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What you'll learn
Three tactics that win material.
Most games between beginners are decided by who wins more material — and material is won with tactics: short, forcing sequences that win a piece or pawn.
You built piece vision last lesson; now you'll weaponize it. We'll cover the four workhorse tactics every player uses: taking a hanging piece, the fork, the skewer, and the pin. We'll show each on the board, then you'll try it yourself.
- Tactics = short, forcing moves that win material.
- We'll learn: hanging pieces, forks, skewers, and pins.
- See the idea, then practice it.