How To Improve Your Chess Psychology

I have many chess lessons for beginners on openings, middlegames, tactics, and so on, but chess psychology is super important. This is covered here.

0:00 Intro
0:51 BEFORE/AFTER GAMES: Elo Anxiety
6:01 DURING THE GAMES
11:50 BIG PICTURE

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[eric-rosen]

thank you Levy for helping me deal with my anger problems

[aTaryum]

Finally, I'll stop losing like an idiot

I'll lose like a winner

[harrysu]

Levy: "It's not the first mistake that kills you."
My first mistake: *blunders mate in one*

[josephking]

Before a game “it’s just a game. You play for fun and to focus on something other than work. Win or lose you should have fun.”
After a loss “you fool. You absolute baffoon. You completely missed that fork that you’ve seen ten times before. You shouldn’t be allowed to touch a chess piece ever again.”

[asharullah]

''If you have been at a rating, you deserve to be at that rating''

That gives me hope

[ropufo]

Levy: "Do as I say, not as I do."
Me: "Dad?"

[oOPPHOo]

"Board doesn't care about how you feel"
I'm not hurt by that.
I'm definitely and definitively NOT hurt by that.

[edmund]

Losing like 5 games in a row just makes me demotivated.

[josheike]

It's surprisingly easy to fall into a mindset where we feel like we deserve to win. A chess game isn't won by being a good chess player; it's won by playing good moves. Every once in a while, even Magnus plays a game out of form. There's no doubt that he's a good chess player. He's the best in the world. When he plays weak moves, though, the same thing happens to him as anyone else. What makes him a great chess player is his tendency to play great moves almost all the time. A higher rating doesn't make us play better moves. Playing better moves makes our rating higher.

[abhayvashokan]

Normal fans: He will pay for this.
Gotham fans: He will get pinned for this.

[porus]

Gotham against higher-rated player "I just went crazy"
Gotham against lower-rated player "So i just went crazy"

[eoghan.]

"chess is 30-40% psychology"
- Judit Polgar

[redman_plus]

That’s actually extremely wholesome from Levy, that he tries to explain how chess psychology works and showcases his own games. It is really nice from him and I really wish the best for Levy in chess if he feels like it

[miguelingalla]

"Maybe you're a dog, a really popular dog and everybody wants to pet you so you don't have time to study chess"
*Relatable*

[johnnyfromtheblock]

Levy explaining staying calm is like Jeff Bezos explaining anti-capitalism

[limbotf]

Me: Hey Levy!
Levy: IMAGINE YOU GET HIT BY A CAR

[alperenates]

The psychological effect of failure at chess (losing a game you should win, losing to a guy that has low elo on a tournament, blunder a good position) absolutely destructive effects on me, nothing like it. I often feel so pissed to myself that i lose all kinda respect for myself and makes me spending the day with anger. Damn it hurts. I think the hardest part of playing chess is not calculating moves for hours or practicing boring endgames but to deal with these kind of sadness that comes with it.

[ahasveruseternal]

"You reach a new peak, you get scared, you don't want to play anymore" LMAO is it really so common? I thought it's me being crazy. If you have no self esteem you need at least that rating points, so I guess i will continue switching to blitz everytime i reach some nice rapid rating.

[sidhvinshamihoke]

Nobody:
Literally nobody:
Levy: stucks a pawn in his nose

[stevemattero]

Not only is he full of chess knowledge, but chess wisdom