tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7761029886685332087.post2792937415890357942..comments2023-08-22T22:03:45.580+08:00Comments on First GM: Is there such a thing as chess instinct?Raymond Siewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07365430395857434429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7761029886685332087.post-46688463110168313922011-09-04T21:39:32.264+08:002011-09-04T21:39:32.264+08:00Perhaps if you have the benefit of looking through...Perhaps if you have the benefit of looking through the eyes of a father who saw his child changing from a vibrant, inquisitive child to a troubled teenager who had somehow lost his confidence from unjust attacks. <br /><br />Perhaps if you had been there to see Sumant so worried about his hard fought place in SEA games that he couldnt focus on his games at Datmo. <br /><br />Perhaps if you can see LZR now under new stresses, you may see what I am talking about.<br /><br />Perhaps if you saw through the eyes of a father and then imagine it was your child, you may finally open your eyes.<br /><br />I wish you that awakening Ilham.Raymond Siewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365430395857434429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7761029886685332087.post-26098707565297937502011-09-04T17:53:35.386+08:002011-09-04T17:53:35.386+08:00Thank you for the compliment. But lets talk about ...Thank you for the compliment. But lets talk about cup half full or half empty here. :)<br /><br />If you have read my writings on it previously, you will see that I have argued that half full or half empty is actually a perspective on reality.<br /><br />That means we must first look at the facts without adding or subtracting. A good case in mind which you were peripherally involved was the Asean training initiative. You need to first have the courage to see and acknowledge the facts as they are. Then you may have a perspective.<br /><br />I agree that the shoutboxes are almost all rubbish but look deeper Ilham. I think there is something you are still missing.<br /><br />I also said earlier that we will all support the Malaysian Team when they play in International Tournaments now that they have won their place fairly through selection.<br /><br />Struggle hard to see the truth Ilham and I am sure your rating will go up again. It is all related. Do that and the chessboard too will be illuminated.<br /><br />All my bestRaymond Siewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07365430395857434429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7761029886685332087.post-70936557264007338812011-09-04T17:13:39.273+08:002011-09-04T17:13:39.273+08:00Hi Raymond,
Wow! That is quite scientific explanat...Hi Raymond,<br />Wow! That is quite scientific explanation on instinct.<br /><br />By the way, did not really see the connection between instinct and 'attacked' to LZR, Sumant and Mark Siew. If there is really such attacked to begin with...<br /><br />My personal opinion and observation, junior and senior have a good professional respect to each other. They need each other, they know each other and they want each other to be successful. Jr rooting for sr player to win in international tourney...Sr also follow up closely jr achievment at any international tournament. Frust when they lost...happy when they win. I see, i feel and i know there is this strange camaraderie among chess players here. We want to kill each other when we met across the board but somehow we love, support each other when one of us carried Jalur Gemilang at international tournament. For me that is generally the state of Malaysian chess society. But ofcourse one can always chose to see glass half empty...<br /><br />'See Shoutbox Ilham'...ofcourse Everybody is being attacked at the shoutbox. Jr, Sr, MCF, IMs, Fadli, Greg, Dato Tan, Peter Long...everybody. Now I started to see MCF silence as 'elegance silence'. :)<br /><br />Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. – Plato<br /><br />Congratulation on Mark's fine achievement at recent Datmo. Should see his rating breach 2k barrier this November...while mine is now sub 2k :(Ilhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899200592563128575noreply@blogger.com