Swim in the cold sea to win at Corus

Sergey Karjakin revealed his secret to Ukrainian newspaper Fakti

Sergey Karjakin

The victory in Corus Wijk aan Zee was the most glorious achievement in the career of a young Ukrainian Grandmaster. This success will allow Karjakin to participate in the final tournament of the Grand Slam series. The competition with a prize fund of € 400.000, which will be held in September in Bilbao, will be attended by the six best performing players in the year 2009.

It turned out that Karjakin's success was aided by ... swimming in the cold North Sea.

- Weather deteriorated - shared Sergey Karjakin with "Fakti" - It was raining constantly, and so tired of all that, I decided to swim in the North Sea. For a good swim you have to go far from the coast. When I came out of the sea, the rain turned into heavy hailstorm. The ice literally whip me on the back. Thanks to this natural massage, I felt encouraged, and went to play my game in good spirit.

Thanks to Kaleid for the tip