Novice Nook #163 The Immortal Quiescence Error Game by Dan Heisman Quote of the Month: Quiescent is quiet - there are no more forcing moves of consequence. In Quiescence Errors we examined the very frequent mistake of stopping analysis too soon. A most common example is a missed pseudo-sacrifice (some call it "sham sacrifice") combination which starts with giving up material but soon gains it back - and more - by force in the next few moves. One reason why amateurs get problems they see in books but miss those same combinations in games is that they start with a pseudo-sacrifice. In a problem the reader, if he is a lower-rated player, has the implicit instruction "Keep looking! … [Read more...]