prophylactic thinking

"it is necessary to develop an approach to the position that I call "prophylactic thinking", the habit of constantly asking oneself what the enemy wants to take, how he would go during his course, the ability to find an answer to the question and take it into account in the decision-making process.  the development of the skill of prophylactic thinking allows the chess player to take a huge step forward, to dramatically increase the class of the game."  Mark Dvoretsky