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Although I agree that chess is 90% tactics when actually playing at the board, it really depends on where you are strenght-wise as to how much time you spend on tactics. … By the way, when they use the word "tactics" there, I would say "tactics and calculation". …

Frankly, you overlooked a major detail...Nf6+ in reply is mate. It is important to notice your "opponent's" moves too. [FEN "r2qk2r/pp1nnp1N/4p1pQ/3pP3/4b1PP/P1B5/1PP1B3/R3KR2 b Qq - 0 1"] 1... Nf …

Because he is losing the Rh8, and at that level, that is an EASY win. It is also worse than that as mate is coming in a few moves. Even without the almost immediate mate, being down a pawn and an exch …

I would not normally answer this question since the other answer points out the basis for the first move of the variation, but only the first move. It left out why white is so lost in that variation, …

Other than the computer evaluation proving that the Q is better, the biggest problem here is that black basically starts out fully developed since his pieces already have amazing scope, and can quickl …

And one last one from a real game. Black to move and win. [Date "2003.??.??"] [White "Ibrahim"] [Black "Ibarra"] [FEN "3q4/1p1n1pk1/p1r1p1p1/2P1Pn1p/1P1N1P2/B5rP/5RPK/Q3R3 b - - 0 1"] 1... Nxd4 …

I would not normally answer this, but the real answer was deleted by its author for some reason, and is hidden. I also think that the original -3 for the question was more due to the original poster n …

It really is about king position, but also about how it affects the evaluation when it programmatically adds up the and compares the differences in mobility for each side's pieces. This is where you g …

Yes, Ne6 staves off mate, but it does not stave off the loss for long, but more importantly, it does not demonstrate the main point of the tactic, which is why they continue with the "worse" gxf6 in t …

I started writing this before your comment that it is online chess. My answer is geared more toward over-the-board tournament chess. I will add a little blurb specifically about online chess at the bo …

White to win. L Kubbel 1927 [FEN "8/8/1p6/kp3p2/p7/1PP1p2B/5p2/5R1K w - - 0 1"] 1. Ra1 $1 {Threatening Bf1 stopping the pawns.} e2 2. Bf1 $1 e1=Q 3. Rxa4+! bxa4 4. b4#

Ahh, this is the difference between studying openings, and really learning to play chess. Openings are really fundamentally different pawn structures, so what you are asking to learn are opening pawn …

A missed variation from the game Najer-Nepomniachi, Moscow 2006. Black to move and win. [FEN "5rk1/3R1p2/4p2p/4P1pP/2q4r/P1n1BQ2/2P2PP1/4R1K1 b - - 0 1"] 1... g4 2. Qg3 Qf1+ $3 3. Rxf1 (3. Kxf1 R …

the Bf8 can go to is g7, where it also hangs; the Qb6 is in the way of the king running away to that square; d5 hangs allowing white to push the king to worse squares, including one that allows more tactics … with e4; and even the Nc6 can be attacked strongly, and when removed, it allows tactics on that Rh8 I mentioned. …

The video's author might be overstating it by calling it a "disaster" as there is no clear knockout blow. Nevertheless, white is clearly better, and the attack will continue with best play, but it re …