He looked for a promising opening; one that would lead to the opening up of one of the left hand spaces. Nothing immediately stood out to him, so he tried to look a few moves ahead. But, that didn’t shed any promising results either, so he tried to look a few more moves ahead. And he finally found something that looked like he’d be able to open up one of the useful left hand spaces. But now he had to figure out which two to move. The first one he saw would open up another space after a king, so he didn’t want to move that one. The next two he found was pretty close to the right, so he didn’t really want to move that one either because it wouldn’t really help fill out the board. The third two that he located was in the middle, so it was better than the other two, but not by much. And he couldn’t locate the fourth two right away, so he looked over the board again, trying to find it. It ended up that it was after the second two that he had found, so it kind of made sense that he’d visually skipped over it.
The fact that there was a two after another two made for an interesting choice. If he were to move the second two in the set, then he could move the two that came after the first one right away. But, the two and the three still wouldn’t be in the right place, so he’d have to collect them when he ran out of moves for the round. So, it kind of depended on where that three was. If it were in a place that he wanted to clear out, then it would be good to move the second two, but if it were in a place that he didn’t particularity want to move it from, then it wouldn’t be good to move the second two after all. Also, that three could be in a place where it wasn’t immediately obvious if it would be good to move it or not. So, he’d be taking a chance, if he moved it if it were in that kind of position. He could clear a needed space, or one that was detrimental to that round of the game. But first, he had to find the three in question, so that he could attempt to make an assessment.
