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Questions relating to maneuvers that take advantage of short-term opportunities, such as forks, discovered attacks, skewers, etc.
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"Chess is 90% tactics" - should a player focus more on tactics in order to improve?
It has also been said that 90% of the games are decided on tactics and tactics are the foundation of positional play. And many other similar statements. … My question is should a player commit 90% (or most) of their time on tactics as a recipe for improvement? …
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Which one is more important between endgame studies and tactics?
One strong player once told me that you can improve quickly if you focus more on endgame studies than on tactics training. … While tactics on the other hand can lead to speculation over calculation.
My question is, can a player improve quickly by focusing more on solving endgame studies and giving tactics less time? …