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TREE OF POSSIBILITIES/VARIATIONS
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IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CHESS THINKING
OF MASTER & PATZER
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NOTE:Numerous (many) considerations but SHALLOW


SAME NUMBER OF POSSIBILITIES
UNDER CONSIDERATION(=16)
SAME NUMBER OF TOTAL BRANCHES
OF TREE OF POSSIBILITES

GRANDMASTER
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NOTE: Few choices but Deep (DEPTH)


A LAZY &/OR procrastinating person
(one who does not want to THINK things
through & thouroughly, immediately)
is AUTOMATICALLY OUT! CHESS IS NOT FOR YOU (US!)

It is not that masters have to think through all the possibilities
On the contrary, they have very few/limited choices
to make or choose from based on their knowledge & experience
but these are deeper/finer

Tyros are cruder, grosser. Masters are sophisticated...
Masters do not at all take into consideration the irrelevant/insignificant/erroneous
When they see the board they have a GRASP of what is IMPORTANT or of WHAT MATTERS
It is intelligent discernment ("intelligere") or better intelligent NON-CONCERN
THey know precisely what to disregard! And these NOISE never enter into their minds!
SO a CLEAR MIND is ESSENTIAL...
CLARITY, PRECISION, DEPTH, SOPHISTICATION...

Chess masters are good at ANALYZING positions.
Masters play consistently (not erratically) with minimal or no error
Even if they commit an error they are able to recover quickly or take corrective action
They have MASTERED the fundamentals (ABC's) & basic techniques, short-cuts, rules-of-thumb
THey are able to apply/do all these in REAL-TIME
under intense PSYCHOLOGICAL pressure...

CORRECT training & PROPER education
makes the difference between successful players
& unsuccessful ones given the same TALENT

Just like in other fields of knowledge, skill etc
MISEDUCATION is WORSE than IGNORANCE

"MEN ARE BORN IGNORANT, NOT STUPID.
IT IS EDUCATION THAT MAKES THEM STUPID."
-Bertrand Russell

My Comment: MISeducation as in conspiracy theory
of mass mind manipulation & stupidification...