Comments on: Does Studies interferes with Chess? http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/ Just another chess blog Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:18:26 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Imitators begone! http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-3533 Imitators begone! Sun, 07 Dec 2008 19:26:44 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/#comment-3533 [...] asked WIM Gong whether it was really her that wrote the comment on the blog on studies interfering with chess and she told me it wasn’t [...] [...] asked WIM Gong whether it was really her that wrote the comment on the blog on studies interfering with chess and she told me it wasn’t [...]

]]> By: GilaChess http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-3513 GilaChess Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:30:35 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/#comment-3513 @ WIM Qianyun Gong: Thanks for clearing up that point for us, WIM Qianyun Gong. We wish you a bright future in Chess and also your studies :D . It's refreshing to be proven wrong as I always thought that most chess players from China would put chess ahead of studies. @ Malaysian: So more or less we have seen the ingredients for chess success and what it takes to achieve it. Let's hope we can see a MALAYSIAN GM within a few years? @ WIM Qianyun Gong:
Thanks for clearing up that point for us, WIM Qianyun Gong.

We wish you a bright future in Chess and also your studies :D .

It’s refreshing to be proven wrong as I always thought that most chess players from China would put chess ahead of studies.

@ Malaysian:
So more or less we have seen the ingredients for chess success and what it takes to achieve it. Let’s hope we can see a MALAYSIAN GM within a few years?

]]> By: Malaysian http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-3512 Malaysian Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:13:09 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/#comment-3512 Of course there have to be sacrifices much, much beyond just accompanying the child to play and fetching him to tournaments. Locally, we have the Sidek senior, and the fathers of Nicole David and Ong Beng Hee as well as others. But the most important is the ability of the child himself and his commitment to succeed. These 3 elements can combine to make the child a candidate for success. Beyond that , who knows? Of course there have to be sacrifices much, much beyond just accompanying the child to play and fetching him to tournaments.

Locally, we have the Sidek senior, and the fathers of Nicole David and Ong Beng Hee as well as others. But the most important is the ability of the child himself and his commitment to succeed. These 3 elements can combine to make the child a candidate for success. Beyond that , who knows?

]]> By: WIM Qianyun Gong http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-3511 WIM Qianyun Gong Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:41:31 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/#comment-3511 <del datetime="2008-12-07T19:27:19+00:00">It's okay Guest_3390, and thank you for your concern. Andrew is right to assume that studies have affected my progress. I love Chess but I am from China so I have to concentrate on my studies and get a better life for my family. I hope and pray that I will pick up on my chess where I left off.</del> Note from GilaChess: The above post was NOT from WIM Qianyun Gong. Please do not impersonate someone else. Be yourself. It’s okay Guest_3390, and thank you for your concern. Andrew is right to assume that studies have affected my progress. I love Chess but I am from China so I have to concentrate on my studies and get a better life for my family. I hope and pray that I will pick up on my chess where I left off.

Note from GilaChess: The above post was NOT from WIM Qianyun Gong. Please do not impersonate someone else. Be yourself.

]]> By: GilaChess http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-3510 GilaChess Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:40:58 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/#comment-3510 Yes. But parental involvement of top players like Carlsen, Polgar sisters and Kamsky comes at a high price. Didn't Carlsen father quit his job, sold the house and moved the whole family cross country so that Carlsen can play in top level tournaments. The Polgar sisters never went to regular school but was home schooled with chess as the main focus of their studies. Kamsky father put Kamsky on a strict regiment of 8 hours a day study and physical exercise when he was young. Exceptionally tremendous sacrifices and commitment! And not something that can be emulated easily. Yes. But parental involvement of top players like Carlsen, Polgar sisters and Kamsky comes at a high price.

Didn’t Carlsen father quit his job, sold the house and moved the whole family cross country so that Carlsen can play in top level tournaments. The Polgar sisters never went to regular school but was home schooled with chess as the main focus of their studies. Kamsky father put Kamsky on a strict regiment of 8 hours a day study and physical exercise when he was young.

Exceptionally tremendous sacrifices and commitment! And not something that can be emulated easily.

]]> By: Malaysian http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-3509 Malaysian Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:20:02 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/#comment-3509 If you take chess as your only work to earn a living, any reasonably intelligent person can easily become an IM. It was once said that one should become an IM within 3 years and a GM by 5 years (from what starting base, I don't know) and many young people have done that. Only in this part of the world where emphasis on studies take precedence, do we find so few achieving success. Parental involvement is also an important ingredient, consider Carlsen, the Polgar sisters, Kamsky, etc who are all at the pinnacle of world chess. If you take chess as your only work to earn a living, any reasonably intelligent person can easily become an IM. It was once said that one should become an IM within 3 years and a GM by 5 years (from what starting base, I don’t know) and many young people have done that. Only in this part of the world where emphasis on studies take precedence, do we find so few achieving success.

Parental involvement is also an important ingredient, consider Carlsen, the Polgar sisters, Kamsky, etc who are all at the pinnacle of world chess.

]]> By: eizran http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/comment-page-1/#comment-3505 eizran Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:58:22 +0000 http://blog.gilachess.com/2008/12/does-studies-interferes-with-chess/#comment-3505 When in college or university, not the burning interest of chess had wayned out, in fact the interest is very well alive and awakened. Only that time doesnt let us to pursue our beloved hobby. Be it time to study chess as extensively as it used to be in secondary years, or even to take part in tournaments. :) It is hard to devote to chess when you have to devote to studies/works first, and it is also hard to devote to studies alone without at the same time making your chess suffers. It is a sad reality, since both are very complex activities that require almost total motivation :) When in college or university, not the burning interest of chess had wayned out, in fact the interest is very well alive and awakened. Only that time doesnt let us to pursue our beloved hobby. Be it time to study chess as extensively as it used to be in secondary years, or even to take part in tournaments. :)
It is hard to devote to chess when you have to devote to studies/works first, and it is also hard to devote to studies alone without at the same time making your chess suffers. It is a sad reality, since both are very complex activities that require almost total motivation :)

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