Good chess habits, when you are about to move ....

instead of the move you are making. i choose;

check to see if you could CHECK! the enemy king.

Originally posted by flexmore
instead of the move you are making. i choose;

[b]check to see if you could CHECK! the enemy king.[/b]

"always check, it can be a mate"

ahh golden piece of wisdom...

Approach each move with fear and trepidation.

i'm going to start using the following process called SCAN which looks interesting:

http://home.worldonline.dk/kfyhn/VikingChess/RussellBlack/Article1.htm

Originally posted by e4 effort
i'm going to start using the following process called SCAN which looks interesting:

http://home.worldonline.dk/kfyhn/VikingChess/RussellBlack/Article1.htm

Originally posted by buffalobill
Very nice series of articles. You get a rec, sir.

For OTB play most GMs recommend when you move that you should look at all check varitions first, then all capture variations second. Probably because those are the most forcing and will save time compared to analysising more abstract lines first.