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Pattern recognition and calculation

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Pattern recognition and calculation often decides the game. In this blog, I will show you how to improve your pattern recognition and calculation, some examples of them, and some training puzzles!Please comment if you liked it or not! 

How to improve pattern recognition and calculation

If you would like to improve your pattern recognition and calculation, I would recommend doing to following things:

Solve puzzles

when you are solving puzzles, take at least 5 minutes 

when you are calculating, always think until the end

Never stop calculating unless you have came to a position where it is clear that a result you want is there

When you are calculating, don’t stop even if you took over 1 hour or so

fun fact: I was trying to figure out what was going on in a position where it was not forcing, but then I figured it out the key move(it took me over 30 minutes) 

When you take over 10 minutes or so, you can recognize the same pattern in different positions. 

Examples of calculation/pattern recognition

1. Pin 

A pin is one of the most simple ones. What is a pin? A pin is when a lower value pieces attacked and the higher value piece is in the back so the lower value piece cannot move.

So that was a direct pin. It was a direct pin because it is physically not legal to move the queen. But if it an indirect pin, it is physically possible to move the piece.

Here is an example of an indirect pin:

2.  Skewer
A skewer is like a pin but the opposite. A skewer is when a higher value piece is attacked and the lower one is at the back.

So that what a skewer is!

3. Fork

A fork is when two pieces(or more) is attacked.

More advanced patterns
1. Intermediate move
An intermediate move is a move in between a sequence.
2. Deflection(@deflection) 
A deflection is when you distract a piece from doing something important job.

bonus corner!

Let’s see how we can connect one of the ideas!

training puzzles!

I hope you liked those puzzles!

thank you for reading!

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