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hi, knight moves are so tricky for me and many times i miss some knight tactics. is there any puzzle book or pdf for improving seeing knight moves? or do you have any suggestion for how to practice to see knights moves? thanks

hi, i am 1400-1500 elo in rapid. i have many many tactic problems in my games. still many hanging pieceswhat study plan do you suggest for begin better at tactics. i know doing puzzles is good but which kind of puzzles do you suggest? chess.com puzzles are enough? should i add some mate puzzles? how much time should i spend of each puzzle before give up?thanks

https://www.chess.com/game/live/67219171839 https://www.chess.com/game/live/67218590133 bro how is it possible to know every move that your opponent your plays instantly and find the right move for that (ik he was cheating after Nc7+ without even spending more than 0.1 seconds for the last 12 moves and never spending more than 0.1 seconds the entire game for the first game we played) this is like some god computer to process the move, find the best move or decent move, and play it in 0.1 seconds or smth no human will ever play this fast, let alone with not losing all your pieces. I’m more impressed than sad, this is like a new invention or smth have you ever seen this level of god tier time management?

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I literally lose every single bullet game like this

I'm playing 10 minute games and I'm going up pretty good, but I somehow screw up the endgames even when I'm up 3 pieces.

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Hello, fellow Patzers, Quackers, and Quatzers alike! As a chess player, often you may find yourself challenged to find the best move on the board. Whether it be a tactical sacrifice or positional subtlety, there is always that one move that stands above the rest. In the best move is always some logical consistency - that is, there is some reason for why that move played is the best move. But sometimes, logic can be misleading. What may seem obvious through logical consideration may have a fatal flaw, something so unexpected and unforeseen that the very move that was considered logical in retrospect leads to your downfall in the way it created your uprising. In the below position, instead of finding the best move, I challenge you to find that logical flaw. How could have, in a position that evaluates Black has having a forced mate in under 20 moves, could Black unwillingly throw the game with a move he deemed perfectly logical? I'll walk you through Black's thinking process, and the fatal thinking gap which drew this otherwise trivially won game. OK, Black was successfully able to avoid the most tempting of captures. But what of the other? Okay, let's look back at our original position, after cxd4, Nxd4 and Bxd4. Funnily enough, Rxd4 also transposes to the same position actually played in the game, but in view of complications from Rxd4 played immediately Black unfortunately was unable to make that connection. I believe this has some value to be told, that no matter how natural or logical a move looks you should always keep your eye out for dirty little tricks (I'm looking at you, @IMRosen) Thanks for reading my first Forum post in Duck State University. I hope you enjoyed and there will sure to be more to come