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Day 2 · 12 min · Free forever

The three-question blunder check

  • Install a three-question pre-move check
  • Use it before every capture and quiet move

Stronger players do not stare randomly. They ask the same three questions every move.

1) What just changed? 2) What can they take for free? 3) What hangs on my side after my move?

Say it out loud in practice. Ten seconds of questions beats a free piece.

Habit rule · Before every move: What changed? What can they take? What hangs after I move?

60-second three-question drill

Set a clock to 60 seconds. On any position, answer the three questions for the side to move — without calculating a win.

You win the drill when all three answers are clear, not when you find a tactic.

Knowledge check

When should you run the three-question blunder check?

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