Sunday Musings.

Did you see the history of Olympic gymnastics last night on TV? I liked the part when the commentator talked about the spiritual (mental) strength of the Japanese.

What spiritual strength can our Olympiad team have when their place is "won" not by chess but by tricking the entire chess community?

Why can't we understand that high level chess can only be achieved when our players are taught how to think and not what to think? When the clock starts they are on their own in front of the board. You cannot play for them. Then their discipline will show, then their training will show; then how they make decisions will be shown all over the board. So will our team show fear or spiritual strength?

That will strongly depend on how they got their right to represent Malaysia in the first place, isn't it? If they are fearful of healthy competition here, will they suddenly be tigers there?

Simply put, pressure reveals your true character. Ref: Here.