{"id":3116,"date":"2023-09-27T12:18:25","date_gmt":"2023-09-27T12:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/?p=3116"},"modified":"2023-09-28T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T13:47:28","slug":"chess-books-for-beginners-tactics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forwardchess.com\/blog\/chess-books-for-beginners-tactics\/","title":{"rendered":"Chess Books for Beginners: Tactics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n


Embarking on your chess journey and wondering where to start? Or have you found yourself captivated by the game, but are struggling to improve? Welcome to our “Chess Books for Beginners” series that focuses on core concepts for beginners, and how you can learn them easily with chess books! Starting off, we delve into a crucial building block of chess learning: tactics<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tactics are the exciting, brain-crunching moves that can quickly decide the outcome of a game. These are moves (or a<\/em> move) that bring about some kind of advantage – such as winning a piece or getting a checkmate. Think of it as a clever trick or strategy that catches your opponent off-guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tactics can also be seen as patterns<\/em>. With the evolution of chess, we have come to name these patterns which allow our brains to work on them individually so that we can immediately recognize them in our games. Some of the most essential tactics for beginners to know are: pins, forks, skewers, discovered attacks, double checks, and basic checkmates such as in one or two moves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s take a closer look at each kind of tactic:<\/p>\n\n\n\n