If the move&#x27;s objectively good, there would be no variation in moves between players. Since there is variation, I assume different players apply different heuristics for &#x27;good&#x27;. And whether the move increases their piece count is a fine justification, but why are you privileging increasing your piece count at this point in this game against this opponent? At some point the answer becomes &#x27;because I learned to&#x27;.