Maybe the most stealth form of discovered attack is when a pawn is moved out of the way of a bishop’s diagonal attack. But I have not used that myself yet. Sometimes knights are useful for clearing files for rooks. The knight can capture the pawn which previously kept the king safe from rook. One of my opponents is becoming quite familiar with my style but he still struggles in how to counter these discovered attacks. My knight either moves to attack queen or king. Either way it is a discovered attack with another piece attacking after knight moves out of the way. Sometimes more than one in a series is needed to force the capture of queen. A lot of fun! Oh and one time my opponent dared to clear his pawn by capturing one of my pawns. I took advantage by moving my bishop to threaten his rook simultaneously exposing his queen to my pair of rooks. Another example of discovered attack.
How do you set up combinations ?
So many times I think "Ah! I've got his queen now!" Only to find I was relying impetuously on one of my pieces who was in a great position to take queen. BUT I did not have that second or third piece in place to nail it down, to corner it. How do you learn to SET UP combinations that are killers? I must be only a defensive player as I feel I am in a jungle of chess pieces looking either for a way to avert an attack or trying to find some way to capture an important piece. I rarely can get that important piece because I don't have two or three pieces in place to trap my opponent. I don't have combinations in place. One piece alone just doesn't do it. How do you learn to have those killer combinations? Stwils
A chess master doesnt use magic to make killer combinations appear. He doesnt expect you to leave pieces en prise or make monumental blunders. The answer is very simple. He recognizes which piece belongs to the best square, and puts them there. Naturally, a combination will appear when all your pieces are in their best squares
So many times I think "Ah! I've got his queen now!" Only to find I was relying impetuously on one of my pieces who was in a great position to take queen. BUT I did not have that second or third piece in place to nail it down, to corner it. How do you learn to SET UP combinations that are killers? I must be only a defensive player as I feel I am in a jungle of chess pieces looking either for a way to avert an attack or trying to find some way to capture an important piece. I rarely can get that important piece because I don't have two or three pieces in place to trap my opponent. I don't have combinations in place. One piece alone just doesn't do it. How do you learn to have those killer combinations? Stwils
Yeah, chess isn't for you, give up.
stop being so immature. I have seen you with your ridiculous comments at other threads. Why is your account one day old? Did your old account get banned because of this issue? Please grow up. This forums is not for people like you. If you got nothing good to say, dont open your mouth.
So many times I think "Ah! I've got his queen now!" Only to find I was relying impetuously on one of my pieces who was in a great position to take queen. BUT I did not have that second or third piece in place to nail it down, to corner it. How do you learn to SET UP combinations that are killers? I must be only a defensive player as I feel I am in a jungle of chess pieces looking either for a way to avert an attack or trying to find some way to capture an important piece. I rarely can get that important piece because I don't have two or three pieces in place to trap my opponent. I don't have combinations in place. One piece alone just doesn't do it. How do you learn to have those killer combinations? Stwils
Yeah, chess isn't for you, give up.
stop being so immature. I have seen you with your ridiculous comments at other threads. Why is your account one day old? Did your old account get banned because of this issue? Please grow up. This forums is not for people like you. If you got nothing good to say, dont open your mouth.
Speak for yourself child. The only one making ridiculous comments and saying things they don't understand is you. I get that I intimidate you but that's not an excuse for you to make a fool of yourself. You should be as embarrassed for yourself as your parents would be. You have nothing good to say and don't open your mouth. You are not valuable.
Im sure everyone here will agree that you are being ridiculous. You are just copying what I say. Stop it, i'm serious.
The best way to see combinations is to recognize patterns.
The best way to recognize patterns is memorize several dozen key Tactical and Positional Motifs. Here are three excellent, interactive pages full of them:
https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-tactics--definitions-and-examples
https://chesstempo.com/tactical-motifs.html
https://chesstempo.com/positional-motifs.html
Knowing tactics by their names gives your brain a convenient and easily retrievable “hook” on which to hang each tactic that goes into a combination. The names help you recognize them faster (I have an Advanced Teaching Certificate).
If you can’t state, for example, the similarities and differences between the Dovetail Mate and the Swallow’s Tail Mate or the difference between Blocking and Interference, you have less chance of seeing them or else it's likely to take longer to see them.
I have definitely improved my chess skills through chess.com by doing the Tactics and other lessons and video lessons like IM Danny Rensch’s series “Patterns You Must Know.” There are also lots of video lessons on YouTube.
Additionally, following certain planning principles often leads to combinations like:
“If possible, point all your pieces at your opponent’s king!” and
“Most successful kingside attacks are directed against the squares h2 and h7, and they are often preceded by eliminating or driving off its defender.”
Those are two of the four principles in a great book:
Fred Wilson, Simple Attacking Plans – four straightforward principles demonstrated with 36 annotated games.
The BEST book I’ve ever read on Tactics is:
Martin Weteschnik, Chess Tactics from Scratch, not only examples, but principles behind how to create pins, discovered attacks, etc. Plenty of diagrams so you can follow in book alone.
Positional Rules of Thumb also lead to Combinations like: A Knight on the 3rd rank is poised for attack. A Knight on the 4th rank is as good as a Bishop. A Knight on the 5th rank is better than a Bishop. A Knight on the 6th rank is usually devastating.
A couple years ago, I couldn’t tell you what a Dovetail Mate is. But I reached the position below in a game here (https://www.chess.com/daily/game/185241810) early this year.
Earlier, I had sacrificed a Bishop to open up the Black King’s castle but it didn’t work! I had forced the Black King out into the open but it looked like he was going to slip away to safety. Then, I recognized (a couple moves earlier than the position below) something I might not have seen so easily if I didn't know their names: that if I used the tactic of Distraction (also called "Deflection") so the Black Knight was no longer guarding the square e3, I could apply the Dovetail Mate. So I tempted my opponent by offering either one of my Rooks for the Knight. It worked! Notice that the Distraction was NOT done to win a piece, it was done to win control of an empty square! White to move:
One technique is to aim your pieces at your opponent and only protect your own pieces if you want to attack yourself. Just like holding a gun aim at your opponent always instead of at your own foot.
When one protects themselves that is like trying to remove your own foot.