When you see a good move, look for a better one

“When you see a good move, look for a better one”
(Emanuel Lasker)

This is a great chess quote. When you're about to make your "good" move, you stop and ask yourself if there is a "better" move hiding somewhere on the board. This is a good habit to get into. That is chess, by not taking your moves for granted you force yourself to think just a little bit more.

no

No? It's easier to have the computer do it?

i love that quote, even though most of the time i move before i think :P

The only move that shouldn't be double thought is checkmate.

yes

I do this and still lose.

Thanks a lot "CircleSquaredd". Including your comment in a beginner's chess book, which I am editing. The book is titled, "Fun with Chess". This is available in amazon globally.

I run out of time looking for a good move.

"If you see mate in 1 find better; mate in two" -Aman Hambleton :^)

I find a better move and I still lose.

So true! It's one of my favorite chess quotes. I always keep it in mind while I play, it's really useful, sometimes we just have to think harder (if it isn't already our hardest)

Then I'll keep it going and won't reply here until 2031.

I read it "movie".. i was like "sit down and watch it damit" 😂😂

Everybody quotes this, but I seem to remember it as a longer quote that nobody quotes. 
IF YOU FIND A GOOD MOVE, LOOK FOR A BETTER ONE.  BELIEVE IN IT.  IT EXISTS. 
or some variation of this.  I keep looking for the full quote, but have had difficulty locating it.

The way I teach this is that unless you happen to play the same move Magnus would play, there's a better move waiting..

And openings. 1. e4. If it's anything else, I'm guaranteed to lose.