First forays into tactics

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Avatar of PTERANODON7

Hi all, it's me again. I'm finding myself a little overwhelmed when reading chess articles and books, as well as trying to understand the lessons. While I understand the terminology, I fail to see the logic and tactics in some moves, and therefore I am not improving past my embarrassing rating of around 480. Can someone give me assistance on learning how to play and calculate tactics?

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Thank you so much - I have played the tactics trainer before but I find it a bit limiting on a free membership. 

Avatar of daxypoo
there is another site (i wont name it) but it starts with the name of the game we are speaking of and ends in the word tempo; it has a free membership and you are not limited to number of tactics (i dont think) and, since i only use app for chess.com and other chess sites, this “unnamed” site has good feedback and responses after each problem in the comments for each problem;