8. Mar, 2020

Winning moves

Have you ever noticed how an unexpected capture can immediately decide the fate of the game ?

Even first-class masters may underestimate the strength of a capture. Where the capture has a most unlikely look about it, they may miss the possibility of the capture altogether.
- excerpt from Fred Reinfeld's How to be a Winner at Chess   read more

😲 Play  a decisive capture 'out of the blue'

👍 Video - I tried to master chess in 30 days (11:13 min)

😮 Blunder alert - 2 examples from ChessWorld.net