Korea Prime Minister Cup: Interview with Schayan Hamrah (Austria)
- Last Updated on Friday, 02 November 2012 06:57
Schayan Hamrah, the Austrian player at the KPMC, found himself facing China's Hu Yuqing in the fifth round. Ranka interviewed him just after the game ended.
Schayan Hamrah (Ito Toshiko)Ranka: How did it go?Schayan: I was crushed. He was too strong.
Ranka: Well then, tell us about your games yesterday.
Schayan: In the first round I had an easy win against the player from Iran. In the second round I played Milan Jadron from Slovakia. I had played him before. Slovakia is not far from Vienna, so I often go to Slovakian tournaments, and Czech tournaments. I like his fighting spirit. Games with him are always full of action, and this time I won. Then my game against Kwinten Missiaen from Belgium went very smoothly for me, and I won by a safe margin of about 15 points.
Schayan: In the first round I had an easy win against the player from Iran. In the second round I played Milan Jadron from Slovakia. I had played him before. Slovakia is not far from Vienna, so I often go to Slovakian tournaments, and Czech tournaments. I like his fighting spirit. Games with him are always full of action, and this time I won. Then my game against Kwinten Missiaen from Belgium went very smoothly for me, and I won by a safe margin of about 15 points.
Ranka: Tell us something about yourself.
Schayan: I was born in Vienna, but I come from a Persian background. My parents are Iranian. They settled in Vienna in 1990, where my father was a university student. I'm now 17 years old, attending high school. I've been playing go for three and a half years. I have dual citizenship, so I might be able to represent Iran at some future tournament.
Schayan: I was born in Vienna, but I come from a Persian background. My parents are Iranian. They settled in Vienna in 1990, where my father was a university student. I'm now 17 years old, attending high school. I've been playing go for three and a half years. I have dual citizenship, so I might be able to represent Iran at some future tournament.
Ranka: How did you get started?
Shayan: I encountered the game by coincidence on the Internet. Then I saw the movie 'The Beautiful Mind', about a mathematician, in which there is a scene with a go board and they get very emotional about it. That was when I decided to learn to play, so I went to a go club in Vienna.
Shayan: I encountered the game by coincidence on the Internet. Then I saw the movie 'The Beautiful Mind', about a mathematician, in which there is a scene with a go board and they get very emotional about it. That was when I decided to learn to play, so I went to a go club in Vienna.
Ranka: Are you glad you started playing?
Schayan: Of course. What a question!
Schayan: Of course. What a question!
Ranka: Do you play on the Internet?
Schayan: I like to play lightning games on KGS, but I don't like to play long games on the computer. It's a bad atmosphere. I made an exception to play in the Pandanet team tournament, however, for the sake of Austria.
Schayan: I like to play lightning games on KGS, but I don't like to play long games on the computer. It's a bad atmosphere. I made an exception to play in the Pandanet team tournament, however, for the sake of Austria.
Ranka: Thank you very much.
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7th. place the austrian state championMental pressure and sports performance
How do we know what level of mental pressure is optimum for our own performance in sport?
Of course, the amount of pressure we feel depends on many variables:
In fact, the list can be almost endless and will differ greatly depending on who’s written it.
One sport in which pressure can have a huge effect is tennis.
Tennis is a power sport, it is a finesse sport and points are won and lost on the lightest of touches. And, matches are won and lost on single points.
On Friday 28th January, the British tennis player, Andy Murray achieved a landmark result by progressing through to the final of the Australian Open. It was a close game, and it could be argued that it hinged on one point: when Murray’s opponent needed to win just one point to move 2 sets to love in front.
There is an immense amount of pressure on Murray, Great Britain has not produced a Grand Slam winner for 75 years. Murray needed to win that point, it was absolutely crucial. Yet, it’s hard to imagine a situation that could have placed Murray under greater pressure.
How does a top level sportsman like Andy Murray control the mind so that it works for him and not against?
He will, of course, have done plenty of mental rehearsal for situations like this, but it’s impossible to completely prepare for these times.
The post-match interview he gave to Jim Courier was very revealing. Courier asked Murray what was going through his mind at that crucial moment when he faced set point. So what can we learn from Murray’s reply? Maybe nothing, maybe everything, because this is what Murray said: ‘You are probably not going to believe this, I actually thought it was 4-3′. Andy Murray didn’t even know he was facing set point.
Would he have still saved the point if he’d known? Of course we’ll never know.
What we do know is that Murray’s absent mindedness helped lessen the pressure on him to make the shot.
Whatever our sport, be it tennis, running or darts, we all need some degree of mental arousal to perform to our maximum potential. Some people thrive on pressure; some people do not and choke.
Learn to discover yours and how to control it and your performances could improve beyond belief.
If you love the buzz and thrive on it then look at ways to get into state. If not, then the opposite will be true and maybe your own equivalent of forgetting the score will help.
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