Seeing Through the Eyes of Your Pieces: A Perspective Shift for Amateur Players

Thank you so much for your incredibly thoughtful reply. I had never heard of the Michael Adams story or Jacob Aagaard's book, and it is so inspiring to know that even grandmasters feel this way about their pieces. That really makes me feel like I am on the right track.@Noflaps said ^

I believe @tpr will agree with me that the idea of taking the perspective of the pieces, as the OP, @Lionan , appears to suggest in his or her well-written post above, is not truly new. As old people used to say, and still like to say, "there is nothing new under the sun."

Although there ARE new things, clearly, like rampant AI, it does not seem that looking at the board through the eyes of an...

Wow, I didn't expect so many deep and thoughtful replies. Thank you all!