Move Slowwwly ...

“How many bad moves does it take to lose a chess game?” asks NM Dan Heisman in his latest Novice Nook column at ChessCafe. His reply: "The answer is one of the few concepts upon which almost all chess players agree: it takes only one move to lose a game!"

In order to minimize the risk of making that one critical bad move, he emphasizes the importance of taking your time and using nearly all of your allotted time in the game. If you find your results have been less than satisfactory lately, take the time to read this column!