Chess is kinda like boxing

Recently I came to understand something pretty important about chess (or at least, how to win at chess) - that it is a fight. In order to have the best results, you have to sit down at the board the same way you'd step into a boxing ring - knowing that you're going to take some hits, that it's not going to be easy, but ultimately that if you persevere and give it your all, you can triumph. Mindset is huge - unintuitively so in a game as logical as chess - but I really think it can probably make 200 - 300 ELO points of difference, maybe more.

Tonight, I am physically, emotionally and mentally exhausted, and I face the island champion in my league match. The odds are certainly not in my favour, but I'm determined to make it a fight.