Colinsmum, I haven't heard of the Alexander technique - could you tell us about it? Just something brief. FWIW, the mental lapse thing, forgetting in the moment to go through a checklist that you know well, this happens to my ds in a very different situation - he has an expressive language disability and he practices checklists for how to "jog" his expressive output when he's asked to either give a talk or write papers in school, and even though he has his checklists (in writing and in memory) he has times when he forgets to use them (actually that would be a lot of the time for him!)... so I'm wondering if something mentioned here might help him
OTOH, I could be reaching a bit "out there".
Congrats to your ds on his accomplishments in chess!
polarbear
