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Even top GM's lose to engines with odds. 1 However, most engines have the hardest time in closed positions where long-term strategy is more important than tactics on any given move. …

While good players are always alert for tactics, there are a few key "signals" that indicate that tactics and combinations might be available. … Loose Pieces If there are one or more enemy pieces that are hanging or under-defended, you should look for tactics that attack that piece. …

I think Robert Kaucher's answer addresses some of the difficulties in finding an objective answer, but I'll do my best at a subjective answer based on my own game play: In slow tournament games, pins …

Good question, and I think that there are a lot of different common patterns/tactics that improving players would do well to learn: (very roughly ordered from simplest to most difficult) "Simple" tactics … Tactics and mating patterns Learning some basic mating patterns or typical tricks can be useful as well: Greek gift Bxh7+ sacrifice - if black doesn't have a knight on f6 and white has a knight on f3 …

In this case, "significantly" is probably half a pawn or more, although you could also require it to be one full pawn for easier tactics. … The engines will be able to see most tactics, even if they are complicated. …

Strategically the knight is misplaced on g5. When black plays e5 in the Sicilian, the ideas revolve around white trying to control the d5 square, and black trying to play d6-d5. Simply put, if black …

The single fastest way to improve tactics is to pick up a good puzzle book and just work through it. … If you love the King's Gambit, one way to learn tactics might be to look at a dozen grandmaster games featuring the King's Gambit. …