On Sunday, July 31, 2022 at 2:04:27 PM UTC-4,
peps...@gmail.com wrote:
Help! I'm continually making utterly grotesque 0.3 or worse whoppers
against XG by trying to run my checkers to safer points, completely overlooking
obviously much stronger plays that make a point instead.
Is there any cure for this? As soon as the analysis points this out
to me, I realise my stupidity. This is definitely an example of overlooking
a play, rather than rejecting it. I suppose "Play slower" might be a good idea. I don't know. Thanks for any advice.
I have a folder that I call "blind spots" for precisely these kinds
of "stupid" errors. I think you've already won half the battle by
identifying a pattern in your mistakes: you run when you should
make a point. So now you know what the remedy should be:
when you are about to make an obvious running play, stop and
look to see if you can make a point instead.
It's easy to chalk up such blunders to carelessness or stupidity
or playing too quickly. But there is usually more to the story. There
is usually a pattern of thinking that you can diagnose, and then
target specifically.
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Tim Chow
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