“And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has substance nearly as great as the road used to achieve it. We are not creatures of destinations. It is the journey that shapes us. In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our existence is not in the achievement, but in the method.” By Brandon Sanderson: The Way of Kings
Every year in March, we all go to Trois Riviere to celebrate Shawn’s birthday (he is a lucky guy). While waiting for the birthday lunch, we play Trois Riviere Open to kill the time.
My first opponent was Tyler:
Then KLEINMAN Michael, in this game, I did have a big chance to win, but I exchanged my rook and missed the chance:
The playroom was well decorated and even had a shiny center stage for the first board: CHIKU-RATTE Olivier-Kenta VS Sang Kay: no; they were just faking the photo:
The hotel has a lounge on the first floor where parents “marinate” their cell phones:
Finally, it is the birthday lunch! This smoked meat really intimidated me:
So I had this instead:
Happy birthday!
Chess is hard.
The rating goes up so quickly. You don’t pay enough attention to understand what you have missed along the way.
Then you find yourself losing games and making draws you should’t, and getting frustrated over it because you don’t exactly know why.
We all know what it takes to make progress in chess. But 1+1 does not equal to 2. There are other things pulling you away.
So, what keeps you fighting when the going gets tough?
A lot of that depends on how badly you want it. If you don’t want it enough, you are not going to do it when it gets tough. That is when 90% of people decide to quit. That is why only small portion of people stay in the battle.
No advice, just keep going and take some time to think about what, why, and how.
On the way back home, there was beautiful sunset:
