Know the rules: You can’t win a game when you don’t know the rules.

Know the terrain: What are the advantages and disadvantages?

Know your opponent: Who can create problems for you? Why might they and how might they?

Know your game: Some people know how to play certain games far better than you do. Don’t play their game. Play the one you’ve mastered.

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