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Calculation

Play the moves in your head before you play them on the board. Candidate moves, forcing lines, counting exchanges and the blunder check.

Checks, captures, threats
Counting exchanges
Visualisation
The blunder check

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Calculation in Chess

A Beginner’s Guide to Thinking Ahead · by Yatish Chandra Shukla

Learn to play the moves in your head before you play them on the board. Each lesson starts with one simple idea, shows it through examples, and ends with exercises you solve on a live board.

12 Lessons100 Diagrams310 Exercises300 Mixed puzzles

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