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Hone Your Tactical Radar | Beginner Breakdown

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CCSCSL Staff

on February 07, 2023 in

Alex Moellering teaches a beginner chess class on identifying tactics, using Emmanuel Neiman's book "Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna." Learn Neiman's seven signals.

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2023.02.07
Carsten Lingnau vs. Miklos Orso, 1992
https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/1048076
Larry Christiansen vs Anatoly Karpov, Hoogovens (1993): E12 Queen's Indian, Petrosian system
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069116
Svetozar Gligoric vs Joseph Rosenstein, 64th US Open (1963): B00 KP, Nimzovich defence
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1440930
B01 Scandinavian (centre counter) defence
B00 St. George (Baker) defence
Rustam Kasimdzhanov vs Garry Kasparov, EUR-ASIA Rapid Match (2001): E00 Catalan opening
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1197170
Aleksej Aleksandrov vs Anatoly Vaisser, European Championship (2011): D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, classical variation (5.Bf4)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1610583
Ahmed Fawzi Samhouri vs Judit Polgar, Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1591700
Mikhail Tal vs Alexander Cherepkov, USSR Championship (1968/69)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1139846
Eric Bertrand vs. Olivier Aine, 2004: C41 Philidor's defence
https://www.365chess.com/game.php?back=1&gid=2967622
Bruce Harper vs Robert D Zuk, Halloween Open (1971)
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1289113
Branko Damljanovic vs. Darko Doric, 2011
https://old.chesstempo.com/gamedb/game/3112291
Alexander Grischuk vs Vladimir Genba, World Cup (2011): D37 Queen's Gambit Declined, 4.Nf3
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1632945

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