John Nunn

So first of all, where I'm gonna kind of agree with you is the first suggestion that people might take away from this quote is that if you think longer, that your thinking is gonna be worse.

and that's ridiculous however i want to honor the part of the quote that i do feel has merit by the way i didn't know this but we looked it up previously to this podcast and it was bent larson who came up with this quote but there's similar ideas going on in kotov's book there he's talking mostly about calculation and also in john nunn's secrets of practical chess which i really enjoyed especially before they put a computer onto his variations Okay, so I think I want to divide it.

I think there's two kinds of long think where you can really get into trouble.

One is a bigger sin than the other.

It comes to your mind only once you notice the tactical trigger of loose pieces.

That's why John Nunn says loose pieces drop off in chess.

Most chess tactics emerge due to loose pieces on the board.

Many players stop here too early.

A classic.

I've got one over here by who is this? John Nunn.

I'm not sure level-wise if it's appropriate.

Yeah, me

So 100%, identifying targets as loose pieces, for example, is always going to be relevant.

As John Nunn says, right? LPDO, loose pieces drop off.

Maybe not directly, but at some point, they might drop off, actually.

They are relevant, for sure.

The thing that is really a grind for me is when it's just, like...

I love John Nunn's books.

Okay.

But it's like listening to a professor just completely run through 50,000 different variations, and it's just like-