hi all, I want to share my experience regarding the last event hosted in this site which is the MARATHON, first of all I realized that the only chance for me to get trophy is to play more, as a patzer I will lose a lot of games , so this was basically my strategy u know, being the turtle rather than the rabbit :) and it worked ! (played 20 h and 31 min >> u can see this in my profile because I never played in lichess before and the marathon is my first playing experience !)
I prepared for this a couple of days before the event, playing a lot of physical exercises and practicing a lot of meditation and of course increasing my hours of sleep :) at the day of the marathon , I had everything prepared near the table, I mean regarding the snacks and the drinks, after every hour of play I did some stretching and massage to my neck and some eye exercises (btw this is the FIRST time ever I hadn't experience headache after sitting for a long time in front of my laptop ! I believe the most important thing that helped me was holding my nerves and emotions , I used to get angry when losing a game , in this marathon , I lost some games where I had a winning position either by a slip of mouse ,time out, or because of the frequent internet interruptions in my area, and I just accepted it ! for me this was my real win ,I spent a whole day playing tough mental sport remaining cool never cursed or get angry ,just play and trying to have fun.
,,, I will be glad to hear from you a lot of feedback regarding this very awesome event !
I prepared for this a couple of days before the event, playing a lot of physical exercises and practicing a lot of meditation and of course increasing my hours of sleep :) at the day of the marathon , I had everything prepared near the table, I mean regarding the snacks and the drinks, after every hour of play I did some stretching and massage to my neck and some eye exercises (btw this is the FIRST time ever I hadn't experience headache after sitting for a long time in front of my laptop ! I believe the most important thing that helped me was holding my nerves and emotions , I used to get angry when losing a game , in this marathon , I lost some games where I had a winning position either by a slip of mouse ,time out, or because of the frequent internet interruptions in my area, and I just accepted it ! for me this was my real win ,I spent a whole day playing tough mental sport remaining cool never cursed or get angry ,just play and trying to have fun.
,,, I will be glad to hear from you a lot of feedback regarding this very awesome event !