KOTH For Beginners Part Three: Understanding Your Position

This is something i have yet to and probably will never master completely, as it is hard and abstract. Basically it is another way of saying you need to be able to see 5, 10, even 15 moves ahead to gain an overall understanding of what your position will be like after you carry out a planned attack. Here is an example. White does not see the bad outcome that follows if black chooses not to take the bait and capture the queen, forcing a win for white

After this, white sees a chance for an attack and follows up, seeing how white can force a win in a few moves.

Whites attack was sniffed out (notice if white takes the queen that white will simply march the king. Black can move the queen to defend, but this fails, after a series of moves shown here

Black would have lost haven taken the bait, but back to the real position, white now faces the facts that he is facing a loss in development and follows up as shown below

White is now in a losing position. This is why looking ahead and being able to evaluate your position very quickly is  important in not just KOTH but any type of chess. This is hard to teach, but will come with experience. I hope you liked my beginners series for KOTH.