The Most Important Concept For All Beginners...

This is really helpful. I've started playing more and I find I am losing a lot and really putting myself behind early.

My Llamu is great.

I wanted to add to the thanks for such an excellent post. I don't mind at all that it bumps this thread

I have always thought of "Hope Chess" as a form of confirmation bias. In looking for reasons why a candidate move is good, confirmation bias leads us to only consider the opponent moves that make the move work. So I see the 3 responses that make a move great, and overlook the forced mate in 2 I have just created. Instead, we need to be scientific and actively try to prove that a candidate move is bad. Your strategy is perfect for that.

Also, if you had a blog with stuff like this, I would follow for sure.

Thanks.

I've considered blogging about stuff like this... essentially taking the most instructive or interesting question I saw on the forums and answering it in a blog.

If I had started doing that 10 years ago, I'd have made 100 good lessons by now heh

Thanks so much for posting!

You can't start ten years ago, but you can start now

I suspect more people will read on the forum though...

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This is one of the best posts I've read.  Thank you very much for posting it.  I've read a lot of Dan Heisman's material, and it is very good.  This post helped me understand better.

The way you described how to think is helpful. 

Also, I found this statement very helpful: "It's hard, but it gets easier with time, and eventually becomes enough of a habit that you don't have to spend much conscious energy on it."  

I don't get it :/