Idea is, before every move, to check my shoulders and to see are they relaxed or not :-) Thru Tai Chi I realized how often during the day my body (shoulders) are tens. So, idea is clear - to relax my self, to play more relaxed/focused chess :-)

After a while I finally got 1500 in blitz! I kid you not, blunders still happen in almost every game and I sometimes fail to punish them but in blitz its difficult to take your time and think.

Why is Qxg4 better than Nxg4?

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