Welcome to our exclusive interview with Adriana Palao, a talented and accomplished chess player. In this exclusive conversation, we explore her passion for the game, her obstacles in the chess world, and her chess journey. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced player, this interview is sure to inspire you to take your chess skills to the next level. Get ready to be captivated by the fascinating world of chess through the eyes of Adriana Palao.
1. What do you find as the biggest challenge for chess player nowadays?
Today I think that it is to find the time for playing official strong tournaments. Even though because for this tournaments in addition to the week or several days that you are going to be playing you need to prepare before and that’s also a high requirement of time
2. How do you search for a new chess engagement (clubs, tournaments)?
Normally I don’t. I mean, I see all that my federation website posts and also trough social media I can see others.
3. What do you think that is the biggest obstacle for improvement in chess?
For me is time. But it’s ok because I’m not fully dedicated to it.If I would have to talk about professionals i would say that is the emotional control.
Photo by Ismael Nieto - Benidorm Chess Open 2022
4. Do you think you can live out of chess (make enough money)?
I think so but is not in my plans. I have other personal goals besides chess. But who knows if someday I can become into a full time chess player.
5. Beside a chess player, do you have any other role in chess?
I try to be very active in social media showing my achievements or posting comments, opinions and news about the trending topics in chess and also other themes that I consider important. Also, I’m a teacher and I’m really happy with it, I didn’t expect that I would enjoy that much to teach chess.
6. Feel free to add any comments, answers, concerns about your chess life...
I have too many things to say about my chess life. I would highlight kind of mu lifetime chess story. I start playing international tournaments at the age of five, since that moment I was under too much pressure to be the best because as in others, when you start playing at a young age you have more probabilities to success. But this was extremely overwhelming for me and I quit when I was 12, I didn’t play any single game, even online, til I was 16, and after my returning, I became National Youth Champion. So with this I would like to inspire others to not resign or not to compare themselves with others measuring the progress with time, because there are plenty of other aspects that can affect positively your game and strength in chess, like happened to me.
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