¿Cómo se preparan los jugadores profesionales para un torneo de ajedrez?

Con Lilit Mkrtchian

En una serie de seis entregas, en una conversación por vídeo con Arne Kähler, Lilit Mkrtchian nos guía con sus experiencias como jugadora de cómo hay que hacer para prepararse para un torneo de manera profesiona. Además, Lilit nos muestra cómo armar un repertorio de aperturas, afinar nuestras habilidades mediante unas sesiones de entrenamiento táctico y para completar nos da consejos, pistas y nos inspira con sus ideas particulares.

Una hermosa guía en forma de vídeos.

Primer vídeo

1:55 - When does a professional chess player decide to play in a tournament?
3:10 - Team tournament and single tournament are very different, correct?
4:00 - Lilit prepares for a tournament in general.
6:09 - How long before the tournament begins are you starting to prepare?
7:28 - You work on your openings all the time. Can you show us what your ChessBase folders look like?
8:35 - Lilit has over 750 Gigabyte of opening files.
10:25 - How are you preparing your opening repertoire with ChessBase and the Megadatabase?
14:27 - One of the most important features in ChessBase? - The "Reference" option
16:34 - The Megagdatabase lets me find all the newest variations for my opening.
18:30 - Save the variation (Perhaps not as ChessBase intended it, but it doesn't matter)
21:54 - Browsing the Megadatabase for new openings, seems like a nice hobby!
23:01 - Lilit tries many openings, to not get bored. That's why she is collecting so much.
23:51 - Preparing every day is like preparing for any tournament for all your life.

Lilit Mkrtchian is an International Master from Armenia, and received the IM title in 2003.

She was one of the best female players in the world in the 2010s and represented her national team in the Olympiads since 1996.

In 2003, she won the gold medal with her Armenian team in the European Women's Championship in Bulgaria, Plovdiv.

Furthermore, Mkrtchian won the Armenian women's chess champion four times.

In 2015, the IM won the individual gold medal on the second board, at the Women's World Team Chess Championship in China, Chengdu.

She still remains one of Armenia's strongest female chess players, is coaching several students, and is an active player in chess leagues, and tournaments.

We interviewed Lilit in 2020, as part of our series "The best in"

Lilit is living in Germany with her husband, and enjoys chess almost every day.