One of the most important things in chess is pattern recognition: the ability to recognise typical themes and images on the board, characteristics of a position and their consequences.
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[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "1912.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Streck"] [Black "Barasch"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [ECO "A00"] [FEN "3r2k1/1q3ppp/p1b2n2/8/1P6/PQ3P1B/6PP/R1B4K b - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1... Ba4 2. Qxa4 Qb5 3. Qxb5 Rd1+ 4. Qf1 Rxf1# 0-1