Immersing into a game

Immersing yourself into a game like a fish does into the ocean, the waves start to
embrace you, envelope you, the currents, titillate you, encourage you.

See fish is not only a term for a weak chess player, or other weak player, it is also an endearing term which describes the average player, swimming in the sea of games. Without whom the master would not even exist.



Learning anything difficult to mastery is tough and many people choose not do it well. Languages are a good example, most people who speak a foreign language fluently have either gone to the country where the language is spoken or taken an immersion class. The army has a school in Monterey where you will spend 50 weeks learning one language and doing practically nothing else, when you join the program.

By immersing yourself physically and mentally your mind starts to develop the muscles and memories needed to really excel at something. Of course many of us do not have the time to spend 50 weeks learning say Go and nothing but Go. No worries, we can still immerse ourselves, take a weekend and play a tournament, stay up late playing and then studying a game. When we are playing, let everything else fade away and concentrate on the task at hand, or as the Buddhist say "enjoy the moment"

Enjoy, Immerse!!