23 Jun 11
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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.
24 Jun 11
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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.
24 Jun 11
Originally posted by tomtom232What about 3.Qh7+ Kf8 4.Rxf7# (One less move for White.)
[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]
27 Jul 11
Originally posted by DSPCHas this helped?
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.
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.