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Do you listen to music while playing chess online for fun?
I've been experimenting with different genres of music while playing online bullet and blitz, and it seems that kpop improves my focus, my endgame technique and my ability to see tactics.
Other genres I've tried include rap, mainstream pop, and classical; however, I've found that none of them possess the same level of effectiveness as kpop.
Can I get other opinions? I'm very interested in this. Has anyone else found kpop to be a great combination with chess?
Last edited by Jeffrey Xu; Wednesday, 8th August, 2018, 03:16 PM.
Do you listen to music while playing chess online for fun?
I've been experimenting with different genres of music while playing online bullet and blitz, and it seems that kpop improves my focus, my endgame technique and my ability to see tactics.
Other genres I've tried include rap, mainstream pop, and classical; however, I've found that none of them possess the same level of effectiveness as kpop.
Can I get other opinions? I'm very interested in this. Has anyone else found kpop to be a great combination with chess?
Experimented with different genres for blitz, and found that regardless of genre, songs should be familiar, nothing new so the brain doesn't have to process it. Tom's diner by Vega is a personal favorite for blitz, but basically anything with a chill vibe.
I listen to LOFI off of youtube its really chill and helps me keep calm and focussed
you can just search up lofi on youtube and theres tons of live streams there
In an article on chess24.com Juga is quoted as saying:
"Oh Capablanca" describes my emotional voyage through a twisted chess game, in which I suffered from over-optimism.
Right after the game, I wrote this song to relieve my grief for losing a "winning" position, which later I analyzed only to find out that it was not winning at all!
he played caro-cann
his rating was higher
but from move 17
the kingside was mine
took my chances fast
my rook was a knife
and my almighty queen
a beast on h6
my bishop was gold
his bishop was small
with no time pressure i'd crush him
once and for all
*
i gave up my good knight
but that don’t mean a thing
he has more experience
but i won't lose again
oh my dear Capablanca
*
wishful eyes deceive me overoptimistic
got nowhere to go, got nowhere to go
shook his hand signed the score
politely as i could
i can't analyse
can't look in his eyes
a lonely hotel room
i cried my despair
did i allow any counterplay?
his pieces were dead
*
i gave up my good knight
but that don’t mean a thing
he has more experience
but i won't lose again
oh my dear Capablanca
*
where did my attack go?
i was clearly winning
2 minutes ago, 2 minutes ago
now, according to stockfish
i got it all wrong
after slightly advantage
i had nothing
but my dear Capablanca
you tell me
we learn more from our defeats
who needs victories, right?
___________
Comments online:
- Favourite song by my favourite artist
- Upvote if you want this song to be title song of the next Bond movie
- Great song! Sounds like a James Bond theme song. They should use a villain named Capablanca just so they can use it.
For immediate release – Houston, TX – ROCO's (River Oaks Chamber Orchestra) 14th concert season, entitled “Games People Play,” kicks off on September 21 & 22 with the world premiere of Maxime Goulet’s Checkmate. Based on the legendary 1996 match between IBM’s Deep Blue computer and then reigning world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, Checkmate is an interactive musical game of chess between ROCO’s full 40-piece orchestra and world-renowned pianist Lara Downes. With Downes representing Kasparov and ROCO playing the role of Deep Blue, the sequence of musical themes will follow the chess moves of this famous game with animation projected above the stage in real time.
No stranger to games himself, Maxime Goulet works within various realms of musical creation ranging from symphonic music to video games. He wrote the music for the game Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, a symphony evoking different flavored chocolates (ROCO performed the string quartet version in November of 2017), a cabaret opera based on a comic book, and a crowd game for orchestra and a giant beach ball. Goulet’s contemporary tonal style and original musical concepts help him connect with everyone from youth audiences to savvy music aficionados. His concert works have been performed on four continents by leading ensembles and his unique musical voice can also be heard in a number of well-known video game soundtracks.
Conductor Paul Watkins, cellist with the Emerson String Quartet, will lead this exciting program including a performance of Mendelssohn’s Concert Piece No. 1 for Clarinet and Bassoon with ROCO principals, Nathan Williams and Kristin Wolfe Jensen as soloists. Concert-goers will also enjoy Mahler’s string orchestra arrangement of the second movement of Schubert’s Death and the Maiden, Martinů’s Sinfonietta “La Jolla,” and the US premiere of Anthem by Watkins’ brother, Huw Watkins.
Checkmate will be the first of ten world premieres in ROCO’s 2018-19 season bringing the ensemble’s total to 76 in just 14 years. ROCO is also committed to promoting diversity in the arts and will feature a female composer, conductor, or soloist on each concert this season.
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