Psychology of the Van Geet: The Hidden Edge of Playing an 'Awkward' Move

Psychology of the Van Geet: The Hidden Edge of Playing an ‘Awkward’ Move

Picture a chess tournament on a Saturday morning. Players settle into their chairs, some clutching coffee cups like talismans. The clock starts. White moves a pawn forward. Black responds predictably. Another pawn. Another response. The dance begins as it has begun ten thousand times before. But at the board in the corner, something different happens. […]

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