Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Winning Chess Tactics Leading To Checkmate

Speaking with many beginner to intermediate level players, I hear the area they want the most help with is chess tactics. One can memorize an opening and study the reasons behind the opening moves but once a players gets into the middle game they are more, "on their own" than they are in the opening. And coming up with a plan or finding winning moves such as tactics are not something one can memorize.

This is why studying chess puzzles is often seen as one of the most helpful things a player can do to improve their ability to see tactics for themselves. Puzzles help with pattern recognition, meaning that even though you probably won't see a position in one of your games that will match a tactic or puzzle you studied, it will look familiar enough that it will help you determine what to play.

Here is a very nice chess tactics video that show a number of ways this particular game could have been won. Can you find the combinations that win?


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