pwaldron wrote:Finding this was useful I ended up playing the game through several times to get a sense of the game flow before sitting down for real study. It was very useful and had the effect of committing the moves to memory for a good chunk of the game.
yes, that's how I tend to study as well... I'll play through the whole game a few times, essentially committing the game to memory, before going back to read the commentary in the book. It makes reading the commentary much easier to understand, and easier to follow, and also easier to follow the alternate variations. And often for the very same reasons... you already know where and how the game actually played out.