Beginning chess players should study tactics more than any other aspect of chess.
If you are reading this instead of viewing a chess puzzle or game, then you must enable JavaScript on this website.
[Event "rated untimed match"]
[Site "USSR"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Murej"]
[Black "Sackes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "David Hayes"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[FEN "8/kb3RQ1/p1q5/2p5/2P5/7n/PP1r2P1/4RK2 b - - 0 1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[TimeControl "0"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
1... Qd7 ( { Black dare not: } 1... Qxg2+ 2. Qxg2 Rxg2 3. Rxb7+ Kxb7 4. Kxg2 { White wins with a large material advantage. } ) 2. Qg6 { To prevent black's
Qe3+. } ( { White can try: } 2. Rxd7 Rf2# ) ( { White can also try: } 2. Ree7 { Giving white's king room to run. } 2... Rd1+ ( 2... Qd3+ 3. Ke1 Rd1# ) 3. Ke2 Qd3# ) ( { White can try to wait: } 2. a3 Qd3+ 3. Re2 Qxe2# ) 2... Bxg2+ 3. Qxg2 Qxf7+ 4. Qf2 Qxf2# 0-1