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Patterns in chess ...

See this game:

http://www.chess.com/livechess/game?id=435859970.
(It ends in a smothered mate.)

Nothing special about it. However, I wanted to point out - especially for beginners and lower-rated players - that knowledge of the pre-existing patterns will help you win more chess games.

I have added a lot of good stuff over the years to this website, he has a very useful page of the basic mating patterns.

Comments


  • 4 months ago

    NM FLchessplayer

    You are 100% correct.

    I never said it was a great game of chess. 

    All I wanted to do was point out the patterns ...

  • 5 months ago

    Lucidish_Lux

    I understand it was a bullet game, but isn't black lost, or at least down a piece, after 19. Be3 instead of 19. Kf1?

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