In this video we give an overview of the ChessMind system – the first mental training framework specifically designed for the cognitive and emotional demands of competitive chess. ChessMind is the chess vertical within the broader SportsMind platform and translates insights from modern sport psychology into concrete routines that can be applied directly at the board.

At the core are three mental building blocks that research consistently identifies as decisive for performance under pressure: attention control, emotion regulation, and decision-making under time pressure. We explain why these three components often matter more in critical positions than pure opening or endgame knowledge – and how they can be trained systematically.

The video is aimed at ambitious club players as well as coaches and professionals who want to extend their training with a mental dimension. We show what a typical ChessMind session looks like, which exercises make sense between rounds of a tournament, and how to build a personal mental pre-game routine.

We also place ChessMind in the larger SportsMind ecosystem: the same principles that stabilize playing strength in chess can – with sport-specific adaptation – be applied in disciplines such as golf, handball, basketball, or in academic contexts (CampusMind). Anyone who has watched the video will understand why mental work is not a "soft skill" but measurable performance work.

At the end of the video, viewers get a clear first step: a short self-assessment to identify the biggest mental weakness in their own game – and concrete pointers on where ChessMind starts working on it.