Levon Aronian: physical training necessary for chess players
February 24, 2011 – 13:59 AMT 09:59 GMT
PanARMENIAN.Net – Levon Aronian said that currently he spends 4 hours a day for chess training, as well as 2 hours a day for physical training in Tsaghkadzor, where he is getting prepared for the 2011 Candidates Matches.
“Physical training is very important for a chess player,” Aronian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter.
Kazan will host the Candidates Matches, in which Aronian will rival Alexander Grischuk (Russia).
Aronian said that Grischuk is a very strong opponent and shows interesting matches.
“Gabriel Sargissian, Hrant Melkumyan and Arman Pashikyan train with me and we focus on piece’s position in debut,” Aronian said.
Sergei Movsesian, who has become a member of the Armenian team, has also joined them in Tsaghkadzor. The trainings will be over early in March.
“Movsesian has a great experience. He is specifically successful in team competitions. In my opinion, his transfer will bring only positive results to our team,” Aronian concluded.
Source: http://www.panarmenian.net
Anyone help me understand what this means?
“Gabriel Sargissian, Hrant Melkumyan and Arman Pashikyan train with me and we focus on piece’s position in debut,” Aronian said.
Yeah, Aronian bred nice belly recently…
EQ. Debut means opening.
The word is in french (meaning start, beginning) but is also used to refer to the opening phase of chess games in russian.
So they are focusing on “piece position at the opening phase” – more or less.
A good and constant physical training adds more than 100 Elo points to your basic background. I think.
When I added the preparation “cardiorespiratory fitness” to my passion for “Natural Bodybuilding”, I remember that I played better … and at the end of a game I was less tired.
Obviously, Levon Aronian can also physically train with Caoili.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Caoili_arianne_20081121_olympiade_dresden.jpg
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Stef
Aronian will be Anand’s challenger.
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