A silly piece of advice that worked for me
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I play on mobile but this does sound helpful, at least when flagging isn’t top priority at the moment.
It's not silly at all. I think there is a strong connection between posture and thinking.
Yes need to stop and think before every move. It's so easy to get carried away with a plan you have in your head.
Yep.
My biggest problem is only seeing what I’m doing and not what my opponent is up to. Very easy to do this when your finger is hovering over the confirm button. 👍
My biggest problem is only seeing what I’m doing and not what my opponent is up to. Very easy to do this when your finger is hovering over the confirm button. 👍
Feb 20, 2021
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fiziwig wrote:
Sounds ridiculously easy, but I found find score in playing puzzles and my percentage of wins both went up when I followed one simple rule. Keep your hand off the mouse while you consider your move. Having my hand on the mouse made it too easy to reflexively make the first move I saw. Sitting back and putting my hands in my lap seemed to encourage me to take my time and consider, then reconsider each candidate move.
+1 This is useful, but you only "re-discovered this" 
A lot of chess beginners and children are taught to "sit on their hands." This is sometimes used in chess annotations as a phrase to mean "play the position in a waiting manner or looking for a better move etc." - however, this is literal with many people! No joke; the act of sitting on your hands is useful because the act of moving your hands out from under yourself serves as a reminder to double check your thinking, scan for blunders, simple tactics and so on.
I suppose this is the OTB (over the board/physical chess pieces) equivalent to what you describe with a computer mouse.
In fact, sometimes I'll still occasionally sit on my hands - don't make fun of it if you haven't tried it lol
Sometimes the advice people give others is good advice, but then they don't implement it themselves
Sounds ridiculously easy, but I found find score in playing puzzles and my percentage of wins both went up when I followed one simple rule. Keep your hand off the mouse while you consider your move. Having my hand on the mouse made it too easy to reflexively make the first move I saw. Sitting back and putting my hands in my lap seemed to encourage me to take my time and consider, then reconsider each candidate move.