Best practice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Best_practice) is the best way of doing something or the recommended way of doing something in a high-quality manner.
Questions tagged [best-practice]
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Eating and drinking before and during a game
Food and liquid intake provides a human body with energy. Yet having a meal before a chess game can cause the body to focus more on digestion than chess. While lack of energy during a six hour game can cause loss of focus and thereby mistakes.…
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Checklist before you make a move
What is the checklist that you generally follow before you make a move?
I would generally look first for forcing moves (checks/captures), then moves that give me some positional edge.
It would be good to know what good players think during moves.
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What chess games have violated commonly accepted principles?
There are certain chess principles that generally should be accepted and followed. I was wondering If anyone knew of any game or games that have gone against these principles and still resulted in a win from the player who violated the principles?
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