In ‘Imagination in Chess,’ Paata Gaprindasvhili describes reciprocal thinking as follows: “After noticing an idea and briefly familiarizing ourselves with it, we proceed to its detailed examination. What do we do if we find that it doesn’t work? Do we discard it and try another one, and then the next one and so on? Then do we come back to the first one, and study it more closely? This is hardly sensible. If we fail to make an idea work, we need to stop and ascertain the cause of failure (e.g. answer the question “why?”), and then attempt to correct our design.” This is an example of reciprocal thinking from a 2013 game I played at the Noel Skleton Open.
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