Winning moves that are not checks or captures, and in-between moves instead of automatic recaptures. This is a tactics course with 8 lessons and 60 interactive exercises, suited to players rated around 1400 (club players). Every exercise is played on a real board with feedback after each move, there is nothing to install, and it is free.
Lessons in Quiet moves
In-between moves – Before you recapture by reflex, look for a stronger move in between (the German zwischenzug): a check or a threat first, the recapture later.
Quiet killers – No check, no capture: the winning move is a quiet one that creates a threat the opponent cannot meet.
Quiet killers, part 2 – No check, no capture: the winning move is a quiet one that creates a threat the opponent cannot meet. More positions, a little harder.
Quiet killers, part 3 – No check, no capture: the winning move is a quiet one that creates a threat the opponent cannot meet. More positions, a little harder.
In-between moves, part 2 – Before you recapture by reflex, look for a stronger move in between (the German zwischenzug): a check or a threat first, the recapture later. More positions, a little harder.
Quiet killers, part 4 – No check, no capture: the winning move is a quiet one that creates a threat the opponent cannot meet. More positions, a little harder.
Quiet killers, part 5 – No check, no capture: the winning move is a quiet one that creates a threat the opponent cannot meet. More positions, a little harder.
Mixed practice – All the ideas of this course, mixed: find the winning move without knowing the motif.
Next steps
Defensive moves – Tactics for the side under pressure: the only move that meets a threat, counterattacks, saving draws and perpetual check.
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