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New Years Resolutions

Posted By: Rich Munitz
Date: Thursday, 25 December 2008, at 9:38 p.m.

In Response To: New Years Resolutions (neilkaz)

Agreed, don't waste time pondering the obvious.

But I think the gem of wisdom in KG's (or whoever's) statement is that it is not uncommon that one fails to make the correct play because one never considered it in the first place. It is easy to see a good and obvious play and look no further. The key is to discipline yourself to scan the entire board and look for the candidate plays, no matter how obvious it seems at first. Once you see there really is only one play, then just make it.

I don't think the advice was actually to find the second best play. Rather it was to at least briefly CONSIDER two or three alternative plays before committing to a move.

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