Apr

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I couldn’t help but notice a striking similarity between the note taking of assassins from two different moves, Harlen Maguire (Road to Perdition) and Elle Driver (Kill Bill). They liked to get their facts straight. Winston Wolf (Pulp Fiction) was similar, but he was a ‘problem solver’ rather than an assassin.

Taking notes during the post mortems of my chess games is something I learned from International Master Danny Kopec. No matter how smart you think you are, important lines get forgotten if you don’t write them down immediately after the game. And there was a time when I kept a diary too.

Of course these excellent habits are difficult to keep up over a long period of time, there tends to be a gradual erosion of the habits that got us there when comfort sets in. And this is the beginning of the end.


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