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In chess, as in life, one must overcome their greatest challenge. The fear of losing.
In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me. ~ Psalm 56:11
Pawns are like buttons. Lose too many and the pants fall down all by themselves.
1. Mathematics is the language of nature.
2. Everything around us can be represented and understood by numbers.
3. If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge.
Therefor, there are patterns everywhere in nature.
There's only two types of player; those who keep their nerves in control and win championships
and those who do not.
| Type | Rating | Best | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Wild | Rating | 1393 | Best | |
| Type | Blitz | Rating | 1439 | Best | 1858 (25/Oct/2006) |
| Type | Standard | Rating | 2043 | Best | |
| Type | Crazyhouse | Rating | 1145 | Best | |
| Type | 5-minute | Rating | 1801 | Best | 1818 (15/Apr/2009) |
| Type | 1-minute | Rating | 1212 | Best | |
| Type | 15-minute | Rating | 1900 | Best | |
| Type | 3-minute | Rating | 1513 | Best | 1540 (14/Feb/2012) |