Answers.Body: <p>I found these sources for "meditation" among the past 2 worlds champions:</p>
  
  <p>Carlsen:
  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELoJbv4bCHw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELoJbv4bCHw</a></p>
  
  <p>Anand:
  <a href="https://badrirag.wordpress.com/category/viswanathan-anand/" rel="nofollow">https://badrirag.wordpress.com/category/viswanathan-anand/</a></p>
  
  <p>Q : Do you practise meditation and if so, how effective do you find it?</p>
  
  <p>A:  I don’t meditate regularly and hence I do not know the extent to which it can help.</p>
  
  <p>Based on my Google research, some chess players meditate, but I see no evidence proving that top chess players meditate more than the general population</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>I don't know of any studies. A quick search turned up <a href="http://en.chessbase.com/post/nakamura-has-open-forum-q-a-with-fans" rel="nofollow">this article</a> where Nakamura says</p>
  
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    <p>I don't do anything special to prepare myself although I do occasionally meditate!</p>
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Answers.Body: <p>Found this article on GM Jonathan Rowson:</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.tm.org/blog/people/british-chess-champion/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.tm.org/blog/people/british-chess-champion/</a></p>
  
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Answers.Text: That is interesting.  Thanks!
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Body: <p>My question is simple.  Do we know of any 2700+ caliber players that regularly cite meditation as part of their lifestyle / preparation?</p>
  
  <p>It's not hard to find meditating chess players, but I'm wondering about its use in top practice and perhaps if there are any studies that have attempted to measure its effects. </p>
  
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Comments.Text: Viktor Korchnoi was a yoga practitioner.
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Comments.Text: The reason I ask is from personal experience:  basic mindfulness meditation (for about 20 mins/day) seemed to help my game.  I use a week word "seemed" for a reason, but by all appearances it helped my concentration and focus.
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Comments.Text: There had been a chess24 brodcast of some top-level chess tournament where they would ask that to every participant in the post-game-analysis.  If you spent some time digging into the video archives you might find it. I think I remember Topalov was among those that meditated but I  am not 100% sure.
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Title: Meditation practice among the chess elite?
ThreadText: # Meditation practice among the chess elite?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-06-16)
  
  My question is simple. Do we know of any 2700+ caliber players that regularly cite meditation as part of their lifestyle / preparation?
  
  It's not hard to find meditating chess players, but I'm wondering about its use in top practice and perhaps if there are any studies that have attempted to measure its effects.
  
  **Tags:** preparation, performance
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Viktor Korchnoi was a yoga practitioner.  
  > **username_0**: The reason I ask is from personal experience:  basic mindfulness meditation (for about 20 mins/day) seemed to help my game.  I use a week word "seemed" for a reason, but by all appearances it helped my concentration and focus.  
  > **username_2**: There had been a chess24 brodcast of some top-level chess tournament where they would ask that to every participant in the post-game-analysis.  If you spent some time digging into the video archives you might find it. I think I remember Topalov was among those that meditated but I  am not 100% sure.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2016-06-25. Score: 3 | Accepted answer
  
  I found these sources for "meditation" among the past 2 worlds champions:
  
  Carlsen:
  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELoJbv4bCHw>
  
  Anand:
  <https://badrirag.wordpress.com/category/viswanathan-anand/>
  
  Q : Do you practise meditation and if so, how effective do you find it?
  
  A: I don’t meditate regularly and hence I do not know the extent to which it can help.
  
  Based on my Google research, some chess players meditate, but I see no evidence proving that top chess players meditate more than the general population
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2016-06-17. Score: 2
  
  I don't know of any studies. A quick search turned up [this article](http://en.chessbase.com/post/nakamura-has-open-forum-q-a-with-fans) where Nakamura says
  
  > I don't do anything special to prepare myself although I do occasionally meditate!
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_5 on 2016-12-14. Score: 1
  
  Found this article on GM Jonathan Rowson:
  
  <http://www.tm.org/blog/people/british-chess-champion/>
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: That is interesting.  Thanks!  
  
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