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49. The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin

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Computers Are Better Than People at Chess

The wrong thing to do is to take the next move while you're in that emotional state. Computer can contain more remembered games than a human brain can very easily so there are of course other reasons like computers can do more calculations of chess per second. A person freshly coming to the board and just looking at it will analyze it in a completely different way because they see the situation in the moment. You need to wait to bring yourself back to a concentrated state before you do anything on the chess board. Only then can you do anything and you work with the position that you have.

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