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Every tactic and opening, explained plainly with a live example to solve: free.
Tactics & checkmates
The Fork
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The Pin
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The Skewer
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Discovered Attacks
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The Double Check
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Back-Rank Mate
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Mate in One
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Mate in Two
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Mate in Three
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Mate in Four
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Mate in Five
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The Sacrifice
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Hanging Pieces
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Deflection
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Attraction (the Decoy)
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Clearance
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Promotion
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Under-Promotion
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Combinations
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Endgame Tactics
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Remove the Defender
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Zwischenzug (the In-Between Move)
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Interference
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X-Ray Attacks
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Trapped Pieces
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The f7 / f2 Point
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Kingside Attack
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Queenside Attack
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The Exposed King
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Quiet Moves
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Smothered Mate
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The Arabian Mate
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Boden's Mate
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Anastasia's Mate
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The Hook Mate
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The Dovetail Mate
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The Double Bishop Mate
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Advanced Pawns
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En Passant
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Pawn Endgames
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Rook Endgames
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Bishop Endgames
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Knight Endgames
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Queen Endgames
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Zugzwang
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Discovered Check
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One-Move Tactics
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Long Combinations
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Deep Calculation
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Opening Tactics & Traps
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Defensive Resources
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Queen vs Rook Endgames
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The Opera Mate
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Pillsbury's Mate
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The Épaulette Mate
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The Corner Mate
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The Triangle Mate
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Morphy's Mate
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The Swallow's Tail Mate
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The Kill Box Mate
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The Blind Swine Mate
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The Vuković Mate
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The Balestra Mate
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Openings
The Ruy Lopez
Plays White · 5 lines
The Italian Game
Plays White · 8 lines
The Scotch Game
Plays White · 4 lines
The Queen's Gambit
Plays White · 5 lines
The London System
Plays White · 4 lines
The English Opening
Plays White · 4 lines
The Catalan (White)
Plays White · 6 lines
The Vienna Game
Plays White · 4 lines
The King's Gambit
Plays White · 4 lines
Anti-Sicilians (White)
Plays White · 7 lines
The Réti Opening
Plays White · 4 lines
The Trompowsky Attack
Plays White · 4 lines
The King's Indian Attack
Plays White · 4 lines
Bird's Opening
Plays White · 3 lines
The Colle System
Plays White · 4 lines
The Torre Attack
Plays White · 3 lines
The Nimzo-Larsen Attack
Plays White · 3 lines
The Bishop's Opening
Plays White · 3 lines
The Caro-Kann (Black)
Plays Black · 8 lines
The Scandinavian Defence
Plays Black · 4 lines
The Sicilian Najdorf
Plays Black · 4 lines
The Nimzo-Indian Defence
Plays Black · 5 lines
The Grünfeld Defence
Plays Black · 4 lines
The Queen's Indian Defence
Plays Black · 4 lines
The Pirc Defence
Plays Black · 4 lines
Queen's Gambit Declined (Black)
Plays Black · 7 lines
The King's Indian Defence (Black)
Plays Black · 7 lines
The Slav Defence (Black)
Plays Black · 6 lines
The French Winawer (Black)
Plays Black · 7 lines
The Sicilian Dragon (Black)
Plays Black · 6 lines
The Sicilian Taimanov (Black)
Plays Black · 5 lines
The Sicilian Scheveningen (Black)
Plays Black · 5 lines
The Old Indian Defence (Black)
Plays Black · 6 lines
The Sicilian Sveshnikov
Plays Black · 3 lines
The Berlin Defence
Plays Black · 3 lines
The Petroff Defence
Plays Black · 3 lines
The Alekhine Defence
Plays Black · 3 lines
The Benko Gambit
Plays Black · 4 lines
The Queen's Gambit Accepted
Plays Black · 3 lines
The Semi-Slav
Plays Black · 4 lines
The Modern Defence
Plays Black · 3 lines