Author: Russell Reagan
Date: 00:29:12 07/14/04
During the WCCC, and since it has finished, I have seen different attitudes from the participants. Some say that they didn't do better because of this or that, or that their opponents were just lucky. That is not the attitude of a winner. Here is the attitude of a winner. http://www.talkchess.com/forums/1/message.html?376311 "The starting point for Junior in this tournament was Graz, from which I returned with a sense of failure, realizing that I have failed to progress beyond J8 levels. Still, that was almost good enough to win, so there was hope." By anyone else's standards Junior was very successful. Junior scored 9.0/11.0 in Graz, finished 0.5 points behind the leaders, and did not suffer a single loss. Yet Amir admits feeling a sense of failure! He takes the blame and makes no excuses. He remains positive and gets to work. That must be how the mind of a champion works. That must be the difference between a talented chess programmer and a world champion.
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