Besides having good visualization skills, experienced players realize that most moves are not really relevant, and don’t have to be considered too thoroughly or even at all. Good players don’t try to look at everything. Rather, they focus their attention on only a few logical moves. These players can do more because they’re focusing on less. On the other hand, the beginner doesn’t know what to look for. So he tries to look at everything and sees nothing. To some extent, the fine art of analysis consists in eliminating the irrelevant so that one can spotlight only the most logical and likely
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