Beginning chess players should study tactics more than any other aspect of chess.
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[Event "rated untimed match"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Unknown"] [Black "Unknown061"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "David Hayes"] [BlackElo "0"] [FEN "8/4k3/8/4K1pp/8/5P1P/8/8 w - - 0 1"] [SetUp "1"] [TimeControl "0"] [WhiteElo "0"] 1. Kf5 g4 2. hxg4 h4 3. Kf4 Kf6 4. Ke3 ( { White can try: } 4. g5+ Kg6 5. Kg4 h3 6. Kxh3 Kxg5 7. Kg3 Kf5 8. f4 Kf6 9. Kg4 Kg6 10. f5+ Kf6 11. Kf4 Kf7 12. Ke5 Ke7 13. f6+ Kf7 14. Kf5 Kf8 15. Kg6 Kg8 16. f7+ Kf8 17. Kf6 { Draw. } ) 4... Kg5 5. Kf2 Kf4 6. Kg2 h3+ 7. Kxh3 Kxf3 8. g5 { White wins with a large material advantage. } 1-0