Systematic Approach to Finding Moves?

I am looking for a systematic approach for finding the best move in any position. I have searched for hours on the internet, but have never found anything decent. I have thought about using a list of questions but don't know what questions to use. Please help!!!!

See these books:

The Process of Decision Making in Chess, Volume 1

The Process of Decision Making in Chess, Volume 2

Find the Right Plan With Anatoly Karpov

Best Play by Shashin is as fascinating book which offers exactly what you're looking for. If you want a systematic approach to finding the best move in any position, this is the book for you.

At some point you will outgrow these thinking systems, but they can be very helpful for some players who need to see a detailed example of thinking through a position in some structured way. But you have to remember these systems are like training wheels, and you can only go so far with them.

I have found the ten day lessons on chessfox.com very helpful.  It is free, and they teach you the five step process on how nto evaluate the position and select the best move.

Lilov also has an excellent video on selecting candidate moves on youtube.

https://youtu.be/GpDqpQKQUpw

Kotov's book Think Like a Grandmaster does a good job of showing you how to improve your decision making process. 

Hans Berliner claimed he was on to "The System" which settled everything.

I still say his book "The System" is worth a read.

Thanks for the responses, you have given me much to read and ponder

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Dear 8 ball,

Is g4 good here?

<Sigh>

I gave two sources, two different issues.  Is it really necessary to have a separate post for each point, or are you able to figure it out for yourself.

Let me make it simple for you.

NUMBER ONE == How to evaluate a position so that you can find candidate moves

NUMBER TWO == After determining the candidate moves, what do you do to evaluate the moves.

Each source deals with a separate issue.

Dear 8 ball,

Now I think Bh6 would be good.  Am I right?

I've made a free 10-Day chess course which I think might just be what you were looking for. You can check it out here:

http://chessfox.com

It's a systematic approach, based on the 2 fundamental thinking processes, namely how to 1)Calculate and how to 2)Evaluate a position.

It's also spamming an advertisement on chess.com

In my opinion this would be great if I didn't have to submit personal information initially.  Make it free for 10 days for everyone, and then remove it.  If we like it and want more, we sign up and pay you.  The way you have it might be a problem.

Dear 8 ball,

Should I give my personal info and try this "free but you have to give personal information" 10 day chess course?

1 Find all checks

2 Find all Captures

3 Find all threats of mating opponent or winning material

if none of those get you a move, What is their best piece and how can I make it worse, or what is your worst piece and how can you make it better

Logic

I agree that the selection of candidate moves is critical.

It's probably more important than analysis, since you might end up making the best move even if your analysis is faulty, but you aren't going to play the best move if it wasn't among the candidates that you chose to look at.

On Day 2 of the 10-Day Chess Challenge (it's free), I discuss the 5 most important elements of a position. By evaluation the position in this way, it will also help you find candidate moves that would serve a useful purpose.

Now to be clear, I am not advocating a rigid thinking "algorithm" but rather offer this as a training method that would help you improve your thinking system.