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Originally Posted by Ortho
At my level (like 1700), Dan Heisman calls this "handwaving the analysis" and identifies it as a big mistake. I think intuition to identify the candidate move is really useful, but I think you have to go ahead and at least grind out a couple of variations to see where it actually leads.
I actually had Heisman on the mind when I was thinking about making the move. Not specifically because of anything he's said, but because he's a coach and I kept thinking "If he was my coach and I played this move, what would he say?" I thought of his ICC videos and pictured him going over it and saying something like "White told me after the game he played this move on a feeling. It turns out the move works, but at white's level he doesn't have the experience to play this way and he should have done something else."
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Originally Posted by KyleJRM82
It's funny to be how much chess is about those seemingly contradictory ideas. You want to train your instincts and pattern recognition to the point where the right move just "feels" right to you in as many situations as possible, but on the other hand you want to discipline yourself to basically never play a move just because it feels right without calculating the consequences.
I like that I found what I believe is the correct move, but as you said, I don't want to play it without calculating things. I'm pretty terrible about doing that, and inevitably have a move played against me that I wasn't expecting and can't meet. Happened later in the same game in fact. Not a fun feeling.
I will say it was nice to have a feeling about the move. It's the first time I've ever had a real feeling about a move like that. Hopefully it's a good sign that I'm seeing things better, and not just a one off.
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Originally Posted by swingdoc
It's fine to do that as long as you're good
That's exactly the answer I was expecting. Good is something I am not. lol
Thanks for the replies. Much appreciated.