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Favorable Alignments
Favorable Alignments
Pattern Card
Created with Love in Italy
Created with Love in Italy
These cards are our tiny indie studio's tribute to chess lovers around the world.
Part of the 'Chess With Cards' Game
Part of the 'Chess With Cards' Game
This card and all other Pattern Cards are included in our upcoming Chess With Cards game.
Ship it from the U.S. or Print it Yourself
Ship it from the U.S. or Print it Yourself
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Final Revisions Underway. Help Welcome.
Final Revisions Underway. Help Welcome.
We're chess nuts, but let's face it - we're not GMs (yet). And English isn't our first language either. That's why we're double-checking all the card content before the launch. We might've blundered somewhere, so if you spot any issues, give us a shout. We're aiming to create the best game out there, and we need everyone's eagle eyes to make it happen.
Master the Favorable Alignments
While creating Chess With Cards, we watched many videos and read a lot of books. Here's our curated selection of the best resources we encountered on Favorable Alignments. We also included some smaller creators who are growing fast and we believe deserve your attention. Check out these resources if you want to master this type of tactical signal.
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Beginning Chess Concepts by Professor Hikaru
Watch GM Hikaru Nakamura at his best in this stream where he plays blitz games while explaining chess concepts and best practices (including many alignments).
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Spotting tactical Patterns and tactical Opportunities
In this video by Chessfactor you'll learn to identify all the characteristics in a position, including favorable alignments, that lead to tactical opportunities for you to exploit. Have a go at it.
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The Insidious Nature of Alignments & Pins
A fun stream by always-positive John Bartholomew focused on one of his lichess games where alignments play an important role
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Forcing Chess Moves: The Key to Better Calculation
Broaden your pattern recognition skills with this excellent book for intermediates by Charles Hertan. From brute force combinations to "quiet" forcing moves.
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Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna*
Get this highly popular book by Emmanuel Neiman and make better use of your time and energy by recognizing the presence or absence of tactics in the positions in front of you.
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