Which tactic are you most likely to miss?

What do you guys think, either based on analyzing games you have played or solving tactics problem. Which do you think you are most and least likely to overlook

a) A forced mate
b) Trapping a piece
c) A pin
d) A pawn fork
e) A knight fork
f) A queen fork
g) A (correct) discovered attack/check
h) An unstoppable passed pawn
i) a skewer

I tried to use the most common ones, leaving out stuff like zwischenzung and zugzwang, but you can add stuff if you want because I am sure I forgot some

Originally posted by mcreynolds
What do you guys think, either based on analyzing games you have played or solving tactics problem. Which do you think you are most and least likely to overlook

a) A forced mate
b) Trapping a piece
c) A pin
d) A pawn fork
e) A knight fork
f) A queen fork
g) A (correct) discovered attack/check
h) An unstoppable passed pawn
i) a skewer

I tried ...[text shortened]... ike zwischenzung and zugzwang, but you can add stuff if you want because I am sure I forgot some

Originally posted by mcreynolds
What do you guys think, either based on analyzing games you have played or solving tactics problem. Which do you think you are most and least likely to overlook

a) A forced mate
f) A queen fork
g) A (correct) discovered attack/check

Originally posted by mcreynolds
What do you guys think, either based on analyzing games you have played or solving tactics problem. Which do you think you are most and least likely to overlook

a) A forced mate
b) Trapping a piece
c) A pin
d) A pawn fork
e) A knight fork
f) A queen fork
g) A (correct) discovered attack/check
h) An unstoppable passed pawn
i) a skewer

Originally posted by Dutch Defense
Game 3898779

I frequently under-estimate the Queening potential of a passed pawn.

Originally posted by mcreynolds
What do you guys think, either based on analyzing games you have played or solving tactics problem. Which do you think you are most and least likely to overlook

a) A forced mate
b) Trapping a piece
c) A pin
d) A pawn fork
e) A knight fork
f) A queen fork
g) A (correct) discovered attack/check
h) An unstoppable passed pawn
i) a skewer

I tried ...[text shortened]... ike zwischenzung and zugzwang, but you can add stuff if you want because I am sure I forgot some

Backward horse moves:




I played 21…Bd5 and after 22. Ne1 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Rxc4 Bxc4 25. Bxe4 Bxa2 a piece had been lost, but I still managed to draw thanks to the a & b P’s

A surprising pawn push of sorts.Not so much a pawnfork or passers,but a sudden push,thought to be impossible,leading to the collapse of my position.
Am also prone to overlooking a discovery.

Having one of my heavy pieces trapped is pretty annoying, especially the queen.

we will all miss moves where pieces go backwards, where pieces travel horizontally, and the backward retreating accross the diagonal move

Overburdened pieces and removing the defender.

Originally posted by dpressnell
Overburdened pieces and removing the defender.

they're all hard to see for me