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Often the hardest to see especially ones where the threat is just another quiet move. I believe that finding quiet moves is where pattern recognition pays off the most.




You look at this position and you don't see anything... it has you flabbergasted.

Now the pattern comes to the rescue.



This is the pattern now how to get there.... well where did the queen come from to deliver this mate?



The only square possible is g6. From the starting position the only square you can put the queen on that attacks g6 is d6. The answer to your agony is 1.Qd6!! and black has to give up a knight to prevent the mate.

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1.Qd6 Qxc3 seems helpful imo.

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Originally posted by ketchuplover
1.Qd6 Qxc3 seems helpful imo.
How does this help?

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Originally posted by ketchuplover
1.Qd6 Qxc3 seems helpful imo.
If I'm not mistaken, Qxc3 is king of ignoring the white mating threat.

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Originally posted by tomtom232
Often the hardest to see especially ones where the threat is just another quiet move. I believe that finding quiet moves is where pattern recognition pays off the most.

[fen]r3r1k1/pp4p1/2p3pn/6N1/4P3/2P3Q1/Pq4PP/R4R1K w[/fen]


You look at this position and you don't see anything... it has you flabbergasted.

Now the pattern comes to the rescue.
...[text shortened]... d6. The answer to your agony is 1.Qd6!! and black has to give up a knight to prevent the mate.

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Originally posted by tomtom232
[pgn]
[FEN "r3r1k1/pp4p1/2p3pn/6N1/4P3/2P3Q1/Pq4PP/R4R1K w"]
1.Qd6 Qxc3 2.Qxg6 Nf7 {if you were thinking 2...Qf6 to sac the queen and avoid mate then 3.Rxf6 and the pawn is pinned and mate is still on} 3.Qxf7+ Kh8 4.Qh5 Kg8 5.Qh7[/pgn]
What about 3.Qh7+ Kf8 4.Rxf7# (One less move for White.)

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Originally posted by Mad Rook
What about 3.Qh7+ Kf8 4.Rxf7# (One less move for White.)
That works too. 😛 It just isn't the originaly pattern.

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Good grief I completely missed the R on f1 🙁

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Originally posted by ketchuplover
Good grief I completely missed the R on f1 🙁
1. Qd6 Nf7. White needs that f1 Rook.

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Thank you, that is a very insightful post. Unless I recognize a tactic intuitively, I always
play chess from a forward-looking perspective. I am going to start incorporating this
idea of visualizing and working backwards. Thanks again.

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Originally posted by DSPC
Thank you, that is a very insightful post. Unless I recognize a tactic intuitively, I always
play chess from a forward-looking perspective. I am going to start incorporating this
idea of visualizing and working backwards. Thanks again.
Has this helped?


To the rest: I will be posting articles such as this and the other thread called "TomTom's Tactics" in The Greasers public forum so join the club if you want access.