My apologies for the late correspondence today.

Yesterday, I had my wisdom tooth extracted so I'm still recovering.

Anyway, the World Chess Championship is happening right now between Carlson and Nepo.

And Nepo is showing signs of a loser.

A large part of chess are move calculations. But another part of chess is psychology. In this case, we'll see how psychological tricks have backfired.

It is my assumption that Nepo fears the reigning champ, Magnus Carlsen. I believe that Nepo believes that Nepo does not have the skill to beat Magnus over the board so he has resorted to psychological trickery.

Consistently, Nepo gets up from the board and leaves the room after he plays a move.

Magnus, however, mostly stays at the board.

Nepo also played the majority of his moves rather quickly.

Magnus, however, used up a bunch of his clock. He used his time to be thorough in his decision making — even when he had a clear win.

In the early games, Magnus made some mistakes. But Nepo, moving so quickly, missed the opportunity to counter these mistakes.

The game 6 win was earned by Magnus but his other two wins were because of blunders made by Nepo.

In game 9, on move 27, Nepo played c5, which resulted in his bishop being trapped. Following this blunder, it was inevitable for him to lose this piece, with no compensation, and thus lose the game.

I believe he only spent about 5 minutes or less before committing this blunder. Surely, if he had taken more time to think, he would not have blundered his piece.

Following this game 9 win, Magnus was up 6-3 with only five games left to play. Today's match was a draw which put the score at 6.5 - 3.5.

In chess, at the super grandmaster level, this is like being down 3 touchdowns with two minutes remaining in the game.

It is virtually impossible for Nepo to make a come back. The match is lost.

Moral of the story?

Losers have loser mentalities.

If Nepo was serious about winning he would have spent more time at the board and more time thinking about his moves. Instead, he resorted to weak psychological tricks, like trying to blitz Magnus and use the clock against him.

Magnus did fall under time pressure but his use of the clock, using as much time as possible, allowed him to be the sharper player.

Today, in the match where Magnus had the white pieces (which is an advantage), Nepo spent more time at the board and was able to pull out a relatively easy draw with the black pieces.

It seems that he has learned his lesson. Take your time and exercise patience. Be thorough and impeccable with your actions.

If you want to be a winner, you must first believe that you can win. And then, the pieces that will assist you in your victory will naturally coalesce around you and work in your favor. This phenomenon is unexplainable but it follows the law of attraction and autosuggestion.

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Bryan "Hotep Jesus" Sharpe