There are many activities where there are reasons for multiple choices. If you play Chess you also have reasons for multiple choices.
If I would choose a practice with the purpose of creating self awareness, there's the potential for more. Circling (from authentic relating) for example causes a lot to be verbalized that might not have been otherwise.
But in chess, can you really question why you make that or this move and have an answer qualitatively different from 'it seemed like a good idea at the time, I simply missed his knight' or 'because I was tired'? Chess seems to be unsuitable for introspection.
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