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Day 6 · 10 min · Free forever

Time trouble safety

  • Shrink the scan when the clock drops
  • Keep hangs in the short checklist

When you have under two minutes, calculation dies. Habits survive.

Short checklist: checks, captures, hangs — then move.

You will still blunder sometimes. The goal is fewer free pieces gifted in scramble.

Habit rule · In time trouble, only the safety checklist — nothing fancy.

Knowledge check

What belongs in a time-trouble checklist?

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