Intuition
I've been playing games over at ItsYourTurn for a while now. It's a nice way to pass the time at work when you're supposed to be, uhm, working. Due to the nature of the games there it usually takes days to finish one up, it's like correspondence chess. Since you have so much time to make a move I've gotten used to slowing down while making a move and not feeling so rushed.
It's interesting what I've been discovering though. Quite a few times, actually nearly all the time, I get "suggestions" as to what will be an advantageous move to make. You know, at first I was like, "yeah whatever", and make a move after (hopefully) thoroughly analyzing the board. As the games progress I'll sometimes see what the board might have looked like had I made the move I initially dismissed and discover making that move really would've been a better move to make. The thing is sometimes the moves seem to make no sense, like instead of attacking a piece and capturing it I'll get an urging to do something else instead, but me being stubborn I capture the piece anyway; later on I see had I made that move I would've been in a better position.
Since I keep getting these urgings I'm starting to look at playing games at ItsYourTurn as a way to tune my intuition. Sure I'm just playing board games but it's actually turning out to be really useful. There is a subtle difference between this intuitive voice in my head versus the other voices I hear. :) Playing these games as much as I do I'm starting to discern what this voice sounds like, or to be more accurate what this voice feels like since I don't literally hear it. So if you're up for honing your intuition head on over there and challenge me to a game or two, humptyz.