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Chess grandmaster Maurice Ashley on why mistakes are our greatest teachers

ReThinking

CHAPTER

Developing Intuition and Predicting the Future in Chess

In this chapter, they discuss the skill of playing chess blindfolded and how it is developed through hard work and practice. They also talk about the accuracy of chess portrayal in movies, with a particular focus on 'The Queen's Gambit'. The most underrated character skill in chess, according to them, is intuition. They explain how chess is a stable game that allows players to rely on patterns from the past to predict the future. They also mention the speed at which chess can be played and the impressive number of moves top players can make in a short amount of time. The chapter concludes with a mention of a children's book on the life-changing magic of chess.

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