Haha I'm glad someone else has noticed. Just with the Philippines, mind you, not sure why.
Thanks for reading!
Countries or time zones doesnt matter but the rating does.
If you are playing against +200 rating better player, you have 25% winning chance.(excluding draws).
Yeh well my horrible sleep schedule does not allow me to play at normal times. Plus, rating is rating, the flag a person has only effects you psychologically. a 2100 player despite what country they are from Is still a 2100.
Timezones are good to memorize. I have a few clocks on my wall. One says Honk Kong.
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Prioritize Tasks: Use techniques like the Eisenhower Matrix to categorize tasks as urgent/important, important/not urgent, etc., and focus on what truly matters.
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Time Blocking: Allocate specific time blocks for different tasks and activities to maintain focus and prevent multitasking.
Pomodoro Technique: Work in focused intervals (e.g., 25 minutes) followed by a short break. Repeat this cycle to enhance concentration.
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Continuous Learning: Commit to lifelong learning through reading, courses, workshops, and podcasts to expand your knowledge and skills.
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Financial Management:
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This was an amazing read. As an engineer, I need to be up-to-date with all of my deadlines.
This is completely off topic but if any of you are interested in joining a chess club I have created for all Tasmanian players which has monthly chess tournaments, here is the link for the club https://www.chess.com/club/team-tasmania
1. This guide contains some field intelligence to help fellow Aussies take on the chess world, with a focus on how to approach the countries that dominate at a particular time of day.
2. Most of the advice below is geared for survival and wins, not necessarily chess improvement.
3. The times noted are primarily for chess players operating out of the Australian Eastern Standard Timezone (AEST).
*7am-9am: An even-bet.
While your opposition tends to be from the heavyweights of the chess world, ie Western Europe (eg UK, France, Italy), many of them are half drunk or at the end of a long losing streak, rolling the dice one more time for an elusive win. However, this natural timezone advantage may be offset by the fact that you may be only half awake (unless you are a so-called 'morning person') or distracted by school, family or work commitments.
*9am-4pm: Plenty of wins, plenty of losses.
If you feel like taking on the might of the USA, or their noisy neighbours (ie Canada, Mexico), then this is the best time for you to play. This timezone also guarantees opposition from Brazil, Argentina, etc. Basically the Americas, as well as the occasional Australian adventurer seeking fame and fortune on the world chess stage.
4pm-8pm: Tough as nuts, but winnable.
At this time of day, you get a few Indian early risers, who are no easybeats. If they are getting up in their morning to start a hard days work of chess, they are deadly serious, so you have been warned. During this time period, expect quite a few Indonesians - who are extremely tricky - as well as Vietnamese, Pakistanis, and Filipinos. The Filipinos are cut-throat, and many of them seem to have strange 3-4 minute pauses in play at key moments in a match...hmmm I wonder what that's about?
8pm-midnight: More wins than losses, but its no walk in the park.
At this time of the chess day, the semi-pro Eastern Europeans emerge (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine) with the usual suspects hot on their tails as the sun rises to our west (Poland, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Scandinavia). If you're lucky, some early risers can be a bit sluggish, like a brown snake emerging from a winter hibernation. So you have a good chance of snaffling some lucky wins if you play at the best of your ability. Of course, even a post-hibernation brown snake has a nasty bite.
Midnight-7am: Avoid.
This is the time when chess royalty - countries with historical chess pedigree and a supportive chess culture or even infrastructure such as India, Russia, Azerbaijan etc - are at the height of their alertness, and when Australians in the AEST time zone are well and truly past their peak. All AESTers should be tucked up in bed, dreaming of their hard-earned wins. Rest up for the next day's campaign.
Good luck!