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Tactics

Basics: Mating Patterns

19 • FM Wittke •
  1. Back Rank Mate
  2. Bernstein - Capablanca
  3. Mikenas - Bronstein
  4. Adams - Torre Repetto
  1. FM Wittke

Basics: Tactical Motifs

48 • FM Wittke •
  1. Skewer
  2. Pin
  3. Fork
  4. Some Double Attacks
  1. FM Wittke

Beating anti-dutch systems!

4 • Samadarshi_ch •
  1. Kick with the dutch!
  2. What is dutch defense?
  3. The main chapter
  4. Whats up?
  1. Samadarshi_ch

Beautiful Checkmates

2 • nohandlebars •
  1. White to win in 9 moves
  2. White to win in 2 moves
  3. Black to win in 14 moves
  1. nohandlebars

Beautiful Tactics

2 • Nairwolf •
  1. Fourchette + Clouage
  2. Dame en manque d'espace
  3. Power of Knights Study
  1. Nairwolf

Beautiful tactics from games (part 1)

2 • AACtrl •
  1. Simple knight trap
  2. Pin breaker
  3. French tactic
  4. Strong pawn sac
  1. AACtrl

Become Knight Fork Proof!

33 • Chiksan •
  1. Introduction
  2. Respect the Knight
  3. Avoid knight checks - Beginner
  4. Calculating forkability
  1. Chiksan

Beginner - Common Patterns (Rating: 0 - 1200)

24 • VideoCake •
  1. Introduction
  2. Motive 1: Back-Rank Checkmate
  3. Exercise 1-1
  4. Exercise 1-2
  1. VideoCake

Beginner Puzzles

1 • Cosho917 •
  1. Free Queen
  2. Back Rank
  3. Back Rank
  4. Mate in One
  1. Cosho917

Beginner Tactics

2 • J_Kasarcik_PEHS •
  1. Forking Pieces #1
  2. Forking Pieces #2
  3. Forking Pieces #3
  4. Pin #1
  1. A_Swaroop_PEHS
  2. n_stone_PEHS
  3. D_Santiago_PEHS
  4. J_Kasarcik_PEHS

Beginner tactics and calculation strategies- @sarakorlam

14 • sarakorlam •
  1. Introduction
  2. Knight Fork (Absolute)
  3. Knight Fork (relative)
  4. A royal fork
  1. sarakorlam

Beginner: Simple Tactics I

506 • jomega •
  1. Introduction
  2. King Safety and Force: The First Two Principles
  3. An Invaluable Knight
  4. Take for nothing
  1. jomega

Beginner: Simple Tactics II

330 • jomega •
  1. Introduction
  2. Always look for unguarded pieces
  3. Long Range Attacks
  4. More Attackers = Win
  1. jomega

Beginner: Simple Tactics III: More Tactical Patterns

91 • jomega •
  1. Introduction
  2. Defense by Mate Threat
  3. Remove the Pawn Cover
  1. jomega

Beginner: Tactics

872 • jomega •
  1. Introduction
  2. References
  3. Definitions
  4. Rules of Combination Recognition
  1. jomega

Beginner: Tactics: Counting

2 • KarryGasparov1991 •
  1. Counting (I)
  2. Counting (II)
  3. Counting (III)
  4. Counting (IV)
  1. KarryGasparov1991