Candidate Moves

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A term coined by Soviet GM Alexander Kotov in his book "Think Like a Grandmaster," referring to multiple possible moves to consider. It describes the process of analyzing a position to select several candidate moves, deeply examining each one, calculating several moves ahead, and choosing the apparently best move

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