Learns to look at checks, captures and threats first.
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Learns to look at checks, captures and threats first.
Always start calculating with forcing moves: first checks, then captures, then threats. The fewer replies your opponent has, the easier the calculation.
Black to play. Look around the white king: start with a check.
White to play. Start with a check again: take a pawn with the queen, giving check.