CHESSRATER HINTS 

The original idea for playing over games in this manner came from several
sources. There is a version of chess called "Solitaire Chess which has
appeared in a number of books and magazines. In this case the reader
covers up the moves to a game, revealing a line at a time.

There is no attempt to give a rating though. Also because the reader has
to choose amongst all possible moves it is more difficult for the reader
and it depends on the assumption that the move played is always the best
move. There was always the danger of accidentally seeing future moves.
Having all this on disk prevents this.

The selected games had to fulfill several criteria.
They could not be too long or too short, they had to be well played by the
winner and they could not be too famous.

Although it is possible to go over a game any number of times any attempts
after the first will give meaningless results though this may of course
still be enjoyable.

The best advice is to take your time over each move. An impatient approach
will lead to many careless errors. You may have to look deeply into a
position to find the correct move. It may be very tempting to move too fast.

Do not forget that you are trying to predict the move of a real player.
Generally the options given will not always be the best possible moves,
but are still possible alternatives. 
It is partly to encourage you to examine candidate moves which you would
have normally not looked at.
This is partly to avoid having one
or more moves which are as good as the chosen move. 
In the few instances
where this may happen remember that that in the final analysis that you
are trying to predict the players move!

Some people have suggested that you get points for moves other than just
the best move. This may be valid if all legal moves were possible, but 
with a maximum of just 4 choices, it makes it too easy to get a good score
just by guessing.

You might find you will do much better on some games than others.
Some games will be easier, but you may find a game easier because you are
stronger in some types of games than others.