We can think of analyzing why a move is bad—why pawn-takes-bishop, for example, lost the game—as level 1 strategy, or outcome mindset. After a bad move costs him a game, however, Kasparov analyzes not just why the move was bad, but how he should change the decision process behind the move. In other words, how he decided on that move, in that moment, in the context of that opponent, and what that means for how he should change his decision-making and game-preparation routine in the future. Analyzing the decision process behind a move I’ll call level 2 strategy, or system mindset.
