
Episode 42: The Role of Pain in Improvement
05/14/25 • 20 min
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Episode 41: How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess
Read more about the three zooming-out techniques that I used during difficult times:
- How to Recover from a Bad Loss in Chess: The Key to Bouncing Back - https://nextlevelchess.com/zoom-out/
- Why Losing at Chess Hurts so Much - https://nextlevelchess.com/why-losing-at-chess-hurts-so-much-and-the-antidote/
- Resilience in Chess: How to Get Back After a Tough Loss - https://nextlevelchess.com/overcome-loss/
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