mistakes

do you ever get into a game not make a move for a few days and completely forget what you were going to do and end up messing up.

Originally posted by Sicilian Smaug
If you find this happening alot, you could always use the notebook to write down your thoughts.

If there's some game moving really slow, I try to take a short glance over the position once in a while. just to keep those plans in memory. if/when I forget to do that, I try to take some time to just think about the position, before thinking about the next move. it's really frustrating when you remember you had a better plan, usually right after having moved... haste makes waste.

if you use notebook, make sure you're not accidentally writing into 'message your opponent.' it is known to happen. 🙂