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Tune your tactics - Calculation training 3

by Pascal Lautenschläger

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2/9/2018 – A solid tactical understanding is sure to help any chess player in critical situations. Whether it is a simple exchange or a mating attack, tactics are ubiquitous. Take advantage of the opportunity to develop your tactical understanding in this series with IM Oliver Reeh and Pascal Simon! Thursday at 15:30 CET (9:30 AM EDT) it's all about calculation training!

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Calculation training

The show Tune your tactics will broaden your tactical knowledge. We present puzzles from easy to difficult. Today the focus is on calculation training.

18.Bxf4 (Magnus played 18.h4) — try to calculate as far as possible.

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To practice your tactics on a daily basis the authors recommend the ChessBase Tactics portal

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