Why do players always stare at the board whilst playing?
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Los_Tenyos_Krowo
Jul 20, 2018
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#21
Receding hairlines lol..
Jul 20, 2018
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#22
Los_Tenyos_Krowo wrote:
Receding hairlines lol..
Receded, not receding
Do we allow baldism here?
Jul 20, 2018
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#24
lol i dont mind if you make jokes about my baldness ,
no ipswich matt i was trying to block out the adjudicator passing by the board plus i think i was umming and aahing a sac , my hair went a few years after the photo was taken leaving me so homerified
petecook wrote:
Dick Hunter, I beat you easily. Clearly you were not looking at the board, and were busy hunting...!
'Dick Hunter' Wow, that's so funny, I've never heard that before. And it only took you, er.. three months to come up with it.
Here's the game in which you 'beat' me. I'll let other people decide if they think you were looking at the board or not.
Aug 4, 2018
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#28
petecook wrote:
no dick hunter, that is the game I let you win after I kicked you butt and you were crying so much
lol
Sounds like a fun game, but it only seems to have occurred in your imagination, old man.
Richard_Hunter wrote:
Here's the game in which you 'beat' me. I'll let other people decide if they think you were looking at the board or not.
How did he even win?
I usually notice them looking away not at the board.
When a strong payer is trying to visualize a position several moves in the future, looking at the current position can be a distraction. Many top players look away from the board when doing deep calculations, or close their eyes.
I read somewhere they look away from the board before making a move because they can no longer write down their move before playing it, like a last minute blunder check.
