is Black’s pawn on h3 creates a bank rank weakness (and weakens g2 & the diagonal in White’s position. This eventually came home to roast. Good video on winning vs drawing mindset!

[@journeytograndmaster]

Yeah :( Thank you!

[@NafimaneHeita06]

Thanks Yevhenii, rhis is the kind of video I needed.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Happy to be helpful :)

[@PinakiGupta-wl1jc]

thank appreciate it, it realy helped me allot

[@journeytograndmaster]

Happy to hear it :)

[@kayasper6081]

The best thought: "You are not playing for a cow."🐮😂

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

How many Times i play on Line i dont even think what opening what move what danger

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@kayasper6081 it's kind of a figure of speech in my native language :)

[@kayasper6081]

@@journeytograndmaster I like the expression😂

[@kingskingsmanship]

I never offer a draw. I never accept a draw. I expect to learn by playing. The more I play to win, the more I learn. I don't rematch players. I've improved on the journey.

[@journeytograndmaster]

Nice! I am proud of you :)

[@TheChillChessGuy]

I have been in similar situations, thank you for this video!

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@TheChillChessGuy you are welcome :)

[@kayasper6081]

Chess hurts

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@kayasper6081 sometimes yeah

[@jonshive5482]

Chess is a battlefield. Gotta come prepared, but easier said than done.

[@markbc1]

Thank you for speaking about chess psychology! That's an aspect that we don't learn about -enough! 👍👍

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@markbc1 you are welcome :)

[@jasonparker6138]

Thank you for this video!

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@jasonparker6138 you are welcome :)

[@ronin_7777]

Good luck in your journey towards the GM title, but do not forget the most important thing, which is to enjoy all the small turns in your journey, because there you will find the most important thing that you seek.

[@journeytograndmaster]

very good advice, thank you! I am in the process of learning it :)

[@anaygupta2243]

Just lost a tournament today Most of my opponents weren't that good but I still lost 😢 I hope I get better Btw nice video ❤

[@journeytograndmaster]

Thank you! Yeah, it's just a part of the process, you will get better!

[@amigagamespro9414]

I'm only 1200 but I understood that losing that Pawn on E4 really was a very negative changing POINT 😭😭 It happens almost every game to me that I leave something undefended .. and at your level EVEN losing a single PAWN makes a such huge difference 😲😳😱

[@journeytograndmaster]

Pawn is a soul of chess :)

[@AdityaP-i8h]

Thanks so much😊

[@journeytograndmaster]

You're welcome 😊

[@AdityaP-i8h]

I’d like to ask, how close are you to becoming a gm

[@journeytograndmaster]

It's hard to say. Formally, I need 87 ELO points and 3 GM norms. So it's quite a lot

[@Alekhine01]

This was an online tournament?

[@Alekhine01]

Why did you say you were playing a computer? Do you mean you were playing a prepared line?

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@Alekhine01 no, real over the board tournament

[@journeytograndmaster]

@@Alekhine01 yes, he played very fast which means he prepared the variation

[@Alekhine01]

Ahh. I see! I was worried.

[@ferdinangenius]

To waste won games is my speciality. Yesterday I had an advantage -playing a chess engine- that was evaluated a 33K + for me, but then I played so badly I was compelled to offer a draw not to lose, which the friendly machine accepted. GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[@journeytograndmaster]

haha, nice! :)

[@ytmndman]

Chess players have no risk of being punched in the face? Depends what venues you go to...

[@journeytograndmaster]

haha :)