whats your favorite chess tactic? forks skewers pins or double threat? stalling games is not a tactic its just cheap. my favorite is the double threat so many times has a 1700 player pulled off a double threat on me forcing mate or a loss of matieral. But now that i finally understand how to do it i find it a very fun tactic to use
My favorite tactic is the one the current situation is dishing up for me. They are all delightful to execute. I read somewhere that all (or most) tactics are a kind of double threat. My favorite incident of a tactic was, believe it or not, a quadruple knight fork of his king, queen, and both rooks! Yeah, he was a pretty weak player.
Originally posted by aginisI don't care much for sacs, (I generally don't like the 'risk' involved) and so, I actually prefer just to play slowly, close the position then squeeze the life out of them, let them do the sacs!
i like sacrificing to remove a defender a lot. My other favorite is trapping pieces.
Of course if chess were that simple ^^ i'd win every game.
[Event "rated standard match"]
[Site "Free Internet Chess Server"]
[Date "2006.07.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shinidoki"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1673"]
[BlackElo "1872"]
[ECO "C44"]
[TimeControl "1200+5"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Be3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8.
O-O Bh3 9. c4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 O-O 11. h3 Nd8 12. b4 b6 13. a4 c5 14. b5 Ne6 15.
Nb3 a5 16. Nh4 g6 17. f4 Rfd8 18. f5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bh6 Bf8 21. Bg5
Bg7 22. fxg6 Nxe4 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. dxe4 Rf8 25. Rf5 Rac8 26. Qe2 Rc5 27.
Raf1 Qc7 28. Qh5 Qc8 29. Be7 Rxc4 30. Bxf8 Rc2+ 31. Kg1 Bxf8 32. Qxf7 Bg7 33.
Ng6+ Kxh7 34. Rh5# {NN checkmated} 1-0
and there you have it, my favorite tactic is a very slow and sluggish onslaught.
Originally posted by BedlamForcing a position upon your opponent in which any move they make will weaken their position is quite an effective tactic.
Can zugzwang count as a tactic?...if not then triangulation certainly is a tactic. Its so pleasing to know that any move they make will destroy their position. *rubs hands in glee* 😛
A list of tactics from "Win at Chess" by Ron Curry..divided into those which occur most frequently and those which appear less often:
Frequent Tactics
1.Superior force
2.Pins
3.Skewers
4.Knight forks
5.Double attacks
6.Discovered attacks
Less Frequent Tactics
1.Overworked defenders
2.Vital guards
3.Removing defenders
4.Deflecting defenders
5.Sacrifices
6.In-between moves
7.Vulnerable back rank
8.Interference
9.No retreat
10.Trapping pieces
11.Desperado
12.Zugzwang
13.Queening combinations
14.Underpromotion
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Originally posted by TheBloophm not sure if I see superior force, desperado or underpromotion as tactics. The slight quibble I have with zugzwang is its normally the result of a tactic like trianglation and not a tactic in itself.
Forcing a position upon your opponent in which any move they make will weaken their position is quite an effective tactic.
A list of tactics from "Win at Chess" by Ron Curry..divided into those which occur most frequently and those which appear less often:
Frequent Tactics
1.Superior force
2.Pins
3.Skewers
4.Knight forks
5.Double attacks
6. ...[text shortened]... 0.Trapping pieces
11.Desperado
12.Zugzwang
13.Queening combinations
14.Underpromotion
Although this is just splitting hairs 😛