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The relative value of the pieces - and the King as the ultimate prize

The Dynamic perspective needed to become a master tactician

Importance of chess tactics for checkmating opponent's king

Importance of chess tactics for winning material

What is a sacrificial combination?

Do combinations need sacrifices? - CC World Champion Cecil Purdy Example

The presence of combinations - downsides vs combinational motifs (romanovsky)

What is calculation - Is it a a form of awareness or further learning?

What is Evaluation?

Why prioritise forcing moves like checks, captures, mating threats

What is a variation as opposed to main line?

What is a pattern?

Kingscrusher's three golden tips when calculating variations

Other major emerging opportunities when calculating - square vacation

A tribute to Philip Dodderidge

Adolf Anderssen vs Felix Kieseritzky

Wilhelm Steinitz vs Mikhail Chigorin example

Lasker vs Bauer example

Capablanca vs Fonaroff

Alexander Alekhine vs Vasic

Max Euwe example

Botvinnik vs Keres example

Gerasimov vs Smyslov example

Mikhail Tal vs Bent Larsen example

Bent Larsen vs Boris Spassky example

Bobby Fischer vs Myagmarsuren example

Karpov vs Korchnoi example

Kasparov vs Karpov example

Compensating for being human philosophy

Only think about downsides of Opponent's position but train with tactic patterns

Establishing Exploitable weaknesses and Tactical targets

Tactical dreams for reverse engineering during actual games

Deep dive exploration of the word "down-sides" as opposed to say weaknesses

Why calculate anything? - Magnus Carlsen example

Tactical unification theory - Magnus Carlsen vs Vishy Anand example

The lust for micro-downsides - appreciate significance of all insignificances

Prioritise forcing moves - cannot check every single move in position

Sometimes forcing moves have downsides

Kingscrusher's 3 GOLDEN Key calculation tips overview

Deep Dive: Check for weaknesses of last move

Deep Dive: Checking Killer common square opportunities

Deep Dive: checking the "in effect" clause

Calculation prompts - Are they always just catchy quotations?

Deep dive: Check all checks prompt - some checks are more equal than others!

Deep dive: Highest priority forcing moves - Check all checks,captures,threats

Loose pieces drop off or cause problems (implies Double attack, Forks)

Deep Dive: Combine and win prompt - why more powerful than Battery prompt

Overwhelming threats - e.g. discovery and double attacks

Moves which create Threats that can't be parried easily without concessions

FORCING MOVES which lead to advantage

Forcing move Example #2 - Carlsen vs Shirov

Forcing move Example #3

CELEBRATE Weakness of opponents last move successfully

Moves which mate or gain advantage through emerging killer common squares

Sacrifice type moves which lead to advantage

Tempo Gaining moves that lead to advantage

Tempo Gaining moves Example #2

Forcing moves and captures that lead to advantage and don't help the opponent

Calculation related: Checks - gaining key tempo e.g. winning material via checks

Calculation related: Checks - Example #2

Mating net construction type moves aka Removing Escape Squares

Mating net construction type moves Example #2

Mating net construction - Example #3

Battery ( a very common tactic)

Captures (a very common forcing move)

Decoy

Decoy Example #2

Deflections

Deflection Example #2

Desperado

Discovered Attack

Discovered Attack - Example #2

Discovered Attack (with Tempo!) - Example #3

Discovered Check

Double attacks and Forks Introduction

Double attack Example #1

Double attack Example #2

Double attack Example #3 - nice opening trap to make use of with it

Double attack Example #4 - Siberian trap vs Smith Morra Gambit

Double check

Double check Example #2

Double check Example #3

Hanging Piece aka Winning material

Interference aka Disconnection tactics aka throwing spanner the works

Interference Example #2

Interference Example #3

Interference Example #4

Opposition (an important type of Endgame tactic)

Overloading aka Overworking

Passed pawn creation

Passed pawn creation - example #2

Passed pawn creation - Example #3

Passed pawn creation - Example #4

Pawn break positional tactic

Perpetual Check

Perpetual Check - Example #2

Pin - Absolute

Pin - Absolute - Example #2

Pin - Absolute - Example #3

Pin - Relative (rebelling against!)

Pin - Relative (rebelling against!) - Example #2

Pin - Relative - Opening trap example #3

Pin - Relative - Opening trap example #4

Pin Celebration

Skewers - Absolute (like a reverse pin)

Skewers - Absolute - Example #2

Skewers - Relative

Prophylaxis move aka Threat prevention aka Counterplay management

Queening a pawn

Removing the Guard aka Removing the Defender aka Deflection Example #1

Removing the Guard - Example #2

Removing the guard Example #3

Removing the Guard Example #4

Sacrifice (calculated)

Sacrifice example #2

Simplification

Simplifcation - Example #2

Unprotected piece

Unprotected piece - Example #2

Unprotected piece - Example #3

Weakness inducing tactics

Weakness inducing tactics - Example #2

Weakness inducing tactics - Example #3

X-Ray (xrays are going "through" other pieces)

X-Ray - Example #2

X-Ray - Example #3

X-Ray example #4

Blockade tactic

Blockade tactic - Example #2

Clearance (square, line diagonal) aka "Get out of the way tactic"

Clearance (with Tempo!) - Example #2

Clearance (with Tempo!) - Example #3

Connected passed pawns

Greek Gift Sacrifice

Queen Sacrifice (calculated)

Queen sacrifice (calculated) Example #2

Queen sacrifice (calculated) Example #3

Soft spot aka Weak Spot/ Weak square such as f7/f2 sacrifice

Trapped piece

Trapped piece - Example #2

Thorn Pawns aka Wedge pawns

Thorn pawns - Example #2

Thorn Pawn example #3

Windmill aka See-Saw checks

Zwischenzug (in-between move or intermediate move or unexpected move)

Zugzwang (compulsion to move)