Keeping Things "In Hand"


This is a problem that is unlikely to crop up on IGS (unless virtual reality makes big advances ;-), but that arises surprisingly often in real life: the rattling of stones or waving of hands over the board. If you have ever had to face this, you know how disturbing it can be. So the bottom line is to keep your hands to yourself, even if you have to sit on them.

An extra benefit of not taking a stone into one's hand before having decided where to play is that it forces players to take a brief extra moment to consider their move, which helps avoid errors due to lapses in attention.

Continue to "resigning".

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