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For one move blunders, it is things like: - Look for checks. - Look for hanging pieces. - Be extra careful with knight forks. - Be careful with pawn forks.
by Moodles 5y ago
For one move blunders, it is things like:
- Look for checks.
- Look for hanging pieces.
- Be extra careful with knight forks.
- Be careful with pawn forks.
- Look for zwischenzug when doing exchanges.
- Look for what a piece is currently doing before you move it (is it defending something?).
- Apply above reasoning to what your opponent might do in the next move after yours.
2-3 moves ahead is mostly the same, just in a bit more depth where some common tactics come in, e.g. the bishop sacrifice on A2 if the white king is castled and stuff like that.
- WJW 5y agoBy the time the bishop comes in to A2 it is usually too late XD. Zwischenzugs in exchanges still get me sometimes, otherwise I've mostly fixed these. Thanks for the time spent answering though, I think the main thing is to remember to take the time to think things through. So obvious and yet so difficult :)